Should the Federal Government increase social services initiatives to improve the quality of life issues for the less fortunate ones.
Should the Federal Government increase social services initiatives to improve the quality of life issues for the less fortunate ones. (For instance: 1) promoting training/educational assistance initiatives to help the unskilled workers obtain/hold jobs; 2) assist the elderly/homeless with affordable housing: 3) increase health insurance coverage for the poor.) Secondly, what impact would this have on the federal deficit? Is that a burden we should place on all of the citizenry? Why? Respond to at least two of your classmates postings.
On many indicators of success, such as income and education, Asian Americans, while a distinct minority, surpass whites in America. Why is this?
There are two assignment. Assignment 1Create a PowerPoint® Presentation of 10 slides. In the 2000 census, people of mixed-race were allowed to select more than one race for their racial category. This change reflected a national increase in:The acceptance of interracial couplesThe number of interracial relationships (formal and informal)The number of individuals who identify with two or more racesConsider how does this change reflect racial and ethnic diversity in the US, racial tolerance and the future of race relationships in the U.S.Include in the presentation:An introductory and conclusion slideGraphicsReferences, including at least four references beyond the textbook (they can be others from the class).Extensive speaker notes Assignment 2 Write a 800- word paper on Asian-Americans.On many indicators of success, such as income and education, Asian Americans, while a distinct minority, surpass whites in America. Why is this?Include the following:Cultural value of Asians toward educationHistory of discrimination in the U.S.Similarities and differences between Asian values and the dominant American valuesFamilyExtended family behaviorsCultural values toward authority, both personal and institutionalRespect of adultsFormat your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
How would the transfer from the permanent fund to the special revenue fund be reported in the government-wide statements?
Your portfolio project will provide specific answers to questions that follow. Apply what you have learned in this course to your answers to these questions.P. 2-6: The nature of a transaction gives a clue as to the type of fund in which it should be recorded. (80 points)Scenario 1:Kendal County engaged in the following transactions:It levied and collected $1million in taxes dedicated to the repayment of outstanding general obligation bonds.It billed sponsors of a charity bicycle ride $5,000 for providing police patrols during the ride.It recognized $60,000 of cash dividends on investments dedicated to the support of a county arts center.It recognized $70,000 of cash dividends on investments dedicated to scholarships for needy county residents.It incurred $6 million in construction costs to complete a new county jail. The new jail was funded entirely with the proceeds of long-term bonds.It transferred $400,000 of unrestricted funds to an appropriate fund to be invested and eventually used to repay the principal on the long-term jail bonds (entries in two funds required).It recognized depreciation of $100,000 on equipment in a vehicle repair center that services all county departments that have motor vehicles.It collected $30,000 in parking fees at the county-owned garage.It issued $8 million in bonds to improve the city-owned electric utility.It distributed $3 million in taxes collected on behalf of school districts located within the country.Instructions:Prepare appropriate journal entries.Indicate the type of funds in which these transactions would most likely be recorded.P. 5-4: Generally accepted modified accrual accounting practices pertaining to inventories may not fulfill the objectives of financial reporting. (80 points)Scenario 2:The following is an excerpt from a note to the financial statements of the city of Dallas (dates changed):The city prepares its annual appropriated general fund, debt service fund, and proprietary operating funds budgets on a basis (budget basis) which differs from generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP basis). The major differences between the budget and GAAP bases are that encumbrances are recorded as the equivalent of expenditures (budget) rather than a commitment of fund balance (GAAP) in the governmental funds.The city accounts for inventories on the purchases basis. One of the citys departments, which is accounted for in the general fund, budgeted $195,000 in supplies expenditures for fiscal 2015. It began the 2015 fiscal year with $30,000 of supplies on hand. It also had $12,000 of supplies on order. During the year it ordered an additional $180,000 of supplies, received (and paid for in cash) $185,000 of supplies, and consumed $178,000 of supplies.Instructions:Prepare all journal entries, consistent with GAAP, including budgetary and encumbrance entries that the department should make in 2015.Indicate the accounts and amounts related to supplies that the city would report on its year-end statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balance and balance sheet.By how much did the department over- or under-spend its supplies budget (on a budget basis)?Comment on the extent to which the citys statement provides a basis to:Assess the true economic costs associated with suppliesDetermine whether the city adhered to budgetary spending mandatesSuppose that in the last quarter of the year, department officials realized that the department was about to overspend its supplies budget. They therefore ceased placing new orders for supplies. However, they imposed no restrictions on the use of supplies and thereby allowed the supplies inventory to decline to near zero.What impact would these cost-cutting measures have on supplies expenditures as reported in an actual-to budget comparison (on a budget basis)?What impact would the year-end measures have on reported supplies expenditures (per GAAP)? Would your response be different if the city accounted for supplies on the consumption basis?EX. 10-4: Investment gains and losses may have to be accounted for differently in nonexpendable than in expendable funds. (70 points)Scenario 3:The McCracken County Humane Society (MCHS), which is part of a countys reporting entity, established a permanent fund to provide support for its pet neutering program. As of the start of the year, the fund had a balance of $600,000, composed of both cash and marketable securities.The program itself, which is accounted for in a special revenue fund, is funded by both direct contributions and the income from the permanent fund. At the start of the year, the special revenue fund had assets (all investments) of $26,000.The following transactions and events occurred in a recent year.The MCHS conducted a Walk Your Pet Day fundraising drive. The event raised $120,000, of which $20,000 was in pledges expected to be collected shortly after year-end.The society acquired food and medicine at a cost of $60,000 (cash). During the year, it used $30,000 of these supplies. The society accounts for supplies on a consumption basis. It incurred other operating costs (all paid in cash) of $85,000.The society earned interest of $45,000 on investments accounted for in the permanent fund.During the year, the market value of the investments held by the permanent fund increased by $30,000. Per the terms of the agreement establishing the endowment, all capital gains, both realized and unrealized, must be added to principal. During the year, the value of investments held by the special revenue fund increased by $3,000.The society transferred cash to the special revenue fund in the amount of the earnings of the permanent fund.Instructions:Prepare journal entries to record the events and transactions. Be sure you indicate the fund in which they would be recorded.In your opinion, should the unrealized gains on the investments held in the special revenue fund be considered expendable or nonexpendable? Explain.How would the transfer from the permanent fund to the special revenue fund be reported in the government-wide statements?Requirements:Include a cover page denoting the paper title, your name, the course number and name, your instructors name, and the date you are making the submission.Format your paper according to CSU-Global APA and Writing Requirements. Use APA citations where appropriate, and include an APA- formatted reference page at the end.Submit your final case study to the Week 8 Assignment page.
Explore your reactions to the readings and to what you have learned about Motivational Interviewing (MI). Explain how MI can be applied to clinical practice.
Motivational interviewing (MI) is a psychotherapeuticmethod that was developed by William Miller and StephenRollnick, originally described in 1983 (Miller, 1983). Millerand Rollnick (2002) define MI as a client-centered, directivemethod for enhancing intrinsic motivation to change byexploring and resolving ambivalence. Its original applicationwas in substance abuse treatment with adults, where it wasdeveloped in response to confrontational methods used inthis field during the 1970s and 1980s. Since then, it has beenused in many different areas, including general medical care,health promotion, social work and corrections (Miller &Rollnick, 2002, p. xiv) Explore your reactions to the readings and to what you have learned about Motivational Interviewing (MI). Explain how MI can be applied to clinical practice.-Write one independent paragraph that includes a reference, explaining how Motivational Interviewing can be used by a psychiatric nurse practitioner to help a specific patient (for example, a drug addict or alcoholic patient that is non-complaining with his or her medications) and what considerations you need to be aware of to achieve success.Responses will be checked by Turnitin for originality. It should be a minimum of 350 words, scholarly written, APA formatted, and referenced. A minimum of 2 references are required (other than your text). *Information about motivational interviewing is attached.
Analyze the following statements and identify as many applicable components of statement analysis as you can attribute to the deception
prepare a 4- to 5-slide, APA-formatted Microsoft PowerPoint presentation that includes responses to Part 1 and Part 2.Part 1Use scholarly sources to compare any two of the following interviewing methodologies:Structural interviewsInferential interviewsBehavioral interviewsCognitive interviewsClearly define each methodology chosen and examine in what situations it may be appropriate.Part 2Explore the components of statement analysisa complex skill that can help you determine the level of deception in a witnesss or a suspects statement. Identifying deception leads one to dig deeper, investigate further, and ask more, often difficult, direct questions.InstructionsConsider the following example of a statement and its component:StatementStatement ComponentDecided to go for a walk. Got out there. Umm . . . stood for a few moments and received a page from home. Something was going on at home. Lets go back and make a phone call and see whats going on.Parts of speech, specifically missing pronounsAnalyze the following statements and identify as many applicable components of statement analysis as you can attribute to the deception:Got approached by a gentleman asking for money. When I addressed him, I was struck in the rear and knocked to the ground. Struggled with him. There was a shot that went off. Struggled with him, and there was another shot that went off. That was the shot that hit me.On July 4, 2011, at about 4:00 p.m., came home from work and took a shower. Was getting ready to head out to some friends barbeque and party. My friends Jerry and Paul were having some people over for the Fourth of July. Sat down for a few minutes to watch television and relax. Had two beers until about 5:30 p.m.Put my feet up on the table when the doorbell rang. It was an ex-girlfriend, Sally. She sat down with me for a few minutes. They wanted to tell me about their new boyfriend. I wasnt so happy about it; I didnt really want to break up with her. I watched the race and argued some, and she left, at six or so.At about 7:00 p.m. drove to my friends place. They live in the country and it took me an hour to get there, arrived at eight or so. When we got to the party, there were about ten or twelve people there; they were pretty wasted already, and they were drinking most of the day. Sat down outside and had a few shots and several beers. It was hot, so I went inside, and I watched television to cool off. Drank about two more beers and talked with two girls that were friends of Jerry; they were friends of my ex-girlfriend as well. They stated that my ex had found another boyfriend and they were already talking marriage and children. I watched the car race for a while, by myself, and then went back outside to play horseshoes. I played a few games and had an argument with one of the other guys, and they wanted to fight, so went inside to cool down again.At about ten or eleven, one of the people at the party came to me to tell me that my ex, Sally, had been found outside her house, hurt and barely alive. She was taken to the hospital.I watched the end of the race, close to midnight, had a few more beers and left. Went directly home.
Imagine asking 100 strangers to describe a criminal. Predict whether those descriptions would be likely to focus on street criminals, or the variety of topics covered in this video.
As we learn in the video, Crimes of the Powerful, our justice system tends to focus on street crime, often ignoring much more significant problems such as white-collar, corporate, and state crime. Write a paper discussing the myths and realities of crime. Please elaborate on the following points in your essay: Imagine asking 100 strangers to describe a criminal. Predict whether those descriptions would be likely to focus on street criminals, or the variety of topics covered in this video. Describe how society defines crime. Do not provide a definition instead, explain how the definition is reached. Discuss how society decides what to define as a crime. Present a clear statement about a particular crime, something we know to be absolutely true. Illustrate how we know that this is an accurate statement. Present an example of a widely held myth or misconception about crime and society. Determine how we know that this is a myth. Explain why this myth is so difficult to abandon. The paper must be three to four pages in length and formatted according to APA style. You must use at least two scholarly resources
Many companies are using social media to advertise, collect information, or gather background on individuals. Do you think this is ethical?
Social networking Web sites create online communities of Internet users that eliminate barriers created by time, distance, and cultural differences. These sites allow people to interact with others online by sharing opinions, insights, information, interests, and experiences. Members may use the site to interact with friends, family members, and colleagues they already know, but that they may also wish to develop new personal and professional relationships on the sites.Social network advertising uses social networks to inform, promote, and communicate the benefits of products and services, and there are several advertising strategies. Banner ads on social networks can either be displayed to each visitor to the Web site or by using the information in user profiles, directed toward those members who would likely find the product most appealing. People frequently make decisions based on input from their close group of friends and advertising and use an individuals network of friends. Company-owned social networking websites allow users to talk about new products, services, or improvements they would like to see and the company can implement customer-submitted ideas. Viral marketing is where users pass along a marketing message to others, creating the potential for exponential growth.Many companies are using social media to advertise, collect information, or gather background on individuals. Do you think this is ethical?
Identify and describe the various programs, organizations, and volunteer groups in which private citizens may participate regarding homeland security.
Complete this final essay examination by responding to the following questions:1. Identify the three major factors that will arise as the DHS progresses in asserting itself as an effective federal department focused on protecting the United States from all hazards. What other issues may the DHS need to address in the future?2. How does the federal government address incidents of cybercrime and cyberterrorism within an overarching cybersecurity and critical infrastructure plan?3. Identify and describe the various programs, organizations, and volunteer groups in which private citizens may participate regarding homeland security.4. Create two qualitative systems for floodsone that measures consequence and another that measures likelihood.5. How is the media an effective risk communicator? In what ways are they poor at communicating disaster information?Keep the following in mind when completing this final essay examination:· When developing your answers remember you must include (cited) facts to support the major points in your response. Your responses should not include continuous citations without your thoughts and analysis, as well. Rather, your responses must reflect a balance between facts and your perspective on the points you make.· Your responses to each of the quiz questions should be a minimum of one page (250 words) and a maximum of two pages in length, double-spaced and written in 11-point Arial font or 12-point Times New Roman.· Include the question you are responding to immediately before each answer.· Include a title/cover page.· Include cited references and format them in the American Psychological Association (APA) writing style (6th edition).· Submit your final examination in one MS Word document and place it in the appropriate assignment drop box for grading.
Describe the organizations supply chain.
Different organizations are vulnerable to different threats, but security measures can mitigate those vulnerabilities. In this assignment, you will begin to explore supply chain threats. You may choose a traditional business supply chain, a civic or county utility, or even a service supply chain. You will continue to build on this information for each weeks individual assignment.Part AComplete the Organizational Vulnerability Assessment Template.Identify three organizations that are vulnerable to loss. This may include a city, county, or state organization that supplies water, electricity, or some other service of value that needs to be protected. For each organization, identify the type of loss it is most vulnerable to and why it is vulnerable to that specific loss.For each organization, describe a method that can be used to combat the loss.Part BChoose one of the organizations you identified in Part A.Scenario: You were recently hired by your chosen organization. In this new role, you are responsible for analyzing the organizations asset protection. This week you will prepare a Vulnerability Assessment for your supervisor.Research the organizations supply chain.In a 700- to 1,050-word vulnerability assessment for the organization:Describe the organizations supply chain.Identify at least three threats to the supply chains security.Note: You may continue to use your chosen organization for each weeks individual assignment. The Weeks One through Four individual assignments will help you create your final assignment in Week Five.Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.
Elaborate on how this concept is partially compatible with the science of behavior, identifying the common denominator between the two.
According to Ramachandran (1998), the implications to his investigation suggested that brain maps can change. In neuroscience, this is known as neuroplasticity. Elaborate on how this concept is partially compatible with the science of behavior, identifying the common denominator between the two.
