...Piersall Vincent Portillo Proposal for an Inquiry Paper 4/13/11 Border Crime Background: The blanket topic of border crime has always held a great amount of interest for me. I have done a few other papers on the topics of immigration, and the Mexican drug cartels. Through those papers I have learned a great deal, however I have only ever researched the problems along the Mexican-American border. Through this paper I have started branching my research out to include criminal activities along the other border as the Canadian-American border and the oceanic borders. In addition to already having done some research on one part of this topic, there is another reason that caused me to be interested in this topic as well. This reason was the main event that was the spark that lit the flame of curiosity in me, and it occurred on one of the many trips down into Baja Mexico that my father and I take almost every year. This particular incident took place around two to three years ago in some small Mexican down about some odd two hundred miles down into Baja. Back then I had no real interest in the problems that occurred along our borders any more than what I would see from time to time in the newspapers or on TV. I didn’t really realize that there was a real problem with the Mexican Cartels; I like many Americans was blind to what was going on outside of my own little bubble in my own little town. However after this trip I realized that there were problems in Mexico. My realization...
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...How to Write a Term Paper I. Choosing a Topic: For this paper you get to choose your topic, so pick something that interests you. Once you have decided what you want to write about in general terms, refine that general idea to a specific topic for your paper. Keep in mind that you have a maximum of 12 pages of text to work with, so your topic is going to have to be pretty narrow in its focus. Also bear in mind that this is a research project, not a high school report; it should center around a thesis that you will prove in your paper. Example: I am interested in World War II, but I’m pretty sure that I can’t cover six years of global warfare in fifteen pages of text. Let’s see...I’m more interested in the War in Europe than in the Pacific, so that narrows that down some, but I need something tighter. I like airplanes, so something about the air war would be interesting, and there was this documentary on the History Channel about the Battle of Britain last month...but even the Battle of Britain is too big for twelve pages. Right, have to narrow it down some more here...do a little preliminary research and reading. Ah, here it is: the German Air Force started out trying to destroy the Royal Air Force by bombing RAF airfields, but then switched to targeting British cities. This decision cost them the battle, because it let the RAF rebuild its fighter strength and shoot down enough German bombers to force the Germans to call off the offensive. Wait a minute. ...
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...Vulnerable Population and Self Awareness University of Phoenix Health Assessment and Promotion for Vulnerable Population NUR 440 Belinda Condit, MSN, RN, NE-BC March 5, 2013 Vulnerable Population and Self Awareness This paper will discuss the vulnerable population of child abuse caused by the children’s parents. It will include a description of the populations’ demographic based on research of professional literature. It will also include the description of my personal awareness of population before studying the demographics. It will state the effect of research on personal attitudes after gathering knowledge. It will then describe how knowledge might affect health care delivery. Finally, I will use self-reflection to evaluate my perception before and after learning about the population (University of Phoenix, 2013). Description of the Population’s Demographic The population’s demographic affected by the child abuse by parents, are both the parents and the children. Children affected by parental child abuse are a vulnerable population because often time children do not know who to seek help from. The children demographic are affected greatly because many times children feel that they do not want to get their parents in trouble because of the abuse. Children abused by parents are often considered a social problem, which is often silent. “Child abuse and neglect by parents remains a salient social problem, thus warranting a continued evaluation of measurement tools...
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...Senior English Research Paper Which are the screts about hair dying? Writing about this topic would be beneficial to me because I can improve myself in a better way. Learn new techniques to start dying hair. This will also let people know specially woman that you don’t necessarily need to go to an expensive hair salon to do something to your hair, a friend or someone else can do it at home, but that person really needs to know what she’s doing so she or he won’t mess it Up. To some people it will require a lot of experience to learn. Although some people are quick learners like I am, I been experimenting new things all the time, on my own hair my sisters and some friends who are brave enough to let me do their hair. Luckily no one has ever complained on how I do it. That’s the reason why I chose this topic because I know I can learn more by researching on articles, WebPages, and books from professionals. The tips they always give work pretty good. This topic should be pretty interesting and fun to learn about I’m sure that everyone has had some horrible hair dyeing experience and it seems like shaving your hair would be the only solution so that’s why I chose this topic for the people who don’t like to waste money on expensive hair salons can do it now by themselves at home or at a friend’s house. But like I said before they got to make sure to know what they’re doing they can’t just say, “Oh, I’m going to die my hair and make it look like celebrity”. No...
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...I was slightly torn on which topic to choose, I had a hard time deciding between drug trafficking in the United states and childhood obesity. I think that both of these topics are very important to everyone in many ways.I have chosen to go with childhood obesity because I think that people need to be more informed about this topic. I think that childhood obesity is often a form of child abuse. It is very sad. People need to be more informed of the current health problems and the potential future health problems that childhood obesity pose on the child. I plan to limit my topic by researching my topic on google and other such search engines. This way I can get a better understanding and more deeper look into what I want to base my paper on. There are so many angles that you could go on for childhood obesity; who's fault is it? whys does this happen? what are the statistics? is it a disease? I think that the main focus for my paper will be What causes childhood obesity, or who's fault is it. As well as the statistics, why has the number of obese children more than doubled in the last 20 years? I think that I have had a pretty easy time so far in limiting my topic. I am going to try and find more information to try and limit my topic better. So far tho I think that the web sites that I have found are giving me some good and accurate information. Some of the web sites that I found that I will use for further research are: http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/obesity/facts.htm http://aspe...
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...year, Debra Wheeler was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer. She ended up having to have single mastectomy since the cancer was only in one of her breast. She then later had to have the breast the removed and reconstructed. The way they did it was take the skin and soft tissues from the belly and use it to reconstruct her new breast. Debra’s healthy body and her positive spirit helped her to beat the cancer, now she has been cancer free for a year. She is a very strong willed person and that is why I believe is the reason that she is still here today others have not been so lucky or gave up the fight too early. With this in mind, Debra has discovered along with many breast cancer survivors that the oral contraceptives for many years were a possible cause to the reason they were diagnosed with cancer. There are more than one reason has to why we should support breast cancer. Breast cancer is something that will or has affected us all in one way or another. I. Here are some statics on breast cancer: A. A woman is diagnosed with Breast Cancer every 2.5 Minutes. 1. Worldwide, breast cancer accounts for 22.9% of all cancers (excluding non-melanoma skin cancers) in women. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_cancer) 2. Over the course of a lifetime, 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. (A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia.) B. The Susan G. Komen website the most recent estimates for breast cancer in the United States...
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...learned with a friend who is interested in enrolling. Write a 150- to 200-word e-mail to your friend summarizing the resources available to students. Hi friend. I heard that you might be interested in enrolling for the school I am attending. I figured that I’d give you some more information about what this school is all about and why I chose it. The online school has all kinds of features to assist you throughout your educational career. One of the coolest features is called WritePoint. Consider WritePoint your own personal proofreader. After you’re done writing a paper, submit it to WritePoint and it will insert comments to let you know what might need to be fixed or might suggest something that could sounds better. Another great tool is the Riverpoint Writer. I anticipate this tool will help me a lot on my research papers. What it does is takes information from your references and will turn it into an actual citation. I think it’s pretty neat. Anyways, let me know if you have any questions. You asked your facilitator to review your e-mail draft. She liked what you wrote and asked you to write a summary to post in the class forum for the other students to read. Write a 150- to 200-word summary for your class of the resources available to students. Remember to write using an academic tone. Hello fellow classmates. I wanted to share a quick summary of two online tools, provided by the University of Phoenix, that I am excited to use and I think would be useful...
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...During the past few weeks of the semester I became extremely interested in pursuing the topic of “buzzed driving is drunk driving”, within the commercial that hooked my infatuation a young man begins to lose everything that is good within his life because he chooses to drive while under the influence of alcohol. The man loses his nice clothes he has on in the commercial along with his girlfriend, his car, his jewelry and not to mention his so called “friends”. This particular scenario began to channel my inner curiosity and I thought and choose to pursue an answer for the question that had been brewing in my head, “Do people often choose who they associate with based on the things the person brings to the relationship”. It can be as simple as going to hang out with someone only because they have the latest gaming device on the market or it can be associating yourself with a certain group of people to make you look cooler. It can also go as extreme as only being friends with somebody to achieve another purpose or catapult other areas of your life because of this relationship. This scenario is one that I believe happens all too often and we don’t even realize that this has become the basis for how we choose to determine some of our relationships. Social Exchange Theory applies directly into this scenario and I do not think it could be any more clear cut that this theory, it really is a perfect fit. Social Exchange Theory is when someone takes into account the good and bad aspects...
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...Being brought up speaking English, I always thought I spoke and understood English just fine. Who would of thought that it was such a complex subject. From my last English class, passing without any issues, to this English class, which has been a huge struggle. I have found that I have been challenged during this semester, its been a love/hate relationship between me and English 120. This class has given me greater knowledge when it comes to understanding "why" the author is writing their article, its not just about summarizing what you read, its about fully grasping the complexity of the article. I know that because I have been challenged, and learned to overcome the challenge of writing rhetorical strategies, it is safe to say, that I am read to enter English 124. This paper will illustrate my understanding of English 120 and why I, Michelle Page, feel I am ready to move on to English 124. Let me start with the first paper we wrote in this class, it was an Argument Analysis Essay and I chose to write it on Carol...
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...Multicultural Competency Paper Dr. Rawls, Andre Multicultural Psychology / 535 May 07, 2014 Multicultural Diversity The information in the following paper will include answers to the following questions: what biases, perceptions, attitudes and beliefs might I hold about culturally different groups? How might these attitudes or perceptions influence my interaction with individuals who are culturally different from myself? How knowledgeable am I about my values, practices and experiences of individuals who are culturally different from myself? And finally, what are my strengths and weaknesses in interacting with culturally diverse individuals and how might I address any shortcomings? One final bit of information prior to getting into the body of the paper, the information from my personal life (past and present) is what I have assessed, being as I do not currently hold a job in the workplace, however, I am a stay at home mom and student. My life tends to be very culturally filled even though I am a stay at home mom. For seven years, I ran an in-home daycare. I was very culturally open. I have always been one to believe that everyone is exactly the same under the skin – blood and bones. My personal attitudes with people of other race, cultures, etc. I believe are very open. I find others to be very interesting so when there are cultural differences – it is fun to take the time to learn the culture or at least to be able to respect the persons within the culture. I keep an open...
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...University of Phoenix Material Critical Thinking Worksheet Chose one of the following scenarios: • You are a member of a group working on a class project. The group members are enthusiastic about the project and arrange a meeting time to begin planning. You forget to mark your calendar and miss the meeting. The group posts a summary of the meeting with assignments and deadlines for the project. You apologize to the group and agree to complete the topic research for the project. You realize you have a paper due in another course on the same day that your research is due, and you concentrate most of your time on your individual assignment. The paper takes longer than you thought, and you are unable to conduct research for the group project by the deadline. You feel bad about this and do not respond to inquiries from group members. You post a message to the group explaining you are having computer problems. The group expresses their empathy and proceeds without you, completing and submitting the project with your name included. • A position opens in your department at work. You recommend to a coworker and friend in another department that she should apply. You previously consulted with this person on small projects, and she appears knowledgeable and responsible. In fact, you became friends through these work contacts. Your friend appreciates your recommendation and arranges a meeting to ask you more details about the work done by your department. The meeting is productive...
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...within the article were many random facts about the war and the cartels involved, as well a timeline of events up until March 9th, 2014 was also listed. I am not entirely sure if the article is bias or not. However, since it did come from a news website I would guess that it was indeed bias. Since I could not really detect any or at least very little bias and the fact that it was clearly up-to-date, this article would be a good source of simple facts about the drug war in general furthermore it would be good for learning more about a multitude of the cartels operating in Mexico. Morris, Stephan D. "Corruption, Drug Trafficking, And Violence In Mexico." Brown Journal Of World Affairs 18.2 (2012): 29-43. Academic Search Premier. Web. 1 Apr. 2014. I located this source via the Colorado State University Library data base page. Although, this source originally came from the “Brown Journal of World Affairs.” This 1source is very much credible because it is an actual research based study that ended up being reported and put onto an academic journal. As well, this report has been peer reviewed multiple times and in order for a report to actually be credible it needs to be reviewed a few times. In regards to the timeliness of the paper, it was published within the last one and a half years, this also adds to the credibility of the paper. Selee, Andrew. "A Changing Mexico." Journal Of International Affairs 66.2 (2013): 115-125. Academic Search Premier. Web. 1 Apr. 2014. “A Changing...
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...is a research fellow on Kathmandu University, department of sociology and anthropology. It took around fifty minutes from Birtamode to reach there. Kanyam resort lays aside the beautiful tea garden of Kanyam, Ilam. One could view the scenic views of Nepal as well as Indian hills when sky is clear. The climate was very cool when they reached. He was deeply dragged by the green hills. He beheld beautiful hills on the horizon, veiled partly with clouds….gurgling sound of small rivulet, chirping of birds etc. etc. Simpson wondered why people fancy leaving such a beautiful place and fly abroad. Ecologically speaking, he is in such a place where numerous rare species regard it a safer habitat to live in. Economically speaking, he is in a third world with a remittance-fed economy. But geopolitically speaking, he is in such a strategic location where power centers prefer to play. And statistically speaking, he was in south Asia where half of the world’s poor people live in. However spiritually speaking, every black cloud has silver lining. Dr. Simpson was mechanically sipping a handmade tea of Kanyam. He came to the real world when editor broke the silence. ‘So, how can I help you sir?’ editor told. ‘I am preparing a research paper on “How to stop brain drain from conflicting nations?’’ I’ve heard much from Kathmanduize about Hope magazine. I also came to know that your magazine is the only national paper based...
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...the work I have done in this class. At the beginning of this course, I felt I was pretty set in my beliefs. I have read what I needed to read to support my own ideas. By taking this class I am able to read information on views which are conflicting to mine and not be biased. I was able to read posts from classmates which were contradictory to my own and see the points they were trying to make. One example of where I feel my critical reading skills were improving was in reading the posts in Unit 6 which the discussion was about affirmative action. I have long had certain beliefs about this subject which were not for it at all. In reading in the text, I found the two words, reverse discrimination, which I felt would justify my stance. I have pretty much viewed this subject with blinders on since I first heard about it. After reading the posts by classmates and paying attention to what they had to say about it; my views shifted away from being biased towards affirmative action. I was able to read what they had posted and get a better understanding about the pros for affirmative action. Even though the group consensus for Unit 6 Case Study Issue B- Contemporary Discrimination was that Katie Sampson has the right to have the regents hear her proposal to have racial gender indicators eliminated from the admission policy; I was able to get a different point of view from those in our group who supported affirmative action. From carefully reading their postings, I could see...
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...putting pencil to paper – or wall. Of course, many years later my writing has evolved from writing about chocolate rivers to less imaginative essay about what an author meant by “the sky is blue”. Writing has never been my favorite subject in school, however with an eleventh grade English teacher, I learned to tolerate it. My mother taught me almost everything I know about writing; what my teachers failed to teach me at school, my mother taught me at home. She has made sure I have written every essay, personal statement or research...
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