1. Tell us which research project you plan to do and why.
2. Talk about the process you went through finding the sources. What database worked best? Did you learn about the source and get access to it using the same database, or did you have to learn about it using one, and access it using another? Also discuss any difficulties you encountered and give tips that you think could help your classmates.
3. Let us know what your two peer-reviewed sources are (and where you found them). Briefly summarize your peer-reviewed sources in two sentences, and then explain, in two sentences, how you think these sources will contribute to your research project. (You may also want to try to cite these sources.  This is not required; however, this way you have feedback about the format of your citations before you hand in your final essay.)

Please divide your response into paragraphs for easier reading. Note that all 3 parts of this assignment are required; posts missing 1 or more parts will earn lower forum scores.   

Topic  for the Research Project: Gender Issues in Pygmalion and The Importance of Being Earnest: 

 200-300 words 

Q. The multiple components of crude oil are separated by a process called fractionation (fractional distillation) at petroleum refineries.

1. Rank (or arrange) the       following petroleum products according to their increasing risk of       fire and explosion at room temperature, and provide the technical basis       for the ranking: asphalt, aviation gasoline, transmission fluids,       propane, and kerosene.
2. Why do most experts recommend       the use of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) to extinguish crude oil fires       inside a bulk storage tank?

Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

Research and Data Collection Methods    Answer each question, but do not number your answers in the assignment you submit.  Question 3 will be what you actually include in your proposal.    1. State your course research project’s specific research question.   (what is the future of transportation security?) 2. State whether your project would be more suitable for a qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods approach.    a. If you use a quantitative approach, provide your hypothesis and list the dependent and independent variables.    Dependent Variable:              Independent Variable:    3. Describe your research methodology to include your sample/population and your procedure. Be very specific about what you plan to do.

1. Nelson Mandela (In the movie Invictus)
2. Francois Pienaar (In the movie Invictus)
3. King George VI (Bertie) ( In the movie King's Speech)
4. 1st lieutenant Norman Dike (In TV- Series Band of Brothers)
5. Captain Richard "Dick" Winters (In TV- Series Band of Brothers)

Pair 1: you and your partner are asked to post 1 or 2 links to interesting texts that can get us thinking about the environment. These could be scholarly articles, scholarly videos (such as TEDTalks or short documentaries), music videos, poems, memes, political cartoons, rants from someone’s blog, etc. Each week, the pair in charge of posting should try to mix things up so that as the semester progresses, a wide variety of sources, genres, and topics are explored.

In addition, would the pair please post 1-3 questions for thought. (Examples: What comments do you have on the writer’s style? What comments do you have on the credibility of the text? What is your personal reaction to the text? Which of the 2 sources did you find more rhetorically effective and why?)

1. Write a review of the attached article that includes the following items:

· a brief introduction to the article,

· a summary and analysis of the key points in the article,

· a discussion related to the concept of return on investment considerations for advocating the implementation of appropriate controls, and

· a summary of the article's conclusions and your own opinions.

The assignment must be in APA format and at least two pages in length, not including title and reference pages.

2. In this unit, you have learned about reducing risks through safety design. For this assignment, you will further explore that topic. Compose an essay in which you summarize the fundamentals of the safety design review process, systems safety,and prevention by design. In your essay, you should address the following issues:

· Describe the safety design review process.

· Explain the role and importance of safety in a safety management system.

· Discuss how these concepts inter-relate with the safety management systems approach.

Your essay must be a minimum of two pages, and it should use standard essay format with an introduction, body, and a conclusion. You must use a minimum of two scholarly sources. Any information from these sources should be cited and referenced in APA format, and your paper should be formatted in accordance to APA guidelines.

Schools of Thought Worksheet

Write brief descriptions for each of the terms in the table below. If you use an outside source to define them, include an APA citation for the source.

General Terms

Ecology

Environmental justice

Environmental science

Ethics

Land ethic

Schools of Thought

Anthropocentrism

Biocentrism

Deep ecology

Deontology

Ecofeminism

Ethical extensionism

Hedonism

Inherent value

Materialism

Minimalism

Naturalism

Pluralism

Pragmatism

Relativism

Teleology

Utilitarianism

Select two environmental schools of thought from the completed chart and apply them to a local environmental issue.

Write a 350- to 700-word response and include the following:

· Explain how this local environment issue is affecting your community.

· Explain how your chosen two environmental schools of thought view this local environmental issue.

· Address any ethical concerns or controversies surrounding this environmental issue.

· Explain how ethics influence the human course of action regarding principal environmental issues.

Problems often come in bunches. As the HR Director of a large health system, you are beset with a wide variety of difficult situations. You have been served notice by a union representative that they are expecting contract negotiations to start and therefore you need to start preparing. You anticipate this will be a major challenge due to anticipated demands for increases across the board.

You also have other items to deal with, including:

• A disciplinary action to oversee concerning a nurse accused of stealing drugs.
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• A board committee is seeking direction on establishing new policies on smoking and obesity.
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• Implementation of a diversity program for the faculty is requiring a lot of your attention.

How would you go about handling each of these situations and what approach would you use? Describe your answer in detail, write in a response to each case scenario. Your Journal entry should be at least 500 words.

In this assignment a faculty member will give you a specific  diverse group or population to research. In a group of 4 (selected by  the faculty member) provide the following:

1. The three major determinants of health that influence the health of this group or population.
    
2. Two disparities for this group or population. Explain.  
    
3. Describe the link and relationship between determinants of health, health disparity, and health.
4.   "How can nurses improve or enrich opportunities for health and wellness  given potential negative effects from determinants of health?" 
    

Prepare a 10 slide PowerPoint that answers the above questions. Add  any data or statistics that support the information provided and cite  sources using APA Editorial Format. The citation slides do not count  into the 10 slide presentation. 

Read The Sixth Extinction, pages 1-80.

1) After Googling the author and the book, how credible would you judge this text we are reading to be? Explain.

2) What are your initial impressions about the book’s writing? Do you like it or dislike it so far? Explain. You could comment on the writer’s style, tone, vocabulary level, organization, choice of content, level of detail, etc.