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water

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A home gets its water from the public supply. Which of the following would be the best way for the homeowner to obtain a water-quality report?

Purchase a home sampling kit on the Internet Record observations made by smelling and tasting the tap water Request data from the local water treatment facility Ask neighbors for a sample of their water to compare

Question 2 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Which of the following is a common source of groundwater pollution?

Oil dumping and oil spills Tossing candy bar wrappers into a stream Flushing household chemicals down the toilet Leaking storage containers outside factories

Question 3 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Which of the following is a major cause of waterborne diseases?

Bacteria Particulates Dissolved gases Sediments

Question 4 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Which organization is responsible for enforcing clean-water legislation governing water use and quality in the Everglades?

Everglades Police Agency Environmental Protection Agency Clean Water Agency Florida Waterway Patrol

Question 5 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Which of the following is caused by pollutants from farm runoff, feedlots, or septic tanks?

Increased fecal coliform Low dissolved oxygen Temperatures greater than 45°C pH below 6.5

Question 6 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

How would a person most likely become ill from overly acidic water?

The water may contain toxic heavy metals. Low pH is associated with cancer in newborns. Low pH can make water cloudy with suspended particles. There are no ill effects of acidity in water.

Question 7 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Which of the following is an action that people in Florida could take to help decrease the turbidity of coastal waters?

Build dams along rivers leading to the coast Reduce erosion by planting trees along the shore Remove photosynthesizing plants from coastal waters Build housing developments on land that borders water bodies

Question 8 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Which of the following would most likely be considered nonpoint source pollution?

Animal waste from a local horse farm seeping into the ground Increased turbidity from erosion A car repair shop dumping used oil in the ground A leaky underground oil tank

Question 9 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Which of the following is an indicator of good water quality?

High levels of nitrates High levels of phosphates Zero turbidity All of the above

Question 10 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Which of the following is typically associated with a reduction in photosynthesizing plants in a water supply?

An increase in dissolved oxygen A decrease in dissolved oxygen An increase in phosphates A decrease in phosphates

Question 11 (Essay Worth 5 points)

Summarize your findings from the Water Quality Lab. Be sure to include your observations and the sources of each water-quality issue you investigated.

Question 12 (Essay Worth 5 points)

Dan took three samples of water from the creek behind his house once a month for the last six months. He tested the water and reported the results in the following data table.

You are the paralegal in the organized crime practice in a large law firm. In the face of a looming budget deficit and likely cutbacks ahead, your lead attorney has asked you to write a memorandum justifying the future existence of the RICO (Racketeer Inf

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You are the paralegal in the organized crime practice in a large law firm. In the face of a looming budget deficit and likely cutbacks ahead, your lead attorney has asked you to write a memorandum justifying the future existence of the RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization) criminal defense practice. You should demonstrate your understanding of organized crime and present a detailed argument to support maintaining a criminal defense practice. Be sure to explain and discuss the RICO Act, including the nature of what this act covers, what types of incidences are involved in organized crime, and what prosecutions have happened under the RICO Act.

Using APA format, write a justification of 1–2 pages for continuing your unit. Support your arguments with citations to sources in APA format.

You are the paralegal in the organized crime practice in a large law firm. In the face of a looming budget deficit and likely cutbacks ahead, your lead attorney has asked you to write a memorandum justifying the future existence of the RICO (Racketeer Inf

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You are the paralegal in the organized crime practice in a large law firm. In the face of a looming budget deficit and likely cutbacks ahead, your lead attorney has asked you to write a memorandum justifying the future existence of the RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization) criminal defense practice. You should demonstrate your understanding of organized crime and present a detailed argument to support maintaining a criminal defense practice. Be sure to explain and discuss the RICO Act, including the nature of what this act covers, what types of incidences are involved in organized crime, and what prosecutions have happened under the RICO Act.

Using APA format, write a justification of 1–2 pages for continuing your unit. Support your arguments with citations to sources in APA format.

Management

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Discussion 1

Examples of Organizational Change.

View the Social Media Revolution video. We have all watched organizations around us change in response to technology, legislation, consumer demand, and other factors. Provide an example of an organization that has changed for the better and how this transition benefited its customers, employees, and investors. Review several of your peers’ posts. Discuss how and why these changes have occurred, with at least two of your peers.

Your initial post should be at least 200 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.

Discussion 2

Implementing Organizational Change

Select one of the following approaches to understanding or implementing organizational change. Summarize this approach and provide an example of how this information could be useful to an organization. Review several of your peers’ posts. Discuss any similar or opposing perspectives you have, with at least two of your peers. Take care to be professional and polite even if your beliefs or viewpoints differ.

Dunphy and Stace’s Four Levels of Change

Balogun and Hailey’s Change Model

Proactive vs. Reactive Changes

Strategic Change versus Tactical Change

Tichy’s 3 Types of Change

Open-systems Framework

Balanced Scorecard

The Stakeholder Approach

Your initial post should be at least 200 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.

Job Satisfaction

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Application: Job Satisfaction

As discussed in this week’s Learning Resources, a variety of factors influence individuals’ job satisfaction. This Application Assignment provides an opportunity to analyze some of these factors and to think about how this relates to your current or future as a health care manager.

Prepare for this assignment by reviewing the Learning Resources, including the “Barbara Norris: Leading Change in the General Surgery Unit” case. Also, conduct your own research on this topic using the Walden library and credible Web sites.

Read the Job Satisfaction Interview Document and prepare to interview five individuals. Ideally, you will interview two individuals in managerial or supervisory positions and three employees in health care organizations. Do not interview your own supervisor or direct reports.

You are encouraged to modify the Job Satisfaction Interview Document to incorporate your own questions devised from the Learning Resources and your own research.

Conduct each interview as follows:

Ask the participant to rank each of the survey items in order of importance to him or her (i.e., #1 has the most influence on the work experience and job satisfaction, and so on).
Ask the participant follow-up questions as appropriate.
Note information about the participant that will help you conduct your analysis. For instance, include first names, professional credentials, and levels of experience.

Then, analyze the information you have collected in conjunction with the research and ideas presented in the Learning Resources, as well as the resources that you have identified on your own. Consider the following questions:

What similarities and differences do you notice between and among various individuals (e.g., managers versus employees)? What patterns emerge?
What contextual factors should inform your analysis? For instance, how might the current economic climate inform individuals’ responses? How could the level of education and training an individual has influence what he or she values most in a job?

Write a 2- to 3-page paper in which you:

Analyze two or more key factors that influence job satisfaction, noting why you think these factors are particularly important. Include specific references to your interviews and at least four resources in your analysis.
Propose strategies for how health care managers can help to promote a positive work experience and job satisfaction for their direct reports. Explain how and why this is important for helping an organization to fulfill its mission, vision, and values, and achieve its goals and objectives.

Note: At the end of your paper, include notes from your interviews or the actual documents.

Your written assignments must follow APA guidelines. Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and from additional scholarly sources as appropriate. Refer to the Essential Guide to APA Style to ensure that your in-text citations and reference list are correct.

prepare a 2-page paper outlining the impact, positive and negative, on the construction industry from a weak US dollar .

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prepare a 2-page paper outlining the impact, positive and negative, on the construction industry from a weak US dollar .

pretty cut and dry

Due tmr

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ANSWER:

This week will be an opportunity to share ideas and approaches to the Excel course project. What are some spreadsheet features you will use to make your spreadsheet professional, readable, reliable, and repeatable? Which spreadsheet functions and data analysis types do you think will be the most challenging to implement in this project? What questions do you have about those functions and types of data analysis?

COMMENT:

Some spreadsheet features that I will be using for the project would be the bar charts, pivot tables and pie charts. Some spreadsheet function that I will be using is the IF function, common math function such as =b7/b8 and SUM function. I don’t think there would be many functions that will be difficult because some of the functions that might be used are in some of our previous ilabs so it wouldn’t be that difficult.

COMMENT:

Some of the tools I will basically use in my project are; consolidation, various calculations steps, coloring, chart types, conditional formatting, filtering, sorting, and the mail merging feature. With the use of the mail merging feature and various chart types, it will be easier for me to summarize the data or details since it is very large. As regards, I may use the pivot table first since it is the most fitting Excel tool that can be used to summarize and organize large amounts of details or data in such a way that it can be much easy to understand or readable by audiences. Added to that, I will use the coloring and filtering features in various steps so that the presentation or project will look just more unique. One challenging step I might encounter difficulty with is the process of importing or bringing all the details from the Microsoft txt format to the Excel spreadsheet. Verily, without the details in the txt format, it will be challenging to calculate for the various items or details.

CIS/207 – New System Proposal

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Develop a 3,500- to 4,200-word paper and a Microsoft® PowerPoint® slide presentation of the project, due in Week Five. The paper must include the following:

A full description of the new system, a description of its components, and the benefit it will provide to Riordan
A discussion of the business requirements driving the need for the system
A discussion of the information used in the system
A discussion of any information security and ethical concerns with the system
A diagram of the information flow and any elements controlling proper access to the information it uses
A description of any proposed business process changes for the system along with flow diagrams
A specific discussion on any Internet and mobile access components of the system
A description of how specific business requirement would drive the project’s creation and use
A high-level discussion of how the system will be acquired and maintained
A discussion of the strategic role the system will play in the company
An executive summary of the project, succinctly summarizing the rest of the material in the paper
Four to six references

Begin work on the proposal for the new system.

Identify a specific system that would help improve Riordan’s business.

Begin defining the system’s business requirements.

Format your paper and presentation consistent with APA guidelines.

note: i do not need the whole 3,000 to 4,000 words the team has already began a paper i just need at least 1000 words added to the paper pertaining to the guidlines noted above if you read what was already wrote you would see that the team has stopped on the mobile components sections, if you could piggy back off the paper and add at least 1000 words and maybe two references that would be golden. Also Complete a powerpoint of the completed paper.

Business simulation class

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I am taking a business simulation class. I need assistance from someone who understands how to operate a business simulation and how to raise the overall score.

Madam- Professor wk 5 content review

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Review the “four powerful arguments for viewing active family involvement as the cornerstone of relevant and longitudinal educational planning” on pages 91–92 in your course text. Next, adopt the perspective of a parent of a young child with special needs. In your own words, explain why each point is vital to developing an effective plan for the successful education of your child.

To ensure effective partnerships with children’s families, all professionals who work with those families must recognize and respect individual family practices and beliefs, as well as strive to eliminate attitudes and behaviors that impede family involvement. Review “Professional Roadblocks to Communication” on pages 104–105 in your text. Choose one roadblock of particular interest to you. Then explain how you would apply the principles of effective communication on pages 102–104 to overcome this roadblock.

Describe three insights with regard to working with culturally and linguistically diverse families of children with special needs that you have become aware of through your readings this week. Explain what early childhood professionals can do to respond sensitively to the needs and challenges of specific families and their children with special needs.