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Practice: Reflective Listening with someone that does not know you well. Engage in a normal conversation, but refrain entirely from asking

questions! Do nothing more than paraphrase content and reflect feelings. This is typically much harder than it seems. You’ll find yourself

wanting to direct the flow of discussion and show interest by asking questions as we all do in colloquial conversation-refrain! Don’t give

advice. Open yourself to being a participant and exploring the value of simple active listening.
Write: a 3 page paper addressing the following reflection topics:
Note your surroundings and any prior relationship with subject
Note your subject’s reaction to this style of listening.
How did he/she respond?
How did reflecting and paraphrasing affect the amount and type of information the subject provided?
What strengths did you identify in your subject? What strengths did the subject demonstrate in dealing with current adversities?
What did you detect about how the subject felt as you listened in this manner?
How did you feel?
How the “session” was effective? How was it different than one of your “normal” conversations?
What difficulties did you have practicing reflective listening?
Explain how your own characteristics, personal values, biases, and ethnic/cultural worldview affected this “therapeutic” relationship. Were you

judgmental? Did you want to give advice?
Explain how you were or were not culturally sensitivity in this “session.” Please make sure you follow the instructions

Topic to be researched: Many people in the society argue that Police Officers have too much authority over the rights of individuals. These individuals suggest that there should be a reduction in police in communities. Utilizing a minimum of four reliable sources (Books, journal, and Newspapers, could be in online from those sources only).
Please select only one question from below and write about it.DONOT WRITE ABOUT TWO QUESTIONS.

******* Question 1. If you think, Police power should not be reduce, why? What they are doing for the community? Are they risking their lives every day? Think about NYPD department, what they are doing? What are the powers they have? To do their jobs well, do not you think it is necessary to have powers? Give as much as supporting details you can with work citied.

******* Question 2. If you agree with the individuals, police power should be lessen, why? Are they using their powers excessively to the innocent in the community? Are most of the police officers are bad? What are your thoughts? Need to provide all the supporting details with work citied.

Please choose one question from above and discuss what the impact of this would be. Please discuss Proactive vs reactive in the paper and support all arguments with facts from reliable sources only.

*** Requirements: 4-5 pages, APA Style, 12 fonts, Double Spaced, 5-6 reliable sources.

Instructions
1. This assignment is due on 24 by midnight.
2. Please do all the computation in Excel and then write a report (in the form of MS Word). The report should include not only the reasoning and arguments but also all the results you get in Excel to support your project. Please write your full name as the name of the report and all other supplementary files.
3. Make sure to save any Excel file as “Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook.”
4. Please use the discussion board to exchange ideas with others. Before asking any questions regarding the Excel technicalities, do your research and google first as there are plenty of resources available on the internet.
5. You must use Getformula() to show your formulas in Excel. Please read the pdf file named “Getformula” for directions. You have to show all formulas for any Excel computations used in the project. 5 points will be deducted if not.
6. a list of companies below. Pick anytwo.
Google, Amazon, McDonald’s, Apple, JPMorgan, Bestbuy, Consolidated Ed, Amazon, Microsoft, Valeant, Gilead, AT&T, Exxon Mobile
7. (30 points) Calculate the two stocks’ CAPM betas over time. Go to “Yahoo Finance” and download their monthly price data from 2007-2015. Calculate their monthly returns (make sure the dates are in the ascending order). Also, download the monthly prices of the S&P500 and calculate returns. Use the slope() function to calculate the stocks’ betas. To get a stock’s beta in 2015, use returns 2011-2015. To get a stock’s beta in 2014, use returns 2010-2014, etc… Get betas over the five-year period. Below is an example of how you can present your results.
Year Beta
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
Comment on your observations (1-2 sentences).

8. The Excel file “compf” has the companies annual financial data from S&P’s Compustat data. S&P’s Compustat contains fundamental and market information on publicly held companies from 1950 to present. In the Excel file, find your company’s ticker and use the most recent data of five years. All variables are in thousands.
9. (60 points) Calculate the following financial ratios for those five years (set to missing (‘.’) if any of the data needed to calculate the ratio is missing). Please create one table for each company that contains all the ratios over time.
a. P/E (hint: price is per share.)
b. Market-to-Book equity ratio
c. ROE
d. ROA
e. Current ratio
f. Profit margin or return on sales
g. Leverage Ratio
h. Tax Burden
i. Total asset turnover
j. Interest Burden
k. Interest Coverage
10. Answer the following questions and specifically use your calculated ratios to back up your statements. Please review pg.451-462.
a. (20 points) Do your firms tend to be more growth or value stock? Why? If their status as growth or value changes over time, please also explain. (3-4 sentences.)
b. (20 points) Please search for any news articles that may substantiate your analysis.
i. Was there any unusual event for your company in the time period of interest? Ex) if the p/e ratio was unusually high in, say, 2012, look up what was going on around 2011-2013.
ii. Articles may discuss debates on whether your company is a growth or value stock.
c. (100 points) First, try to verify the Dupont decomposition using your calculated ratios. Then, analyze ROE in terms of the DuPont decomposition in 100-150 words. Please see pg.457 and 464-465 for ideas.
11. (70 points) Suppose you want to form a portfolio of the two stocks that you chose. Using weights ranging from 0% to 100% by increments of 5%, calculate your portfolio’s mean, variance, standard deviation, and CAPM alpha using the most recent 5-year monthly returns. Compare the portfolio’s mean and s.d. of returns with individual stocks’ mean and s.d. of returns. Plot your results in the risk-return plot (mean return on the y-axis and standard deviation on the x-axis). Comment on your observation.
12. (50 points) Suppose you want to combine your two-stock portfolio with the riskfree assets. Suppose that the mean return on 30-day T-bill (assume completely risk-free) for the most recent 5 years is 1%. Using weights ranging from 0% to 100% by increments of 5%, calculate your new portfolio’s mean, variance, standard deviation, and CAPM alpha using the most recent 5-year monthly returns. Plot your results in the risk-return plot (mean return on the y-axis and standard deviation on the x-axis). Comment on your observation.
13. Submit your work on BB.

Instructions: research-based paper in current Turabian format. The paper must include at least 8 sch addition to the Bible. Your final submission for this paper must include: a 500 Research Paper, Thesis have my sources for this paper already, My Thesis is to answer: Research Question: Why did Paul use the Old Testament in Romans; Answer: as it attempt to prove the Law of Moses was fulfilled in Christ? Thesis statement: Paul use of Romans in the Old Testament is a valuable historical lesson for Christians today. Paul use of Romans in the Old Testament is a valuable historical lesson for Christians today. Reseach historically enlightens Pauls’ researcher to the importance of comparing the Old Testament and New Testamentant. My research shows evidence that due to the Law, Paul had to compare Romans to the Old Mossaic Law, to avoid contrast. (unbelief)

Examine the Practical Suspicious Email Bonus.csv uploaded File
You are the investigator at the same U.S.-based bank. Your findings from the first monitoring effort have you very concerned, and you have

decided to open a case on your subject employee. The next file you have under review is very different from the first, as it contains what

appears to be a series of random numbers. Note that the file seems to be very large.

Based on findings from the first file:

Choose a tool to inspect this second file and explain why you chose the particular tool.
Create literal or regular expression searches to look for interesting data.
Show the results of your interesting findings and recommend further searches on other data based on your results.

 

External Environment Report
Complete an analysis of the key external factors that have implications for successful implementation of your organization’s (Apple) VMO, strategy and goals/objectives. You will examine your organization’s industry and the competitive conditions/positioning affecting it now or likely to do so in the future. Submit your work in your assignment folder in the form of an approximate 1600(or more)-word double-spaced APA-formatted paper. The title page, reference list, and any appendices are not included in this suggested word count. You do not need to include an abstract.
Your paper should address these topics:
1. A brief explanation of the industry(cell phone industry) (or industries) in which your organization operates as well as context for your organization’ current positioning.
2. Analyze the current conditions in your organization’s industry and in its relevant general environment and their likely implications for successful implementation of your organization’s strategic goals and related actions. Be sure to address the PESTEL framework.
3. Apply Porter’s Five-Forces Model to enrich your understanding of the environment in which your organization is now or may be operating. The Five Forces model should stress that this model is used to evaluate the industry, not your selected organization’s activities. The model should be used to isolate the dominant force(s) in the industry faced by all competitors and that produce the greatest threat to your organization’s profits and/or strategy. You should discuss how your firm can provide a defense against this threat or threats.
4. Describe your organization’s strategic group and construct a map to show its relative market position. Add in a discussion of your rationale for the grouping.
5. Summarize the threats and opportunities facing your organization gleaned from your analysis. (SWOT analysis) Submit the SWOT format in Table form and add in some narrative to discuss the threats and opportunities in more detail. Explain in your discussion (not in the table) why you selected them and how they relate to the VMO and organization’s strategy.
6. Evaluate the extent to which your organization’s current strategy appears a good match for the competitive conditions it confronts or any gaps that must be addressed.
7. Add in a strong conclusion that ensures the reader leaves your paper with a clear recap of your key points.
IMPORTANT: Again, imagine you have been asked by the organization’s CEO or top leader to offer an assessment of the organization and how well it is positioned (or not) to deliver on the VMO and strategy in the external environment. This is a critical element, stand back and offer thoughtful criticism and recommendations.

After completing this week’s Practicum Experience, reflect on 1.a patient who presented with abdominal pain.2 Describe the patient’s personal

and3. medical history,4. drug therapy and treatments, 5.and follow-up care.
67 female hispantic patient with no health insurance C/O upper midsterum pain . V/S 159/79 temp 98.4 Rep 20 and sat 98 pain rate 6 out of 10.

abdomen is very distended and bloated bowel sound hypoactive . she reported having a small bowl movement . she lives on a very small limited

income . Dr did an abdominal X- ray and she was filled wih stool. Dr Golytely it is used prior to colposcopy . He wants her to follow up in a

week and repeat X-ray of abdomen.

Leona is 52 years old and smokes. She is also overweight and has atherosclerosis. When she was given a two-week vacation from work, she packed up her bags and flew from Minnesota to Sydney, Australia, for the trip she always wanted to take. Unfortunately, just three days after she arrived, she was hospitalized when her left calf became inflamed, causing her considerable pain. The physician attending to her told her she developed a deep vein thrombosis.
1. Explain, using your knowledge of hypercoagulability, why the trip to Australia contributed to Leona’s DVT? Why was Leona already at risk for thrombus development?
2. How does Leona’s atherosclerosis affect platelet function? Conversely, what is the effect of increased platelet activity on the development of atherosclerosis?
3. How do atherosclerosis and immobility promote changes in blood coagulation?
4. When Leona was in hospital, she received heparin therapy. Explain why this course of action was taken to treat her DVT. Why was she not given heparin tablets to take back to the hotel with her?

Research question requiring essay type answer with proper legal citations and cases for Business and Corporations Law course:
– use australian cases
– use Corporations Act 2001
– use IRAC method to identify issues
– Australian cases can be located by searching: https://jade.io/ or https://www.austlii.edu.au/
-Link to Corporations Act 2001: https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca2001172/
– Link to table of replaceable rules: https://www.iknow.cch.com.au/#!/document/atagUio485840sl14503944/corporations-act-2001-section-141-table-of-replaceable-rules
-The following articles may be useful to you as they refer to a lot of relevant cases: THE ALBATROSS AROUND THE NECK OF COMPANY DIRECTORS A JOURNEY THROUGH CASE LAW, LEGISLATION AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE by Lisa Barnes https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/JlLawFinMgmt/2013/6.pdf
– Protecting Outsiders to Corporate Contracts in Australia Author:Alan Krawitz
– https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/MurUEJL/2002/22.html#t37
– https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1584652 -https://www.mccabes.com.au/avoiding-conflict-interest-what-can-directors-do/

Research Questions
Research Problem Question 2

Warthog Pty Ltd (‘Warthog’) is an aviation company whose main activities are to transport goods throughout the remoter areas of Australia using its fleet of 6 Cessna light aircraft. Warthog employs 40 people and has an annual turnover of $5.5 million. Warthog has 3 directors: Nala, Simba and Scar. Simba is a pilot and while very knowledgeable about aviation does not take any interest in the financial affairs of the company. Scar is also a partner in FlyingHigh Partners which supplies fuel to Warthog but he has disclosed this to the other directors.

Nala is the managing director and was appointed for 4 years in 2010 subject to a contract. One of the terms of the contract restricted her from borrowing more than $100 000 on behalf of Warthog. Nala has not been formally reappointed and no new document of appointment has been lodged with ASIC.

Scar lobbied the other directors to sign a contract with FlyingHigh to supply a cleaner, more environmentally friendly fuel which is also more expensive than the current fuel that the Warthog aircraft use. The other directors do not know that Scar will get a very large commission if Warthog signs the contract, however the signingwent ahead on 6 January 2015. On 10 January, Scar used his commission to pay for a 6-month cruise in a first class cabin on the ship ‘Pride of Africa’. On 12 January Scar boarded the ship and departed from Australia and was thus un-contactable by mobile or internet until 12 July 2015.

Nala approached Cheatem Bank on 15 January2015and asked to borrow $300 000 on behalf of Warthog. Cheatem has been Warthog’s banker for a number of years. Nala told Cheatem that the money was for the purpose of commissioning the building of an airport at a remote location. This would be very profitable for Warthog as there is a nearby mine (‘GoldDigger’) and Warthog has a lucrative transport contract with GoldDigger.

Nala executed the loan contract on behalf of Warthog on 18 January 2015.Nala placed the money into a similarly named (‘Warhog’) bank account in the Cayman Islands on 19 January and fled Australia.

Simba made little effort to enquire about the fate of his fellow directors or participate in the running of Warthog during the next few months. As a result of this inattention, Warthog breached its contract with GoldDiggerand the size of the compensation that Warthog must pay causes Warthog to become insolvent on 30 May 2015.

A) Is Warthog legally bound to repay Cheatem the funds advanced for the loan? [15 marks]
B) To what extent, if any, has Scar breached his duties as a director? [5 marks]
C) To what extent, if any, has Simba breached his duty as a director? [10 marks]

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/apple-picking-robot-means-future-farm-workers/

The article attached is a real possibility that you could see in your lifetime.

Besides self-driving cards, what other robotic related technologies do you think should exist?

Do these types of systems really help society or do they cause other problems related to reducing the need for human labor?

Do countries that have this technology have an advantage ?

What are your feelings about this?