Any topic (writer’s choice)

Project description
Because business communication is at the heart of a businesss success, business writers must be able to determine what is effective, what is not, and why. Poorly constructed internal documents, in particular, can be problematic because they affect employees understanding of company business protocols.

Review the document called ABC Enterprises Introduction Letter Docx, 20KB. Then, write a brief critical analysis in which you address the following questions:

What is the purpose of the document? Does the document effectively support its intended purpose? Explain your reasoning.
Who is the audience for this document? Does the document effectively target its intended audience? Explain your reasoning.
Is the format of the document appropriate for its intended purpose and audience? Explain your reasoning.
Does the document contain factual, practical information written in a concise, clear manner? Explain and provide examples to support your reasoning.
From an overall perspective, what makes this document effective or ineffective? Support your reasoning with evidence from your textbook or another appropriate source.
If you were asked to rewrite this document, what changes would you recommend? Why?
Submit your finished critical analysis of approximately two pages, double-spaced (about 700 words) and formatted according to APA requirements (title page, references page, etc.). Follow this naming convention for your file before submitting it. The file should be Word or txt (No PDF): LastnameFirstinitialAssignmentLetterNumberLetterNumber. For example: HoneaSM1A1. To be accepted, the file must be Word or txt and must be in the above naming convention.

Compose your work using a word processor (or other software as appropriate) and save it frequently to your computer. Be sure to check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors before you upload it. When you are ready to submit your work, click “Browse My Computer” and find your file. Once you have located your file, click “Open” and, if successful, the file name will appear under the Attached files heading. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click “Submit.

This assignment accounts for 10% of your grade and is evaluated according to the SLA Writing Rubric 227.3 KB PDF file.

Relational Database and 3 degree of Normalization

Project description
1.Describe the process of database planning and design. (30 points)
Please focus on database planning and design in general and do not limit your discussion to the specifications provided in the narrative. Your description should not exceed 1000 words. Use in-text citation for the sources you have used.

2.Develop an Entity Definition Matrix of an Alumni database system based upon the case outlined in the narrative. (20 points)
Analyze the dialogue and provided Excel spreadsheets to identify the entities which should form a part of the database design. Make assumptions where necessary and state these assumptions explicitly.

3.Identify the cardinality of the relationships and represent it in the ER diagram.
(10 points)
Analyze the dialogue and forms provided to identify the conventions which should form a part of the database design. Make assumptions where necessary and state these assumptions explicitly.

4.Design a Data Model of the Alumni Management System, demonstrating the attributes, relationships, PKs and FKs. (20 points)

5.Optimize this data model to the third normal form (3NF). In this process of data normalization, clearly present the intermediate data models of 1NF and 2NF form along with the final data model in the 3NF form. If some aspects of model are purposefully de- normalized, then present arguments to support your decision.
(20 points)
Analyze the dialogue and forms provided to identify the relationships between the entities which should form a part of the database design. Make where necessary assumptions and state these assumptions explicitly.
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please check the attached file. one of the file is the instruction and the other two files are lectures on how to draw a relationship data model. Please check all these attachments to do the assignment. You can use outside reference too. Please draw a good diagram.
Instruction files

bis_1_2015_tutorial_week_4.pdf(80,82 KiB)
final_bis1_assignment_2_2016.doc(106,50 KiB)
bis_1_week_3_2015_database.pdf(1,87 MiB)

Argumentative Essay Focused on Informal Fallacies

Project description
Instruction
Write a 220 word or more, typed, double spaced, 12 font, argumentative essay on an argument given by a presidential candidate, indicating the use by that candidate of two informal fallacies. This essay points out the weakness of an argument by showing that it commits at least two informal fallacies.

SAMPLE CANDIDATE STATEMENT AND ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY RESPONSE

Suppose that Ms. Jones is a candidate in a presidential primary for the Independent party and makes the following statement attacking her opponent, Mr. Roberts:
Candidate Roberts claims that he has a solution to the projected shortfall in social security. He suggests that to fix this problem, the social security system should be privatized and not dependent on taxpayer contributions. Let workers save for their own retirements and not depend on the federal government. But Roberts is a millionaire so his policy could not possibly be just. What does he know about working class people who are trying to save for their retirements? Moreover, if Roberts plan is implemented, disruptive protests may be ignited, bringing chaos to our streets. So we must stand united against Roberts dangerous policy proposals. Please get out the vote for me for the Independent Party nomination!
Sample argumentative essay:
Ms. Jones argues that voters should not support Mr. Roberts because his proposal for preserving the viability of the social security system could ignite protests. She also claims that Mr. Roberts could not possibly have a good policy proposal because he is a millionaire. But these attacks on Roberts proposal are not relevant to his argument. His argument is that social security should no longer be a government run program but should utilize the private sector to manage retirement savings. Ms. Jones commits two informal fallacies here: the argument against the person and an appeal to force.
The argument against the person occurs when Ms. Jones uses the fact that Mr. Roberts is a millionaire as a critique of his policy. Even millionaires can have ideas that are good for all citizens. So his economic status is not relevant to social security policy.
The appeal to force occurs when Ms. Jones warns of disruptive protests should Mr. Roberts social security policy be implemented. Again, that fact that such protest may occur is not relevant to the merits of Roberts proposal. It is possible that a good proposal would evoke some protests. So Ms. Jones should address the merits of the policy proposal being offered by Mr. Roberts, not attack his character and try to evoke fear.

Global Management Skills

Project description
The assignment is a single piece of coursework of 2000 words (+/- 10%) in two key sections:

Section A. 1250 words considering the academic research on your chosen global topic.
Section B.750 words reflecting on your skill set in relation to your target

Writing in the third person, section A allows you to explore future employability options, evaluate the sector, region and context. You are then asked to consider your skill set and action planning in relation to your targeting this as a future option.
It should not be of concern if you have no fixed ideas as such yet. The skills you develop in undertaking this assessment are transferable. The assignment is designed for you to focus on your interests and needs and to consider what you need to be doing to achieve that aim. It is flexible to reflect the diverse range of students in the course and to allow you the chance to consider you choices and what you may have to do to achieve your goals.

Section A needs to evaluate the context, the challenges and pressures and as much as possible relate this to the broader global context. You will have to consider contextual factors and draw from learning in other modules. Therefore there are economic, political, legal, social, and critically, cultural considerations. Section one develops your skills in evaluating a context. Crucially it requires you to research the competencies required for that sector. There is much research around this topic. Section two asks you to consider positioning yourself in that context and what skills you have to develop to get there. What are the demands? Even the smallest of businesses are in a global market place.
The list is endless but some examples to get you thinking where your research will take you are these.
Examples might be the following:

Establishing a small business in eg the West Midlands, UK or any other local area in your country
The Banking sector in eg Qatar, India, China.
Importing goods from outside the EU for sale within the UK
Developing markets in eg Malaysia
Intercultural Awareness consultant
Establishing an eco-travel agency.
Joining a graduate scheme in a specific company, eg IBM, Tesco, HSBC, Toyota
Working in international marketing.
International hospitality
Sports Management
Public sector.. Voluntary sector
Etc, etc, etc.

Journal articles always offer the most recent ideas in research. Once you find useful journal articles, then note the database they are in (eg Emerald, Business Source Premier, Wiley, Sage, etc) as you can then use a more direct search within these databases. Or use an advanced search in Discover.

Examples of journal articles you could explore can be referenced in your bibliography as in the following examples:

Thorn, M. (2012) Leadership in International Organizations: Global Leadership. Competencies. The Psychologist-Manager Journal. No 15. pp 158163,

We will expect a minimum of 10 distinct sources such as articles or relevant books which you may find. Please do not use a generalised internet search on a search engine for your work. Generic web sites are not suitable academic references.
Section B:
Writing in the first person, section B explores your own activity in developing your competencies as a potential employee in your chosen field. This section of the assignment needs to use a reflective writing style technique. Skills for Learning provide very good support for this. The content will vary between students, depending on the nature of the competencies chosen, but as students of Global Management Skills, it is expected that there would be some focus on cultural learning and global leadership competencies. Personal CVs* and completed audits should be added in the appendices and referred to in the body of the text.
Layout:
Portrait orientation document
Font such as Tahoma, Verdana or Calibri.
Font size mimimum of 11

Materials Enginiring

Project description
Q1) You are asked to select materials for the manufacture of pistons fitted to a modern petrol engine car. The piston has to be able to withstand the conditions of the environment within which it operates.

State the selection criteria of the chosen materials taking into account the material properties, their cost and their suitability for manufacture.

Your answer must be supported by illustrations and test data sheets.
(maximum 350 words)

Q2) State the main properties of the materials used in the manufacture of:

1-Copper wire
2-Steel I section beams
3-The front stub axle of a car
4-A lathe high speed steel cutting tool
5-Electric heating element in an electric fire
6-Transformer core

Give detailed explanations of your answers and illustrate them with diagrams.
(maximum 1000 words)

Q3) Discuss any three microstructural characteristics (e.g. the grain size and shape or the phase structure) of the following:

a-Ceramics
b-Composite Materials
c-Polymers
d-Metals

The discussion must be limited to a maximum of 1000 words in total.

Q4) Discuss any three characteristics related to the macroscopic behaviour (e.g. chemical, physical or mechanical properties) of the four categories of materials mentioned previously in Q1

The discussion must be limited to a maximum of 1000 words in total

Q5)The following data is for cold-worked carbon steel tested in a tensile test:

Original diameter: 12.725 mm
Final diameter: 8.433 mm
Original gauge length: 50.8 mm
Final gauge length60.71 mm

Load
(kN)

0
5.5
11.7
17.0
22.1
27.4
40.5
53.1
60.5
64.7
66.9
68.7
70.5
71.5
72.1
72.8
Extension
(mm)

0
0.010
0.020
0.030
0.040
0.050
0.076
0.102
0.127
0.152
0.178
0.203
0.254
0.305
0.356
0.508

The maximum load was 74.3 KN. Plot the stress strain (Extension-Load) graph and determine:

a-Modulus of elasticity
b-Tensile strength
c-Percentage elongation
d-Percentage reduction in area

Q6) The following results were obtained from a tensile test of a polymer:

Load
(kN)
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.63
0.65
Extension
(mm)
0.0
0.08
0.17
0.35
0.59
0.88
1.33
2.00
2.40

The test piece had a width of 20 mm, a thickness of 3 mm and a gauge length of 80 mm. Plot the stress strain graph and determine:

a) Modulus of elasticity
b) Tensile strength
c) The ductility, in percent elongation
d) Yield strength at a strain offset of 0.002
You are required to comment on the values obtained in parts (a) and (b) for both questions and draw comparisons between the two values for both materials

Q7) 3.Search, look up and identify the suitable data (British Standards, International Standards, product data sheets, manufacturers literature, specification sheets, test data and engineering drawings) available for the manufacture of two engineering components of your choice. (a kitchen sink, a stainless steel adjustable spanner or the casing of a fire alarm control panel are just few examples of many such products).

The engineering products chosen must be able to be manufactured out of one of the following metal, ceramic, polymer and/or composites.

Provide at least three samples of the data obtained above and critically assess their reliability for use in the general world of materials engineering. (Maximum 150 words)

Capitalism and Socialism: Case study: Uber

Project description
You have four tasks for your initial post. In order to present an organized post, address each one of these tasks in a separate paragraph and in the following order.

Your first task is to articulate the economic system (or combination of characteristics of both socialism and capitalism) that such laws depict.

Your second task is to examine the laws that either support or limit the operations by Uber.

Your third task is to analyze how your findings from your first and second tasks affect Uber.

And your fourth task is to present your moral position with regard to Uber. For this latter task, you will need to identify one of the three ethical theories (utilitarianism, deontology, or virtue ethics) as support for the moral position that you are taking. For example, you may hold the moral position that Uber is morally justifiable because it provides a good for consumers that fills in a gap that had not been met by the taxi industry. Or you may take the position that Ubers positioning in the market is morally wrong.

Your initial post in this discussion must be informed by the required material for this discussion. The required material for this discussion will introduce you to what is new about Uber as a business model, the profit incentive in business, and how laws can make or break innovation in business. Your preparation should focus on the characteristics of capitalism and socialism, as well as other business concepts presented in the required material. Since your initial post in this discussion will examine the relation between running a business such as Uber and the laws and economic system of the nation(s) in which it operates, make sure to comb the material on Uber for laws, regulations, and the economic setting that affect its operations. You are encouraged to research relevant laws and regulations to make sure that you have current information. You will also need to review the material on the three ethical theories (utilitarianism, deontology, or virtue ethics)

Use these resources:

Why the California Ruling on Uber Should Frighten the Sharing Economy

Friedman, M. (1970, September 13). The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits. New York Times Magazine. Retrieved from http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0073524697/910345/Appendices.pdf

Friedman presents a two-part clarification of what we may understand as social responsibility. The first part states that the responsibility of business is to its shareholders by using its resources to increase profits. Most stop here and assume that Friedman is advocating an ethics of egoism. But the important second part is that Friedman argues that business must be bound by the law and rules of honesty and decency toward others.

Any topic (writer’s choice)

Project description
Guidelines: You are required to write a total of three essays, one essay for each section (A, B, and C). Each essay answer must be a minimum of 600 words. You may write about the same film more than once ONLY if you are writing about different subject matter. You may not write about the same film more than twice. You may write only on films viewed in class. Films viewed outside of class are not eligible for analysis. Please indicate, by number, your answers.

Eligible Films: Casablanca, Double Indemnity, In the Heat of the Night, The Graduate, The Shining, The Silence of the Lambs, LA Confidential, Run Lola Run, American Beauty, Memento, Match Point, No Country for Old Men, Gran Torino, Black Swan, Zero Dark Thirty.

SECTION A. Answer one of these questions.
1. Choose one genre of cinema (as outlined in the lectures, not as presented in the textbook): Classical, Modern, or
Postmodern. In your essay, show how one or more films characterize this genre. Be sure to define and discuss the
fundamental elements of this genre as suggested in the course lectures.

2. Compare and contrast two genres of cinema (Classical, Modern, or Postmodern), illustrating your answer by discussing
one or more films. Be sure to define and discuss the fundamental elements of these genres as suggested in the course
lectures.

3. Choose at least one important element in film interpretation (issues that might be examined include: cultural perspectives, cinematic, time, narrative trajectory, and forestructure) and illustrate your answer by illustrating it in one or more films.

SECTION B: Select two or more terms/concepts and apply them to one or more class films above.
Diegetic sound / non-diegetic sound / ambient sound / crane shot / Steadicam / framing or reframing / establishing shot/master shot / extreme long shot / extreme close-up / close-up / medium shot / deep-focus cinematography / slow motion or fast motion / chiaroscuro / high-key lighting / low-key lighting / continuity editing or cutting on action / shot/reverse shot / freeze-frame / fade-in or fade-out / wipe / dissolve / montage / long take / voice-over / realism / antirealism / verisimilitude / climax / characterization / flat character / round character / cinematic time / flashback or flash-forward / inciting moment / omniscient point-of-view / single character point-of-view / group point-of-view / parallel editing / jump cuts / split screens
SECTION C: Select two issues from the list below and apply them to one or more class films.
1. Cultural assumptions of society and audiences
2. Character Stereotyping
3. Relationships, including love
4. Issues of identity
5. Images of women
6. Journey motif(s)
7. Themes of nostalgia and loss
8. Comic irony/satire/parody
9. Racial and ethnic portraits
10. American myth
11. Degradation/corruption
13. Portraits of Romance
14. Strategic or critical moment in a film
15. Ethical issues
16. Terror, horror, fear
17. International conflict
18. Uses of violence
19. Issues of obsession

Gun Control/ Gun Violence

Project description
Executive Summary: Describe the public policy problem of interest to you, the scope of the problem, and a capsule summary of your recommended course of action. (1-2 paragraphs)
Introduction and Problem Definition: Explain why the problem is important. Why should the decision-maker care about this issue? (1-2 pages)
Issue Analysis: Explain in detail, supported by scholarly resources, the scope of the public policy problem. You should describe the stakeholders (e.g., branches of government, interest groups, nonprofit organizations, media, the bureaucracy, etc.) connected to the problem. (3-4 pages)
Proposed Solutions: You are not expected to detail every possible approach to the issue you selected. However, based on your research, select 3 or 4 potential solutions that directly address the public policy problem you selected. It is important that you explain which stakeholders would be proponents and which would be opponents of each policy alternative you identify, and why, and the implications of their being for or against the alternative(s). You should make clear to the decision-maker the complexities involved with each proposed solution you analyze. (7-8 pages)
Policy Recommendation: Choose one of the alternatives to the public policy problem you selected and explain, based on scholarly materials you have examined, why it t is best suited to address the problem. Be sure to address opportunities and challenges of implementing your recommendation given any relevant political, social, economic, or cultural considerations. Additionally, explain what, if any, social justice and/or ethical issues are impacted by your recommended policy alternative. (3-4 pages)
You are expected to support your arguments and perspectives with citations in APA format.
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I want to stress gun control and gun violence within NYC
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