Identify a character from both a fiction (Zitkala-Sa, Alexie’s “Pawn Shop,” Wright, or Ellison) and a nonfiction (Tecumseh, Jacobs, or Douglass) piece that we have read this week. First,show how the character is limited in his or her role in society (excluded from the American Dream), and then explain specifically how that character pushes against boundaries imposed by society.

Criteria:

300 words minimum (excluding quotations and citations)
Include two properly integrated and cited quotations one from each work)to support your claims. You may use either direct or paraphrased quotes. See the Literary Analysis Tools Modules in Weeks 1 and 2 for information about integrating and citing quotes

The American Dream lecture in Week 1 points out that Poor Richards Almanac was an annual publication that included calendar lists, home recipes, weather forecasts etc. What made Franklins almanac unlike other almanacs was the inclusion of Franklins witty parables and humorous writings.  Franklin proposes in The Way to Wealth that anyone who works hard, avoids debt, and works toward attaining a virtuous character can be successful and ultimately wealthythat the American Dream is accessible to all.

Watch either The Color Purple or The Great Gatsby (locate the films using Netflix, Amazon, or your local library) and argue why or why not Franklins assertions are correct. Provide examples from the film and your own explanations to support your assertions.

Your will have two choices for your thesis statement:

As is evident in the film The Color Purple (or The Great Gatsby), Franklins assertion that the American Dream is available to all people is incorrect because _________, ___________, and _________ (you will determine three points in support of your thesis, and those will become the topics of your three body paragraphs).

As is evident in the film The Color Purple (or The Great Gatsby), Franklins assertion that the American Dream is available to all people is correct because _________, ___________, and _________ (you will determine three points in support of your thesis, and those will become the topics of your three body paragraphs)

Develop a PowerPoint teaching presentation on complementary and alternative health care therapies for a patient, based on your patient’s diagnosis/diagnoses and their needs. (10 slides)
Topic: Acupuncture As A Complementary Therapy To The Pharmacological Treatment Of Osteoarthritis Of The Knee
1. Discuss benefits of the treatments
2. Discuss Safety concerns
3. Side effects
4. Patient teaching
5. Health Disparities 

Use APA format
Utilize at least two-peer reviewed articles (no older than 5 years) for this assignment.

Here are the instructions that you need to follow: 1. The Project is max of 5 pages other than the cover page and references. 2. Use times new roman font, 12pt for the text and 14pt for the main heading. 3. Each section should have an appropriate heading and the writing should be in the form of sentences and paragraphs, not bullet points. 4. You need to draft 2 pages theoretical literature on Asset Pricing Theories. 5. you need to choose any 15 empirical literature review related to CAPM, APT and F&F. you may use google scholar to download it. you need to read it and summarize every study in a paragraph . 6. NO Plagiarism Please, follow this link as an example on how to prepare your final term project. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/publications/frbatlreview/pages/67199_1985-1989.pdf Please use as many sources as necessary.

Develop a PowerPoint teaching presentation on complementary and alternative health care therapies for a patient, based on your patient’s diagnosis/diagnoses and their needs. (10 slides)
Topic: Acupuncture As A Complementary Therapy To The Pharmacological Treatment Of Osteoarthritis Of The Knee
1. Discuss benefits of the treatments
2. Discuss Safety concerns
3. Side effects
4. Patient teaching
5. Health Disparities 

Use APA format
Utilize at least two-peer reviewed articles (no older than 5 years) for this assignment.

6. Assessment
You are an Emirati entrepreneur who is willing to do business that is aligned with the Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030.
Assessment Requirement:
1.    Critically appraise the types of companies and explain the provisions that must be observed in each of these types according to the relevant laws and regulations.
2.    Critically apply the required procedures for SMEs according to the UAE Commercial Companies Law no 2 of 2015 and other relevant laws in the UAE. 
3.    Synthesize other methods in case you want to do a partnership with a foreign investor willing to conduct activities in the Abu Dhabi and ensure that the business will be in legal compliance to the industry you will be part of. 

The size of the report is 2,000 words and must be uploaded on the LMS.

Submission Date: 28 June, 2020.

Your Terms of Reference:
This section outlines some of the key points to consider whilst reviewing and analysing the research literature to develop your research questions (Guide only):

    Demonstrate how your selected business idea is aligned with the Abu Dhabi economic vision 2030.
    Investigate possible financial consequences that are related to the selection of your legal business structure.
    Assemble from literature the success and failures that were related to the selected business structure from the global context.

In this course, you have examined the concepts of managing successful retail business models. One of the expectations from society and from the business world is that an organization perform in an ethical manner when conducting all of its business affairs. While society, in general and the business world specifically, may have standards of ethical behavior (i.e. American Marketing Associations Code of Ethics), there are potentially higher standards that exist in the Bible with associated promises for those who abide by those standards.

Considering all that you have learned in this course, reflect on ways that a retailer could manage operations in a manner that brings favor to the overall organization. Use Scripture verses that include promises of favor to those who follow the precepts of the selected verses.

Your essay must be 500750 words, cite at least 2 verses from the Bible with indication of outcomes for those who adhere to the precepts of the verses, and demonstrate a clear relationship between the selected Scripture verses and the proposed ethical behavior for the retailer. Refer to the IFL (Integration of Faith and Learning) Essay Grading Rubric for further specific criteria. Your essay must be submitted as a Word document attachment through the SafeAssign link.

6. Assessment
You are an Emirati entrepreneur who is willing to do business that is aligned with the Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030.
Assessment Requirement:
1.    Critically appraise the types of companies and explain the provisions that must be observed in each of these types according to the relevant laws and regulations.
2.    Critically apply the required procedures for SMEs according to the UAE Commercial Companies Law no 2 of 2015 and other relevant laws in the UAE. 
3.    Synthesize other methods in case you want to do a partnership with a foreign investor willing to conduct activities in the Abu Dhabi and ensure that the business will be in legal compliance to the industry you will be part of. 

The size of the report is 2,000 words and must be uploaded on the LMS.

Submission Date: 28 June, 2020.

Your Terms of Reference:
This section outlines some of the key points to consider whilst reviewing and analysing the research literature to develop your research questions (Guide only):

    Demonstrate how your selected business idea is aligned with the Abu Dhabi economic vision 2030.
    Investigate possible financial consequences that are related to the selection of your legal business structure.
    Assemble from literature the success and failures that were related to the selected business structure from the global context.

In this module/week, you will review the practical steps to manage a retail establishment including hiring, training, and motivating employees.You will learn how to control costs within the store. In addition,there will be explanation of regarding how to design the store in terms of merchandise layout, visual effects, and an appealing atmosphere. Finally, the critical topic of customer service will describe how customers perceive the quality of service provided and how that can be a strategic advantage over the competition. For this Discussion Board Forum, choose no more than 2 of the following questions to discuss in your thread:

What is the difference between extrinsic and intrinsic rewards? What are the effects of these rewards on the behavior of retail employees? Under what conditions would you recommend that a retailer emphasize intrinsic rewards over extrinsic rewards?
Many large department and specialty stores are changing their salespeoples reward system from a salary to a commission-based system. What problems can commission-based systems cause? How can department managers avoid these problems?
One of the fastest-growing sectors of the population is the over-60 age group. Customers in this group may have limitations in their vision, hearing, and movement. How can retailers develop store designs with this populations needs in mind?
Both Nordstrom and Chick-fil-A are noted for their high-quality customer service, but their approaches to providing quality service are different. Describe the differences. Why has each of these retailers elected to use its particular approach?

For the journal assignments, I am asking for your thoughts on a topic. The response is informal and need not be in APA format. Just a text entry when you submit the assignment. If you want, you can draft the entry in your word-processing application. Then proofread it, and run your grammar checker and spelling checked. After that, a simple copy and paste to the Canvas text editor.

Just exactly what is a thought? What does it have to do with consciousness? Are dreams thoughts? What do thoughts have to do with emotions?

It does all tie together but the problem with that is how I tie it together is not how you tie it together. To use some psychological terminology, this tying together is a gestalt (something that is made of many parts and yet is somehow more than or different from the combination of its parts). Sort of 2 + 2 =17.

What are your thoughts?

Your reflection should be about 200 – 400 words.

Consciousness is more than being asleep or awake, it also involves awareness of self and varying degrees of that awareness. Think of it as a continuum with hyper-alert awareness of your environment at one end, every-day awareness of your surroundings in the middle, and death at the other end.

Memory is also more than just remembering things. There are processes of sensation, that are then encoded into our brains, forming memories (and there are several types of memory). Once the memory is encoded, you use the process of recall to retrieve the memory, which will probably not be exactly what was encoded since memories will change over time.

Intelligence is another vague construct. It is more than IQ (Intelligence Quotient). Some, such as Gardner, suggest that there are eight areas of intelligence (you will hear numbers ranging from seven to twelve).

This slide presentation should get you started and provide you with some quick resources on consciousness.
[In case you did not peek at your change, The correct answer is (c).]

uploaded:

Module 8 Lecture – Consciousness MK PPT

Intellectually hungry for more? Try these short videos.

This first one is only (18 min) and sets forth some explanations about the mysteries of consciousness.

How do you explain consciousness? (Links to an external site.) https://www.ted.com/talks/david_chalmers_how_do_you_explain_consciousness
This second video (another 18 min) explores memory. Basically, no matter how good you think yours may be, you may be overestimating what a human can do.

How reliable is your memory? (Links to an external site.)
https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_loftus_how_reliable_is_your_memory?language=en

As always, feel free to ask me questions.