In 250 words , describe how can underdeveloped societies grow economically and develop technologically without causing environmental harm to their own country as well as to other countries ?
Support your claims with examples and cite properly cite all references
Due June 12,2013
· The criminal justice system’s response to the public’s perception of ethnic and gender bias
· The arguments for and against the contention that the criminal justice system discriminates against racial and ethnic minority groups
I only need the one in bold answered in 450 words APA format by today at 12 am California, USA time
For this week’s individual work, we will explore the use of search warrants in investigations. A search warrant is an order signed by a judge that authorizes police officers to search for specific objects or materials at a specific location and at a specific time.
Your response should be 1 to 2 pages, Times New Roman, 12pt font, double-spaced, and include citations for your references (if applicable).
For citation guidelines, please refer to the table in the APA Style section of the syllabus.
rom the first e-Activity, analyze two (2) reasons why a corporation is able to justify its participation in the LEED certification program as responsible environmental management, considering the associated costs. Provide a rationale for your response.
My research topic for my persuasive paper is “Should citizens be permitted to carry a concealed weapon to their workplace (e.g.,office, school, construction site)?
Write a one to two (1-2) page research proposal in which you:
LASA 1—Operant Conditioning and Superstitions
Many people believe that superstitions are absolutely true. This often causes them to believe and act in ways that are out of the norm either to avoid a negative outcome or to bring about a positive outcome. However, the origins of all superstitions lie in operant conditioning (for example, wearing the same shirt worn during a victory game to all future games in order to ensure victory).
In this assignment, you will examine the process by which operant conditioning can lead to the formation of a superstition.
Using the module readings, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, research the development of operant conditioning and its basic principles. Then, address the following:
Write a 3–4-page paper in Word format. The paper should be double-spaced and in 12 point, Times New Roman font with regular one-inch margins and free of typographical and grammatical errors. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Be sure to include a title page and a reference page.
Grading Criteria and Rubric
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| Describe the historical antecedents of operant conditioning and the specific factors which led to the rise of operant conditioning. (Course Objective [CO] 1) |
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| Describe the principles/concepts that can be applied to explain the process by which operant conditioning can lead to the development and maintenance of superstitions. (CO2) |
28 |
| Describe at least one superstition and analyze the thinking process that was involved in the acquisition and perpetuation of this irrational belief. (CO1) |
28 |
| Describe the elements of the operant conditioning process that lead these beliefs to be so deeply ingrained and long standing. (CO2) |
28 |
| Explain whether a person can ever rid him or herself of superstitions. Describe methods that can be used to help the person. (CO4) |
16 |
| Describe a superstition of a friend or family member and the events that led to the formation of his or her superstition. (CO2, 4) |
12 |
| Analyze whether the superstition fits with your knowledge of operant conditioning’s role in the development of superstitions. (CO2) |
20 |
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200 |
Comparison of Psychological and Physical Health
One in three people in the United States are reported to have some diagnosable psychological disorder. This means each one of us either has a family member or close friend who has a psychological disorder. You have all also undoubtedly had experience with friends or family members who have had medical illnesses. Please respond to the following questions.
Your paper should be at least 500 words.
Write a paper of at least 500 words describing critical thinking. Include the following in your paper:
Paper must be in APA format and must have the following:
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Assignment 1. Linear Programming Case Study
Your instructor will assign a linear programming project for this assignment according to the following specifications.
It will be a problem with at least three (3) constraints and at least two (2) decision variables. The problem will be bounded and feasible. It will also have a single optimum solution (in other words, it won’t have alternate optimal solutions). The problem will also include a component that involves sensitivity analysis and the use of the shadow price.
You will be turning in two (2) deliverables, a short writeup of the project and the spreadsheet showing your work.
Writeup.
Your writeup should introduce your solution to the project by describing the problem. Correctly identify what type of problem this is. For example, you should note if the problem is a maximization or minimization problem, as well as identify the resources that constrain the solution. Identify each variable and explain the criteria involved in setting up the model. This should be encapsulated in one (1) or two (2) succinct paragraphs.
After the introductory paragraph, write out the L.P. model for the problem. Include the objective function and all constraints, including any non-negativity constraints. Then, you should present the optimal solution, based on your work in Excel. Explain what the results mean.
Finally, write a paragraph addressing the part of the problem pertaining to sensitivity analysis and shadow price.
Excel.
As previously noted, please set up your problem in Excel and find the solution using Solver. Clearly label the cells in your spreadsheet. You will turn in the entire spreadsheet, showing the setup of the model, and the results.
Attached are the instructions.
Write a 2-page paper (plus cover sheet and reference page) that discusses your own consumption practices over the last ten years. List and explain the ways that online consumption activities have replaced or modified your real world consumption activities.
CONCLUSION
Crime problems in public housing sites have a reputation for being more intractable than problems in other high crime places. High-rise public housing sites typically are located in poor neighborhoods with high crime rates (Collins et al. 1998; Skogan and Annan 1994 129–30). Residents generally are older and poor; the non-elderly residents are disproportionately single with children and are unemployed. Skogan and Annan (1994) suggest that “residents often lack the capacity to defend themselves, be it against predators, gangs looking for revenge, or drug dealers engaged in turf wars or intimidation” (1994:130; also see Popkin et al. 1997). Many policy makers believe that only hard-core policing tactics (e.g., arrests, sweeps) such as those which characterize the “War on Drugs” can reduce the significant crime in public housing sites. Program evaluators report very few interventions that seem to make a lasting change.
Our evaluation of a problem-oriented policing program implemented in six of the most crime-ridden public housing sites in Jersey City challenges the notion that public housing sites are the last bastion of program resistance. Our research shows that different types of tactics and large quantities of problem-oriented policing activities, performed collectively by site teams comprising police, public housing officers, and social service liaison officers, can significantly reduce serious crime. We found that reductions in calls for service for serious crime could be attributed to the number of problem-oriented policing activities implemented in a site. This was particularly true of the site teams at Gladstone and at Brighton.
We also found that social structural factors such as percentage unemployed, percentage receiving TANF, and percentage single-headed households did not exhibit strong relationships to the changes over time in calls for service. Our two most successful sites— Brighton and Gladstone—were quite different in social and physical structure.
Our research has several important methodological and policy implications, and we offer some general insights into the growing literature on problem-oriented and community-oriented policing. The problem-oriented policing program implemented in the Jersey City public housing sites comprised a wide array of responses: CPTED (e.g., lighting), situational crime prevention (e.g., pay phones accommodating outgoing calls only), civil remedies (e.g., evictions and special leaseholder provisions), traditional policing (e.g., sweeps, arrests,
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surveillances), treatment (e.g., drug treatment and alcohol counseling), and informal social control (e.g., the stability of CSOs assigned to individual housing sites). We found that at Gladstone and Brighton, where the level of problem-oriented policing activity predicted the level of crime, more police-initiated strategies were implemented than at those sites which relied more heavily on public housing or social service responses. This is not to say that traditional policing tactics are more effective, but that the coercive authority of the police in a problem-oriented policing program is important for bringing about change (also see Green 1996). Therefore, we conclude that sworn officers must take an active, high-profile role in problem solving on a team in order to cause change.
Finally, our research offers some important measurement and methodological insights. We systematically measured the process of problem-oriented policing and carefully integrated process analysis with our impact assessment. We documented the extent of scanning, we examined the types of analysis conducted on a defined problem, we measured the quantity and quality of problem-solving responses, and we recorded efforts to assess the impact of problem-oriented policing tactics. This careful attention to the process analysis was integral to understanding how problem-oriented policing programs succeed (or flounder) in public housing sites. Moreover, by using a mixed model we were able to distinguish the relative influences of problem-oriented policing activities across the six sites in our study. This method provided us with an innovative approach to comparing and contrasting the factors that constrain or enhance the control of crime in public housing sites.
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Article Summary & Analysis
Problem Oriented Policing is a strategy to address a specific crime problem within a neighborhood or community, and a direct response by law enforcement to gain trust and cooperation between neighborhood or community residents in order to work together to solve the crime problem. The strategy involves a local response to crime, with open communication and a concerted effort by all those impacted by the crime problem to find effective solutions. With citizens working together with local law enforcement, solidarity can be achieved with neighbors looking out for each other and the community as a whole.
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This article reports on the Problem Oriented Policing (POP) strategy used in Jersey City, New Jersey, in an effort to reduce the amount of serious crime occurring at six public housing sites. The Jersey City Police Department and the Jersey City Housing Authority, along with tenants of the six housing sites, created teams to work together using the POP model, in an effort to reduce drug and violent crime. The teams worked during a one-year intervention phase (May 1995–May 1996). Each team was responsible for identifying areas of consistent serious crime, reporting the POP measures taken within these areas, and evaluating the effectiveness of those measures (Mazerolle, Ready, Terrill, & Waring, 2000).
The authors evaluated three questions: 1) what was the effect of the POP program on serious crime both across and within the housing sites? 2) what types of problem-solving responses were effective in reducing serious crime? and 3) were there differences in the effectiveness of POP across different categories of crime? The evaluation was based on the assumption that public housing sites are different, and that a POP strategy should include a mix of carefully selected responses that incorporate those differences (Mazerolle, et al., 2000).
The evaluation included an assessment of POP activities undertaken by the site teams, with progress being measured every two weeks. During the evaluation period, 602 POP activities were assigned, with 364 being completed, 144 ongoing throughout the year, and 94 abandoned or forgotten. Citizen calls for police service were also evaluated for a two-and-a-half year period, which included the evaluation period. The purpose of evaluating the calls for service was to determine whether the POP strategies and activities occurring at each of the housing sites resulted in more citizens willing to contact police in regard to criminal activity. The calls for service were evaluated across sites (comparing the six sites) as well as within the sites, which included an analysis of the various types of calls (i.e., what crime was being alleged by the caller in what area of the housing site) (Mazerolle, et al., 2000).
The results indicate that calls for service were positively related to the number of POP activities occurring at the housing site. In other words, as the number of POP activities increased at a site, the number of calls for service for serious crime increased. In addition, the results showed that different POP strategies and large amounts of POP activities significantly reduced serious crime in the housing sites (Mazerolle, et al., 2000).
Critical Thinking Questions
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Shaffer, D. K., Hartman, J. L., and Listwan, S. J. (2009). Drug abusing women in the community: The impact of drug court involvement on recidivism. Journal of Drug Issues, 39(4), 803–827. Reproduced with permission of copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
Drug Abusing Women in the Community
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Robinson, D. M., & Landrum, R. E. (2013).
Social and criminal justice: A capstone. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
In a critical analysis of the article, complete the following:
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two pages are enough
Discussion questions for the seminar
Discuss the nature of copyright protection. In your answer give the relevant law, reasons for copyright protection, examples of what can be protected by copyright as well as other characteristics of copyright protection. Also explain the meaning of ‘fair dealing’ giving at least four ‘fair dealing’ provisions.
Discuss the nature of trade marks and identify the relevant law. In your answer give appropriate examples of trademarks and with regard to trade mark violation, explain what is meant by the terms ‘infringement’ and ‘dilution’.
Discuss the nature and function of digital rights management technologies giving appropriate examples. Also discuss how these technologies are legally protected and the concerns that they raise.
Key reading
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Todd, P (2005). E-Commerce Law, Chapter 4, pp 77-100; Chapter 3, pp 39- 43 Murray, A (2010), Information Technology Law, Chap 8, pp 171-182.
Copyright. OUT-LAW.COM. http://www.out-law.com/page-338
Trademarks. OUT-LAW.COM. http://www.out-law.com/page-339
Branding and Intellectual Property. OUT-LAW.COM. http://www.out-law.com/page-343
http://www.bohanmathers.com/tmmake.html
Macqueen, H (2009). ‘Appropriate for the Digital Age’? Copyright and the Internet: Scope of Copyright, in Lilian Edwards and Charlotte Waelde (Editors), Law and the Internet, 2009.
The difference between a company name registration and trade mark registration
Further Reading
– Digital Rights Management and Privacy http://epic.org/privacy/drm/default.html
– Bainbridge, D (2003).Trademark Infringement, The Internet, and Jurisdiction. Journal of Information Law & Technology, 2003(1) http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/elj/jilt/2003_1/bainbridge
Hi, I need help. I need to write 3 comments on my classmates speeches. Each needs to be around 100 words.
Can you correct my writing like grammer and reprasing and rewrite some of the comments so I have approx 100 words per comment.
Below you will find my written comments.
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When Brian presented a Xbox, during his speech his posture seemed a lil bit stiff to me., because he was holding his hands during the whole speech behind his back. He did a good start, where he catched the audience attention with his good research on the statistic about games. The maintained a good eye contact and he was speaking very fluently, although quite to fast. During the speech he started to forget things and started to make those forgetful face expressions. He should have used notes for the speech, which would have been very helpful during the speech .
James artificial item was a computer. The opening question was very good develop. His speech was freely spoken, he kept good eye contact with the audience, he seemed very secure and was focused on the class. I liked his hand movements which made him look very calm. His conclusion was to short, he should have worked more on it. The speech was a bit to long, James examples where to long, he should have cut them shorter.
Catrine speech about horses was very well explained and detail oriented. Unfortunately at the beginning there was no free speaking at all, she was reading the most of the first part of the speech from her paper and sometimes the freely spoken part sounded like she memorized it. Overall she didn’t seem nervous and I enjoyed listen to her speech.
I would like to write an essay should be no longer than 2 pages single-spaced not including any tables and feel free to use any sources that will support my paper. Below you will find the topic.
Apply the Stakeholder Model to Cleveland State University. Make sure you identify the various groupings of stakeholders and their stakes in the university. Do you think that Cleveland State University properly manages its stakeholders?
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Today, marketers are adopting more and more refined market segmentation schemes that have been fueled by the Internet and other customization efforts. Some critics think that mass marketing is dead, while others counter and believe that there will always be room for large brands employing marketing programs to target the mass market.
Take a position by supporting one of the following statements:
Career Exploration Assignment Prompt and Expectations
This project will be a presentation (Power Point or Prezi) Further instructions regarding where in D2L to submit will be provided at a later date.
Research is required for this project.You will include a total of at least 3 different, credible sources. These must either be print or online sources (no Wiki or similar!). You must cite these sources using MLA format.Copying & pasting a link is notciting. If you are unfamiliar with MLA format you will need to research how to properly cite sources to ensure you cite correctly.
Through the Career Exploration Project, each student will:
Identify a career to research. (Note: If you have not decided on a career, that is ok! Choose one that interests you. This project is about a thorough exploration – not a commitment to pursue a particular field.)
Analyze the career
Explain why and how the career is significant to the student’s interest.
Identify elements necessary to understand what that career path entails.
Explain details for designated career path that reflect a careful exploration of the career.
Show evidence of identifying a degree plan related to the career.
Project outline – Read these six points in detail. Ask questions early if you have them. Be sure you are very clear on the expectations before you get far into the project.
Students will follow the below outline, clearly dividing the project into these eight sections and addressing each of the sub-sections/questions listed below:
Title
Title yourproject so that your career is clearly identified. This title should be meaningful to you and any audience.
Field/discipline:
You will need to identify the career field/discipline (i.e. if the career is a teacher then the field is education or if the career is mechanic then the field is automotive industry).
You will need to identify a specific position or title in the field/discipline (i.e. elementary school teacher or body work repair mechanic).
You will need to identify 2 related positions in a similar or related field/discipline (i.e. day care worker and college instructor or machine repair and certified dealer service manager).
Knowledge /Training:
List the minimum requirements for the position (i.e. specifics on degrees, experience, certifications, etc.).
Outline the career path to include the education required, skills needed, years of experience required, any certifications or licensing required in the order in which they occur.
Salary/Earnings:
List the hiring salary range (use current position listing or job boards).
Give the lifetime salary range in the position (i.e. what will someone in this position earn over 20 – 40 years given the maximum salary).
Future of this career:
What is the job outlook for this career?
List the availability of this career in Houston, in Texas, and/or other states.
Is this an international career choice?
What is the market for this career?
Is this in a growing area?
Where are positions like this heading?
Career and you:
How does this career align to your interests and personality?
Use your Do What You Are results to justify your alignment.
Include why this career is significant to you.
If this assignment has altered or changed your career path, state this in your project.
Works Cited
The final slide or element to your presentation must be your Works Cited information. Remember, your sources must be cited using MLA format. Do not simply copy and paste links.
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· Discuss the differences between the supply chain and marketing channels.
Assignment 1: Applications of the Scientific Method
Due Week 4 and worth 160 points
The scientific method is useful in problem solving and decision-making in a wide variety of fields. In this assignment, you will demonstrate how to use the scientific method to make decisions and solve problems in your field of study or everyday life.
Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:
Your report must follow these formatting requirements:
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
RUBRIC:
1- Thoroughly explained the scientific method and described the overall manner in which you would apply it in your field of study or everyday life.
2- Thoroughly identified a specific problem often faced in your field of study or everyday life. Thoroughly researched your problem and assessed your data / research
3- Thoroughly proposed one (1) testable hypothesis to explain / solve the problem. Thoroughly stated the expected outcomes of your actions and included criteria for determining whether or not these actions would succeed.
4- Thoroughly described the main actions that you intended to put into place to test the hypothesis that was proposed in Question 3. Thoroughly described the way in which you would evaluate the success of your program. Thoroughly included the results that you would deem as a success and the results that would be considered a failure.
5- Thoroughly discussed the wisdom behind the strategy you used to test the hypothesis from Question 4, and described the additional steps you might take depending on the results of their test.
6- Consistently uses reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.
Free of errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
7- Sources are consistently integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing, using in-text citations.
8- Consistently shows correct use of In-text citations with matching references using APA-format.
9- Number of sources is sufficient (at least 2) and the quality of sources is good.
write php code and comment in evry step
1) Create a string containing the names of each month (January February …) in proper order. There should be twelve values. Use the explode functionality to convert this string into an array.
2) Create a string containing the abbreviated names of each month (Jan Feb …) in proper order. There should be twelve values. Use the explode functionality to convert this string into an array.
3) Create a loop that traverses these arrays and displays the numeric value of each month along with the long and short name of that month.
4) Sort the long names of the months so they are in alphabetical order. Implode the names into a text string and display the resultant string.
5) Create a multi-dimensional array containing twelve rows. This structure should contain columns holding the long name each month, the short name of that month, and the number of days in that month.
6) Create a loop structure to traverse the array and display the long and short name of each month having 30 days.
7) Create an array containing the names of your image files for your dice. There should be six values.
8) Create a loop that traverses the die array and display the numeric value of each die and its associated image.
9) Create a nested loop that displays all of the die combinations you could possibly roll with two dice. Display the value for each die, the image of the dice, and the total value of the roll.
10) Generate a random number between 1 and 12. Display the number. Create a nested loop to display all the two dice rolls possible to achieve that number along with the image of each die (i.e. the chosen value was 4, there are three ways to roll a 4: 1-3, 2-2, and 3-1).
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Question 1:________________________________ is a study that all belts should conduct to assure that the variation shown in data analysis is coming from the data itself and not from the mechanism by which it was collected.
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Question 2:What is the medal that recognizes a chief executive for practices of quality and breakthrough management?
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Question 5:In order to be considered for the “Shingo Prize Model” the Master Black Belt should consider implementing which approach and philosophy across the enterprise?
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Question 6:What outcomes are reviewed in the “Results” category of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award?
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Question 7:The House of Quality is a wonderful tool but infrequently utilized by belts in most organizations. Which of the following is not a consideration for the Master Black Belt when considering the deployment of this tool within their organization?
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Question 8:Ideal solution elements are part of what creativity technique?
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Question 9:Main effects and interaction plots show
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Question 10:Which of the following is the key to a successful Supplier/Customer relationship?
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Question:What’s the difference between simple random sampling and stratified random sampling?
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Question 12:All of the following are characteristics of a Master Black Belt. Which one is characteristic of a Black Belt?
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Question 13:What are some of the advantages cited for ISO Certification?
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Question 14:Which of the following is a statistic utilized during a Gage R & R for discrete data?
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Question 17:When folding over a design, you should block on the two experiments.
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this is just part of my question In addition to those accounts listed on the trial balance, the chart of accounts for Masasi Company, Inc. also contains the following accounts and account numbers:No. 158 Accumulated Depreciation— Office Equipment, No. 212 Salaries Payable,No. 244 Utilities Payable,No. 631 Supplies Expense, No. 711 Depreciation Expense,No. 722 Insurance Expense, and No. 732 Utilities Expense. Other data: 1. Supplies on hand at June 30 are $600. 2. A utility bill for $150 has not been recorded and will not be paid until next month. 3. The insurance policy is for a year. 4. $2,500 of unearned service revenue has been earned at the end of the month. 5. Salaries of $2,000 are accrued at June 30. 6. The office equipment has a 5-year life with no salvage value. It is being depreciated at $250 per month for 60 months. 7. Invoices representing $1,000 of services performed during the month have not been recorded as of June 30. Instructions (a) Prepare the adjusting entries for the month of June. Use J3 as the page number for your journal. (b) Post the adjusting entries to the ledger accounts. Enter the totals from the trial balance as beginning account balances and place a check mark in the posting reference column. (c) Prepare an adjusted trial balance at June 30, 2008.
THESE ARE THE TEXTBOOK CHAPTERS
Applying Epidemiology
Epidemiology is the study of epidemics. More specifically, it is the study of the occurrence and distribution of health problems. Using any of the epidemiological techniques outlined in the chapters from this week’s reading, address the questions for one of the case studies outlined below.
There are two parts to this assignment:
Part I: Provide a brief statement of the investigative issue. Describe the epidemiological steps you would take by addressing the questions asked within the case study you select.
Part II: Address the questions noted at the end of your selected case study. Your paper should be at least four pages in length, but can exceed this depending on how much detail you provide on the epidemiological steps you take for your case. You should use at least one additional scholarly source in addition to the textbook. Format your paper and all citations according to APA style guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services is a federal agency that monitors and administers the Medicare program. This agency works with state governments (Medicaid) to ensure quality standards. Given this information, what are some key principles of record documentation that should be followed? Why is it important to have to have quality documentation? What areas of healthcare can documentation impact? No more then 120 words.
Hey can anyone help me with this assignment all the info is below:
Create a World Instrument Gallery by exploring musical instruments from music cultures we are studying this term, including at least one instrument from 3 out of the 5 musical classifications in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification. Describe each instrument in your own words, including a brief history, musical context for its use, which music culture(s) it is found in, also indicating if the instrument is traditionally played by women, men or both. Include an image (or link to an image) of each instrument and a link to an academically oriented website (not Wikipedia) where you learned about each instrument.
To create your World Instrument Gallery, follow these steps for each of the 3 instruments:
* List the name of the instrument and the music culture(s) it is found in.
* Give a brief history of the instrument.
* Describe the musical context for the use of the instrument.
* Indicate if the instrument is traditionally played by women, men or both.
* Include an image (or link to an image) of the instrument.
* Provide a link to a scholarly website (not Wikipedia) where you learned about the instrument.
You will need to write at least 2-3 paragraphs about each instrument, in addition to providing an image of each instrument and a link to a scholarly website with more information on each instrument. Submit your World Instrument Gallery using the link above
The assignments in this course will build upon each other to help you complete the final Project, an evaluation plan for Cowboys Nightclubs and Restaurants that wishes to assess the effectiveness of their training and workplace learning initiatives. In this step you will develop Measureable Training Objectives plan to meet the identified training goal.
To begin the process, select either the ABCD or the SMART method to ensure that your objectives are measurable and of high quality. Develop at least three objectives for Cowboys Nightclubs and Restaurants. In addition, you will brainstorm possible instructional strategies that can be implemented and are aligned to each measureable objective.
Tips for writing measurable learning outcomes
http://www.learninghouse.com/blog/publishing/3-tips-for-writing-measurable-objectives
The readings for the week are here Week 4 readings.pdf
APA Formatted
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| Jean’s Vegetable Market had the following transactions during 2014:
1. Issued $50,000 of par value common stock for cash. What is the net cash provided by financing activities? |
WHAT IS A NOUN
Fair Shares
The Center City Anuraphilic (frog lovers) society has fallen on hard times. Abraham, Bobby and Charlene are the only remaining members and each feels equally entitled to take possession of the society’s collection of live rare tropical frogs. The decision is made to use the method of sealed bids and fair shares to decide who will take possession of the entire collection and how much will be paid in compensation to the other members.
Abraham unseals his estimate of the value of the collection at $12,000.00. Bobby’s estimate of the value of the collection is $6,000.00. Charlene values the collection at $9,000.00.
Now pretending for a moment that you like frogs, we will insert you into the situation under special circumstances. Despite (or perhaps because of) your love of all things amphibious, you currently lack the funds to pay each of the others their probable fair share. You will not receive the collection, but wish to receive as much money as possible. You have no knowledge of the amounts in each of the sealed bids, but strongly suspect that Abraham will bid between $10,000.00 and $12,000.00.
Problem Identification and Agenda Setting
Examine and evaluate the problem identification and agenda setting stages of the policy process in this week’s required reading assignment. Discuss the process whereby a problem ultimately ends up on an agenda to be discussed. Then, discuss the agenda setting process as it relates to education; how it came to be identified as a problem and what led to its gaining enough attention so as to bring it to an agenda. Who was involved and what were their roles?
Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your points with scholarly references, appropriate citations, and full references at the conclusion of your post. Cite your sources in APA format.
Must be original, no plagiarism. Must have references and be marked in the body of the work. No Wikipedia.
The most effective compensation strategy is one that develops a clear link between the following components:
· Job Description (i.e., work that an employee is expected to perform).
· Performance Evaluation (i.e., work that the employee has performed).
· External Salary Survey and Internal Salary Comparison (i.e., pay provided to each employee).
Examine the interrelationship between these three components by describing the purpose of each component and how it affects the others. Then explain how all three components would be used to determine the compensation for an employee. Your examination should include a salary evaluation for a position you are familiar with (Administrative Assistant, Human Resource Manager, Maintenance Worker, etc). The salary evaluation should give results for each of the three components and detail how pay is finally determined for this position based on the three components.
Example of the salary evaluation portion of your analysis:
Purchasing Manager.
Primary functions from the Job Description: To plan, direct, and coordinate the activities of buyers, purchasing officers, and related workers involved in purchasing materials, products and services.
Organizational performance evaluation system:
· Outstanding – 6% Increase
· Exceeds expectations – 4% Increase
· Meets expectations – 2% Increase
· Does not meet expectations – No Increase
External Salary Survey: (salary survey, which you can typically obtain online) Monthly salary range at $4,300 – $5,200.
Internal Salary Comparison: (the relationship of this position to similar positions in your organization) Position is similar to Accounting Manager, and should be paid within the same monthly salary range of $4,400 – $4,900.
Submit your analysis in a two- to three-page paper formatted to proper APA 6th Edition specifications. Include a minimum of two scholarly references to support your analysis.
Please review this grading rubic to assure all aspects of the paper have been met. week 3 grading rubic.docx
Select a population (maternal, infant, child, adolescent, young adults, older adults, elderly) and research the most critical health issues affecting this population.
Objectives
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The objective of the Corporate Consolidation Project is to provide students with an in-depth, hands-on experience examining a real-world scenario. Students will address the following primary areas.
Using actual financial results for the recently completed year and a set of assumptions, forecast proposed parent company financial results for the upcoming year assuming the acquisition is not attempted.
Develop a set of revised, forecasted, separate financial statements for the parent company that reflect the proposed acquisition.
Prepare a pro forma consolidation worksheet for the parent company and its proposed subsidiary.
Perform ratio analysis based on (1) the separate financial statements and (2) the consolidated financial statements.
Articulate findings, conclusions, and a recommendation in a memorandum to the chairperson of the parent company’s acquisition committee.
Overview
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The Course Project is to be done in teams that will be assigned by the instructor during Week 1 of the course to solve a Case Study, which is listed below. The team will work together in private discussions assigned by the instructor and located in letter-designated areas (A, B, …)included in the Team Café link just below Week 8.
There are three threads in each letter group that correspond to the three required milestones.
Milestone 1—Required 1—due Week 3 (30 points)
Milestone 2—Required 2 and 3—due Week 5 (70 points)
Milestone 3—Required 4 and 5—due Week 6 (50 points)
The team will choose a leader to be responsible for posting the team’s document(s) to that person’s Dropbox for the appropriate week. In addition to the private Discussion areas, teams have private Doc Sharing and e-mail to facilitate project activities. Only one team submission is to be made; each person does not submit his or her own milestone.
Please note: Any communication that occurs outside the Team Café will not be visible to me, thus it will not earn you points towards the individual participation component of each milestone’s grade.
Although this is a group project, it is required that each team member play a meaningful role in completing each milestone. You should review the grading rubric found at the bottom of the page, because it will be used to grade each submission and individual participation component of each milestone. Each individual will receive a separate grade dependent on both the submission and his or her participation. Note also that participation in the team thread does not count toward your required weekly discussion logins and posts, but it will count toward your individual team grade.
Dropbox
For instructions on how to use the Dropbox, read these step-by-step instructions or watch this Tutorial Dropbox Tutorial.
Once you have been assigned to a group, go to the e-mail tool and note the group number/name in the address box. If you click on the group, then “add,” you will see the names of your group members in the box. Go ahead and send an e-mail to say hello to your teammates and tell them a bit about yourself.
At the bottom of the left side of your screen, under the Week 8 tab, you will find a Team Café, and if you click on this you will see a Discussion area for your team. This Discussion area will be open for the entire duration of the course, so I highly recommend that you keep your conversation with your team in this area. You will not be inundated with e-mails during the course, and you will not have to archive these to keep track of who is doing what.
Teams are to begin working on Milestone 1 using your team thread in Team Café—see the Course Project Guidelines in Doc Sharing for specifics. Also, please let me know if you have not heard from a member of your group early in the course.
Good luck and enjoy!
Situation
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Parent Inc. is contemplating a tender offer to acquire 80% of Subsidiary Corporation’s common stock. Subsidiary’s shares are currently quoted on the New York Stock Exchange at $85 per share. In order to have a reasonable chance of the tender offer attracting 80% of Subsidiary’s stock, Parent believes it will have to offer at least $105 per share. If the tender offer is made and is successful, the purchase will be consummated on January 1, 2013.
A typical part of the planning of a proposed business combination is the preparation of projected or pro forma consolidated financial statements. As a member of Parent’s accounting group, you have been asked to prepare the pro forma 2013 consolidated financial statements for Parent and Subsidiary assuming that 80% of Subsidiary’s stock is acquired at a price of $105 per share. To support your computations, Martha Franklin, the chairperson of Parent’s acquisitions committee, has provided you with the projected 2013 financial statements for Subsidiary. (The projected financial statements for Subsidiary and several other companies were prepared earlier for the acquisition committee’s use in targeting a company for acquisition.) The projected financial statements for Subsidiary for 2013 and Parent’s actual 2012 financial statements are presented in Table 1.
Assumptions
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Ms. Franklin has asked you to use the assumptions below to project Parent’s 2013 financial statements.
Sales will increase by 10% in 2013.
All sales will be on account.
Accounts receivable will be 5% lower on December 31, 2013, than on December 31, 2012.
Cost of goods sold will increase by 9% in 2013.
All purchases of merchandise will be on account.
Accounts payable are expected to be $50,500 on December 31, 2013.
Inventory will be 3% higher on December 31, 2013, than on December 31, 2012.
Straight-line depreciation is used for all fixed assets.
No fixed assets will be disposed of during 2013. The annual depreciation on existing assets is $40,000 per year.
Equipment will be purchased on January 1, 2013, for $48,000 cash. The equipment will have an estimated life of 10 years, with no salvage value.
Operating expenses, other than depreciation, will increase by 14% in 2013.
All operating expenses, other than depreciation, will be paid in cash.
Parent’s income tax rate is 40%, and taxes are paid in cash in four equal payments. Payments will be made on the 15th of April, June, September, and December. For simplicity, assume taxable income equals financial reporting income before taxes.
Parent will continue the $2.50 per share annual cash dividend on its common stock.
If the tender offer is successful, Parent will finance the acquisition by issuing $170,000 of 6% nonconvertible bonds at par on January 1, 2013. The bonds would first pay interest on July 1, 2013, and would pay interest semiannually thereafter each January 1 and July 1 until maturity on January 1, 2023.
The acquisition will be accounted for as a purchase and Parent will account for the investment using the equity method. Although most of the legal work related to the acquisition will be handled by Parent’s staff attorney, direct costs to prepare and process the tender offer will total $2,000 and will be paid in cash by Parent in 2013.
As of January 1, 2013, all of Subsidiary’s assets and liabilities are fairly valued except for machinery with a book value of $8,000, an estimated fair value of $9,500, and a 5-year remaining useful life. Assume that straight-line depreciation is used to amortize any revaluation increment.
No transactions between these companies occurred prior to 2013. Regardless of whether they combine, Parent plans to buy $50,000 of merchandise from Subsidiary in 2013 and will have $3,600 of these purchases remaining in inventory on December 31, 2013. In addition, Subsidiary is expected to buy $2,400 of merchandise from Parent in 2013 and to have $495 of these purchases in inventory on December 31, 2013. Parent and Subsidiary price their products to yield a 65% and 80% markup on cost, respectively.
Parent intends to use three financial yardsticks to determine the financial attractiveness of the combination. First, Parent wishes to acquire Subsidiary Corporation only if 2013 consolidated earnings per share will be at least as high as the earnings per share Parent would report if no combination takes place. Second, Parent will consider the proposed combination unattractive if it will cause the consolidated current ratio to fall below two to one. Third, return on average stockholders’ equity must remain above 20% for the combined entity.
If the financial yardsticks described above and the nonfinancial aspects of the combination are appealing, then the tender offer will be made. On the other hand, if these objectives are not met, the acquisition will either be restructured or abandoned.
Table 1
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Parent Inc. Actual Financial Statements for 2012 and
Subsidiary Corporation Projected Financial Statements for 2013
Parent 2012 Actual Subsidiary 2013 Projected
Sales $800,000 $100,000
Cost of goods sold (485,000) (55,000)
Operating expenses (219,000) (10,000)
Income before taxes 96,000 35,000
Income tax expense (38,400) (14,000)
Net income 57,600 21,000
Retained earnings, January 1 23,000 14,500
Add; net income 57,600 21,000
Less: dividends (38,000) (7,000)
Retained earnings, December 31 42,600 28,500
Cash 36,200 19,500
Accounts receivable 39,000 13,000
Inventory 26,000 12,000
Property, plant, and equipment 673,000 213,000
Accumulated depreciation (490,000) (28,000)
Total assets 284,200 229,500
Parent 2012 Actual Subsidiary 2013 Projected
Accounts payable 44,600 21,000
Common stock * 190,000 150,000
Paid-in capital in excess of par 7,000 30,000
Retained earnings 42,600 28,500
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity 284,200 229,500
* Parent: $12.50 par; Subsidiary: $75 par
Milestones
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MilestoneDueRequirements
1 (30 points) Week 3
Forecast the separate financial statements of Parent Inc. Using Ms. Franklin’s assumptions and Parent’s 2012 financial statements, prepare pro forma 2013 financial statements for Parent Inc., assuming that the acquisition is not attempted. Support your statements with appropriate work papers and journal entries. Pro forma financial statements include a statement of operation, a statement of retained earnings, a balance sheet, and a cash flow statement.
NOTE: There is a Template for Milestones 1 and 2 available for your download that is also located in Doc Sharing.
2 (70 points) Week 5
Adjust the separate financial statements of Parent Inc. to reflect the proposed acquisition. Adjust Parent’s pro forma 2013 financial statements prepared in Milestone 1 to reflect the proposed acquisition (i.e., adjust Parent’s forecasted financial statements for bond issuance, stock purchase, income from subsidiary, etc.). Support your statements with appropriate work papers and journal entries. Pro forma financial statements include a statement of operation, a statement of retained earnings, a balance sheet, and a cash flow statement.
Prepare a pro forma consolidated worksheet. Prepare a pro forma consolidation worksheet for Parent Inc. and its proposed subsidiary as of December 31, 2013. To ensure you are starting with the right numbers, use the solution provided to Milestone 1 for the adjusted pro forma 2013 financial statements of Parent Inc., and the projected 2013 financial statements of Subsidiary Corporation in Table 1. Show all consolidation adjusting entries, including minority interest entries.
NOTE: There is a Template for Milestones 1 and 2 available for your download that is also located in Doc Sharing.
3 (50 points) Week 6
Perform ratio analysis. Compute earnings per share for (1) the separate financial statements of Parent Inc. prepared in Milestone 1 and (2) the consolidated financial statements contained in the solution for the pro forma consolidation worksheet prepared in Milestone 3. Also, calculate current ratio and return on average stockholders’ equity for the separate company and consolidated financial statements.
Write a memorandum (as a Word document) to Ms. Franklin summarizing the results of your analysis, including a summary of the financial ratios you computed and your recommendation. Attach copies of both sets of pro forma financial statements of Parent Inc. and the pro forma consolidation worksheet.
Grading Rubrics
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The following grading rubric will be used to determine each individual’s total grade on each project milestone. Contributory content is defined as providing input into the creation of a component, with appropriate, relevant commentary on another’s posted content or discussion on technical questions related to the requirements of each particular course milestone. Grading will occur in a two-step process. The submission itself will be graded for technical and format and appearance components as follows.
Total Points: Milestone 1 = 30; Milestone 2 = 70; Milestone 3 = 50
CriterionUnsatisfactory (less than 40% of available content points) Needs Improvement (40–69% of available content points) Meets Requirements (70–100% of available content points)
Content, Calculation, and Technical Accounting
80% of total points
Content is incomplete or omits significant requirements.
Major points are not clear and/or persuasive. Does not indicate a basic understanding of chapter concepts. Overall application of accounting theory visible but individual supporting calculations incorrect. Major adjustments are addressed but do not appear supported. Minor theoretical errors. Appropriate application of accounting theory, correct supporting calculations, appropriate journal entries
Criterion Unsatisfactory (less than 10% of available format points) Needs improvement (10–49% of available format points) Meets requirements (50–100% of available format points)
Format and Appearance
20% of total points Not submitted in appropriate format (Excel for Milestones 1 and 2, Word or Excel for Milestone 3)
No apparent attempt to format for readability. Hard to follow/determine answer. No conclusion or indication of where to find the answer/conclusion for each requirement. Not a professional submission. Data just “typed” without any organization or format. No “white space” or graphics/formatting.
Unable to clearly identify where the answer to each problem requirement is presented. Submission appropriate to present in a business or professional context. Excellent use of graphics, formatting, and labeling.
Answer to each problem requirement clearly indicated and analysis clearly displayed
Then, based upon the individual’s contribution in the Team Café consideration for the individual component of the grade will be given as follows.
NOTE: Upon review of the Team Café Discussion area, if a team member has not posted any contributory content to the project, then no points for the milestone will be earned.
Individual Participation
Six or more Contributory PostsFull individual participation credit
3–6 Contributory PostsLoss of 15–25% of available milestone points
1–3 Contributory PostsLoss of 26–50% of available milestone points
Grading example:
Group A submits the third milestone and earns 50 points based upon the actual content and presentation of the submission. Per review of the Team Café, it appears that one student, John Joe, posted only three times during the preparation of this milestone. The content of those posts was contributory. Based upon review of the actual content of his posts, John Joe can expect to earn between a 25 and 37 score for his participation in the Milestone 1 submission of Group A.
Identify a situation in your life when an issue related to speech ethics was involved. The issue could have affected you as a speaker or a listener.
Write a 350- to 700-word essay in which you describe the situation and explain the ethical issues involved. Discuss ethical guidelines that could improve the situation.
Cite at least 2 scholarly sources to support your claims.
Essay must be submitted in APA format.
Prepare a 4- to 6-page paper that accomplishes the following:
• Describe the implementation stage for this project.
• Include a discussion of the six major activities for the implementation
stage as described in the text:
• Coding
• Testing
• Installation
• Documentation
• Training
• Support
• Describe in the discussion of these six activities how each activity
would be specifically planned for the individual project situation.
• Discuss the benefits of using defined and repeatable processes for
accomplishing these activities for the implementation stage.
• Cite and discuss 2 to 3 references, in addition to the required
readings, that are relevant to the assignment. Include citations and
references formatted consistent with APA Guidelines.
Write 1-2 paragraphs for EACH of the following questions:
1. The courts have recognized two types of sexual harassment: quid pro quo and hostile workplace harassment. Define these types of harassment.
2. What does it mean to say that the law deals with absolutes, while psychology deals with probabilities? Provide examples with your answer.
3. Describe the Stockholm Syndrome. Under what conditions is it likely to occur?
4. Discuss how people tend to make inferences about what causes another’s negative behavior. Differentiate this from inferences about what causes one’s own negative behavior.
Write a 550-word paper explaining the conflict management approaches used in police . Include the following information:
•Describe and analyze internal and external areas of potential conflict.
•Include organizational approaches and strategies for managing stress.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
The one in BOLD is the one that needs to be done.
Do not use in-text citations to fill the word count
Write a a formal outline on the uses of gratification for online dating. My portion is only 1 paragraph, so it doesn’t have to be a long outline.
Reference at least three peer-reviewed outside sources in your research for this assignment.
Format the reference page consistent with APA guidelines.
Submit the outline and reference lists as Microsoft® Word documents.
Must be completed with in 6 hours detailed and answer all required questions! If done correctly 5 more assignments will be offered to you!
It should be written in APA and a single paragraph
Write a 2-page paper describing how trade, comparative advantages, and specialization can aid in improving efficiency of individuals, firms, and/or countries.
Please cite and references
Situational Leadership Theory and Organizational Leadership
As the new top-level executive of a medium-sized corporation, you have noticed that the leadership culture in the organization has been ineffective, which has lowered employee morale. To change the leadership culture you have decided to discuss this issue with all the managers and supervisors in the organization. Prior to meeting with all the managers and supervisors, you have decided that you need to develop a how-to guide on effective leadership.
In a four- to five-page paper (excluding the title and references pages), explain why situational leadership theory is useful and relevant in developing an effective leadership culture. Describe the three theories of situational leadership and what you consider to be the strengths and weaknesses of each theory when leading staff in the organizational environment.
The written assignment should include at least three scholarly sources, in addition to the text, and be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Due November10, 2014 at 11:59 pm
Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
This is part 1 to a 2 part assignment. I will post the second part next week. Here is the requirements for part 1.
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Discussion- WK6- PSYC3007
The Psychology of Prejudice and Prejudice Reduction
This course finishes by looking at one of the oldest and more important topics in the study of influence and persuasion—the psychology of stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination. Consider, first, some definitions: Prejudice is defined as holding negative beliefs about a group and its individual members. Stereotypes, in contrast, are the beliefs people hold about a group and its individual members. Whereas prejudice is considered to be a negative attitude, stereotypes can be positive or negative. You will learn from the readings that prejudice and stereotypes can influence behavior independently of each other. For example, it is possible to hold negative stereotypes about a group and its members, but not necessarily hate or dislike them. Even people who are low in prejudice toward a group can hold negative stereotypes about the group and, under some conditions, rely on their knowledge of negative stereotypes to form an impression of a target individual. Finally, discrimination is negative behavior toward a group and its individual members. As you know, prejudiced attitudes can guide discriminatory behavior, but they may do so outside of awareness when the negative attitude is implicit. Thus, much of the study of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination is based on what you already know about the relationship between attitudes, beliefs, and behavior. But changing intergroup biases like prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination requires a thorough understanding of why people are biased and how they maintain their attitudes and beliefs. After you read about the causes of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination, you will examine the different ways in which these biases can be reduced.
To prepare for this Discussion:
• Read all of Chapter 11 in the course text, Persuasion: Psychological Insights and Perspectives. As you do, think about your own prejudices and stereotypes, and also about the prejudices and stereotypes expressed by people you know.
• Think about how the text describes the process of categorization and why it might cause you to use stereotypes when you form an impression of an individual. Think about why stereotyping is useful but also harmful when you interact with someone or evaluate his or her potential. How can you avoid using stereotypes?
• Reflect on how the need to maintain a positive group identity and high self-esteem motivate people you know to harbor negative attitudes and beliefs about a group and its individual members. Can you think of a way to make prejudice less rewarding for them, or make it irrelevant to self-esteem and social identity needs, in order to reduce their biases?
• Consider whether you know anybody whose prejudice stems from pent-up, displaced aggression. Also consider whether you know anyone who grew up in an authoritarian household and, as a result, holds strong conservative beliefs and is overly submissive to authority. Think about whether it is possible to persuade them that the group they dislike is not the reason for their frustration or does not threaten their conservative beliefs.
• Think about the role that competition and perceptions of relative deprivation play in the prejudices held by people you know. Can you reduce their biases by educating them about the perceived conflict or their comparison to the disliked group?
• Consider the morality of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination. Think about how you would react if someone pointed out that something you said violated the values of freedom and equality. Are there other ways to confront people without making them feel angry or guilty? See if you can think of recent books, films, or other media that cause people to reflect on the morality of prejudice and as a result, change their negative attitudes and beliefs about a group and its members.
• Reflect on the conditions under which intergroup contact can reduce prejudice described in Table 11.1. Does the research lead you to believe that if carefully structured, contact between groups can reduce their dislike for each other?
• Compare and contrast symbolic, aversive, and ambivalent racism. Think about what Devine’s dissociation model adds to the understanding of prejudice.
• The idea of implicit attitudes was introduced in Week 2 of the course. Think about how the study of implicit stereotypes and prejudice is related and how positive thinking and just saying no to stereotypes can change implicit prejudice.
With these thoughts in mind:
Post by Day 4 brief description of someone you know who is prejudiced against a group and its individual members. Explain the negative stereotypes and/or attitudes that this person holds toward the group and the degree to which the biases are explicit or implicit. Then, using the theories in the textbook, explain why you think this individual developed his or her biases against the group. Finally, suggest a way to reduce his or her biases.
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Find 5 different online mortgage lenders. such as this one (www.lendingtree.com)
From these 5 lenders, find the following rates, assuming the mortgage payments are made monthly:
10-year (if available) for fixed-rate mortgage
15-year (if available) for fixed-rate mortgage
30-year for fixed-rate mortgage
Convert these rates into effective annual rates (EARs).
Discuss which rate is actually the cheapest rate.
What are 2 things about the sample Web site given above that could be applicable to a consumer or investor?
Present the rates in a table. List the quoted rate and EAR rate, the lender, and the maturity of the loan. Show your work for each calculation.
What is 1 mistake people make when calculating their mortgage payments? Explain your answer.
Based solely on the EAR, which rate is the cheapest? Does this make sense?
Why do the different lenders have different rates?
Is the difference in rates going to make a huge impact on the cost to the homebuyer? Explain your answer.
Describe three ways to manage resources in integrated project management. Comment on the importance of the project management system in the process of assigning resources to a particular project or task, and how the attributes of a project team are important in these assignments. In at least 200 words, provide a comprehensive answer using your reading, knowledge and experience.
