This paper should include the following minimum requirements:
Part 1: Title Page
Part 2: Your research
Part 3: Reference Page
For this research paper, you will need to find and use
Three or more scholarly peer-reviewed articles on the same health topic.
A minimum of three in-text citations from your references in your research paper.
Using chapters 10-16, analyze the struggle for power between the Monarchies of Europe, the Church, and the general populace. In your analysis answer the following guiding questions:
Define what it means for a group of people in society to have power.
Each group had power- what was the source?
How did the arts highlight the differences between each group? How did the arts highlight the similarities?
Provide 6-9 examples of power represented through the arts of the identified era.
Using your definition of power, apply it to your analysis of the power of each of the three groups.
Assignments can be formatted as a Venn diagram, table, or essay. Images and information must be cited.
There are many sources of funding for individual households and larger private entities for disaster preparedness. Nationwide Insurance stated that 68% of small businesses do not have an adequate disaster preparedness plan that would help them sustain their business if a disaster did occur. This lack of planning capacity concurrently increases their exposure to disasters and their reliance on grant and aid funding after the events. In addition, these small businesses are often ineligible for relief financing that is targeted at the household level
In this essay, you are to answer the following questions in 400-600 words:
1. Identify sources of post-disaster recovery funding available for small business on the local or federal level
2. Based on those identified sources, make an argument for what top three sources of funding should be used/applied for first
3. Why would you choose those sources of funding
4. How would you apply for that funding if you were a small business
Requirements:
* There should be an introduction, body, and conclusion
* Each question above should be a separate section
* You should be able to answer these in 400-600 words
* Be direct but don’t leave out detail
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/427205-financing-catastrophe-4-ways-we-pay-for-disasters
Overview
Imagine you have been hired as a consultant for the United Nations. You have been asked to write an analysis on how global population growth has caused the following problem and how it affects a developing country of your choosing:
A growing global population that consumes natural resources is partially to blame for the release of greenhouse gases since human consumption patterns lead to deforestation, soil erosion, and farming (overturned dirt releases CO2). However, the critical issue is the burning of fossil fuels (hydrocarbons) such as coal oil and natural gas to produce energy that is used for things like electricity production, and vehicle, heating, and cooking fuels.
Instructions
The U.N. has asked that you choose a developing country from the World Bank Classifications for Developing Countries list.
The U.N. has also given you the following guidelines.
Content
The U.N. has asked that your paper contain three sections. It has asked that each section be one page (or approximately 300 words) in length and answer specific questions, identified in the outline below. It also asks that you use examples from your developing country when answering the questions.
Introduction
Provide an introduction of half a page minimum that addresses points points 15 below:
Explain the problem the U.N. has asked you to address in your own words.
Identify the three sections your paper will cover.
Identify the developing country you will consider.
Tell the U.N. which causes of greenhouse gases you will explore.
Provide a one-sentence statement of your solutions at the end of your introduction paragraph.
Section I. Background
What are greenhouse gases?
How do greenhouse gases contribute to global warming?
Section II. How Emissions Causes Problems for the Developing World
Which countries produce the most greenhouse gases?
What are the economic challenges of these emissions (include examples from your chosen country)?
What are the security challenges of these emissions (include examples from your chosen country)?
What are the political challenges of these emissions (include examples from your chosen country)?
Section III. Causes and Solutions of Greenhouse Gases
Name two causes of greenhouse gases.
What are potential solutions to address each of the causes you identified?
What is the relationship between population control and greenhouse gases?
Conclusion
Provide a conclusion of half a page minimum that includes a summary of your findings that the United Nations can use to inform future policy decisions.
Success Tips
In answering each question, use examples from your developing country to illustrate your points.
The U.N. needs facts and objective analysis on which to base future policy decisions. Avoid personal opinion and make sure your answers are based on information you find through research.
Formatting Requirements
Make sure your paper consists of 46 pages (1,200 words minimum, not including the cover page, reference page, and quoted material if any).
Create headings for each section of your paper as follows:
Section I. Background.
Section II. How Emissions Causes Problems for the Developing World.
Section III. Causes and Solutions for Greenhouse Gases.
Use and cite at least five credible sources in your research. A list of potential resources is available below.
Potential Resources
https://www.berkeleyside.com/2018/06/19/opinion-the-pernicious-climate-dictum-dont-mention-population
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/mass-extinctions
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/population-growth-climate-change/
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2018/11/22/global-warming-very-grim-forecast/
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is as follows:
Evaluate the global impacts of, and potential controls for, population growth.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills.
1. Explore Bradys use of the lines of argumentwhere does she use arguments
from the heart, from character, from values, from facts and reason? Which uses
seem the most effective? Which seem less effective? Why?
2. Bradys essay uses stylish language to help make her point. Find examples of her use of figurative language. How do they help her argument?
3. What assumptions does Brady make about her audience? About wives? Her essay
was written in 1971does it still make sense today? Why or why not?
Imagine that you are the owner of a small floor refinishing business (John Nardella Inc.) that provides a specialty coating product for ceramic tile and marble floors. There is no other local flooring business that provides this service. Having recently received a patent on your product, you are ready to expand your business by competing for Navy contracts at the local base, which is located a few miles away. The services you want to sell are the specialty coating, the application of the coating, and a regular maintenance schedule. Your company consists of you, one office assistant, and two production employees.
Write a 3-4 page paper in which you do the following:
Develop your companys acquisition and planning strategy for obtaining a contract.
Analyze the manner in which utilizing SmartPay or a similar program in electronic contracting will assist your company and the Navy. Provide a rationale for your response.
Locate at least 3 quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other related websites do not qualify as academic resources. Reference: https://smartpay.gsa.gov/content/about-gsa-smartpay
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with 1-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow SWS or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the students name, the professors name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
Break your paper into sections with titles and subtitles representative of the rubric questions and fully answer the questions.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are as follows:
Describe the nature of government contracting, authority, responsibilities, and legal considerations including certain sections of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).
Explain the government acquisition process using sealed bidding, negotiations, and alternative contracting methods.
Write clearly and concisely about federal acquisition and contract management using proper writing mechanics.
Is Poverty an Economic Problem?
Watch the video Acton Institute- How not to help the poor- Welfare (new window) (5:49).
This is the link: https://criticalcommons.org/view?m=ID4oMkPxt
(1) How do transfer payments to low income households affect the incentive (a) to have a child at an early age, (b) to drop out of high schools, and (c) the abandonment of children by fathers? (2) How do transfer payments impact the incentives of individuals and organizations to engage in effective charitable activities? (3) Evaluate this statement. Income transfers that reduce the current poverty rate will generally increase the future poverty rate.
Please note, you can agree or disagree with the video. It is controversial by construction to promote a lively — but respectful — discussion. As always, please make a reference to the video, so I know that you watched it.
THIS is where you post your 1000 word (yes, I’ll count them) comments on whatever volunteer organization, non-profit,
social assistance program that you choose. Something you’ve been involved in, something that you’d like to see, it’s up
to you. If done logically and with respect, you may even present a critical examination of an effort that you think could
be improved. Proper grammar, punctuation, and all rules of English apply as they always do. Some questions you might
consider are: How does the organization work? Describe whether or not it is local or larger in scope. Is if effective in
achieving its goals? What are the goals? What part of the process would you improve if 1) there were NO funds
budgeted for any change and/or 2) if you had $1,000,000 to spend on improvement? Should this be government
supported or left alone? Why?
You can use food bank as the topic for the organization.
Is the earnings difference between men and women the result of employment discrimination?
Watch the video AEI Gender Wage Gap (new window) (3:15)
This is the link: https://criticalcommons.org/view?m=du72ZDEAL
Do the employment choices differ between men and women? If so, why? How do the following productivity-related factors differ between men and women: (i) continuous employment experience, (ii) education, (iii) physical strength? As always, please make reference to the video, so I know that you watched it.
Here is another video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13XU4fMlN3w
From Vox which provides an additional layer of analysis on this topic with regards to women in business vs. STEM careers.
For your Critical Film Analysis (your second paper for this course), you may focus on any of the following films: Triumph of the Will, Night and Fog, Anthropocene, A Brief History of Time, The Bicycle Thieves, and Salesman.
Triumph of the Will: https://archive.org/details/TriumphOfTheWillgermanTriumphDesWillens
Night and Fog: https://kettering.kanopy.com/video/night-and-fog%20%20
Anthropocene: https://kettering.kanopy.com/video/anthropocene-human-epoch-0
A Brief History of Time: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103882/
The Bicycle Thieves: https://kettering.kanopy.com/video/bicycle-thieves
Salesman: https://kettering.kanopy.com/video/salesman-0
Choose from among the following prompts:
1. Triumph of the Will was a Nazi propaganda film. Answer following questions in your essay by focusing on specific visual and sound elements of the film: What techniques and strategies does the film use to persuade its audience? In other words, how did it “seduce” German audiences in the 1930s to support a totalitarian regime with fascistic and criminal aims? Additionally, answer the question: what critical strategies can we learn for judging media today that might attempt to persuade us in similar ways?
2. Analyze the editing in Night and Fog. The film combines contemporary color footage of German concentration camps without any people–empty abandoned camps–with archival footage from WW II and the 1930s. The French director, Alain Resnais, also edited the film. What choices does he make in this editing? How do the voice over narration and the music interact with editing choices? What effect does all this have on you as a viewer?
3. This semester, one question we have considered is the tension between representing reality and creating a work of art. The films we have watched are artistic, but they also attempt to represent reality, or (in the case of propaganda) attempt to persuade the audience. How does the film Anthropocene balance artistry with reality? Does it, ultimately, have the desired impact of raising audience awareness and/or encouraging audience action to fight global climate change and potential extinctions?
4. Errol Morris is considered one of the greatest documentary filmmakers of the last forty years. A Brief History of Time is both an adaptation of physicist Stephen Hawking’s book by the same name, and a biographical profile of Hawking. Discuss the film’s exploration of two major and interrelated themes: time and memory. How does the film relate time (historical, cosmic, physical, philosophical) with memory (personal, familial, etc.)?
5. The Bicycle Thieves is a fiction film, but it had an enormous impact on documentary filmmakers because of its style. What elements of film making style does De Sica use in making the film? Why are these stylistic elements so important for later documentary filmmakers such as David and Albert Maysles in a film like Salesman?
6. Salesman is considered a classic of “observational” film or cinema verite. Even though it has no narration nor exposition (in the form of talking-head experts), it still makes an “argument.” That argument is open to interpretation, but most viewers walk away from the film having been influenced by it in some way. If you had to identify an “argument” or “main point” of the film, what would you say it is? Use specific scenes and sequences to support your claim.
I tend not to specify essay length. What should motivate your writing is not meeting a length requirement, but making your point effectively, with ample evidence, clarity of style, and logical structure. Given that you need to lay out your main point, and support that main point with film sequence examples that you briefly summarize and analyze, then this will be a substantive essay. Another useful thing to keep in mind is your audience. You should assume that you are writing for an intellectual community who is interested in understanding documentary film and its implications for us today. Our class is one such intellectual community. Perhaps more broadly you can think of your audience as well educated people who have some awareness of what you are writing about, but might disagree on specifics. Your purpose is to convince them that what you have to say is not only important, but innovative in some way.
