Your response has to prove you watched the video. No further research is necessary. If you want to quote, please do so, but don’t forget to cite your source.
Make sure you have a topic sentence and conclusion
Read:
Napoli, M. & Peterson, S. (2016). Whole Person Health: Mindful
Living Across the Lifespan. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing — Company.
Chapters 1 and 2Assignment 1: 4 (2 each Mindful Awareness Reflection Journal Entry (Chapters 1 and 2). Complete chapter) one journal entry for each chapter.In writing your journal entries, there are many opportunities to include personal experiences about your daily living. The purpose of this assignment is for you to reflect on any mindful experience you have after reading the chapters for the week, listening to the CD or the meditation video, or any experience you have during the week where you felt you were mindful. For example: 1. Acknowledge (describe the experience just as it is without internal or external filters).2. Intentional Attention (describe what each of your senses were experiencing during that moment).3. Accept Without Judgment (write about how you were or were not able to be present in that experience without judging or having expectations)4. Willing Choose (write about how you responded to your experience; what you learned as a result of this experience and how this experience made you more aware for the future).5. Mindful Meditation Experience (Mindful Practice) write about your thoughts, feelings, and experiences you had during or after your meditation experience.Please use the above template to write about any experience you want to. Each of us is different so we will all have unique experiences and interpret the readings/materials in various ways. There is no right or wrong answer with this assignment. It is meant for you to practice learning mindfulness as part of your daily routine. As long as I can tell you are reading the course materials and are somehow relating it to what is happening in your daily life, what you decide to reflect on is up to you. It is your journal for personal growth and reflection! It is also kept private between student and instructor.Please put forth effort with this assignment. I will be closely reading each and every one of them. One sentence answers really are not going to cut it! Since this is your own personal experience, it should not be difficult to write a short paragraph or at least several sentences for each section of the journal. You actually might find it fun, helpful, and even stress relieving for you to jot down your thoughts and experiences as they come up in your journals. Do not over think it!Remember to write one journal entry for each chapter.Discussion 1:
Critical Thinking Workbook Discussion – Complete initial post (350-500 6 (3 each words)
Critical Thinking Workbook Discussion
In this activity, you will reflect on the assigned readings and your thoughts, ideas, experiences, as well as what you have learned following the completion of the chapters/activities.After reading through the assigned chapters in the text, use the Critical Thinking Workbook Template below to reflect upon your thoughts, ideas, experiences, as well as what you have learned following the completion of the chapters/activites.Each response should be at the very least a paragraph in length (3-4 sentences).
Be thoughtful in your responses and avoid simple replies like “Well done,” or “Good job.” Discussions are meant to be conversations. “Well done” as your message in your reply does not constitute a conversation!
You can comment on their evaluation of the reading (keep it positive/constructive), comment on how it applies to you personally or professionally or respond to some other aspect of their post that resonates with you.
Critical Thinking Workbook TemplateThe most important information/key concepts we need to understand from these chapters are:How can I use the information in the chapters to help me with my daily mindfulness practice?
For this assignment, you will explore the campaign finance reports for your state representative
and state senator. Follow the steps below to get to the information. Then, answer the
questions at the end of the assignment. I have anticipated the problems many students will
encounter and created very specific directions to deal with the various data issues. Please
READ ALL DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY. Do not wait until the last minute as there are idiosyncrasies
in the data that might require my help.
Part I: Locate Information
1) Find the names and party affiliations of your state representative and state senator (NOT US REP OR
US SENATOR). Go to: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/ On the right-hand side is a box entitled Who
represents me? Enter your address and retrieve the names/party of your state representative and
state senator. It is possible that your address is near a boundary line of 2 districts. If so, the website
might give you 2 state representatives or state senators. If so, pick one state senator and one state
representative.
2) Go to the website of the Texas Ethics Commission where campaign finance reports are filed.
https://www.ethics.state.tx.us/
Now, 1. Click on Search campaign and lobby reports (Left menu, 2nd box).
2. Click Campaign finance reports (Center box).
3. Go to Simple Search.
4. Enter the Filer Name. (make sure that it is your STATE representative or senator, not the US
representatives). Enter the whole name as some common names will bring up a long list of
names.
5. Enter the name.
6. Search.
7. Find the name from the list and click on the Filer ID. See Notes below.
8. Once the next page loads, use the arrow in the upper right hand corner to go find the page with
the January 17, 2017 report. If you do not see that date’s report, discuss it with me as it is
possible that they were late or filed an amended report.
9. The report comes in 2 forms:
Raw data (hard to read, but faster as it cuts to the point of the assignment. RCPT means
contributions received. EXP refers to expenses paid from the fund.
PDF–a PDF of each contribution and expense (easier to read but may take longer to review)
NOTE 1: Instead of/in addition to seeing your elected officials name, you might see a group such as
xxxxPAC or Friends of/Texans for xxxx. These are political action committees which have fewer
restrictions on the raising and spending of money than candidates have. If this happens, use the
xxxxPAC, or Friends/Texans for xxxx for your report.
NOTE 2: If you do not see your elected official, that person might use a nickname when running for
office but the Ethics Commission Reports will be in his/her legal name.
NOTE 3: There are some elected officials with more common names than you would expect. Make sure
you enter the full first and last names of your elected official.
Part II: Elected Official Information. Answer the following questions:
1) Identify the names of parties of your state representative and state senator.
2) For each of them, who were their 5 biggest contributors over the report? What kinds of
businesses/individuals seemed to contribute most?
3) What were the 5 biggest expenses? Did it seem to you that the elected officials spent most of the
recent contributions or did they appear to spend some and bank the rest?
4) What was the most common amount contributed?
5) What patterns did you find in the contributors or expenses?
Part III: How useful is the Ethics Commission data. Answer the following questions:
1) Assess the ease of access to the information. Do you think it would be for the average member of the
public to retrieve this information without guidance? Explain.
2) Assess the websites usefulness in helping the average voter use the website to analyze information.
How could the information be configured differently to be more clear to the public?
3) Go to https://www.texastribune.org/ In the search box in the right hand corner, enter “Ethics
Explorer. This website is a product of a free online newspaper that covers Texas. Re-enter your
legislators names. Click each of the links beneath. Take note of the information provided.
4) How is the content of the information different from what you learned from the Texas Ethics
Commission website? Which source is more valuable to you as a citizen? Why? Why do you think the
state ethics commission website and the Texas Tribune sites are so different?
Explain. Why do you think that the data would be out of date for some candidates? Explain.
6) What did you discover in this assignment that surprised, worried, or concerned you? Explain. (Yes,
you must pick something. You may not answer that nothing surprised, worried, or concerned you).
7) From what you learned in this assignment, how powerful do you believe wealthy individuals or groups
are in Texas politics? Explain
This is a PhD level assignment. “Critics are our best friends, they show us our faults.” Ben Franklin Think of yourself and your fellow students as colleagues in the scientific process. As scientists, you have a strong interest in assisting each other to produce good work, which means that you must give feedback to challenge your colleagues’ thinking. Meaningful feedback is not fault-finding. It’s pointing out possible errors, unfounded assumptions, or questionable interpretations to assist others in improving their thinking. At the same time, you must be civil, respectful, and supportive of each other. Complete the Scientific Method Tutorial from Hartnell College located at https://old-www.hartnell.edu/tutorials/biology/scimethod.html. Respond to the following in the Scientific Process discussion forum: The tutorial you just completed was designed for research in biology. Give an example of an independent and dependent variable relating to the education environment. What examples of independent and dependent variables can you identify in a research topic that interests you?
Consider social,political,andeconomic equality. In what ways did RadicalReconstruction address and secure these forms of equality? Where did it fall short?
Technology is often the product of people and their circumstances, yet its influence also far surpasses its immediate environment. This understanding of technology helps to explain the resulting changes to human behavior that occur over time, especially when one considers the historical periods involved in the development and distributions of specific technologies.In keeping with the idea that some technologies may possess inherent value-laden qualities, consider how the invention of mechanized timekeeping devices (such as the mechanical clock) have radically changed human behavior over the last 1000 years.For this assignment, explain the historical context and cultural traditions which led to the development of the mechanical clock. Do research on how the development and adoption of the mechanical clock in Europe later affected the United States. Be sure to give examples. Then, consider your own experience with a form of artifactual timekeeping. Consider the influence that precision in accurate timekeeping has had upon your own behavior, both in your everyday life and especially as an engineer.In the essay, be sure to:2. Explain how the mechanical clock gave rise to the concept of artifactual time.3. Explain how precision in accurate timekeeping affected human behavior in both Europe and the United States. Give examples.4. Think about how artifactual timekeeping has affected your own behavior, both in your everyday life and especially as an engineer. That is, consider the importance of measuring time with accuracy and precision that makes possible your training as an engineer.
Write an essay that addresses the questions above. When you respond to these questions, you should be specific and cite specific details either from the readings, class lectures, or your own research. You must provide at least two references from your own research in addition to material provided by the course. Also, you should make sure to cite your sources in your response and include a reference list at the end of your essay. Citations must be from reputable sources. Sites like Wikipedia, about.com, etc. are NOT considered acceptable sources.
Read “Frederick Douglass on Remembering the Civil War” in the American Yawp Reader.http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/reconstruction/frederick-douglass-on-remembering-the-civil-war-1877/Respond to the following in 250 words.First, when and where did Douglass deliver this speech? Who was in the audience? What is he trying to remind them of? Does Douglass believe that the war was a moral one? What kind of war does he say it was?
Select one of assigned chapters by Dr. Groopman (1,2 or 9) and give an example of how any of the concepts he discusses in the Introduction are illustrated in the chapter you have selected. Please use footnote.
Write a three or four page paper on how the protagonist’s lack of sight led to his/her downfall.
Include: events before the conquests in the two main European countries, religion, race, land tenure regimes, political systems, native populations in the Americas, etc. 2- Discuss the conquest of Hispanic/Latin territories in North America and Latin America by the United States, and how this American expansion is relevant to the history of Latino migration to the United States. 3- List and discuss the three types of wars of independence in the Americas during the Atlantic Revolutions, and their relation to events in Europe.