Topic: Read and review the Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District Case. Answer the following questions in regards to the case: School officials may not punish student speech unless they can clearly demonstrate that it will cause a substantial disruption of normal school activities. What is a “substantial disruption?” What if an argument…
For this assignment, you will search information from the Internet and write an essay paper discussing the following: Compare Francisco Goya’s The Family of Charles IV with a portrait of your friends and or family. Instructions: Use any search engine to find information Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask, or Dogpile are all good Type in the subject you would like to research Look for reputable source such as museums, libraries, and web addresses ending in “edu” Be sure to use correct grammar and spelling, provide specific examples, and include concepts from the text readings. Your paper should be 500 words, follow the APA or MLA format prescribed by your instructor (doublespace, 12 pt. font, etc.) and include a Reference page listing all of your sources, including the textbook
Assessment Task 1: Letter to the editor (750 words) Description Students must write a letter to the editor of a mainstream news service (could be an online one) responding to a recent article on drug use (legal or illegal). Students must present their opinion, substantiated by evidence presented in the course and supplementary research. Students will be encouraged to submit the letter for publication though this is not compulsory. Assessment guidelines This assessment will require you to write a full version of a letter (750 words) and a shorter version of the letter (up to 200 words) for publishing. You will be required to submit both and only the full 750 word version will require proper academic referencing. Please refer to the examples of newspapers and topics below which will help you complete this assessment. You are not limited to these examples but it is a good place to start. Some newspapers where your letter can be published The Age ‘Rules and tips for submitting letters’ https://www.theage.com.au/comment/the?age?letters/rules?and?tips?for?submitting? letters?20150630?? gi249r The Age Letters https://www.theage.com.au/comment/the?age?letters How to submit a letter to The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/info/2015/jan/28/contact?the ?guardian?letters?desk The Guardian Letters https://www.theguardian.com/global/series/gw?letters How to submit a letter to The Australian https://www.theaustralian.com.au/help/editorial The Australian Letters https://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/letters Some example topics https://www.theage.com.au/victoria/suspected?bad?batch?of?drugs? claims?three?victims?at?melbourne?? nightclub?20170610?gwothv.html https://www.vox.com/scienceandhealth/2017/7/10/15948726/nelsanellisalcoholaddiction https://www.sundayworld.com/news/smallquantitiesofdrugsmaybedecriminalisedafterreport Some example letters: ‘Legal drugs our biggest problem’ https://www.bellingencourier.com.au/story/4408520/lettertotheeditorlegaldrugsourbiggestproblem/ ‘When drugs and alcohol are the only answers’ https://www.theage.com.au/comment/theageletters/whendrugsandalcoholaretheonlyanswers201504121mj97t.html Losing battle against drugs https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/15387782.Letters_to_the_Editor__Losing_battle_against_drugs/
A Study on the Effects and Impacts of Sustainability on Businesses in particularly the Issues in the automotive industry using volkswagen and BMW as main case examples
The object of the essay is to response to the following statement: “Every tax avoidance scheme involves a trick and pretence. It is the task of the Tax Authority to unravel the trick and the duty of the court to ignore the pretence.” by making your own thesis and defending it in terms of the essay. So, you need to make a thesis regarding this statement. (an approach that would disagree with it). You’re required to use the following literature:(you’re also welcome to use any extra sources if necessary). Here are the sources: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/h1jl44o8n11pwy5/AABBsBM_8QXRKe0yyNRKSzfZa?dl=0 If a source from the list contradicts another one, you can refrain from using such sources. (Just be sensible, you’re welcome to make a decision on the use of the sources if it would be better for the quality) However, you’re required to use the literature from the folder, but the manner of the use and the number of sources is up to you. (At least 57 sources from the list should be used, with the maximum of 11). To sum up, you’re given all the recommended sources, you should you use some or all of them to write this essay. The particular sources (and number of them is up to you, but use at least 57 if possible le). Some of the literature contain case law examples, so that you should use the case law and critically review it, rather than the other author’s opinion. The essay should, among others, include paragraphs concerning Judicial attempts to combat tax avoidance and ethical issues. (These are just two that must be logically included, but you’ll, of course, need to write some more paragraphs relevant to the thesis (see above). Pleas devote your attention to logical structure of the essay! Here’s the grading requirement: An answer will engage closely with the question and demonstrate distinction both in the range and command of material covered and in argument and analysis. Answers will have a coherent and logical structure, and be written in clear and lucid style, integrating theory and evidence, and with a breadth of reference to relevant literature. Marks in this range may be awarded on the basis of more than one set of criteria. The argument will be particularly sophisticated, fluent, and incisive. The answer will show exceptional knowledge and understanding of the issues involved. The approach will attempt an independent and critical interpretation of the issues raised by the question. Combination of these qualities of sophistication, understanding and critical analysis.
Discussion: The DoddFrank Act The Volcker Rule limited banks’ abilities to own, invest, or sponsor private equity funds, proprietary trading operations, or hedge funds for their own profit, unrelated to serving their customers. The Volcker Rule came about as part of The DoddFrank Act that altered the Federal Reserve’s ability to extend emergency liquidity to nondepository institutions. Evaluate policy innovations in the regulation of financial intermediaries that are aimed at decreasing systemic or systematic risk. Present your understanding of how these policy innovations could have an impact on individual firms across the economy. Discuss whether you believe these actions are compatible or incompatible with Bagehot’s dictum as it has been interpreted by the Federal Reserve. Do you believe that these policy innovations are beneficial to firms generally? References: Cline, W. R., & Gagnon, J. E. (2013, September). Lehman Died, Bagehot Lives: Why Did the Fed and Treasury Let a Major Wall Street Bank Fail? Retrieved from https://piie.com/publications/pb/pb13 21.pdf Volcker Rule Resource Center. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.sifma.org/issues/regulatoryreform/volckerrule/overview/ Morrison, & Foerster. (2010). The DoddFrank Act: a cheat sheet. Retrieved from https://media.mofo.com/files/uploads/Images/SummaryDoddFrankAct.pdf
Professional Issues The student needs to (approx. 1200 words in total excluding in text citation and reference list): 1- Identify four (4) examples of effective or ineffective teamwork and/or communication in the scenario. This can be presented in a table or as dot points. 2- Using the literature, provide a general discussion on how…
Your presentation needs to include the following: Why this theory was chosen 10% Appropriateness of theory chosen for analysis 10% Presentation of key points of theory 40% Critique (evaluation of theory following standardized format, e.g. Walker & Avant, Fawcett, Chinn & Kramer) 20% Creativity of presentation 15% Organization of presentation 5% One class…
Your story map will include a selection of your seven best maps from weeks one through five. Since this is something you will want to show a prospective employer, do the best job you can to create an accurate and professional looking presentation. Identify points that you find interesting and would like to emulate in your own GIS Career Story Map. Submit the GIS Map Tour as a link in a .pdf file. Describe each map that is presented Describe the GIS skills and tools used to make each map Explain how the skills can be applied to address research questions, and societal or environmental topics. Create subheadings like the ones in the example and tutorial. Some subheadings suggestions include “GIS Skills” and “Environmental Applications” Cite your textbook and at least two scholarly sources to support how your skills can be applied to address environmental and/or societal issues. You may use the scholarly sources (i.e. academic journal articles) from your reading list. Include a separate references slide that is formatted according to APA style. The Maps will be upload into the additional files. Please use reference below as one of the three references. Law, M., & Collins, A. (2015). Getting to know ArcGIS desktop for ArcGIS 10.2 and 10.3 (4th ed.). Redlands, CA: ESRI Press.
Design an experiment that tests the hypothesis you created for the poster (assignment 2 if you had more than one hypothesis, simplify your approach and just choose one of the hypotheses). You will then use this experimental design and write a material & method part in the style of an actual peer reviewed journal. It needs to be an experiment, and not an observational study. You are allowed to assume unlimited money for your project, but try to stay as realistic as possible. If you plan to put your big mammals into confinement, think about ethical aspects. If you use endangered species, mention this and make sure you adjust your sample size accordingly. Component: Hypothesis: Restate your hypothesis (the one that you will focus on if you had several) Material and method part References (if necessary)
