What is Modalism?Explain at least one musical aspect of modalism that made it unique and distinctly different in the post bop era.

 

Videos, TED Talks, or Sustainable Development Goals

Note: If you choose the UN development goals, please explain which three you read about and briefly summarize their content before answering the questions

below.

Choose one of the videos, TED talks, or the site on the Sustainable Development goals posted this week and answer the following questions: What is your

general response to the information? What did you learn? How does the material fit your own experiences and views? Why would this be of interest to a

sociologist? Please make sure to refer to required course materials for this week (see first paragraph).
http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sustainable-development-goals.html
use the file i uploaded for in text citation it’s important for this assignment

 

Labor EconomicsData Practice with FRED – “Employment & The Labor Force”

 

In this assignment, you will use the St. Louis Federal Reserve Education Database (FRED) to explore the various data sources that measure the state of employment in the United States (namely, the Current Population Survey (commonly called the Household Survey) and the Establishment Survey). You will also be responsible for creating, editing, and interpreting data in a FRED series.

 

Written material should be typed, 12 pt. font, double spaced with 1 inch margins. Please do not ask me to accept assignments that are not combined, and please do not exceed the space limit of two written pages of text–my grading will stop there. When you are ready to submit your project, please include your paper and the file containing your data.

The purpose of this assignment is to:

• Give you some experience using data and manipulating graphs to tell a story.

Use FRED to Find Employment and the Labor Force Data

Employment is an important measure of an economy’s health. Economists and policymakers examine several data sources to assess the state of employment in the United States. The data are available on the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ FRED database. The following steps give you an opportunity to access the data and make some observations.

 

The most important FRED data source for employment is the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Situation Report. This report is probably the most anticipated of all economic reports—it measures the growth (or loss) of jobs, whether individuals are in the workforce, and household earnings. The report consists of two parts: the Current Population Survey (commonly called the Household Survey) and the Establishment Survey. As you may have guessed, the Household Survey questions households about their participation in the workforce and wages earned. The Establishment Survey (sometimes called the payroll survey) questions private businesses, companies, and government agencies about their changes in staffing. This exercise begins with the Household Survey portion (it is much smaller) and then moves to the Establishment Survey portion of the report.

 

Looking at the Unemployment Rate:

1. Start at the FRED website (http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2). To begin looking at employment data, click on the categories tab.
2. Under the Population, Employment & Labor Markets category, choose the Current Population Survey (Household Survey) The number in parentheses after each category listed indicates how many series are available in that category.
3. Here you will see a list of possible data series. Data are sorted initially by popularity. They can also be sorted several other ways—by start or end date, units, seasonal adjustment, and update date. Select Unemployment Rate from the list of categories, and then choose Civilian Unemployment Rate, usually the first (the most popular) series. To bring up the series, click on the title.
4. The graph shows the entire history of the series and allows options to view or download the data. Now, choose Download in the upper right corner of the page to view all of the data in an Excel file.
5. Look at the data and then answer the following question in your write-up: What is the highest unemployment rate recorded since 1948 and when did it occur?

Looking at the Change in Employment:

1. Next, go back to the Population, Employment & Labor Markets main category, and choose the Establishment Survey Data.
2. Within that category, choose the Total Nonfarm category
3. Within the Total Nonfarm category, choose All Employees: Total Nonfarm Payrolls, seasonally adjusted. This series represents the number of people reported as employed by companies (so, if a person has two jobs, they are counted as two employed persons).
4. This will be the first graph you will edit for your write-up. To make changes to the graph, select the Edit Graph button in the upper-right corner of the page.
5. A window should appear that will allow you to Edit Line 1 (All Employees: Total Nonfarm Payrolls). This window will allow you to make several changes to the display. Two items will be changed: the units and the date range.
6. The data are in thousands (notice the label on the y-axis). To show the data as a change from the previous month, click on the pull-down next to Units, then choose Change, Thousands of Persons. You can now close the edit window for this graph.
7. Next, change the data range from the default (entire range) to the last 10 years. Above the graph lists the date range for the data. Click the link for 10Y link to show only the last ten years of data. The graph will automatically update as you change variables.
8. Save this graph by clicking on the Download tab. Include it in your write-up as part of the appendix.

Putting it Together

1. Go back to the category of Establishment Survey Data. You will now compare the number of jobs from several different areas of the economy (for this portion of the project, use construction and retail). This requires locating one series and then adding others to the graph. To do this, first choose Construction as a category.
2. Choose the All Employees: Construction, seasonally adjusted, series in the category (again, sorted by popularity).
3. To add another series for comparison, choose the Edit Graph tab link above the graph. Select Add Line tab to bring up a search bar to add more data to the graph your graph. To add a line showing the number of employees in the retail trade industry, begin typing Employees Retail Trade. FRED will suggest likely data series as you type. Choose All Employees: Retail Trade. Make sure you select the seasonally adjusted data series.
4. You now have a graph with the number of construction employees in blue and the number of retail trade employees in red. Consider adding other industries to the graph. You may want to add All Employees: Financial Activities or All Employees: Professional and Business Services.
5. Select at least one more set of employees to add to the graph and then save your new graph to be included in the appendix of your write-up.

Looking at Labor Force Participation Rates

1. As a final way of studying employment, let’s look at some labor force participation rates. This will be an opportunity to create a single graph with multiple lines from a list. Choose the Current Population Survey (Household Survey).
2. Then choose the Civilian Labor Force Participation Rate.
3. Select the labor force participation rates for Men and Women by checking the boxes located next to the entries. Click Add to Graph to create a single graph with both data series already together.
4. The line for men’s labor force participation is blue, the line for women is red.
5. In your write-up, discuss some of the historical factors driving the change in labor force participation rates for men and women.

What Do You Want to Look at?

Use the FRED Data site to lookup the relationship between variables of your choosing. You are welcome to select from any of the datasets provided by FRED, so long as they are tangentially related to labor economics (For example, you can look at the number of new housing construction and the total number of employees in the construction industry to look at the derived demand for construction workers.). In addition to the work you’ve done above, create at least two more graphs containing different sets of variables and discuss what you find.

Your Write-up

Write out, in two double-spaced, typewritten pages:

• A brief description of what you did and why you did it.
• Answer the questions above and discuss the graphs you saved.

 

Include the graphs at the back of your write up. Everything should be *combined* together into a single file and follow the formatting specified at the top of this assignment. Take care to make your graphs clear and visually pleasing: in business, presentation matters.

 

Project Discussion Post

For your discussion post, select one of your graphs from the “What Do You Want to Look at?” Section and share with your classmates. Write a 100-word post about why you selected the variables you did and what results you found. Comment on at least 2 other classmates’ posts.

This is Week 5 in our continuing discussion of the building blocks of this course.

This week we explore at least the following learning objective:

LO-5      Define the key features of program validity/feasibility and how to monitor progress

You  already have a foundation to address these key features from the  previous week and yes, you can bring into this discussion some of those  elements that surfaced.

The key aspect from this LO-5 can be identified in three questions:

• What does it mean to monitor your progress?
• Why do you need to monitor your progress?
• How do you monitor progress?

These three questions address the what, the why and the how of progress monitoring.

Evaluate ways in which concerns about poor practice can be reported whilst ensuring that whistle blowers and those whose practice or behaviour

is being questioned are protected.

Think of this question in a school setting
Please also talk about the whilst blowing policy and why it is put in place
also an example of a serious care review can be referred to at the end such as the case of Ayeeshia Smith about the findings as it relates to

the question
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/sep/05/social-workers-missed-signs-to-save-toddler-stamped-to-death-by-mother
Structure of Question /essay
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
No sources are required

Write a 500-750-word paper that answers the following questions:

What is the assessment process for identifying substance use and other addictive disorders? What considerations must be made for choosing an appropriate screening and assessment tool? How do screening and assessment techniques for substance-related disorders differ from those for other addictive behaviors? Include a minimum of three scholarly references in addition to the textbook in your paper.

Proffy

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

BOOK-GENE KRANZ, FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION

 

This assignment is patterned after the book reviews that historians draft for professional journals such as the Journal of American History and the American Historical Review. One of the goals is to introduce a new topic, a different interpretation, or to allow you to examine more deeply a topic of your choice. Another goal of this assignment is to develop your critical thinking and analytical means because unlike a book report that merely discusses the book, a review is a critical examination of the author’s thesis, evidence, and conclusion.  Your review will be, at a minimum, 4 full pages in length.  Remember, 4 pages is the minimum. It will be double-spaced, using Times New Roman 12 font with margins no greater than 1.00”.

Grade: Your grade for this assignment will be based on form and content to include grammar, spelling, analysis, and critical thinking.

1. Heading. At the top of the first page only you need to place the proper citation. Please follow this model precisely:

                                      Title of Book. By Author (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication). Page

                                                     numbers. Reviewed by Your Name, Date of Review.

II. Body. The review itself is a critical examination of the author’s theses, evidence, and analysis.
                A. One (1) to Two (2) Paragraph Introduction
                                 1. Tell the reader about the author
                                 2. Why is the author interested in the subject?
                                 3. Why did the author write the book?
                 B. Two (2) to Three (3) Pages on the subject
                                 1. What is/are the author’s thesis/theses?
                                 2. What evidence does the author use?
                                 3. Is the author’s argument(s) effective? Defend your answer.
                 C. Two (2) to Three (3) Paragraphs on what worked or did not work for you
                                 1. What was interesting?
                                 2. What did not work for you? Defend your answer.
                 D. One (1) Paragraph Conclusion  
                                 1. Who would be interested in reading this book?
                                 2. What level (novice, secondary school, undergrads, grad students,

                                       etc.) of expertise is this book written for?
                                 3. End on a positive note.

 

Question 1: Properties of life and recognizing living and nonliving things

 

Consider the properties and characteristics of life. Choose two items (one of which is alive or has been alive and one which has never been alive). Compare and contrast their characteristics. What characteristics do they share and how are they different. Be prepared to discuss the importance of the various characteristics of living things and how their combination makes life an emergent part of the universe.

 

Question 2: Thinking as a scientist, designing research

 

Consider the process by which scientists think through information and solve problems and how this is similar and different to how nonscientists approach the world. Consider a small problem that is solvable scientifically. Describe the process you would go through in solving that problem. Be prepared to discuss the significance of the scientific approach to the development and advancement of human knowledge.

 

please write a paper which is 6 pages (excluding an appendix with the list of interview questions)
Healthcare on the results of an interview that you will conduct with yourself as a manager.. 2. Your paper
should not be a verbatim recitation of the results of the interview. Before you conduct your
5 / 1550 interview you should develop the questions based on the requirements of the paper. Appendix: This
does not count toward the paper page requirement. 7. Your paper should not be a verbatim E
53.00 ( Total: $18.00) recitation of the results of the interview. Do not quote yourself. 2. Be sure to include your questions
in the appendix of your assignment 3. Requirements of the Paper: 6 pages double-spaced 7. Write
Full Thesis and organize your paper with the appropriate headings and sub-headings. 2. Introduction-Explain 5
your position/ organizational mission/ goals 3. Crucibles-How you have or have not overcome them
Master and what they revealed about your leadership 4. Self-Awareness and Values-Discussion of this as it
pertains to your management style 5. Support Team-Discussion of how this impacts your
A management style 6. Integrated Life-Steps you have taken or plan to take about leading and
integrated life and what it means to your management