Northern Spotted Owl vs Lujan Case Brief

A case brief distills the essential aspects of a judicial decision. Writing briefs helpsstudents to understand and remember judicial decisions. Briefs written for this classshould be no more than 500 words and should follow the format indicated below, usingeither paragraphs or bullet points under each heading. A brief should be based on theassigned case as it appears in the textbook or in the material posted on EEE. Briefsshould be written in plain English. Avoid legalese and know the meaning of every wordin your brief. The grade for the brief will be based on the clarity, accuracy, and concisionof the brief.Please note that consulting material that has not been assigned (e.g., Wikipedia) willprobably be a waste of time, at best. Many case summaries available online containinaccuracies, do not follow the format specified below, or refer to unedited versions ofthe cases. Consulting unassigned material is not prohibited, but points will be deductedfrom briefs that cover anything excluded from the assigned material. If you do consultmaterial other than the assigned version of a case, you must provide a citation for theadditional material. In addition, you must place any quotations within quotation marks.Failure to cite or quote sources will result in a zero on the assignment, in addition topotential disciplinary action.Format for Case Briefs:Caption: Case name, court issuing the decision, year of decision.Parties: Names of parties and brief description of their role in the case. (Note that thenames of the parties may not be identical to the names in the caption.)Facts: What events initially brought the parties to court? (Describe only observableevents; Try to avoid stating the law.)Procedural History: How did the case get into this court? What was the decision of thelower court (or courts)? How does this court’s ruling affect the decision (or decisions)below?Issue (or issues): What question (or questions) does the court answer in this case? Frameeach issue as a yes-or-no question.Holding: How does the court address the issue (or issues)?Reasoning: What is the court’s rationale for the holding?Rule: What general rule of law does the holding articulate?

Quantitative Analysis Descriptive Analysis Discussion

In this Assignment, you will differentiate between the proper use of summary statistics for categorical and continuous level data. In this exercise, you will explore what output is provided for each of these variables and provide some meaning from these statistics for your reader. The ability to place the statistics into a context that your reader understands and can make sense of is a highly desirable skill.  To prepare for this Assignment:Review this week’s Learning Resources and the Central Tendency and Variability media program.For additional support, review the Skill Builder: Measures of Central Tendency for Continuous Variables, Skill Builder: Standard Deviation as a Measure of Variability for Continuous Variables and the Skill Builder: Measures of Central Tendency and Variability for Categorical Variables, which you can find by navigating back to your Blackboard Course Home Page. From there, locate the Skill Builder link in the left navigation pane.Using the SPSS software, open the Afrobarometer dataset or the High School Longitudinal Study dataset from your Assignment in Week 2.Choose the same two variables you chose from your Week 2 Assignment and perform the appropriate descriptive analysis of the data.Write a 2- to 3-paragraph analysis of your descriptive analysis results and include a copy and paste your output from your analysis into your final document.

Agency and Organization Identification Discussion

Discussion: Agency/Organization IdentificationA grant can be a dynamic catalyst for change and an exciting prospect for individuals, groups, agencies, organizations, and partners who seek to merge their goals with those of funders. The path to obtaining a grant, however, must be followed thoughtfully and deliberatively. Competition for grants can be intense, and a successful outcome requires attention to detail every step of the way—from beginning to end. Your Professional Administrative Study (PAS) can be a tool to help you get a grant and further your studies. Throughout this course, you will examine how your PAS and seeking funding for research can go hand in hand. Although you are not required to have funding to complete your PAS, funding would provide a vehicle to further your research.To PrepareReview the Professional Administrative Study (PAS) guidelines and rubrics in the Weekly Resources.Review the assigned chapters of your course text. Although this textbook discusses thesis and dissertations, the same principles will apply to your PAS.Think about a potential problem that your PAS might evaluate or resolve.Think about how funding might be used for the problem you identified.Identify the agency or organization you are considering for your PAS. You should include a description of the organization, including whether it is public or nonprofit, the mission it serves, the target population, and the initial problem that your PAS may solve. Include why your PAS might be a good candidate to receive funding.Required Readings

?Total Cost of Ownership Discussion

Total Cost of OwnershipAssignmentSpring 2019I work for a small business, “ITC Productions”. I am a manager over a department of 20 employees. Typical duties include: Write and develop business reports and proposals, develop and give presentations at meetings.  My department also prints documents of different types and colors.  The printer should be available to the department via the company network.   The department will also use it to scan document over the network.You will present three possible solutions and then select one of them as your final recommendation.   Develop a memo from your IT company. Share the three possibilities with specifications. Recommend a specific make and model with justification.  It is important that you perform a total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis to help justify the purchase for each of your printers reviewed.Show TCO calculations over 3 years for each printer you select in a spreadsheet embedded in the memo. Include information about the printer: Duty cycle, pages per minute, costs, pages per toner cartridge, features, etc., Drum replacement pages and other costs. What does it cost per page printed?As added support, please included your website research printouts with printer specs. Spec sheets must be printed directly from the Internet or in PDF form and submitted to blackboard.Givens: Price of a Ream (500 sheets) of paper is $4.25.  Department prints about 16,000 pages of B/W documents per month.  Department prints out 4500 pages of color documents per month.  The scanner is used about 100 times a month to scan a document and send via email.

Social Play Questions

I need an explanation for this Social Science question to help me study. List one different social play activity that is suitable for each of the following groups (one activity per group, not a whole program):a) Girls 6-10 years oldb) Boys 5-7 years oldc) Boys 8-12 years oldd) Teenagers mixed gender 13-16 years olde) Children with physical handicaps or limitations (e.g. recovering from serious illness)f) Children with cognitive disabilitiesg) A mixed group of children ranging from 2–10 years oldh) A mixed culture/language group of any age you chooseQuestion 2Report on the fourth part of the set task. Write about one page or 500 words.Question 3a) What did you learn from talking to children in the second part of the set task? b) Were you comfortable talking with the children? c) Do you think they were comfortable, and why or why not? d) Do you think they communicated their thoughts and feelings well? Honestly? e) How much influence do you think you had on how and what they communicated?f) What did you learn from the experience about your ability to communicate with children? g) What did you learn from the experience about the children’s social skills?Write a paragraph for each of parts a) to g) above. 

SMC Philosopy The Storys Aspects and Jewish Themes Discussions

Instructions Choose one of the options and designate it on your post. Choose a quote from one of the videos and another from the the required reading. Use bold type on the two quotes you choose. Include the name of the video (name of video) and the name of the text including page number, e.g., (Moore, 365). In Part 1 explain the practices and beliefs that describe each of the following movements in Judaism. (Number these 1-4. Write a succinct paragraph to describe each point.)Next Assignment find “Wisdom Walk on Judaism”In Part 1 summarize a story in Wisdom Walkfrom the Judaism  chapter, (The stories are designated by a different hue of ink, often with a title, such as “Sabbath Comfort.”or “Not Answering the Call”) You may also use the intro story and the ones in “Challenges and Progress on the Path.” ) Include in this part what the story taught you about Judaism. Delineate  4 aspects of the story and Jewish themes. (Number these 1-4. Write a succinct paragraph to describe each point.) In Part 2 give your personal views regarding the story and relate how each of the items you discuss in part 1 are related to your own personal experience or a contemporary social and political issue. (Number these 1-4. Write a succinct paragraph to describe each point.)

Week 4 (interview) | CPSS385 Case Planning And Case Management | University of Phoenix

Locate a social services (Lee County Department of Social Services) agency in your area that provides reentry services or other programs for those involved in the criminal justice system. 
Identify someone at the agency who does case management or case planning. Practice your interviewing skills to obtain information about case management from a practitioner. 
Create an interview plan for your interview complete with questions to learn more about case management from your interviewee. During the interview, take notes of the interviewee’s responses to your questions. 
Ask your interviewee the questions you have prepared. Include the following questions: 

What is the history of your agency? 
What demographics does your agency work with? 
What are some of the challenges of working with this population? What strategies do you use to overcome them? 
What suggestions do you have for engaging with clients during the interview? What strategies work well? Which should be avoided? 
What questions do you ask during the assessment? What strategies do you use when conducting the assessment? 
What case management strategies do you and your organization use? How do you use these strategies to manage your case plans?  

Note: You are welcome to ask additional questions.
Write a 525- to 750-word interview analysis that describes the information you obtained from your interviewee and the interviewing/assessment strategies you employed. Pay close attention to how the organization applies case management strategies to develop and manage case plans. 
Submit your interview script, notes, and short interview analysis.

Climate and Air Pollution Discussion

“Climate and Air Pollution” Note: Online students please respond to one (1) of the following four (4) bulleted options:Carbon dioxide is held responsible for much of global warming. Using  the Internet or Strayer databases, describe two (2) recent  technological innovations that have been proven to reduce carbon dioxide  emissions.Of the climate wedges described in Table 9.2 in your textbook, which  wedge do you believe would be the easiest to achieve and why? Next,  using the same table, speculate which wedge you believe would be the  least tolerable and why.Take a position on the following statement: “Are environmental  regulations required for air pollution control, or can the market handle  it?”  Describe two (2) possible market solutions to air pollution then  estimate its chance of success.Take a stance in regards to the following statement: “Do you think  air pollution is better or worse than it was a few decades ago?” Next,  provide two (2) pieces of information that influenced your stance.  Lastly, describe one (1) way that your own personal experiences  influenced your opinion on this subject.  

Outside Speaking Critique Questions

I’m studying for my Communications class and don’t understand how to answer this. Can you help me study? this is the video that the critique is about these are the questions you should answer ‘1. Was the attire appropriate for the target audience/Venue? If so, explain why2. How was the vocal delivery, articulation, diction, pace, rhythm, vocal projection & vocal variation?3. Did the speaker have effective and enhancing gestures during their presentation? 4. Was there a particular moment in the presentation that stood out to you? If so, Why?5. Did the speaker have emotional variation in their performance/speech/presentation? 6. Did the speaker have motivated movement/effective body positioning in theirpresentation? 7. Was the speakers connected to the audience and have good eye contact during theirpresentation?yes, she connected with the audience the whole time and had good eye connection.8. Was the speaker credible on the topic? If so, explain why. 9. Did the speaker have excessive vocalized pauses? Ummm, errr, uhhh, ect. no, 10. Did the speaker use their visual aids effectively? (Answer if applicable) 11. How would you rank the speakers overall performance/presentation from 1-10?give good details.

A Medical Practice Problem Response

******** please respond to the discussion below add citations and references 🙂 *********A medical practice problem is more about disease or medical condition, while a nursing practice problem deals with human response to potential health problem (Cooke, A. Smith, D., & Booth, A. 2012). For example, a medical diagnosis of Stroke or CVA, provides information about the patient’s pathology. The nursing diagnosis for this medical diagnosis will be Impaired speech and more, which provide holistic understanding of the impact stroke can have on a person or family life.    PICO (alternately known as PICOT) is a mnemonic used to describe the four elements of a good clinical question. It stands for: P- Patient/Problem, I- Intervention, C- Comparison, O- Outcome, T- Time (GCU, 2018). It is important to ensure your PICOT is based on a nursing practice problem, because PICOT help solve a problem by analyzing, intervening and having a measurability.References:Cooke, A., Smith, D., & Booth, A. (2012). Beyond PICO: The SPIDER tool for qualitative evidence synthesis. Qualitative Health Research, 22(10), 1435-144 Chapter 1 in Nursing Research: Understanding Methods for Best Practice.