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The Midterm Assignment consists of three questions: The international borders of African countries are a legacy of colonialism. 1. Describe the concept of a superimposed boundary. 2. Describe three political or cultural consequences of superimposed boundaries in Africa. 3. Identify and explain one challenge landlocked African countries face in developing viable economies. .

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The Michael Jordan effect Crawford, Anthony J; Niendorf, Bruce . American Business Review ; West Haven Vol. 17, Iss. 2, (Jun 1999): 5-10. ProQuest document link ABSTRACT In the period immediately following the rumors of Michael Jordan's return to basketball, the five companies that Jordan had major endorsement deals with experienced a nearly $3 billion increase in the market value of their equity. Jordan was labeled the $2 billion man in the press, referring to the value he created for the shareholders of the companies he endorses. However, most of these reports failed to cite the simultaneous bull market that lead the S&P 500 to record highs. The Michael Jordan effect is examined, and it is found that shareholders experienced negative abnormal returns after the announcement of his retirement and positive excess returns when rumors of a comeback surfaced. However, it is also shown that the positive excess returns following the rumors of Jordan's comeback were only temporary and disappeared within weeks of the original rumors. While some evidence is found in support of a Michael Jordan effect, it appears that the rumors of Jordan's impact have been greatly exaggerated. FULL TEXT On October 6, 1993 Michael Jordan unexpectedly retired from basketball after leading the Chicago Bull's to three straight NBA championships. The following spring he showed up for spring training with the Chicago White Sox. Despite his early retirement Jordan maintained his five major endorsement deals from which he is rumored to receive a total of approximately $30 million annually. These endorsements are highlighted in exhibit 1. On March 2nd, 1995 Jordan ended his attempt at professional baseball and left the Chicago White Sox spring training facilities. Shortly after his retirement from baseball, rumors of Jordan's return to basketball surfaced. These rumors touched off a media frenzy as the popular press tied increases in the stock prices of the companies Jordan endorses to speculation over his return. The Los Angeles Times reported that five days after the first reports of his comeback, advertisers experienced a collective $2.3 billion gain in equity value. Time Magazine, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated and nearly every major newspaper ran similar reports at about the same time. Jordan was labeled the $2 billion man. The implication was that Jordan's rumored return to basketball increased his value as an endorser resulting in an over $2 billion dollar gain to shareholders. Table I illustrates the increase in the market value of the five companies which Jordan endorses. The collective increase in market value over a nine business day period, from the date of the first rumors until the first trading day after his comeback announcement, was more than $2.9 billion. The average return over those nine days was 4.59%. The return on the S&P 500 over the same nine day period was just 2.91%. We examine two questions.

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The Metropolitan Police Department had recently been criticized in the local media for not responding to police calls in the downtown area rapidly enough. In several recent cases, alarms had sounded for break-ins, but by the time the police car arrived, the perpetrators had left, and in one instance a store owner had been shot. Sergeant Joe Davis had been assigned by the chief as head of a task force to find a way to determine the optimal patrol area (dimensions) for their cars that would minimize the average time it took to respond to a call in the downtown area. Sergeant Davis solicited help from Angela Maris, an analyst in the operations area for the police department. Together they began to work through the problem. Joe noted to Angela that normal patrol sectors are laid out in rectangles, with each rectangle including a number of city blocks. For illustrative purposes he defined the dimensions of the sector as x in the horizontal direction and as y in the vertical direction. He explained to Angela that cars traveled in straight lines either horizontally or vertically and turned at right angles. Travel in a horizontal direction must be accompanied by travel in a vertical direction, and the total distance traveled is the sum of the horizontal and vertical segments. He further noted that past research on police patrolling in urban areas had shown that the average distance traveled by a patrol car responding to a call in either direction was one-third of the dimensions of the sector, or x /3 and y /3. He also explained that the travel time it took to respond to a call ( assuming that a car left immediately upon receiving the call) is simply the average distance traveled divided by the average travel speed. Angela told Joe that now that she understood how average travel time to a call was determined, she could see that it was closely related to the size of the patrol area. She asked Joe if there were any restrictions on the size of the area sectors that cars patrolled. He responded that for their city, the department believed that the perimeter of a patrol sector should not be less than 5 miles or exceed 12 miles. He noted several policy issues and staffing constraints that required these specifications. Angela wanted to know if any additional restrictions existed, and Joe indicated that the distance in the vertical direction must be at least 50% more than the horizontal distance for the sector. He explained that laying out sectors in that manner meant that the patrol areas would have a greater tendency to overlap different residential, income, and retail areas than if they ran the other way. He said that these areas were layered from north to south in the city. So if a sector area were laid out east to west, all of it would tend to be in one demographic layer. Angela indicated that she had almost enough information to develop a model, except that she also needed to know the average travel speed the patrol cars could trav.

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THE MG371 CASE Growth Pains at Mountain States Healthcare Background Mountain States Healthcare (MSH) is a regional system of hospitals located in several large metropolitan areas of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and in Acapulco, Mexico. MHS started as a single hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, and, due to the business acumen and experience of its officers and Board of Directors, was quite successful and profitable. Over the years, Salt Lake Hospital began purchasing other hospitals and clinics in the state that were not as profitably operated, and eventually changed its name to Utah Health Group (UHG). Each facility continued to operate as an independent entity, except that its name was changed to include “Utah Health Group” and UHG instilled its own successful management style in the newly purchased facilities. When a hospital was bought in Denver, Colorado, the firm created a medical facility holding company in Salt Lake City, named Mountain States Healthcare. MHS treated each facility as a separate subsidiary, except for the clinics, which were associated with a larger hospital in the area. MSH continued to grow, adding facilities from the states it declared as its strategic area. Later, they added a new division of several clinics, an assisted living facility, and a hospital in the resort city of Acapulco, Mexico, to take advantage of medical needs of the large tourist and American retirement population there. The Mexico venture was the most profitable and fastest growing of the MHS family. MSH was a profitable venture, but began to realize that some of its administrative costs were, collectively, much higher than other medical holding companies, and reducing the profits that could be used for the benefit of shareholders. Additionally, the higher overhead costs were affecting the advantage of some hospitals to compete within their districts. The divisions had historically set themselves apart from other medical facilities by offering a full line of specialties within their service packages. The corporate holding company supported this by sharing resources, technology, and even personnel between the divisions when needed. This allowed each of the hospitals to position themselves as medical technology competent full service providers. A consulting firm pointed out several areas of administration which could be consolidated, using the latest technology, to realize a tremendous reduction in costs. The new VP of Finance, Aaron Nelson, newly promoted from the state billing office manager’s position, suggested that medical billing should be the first to consolidate. He reasoned that as each of the facilities had consolidated the billing operations for all facilities within their five geographic areas a few years ago, they should be able to completely consolidate all billing with the latest database technology in a fairly short time, and.

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The Methods of Communication are: Listening, Writing, Talking, Reading, and Non-Verbal. Listening - speaking by using words and terminology that others can comprehend Talking - the ability to read and comprehend the written word Writing - tone and inflection of one’s voice facial expression, posture and eye contact Non-Verbal - using the written word in a manner that others can understand the intended message Reading - the ability to hear and understand what the speaker is saying Review the five methods of communication you would use in the given scenarios: Scenario 1: An irate customer comes to your store and is very upset with a defect in a product he ordered. Which method of communication would be the most effective to use with this customer? (Listening) Scenario 2: A customer is in your store looking for a new computer. You quickly surmise that the customer’s first language is not English and in addition he appears to not have a clear understanding of the type or brand of computer he is looking for. Which method of communication would be the most effective to use with this customer? (Talking) Scenario 3: On your store’s Facebook page, a customer comments on your store’s appearance and how disrespectful the salesperson was during a recent visit. Which method of communication would be the most effective to use with this customer? (Writing) Scenario 4: A customer comes into your store looking for a new phone. He appears overly confident about his knowledge level. When you approach him, he looks at you in a condescending manner. Which method of communication is being displayed by this customer? (Non-verbal) Scenario 5: You need to take two online courses available from your employer about Customer Service. You need to receive an “A” in both courses. You must write five components that you will use for the Final Course Project. Which method of communication will you use to complete your assignments? Competency Discuss the importance of communication in Customer Service. Instructions In order to provide excellent service to customers, a business must have employees who are able to effectively communicate with those customers. Looking at the five methods of communication (Listening, Talking, Writing, Non-Verbal, and Reading), write a paper that includes 2-3 paragraphs for each method of communication. Please include an explanation on why communication is important in the introduction. Also, please include a conclusion that summarizes your paper. NOW, THIS IS THE RUBRIC QUESTIONS 1. Included paragraph(s) for each of the methods of communication with clear examples. 2. Did include an explanation for the importance of clear communication using examples and research for support. 3. Did include an introduction and conclusion, including examples and/or research for support. PLEASE INCLUDE REFERENCES AND CITETATIONS The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K LeGuin, 1974 1 The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas With a clamor of bells that s.

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The Medication Paper Outline The purpose of this assignment is to draft and submit a complete, organized, detailed outline of your medication paper in APA format with sources cited and referenced accurately. Recommended: Before you begin, review the Writing Resources area on your Student Resources tab located on the top menu of your main Blackboard page for examples and review chapters 9, 13, and 14 in A Pocket Style Manual (APA). Adhere to the following guidelines for drafting and submitting your outline: Use standard alphanumeric outline format. Include a rough draft of your abstract. Include APA in-text citations. Include an APA formatted reference page. Include a title page. Use APA format throughout. The outline includes several high quality, thought provoking ideas/points which are skillfully used to creatively and completely support the thesis. Outline demonstrates a well-balanced approach to researching the topic (subcategories are of equal significance under each body paragraph). Subtopics are specific and avoid generalities. Subtopics demonstrate extensive research and thought on the topic. The thesis is concise and clearly articulated in the beginning. Subtopics are pertinent and highly relevant to the main body paragraphs. Detailed, meaningful quotations and paraphrases aptly and accurately support the topic evenly throughout each subtopic. .

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The median is often a better representative of the central value of a data set when the data set: Source Top of Form Is bimodal. Has a high standard deviation. Is highly skewed. Has no outliers. Bottom of Form The histogram below plots the carbon monoxide (CO) emissions (in pounds/minute) of 40 different airplane models at take-off. The distribution is best described as is: Source Top of Form Uniform. Heteroskedastic. Normal. Skewed right. Bottom of Form .

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The media plays a major part in all facets of U.S. society. Increased attention on criminal justice issues and criminal justice administration by the media creates opportunities and threats to the status quo of criminal justice policies and actions. Chapters 11 and 16 in your text discuss the influence of the media on criminal justice and the theories of justice. For this assignment, you will support the evaluation of public issues that criminal justice organizations face in ethical decision making and the creation of a set of standards for ethical and moral conduct in criminal justice situations. In your paper, Create an ethics policy for the media in handling the reporting of criminal justice issues and news; Examine the significance of political bias in reporting; and Create a foundation for the accurate and ethical reporting of news about the criminal justice system. The paper .

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The media does have a very significant role in how U.S. citizens are exposed to political actors, policies, and processes that comprise American government. Assignment Guidelines Select 2 particular media forum types from the following list: Newspapers Radio Television Internet Address the following in 750–1,000 words: What specific roles do both media forums have in exposing the various aspects of a political process? Explain in detail. How persuasive are these media forums in terms of influencing the public about a politician or a campaign issue? Explain. Provide 2–3 examples of media influence with regard to politics and democracy. Describe and explain the specifics of each example. Be sure to reference all sources using proper APA style. .

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THE MEDFIELD PHARMA CASE: FIRM VALUATION AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF REFORMULATION Understand that the Medfield case has 2 major problems: 1) Firm Valuation – Impact of Patent Loss and Reformulation; 2) Ethical Considerations – How to Ensure Patients and third-party payees are not hurt Organize your paper around the case questions, use them as an organizing device. This will benefit you in several ways: 1) provide a framework for constructing your paper; 2) ensure I (your reader) understand exactly what question you are answering; and 3) ensure you answer every question. Use examples from Pfizer, AstraZeneca and other firms in EXHIBIT 3 to substantiate your thought. 1. What is the current value of Medfield as a company? Use the exhibit 4 spreadsheet to calculate the NPV of Medfield. Compare this result to the offer price and provide your reasoning for the difference. 2. If we consider the sale of Medfield as the sale of existing assets how does the elimination of R&D, investment in future assets, change the valuation of Medfield? (Using the exhibit 4 spreadsheet distinguish between the NPV value of existing products and R&D) 3. What is the value that would be created by a reformulation? Complete and explain the table below. 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Incremental Research 35 35 Incremental Special Marketing 25 25 25 25 25 Growth 2% -50% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% -50% -50% -50% New Sales 214.77 Marginal Sales (New Sales – Original Sales 0.00 New Cost of Sales 49.40 Marginal Cost of Sales 0.00 New Direct Marketing 57.99 Old Direct Marketing 57.99 59.15 29.57 14.79 7.39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marginal Direct Marketing 0.00 New G&A 8.59 Old G&A 8.59 8.76 4.38 2.19 1.10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marginal G&A 0.00 Marginal Cash Flow pre Tax (60.00) 29.52 14.76 7.38 Marginal NOPAT (40.80) 20.07 10.04 5.02 NPV 4. What factors explain the value created from the reformulation for Fleximat? 5. Who reaps the financial benefits? 6. Who bears the financial costs? ONLY ANSWER ONE OF THE QUESTION 7’S: IF YOU SUPPORT REFORMULATION: 7. What facts would change your mind and cause you to recommend against reformulation? IF YOU ARE AGAINST REFORMULATION 7. Under what conditions might you be in favor of reformulation? 8. How would you change your thinking if Medfield’s reformulation approach were more substantive (e.g. drug works faster, works longer) than cosmetic? 9. Could Medfield use the extra value created by the reformulation to generate new and helpful products? 10. When you consider Medfield’s stakeholders, what are the key issues. Choose three from the following list and discuss the key issues. a. Shareholders of Medf.

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The Meanings of Lives by Susan Wolf (2007) The question, “What is the meaning of life?” was once taken to be a paradigm of philosophical inquiry. Perhaps, outside of the academy, it still is. In philosophy classrooms and academic journals, however, the question has nearly disappeared, and when the question is brought up, by a naïve student, for example, or a prospective donor to the cause of a liberal arts education, it is apt to be greeted with uncomfortable embarrassment. What is so wrong with the question? One answer is that it is extremely obscure, if not downright unintelligible. It is unclear what exactly the question is supposed to be asking. Talk of meaning in other contexts does not offer ready analogies for understanding the phrase “the meaning of life.” When we ask the meaning of a word, for example, we want to know what the word stands for, what it represents. But life is not part of a language, or of any other sort of symbolic system. It is not clear how it could “stand for” anything, nor to whom. We sometimes use “meaning” in nonlinguistic contexts: “Those dots mean measles.” “Those footprints mean that someone was here since it rained.” In these cases, talk of meaning seems to be equivalent to talk of evidence, but the contexts in which such claims are made tend to specify what hypotheses are in question within relatively fixed bounds. To ask what life means without a similarly specified context, leaves us at sea. Still, when people do ask about the meaning of life, they are evidently expressing some concern or other, and it would be disingenuous to insist that the rest of us haven’t the faintest idea what that is. The question at least gestures toward a certain set of concerns with which most of us are at least somewhat familiar. Rather than dismiss a question with which many people have been passionately occupied as pure and simple nonsense, it seems more appropriate to try to interpret it and reformulate it in a way that can be more clearly and unambiguously understood. Though there may well be many things going on when people ask, “What is the meaning of life?”, the most central among them seems to be a search to find a purpose or a point to human existence. It is a request to find out why we are here (that is, why we exist at all), with the hope that an answer to this question will also tell us something about what we should be doing with our lives. If understanding the question in this way, however, makes the question intelligible, it might not give reason to reopen it as a live philosophical problem. Indeed, if some of professional philosophy’s discomfort with discussion of the meaning of life comes from a desire to banish ambiguity and obscurity from the field, as much comes, I think, from the thought that the question, when made clearer, has already been answered, and that the answer is depressing. Specifically, if the question of the Meaning of Life is to be identified w.

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The Meaning of Education Education means something different to everyone. We each have our own ideas about what we need to learn and how we intend to apply this knowledge. Below are five quotations about education from very different perspectives. “ Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. ” Albert Einstein “ Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. ” Edward Everett “ Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age? ” Erich Fromm “ I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated. ” Al McGuire “ You can get all A's and still flunk life. ” Walker Percy Choose one of the quotations and do the following: Paraphrase the quotation. Define what you think the author meant by the quote. Discuss whether or not you agree with the author’s opinion. Justify your position. Write your initial response in about 150–200 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. .

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The Mayan religion had around 165 Gods they worshiped. They were very loved for their human-like qualities for the Mayan people to be familiar with. The most important God to the people is that of Itzamna who created humans and the father of the Bacabs. He was the father of fire who created Earth. The Maya believed that he gave them the calendar and writing as well. With other Gods that we have talked about there was usually only one God for the people to worship, with the Maya they have over 100 they choose to worship. Mayan's have a God they worship for many aspects of their life, while the other Gods we read about are not quite as powerful as the Gods that Mayan's worship. Respond to discussion answer .

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“The Master said: ‘When the father is alive, watch the son’s aspirations. When the father is dead, watch the son’s actions. If three years later, the son has not veered from the father’s way, he may be called a dutiful son indeed’” (1335)  Author  Time/Date of Composition Contextual Information  Form Major Themes Preview  Author  Lived 551 – 479 BCE  “Confucius” is the English version of his Chinese name, Kong Qiu  Born in northeastern state of Lu (today = Shandong Province) into the lower ranks of hereditary nobility (Norton 766) (Rubbing on paper of Confucius engraved Stone Slab from Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy) https://goo.gl/maps/M9Fuwpf3SQH2 https://www.iep.utm.edu/confuciu/  Confucius traveled throughout China sharing his political vision… Unsuccessfully  retired to Lu and spent the rest of his life as a teacher (Norton 767) Virtually unknown at the time of his death (Norton 766)  Important: the Analects are not actually written by Confucius. They were collected and written by his disciples (Norton 768) Author   Probably 200 – 100 BCE, “when Confucius’s ideas were gaining influence and it became necessary to create a representative collection of his sayings out of the vast body of Confucius lore that circulated in various other books” (Norton 768)  Note: this means the Analects came to their current form about 279 years after Confucius’s death! Time/Date of Composition  Contextual Information Confucius deeply admires the Zhou Dynasty, particularly King Wen, King Wu, and the Duke of Zhou (Norton 767) Quick note: King Wen was King Wu’s father (King Wen of the Zhou Dynasty via Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Wen_of_Zhou#/media/File:King_Wen_of_Zhou.jpg  King Wu was known for instituting a system of government that took care of its people and developed “wise policies” (Norton 767)  The Duke of Zhou was known for defending the country and defending King Cheng’s (King Wu’s son) right to the throne  the Duke of Zhou was important to Confucius because he was someone who cared more for “the welfare of the dynasty” than for his own ambitions (Norton 767)  Represents the themes of social roles and efficient action Contextual Information  Form  Recorded by brush and ink on thin strips of bamboo (The Analects of Confucius by R. Eno)  Collection of “brief quotations, conversations, and anecdotes” (Norton 768)  divided into 20 “books”  The “books” are basically chapters (Rongo Analects, Vol 2 via Wikipedia) http://www.indiana.edu/~p374/Analects_of_Confucius_(Eno-2015).pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analects#/media/File:Rongo_Analects_02.jpg   1. Ritual: “everything we do in life is a ritual… Rituals are thus used… to make social life meaningful” (Norton 768). A person must learn ritual within the context of their own community through practice and self-cultivation. (Norton 768) A person .

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the materials i provide might be helpful for your research or when writting the paper or helps you develope the questions you want to ask. Anthropology 130 Research Simulation 4 Photos Instructions This file contains the photos necessary for Research Simulation 4. You can use this file, or access the same photos here: https://goo.gl/photos/r1HDetrZt5tdKrz98. I suggest not printing this file since it will use a lot of ink. Be especially careful with making sure which species’ bone you are examining based on the label on each one. The actual assignment instructions are in the other file. � of �1 7 https://goo.gl/photos/r1HDetrZt5tdKrz98 Pelvis - Anterior (Front) View � of �2 7 Sacrum - Superior (Top-Down) View � of �3 7 Femur - Anterior (Front) View � of �4 7 Scapula - Anterior View � of �5 7 Manual Proximal Phalanx - Palmar (Palm) View � of �6 7 Manual Proximal Phalanx - Lateral (Outside) View � of �7 7 Anthropology 130 Research Simulation 4 PhotosInstructionsPelvis - Anterior (Front) ViewSacrum - Superior (Top-Down) ViewFemur - Anterior (Front) ViewScapula - Anterior ViewManual Proximal Phalanx - Palmar (Palm) ViewManual Proximal Phalanx - Lateral (Outside) View Anthropology 130 Research Simulation 4 Hominin Skeletal Anatomy 25 points maximum Instructions This fifth and last Research Simulation combines what we have learned about humans and modern primates to view fossil evidence of our species’ ancestors. Paleoanthropologists have to play detective and piece together what happened over a geologic time scale with a small amount of fossils and stone tools. Type your answers into the separate report sheet. Make sure that your name is at the top of the report sheet as well. When you are done, upload the report sheet to Canvas or turn it in on paper in class on the due date. Assignment Start Your reputation for solid work in the Philippine tarsier research team and other projects has traveled across social media to reach the ears of other physical anthropologists! A few email exchanges with paleoanthropologists later, you find yourself on a plane to Ethiopia to join a team that is studying Australopithecines. Your role in this research project is to examine the skeleton of Lucy, an Australopithecus afarensis, with a fresh pair of eyes. In particular, you will be comparing Lucy’s skeleton with that of a chimpanzee and a modern human. Download and open the report sheet to record your answers. � of �1 13 Part One - Moonlit Wings The airport is just as busy as last time, which seems like ages ago. You look around for any unattended children and see none. Despite yourself, you doze off waiting for your flight to the whispered conversations around you. “BZZ RFH BRDDN AMN. Thank you.” The unintelligible words weave among the background noise that lulled you to sleep. The telltale chime of the public service announcement has you worried. You check the time and sit up.

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The master patient index (MPI) gives you access to patient information, which results in significant benefits for patients and health care providers. Instructions Address the following: Justify the function of a mater patient index. Discuss how the mater patient index is an important resource in the health care facility. How does the MIP affect the following systems within the health care organization? Clinical Management Appointments Security 4-5 paragraphs/references .

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The Martinez family is raising their two children, ages 3 and 5, within a small rural community. They are migrant workers and have lived in the community for 4 months. Despite each parent working two jobs, the family seldom has enough money and has occasionally experienced homelessness, particularly when the seasonal nature of their work is interrupted by weather conditions. The family has faced many obstacles, including limited access to healthy nutritional choices, challenges in terms of accessing health care, and the lack of quality, affordable child care, but always work to find a migrant Head Start program for their children within each community they have lived in. The family is working on developing both their own and their children’s English skills through the community library, as they emigrated from Mexico 2 years ago. To prepare: Consider the impact of poverty and homelessness, and the vital role professionals play in partnership with families and building supportive contexts. Reflect on the importance of taking a strengths-based approach in which individuals are viewed in light of their capacities, talents, competencies, values, and hopes, recognizing that these might be impacted by present circumstances (Nissen, 2001). .

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