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Employment Law Policy Paper. Each student will submit an essay of 2,500 words on an appropriate public policy issue related to a significant employment law topic. Research using the Nexis Uni database the policy paper may be submitted in .doc, .docx, or .rtf format. The assigned title is given below.

Title: Whether (and to what extent) ride-share drivers (e.g., Uber, Lyft, etc.) are “employees” under the FLSA?

SAMPLE FORMAT FOR POLICY PAPER :

Title: [Title of the Policy Paper]

Executive Summary:

• Brief overview of the issue
• Summary of key findings and recommendations

Introduction:

• Introduction to the problem or issue
• Background information and context

Problem Statement:

• Clear statement of the problem or issue being addressed
• Explanation of its significance and impact

Analysis:

• Detailed examination of different aspects of the issue
• Use of data, statistics, case studies, and expert opinions to support analysis
• Identification of causes, stakeholders, and potential challenges

Current Policies and Approaches:

• Overview of existing policies or approaches related to the issue
• Evaluation of their effectiveness or shortcomings

Proposed Policy Recommendations:

• Concrete policy recommendations to address the issue
• Justification for each recommendation based on analysis and evidence
• Consideration of potential outcomes and impact of proposed policies

Implementation Plan:

• Detailed plan for implementing the proposed policies
• Consideration of resources, timeline, stakeholders, and potential barriers

Conclusion:

• Summary of key points and recommendations
• Emphasize the importance of taking action on the issue

References:

• Citations for all sources used in the policy paper

Diet Analysis Worksheet

100 points

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Evaluate the Balance and Variety of your Diet

1. Use your pictures to estimate and fill in the chart below.  Find the average of your days by adding days 1, 2 & 3 together and then dividing that number by 3.  Compare the average to the recommended amount and then indicate if you were Above or Below for each group. 

                    Go to https://www.myplate.gov/eat-healthy/what-is-myplate for help 

1. Is your diet balanced?  Which food groups were inadequate/below?  How can you make your diet more balanced?  Be specific and provide examples of certain foods below. 

Evaluate your Calorie Control

1. Finding the “Recommended” column: Go to “Profile + Targets” in Settings on Cronometer.  Your estimated calorie needs are the TDEE number.  Scroll further to find your macronutrient targets.  You can change your Protein, carb and fat targets.  I recommend using %. 

Finding the Actual Column: Go to “Nutrition Report” in Trends on Cronometer.  Make sure to have the drop downs average all your days together using the drop downs at the top of the screen.  Adjust the length of time in the drop down to include all of the days you entered.  Your amounts in grams are listed.  The actual % is already calculated for you in Cronometer.  Are you Above 100% or Below? Saturated fat can be found by scrolling down through the tables. 

Evaluate Your Macronutrient Intake

1.  Find your Macronutrient Targets on the Nutrition Report page in Cronometer.  Fill in the chart below.  Make sure to have the drop downs average all your days together using the drop downs at the top of the screen.  Adjust the length of time in the drop down to include all of the days you entered. 

CARBOHYDRATES

5. Give examples of simple and complex carbs from your 3-day food record.  Look at your pictures to see (this is not in Cronometer necessarily).  Simple are sugars (like candy, soda, but also fruit), complex are starches and fibers (like rice, cereal, tortillas and bread). 

In the Nutrition Report Page you can scroll down to see your Sugars and Total Carbs.  Make sure to have the drop downs average all your days together using the drop downs at the top of the screen.  Adjust the length of time in the drop down to include all of the days you entered.

6. What is your total intake of simple carbohydrates (sugars) in grams: 

Part A:  Average Sugar  ____________g    

7. What is your total grams of carbohydrate per day:

Part B:  Average Carbs ___________g.

8. Now, let’s determine your ratio of sugars to total carbohydrates: 

Take your total SUGAR in grams from all three days (Part A from above)  _______gm and divide (÷) it by your total grams of carbohydrate for all three days (Part B from above)________ gm  = _________ X 100 =  _______% of carbohydrate coming from sugar.

9. Do you meet the recommendation that you should consume no more than 50% of your carbohydrate from simple sugars? 

   YES or NO             

10. What are the health implication(s) that you learned from class, if you have too much simple sugars? What are the health implication(s) if you do NOT get enough total carbohydrate?

FIBER

11. Find Fiber in the Nutrition Report Page. Make sure to have the drop downs average all your days together using the drop downs at the top of the screen.  Adjust the length of time in the drop down to include all of the days you entered.

What was your daily fiber intake: ______g Fiber / day

Was your dietary fiber intake below the recommended? What kinds of foods could you realistically add to your diet to increase fiber intake?  If you met the dietary fiber recommendation, what foods contributed significant amounts of fiber? 

SATURATED FAT & SODIUM

12. Saturated fat and sodium are items that we should aim to get less of. On the Nutrition Report Page find Saturated Fats and Sodium. Make sure to have the drop downs average all your days together using the drop downs at the top of the screen.  Adjust the length of time in the drop down to include all of the days you entered.  Fill in the chart below:

13. Discuss specific foods related to your saturated fat intake. Are there substitutions that you could make to improve your diet?  Explain.

14. Are you concerned about your sodium intake (consider family history of hypertension, heart disease and other diseases affected by high sodium intake)?  If you need to reduce sodium intake, how would you do that? 

PROTEIN

15. Find Protein on the Nutrition Report Page.  Make sure to have the drop downs average all your days together using the drop downs at the top of the screen.  Adjust the length of time in the drop down to include all of the days you entered.  Fill in the chart below: 

16. Discuss your complete proteins (animal foods and soy) vs your complimentary proteins (vegetables and grains).  Are there healthier substitutions you could make?  For example, leaner meats, low fat dairy, or changing to whole grains and adding more vegetables?  Be specific. 

Evaluate your Micronutrient Intake

Make sure to have the drop downs average all your days together using the drop downs at the top of the screen.  Adjust the length of time in the drop down to include all of the days you entered.

17. Overall, how would you rate your Micronutrient Intake on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being the best)?  Did any of the information worry you about your vitamin/mineral status? 

Identifying Problem Areas or Concerns in Your Personal Health

18. Considering the problem areas or weaknesses that you identified in your diet through this assignment, list three specific concerns that you have identified as risks to your personal health.

1.___________________________________________________________________________________________________

2.___________________________________________________________________________________________________

3.___________________________________________________________________________________________________

Write 3 goals based on your 3 concerns.

Directions:  Answer each of the following questions. Be sure to use complete sentences when answering the questions.  Cite your sources as appropriate. Your answer to each question should be several paragraphs.  Please double space your answers.  

1.  What does the term plural executive mean? Who is in the plural executive? Why does Texas use the plural executive?  Is it an effective way to govern Texas?  (10 points)

2.  What are the similarities and differences in power between the Texas Speaker of the House and the Lieutenant Governor?  What helps or hinders in the use of these powers? (10 points)

3.  What types of local government courts exist in Texas?  What are the requirements to serve as a judge on these courts and the duties of these courts? (10 points)

4.  What are the primary types of state courts?  What types of courts can the legislature create?  Why does the legislature create these courts? (10 points)

5.  Legislative bodies exist to make laws, provide oversight and sometimes provide constituent service.  What aspects of the Texas State Legislature assist the legislature in providing these services?  What hinders it? (10 points)

Project Quality Management (100 points)

Suburban Homes Construction Project Quality Management Plan (QMP) 
 

Prepare a quality management plan using the elements described in the PMBOK 6e (Section 8.1.3.1) for the Suburban Homes Construction Project.

Content (90 points) Over the course the semester you’ve become familiar with the project and as part of the overall project management plan, a quality management plan is needed to communicate how quality will be met to the satisfaction of each stakeholder involved in a typical residential construction project.

You should perform research on quality standards associated with residential construction to determine applicable standards.  At least four (4) quality objectives associated with the project should be defined.

As part of the section on quality tools, include a separate appendix with at least three (3) quality tools that will be used as a part of the project.  These can be drawn from: 1) flow charts, 2) check sheets, 3) Pareto diagrams, 4) histograms, 5) control charts, 6) scatter diagrams, 7) affinity diagrams, 8) process decision programs charts, 9) interrelationship digraphs, 10) tree diagrams, 11) prioritization matrices, 12) activity network diagrams, 13) matrix diagrams, 14) inspections, and 15) statistical sampling.

Last, about 1/3 of the plan should be devoted to major procedures relevant for the project for dealing with non-conformance, corrective actions procedures, and continuous improvement procedures.

If information needed to complete a QMP is not explicitly stated in the scenario description or other project artifacts you’ve created or collected for this scenario in the past units, then develop (make-up) the information you need to complete the plan.  Use tables and illustrations as needed to convey information.

The plan (excluding the separate appendix) should be approximately 4 to 5 pages. 

Your Instructor will use Turn-it-in to ensure your paper is authentic work.  To avoid plagiarism, see the course home page for more information and use the Purdue Online Writing Lab to learn how to paraphrase, summarize and cite the references you use in all academic writing assignments.

Mechanics (10 points)  It is expected that each part of this assignment have excellent mechanics (presentation, grammar and spelling) and exhibit the quality of work capable of a group of graduate students and working professionals. All sections of the document submitted must be readable at 100% magnification.  Include any resources used in an APA formatted reference section.

Based on the self-assessments I scored high on strategic planning 15/16 and Instrumental support seeking 30/32. These scores weren’t surprising to me at all being that I know what it takes to reach certain goals and I constantly plan things out to ensure things in my life stay on track. Every Sunday night I start my week by first laying out my clothes for the week and checking my schedule to ensure nothing goes unnoticed. Life throws lemons at me somedays being a wife, working 2 jobs and being 12 hours away from my family and friends. Therefore, planning helps me cope with my anxiety a lot.

Mature coping skills help you deal with life during difficult times in a healthy and productive way. If you don’t know how to deal with stressful situations when you feel under pressure, then things may get worse and out of hand. The correct strategy is to just take a deep breath and think about the situation. Being aware of one’s coping strategies can help in reducing stress which can lead to heart problems and or depression.

Strategic planning and self-care I believe go hand in hand. I have a method of planning when it comes to school and work, I know what must be done on certain days. I’m able to get things done without falling short in any areas. Being that I’m not stressed, I’m less prone to sickness, tiredness, and everything else that comes when you don’t have a plan. With emotional intelligence having a clear plan and goals in mind can help me stay focused and manage my emotions better.

Harper, J. (2023).  Psychology in the real world, 2nd ed.  Soomo Learning. 

Healthy Coping: 24 Mechanisms & Skills For Positive Coping (positivepsychology.com)

Remember to respond to two peers while being respectful of and sensitive to their viewpoints. Consider advancing the discussion in the following ways:

• Post an article, video, or visual to reinforce a peer’s idea or challenge them to see their point from a different perspective.
• Engage in conversation with your peers around coping skills that are similar to or different from your own. Consider asking a question to reach a better understanding.

Based on the self-assessments, my primary coping skill is avoidance coping. In avoidance coping, you delay action when facing a problem. I also learned that you are more likely to fail to act on a plan and are more likely to give your own goals. I actually can’t entirely agree with this. I delay action when facing a problem at first, but only so I can think out what I will do and not reason. However, I make sure I finish a plan to achieve my goals no matter how challenging the obstacles are. 

Being conscious about one’s coping strategies could help with solutions before they get worse. Mature coping skills help with difficult and stressful challenges. This relates to emotional regulation because you have to be able to control your own emotions to make a situation better. Being in control of your feelings helps reduce anger and anxiety and enables you to focus on reasons to stay calm.

Self-care: Coping behaviors apply to self-care because coping skills help manage overwhelming or overstressing situations. If you realize your healthy coping skills, you can use them as a part of a self-care routine to help your mental, emotional, and physical well-being. 

Social justice: Coping behaviors for social justice could include actions of people like protesting against things they disagree about and raising awareness, like the Relay For Life. 

Ethics: Considering different perspectives or asking for advice when faced with an ethical issue could be signs of coping behaviors in that person. 

Remember to respond to two peers while being respectful of and sensitive to their viewpoints. Consider advancing the discussion in the following ways:

• Post an article, video, or visual to reinforce a peer’s idea or challenge them to see their point from a different perspective.
• Engage in conversation with your peers around coping skills that are similar to or different from your own. Consider asking a question to reach a better understanding.

For this discussion I chose the Schizophrenia scenario. The reason I chose that as I had a brother that was normal until 16 years of age and then went off the deep end, he was diagnosed with Schizophrenia and it was very hard to deal with in the home. Eventually he was institutionalized until medications could be found that worked on him and made him less dangerous or dangerous sounding. I would have handled the situation the same way. 

In this scenario the Officers handled things the right way. Getting Kyle to put the screw driver down and listen to him as well as set up a dialogue with him. Not asking about his meds was smart as not being on them is what is causing the situation at hand. By asking Kyle if it was ok to get him checked out let him see he was in control of making choices and reassuring him that everything is going to be ok. In this scenario if the Officers reacted to the screw driver, drew weapons on him, it could have made him not drop the screw driver and possibly step towards the officers or mother and resulted in some type of use of force possibly deadly force. 

In response to two of your peers, respond to one peer who chose the same scenario as you and one peer who chose the other scenario. Focus your responses on differences between your and their initial posts. Consider the following:

• Are there any instances that they identified and you did not in which law enforcement demonstrated empathy in the interaction?
• What are additional alternative outcomes that could have resulted if the officers had not demonstrated empathy?
• If your peers would have done something differently, how would that have affected the situation?

Module 7: Discussion Forum 2: Non-Parametric Tests II

Instructions

This space has been created for you to share the link of a newspaper or blog article that discusses the importance for companies of using Kruskal-Wallis testing and how they deal with data ties with your classmates.

1. Write a summary about the blog or article.
2. Write at least two paragraphs.
3. The paragraph must have at least 3 sentences.
4. Read your classmates blogs and select two of them to discuss.
5. Establish a dialogue with them.

General Instructions for the Discussion Forum

1. Post your answer as established by your instructor on the course calendar. Your comments must be written in your own words. You can offer examples and quotes to support your proposals. Citations of other authors must be properly documented (author’s name, title, date, etc.).
2. Post your comments to the response of at least two (2) of your classmates on or before the day set by your instructor on the course calendar. Your reaction may be based on personal experiences, study material, or additional information obtained from the Online Library or others, and may include:
3. Some understanding received from what is published that synthesizes the information and offers new perspectives or suggestions.
4. The validation or rejection of the idea (supported by your experience or research). 
5. New information that broadens, adds or contrasts perspectives (based on reading and evidence). 
6. Remember that your work must be original and must not contain material copied from books or the internet. You must respect the intellectual property of the authors and not commit plagiarism.
7. Examine the criteria used to evaluate your assignment to find out how to get the highest grade for your work. The assignments are graded or evaluated through rubrics or by the distribution of points.
8. Before submitting your entry, read your message several times. This will ensure that it contains the exact information you want to communicate.

Remember to review the academic expectations for your submission.

Submission Instructions:

• Submit your initial discussion post by 11:59 PM Eastern on Wednesday.  
• Contribute a minimum of 350 words for your initial post. It should include at least 2 academic sources, formatted and cited in APA.
• Respond to at least two of your classmates’ discussion posts by 11:59 PM Eastern on Saturday. Ask a question, and provide a different viewpoint.

Instructions:

Consult Chapter 3, Question Design in Bourke, J., Kirby, A., & Doran, J. (2016). SURVEY & QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN : Collecting Primary Data to Answer Research Questions. NuBooks.
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Links to an external site.)

In your initial post, provide 3 good survey questions that would apply to the topic you chose for your research assignment in this course. Also, provide three bad questions, as outlined by the information in the eBook referenced above.

In your response post, explain why the good questions your classmate wrote will gather solid, valid responses and explain what is wrong with the bad questions. 

Remember to review the academic expectations for your submission.

Submission Instructions:

• Submit your initial discussion post by 11:59 pm ET on Wednesday.  
• Contribute a minimum of 350 words for your initial post. It should include at least 2 academic sources, formatted and cited in APA.
• Respond to at least two of your classmates’ discussion posts by 11:59 pm ET on Sunday. Ask a question, and provide a different viewpoint.
• Follow established netiquette guidelines when participating in forums.

Instructions

Course Objectives:

CO1: Define critical thinking and logical analysis (Knowledge)

CO4: Evaluate and analyze various forms of argument for rhetorical devices, fallacies, and possible pseudo-reasoning. (Evaluate)

Description: 

For the Using Rhetorical Devices assignment, you will create an advertisement that uses at least two rhetorical ploys (CO1 and CO4). The list is available in Chapter 2 of Bowell and Kemp. 

To complete the assignment, you will need to complete, Part I: Advertisement Transcript and Part II: Explanation using the attached worksheet.

Note, if you choose to construct an audio or video component it may enhance your score, but there will be no penalty for submitting just the worksheet.
 

Part I: Advertisement Transcript
 

The advertisement transcript will include the following: 

• State intended product or position (what are you selling) DO NOT use a trademarked product.
• enough words to take between 30 seconds and one minute (80-150 words) to verbalize.
• A word-for-word “script” you could use to create an actual advertisement [this is what a transcript is].
• Use at least 2 Rhetorical Ploys from Chapter 2 of Bowell and Kemp (pages 46-58) intended to manipulate the audience (minimum).

Part II: Explanation and Reflection
 

List and define each Rhetorical Ploy used from the textbook and how it was intended to manipulate the audience.

Finally, add a few sentences on what you feel you learned from this exercise. Be reflective and discuss your feelings toward such ploys and whether you will be more manipulation-resistant after this assignment.