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This assignment is another “learning quiz.” The information on Aboriginal Australians will be provided here and through the questions of the quiz.First, some basic background on Aboriginal Australians and their culture.The official nationality of the indigenous people of the Australian continent is Aboriginal Australian. You will often hear or read the word “Aborigine” (pronounced: a (as in “cat”) – bore – RIDGE – gen – knee), but this term is now considered derogatory or at least, disrespectful. Whenever the nationality is written, or any form that references the community, it must be capitalized, just like American or Chinese or Ethiopian, etc.The term “aboriginal” (not as a nationality) means “the first of a kind present in a place.” It is importantly different from “native” or “indigenous” in that aboriginal people or creatures in a particular place migrated from somewhere else, rather than evolving in the region from primordial ancestors. In fact, with the exception of the African continent, all “modern” humans (Homo sapiens sapiens) are “aboriginal” to the rest of the world’s regions. You will learn in the documentary video that Aboriginal Australians came to the continent a very, very long time ago, and so, make up one of the oldest surviving cultures in the world.While Aboriginal Australians have many varied tribes and cultures, the video will help you discover that a single spiritual concept is common to and binds all Aboriginal peoples and communities. Each regional tribe has its own way of honoring and connecting with this common idea, and is expressed through diverse cultural practices. Music and dance, though, in some form, are often integral to expressing the peoples’ spirituality.Similarly to Native Americans, Aboriginal Australians were abused, oppressed, and culturally devastated by Western Europeans, when the British invaded and colonized the continent, using it first as a “penal colony” (essentially an island prison) in the late 1700’s. In the 1800’s and early 1900’s. After the penal colony was dissolved and Australia became a full British colony with farming, mining and industry, Aboriginal Australians were made to “assimilate” into British culture by force, mostly by taking the young children from their parents and putting them into boarding “schools” for assimilation “education.” This was also done to many Natives Americans at a similar time in history.Also, similarly to Native Americans, Aboriginal Australians were pushed out of their ancestral lands, if those lands were useful to the colonizers for natural resources, agriculture, or industry. While the Aboriginal Australians tried to defend their lands early on, they were mostly defeated and either assimilated or moved into more barren and harsh regions that the colonizers didn’t want. In some cases, these harsher landscapes were actually the most spiritually important ones to certain Aboriginal tribes, which remain so, today, but they were not at all hospitable for daily human living.The present results of this history of deep racism is much like Native Americans’, as well – systemic poverty, public health issues (including home and food insecurity, substance abuse, and domestic violence), and cultural degeneration among the Aboriginal Australians. On the positive side, though (again, in parallel with Native Americans), since the 1970’s on, mostly lead by political liberals with native activists, there has been a growing movement for Aboriginal rights and to protect and regain Aboriginal lands and culture. The national Australian government, as well as local ones, are gaining in Aboriginal representation and influence, and lately, efforts toward reconciliation and even reparation have been gaining traction.With this assignment, you will become familiar with a couple examples of traditional, Aboriginal Australian culture, learn about the unique Aboriginal spiritual story, and examine some of their music and dance.

create a tailored study plan to use to help you prepare for the national certification exam.· considering the national certification exam, summarize your strengths and opportunities for improvement and self-reflection and study plan.· Create a study plan to prepare for the certification exam,· including four SMART goals and the tasks you need to complete to accomplish each goal.· Include a timetable for accomplishing them and a description of how you will measure your progress.· Describe resources you would use to accomplish your goals and tasks, such as ways to participate in a study group or review courses, mnemonics and other mental strategies, and print or online resources you could use to study.2pages

AnnotationThe Merchant of Venice, Act 2-3For this assignment, you are asked to review and find annotations that you included in which there are allusions to Jewish and Christian theology; in particular, you are asked to consider how the language of religion adds to the love plot between Jessica and Lorenzo, but you may look through Acts 2 and 3 (up to where we left off in our reading).Defining our TermsFor our purposes, “annotating” means adding notes to the text, explaining and/or commenting on, for example, notable word choices, rhetorical structures, thematic elements, etc. Annotating should be understood as a method to improve understanding of the text by gathering evidence, recognizing patterns (in the dialog and dramatic action), and grasping how specific textual details work together to develop larger themes and arguments. I SHOULD SEE COMMENTARY IN THE MARGINS AS WELL AS UNDERLINING, HIGHLIGHTING, AND/OR CIRCLING OF TEXT.For this activity, annotations should a) highlight references to Jewish and Christian subject matter, and b) offer brief commentaries on how these references inform the love plot (or, alternatively, how they love plot informs the religious plot).SubmissionTake pictures of your 3 annotated pages (at least one from each: Act 2 and 3) and attach them here. Make sure your pictures are clear and well lit, and that your annotations are legible.If you are unable to take or attach pictures, provide a summary instead, in which you a) quote the lines and phrases you have highlighted; and b) give a short, written account of your annotations. Submit as a Google Doc or PDF.

Task:Compare Brazil, Ghana, Indonesia, New Zealand, the United States, and Turkey in terms of how easily contracts are enforced, how property can be registered, and how investors can be protected. Identify in which area you see the greatest variation from one country to the next.Refer to the website, http://www.doingbusiness.org/.Choose the countries listed above from the drop-down menu on the website and complete your task on a word document.Submission Instructions:Complete your task on a word document – minimum one page.

Give a brief synopsis of the author’s Machiavelli and Erasmus. Who were they? When did they write and to whom? What is the Mirror of Princes philosophy? What are the seven Christian virtues? From where are they derived? Give examples of two other ancient cultures and their virtues. 300-600 words (1-2 pages)

1. Discuss some of the legislative actions that have impacted law enforcement recruitment and hiring.2. Recruitment is an issue in law enforcement. How can law enforcement leaders improve recruitment?2. Compare and contrast the two basic recruit training methodologies, the academic model used by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the paramilitary model used in most police academies.

Early European Explorationsa. What lessons did Early European Explorers though their early exploration

Define formatting. Are formatting cells necessary? Support your response. If yes, why. If no, why not. Based on your specific career, provide a specific example where you would apply formatting in your workbook.Define Conditional Formatting. Based on your specific career, provide a specific example when you would apply conditional formatting.

Option #1: Analysis of an Individual Comic Strip or Political CartoonChoose one comic strip or political cartoon. If you visit the website of a newspaper such as the Baltimore Sun, The New York Times, The Washington Post, etc., you should be able to search for comic strips or political cartoons easily. You can also choose a webcomic too.Which techniques does the creator of the comic strip use? How does the creator make his/her point in the comic strip? What do we learn about the characters and/or ourselves from this comic strip or political cartoon? If colors are available, what do they tell us about this comic or cartoon? What language is used and how can that be interpreted? What is the layout of the comiFor example, how do elements of imagery, symbolism, metaphor, and/or irony help reveal the cartoon’s message?In essence, what are some of the physical elements present in the cartoon—characters, text, colors, etc., along with figurative elements such as metaphor and symbolism, that help to explain the cartoon’s message? It can be helpful to focus on a single element in the cartoon in its own body paragraph (include the element in the topic sentence and in the thesis) and describe how it portrays the cartoon’s message before moving to the next cartoon feature in a new paragraph.As with all academic essays you write in this course, this essay should have a well-defined introduction with a thesis statement, body, and conclusion.Example Thesis Statement: “John Smith uses (add one element from the cartoon), (add a second element from the cartoon), and (add a third element from the cartoon) to show (add the cartoon’s message).”

For this paper, you will be expected to plan and write a response to one of the readings from this module using one of the prompts below. You should submit this paper via Turnitin. To do so, click on the Paper 2 Rough Draft link.Before you begin, you should view the Essay Rubric in the Course Resources section. Please note that your grade for the rough draft will be not be based on this rubric but on full completion of this assignment. If you have a complete essay turned in, you will receive the points. However, this rubric will give you clear expectations as to what we expect for the final draft.The goal of this class is to teach college-level writing conventions, which may require some students to move beyond previously taught writing models, like the 5-paragraph essay format. There are many significant weaknesses to this model and it is not adequate at this level. Some aspects of this formula should be particularly noted. It is not desirable to have a thesis statement that presents the ideas of your body paragraphs. This “A + B + C” thesis always sounds forced and is overly simplistic. It also contributes to the next major issue, which is a lack of real transitions between body paragraphs. Your body paragraphs need to have clear relationships between them–in the 5-paragraph model, this is usually not the case, but instead, the paragraphs read more like a list. You can often see this in the choice of transition words–“First, Second, and Finally”. There is no relationship here but the order in which they come. The final major issue with the 5-paragraph model is the summary conclusion. The conclusion is a vital space that can engage the reader in new and unique ways. By simply summarizing points from your essay or restating the thesis, you will disengage the reader’s attention and add nothing to your paper.There is no one, single way to approach a paper, or one size or shape. Therefore we are not looking for a particular number of paragraphs (although to prepare you for the exit essay, you should have at least 5) or a particular word count. If you look at the rubric, you will see what we want. First, you should have a strong introduction, which introduces the topic and identifies the paper’s direction. Next, there should be quality support, which offers specific details that are well organized and thoughtful. Finally, you will need a conclusion that challenges the reader and adds to the paper. This should be done with clear and concise writing. Think outside of formulas and focus on being as effective as you can be.