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Step One:

Review this information on the Walmart discrimination case:
http://www.msmagazine.com/sept03/walmart.asp (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Step Two: Write a one page essay on the ethics of Walmart’s behavior in this matter. Were Walmart’s actions justified? Should they be legally or ethically responsible for their behavior? Be specific and use examples to support your opinion.

Step Three: Cite all sources

What is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act? How does it affect incentive plans? Do you support the legislation? Why or why not?

 

500 to 600-word abstract Topic: School Principals and Social Media It has to be a literature review or
effective social media strategies that school pincipals and superintendents (School Leaders) have used
before Words: 4,000 does NOT include APA references and cover page Abstract 500-600 words This is
an academic article for a peer review journal publication therefore the price includes the EDITS that
will be forthcoming. Topic: Legal Aspects of Social Media Usage. Many legal issues need to be
considered when incorporating social media in education settings. This chapter should address issues
such as 508 Compliance, Bullying and Harassment, Stalking Copyright and Plagiarism Issues.
Acceptable Use Policies, FERPA/HIPPA Title IX, Academic Freedom, and any other area germane to the
topic.

Assignment #1 is due. This assignment will account for 10% of your overall mark.

Instructions: Read the following poem and answer all the questions that follow.

“Absence”

I visited the place where we last met.
Nothing was changed, the gardens were well-tended,
The fountains sprayed their usual steady jet;
There was no sign that anything had ended
And nothing to instruct me to forget.

The thoughtless birds that shook out of the trees,
Singing an ecstasy I could not share,
Played cunning in my thoughts. Surely in these
Pleasures there could not be a pain to bear
Or any discord shake the level breeze.

It was because the place was just the same
That made your absence seem a savage force,
For under all the gentleness there came
An earthquake tremor: Fountain, birds and grass
Were shaken by my thinking of your name.
Questions
a. In a single word or short phrase, state what you consider to be the most dominant subject or idea that the poem communicates. (1 mark)
b. In a single sentence, state the theme or statement that the poem makes (implies) about the subject you selected. (2 marks)
c. Identify and list three effective techniques or devices that help to convey this statement. For each device you identified, write a

brief statement (one sentence) explaining its effectiveness (what it contributes to the poem, its function). (6 marks)
d. Taking into consideration your responses thus far, formulate a working thesis you could use to guide your analysis of this poem. (5

marks)
e. Using between 80 and 100 words, present the introductory paragraph (which of course must include your thesis) of the critical analysis

essay you would write. (6 marks)

Total: 20÷2=10

Case Study 2 ’T he Role of the Health Care Executive in a Change in Organizational Ownership or
$20.00) Control”-Chapter 2, Page 720 from the TEXT MAnswer the two questions on page 722: (7) In 5
addition to the roles of CEOs and other senior-level managers in HSOs/HSs during a change in P
organizational ownership and control, what role their 685 and P505 play?, (2) Why is it important
for senior-level managers in HSOs/HSs to have governance competence when they are invofved in
changes in organizational ownership? Next, provide an example of effective or ineffective CEO
performance in an organizational change situation. You may use an example from your own
experience or one from the literature. Explain how and why the performance was effective or
ineffective

Respond in detail to the following question:

1. Name and discuss the six different types of justifications.

Assignment must be in essay form, submitted using Microsoft Word, double spaced, Times New Roman 12 font.

 

History
the book is on google books it’s a sampler World Civilization 7th edition Phillip J. Adler/Randall L. Pouwels thanks again

For a long time China managed to keep its general populace isolated from the rest
of the world. Yet despite this separation of the ideas of others, they managed to
flourish in the arts and sciences.
Read Chapters 13, 18 and 19 of the textbook by Adler & Pouwels
Complete Map 8 on pages 31-33 by Kosso
Write a l-page double-space response researching the technological
advances that were found in the Han, Tang and Song Dynasties. What
were their technological advances? Which Dynasty contributed the most
in this arena and Why? What evidence is there to support your claims?
It is not necessary to apply a formatting style for this assignment except

 

Case Study: Nursing Documentation in the Electronic Age
You are caring for five patients on a busy, 28-bed neurological medical-surgical unit, which recently transitioned to all electronic documentation and healthcare computerized provider order entry (CPOE). There is no longer any bedside paperwork.

All of your staff have completed the required training and you are the assigned as expert lead for any questions that may arise during your shift. The expectation is that all nurses and clinical staff will document all care delivery in the bedside computers located in each patient’s room or via the workstation on wheels (WOW).

However, you have noticed a trend with experienced nurses spending extra time at the end of their shifts (30 or more minutes) documenting the nursing care provided during the shift. The expectation is that they should be documenting care delivery as soon as it is complete rather than at the end of their shifts.
Explain how you would address the concern with the delay in nursing documentation with your team.
Do you see the transition to all electronic documentation as having a positive or negative effect on patient-centered care? Support your answer with evidence from the literature.
Explore the role of advancement in information technology and its effect in patient care. Does more technology use improve time with patients? Use at least two sources to support your response.

 

Music
Lesson 1 Questions:

1. The roots of rock and roll are clearly African-American in origin. Much of the indigenous music from West African cultures features musical

characteristics that are prevalent in rock and roll. Listen for some of the following musical characteristics in the recording of Ba-Benjelle

Pygmies from Central Sub-Saharan Africa. The variety of timbres present in many sub-Saharan African singing voices range from rounded, to guttural,

without vibrato, raw, and grainy. Buzzing sounds (buzzing timbres) are prevalent in many of the instruments used in the countries and culture groups

of sub-Saharan Africa.

Open the Music Characteristics To Listen For page and list any of the musical characteristics you happen to hear in this incredible Pygmy selection.

Beyond a mere listing of the characteristics, describe what you are hearing.

2. Listen, compare, and contrast the following two spirituals below. How are they different? What do they seem to have in common? List and describe

any musical characteristics you notice in these recordings.

Shout All Over God’s Heaven – The Fisk Jubilee Singers

Roll, Jordan Roll – The Fairfield Four

3. Click on the NPR (National Public Radio) video below to view, to listen, and to provide a music observational response to these two famous gospel

quartets who are actually related to each other – The McCrary Sisters, and The Fairfield Four. Are there instruments accompanying these singers or

is this performance “a cappella?” What patterns (rhythmic or song form structure) do you notice in this performance?

Rock My Soul – a spiritual song performed in a Gospel manner by The McCrary Sisters and The Fairfield Four (Links to an external site.)

4. Listen to the W.C. Handy composition St. Louis Blues as performed by The Empress of the Blues, Bessie Smith. On this recording of the Classic

Blues style, Bessie is accompanied by Louis Armstrong on Cornet and Fred Longshaw on the Reed Organ. Describe this music–what mood is being

conveyed here? As you listen, please list and describe any musical characteristics you recognize.

5. Compare and contrast St. Louis Blues from question #4 and Traveling Riverside Blues by Robert Johnson. How are they different? What do they seem

to have in common? List and describe characteristics you notice in the music. As you listen to Traveling Riverside Blues, performed by the great

Country or Delta Blues artist Robert Johnson, notice how Robert Johnson typifies the extremely personal approach of the Country/Delta Blues artist

as evidenced by his adding to (adding one extra beat), or deleting from (dropping one beat) the 4/4 time of each measure of music. He does not do

this to all the measures, but rather to just a selected few purely as a means of communicating his art. Maintaining strict 4/4 time coupled with the

twelve-bar harmonic progression of the blues is secondary to the personal expression of his voice and guitar. Additionally, because this music is

just Robert by himself on guitar and singing, he does not have to worry about keeping a stable 4/4 meter or a steady tempo as he would if he was

playing with other musicians in a band.

6. Urban Blues is a post World War II musical development. As African-Americans migrated north, the basic Country/Delta blues style mixed with the

jazz rhythm section of piano, bass, and drums. Additionally, the musicians “plugged in,” as amplification of the guitars, vocals, and the harmonica

became standard. Listen to the following examples of Urban Blues.

Describe the musical activity that you hear in each of the following Blues songs:

a) Baby How Long? – Howlin’ Wolf

b) I’m In The Mood – John Lee Hooker Notice how Hooker’s vocal timbre serves as a model for, and a direct influence on, Jimi Hendrix.

c) Hard Loser – Muddy Waters

d) When My Left Eye Jumps – Buddy Guy

e) Wake Up Old Lady – Lightnin’ Hopkins

f) Sweet Sixteen – B.B. King

7. List some of the characteristics of Blues music that have directly influenced and been co-opted into rock and roll.

8. What are the given name, brand name, and model of the specific electric guitar played by the late great urban blues artist B.B. King?

9. What instruments did Muddy Waters put together to form his Chicago-based Urban Blues band? What connection is there between this particular

instrumentation and rock and roll music?

10. Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933) – composer, singer, and “white bluesman” performs three of his own compositions in this “short” for Columbia Pictures

Studio in 1929. Click below to view, listen, and describe:

“The Singing Brakeman” (1929) – a short film featuring Jimmie Rodgers singing “Waiting for a Train”, “Daddy and Home”, and “T for Texas” (Links to

an external site.)

Beginning in the 1920’s with Jimmie Rodgers’ mix of yodeling, folk, blues, and “hillbilly” country; on into the 1930’s with singer, songwriter,

fiddler, band leader, publisher and Grand Ole Opry icon Roy Acuff; Country Music started to shift from small ensembles of instruments (string bands)

and/or singers such as The Carter Family, to that of the “solo singer-with-band” set up. This resulted in the post-World War II “honky-tonk” style

featuring one of the greatest country performers and composers of all time-Hank Williams (1923-1953).

As Billie Holiday did so eloquently in Jazz, Hank also had the ability to communicate his art in a most personal manner. Both of these musical

giants transcended the norm by singing with just the right balance of emotion and intensity, delivering it, as if each song were being sung just for

you.

11. Describe the musical activity in each of the following selections recorded and composed by the great Hank Williams:

a) Why Don’t You Love Me

b) I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry

c) Your Cheatin’ Heart

d) Move It On Over

Hank Williams’ songs have been covered by numerous artists representing many styles of music. He is, therefore, another major influence in the

development of rock and roll.

12. Prior to labeling it Rhythm and Blues (R&B) in 1949 by Billboard, what was the categorical name used by the music industry for music recorded by

African-American (Black) artists?

13. The tremendous significance of rhythm and blues vocalist Big Joe Turner toward the development of rock and roll is indisputable. Listen to and

describe what you are hearing in his 1954 rhythm and blues recording of Shake, Rattle and Roll.

14. What early rock and roll musician stated, “I felt that if I could take, say, a dixieland tune and drop the first & third beats, and accentuate

the second and fourth, and add a beat that the listeners could clap to as well as dance, this could be what they were after”?

15. Bill Haley’s musical style featured watered down rhythm and blues lyrics, country and western instrumental playing, and a stage routine designed

to “grab” his audience. His “meteoric rise” to popularity, and hits like “Rock Around The Clock” all pointed toward a long career in rock and roll.

Yet, as fast as his ascendancy was, “there were no more American hits after 1956.” Provide reasons why this happened to Bill Haley. As you write

your response, listen to his recording of the song See You Later, Alligator.

Coming from the same musical lineage as Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, and Memphis Minnie before her, Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton (1926-1984) is yet

another example of how the Blues and the entire African-American experience is unquestionably fundamental to the art form we are studying in this

course.

Big Mama Thornton was the original artist to record (and claimed she was the composer of the song too) the classic tune called Hound Dog. A legal

battle began, and the court sided with composers Lieber and Stoller, thereby keeping Big Mama Thornton from ever receiving any of the sizable

royalties the song has accrued through numerous cover versions since her original version was recorded in 1952.

16. Listen, compare, and contrast these two versions of the song Hound Dog. Which version do you prefer and why?

a) Hound Dog – Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton

b) Hound Dog – Elvis Presley

17. Elvis Presley from “hillbilly ignorance to celebrity,” was a most complex human being. List some of the influences (musical and non-musical)

that directly shaped and contributed to his performance characteristics. For example: What effect did African-American gospel revival meetings have

on the music and performance style of Elvis Presley?

18. After writing about what influenced Elvis, now list and comment on the product of those influences–Elvis Presley’s own performance

characteristics which established the “Elvis sound.” Describe the musical activity you hear in each of the following selections by “The King” Elvis

Presley:

a) (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear

b) I Want You, I Need You, I Love You

c) Heartbreak Hotel

d) All Shook Up

19. What are the primary differences between Elvis Presley’s Sun Record Label Recordings, and his subsequent recordings for RCA?

20. Describe the political and social climate in the United States during the 1950’s. Additionally, list some of the prevailing social attitudes

among middle-class white adults during the 1950’s. How did these “attitudes” effect their response to the sudden presence of rock and roll music in

popular culture?

21. Name the “big three” Major Record companies who controlled the prevailing pop music industry in the early 1950’s.

22. What are/were “indies” “Independent Record Companies? List three of these Indie Record companies that were active in the late 1940’s through the

1950’s. What impact did these indies have on the recording industry and rock and roll music in general?

The Listening Links To Lesson 1
Listening Links To Lesson #1

The Ba-Benjelle Pygmies (Links to an external site.)

The Fisk Jubilee Singers – Shout All Over God’s Heaven (Links to an external site.)

The Fairfield Four – Roll, Jordan Roll (Links to an external site.)

Bessie Smith – St. Louis Blues (Links to an external site.)

Robert Johnson – Traveling Riverside Blues (Links to an external site.)

Howlin’ Wolf – Baby How Long (Links to an external site.)

John Lee Hooker – I’m In The Mood For Love (Links to an external site.)

Muddy Waters – Hard Loser (Links to an external site.)

Buddy Guy – When My Left Eye Jumps (Links to an external site.)

Lightnin’ Hopkins – Wake Up Old Lady (Links to an external site.)

B.B. King – Sweet Sixteen (Links to an external site.)

Hank Williams – Why Don’t You Love Me (Links to an external site.)

Hank Williams – I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry (Links to an external site.)

Hank Williams – Your Cheatin’ Heart (Links to an external site.)

Hank Williams – Move It On Over (Links to an external site.)

Big Joe Turner – Shake, Rattle and Roll (Links to an external site.)

Bill Haley – See You Later Alligator (Links to an external site.)

(Willie Mae) Big Mama Thornton – Hound Dog (Links to an external site.)

Elvis Presley – Hound Dog (Links to an external site.)

Elvis Presley – I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Links to an external site.)

Elvis Presley – Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear (Links to an external site.)

Elvis Presley – Heartbreak Hotel (Links to an external site.)

Elvis Presley – All Shook Up (Links to an external site.)

In this assignment, students will complete an essay, approximately 800 words in length, centered around the ways in which Mendoza’s life

provides an important window into a rapidly changing British (and Western) society during the late 18th century, the same period we have

discussed as the era of the Atlantic Revolutions. At its core, the essay will answer the question, “Should we regard Daniel Mendoza’s

values and behaviors as primarily a reflection of the values of British society in his time or as more of divergence from the general

norms of his time?” As you prepare to write your essay, you will first need to read carefully through all sections of Mendoza the Jew,

being sure to contemplate carefully the following elements as you read:

What major British cultural ideologies, beliefs, and practices shape Mendoza’s story?

What do the primary source documents produced by Mendoza himself (Docs 1.7, 1.9, 1.11, 1.13, 1.15, 2.11, 2.13, and 3.11) tell us about

Mendoza’s motives and values?

How would you describe the relationship between Mendoza and the British nation?

Your essay should be organized around a clear thesis statement responding to the core question, and the body of your essay should

incorporate your reflections on the secondary questions above. Although no outside research is required, students should be careful to

observe the ethical standards that apply to all their work and provide citations as needed.