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How does your carbon footprint differ from theirs? Suggest ways in which your classmates can reduce their carbon footprint.

A carbon footprint is the amount of greenhouse gas emissions that each individual produces. Calculating your carbon footprint can give you a new perspective concerning how much you are really contributing to the greenhouse effect.
In this assignment, you will apply what you have learned about taking personal responsibility for your environment and calculate your own carbon footprint.
Using The Nature Conservancy Web site, calculate your carbon footprint. You can calculate this by clicking on the calculator and filling out the estimated values. Access this Web site using the following link:
The Nature Conservancy. (2011). Carbon footprint calculator: What’s my carbon footprint? Retrieved fromhttp://www.nature.org/greenliving/carboncalculator/index.htm
Respond to the following:
Describe your final carbon footprint.
Classify where most of the carbon you generate comes from.
Considering all you have learned in this course, state if you feel you have a new appreciation for your role in the environment.
Examine how you impact the environment. Do you think you impact the environment more than you should?
Describe the part of your life that is contributing the most carbon.
Propose how you can reduce this number. In your opinion, explain if it is realistic for you to try and reduce this number.
Write your initial response in approximately 300?350 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.
By Sunday, December 18, 2016, post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Through Wednesday, December 21, 2016, review and comment on at least two peers? responses. Consider the following:
How does your carbon footprint differ from theirs?
Suggest ways in which your classmates can reduce their carbon footprint.

Reflection paper on Kant’s “groundwork of metaphysics of morals” and the “Essential Kierkegaard”

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Directions:?You?will?need?to?write?two?2?2.5?page?reflection?and?response?essays.?A?reflection?and?response
paper?involves?expressing?your?own?considered?views?on?a?topic.?You?could?describe?whether?or?not?you?agree
with?the?author’s?viewpoint,?and?explain?your?position.?A?good?paper?will?make?direct?use?of?the?text.?That?is,?at
some?point?in?the?paper?you?should?focus?your?attention?on?a?specific?passage?or?sentence?in?the?reading?and
provide?analysis?and?explanation?of?it?(a?rough?estimate?might?be:?1?medium?length?quote?per?body?paragraph,
or?1?2?short?quotes?per?body?paragraph).?Your?use?of?the?text?should?be?well?integrated?into?the?overall
development?of?your?essay.?I?would?advise?you?to?spend?some?time?writing?an?outline?of?your?paper?before?you
begin?writing;?it’s?usually?a?good?idea?to?have?a?sense?of?the?overall?structure?of?your?essay?before?you?begin
writing?out?the?details.
Section?one:?Kant?”The?Groundwork?of?Metaphysics?of?Morals”
Discuss?Kant?s?account?of?imperatives.?What?is?an?imperative??How?do?imperatives?relate?to?the?faculty?of
practical?reason??What?is?a?categorical?imperative??How?does?it?differ?from?a?hypothetical?imperative??What?is
the?relationship?between?Kant?s?notion?of?a?categorical?imperative?and?the?moral?law?
Section?two:?Kierkegaard?”The?Essential?Kierkegaard”
Discuss?in?detail?Kierkegaard?s?conception?of??subjective??truth.?What?is?subjective?truth??How?does?it?relate?to
so?called??objective??truth??Why?must?subjective?truth?serve?as?the?basis?for?a?meaningful?life?

Electromagnetism for Engineers

Use Matlab to e
valuate the effect of electric dipole charge Q and distance
d on the electric field intensity and potential.
2.
Use Matlab t
o plot the electric field and equipotential lines due to:
a.
Two point charges Q and
–
3Q located
at (x, y) = (
–
2, 0) and (1, 0)
respectively
b.
Four point charges Q,
–
Q, Q,
–
Q located at (x, y) = (
–
1,
–
1), (1,
–
1), (1,
1), (
–
1, 1)
For simplicity, assume
for
the second objective
that Q = 4
pe
0
and
–
10 < x,
y < 10
Theory
:
Electric dipole is two point cha
rges of equal magnitude and opposite polarity
separated by a very small distance compared to the distance where the field is
calculated

Data Analysis Plan

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Data?Analysis?Plan
For?this?section?of?your?research?proposal?assignment,?you?will?carefully?design?a?plan?for?analyzing?your
quantitative?data.?Explain?in?detail?how?you?will?go?about?analyzing?your?data.?Be?sure?to:
Include?definitions?of?all?variables
Identify?your?null?hypothesis?and?research?hypothesis
Include?the?type?of?analysis?to?be?conducted?(correlation,?t?test,?confidence?interval,?regression,?ANOVA,
ANCOVA,?etc.)
Explain?why?this?type?of?analysis?is?most?appropriate?for?your?research
Identify?the?significance?level?(typically?set?to?.05,?but?may?be?set?to?.01?or?.10)
Explain?what?results?you?are?looking?for?in?your?quantitative?study?(how?will?you?know?if?you?will?accept?or
reject?your?null?and?research?hypothesis?)

Examining Your Community?s Source of Energy

It is easy to criticize society for not using renewable resources, but in reality, how difficult would this transition be? What processes and procedures would be involved? How would such a transition be made?
The purpose of this assignment is for you to consider what type of energy your neighborhood is currently powered by and what it would really take to convert this source to a renewable one. How much would it take to switch your community to a renewable resource and what would this mean for the environment?
For the assignment, complete the following:
Identify three primary types of energy that powers your home as well as all of the homes in your community. You may find this information on your community Web site or the Web sites of the local power companies. For example, your community may use electricity and solar panels.
Explain how the sources of energy you identified impact the environment. Consider the following:
Does the use of these types of energy resource have a negative impact on the environment in your area?
Does your community have nuclear waste to dispose of?
Has your community always used these three power sources? If so, how do you feel this has impacted the environment over time?
How much of an impact have these sources of energy had on local air and water quality?
Considering the current source(s) of power available, determine how much energy your house uses each month. You can find this information on your monthly energy bill.
Calculate your annual usage for a year. Using this value, estimate the energy consumption for your community. The US Census Bureau is one resource you can use to estimate the number of households in your community.
You can use the following formulae for this calculation:

(monthly energy usage) ? (12 months per year) = (household energy usage per year);

(yearly energy estimate for your house) ? (estimated number of houses in your community) = (estimated yearly energy use for your community)
The following is an example of the above calculation:
52.8 kilowatt hours (kwh) per month ? 12 months = 633.6 kwh;

633.6 kwh ? 200 houses in your community = 126,720 kwh
Recommend a realistic, renewable resource to power your community, using your calculated power needs. Consider the following sources: hydropower, solar power, wind turbines, and geothermal energy.
Which source would be the best for your community?
Justify your choice based on the kind of resources that are available, how much power these alternative sources can produce, and your estimated energy demands for the community.
Having recommended an alternative power source, conclude by addressing the following:
How realistic is this alternative power source for your community?
How will people in your community respond to energy conversion? Will they support it or be against it? Give reasons.
How expensive would it be to convert to the alternative power source you recommended? How would this new source impact the environment?
What organisms would benefit most from this conversion?
Support your statements with appropriate examples and approximately 4?6 credible resources.
Write an 8?10-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Select a grade level 3-5 and a corresponding standard from Common Core State Standards for mathematical Content on Numbers and Operations: Fractions.

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Select?a?learning?target?and?use?the?provided?class?profile?to?design?an?activity?supported?by?the
recommendations?in?the?IES?report?to?teach?that?target.?Complete?all?of?the?Planning?I?sections?of?the?located?on
the?College?of?Education?site?in?the?Student?Success?Center.?In?the??Teacher?Notes??section,?use?the?online
resource,?”Promoting?Mathematical?Thinking?and?Discussion?with?Effective?Questioning?Strategies,”?and?the
IES?report?to?help?identify?and?describe?5?potential?issues?and/or?roadblocks?that?might?happen?while?delivering
the?lesson?and?provide?possible?solutions?to?the?potential?issues.
In?addition,?draft?10?questions?for?the?lesson?that?promotes?conceptual?understandings?related?to?fractions.
Submit?the?completed?section?I?of?the?lesson?plan?and?10?questions?to?your?instructor.
APA?format?is?not?required,?but?solid?academic?writing?is?expected.
This?assignment?uses?a?rubric.?Please?review?the?rubric?prior?to?beginning?the?assignment?to?become?familiar
with?the?expectations?for?successful?completion.

Should Students be Able to Use the School Bathroom to Which They Feel Most Gender Affiliated?

Should Students be Able to Use the School Bathroom to Which They Feel Most Gender Affiliated?

“Essay On Being An Atheist”

Having completed the unit of philosophy of religion, you are now ready to respond to an article written by an actual atheist. This article titled ?On Being an Atheist,? was written by H. J. McCloskey in 1968 for the journal Question. McCloskey is an Australian philosopher who wrote a number of atheistic works in the 1960s and 70s including the book God and Evil (Nijhoff, 1974). In this article, McCloskey is both critical of the classical arguments for God?s existence and offers the problem of evil as a reason why one should not believe in God. Please note the following parameters for this paper:

1. Your assignment is to read McCloskey?s short article found in the Reading & Study folder in Module/Week 7 and respond to each of the questions below. Your instructor is looking for a detailed response to each question.
2. The response paper is to be a minimum of 1,500 words (not including quotes) and must be written as a single essay and not just a list of answers to questions.
3. The basis for your answers must primarily come from the resources provided in the lessons covering the philosophy of religion unit of the course (Evans and Manis, Craig, and the presentation) and these sources must be mentioned in your paper. You are not merely to quote these sources as an answer to the question?answer them in your own words.
4. You may use other outside sources as well, as long as you properly document them. However, outside sources are not necessary. Each of the questions can be answered from the sources provided in the lessons.
5. While the use of the Bible is not restricted, its use is not necessary and is discouraged unless you intend to explain the context of the passage and how that context applies to the issue at hand in accordance with the guidelines provided earlier in the course. You are not to merely quote scripture passages as answers to the questions. Remember this is a philosophical essay not a biblical or theological essay.
6. While you may quote from sources, all quotations must be properly cited and quotes from sources will not count towards the 1,500 word count of the paper.
7. You may be critical of McCloskey, but must remain respectful. Any disparaging comment(s) about McCloskey will result in a significant reduction in grade.
8. Please note that this paper will be submitted through SafeAssign, which is a plagiarism detection program. The program is a database of previously submitted papers including copies of papers that have been located on the Internet. Once submitted, your paper will become part of the database as well. The program detects not only exact wording but similar wording. This means that if you plagiarize, it is very likely that it will be discovered. Plagiarism will result in a 0 for the paper and the likelihood of you being dropped from the course.

Specifically, you must address the following questions in your paper:

1. McCloskey refers to the arguments as ?proofs? and often implies that they can?t definitively establish the case for God, so therefore they should be abandoned. What would you say about this in light of Foreman?s comments in his ?Approaching the Question of God?s Existence? presentation?
2. On the Cosmological Argument:
a. McCloskey claims that the ?mere existence of the world constitutes no reason for believing in such a being [i.e., a necessarily existing being].? Using Evans and Manis? discussion of the non-temporal form of the argument (on pp. 69?77), explain why the cause of the universe must be necessary (and therefore uncaused).
b. McCloskey also claims that the cosmological argument ?does not entitle us to postulate an all-powerful, all-perfect, uncaused cause.? In light of Evans and Manis? final paragraph on the cosmological argument (p. 77), how might you respond to McCloskey?
3. On the Teleological Argument:
a. McCloskey claims that ?to get the proof going, genuine indisputable examples of design and purpose are needed.? Discuss this standard of ?indisputability? which he calls a ?very conclusive objection.? Is it reasonable?
b. From your reading in Evans and Manis, can you offer an example of design that, while not necessarily ?indisputable,? you believe provides strong evidence of a designer of the universe?
c. McCloskey implies that evolution has displaced the need for a designer. Assuming evolution is true, for argument?s sake, how would you respond to McCloskey (see Evans and Manis pp. 82?83)?
d. McCloskey claims that the presence of imperfection and evil in the world argues against ?the perfection of the divine design or divine purpose in the world.? Remembering Evans? comments about the limitations of the conclusion of the cosmological argument, how might you respond to McCloskey?s charge about the teleological argument?
4. On the Problem of Evil:
a. McCloskey?s main objection to theism is the presence of evil in the world and he raises it several times: ?No being who was perfect could have created a world in which there was avoidable suffering or in which his creatures would (and in fact could have been created so as not to) engage in morally evil acts, acts which very often result in injury to innocent persons.? The language of this claim seems to imply that it is an example of the logical form of the problem. Given this implication and using Evans and Manis? discussion of the logical problem (pp. 159?168, noting especially his concluding paragraphs to this section), how might you respond to McCloskey?

b. McCloskey specifically discusses the free will argument, asking ?might not God have very easily so have arranged the world and biased man to virtue that men always freely chose what is right?? From what you have already learned about free will in the course, and what Evans and Manis says about the free will theodicy, especially the section on Mackie and Plantinga?s response (pp. 163?166) and what he says about the evidential problem (pp. 168?172), how would you respond to McCloskey?s question?
5. On Atheism as Comforting:
a. In the final pages of McCloskey?s article, he claims that atheism is more comforting than theism. Using the argument presented by William Lane Craig in the article ?The Absurdity of Life without God,? (located in Reading & Study for Module/Week 6), respond to McCloskey?s claim.

Profile Essay

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Write?a?profile?essay?of?at?least?500?words?that?describes?a?place?of?business?that?is?meaningful?for?your?field?of
study?as?an?RN?and?future?career?AS?an?RN.?You?could?explore?an?office,,?a?medical?facility,?a?,daycare,?or?other
place?.
The?profile?essay?should?focus?on?a?place?you?would?probably?work?after?obtaining?your?degree.?You?will
observe?the?place?closely?and?then?present?what?you?have?learned?in?a?descriptive?way?that?both?informs?and
engages?readers?about?your?chosen?career.
You?may?choose?to?visit?an?actual?job?site?and?possibly?conduct?an?interview?or?take?a?tour,?OR?you?may?choose
to?visit?a?site?virtually?through?online?research?of?the?place?s?website.?Whichever?approach?you?choose,?record
your?observations?and?make?notes?about?the?experience.?This?process?should?lead?you?to?consider?what?you?have
learned?about?your?field?of?study?and?prospective?career?and?how?the?experience?has?helped?you?to?prepare?for
your?future?career.
Your?profile?essay?should?include?an?introduction,?body?paragraphs,?and?conclusion.?You?may?use?description
and?narration?to?make?your?essay?vivid?and?engaging.?Remember?to?use?APA?style?to?format?your?essay?and?to
document?any?borrowed?information,?such?as?quoted?material?from?a?website.
PLEASE?USE?http://www.gcrmc.org/?when?doing?essay

Captology: Where Computers meet Persuasion

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3500?word?review?of?”Computers?As?Persuasive?Technologies”.?Must?include?literature?review,?case?studies?and
selection?of?high?quality?references.?