View the video entitled, “Should We Demand an End to Drug Patents? It’s Killing You!” In this video, Neal Asbury, host of “Truth for America” joins Thom Hartmann as they discuss the controversial issue – ending the patent protection of pharmaceutical companies for humanitarian reasons. There are strong arguments on both sides. Discuss the major issues on sacrificing intellectual property rights for humanitarian causes. What’s your opinion? Besides viewing the video, feel free to conduct an online search on the topic to collect materials for your answer. Provide those citations in your answer and articulate your argument with facts rather than emotion.

The authors of the textbook introduce a concept known as the pornification of culture. They don't include a great deal of information about what that looks like in our culture. Do your own research on this topic to find out more about what this concept is, and how it is expressed in American culture. Include citations in APA format for any resources you utilized in your research.

In your discussion post address the following questions:

• Describe two specific examples of pornification. What effects have these examples had?
• How does pornification affect society in general?
• Would functionalists argue that this concept is functional for society? Explain why or why not.

Literacy subject

write about any genre or any specific piece we have covered so far. Possible topics are below.

1. What about the sonnet form has drawn so many writers to it?
2. What are the challenges with reading/writing pieces that utilize stream of consciousness?
3. How is flash fiction different from a short story?
4. In what ways do limericks play with language?
5. What effect does writing in blank verse create, and how does the writer achieve that effect?

Instructions:

Your submission should be between 500 and 700 words, and have at least 5 quotes with proper citations.

In this litigious society, health care professionals are increasingly becoming the target for lawsuits, both legitimate and frivolous. Does the threat of litigation make health care professionals more accountable or does it merely increase the cost of delivery (which is then paid for by society)?

Write an original response of 250 words and make sure to support your comments for your main post with at least two scholarly sources (your textbook can be one of them). For original threads and replies, use current APA style citations in-text and for references at the end. You must respond to at least two of your classmates with 75-word responses.

What are the major differences between job-order costing and process costing systems? Give an example of a well-known company that might use job-order costing and an example of a well-known company that might use process costing. Explain why you have chosen the companies that you did, specifically why job order costing or process costing are used. Do not choose companies that your classmates have already commented upon. Participate in follow-up discussion by critiquing your classmates' choices of companies.

Please include proper citations in your discussion post.

Please provide a original answer.

In Linux

• Can you reboot the system as a normal user? Explain your answer. Draw on the concepts discussed in this course to justify your answer.
• How do you change the system run level? Changing the system run level means switching from your default run level to run level 1 and vice versa.

Your response to each should meet the following criteria:

• It should be a minimum of 1 paragraph (five single-spaced sentences).
• If you are using outside sources, you need to acknowledge your sources with APA citations.

please type your answer, I will rate you well.

Locate the U.S. Business Judgment Rule

Then locate the rule in any other country.


Discuss the following:


1.   What part or parts of the U.S. rule do you either agree or disagree?
2.   Compare/contrast the U.S. with your selected country. If they are the same, why do you think they are stated in similar ways. If different, discuss the differences.

If you could change the U.S. rule, what would you change and why?

If you would not change anything in the U.S. rule, discuss what aspects of the rule you believe are most effective and why?

You MUST provide citations for all materials used.

• The definition of a job analysis is a process to identify and determine in detail the particular job duties, functions and requirements and the relative importance of these for a given job. This week’s discussion question will focus on how the evaluation and use of a job analysis will assist the case manager and rehabilitation team return a client to employment.
• Locate an article from the web or a database pertaining to this week’s topic and write a comprehensive summary of the article and what value it provided you as a future case manager.

For the following questions, list the entire path for the indicated file. If you use the variables ORACLE_BASE or ORACLE_HOME, be sure to list their values as well.

• Find the location of the instance of your database (ORCL).
• Find the location of the file init.ora .
  What purpose does this file serve?
• Find the location of the files listener.ora and tnsnames.ora. Identify which file is on the client and which file is on the server.
• Find the location of the file sqlplus.exe .
  What purpose does this file serve?

Every two years, AARP Employer Resources Center publishes “The Best Employers for Workers over 50”. Review the most recent listing and list the top ten employers and their respective industries. Are you surprised by any of the findings?

Visit the Department of Labor’s O*Net Resource Center. Describe how O*Net classifies jobs. Selecting a position title, search the O*Net database and discuss the type of information provided.

http://www.onetcenter.org