Author: chris

Budgeting in uncertainty is challenging. The decisions made by budget managers affect the direction and future of every company. Having a thorough understanding of the components of capital budgeting is essential to developing an appropriate budget.

Choose a public company, and discuss the following:
In your opinion, what is 1 long-term goal of the company? Explain your answer.
What is a capital expenditure?
Describe a capital expenditure of the company. Why is this item a capital expenditure? Explain your answer.
How does this capital expenditure contribute to the long-term goals of the company as described earlier? Explain your answer.
What are the challenges for the budget manager for this particular capital expenditure? Explain your answer.
What is a potential solution for the budget manager? Explain your answer.

Instructions will be uploaded
HISTORY 2301 ESSAY ASSIGNMENT
A.K.A Dr. Prewitts 21 steps toward a good essay.
Read and understand each and every requirement listed below before
beginning the
essay.
Each student is to submit a formal essay that is four to five (4-5) pages in length. All
rules of formal writing apply to this assignment including those listed below.
The essay
should use only Garcias book as a source for questions 1, 2, and 3. Garcias
book AND Gone to Texas are required for question 4. NO OTHER SOURCES ARE
TO BE USED.
TOPIC –
Choose
one (1)
of the questions below.
1.Based on information in Garcias book, why did so many Mexican Americans in
Texas support the candidacy of John Kennedy?
2.Based on information in Garcias book
, how do the problems establishing
PASO reflect the larger political and cultural history of Mexican Americans in the
southwest?
3. Based on information in Garcias book
, were the conflicts concerning the
establishment of PASO inevitable or could they have been solved?
4. Based on information in Garcias book AND
Gone to Texas
, do
Viva Kennedy
and
Gone to Texas
portray political movements in the Mexican American
community in Texas between 1950 and 1970 in essentially the same way or in
essentially different ways?
Write an essay that clearly answers the question through careful analysis of evidence
from the book.
Students may submit preliminary
drafts or partial drafts for comment at any time
BEFORE the final draft is due.
PARTS OF THE ESSAY
–
These parts are REQUIRED
. Any essay that does not include these required parts
will
receive a very low grade, perhaps as low as 0 (zero, cero, nihilo,

).
1) Introduction with thesis. In this section the author should clearly and briefly state the
purpose of the essay and present the thesis (argument). This is not to be a mystery
novel, do not leave the reader in the dark and then surprise them at the end. A page or
so should be more than enough
enough for this section.
Page
later.

Project description
I would like assistance with choice of words that I utilized in my paper. Im not sure if the tense of my work is correct. I am unsure when writing a narrative if I should refer to myself as intern or if \”I\” can be used. I also feel I utilize \”she explains\” too much.

The Written Record.

You will be examining another perspective on representing the Holocaust:

Eyewitness accounts and historical record of events which occurred in towns and villages..

Go to the following site.

The Story of the Jewish Community in Mir.

http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/communities/mir/overview.asp

Location.

Locate the original location of Mir on a Google map.

In what country is Mir located today?
Where is the town in relation to Germany?
Read the information that is contained in each of the chapters listed on the left hand side of the web page. You will be reading about the experiences of different people from this town from before, during and after WW2.

You will hand write responses to the questions below in your workbook.

The questions require answers after reading and viewing all the information.

You are to write paragraph answers which include quotes or other references to support your opinion.

You may write more than one paragraph to respond to some questions.

The approximate minimum length of your response to each question is indicated at the end of each question.

What is the purpose of this website? (100 words)
Identify the different types of writing used within the different sections of the website. Give examples or references. (150 words)
How is language used to convey information in this website? Include comments at least on point of view, register, tone and word choice. Use quotes to support your opinion. (150 words)
What is the effect of including the images? Specifically identify at least four images from different sections in your response. (100 words)
Though events from the war dominate the information, what positives can be gained from the information? (100 words)
Why was Rufeisen a significant person in Mir and what occupation did he take up after World War 2? (50 words)
List the members of the Reznik family and their fates. Include information on all members of the family.

Project description
Both of the last two novels were fictional stories loosely based on historical events or characters. Create a Powerpoint or Presi presentation comparing Larsen OR Ondaatje\’s version of events to the historically accurate events or characters. For example, you may choose to compare Ondaatje\’s fictional account of the life of Buddy Bolden to Bolden\’s real life. Or, you may choose to compare Larsen\’s fictional representation of that time period and the idea of \”passing\” to the historical accounts that exist. This will take some digging to find relevant sources. You will need to treat this assignment as a paperit is; its just delivered through a different medium.

Presentation Requirements:
– Provide 15-20 slides / a 5-7 minute presentation, including a works cited page.
– Use MLA formatting and citations. MLA citations are required (this means
that I expect all secondary sources to be documented and textbook passages to
be accurately referenced with page numbers).
– Incorporate relevant images, videos, and web links (cite them).
– Pay attention to rhetorical strategies to create visual interest (colors, layout,
animation, music, etc.).

I would prefer a writer who knows about Passing by Nella Larsen, if possible!
Please use as many sources as needed!

The novel: https://archive.org/stream/passing00lars/passing00lars_djvu.txt
Cheat sheets:
http://www.shmoop.com/harlem-renaissance-literature/duality-characteristic-passing-example.html

teach someone over the age of 65 to use some kind of technology. Write about your experience ( their attention, memory, and intelligence)

Project description
The Assignment

Based on the close reading and research you have already completed for the Research Guide, write a well-supported, carefully-researched, and claim-driven 5-6-page researched analysis of the novel you have selected as your case study for this semester\’s adaptation project. Your research question (or your prompt for this essay) is the question that closes the research guide assignment you have already completed. Put in other terms, your prompt is: Describe how this novel advocates a key issue, idea, or solution to a problem to its primary audience. How does the novel accomplish its goals in the context of its writing and its distribution to different audiences? In other words, delve into the deeper implicit and symptomatic meanings of the novel: articulate a clear claim about how the novel develops its key issues, ideas, problems, or themes for its audience, and support that claim with specific evidence derived both from the language used in the novel and from the research you have completed.

Tips for Writing and Revising

More than a thumbs-up/thumbs-down evaluation, this researched analytical essay will draw on your ethos as an expert on this novel: this essay will demonstrate your engagement with, and ability to apply, course vocabulary to a text in order to determine how the formal elements of literature meet the purposes of a rhetorical situation. The goals of the assignment are for you to develop (a) your observational and analytical skills with respect to the formal elements of novels; (b) your research skills into the context surrounding the novel; (c) your research and unpacking of the larger generic, historical, and ideological resonance of a novel as it reaches its audience over time; and (d) your ability to translate that analysis and contextualization into a cogent, thoughtful, and well-written essay that makes an argument about what these formal elements mean and why they might matter in a broad social manner.
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Your writing for this class is expected to be a process that will undergo several phases of brainstorming, drafting, and revision. A general guideline for this process is as follows:

Actively read your selected novel, taking detailed notes and taking care to re-read passages that you feel are especially interesting, strange, or important.
Research key aspects of the novel and its context. What do these aspects of writing and distribution reveal about how these ideas, issues, themes, or problems connected to a larger audience? What does your research reveal about why the representation of these issues in this novel might matter?
Research key aspects of the novel\”s genre and the ideological assumptions that this novel appears to represent and subvert in its specific formal choices. What do the typical conventions of the genre reveal about what this novel is doing? How does this novel reflect or respond to specific historical events and trends that were culturally important at its moment of production? What have other critics in the past argued about the ideological and social importance of this novel?
Brainstorm by ranking the details and research that you think are most significant and essential to the meaning of this film. You cant write about everything in a 5-6-page essay, so youll want to prioritize details early in the process.
Continue brainstorming by asking key questions about the observations that you make. (This is not the time to begin writing an essay or review yet: remember that observations are not the same as analysis!) What themes, issues, or ideas does this novel develop? How do the formal elements that you have observed advance those themes, issues, or ideas? Why does it matter that it uses these specific strategies to advance those themes and ideas? Why does it matter that it was marketed in this specific way? Do some free-writing that answers these questions.
Transform your observations into a clear, pointed, complex argument about what this novel means, how it develops that meaning, and why that matters: this is your rough thesis statement, and it will guide the structure of your entire essay!
Use your thesis statement as a basic roadmap for the remainder of your essay, helping for easy readability for your audience.
Support those claims in well-organized paragraphs: use specific evidence from the novel and from your research to support your claims about what this novel means and why it matters. Remember that the evidence you are using to support your claims includes all of those terrific observations that you wrote down as you were reading the novel. Moreover, be sure to explain how those details produce the meaning: \”how\” questions are the key to excellent analytical essays!
Revise. And always remember: Revision is Re-Writing!
Instruction files

fst220_research_guide.docx(18,30 KiB)

Please select from one of the following topics, which are addressed in the course textbook, Introduction to Computer Literacy:

Collaborative Technologies (covered in Chapter 1)
Ethical Concerns in Computing (covered in Chapter 1)
The Digital Divide (covered in Chapter 1)
Open Source Software (covered in Chapter 3)
The Impact of Mobile Computing (covered in Chapter 4)
Social Networks (covered in Chapter 7)
Protecting Copyrights and Intellectual Property (covered in Chapter 8)
The Future of Cloud Computing (covered in Chapter 9)

Return to the textbookand review the pages in the chapter that pertain to your selected topic.
Next, log in to the Ashford University Library and conduct a search on that topic.

The INF103 tutorial will walk you through the basic steps of doing a search for scholarly articles within the Ashford University Library. A transrpt of this video can be accessed through your online course.

Select two scholarly articles to use in your paper. For each article, write down the author information, date of publication, title of the article, the publication information (journal title), and the database from which you retrieved the article. You will need this information when you create your references for the sources.
Begin the writing process. You are going to compare the points of view offered by these authors (the author of your textbook and the authors of the two articles you have selected) on your selected topic, and then offer your own point of view based upon your analysis of the readings.

I am choosing Chapter 9 The Future of Cloud Computing

Criteria for Grading
You will be graded on how well your paper meets the following criteria:
Content

How clearly you demonstrate your knowledge of your chosen topic.
Frequent and appropriate use of examples from the textbook and selected articles to support your points.
Appropriate inclusion of relevant quotes from the discussion forum activities.
At least one paragraph for each of your three sources (the textbook and two scholarly articles) that includes an accurate summary of the points made by the author(s).
At least one paragraph for each of your three sources showing your thoughtful analysis of the point of view introduced by the authors.
At least two paragraphs illustrating how the authors of those three sources agree or disagree with one another about the topic.
At least two paragraphs that reflect your own point of view and provide a conclusion about your chosen topic.

Week 3 Forum
Instructions: Each students answer to the question should be between 350-500 words. A minimum of two references need to be used in the development of your answer. You also need to provide two (2) feedback posts to your peers. Each feedback post needs to be 150 words or more, and should include information that helps to enhance the discussion on the topic. Do not include statements such as great work, or excellent post. Try to include info that is challenging and respectful and that will stimulate debate. Also, be mindful of including references and citations whenever citing facts to support your position. APA 6th edition citations and references must be used always! Initial Post Due: Thursday, 11:55pm EST
Feedback Posts Due: Sunday, 11:55pm EST

1. What issues and problems may be experienced with the Live Scan system?

2. How is a fingerprint identification made using the AFIS system? Does the system actually make this identification for you?
Forum Rubric

Zero Points Beginning Developing Accomplished Exemplary
Substance (Possible 40 points) Zero points: Student failed to respond to the essay question 25 points: Presentation is unclear; a basic understanding of the topic and issues is not evident; explanation is lacking; segments of the required answer are lacking; sources and supporting facts are not utilized; length requirements may not have been met. 30 points: Students initial posting did not meet the length requirement; and/or presentation evidences some confusion concerning topics under discussion; analysis may be lacking and/or elements of the question are not answered; support and references may be lacking. 35 points: Student answered/addressed most aspects of the question/topic posed in the Forum; initial posting met length requirement; a basic understanding of relevant concepts/theories is demonstrated; relevant sources were located; minimal or no facts/examples were used in support of presentation. 40 points: Student answered/addressed all aspects of the topic/question posed in the Forum; initial posting met length requirement; analysis of concepts and theories clearly demonstrates superior knowledge and a clear understanding of the topic; relevant and scholarly resources were located and used appropriately; facts and examples are used in support of presentation.
Collaboration (Possible 30 points) Zero points: Student filed none of the required replies. 15 points: Student filed only one of the required replies OR filed the required replies but failed to meet length requirements. 25 points: Student filed the minimum number of replies, meeting the length requirements and evidencing an understanding of the issues under discussion and the views of colleagues. Student failed to respond to specific queries posed to him by colleagues or by the Instructor. Student did not take initiative in advancing the discussion throughout the week. 30 points: Student filed at least the number of required replies and they met the length requirement; the replies were substantive, thoughtful responses and contributed to the discussion; student exceeded minimum requirements by answering all queries posed to him by others and remained present and actively engaged in the discussion throughout the week; student led the discussion by raising complex issues, connecting concepts, and illuminating the discussion with examples.
Timeliness (Possible 10 points) Zero points: Student filed more than two required postings in an untimely manner. 2 points: Student filed two required postings in an untimely manner. 7 points: Student filed one required posting in an untimely manner. 10 points: Student filed all required postings in a timely manner.
Writing (Possible 10 points) Zero points: Student failed to respond to the essay question 4 points: Writing contains several grammatical, punctuation, and/or spelling errors. Language lacks clarity or includes some use of jargon and /or conversational tone; sentence structure is awkward. 6 points: Student demonstrates consistent and correct use of the rules of grammar usage, punctuation and spelling, with a few errors; there is room for improvement in writing style and organization. 8 points: Student demonstrates consistent and correct use of the rules of grammar usage, punctuation, and spelling. Language is clear and precise throughout all submissions. Sentences display consistently strong, varied structure and organization is excellent. 10 points: Student demonstrates a quality of writing consistent with scholarly works in the relevant discipline; student is facile in the use of subject-matter vocabulary and terminology consistent with the level of instruction; student applies concepts with ease; writing style and organization are designed to successfully convey the message and the related information to the reader with maximum effect.
Citations (Possible 10 points) Zero points: Student failed to include citations and/or references 4 points: Citations of reference sources exist; citations apparently correspond to the correct source but do not enable the reader to locate the source. APA 6th edition format not evident. 6 points: Attempts to cite reference sources are made, but the reader has difficulty finding the sources; attempts to use APA 6th edition format are evident but poorly executed 8 points: Reference sources are cited as necessary, but some components of the citations are missing and/or APA 6th edition format is faulty in some respects. 10 points: Reference sources relied on by the student are cited appropriately and accurately. No writing of others is left without quotation and/or attribution, as appropriate. APA 6th edition format is used correctly and consistently.

After carefully studying the characteristics of market structure, you are to identify and research a firm (or business unit of firm) operating in one of the following market structures. For the paper, choose one of the following structures about which to write: (a) Oligopoly or (b) Monopoly (or very close to monopolistic power such as Microsoft in the business of PC operating systems). Your paper should include the following: Identify the firm, what it produces (products or services), and market structure (and rationale for why you think it belongs in your selected market structure category). Identify major competitors. Discuss nature of competition in industry in terms of pricing, production, strategic positioning of product/service offerings, etc. Discuss barriers to entry and how this is relevant to identified market structure. Include information on profitability of identified firm and how this relates to market structure (good to provide economic resultsi.e. P&L statement informationover several years). Discuss possible competitive threats to the firm and how these threats correspond to identified market structure. Include key factors for success in this industry, Describe your strategic recommendations for future of identified company including rationale for your recommendations. Length and Grading Guidelines: Papers will be graded by the grading form attached to this assignment. Length of paper should not exceed 400-600 words (2 to 3 spaced typewritten pages) plus any attachments you may choose to include. You are to include citations and sources of information in APA citation format.