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1.Provide an explanation of the rules of discovery for E-Evidence.
2.How is E-Evidence identified?
3.What sources have E-Evidence (outside of the organization and within it)?
4.How is E-Evidence seized?
5.Give an explanation about how E-Evidence is used in court cases.
6.What types of cases use E-Evidence?
7.What standards are required so that the E-Evidence is admissible?

 

After viewing the 3 you tube videos on prayer, name and discuss something you learned from EACH of them about the importance and power of

prayer, which may help you in understanding your work with patients and their spiritual need for prayer. Please be clear to designate

what you gained from each of the videos.

Videos for question #5
1) Prayer: Intimacy with God

2)Authentic Prayer to the Living God changes reality!

3): The Healing Power of Prayer

Each question must be answered separately

For this assignment, analyze the case and answer the questions following it.

John Doe is a twenty-one-year-old Caucasian male, who was arrested at his home, which he shared with his parents and older sister. He was charged with possession and distribution of child pornography. The defendant grew up in a semirural environment. He has a slight speech impediment. He was sexually molested by a distant relative at the age of nine, who has since been incarcerated on an unrelated charge. Doe has been using marijuana and alcohol since he was fourteen. Doe was held back in second grade and subsequently was in special education classes. He had sex for the first time at the age of eighteen with a girl he knew from the neighborhood. They were both drunk at the time, and she made fun of his clumsiness. He did not enjoy the experience. Doe graduated from high school at the age of nineteen and had stayed home since then. He never found employment. He is mildly depressed. Doe enjoys playing video games on his computer, which his parents bought him when he graduated from high school.

When interviewed by the arresting officers, Doe agreed to answer questions. He has been a member of several chat rooms, where child pornography in the form of both pictures and videos is shared. A subsequent search of Doe’s computer revealed hundreds of images and videos of adult males engaging in sexual activities with prepubescent children. When booked into the local jail, John sliced his wrists with a razor and attempted to hang himself using a torn T-shirt. The cuts were superficial, and the nose broke, causing John to fall to the floor and hit his head. He never lost consciousness. His defense attorney requested an evaluation for competency to stand trial and legal sanity. After a three-month treatment with psychotropic medication for depression, Doe was found competent to proceed to trial. The evaluation for legal sanity did not produce significant results. Doe decided to accept a plea agreement. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a hundred-month sentence (eight years and four months), followed by ten years of supervised release. If he had gone to trial and lost, he could have received a prison sentence of fifteen and twenty years in length. Doe was sent to a federal prison facility specializing in the treatment of sex offenders.

Based on the above information, respond to the following questions:

Develop an initial mental health postarrest assessment for Doe that includes a line of questioning to determine personality type and suicide risk.
Develop an initial investigative postarrest assessment for Doe, focusing on possible motivations for the crime in question.
Compare the differences between how law enforcement personnel and a forensic mental health professional would conduct assessment and criminal investigative procedures in the case of Doe.
Based on reviewed research, describe 3–4 personality characteristics and motivational dynamics of an individual who is capable of such a crime.
Develop an appropriate postconviction treatment for Doe, including specific recommendations for type of treatment (cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, and medication) and modality (individual and group) as well as outcome measures, which would evaluate his progress.
Describe 2–3 appropriate psychological tests that could be useful in psychological profiling and/or criminal investigation for this case.
Support your responses giving reasons and examples from 6–7 scholarly resources.

Write a 6- to 8-page paper in a Microsoft Word document. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Your paper should be written in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

A Culture of Problems

Research Essay Guidelines
Due Dates: Final Research Essay (400 points) due during finals week; see “Assignments” tab on
Canvas for the due dates for Draft 1 and Draft 2 (200 points each).
Okay, so we’ve learned a little about various social “problems” or issues, and we’ve talked about
them, thought about them, and written about them in an informal way—but how to get from this
point to an argumentative academic research essay?
The Basics:
Write an argumentative, claim(s)-based essay
11 – 12 pages with an additional, separate Works Cited page that lists . . .
11 – 12 academic sources . . .
– Which can include at most two films
– Which can include at most one personal interview or podcast interview
– All other secondary sources should be academic, meaning peer-reviewed and
published in a reputable forum (major newspapers, journals, etc.), and authored by
those with verifiable expertise in the subject matter
MLA formatted, 12 point Times New Roman font, double-spaced, 1-inch margins, stapled.
Step 1: Developing a Research Topic
Think about our class discussions and the issues and ideas raised. What interests you? What
would you like to read more about, and ultimately write about?You should develop a working thesis, meaning a general idea to guide your

initial research, as
soon as possible. This working thesis is a tool to get the ball rolling; it is not a contract you are
tied down to. Edit, expand, shrink, discard, morph this working thesis as you see fit, as you
follow the research and writing process.
Step 2: Research
Performing proper academic research is the most time-consuming step—by far—so it’s
important to start sooner rather than later. Use databases available through the EvCC library
online, such as Academic Search, JSTOR, etc.
– Books and journal articles and newspaper articles are examples of acceptable sources.
– Wikipedia and anonymous webpages and blogs are examples of unacceptable sources
(unless the blog is authored by a verifiable expert, of course).
– Avoid Google searches until you’ve first used the academic databases. Why? Because
Google searches are public (i.e., not peer-reviewed), and therefore will return
everything: the bad, the good, the false, and the utterly nonsensical—you haven’t the
time to wade through all that.
As you research, it is natural that your research topic and / or working thesis will change. Don’t
fight this. Let the sources guide your thinking and writing. Also, actively seek out sources that
conflict with your thesis, and consider how you can use them to argue opposing viewpoints, and
thereby strengthen your ethos, or academic credibility.
Advice! Let the research guide the writing, not vice-versa: don’t put the cart before the horse or
the pen before the book . . . or, more modernly, Microsoft Word before JSTOR.
Repeat after me: I will research before I write . . . I will not try to write and then research
. . . While my research and writing will inevitably lead to more and different research (and more
and different writing), I will not write an essay without researching and then go back and try to
find sources to plug into what I’ve already written . . . I simply will not do this . . . I won’t . . . I
will not . . . It’s bad and it doesn’t work and I simply won’t, won’t, won’t, WON’T do this.If you are researching properly and thoroughly,

and still finding insufficient information to write
an argument, you may have to scrap your proposed topic / thesis and start fresh. So, again, start
researching as soon as possible, in case you encounter a false start.
Keep in mind that as you write your argument, you will / should think about new topics that need
considered, and hence more research opportunities. Therefore, you should be doing research
throughout the remainder of the process.
Step 3: The Rough Drafts
An initial rough draft (Rough Draft #1) of at least six pages with at least six sources will be due
approximately halfway through the quarter (see “Assignments” tab for specific date).
This gives you time to revise and seek feedback from both classmates and your instructor
prior to the due date for the second rough draft (Rough Draft #2), which will be at least nine
pages with at least nine sources and will be due a few weeks later (again see the “Assignments
tab for the specific date).
Don’t worry about grammar or style too much while drafting—although it should be
readable—but instead focus on getting your ideas on paper in an organized fashion and
incorporating suitable academic sources. Build a good, solid skeleton (rough draft), and then add
flesh to the bones (while seeking feedback and refining your argument), and finally polish it all
up and make it as perfect as you possibly can before finals week.
A good rough draft would show the following:
– An introduction which engages the reader and gives enough background information
for the argument to be understood, ending in a . . .
– Solid thesis statement (CLAIM + REASON[S]) that acts as a roadmap for the
argument to come. Thesis statements are arguments in a nutshell. They are very
important.
Example: The plight of the Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest owes to a
combination of the loss of traditional ways of life and the encroachment oftechnology (the CLAIM), as evidenced by the decimation of the

salmon runs that
were the center of commerce, sustenance, and community spirit (the REASON[S]).
– The intro should be followed by a body of argument that uses logical statements and
sources as evidence to support the thesis statement. These sources should include
both primary texts (books) and secondary sources (journal articles, films, newspaper
articles, etc.).
– Opposing viewpoints should be considered, if and where appropriate.
– Transition sentences should by employed between all major points and sections; i.e.,
transition from the introduction to the body of the essay, transition between main
points in the body itself, and transition from the body to the conclusion.
– End with a solid conclusion that summarizes the main argument in a satisfying way,
but does not introduce any new lines of inquiry (because the essay is now complete).
Step 4: Revision
Rough drafts 1 and 2 will be peer-reviewed and you will use this feedback to improve your essay
before the next step in the process. Certain later class periods will also include exercises to revise
and polish the Final Research Essay.
Important! On the days Rough Draft 1 and 2 are due, you must bring two (2) printed
copies of your draft to class. One for me, one for peer-review. Needless to say, if you do not
produce a rough draft, or fail to bring printed copies to class, you will not get the benefit of
revision exercises.
– Electronic copies are not substitutable for printed copies.
Caveat: While I understand we all fret over grades and deadlines, try not to stress. Stress is the
enemy of good thinking. Stress causes anxiety, which leads to fear, which results (paradoxically)
in procrastination, which leads to more stress and more anxiety and more procrastination. A
downward spiral, in other words. Do a little bit of work every day. Read one article, write a few
sentences. Choose a topic that genuinely interests you, have fun, and take your time.

Conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa

Read the article “10 Conflicts to Watch in 2017”.Once you have read the article, respond to the following questions listed below in “Discussions”.

Be sure to response to at least one of the other postings.
a) Of the 3 Sub-Saharan Africa hot spots, how do you rank them (with 1 being the worst case scenario)? What criteria did you used for your rankings?

Explain.
b) To what do you attribute the volatility of these areas?
c) What can be done to ease tensions in these areas?

© KC Distance Learning
Lab: Chemical Reactions I
Objectives
• Understand qualitative tests for ions that are based on solubility
• Learn that Na+, SO4- and Na2CO3 are water soluble
• Recognize balanced chemical equations
• Perform a qualitative experiment with aqueous solutions
Introduction
Many of us remember those tearful
moments in the bath when soap got in our
eyes. We use soap everyday to wash our
skin, hair, clothes, cars, pets, and other
products. In fact, people have produced
and used soap for more than 5000 years. It
was one of the first applications of mixing
different chemicals to produce a new
product. What is soap and how is it made?
The process of making soap involves the
combination of two different types of
substances: fats (either animal fats or plant
oils) and lye (sodium hydroxide). In ancient
times, lye was produced in a variety of
ways, but usually involved leaching salts
from plant ashes, such as wood-ash to
extract potash (potassium carbonate) or soda ash (sodium carbonate). Combining soda
ash with lime (calcium oxide) produces lye.
Figure 1: Samples of a variety handmade Italian
soaps. The ancient Egyptians, Germans, and
Romans used soaps to wash their hair, bodies,
and clothing as early as 2000 BC. Making soap
is a simple process and many fine soaps are still
crafted by hand.
Many types of chemical reactions occur naturally and chemists use them to produce a
variety of substances or to perform analysis. A precipitation reaction produces a solid
substance when two or more liquid (aqueous) solutions are mixed together. The solid
forms when one ion replaces another ion. A precipitation reaction is one way that© KC Distance Learning
chemists analyze an ionic compound to determine the presence of certain water soluble
ions, such as Ca2+ or Mg2+.
Sodium carbonate (soda ash) Na2CO3 is a
polyatomic compound that is water soluble,
much like many nitrates, acetates, and
ammonium ions. Another water soluble
polyatomic compound is Epsom salt,
known chemically as magnesium sulfate
(MgSO4). Mixing these two aqueous
solutions can free the soluble ions and
result in the precipitation of non-soluble
solids.
Chemists use chemical equations to
predict and record the events that occur in
a chemical reaction. The chemicals that
are combined together and react are
referred to as the reactants and are placed
on the left hand side of the equation. The
chemicals that are produced are placed on
the right hand side of the equation and are
referred to as the products. The equals
sign in the equation is replaced with an
arrow to illustrate the direction of the
reaction.
Figure 2: A molecular model of sodium carbonate.
Sodium carbonate has many uses, including: use
as a water softener, producing glass, bleaching
skeletons for display, bonding dyes to fibers,
preserving foods, cleaning silver, and in toothpaste
as a cleaning agent.
The reaction you will be observing in this lab is written in the following fashion:
MgSO4(aq) + Na2CO3(aq) → 2 Na(aq)
+
+ SO
4(aq)
–
+ MgCO3 (s)
The abbreviations (aq) and (s) represent aqueous and solid, respectively. Aqueous
means that the substance has been dissolved in water. This chemical equation is
balanced to represent the conservation of matter. The number 2 in front of the sodium
ion is referred to as a coefficient and is placed there by the chemist to make sure that
the equation is balanced (the same amount of each element before and after the
reaction).© KC Distance Learning
Pre-lab Questions
1. Which chemical, originally produced from the ashes of plants, is essential for
making soap?
2. What has happened to a chemical that is in an aqueous form?
3. What is one type of reaction that can be used to find soluble ions?© KC Distance Learning
Experiment: Precipitation of a Solid
In this experiment, you will be working with two aqueous substances to produce a
reaction that will cause a precipitate to form.
Materials
Safety Equipment: Goggles or glasses, gloves, apron
• Powdered laundry detergent (1 teaspoon)
(must contain washing soda or soda ash)
• Epsom salts (Magnesium sulfate), MgSO4
• Measuring spoons
• Pure water (warm)
• 4 plastic cups (clear)
• Food coloring (red and blue)
• Eye dropper or straw
• Permanent marker
Procedure
1. Warm (do not boil) 2 cups of the distilled water in a microwave oven.
2. Label your plastic cups: LD solution, ES solution, ES test solution, LD test
solution.
3. Dissolve 1 teaspoon of laundry detergent with ½ cup of warm water in the plastic
cup labeled “LD solution.” Stir until the solid is completely dissolved.
4. Dissolve 1 teaspoon of Epsom salts with ½ cup of warm water in the plastic cup
labeled “ES solution.” Stir until the solid is completely dissolved.
5. Dissolve 1 tablespoon of Epsom salts with 2 tablespoons of warm water in the
plastic cup labeled “ES test solution.” Stir until the solid is completely dissolved.
6. Add a few drops of blue food coloring to the ES test solution.
7. Dissolve 1 tablespoon of laundry detergent with 2 tablespoons of warm water in
the plastic cup labeled “LD test solution.” Stir until the solid is completely
dissolved.© KC Distance Learning
8. Add a few drops of red food coloring to the LD test solution.
9. Use an eye dropper or straw (with your finger on the end) to collect a few drops
of LD test solution.
10.Observe what happens as you drop the LD test solution into the Epsom salt
solution.
11.Use an eye dropper or straw (with your finger on the end) to collect a few drops
of ES test solution.
12.Observe what happens as you drop the ES test solution into the laundry
detergent solution.
13.Record your observations.
14.Dispose of your chemicals by washing them down a sink.
15.Clean your work area.
16.Wash your hands.
Data and Observations
Red LD test solution added to Epsom salt solution:
Blue ES test solution added to laundry detergent solution:© KC Distance Learning
Post-lab Questions
1. Could the two aqueous solutions be identified through a visual inspection? Explain.
2. What happened when a drop of the sodium carbonate solution was mixed with the
magnesium sulfate?
3. Which solid substance contains magnesium (Mg)?

 

BL – Initial Post
Please have a read through the information provided below and answer the question with relevant references.

When one person or a company has a duty of care towards another, it could be another person or another company, they have a duty of care and this is a

standard they must live up to. Should they fail to do just that then there is a breach of duty present. If someone is to suffer from a breach of duty,

they will file a case should this breach cause them a loss.

In order to create a case on there being a breach of duty, one must first establish that the defendant owed the claimant a duty of care. If looking at

a workplace, it is common knowledge that there is a duty of care placed upon the employers. It can be argued whether this duty of care is to take

reasonable precautions to eliminate risk, or are they expected to eliminate risk completely?

For example, Latimer v AEC [1953] saw a claimant slip on the factory floor he worked in. The factory had become flooded due to bad weather conditions

and the defendant took necessary steps. A breach of duty was claimed stating ‘that the defendant should have closed the factory if it was unsafe.’ (E-

law resources, n.d) It was decided that there was no breach of duty because the defendant only had to take reasonable precautions to minimise the risk,

which they had done.

When looking at the requirement that damage must be of a foreseeable type, we refer to remoteness of damage. As with the case law above, a negligence

claim was not successful and the flooding due to weather was seen as remote.

Remoteness of damage is used as a mechanism to control liability, and there are rules to assist with the determining of actions. ‘The remoteness of

damage rule limits a defendant’s liability to what can be reasonably justified, ensures a claimant does not profit from an event and aids insurers to

assess future liabilities’. (Bits of law, 2013)

As with remoteness, foreseeability is used to determine proximate cause. The type and manner of harm in claims are limited by law by the scope of

liability based on the foreseeability. (Tikriti, n.d)

Which tests do you think are the most reliable and accurate when dealing with a breach of duty case?

 

Scenario: You are the City Manager of a city of about 500,000 about 10 miles from the U.S. border and your City Council has identified a city

of comparable size 20 miles on the other side of the border with which they want to develop a successful sister city relationship. For this

exercise you can use either the northern or southern border. The City Council has tasked you to develop the outreach and plan for the first

meeting. Outline the agenda and protocols for the first meeting.

Cover page with assignment, your name and class. Do not use headers or footers. The cover page does not count as part of the 3-5-page count.

Summary: from the readings summarize the description of international collaborations, how to develop international opportunities and

relationships, and maintaining international relationships.
Pay particular attention to the sections on creating international opportunities and the examples, developing international relationships and

the examples, and the section on universities and international collaborations.

Analysis: Evaluate and analyze (using the information in your summary) the steps you would take to develop a sister city relationship with a

city across the U.S. border.

R Recommendations: Using the readings, develop a plan for working through difficult issues. The difficult issue is that each city is adamant

about wanting the first meeting in their city. Working with your counterpart in the other city, develop a plan to resolve this issue. Working

with your counterpart in the other city, develop a(n) (implementation) plan to resolve this issue. Also include a plan to maintain the

international relationships. Pay particular attention to the sections: working through difficult issues, maintaining international

relationships, and the summary and conclusion.

First, view the presentation titled The Literature Review in Research and read the Module 3 background information. Then, please complete in 2-3

pages (not including the cover sheet and bibliography) a brief Literature Review related to your selected research question.

Please include the following items:

Select one of your quantitative research questions developed in Module 2 and use it here in Module 3 to guide your Literature Review.
Peruse the literature; select 4 or 5 articles that relate to your research question; and read with a purpose to identify gaps in information or

ambiguities that help to clarify and justify your research question.
Based on your review of the literature, discuss the following items in your Case assignment paper:
Show why your research question (in original format or revised) needs to be answered (for example, does it address controversies or debates, or fill

a gap, found in the literature?)
Describe the theories that support your research question (for example, are there any theoretical models that need to be tested empirically as

suggested by your research question?)
Identify the best methodology to conduct a study to answer your research question (please explain your response)
Describe how answering your research question (with completion of prospective study) would add to the research already completed.

 

Costco case study
Guidelines for Analyzing Cases

Problem and Issue Identification

1. What are the central facts of the case? What assumptions are you making about these facts?

2. What is the major overriding issue in the case? What major question or issues does this case address that merits study at this point in the course?

3. What sub-issues or related issues are present in the case that merit consideration now?

Analysis and Evaluation

1. Who are the stakeholders in the case and what are their stakes? What challenges, threats or opportunities are posed by these stakeholders?

2. What economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic responsibilities does the company have, and what is the nature and extent of these responsibilities?

3. If the case involves company actions, evaluate what the company did or did not do in handling the issue affecting it.

Recommendations

What recommendations do you have for this case? If a company’s strategies or actions are involved, should the company have acted as it did? What action should the company take now? Why? Be as specific as possible. List several options as well as the pros and cons of each alternative. Be prepared to discuss why you eliminated those options you discarded and defend your chosen alternative. Mention and discuss any important implementation considerations. This last step is crucial because recommendations that cannot be implemented are worthless.

Define the Problem:What type of case is this? Decision, Problem or Evaluation? What problem(s) or issue(s) should be the focus for your analysis.

List concepts that can be applied:Write down any principles, frameworks or theories that can be applied.

 

List relevant qualitative data:Evidence related to the quality or character of something or someone.

 

List relevant quantitative data:evidence related to the amount or number of something. Salient financial ratio analysis? Trends over time?

 

Describe the results of your analysis:What evidence have you accumulated that supports one interpretation over another.

 

Describe alternative actions:List and prioritize possible recommendations or actions that come out of your analysis. Remember, choices emerge from your analysis of what’s going on.

 

Describe your preferred action plan:Write a clear statement of what you would recommend including short, medium and long-term steps to be carried out. If you can’t summarize it in a clear, understandable sentence, keep working.