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Part I Vaccinations

For your initial post, choose one of the following topics in the area of childhood development to research and discuss:
•Corporal punishment

•Vaccinations

•Attachment parenting

As a psychology professional, you have been asked to provide a caregiver with your professional opinion regarding how issues related to your chosen topic may influence short- and long-term physical, cognitive, or psychosocial development in his or her child.

Using the Ashford University Library, research three peer-reviewed articles that were published within the last 10 years on your chosen topic and that either support or challenge aspects of your chosen issue. Evaluate the unique scholarly perspectives found in your research and describe the validity and reliability of the results presented. Using the three peer-reviewed articles, identify your professional position on the topic including whether or not you believe the incorporation of this element will have a positive effect on the child’s development. Apply this research to major themes of development influenced by your chosen topic and explain how the literature supports your chosen stance. Your explanation should take the form of a persuasive discussion intended to help the caregiver respond positively to your advice as a psychology professional. Analyze any ethical considerations discussed in the research and their effect(s) on the trends related to your topic. Include the complete references for your three articles at the end of your initial post.

Part II

Prior to completing this interactive assignment, please read the final Program Proposal guidelines in Week Six and review your work in the assignment from Week Two. You may also review the Federal Program Inventory for ideas on creating your presentation

For this interactive assignment, you will present a synopsis of the program you began working on in the Week Two assignment to your classmates. For this presentation, you will create a screencast presentation of up to 5 minutes in length. You may use any screencasting and presentation software you choose. (Quick-Start Guides are available for Prezi, Screenr, Screencast-O-Matic, and Thinglink for your convenience.) The presentation must include the following required information taken from the Program Proposal assignment, which is due in Week Six.
•Title Information:

◦Program title

◦Target population

◦Geographic location

◦Agency you represent

•Purpose Summary:

◦Briefly propose your solution(s) for the contemporary issue you chose in Week Two.

◦Briefly explain how you intend to apply developmental theory and research to policy and community in your program.

•Organization Description and Qualifications:

◦Explain what qualifies the agency to create this specific program (education, experience, history, etc.).

•Background:

◦Use information from one of your chosen studies to describe why your program is necessary and appropriate for the chosen group.

◦Present a brief summary of the relevant research published within the last 10 years explaining human development in the context of both historical and current trends.

◦Provide a short evaluation of the unique scholarly perspectives and research in the field of developmental psychology as they relate to the specific program being proposed.

•Program Narrative and Procedures:

◦Briefly describe the program and its introduction to your community. Include a short analysis of any ethical considerations for the deployment of the program using elements of developmental psychology research and practice to support the suggested implementation.

•Program Timeline and Cost/Benefit Assessment:

◦Explain when you think the program will become “active,” how long will it run (or how often), and one way in which your program’s benefits outweigh costs to the community.

•Program Evaluation and Expected Outcomes:

◦Explain the expected outcome(s) from your program and at least one method you will use to assess the outcome(s).

Use a presentation tool of your choice to create a visual presentation that includes the required information as well as compelling imagery related to your program. Each image must be retrieved and cited based on current copyright laws. You may wish to use the PSY605 Where to Get Free (and Legal) Images guide for assistance with accessing freely available public domain images and/or images licensed through Creative Commons. Keep in mind that the goal is to persuade others that this program is both necessary and creative. Regardless of the mode in which you create your presentation, eye-catching visuals can be very powerful. You are encouraged to be creative and choose images you feel help to highlight the positive aspects of your proposed program.

Create a script for your verbal portion of the screencast, in which you walk your audience through the important points of your program. Include APA citations within the body of the script. Utilize a screen casting tool of your choice to record a screencast of up to 5 minutes displaying your visual presentation as you read your prepared script. It is highly recommended you practice reading through your script while displaying your visual presentation before recording your final product.

In the body of your initial post, include the title of your program and the link to your screencast presentation. Attach your visual presentation and your script with APA-formatted references to the initial post before submitting it. If you use an online presentation software such as Prezi, you may include a link to the presentation in the body of your initial post.

How important is the ‘nation-state’ as a political unit in the global political system today?’ Discuss. Provide examples.

Investment in South Africa Paper: In a four to five page, using sound construction and supporting your work, construct an essay in which you answer the following questions after reading Case Study #4: A South African Investment:
a. In your judgment, were the possible utilitarian benefits of building the Caltex plant in 1977 more important than the possible violations of moral rights and of justice that may be involved? Justify your answer fully by identifying the possible benefits and the possible violations of rights and justice that you believe may be associated with the building of the plant, and explaining which you think are more important.
b. If you were a stockholder in Texaco or Standard Oil (now named Chevron), how do you believe you ought to vote on the three kinds of stockholder’s resolutions that were proposed (the first asking Caltex to terminate its operations, the second asking Caltex not to sell to the military or police of South Africa, and the third asking Caltex to implement the Tutu principles)? Justify each of your answers fully.
c. What kind of responses should the managers of Texaco and SoCal have made to each of the three resolutions? Justify your answer fully.
d. In your judgment, does the management of a company have any responsibilities (i.e., duties) beyond ensuring a high return for its stockholders? Should the management of a company look primarily to the law and to the rate of return on its investment as the ultimate criteria for deciding what investments it should make? Why or why not?
Text
Velasquez, M. (2006). Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall. ISBN: 0131930079

Are herbal medications and multi-vitamins useful? Are they a waste of your money? Are they harmful to your health?

Market Segmentation and Customer Value Proposition: Marriott offers customers an array of lodging choices and services. Using information from the Marriott International web site answer the following questions:
1.How has Marriott segmented the customer market? How do the primary customer group Marriott is targeting vary among the different brands?
2.What is the “customer value proposition” for the major Marriott brands?
Marriott International, Inc., (NYSE: MAR) is a leading lodging company with more than 2,900 lodging properties in the United States and 67 other countries and territories.
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Marriott Lodging operates and franchises hotels under the following brands:
Marriott Hotels & Resorts
JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts
Renaissance Hotels & Resorts
Courtyard by Marriott
Residence Inn by Marriott
Fairfield Inn by Marriott
Marriott Conference Centers
TownePlace Suites by Marriott
SpringHill Suites by Marriott
Marriott Vacation Club International
Horizons by Marriott
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C.
The Ritz-Carlton Club
Marriott ExecuStay
Marriott Executive Apartments
Grand Residences by Marriott
http://www.marriott.com/corporateinfo/glance.mi
Seperate Questions when answering

The Development of the One Room Schoolhouse: This class focuses on Colonial Education

Critique and opinion of the brand report card by Keller. I would like 2 parts the value of balance and brand equity as a bridge

Selected one nurse theorist and three additional non-nursing/borrowed theories and apply each to a case study. Include all of the following criteria in your assignment:
1. Identify how the concepts from each of the theories you have chosen could be used in planning care for a client, family or community.
2. Apply each of the theories to a case study.
3. The paper should include an introduction, a presentation of the case study, a thorough discussion of each theory, and a complete demonstration of its application to the case, and a conclusion.

2- 3 paragraphs discussing the relationship between the film and the true story in Zulu war during the British Colonization in South Africa.

The Communist Manifesto: For an A paper
Demonstrates excellence in grasping key concepts; critiques of materials in the textbook and provides ample evidence of support for opinions argued for; readily offers new interpretations of discussion material presented. Assignments show significant levels of engagement resulting in meaningful reflection; shows an obvious investment of time and effort. Portfolio answers are presented in four paragraphs, consisting of five sentences each, and are relevant to the questions asked. All work meets general academic standards of excellence.
For an B paper
Shows evidence of understanding most of the major concepts, and minimal levels of engagement with the textual material, and provides some evidence of reflection on the material; is skilled in basic level of support for opinions argued for; offers an occasional divergent viewpoint. Shows some creativity and adequate organization in work submitted; demonstrates some amount of meaningful reflection; generally shows good effort at meeting the requirements of the course assignments. Portfolio answers are presented in at least three paragraphs, consisting of fives sentences each, and are relevant to the questions asked. Most work presented meets general academic standards of excellence.
Marx,Karl, The Communist Manifesto
Link http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/ccmanifesto/
1. Make a reasoned determination at the outset if Marx, Karl work is a dystopia or utopia, and why (make an argument using examples.
2. Identify and Describe at least four dystopic situations present in the chapters under review.
3. Based on the four dystopic situations you identify and describe, try to figure out why Marx, Karl, as a satirist, uses them, and what dystopic situations in his own contemporary England he is trying to make look absurd when taken to its logical conclusion.
4. Are there any utopia elements in Marx, Karl work, that is, things Marx, Karl would have liked to see as an ideal in his contemporary England?
5. Finally, from your perspective, how well did Marx, Karl present either his dystopic or utopic (if any) situations in relationship to his on contemporary situation? Remember that he was writing to a particular audience and trying perhaps to persuade them of dystopic situations in his society that he found absurd. Please give your reasons for your opinions. The web cite is at the beginning of this page.