Government Current Event and Analysis
You will need to find, read and respond to an article regarding a political or legal issue in the United States. In writing your response, you should link the article in some way to the particular topic (unit) that we are studying in class. The article must be from a PRINT MEDIA source, and must be at least 500 words. (Don’t spend time counting- this is to get you to understand that it is not simply a one paragraph news-blurb). These articles can be news stories, opinion pieces, longer investigations or editorial columns. They may not be articles that I have given you in class.
For our purposes, Print Media includes newspapers, magazines, or scholarly journals. Things like- Time, US News, The Economist, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Washington Times, The Atlantic, Washington Post, etc. These may be accessed online or as paper copies. Print Media DOES NOT include NPR transcripts online, Fox News online, CNN.com, etc. In other words, it should be from sources whose main focus is printed matter, not broadcast journalism.
You can find all of these resources at infotrac newsstand from the University Library
For each article, you need to type, and double space your response. It should be no more 2-3 pages, in 12 point font, times new roman. TURN IN A HARD COPY IN CLASS. It must also be turned in to turnitin.com by 11:59 pm of the date due. The assignment is not considered complete until both have been turned in
Your response should include:
• Name and Date at the Top of the page
• The Author, Title, Source, Date.
• A short summary of the article (2 or 3 sentences)
• Your response to the details of the article.
• Your analysis may include answers to questions like-
What are the main issues brought forth? What policy is being discussed? How does this relate to what is taking place in government currently? Historically? What point is the author trying to make? Is there a clear bias? How do you see it? What do you think of the points that the author made? In a column- does the author stretch the truth? What point are they trying to make? How does this tie into what we are studying?
Example:
Mark Schill
September 1, 2015.
Parker, Ashley. “As Donald Trump and Jorge Ramos Clash, Latino News Media Airs Its Offense,” New York Times 8.26.15
This article explains how Spanish Language media has focused more of its coverage of Mr. Trump on his views on immigration than the “mainstream” media. It suggests that while Trump has treated the Spanish language media poorly, they have focused predominantly on his commentary regarding the labeling of immigrants and the building of a wall. (END OF SUMMARY) The issue calls into question the statements made by Trump in trying to galvanize the country in his surprisingly popular campaign. It seemingly divides the country even more as Mr. Trump is attacking what is assumed to be an important voting block in the 2016 campaign. It also is interesting because it shows that some media forces seem to be becoming more advocates for certain groups, rather than unbiased reporters of events.
You should continue writing your response so that you fully analyze the details of the article, as well as analyze how this is an example civil liberties and/or civil rights in this country.
Day: April 25, 2018
Analyze the odd network behavior provided in the text sheet entitled “Network Attacks and IDS/IPS Analysis”, describe the attacks, and then describe how to prevent them.
Scenario:
Aim Higher College’s network engineers and system administrators have reported a number of odd network behaviors and system outages. A variety of traffic has been captured in response to this. In addition, network engineers report that the college is seeing very high levels of traffic from a wide variety of hosts and that this traffic is causing outages for both the college’s Web servers and periodic slowdowns or failure of its external commodity Internet links. This data is provided to you in the text sheet entitled “Network Attacks and IDS/IPS Analysis”.
Tasks:
Aim Higher College system administrators have requested that you review network traffic to determine whether the institution’s intrusion detection system (IDS) and intrusion prevention system (IPS) can be used to prevent inbound attacks that are being detected. Your manager has requested that you analyze the detected attacks and create a report that describes each attack, explains the threat it presents, and if an IDS or an IPS is suited to dealing with it.
Specifically, your report should include:
A description or name for each attack
A description of what the attack is trying to do
Whether an IDS could or should be used to detect it and whether it can be blocked using an IPS
Understanding myself from the anthropological perspective
Since CULTURE is the focus of ANTHROPOLOGY, define and discuss its influence in determining who you are and how you think and behave. Discuss culture as a concept by describing examples from your own life. Try to create a contemporary definition of your culture and place in it based on your reading. Think about the diversity of cultures you are exposed to at Wright, in Chicago, or in the US. Show how ANTHROPOLOGY has attempted to guide our cultural understanding. How has and will culture shape your personality and identity throughout your life cycle. Insert specific descriptions or representative activities, tradition, and modes of communication that reflect the values of your group. Describe what you see as your family, your household, relationships, and the kinds of behavior involved. Discuss some of the ways you differ culturally from your parents. Describe aspects of your family microculture (language, traditions, and lifestyles) you intend to maintain. Show that you understand how Anthropology is both similar and different to Psychology and Sociology.
FORMAT:
3-4 pages, word-processed, 12 font, double-spaced, proofread, or you might visit the Writing Center for organizing your ideas. You need at least one citation (reference) for the paper to be accepted.
The due date is either 5 or 7 of December (only these two days, no late submissions will be accepted!!!)
Paper without APA references will not be accepted!!!
Leading Health Indicators
Resources
Website icon Leading Health Indicators Scoring Guide.
Website icon Healthy People 2020: Leading Health Indicators.
Website icon National Prevention Strategy.
Website icon Ten Top Priorities for Prevention.
Website icon Health People 2020: Topics and Objectives Index.
Review the Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicators Web page in the resources. Briefly review the “2020 LHI Topics.” You can see the data and the impacts, determinants, and disparities.
Choose one leading health indicator and write a 1–2 page paper in which you outline an implementation program you might develop as a health care administrator, on a local level, to address the indicator at all levels of the socioecologic model. In your implementation plan outline, be sure to indicate:
•What is currently being done.
•What needs to be done.
•What role leadership plays.
•What data would be necessary to show success.
You may want to use the following optional resources for this assignment:
•U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s National Prevention Strategy, pages 28–50. This was released in 2011 to provide an integrated guide for improving the health of the nation. It identifies health care priorities that look at a national plan in relation to what needs to be done and what data would show success. It may be useful to get you thinking about what you might use for your program.
•In 2008, Trust for America’s Health first identified Ten Top Priorities for Prevention, and now keeps them current on their Web site.
•Healthy People 2020 identifies their topics and objectives, which might have additional information for you.
APA Style
- You will need your notes from the essay assigned to you, nicknamed “SCWAMP,” located in the Google Drive folder.
2. You will need your notes from article readings I assigned to you from Week One in Web Links:
Bill Cosby, Rape Culture, and Black Male Responsibility
#ByePhylicia: Why Phylicia Rashad and Everyone Else Needs to Forget Bill Cosby’s “Legacy”
A Reflection on Love and Feminism: On Janay Rice and Camille CosbyRespectability Politics Won’t Get Us Half as Far
Let them live: Josephine Baker, Maya Angelou, and Rihanna as erotic and holistic
Respectability Politics ≠ Womanism/Black Feminism
No Disrespect
“I Hate Myself!”: What are Respectability Politics, and Why do Black People Subscribe to Them?Paper Instructions!
Develop an essay that addresses the following questions: How do we or could we within a Black feminist context counter social pressures to excuse or defend sexual or sexualized violence against Black women or women of other colors committed by Black men (or other men) of prominence? Would we be more likely or less likely to defend Black women if the attacker was White (or another race) and/or poor? How does invisibility of Black women and silencing of our/their voices reinforce misogyny and oppression?
You MUST use the sources provided here–and you cannot add other sources without clearance from me!
5 pages text, plus 1 work cited page/references page, 1 cover page
MLA or APA Format Style
In a well-written and thoughtfully organized essay, answer ONE of the questions listed below. The essay is to be SEVEN to EIGHT pages in length, double-spaced, with 1” margins and 12-point Times or Times Roman font. You must number your pages and use a proper citation method. If you choose in-text parenthetical citations, i.e. (Hayden, 209), you must include a bibliography in addition to your seven to eight pages of text. If you choose Chicago-style footnotes using your Microsoft Word footnote function, you do not need an additional bibliography. Excellent essays will demonstrate proficiency with all of the reading assignments since the midterm and draw smart connections between the readings, films, and lectures. Be sure to establish a clear historical context in your answer.
1) Post-World War II United States urbanization patterns can be characterized by the interrelated processes of suburbanization and segregation. What social and political factors contributed to the growth of American suburbia after World War II? How did suburban life represent Cold War domestic ideologies? Postwar gender roles? Ideas about race and class? Which federal policies promoted the growth of suburbia? How were these policies implemented and what were their implications for the American inner city? How has suburbia proven a disappointing manifestation of the “American dream?” Be sure to consider suburbia’s relationship to consumerism, family life, and the construction of living space. You might consider drawing upon the Dolores Hayden’s Building Suburbia, Jon C. Teaford’s The Twentieth Century American City, lecture materials, and other course readings and in-class films.
2) United States cities, since the 1960s, can be understood in the political economic terms of deindustrialization, globalization, and postmodernity. Giant shifts in the world economy have affected how our cities grow and change. How do you characterize these processes? How do these massive political and economic processes affect the American city? What cities experience this change most drastically? How have urban identities changed? Hal Rothman’s Playing the Odds, Jon C. Teaford’s The Twentieth Century American City, and Dolores Hayden’s Building Suburbia along with lectures, films, and other course materials will help you construct an essay addressing the social, cultural, and economic features of the post-1960s American city.
Readings Read:
The Twentieth-Century American City, Jon C. Teaford 3rd Edition 2016.
Going Out: The Rise and Fall of Public Amusements, David Nasaw
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, Eric Larson
Building Suburbia: Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820-2000, Dolores Hayden
American Urban Form: A representative history, Warner, Sam Bass
Correct Citation:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/11/
How child obesity affects childrens academic performance
Type of paper:
Research paper
Discipline:
Sociology
Format or citation style:
MLA
Soc 201 RESEARCH/REFLECTION PAPER GUIDELINE
You are expected to write and submit a research/reflection paper based on your experience of community service learning and research on a specific topic of a social problem. Your paper should be double-spaced, typed 12 pt. font, and about 5 pages long. Based on your service learning experience, conduct research on a specific area of social problem that the community organization attempts to address and link your experience and observation with the literature on the topic. The paper should include at least three peer-reviewed journal articles.
Your paper should include the following:
1. Introduction: This section includes a statement of the purpose of the paper, significance of the research question, and a direction for the paper.
2. Background information about a particular social problem or issue that the community organization addresses. Provide information about the nature, history, causes, and/or solutions of the issue based on the outside sources and articles.
3. Information about the community partner and your service activities. Provide the mission statement and activities of the community organization. Describe how the organization deals with the problem and its impact on your community and people it serves.
4. Relate your service experience and observation to the literature. Discuss how your service experience and observations relate to what you learn from your research on the topic? Evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of the ways the community organization deals with the issue. Compare and contrast theirs with the ways other organizations that deal with similar issues.
5. Conclusion/refection: This section includes a reflexive analysis of what you learned, suggestions for future research, and policy implications.
Business Process Integration Using Enterprise Systems
Format or citation style:
APA
Cash Flow Management Comparative Analysis between SAP S4 HANA and Oracle
Comparative Analysis of Enterprise Systems compares the SAP ECC ERP 6.0 platform with a second ERP system. The analysis will be from the point of view of an employee or consultant providing a recommendation to management for a future ERP system acquisition. Review a new cloud based ERP systems from other major vendors (Microsoft & Oracle), new enhancements with SAP S4 HANA, or open source ERP platforms.
Select one business area on which to focus their analysis. Using online vendor documentation and possibly online demo systems compare and contrast the use of each system in their selected business area. Prepare a paper with their analysis.
The paper and the executive summary will be graded for content in the areas listed below. Papers will use APA style, including citations and references. Executive summary highlighting major points of each area is limited to one page single-spaced.
• Executive Summary (submit as separate document)
• Paper structure:
o Background on project
o Business area examined
o Discussion of SAP capabilities supporting the selected business area
o Discussion of an alternative system’s capabilities supporting the same selected business area
o Analysis comparing and contrasting the systems
o Factors managers should consider when deciding which system should best support a given business environment
Assignment 4: Communication Methods
Choose five (5) different communication methods listed in Chapter 8. Draft a form of communication for each of the four (4) scenarios listed below based on one or more of the different communication methods listed in Chapter 8.
Write a three to four (3-4) page paper that addresses the following scenarios:
•One of your employees is constantly late, leaving food and drinks at the work station, and you are forced to address the situation.
•You need to let all employees know about a company special event.
•You hear from a friend that a client is about to sign a contract with one of your present competitors.
•You have three bids on a piece of equipment and you need to get a management decision on purchasing.
The format of the paper is to be as follows:
•Typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one-inch margins on all sides, APA format, a Microsoft Word document.
•Use headers for each of the subjects being covered, followed by your response.
•In addition to the three to four (3–4) pages required, a title page is to be included. The title page is to contain the title of the assignment, your name, the instructor’s name, the course title, and the date.
Note: You will be graded on the quality of your answers, the logic/organization of the report, your language skills, and your writing skills
CVS vs. Walgreens
Project Assignment Using Coke and Pepsi as an Example:
Long time competitors in the soft drink industry, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola continue efforts to gain additional market share. Which do you prefer, Coke or Pepsi? Let’s take a look at these two companies from a financial perspective rather than our drink preference.
To learn more about PepsiCo and Coca-Cola Enterprises, download the latest PepsiCo 2014 Annual Report at: HYPERLINK “https://www.pepsico.com/docs/album/default-document-library/pepsico-2014-annual-report_final.pdf” https://www.pepsico.com/docs/album/default-document-library/pepsico-2014-annual-report_final.pdf and the Coca-Cola 2014 Annual Report at http://ir.cokecce.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=117435&p=irol-reportsannual:. Review the annual reports for general information.
Required:
1. Read -Understanding the Income Statement at: http://www.investopedia.com/articles/04/022504.asp
2. Read -Reading the Balance Sheet at: http://www.investopedia.com/articles/04/031004.asp
3. Compute- the following financial ratios for both companies and provide as an appendix to the required paper. If you need help understanding the meaning of the ratios or how to they are computed, go to: http://www.investopedia.com/university/ratios/
Liquidity measurement ratio: · Current ratio
Profitability indicator ratios:· Return on assets · Return on equity
Debt ratio: · Debt ratio
Operating performance ratio: · Fixed asset turnover ratio
Cash flow indicator ratio: · Dividend payout ratio
Investment valuation ratio: · Price / Earnings ratio
For each company and comparing the two, you are to write a eight to ten (8-10) page report that answers the following:
1. Provide a short background on each company, the industry and the market (growing, declining, etc?) in which they operate. (This should be no more than 1- 1.5 pages for both companies in total and can be a part of your introduction.)
2. Using the current ratio and debt ratios, discuss what conclusions you can make about each company’s ability to pay current liabilities (debt). Support your conclusions. Which company is doing better, why or why not?
3. Using the profitability and operating performance ratios, discuss what conclusions you can make about each company’s profits over the past three years. Support your conclusions. Which company is doing better, why or why not?
** 4. Using the cash flow indicator and investment valuation ratios, discuss which company is more likely to have satisfied stockholders. Support your conclusions. Which company is doing better, why or why not?
5. As an investor, discuss which company you would choose to invest in and provide a rationale for your decision. Support your conclusions, why or why not?
6. After concluding your research about each company and reviewing their annual report, Discuss what non-financial criteria you would consider when choosing between these two investment options? Support your conclusions, why or why not?
The format of the report indicated below in “More on the Grading Criteria”.
NOTE: You will be graded on the quality of your answers, the logic/organization of the report, your language skills, and your writing skills.
Paper Grading Rubric
Criterion
Poor
(Below 70)
Fair (70-79)
Good (80-89)
Excellent (90-100)
Comprehension
30%
No understanding of the problem.
Little understanding of problem.
Considerable understanding of the problem. All requirements of assignment are included.
Complete understanding of the problems. All requirements are included in response.
Organization and Structure
15%
Information unorganized and not effectively structured. Poor grammar. Little or no evidence of preparation.
Information is somewhat organized. Minimal or superficial preparation.
Information is well organized. Adequate and reflective approach in preparation.
Information is logically and creatively organized. Highly developed approach in preparation.
Peer Review
20%
Did not participated in the developing the research paper and selected topics
Somewhat participated in the developing the research paper and selected topics
Was an active participant in developing the paper, doing the deep research and working with peer members to drive completion of a well researched paper.
Led and drove the discussion, the coordination, the research for the paper and helped motivate other members of the group meet their deadlines.
Content
35%
Information is missing or inaccurate. No insight is provided by the student.
Content is not comprehensive. Opinions are not well supported.
Content is accurate and opinions are stated and somewhat supported.
Content is accurate and shows acute insight.
More on the GRADING CRITERIA
In addition to the grading rubric note above, the following is important information about this assignment:
1. WRITING QUALITY: Grammar, Verb Tenses, Pronoun Use, Spelling, Punctuation, and Writing Competency.
Remember: spell-check; then proof read. Better yet, have a friend or colleague read your completed document before submitting it for grading. When I have to submit a paper, I print it and then read it out loud to myself. It is amazing the number of errors discovered when I do this because there is simply no way we can catch all of the mistakes when we are trying to read from a computer screen. Also, when we read it out loud, we can also hear how well or how poorly it “reads” to another person. It should sound like a professional report, not like a casual conversation.
I have a few hang-ups about the following errors and you will be marked down for them: there is not their, your is not you’re, its (possessive) is not it’s (it is), too is not to or two, cite is not site or sight, and who should be used after an individual, not that. For example, “the person WHO made the speech” not “the person THAT made the speech.”
Also, in a professional paper, one does not use contractions (doesn’t, don’t, etc.) and one does not use the personal you or your. Therefore, use the impersonal as I have done in the sentence immediately above. It is more business-professional than saying, “Also in a professional paper you don’t use contractions.”
BEST Option: Submit your document to UMUC’s Effective Writing Center (EWC).
2. REFERENCES
Part of the requirements for this research assignment is that you include a list of references used for your research. A minimum of three (3) sources must be included in this list of which a minimum of two (2) of these sources must come from the UMUC Online Library databases, other University research libraries and/or material included in this course. (EXCLUDING Wikipedia & the text book as references. These may be used after meeting the minimum # of references.)
The sources in your reference list must be written using APA formatting. There is a link to APA Tutorial in the “Course Content” area of our classroom. It is highly recommended you refer to this source as you prepare your research document.
3. WORD PROCESSING
Use Microsoft Word – any version or Openoffice Word processing (it’s free). If you do not have either, contact me ASAP! If you send me a Microsoft Works document I will not be able to open it and I will return it ungraded! If you do not have Microsoft Word or Openoffice work processing, you can save your paper as a “rich text file” (.rtf) or pdf file.
I do not like to appear to be so strict about this; however, every term there is at least one student who does not read these instructions carefully and sends me an assignment that I cannot open.
Use 1″ margins top, bottom, left and right sides.
Use Times New Roman, font size 12.
Use double spacing.
Important Note: For ease of reading, your document must contain appropriate headings and subheadings. Headings and sub-headings are a requirement of this research assignment. Headings and subheadings should be placed at the left margin. The use of headings and subheadings are a terrific way to help you organize your research paper.
NOTE: The MS Word spelling and grammar checker is NOT an effective tool for finding spelling, punctuation and grammar errors. I suggest you use the UMUC Effective Writing Center (EWC) or someone you can trust to read your document prior to posting it for grading. You can expect to lose a significant number of points if your document contains numerous spelling, punctuation and grammar errors. This information can also be found as “Term Paper Topics & Grading Rubric” found in the “Course Content” area of our classroom.
4. COVER PAGE
A cover page must be the first page of your document, not a separate attachment! In the center of the page, in this order, double-spaced, include the following information:
Your Name
FINC 331
Title of the Research Paper
Date
Nothing else needs to be added to the cover page.
5. REFERENCE LIST
A reference list must be included as the last page of your document. This list must comply with APA formatting requirements.
6. PEER EVALUATION FORM- Completed by each member of the Group.
