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Assignment 2: Project Paper
Due Week 8 and worth 200 points
The Project Paper focuses on a suggested topic related to art, architecture, history, music, or literature. The project will reflect your views and interpretation of the topic. This project is designed to help you stretch your mind and your abilities to be the creative, innovative, and critical thinker you already are!
Write a five ( 5) page paper (750-1,000 words) that responds to each of the items described in the topic.
New Composition. Speech. Your uncle’s birthday is in two (2) months, and everyone knows that he loves almost all kinds of music. As a birthday gift for him, you want to have a special piece of music composed in his honor which will be played at a family birthday celebration. Write a speech that you will make to the composer’s agent. Include the following:
1. Narrow your choices down to three (3) composers you’ve studied in this course. Choose one (1) of the composers and explain why you want him to write the “birthday present” music.
COMPOSERS:
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
GIOVANNI GABRIELI

I chose “ANTONIO VIVALDI” Reference “Spring, I from The Four Season”.
The Four Season was in the Disney movie Fantasia. My Uncle liked the movie.
2. Explain why the other two (2) composers were ultimately not selected.
3. Specifically identify the musical elements in the composer’s style that you would like to be included in the new music written for your uncle.
4. Describe what sort of emotion is generated by listening to the works of your selected composer; in other words, what do you want your uncle to “feel” as he hears the music, and why is this composer so perfect for this composition?
5. Support your ideas with specific, illustrative examples. If there are questions or points associated with your chosen topic, be sure to answer all of the listed questions and address all of the items in that topic. If your topic asks you to do several things related to the topic, be sure to do each of the things listed.
6. Use at least five (5) good quality academic sources, with one (1) source being the class text. Also use Sayre, Henry M. he Humanities Culture, Continuity & Change Third Edition
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
• Explain how key social, cultural, and artistic contributions contribute to historical changes.
• Explain the importance of situating a society’s cultural and artistic expressions within a historical context.
• Examine the influences of intellectual, religious, political, and socio-economic forces on social, cultural, and artistic expressions.
• Identify major historical developments in world cultures from the Renaissance to the contemporary period.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in the study of world cultures.
Write clearly and concisely about world cultures using proper writing mechanics
The Project Paper will be graded on:
• The level to which the instructions were followed.
• The extent to which all four (4) parts in the topic were addressed.
• The adequacy of information, examples, and details which support the general claim or main idea.
• The clarity and relevance of the explanations and descriptions.
• Adherence to standard rules of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
The inclusion of five (5) required references (two [2] additional sources besides your textbook) documented using APA style. Also use Sayre, Henry M. he Humanities Culture, Continuity & Change Third Edition
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Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA Style format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions specific to the selected topic. (Note: Students can find APA style materials located in the Additional Resources section of their Student Center within their course shell for reference)
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page

 
Case Study 1: Vicky returns to exercise and sport
Vicky is a 40-year-old teacher. She is married and has two young children.
At a routine health check, the GP informed Vicky that she has high blood pressure and suggested that she is a little overweight. When she was younger, Vicky played badminton and she wants to play again.
The GP suggested that Vicky should start a fitness and weight loss programme. Vicky joined a local gym and planned to go there three times a week. At the beginning, she would go straight to the gym after work. She liked the buzz of the gym, but ached from the new exercises and was getting home late in the evenings. Then, in the fourth week, after a few nights of working late, she was feeling so tired that she stopped going to the gym.
Vicky’s husband is worried about her poor health and is making healthier meals at home and encouraging Vicky to get back to her fitness programme. Vicky’s work colleagues have organised a friendly badminton league and are pushing Vicky to join. The club will start in three months’ time and Vicky is keen to get her fitness level up and her weight down in order to get back into the sport that she loves.
Vicky goes back to the gym and enrols on a six-week ‘fitness start-up’ programme with a personal trainer who helps her to set fitness goals and designs a progressive exercise programme for her. Vicky’s personal trainer works with her once a week at the gym, guiding her through her programme and setting her exercises to work through on a twice-a-week basis. This time, Vicky enjoys her experience at the gym more. She attends all six sessions with the personal trainer, but struggles to maintain the other twice-a-week sessions. To replace these, she walks to work and back twice a week instead of driving (the walk is 25 minutes each way). In addition to this, at weekends she has started going out on her bike with her sons and husband.
By the eighth week Vicky is feeling more energetic. Her husband and her colleagues at work have commented that she seems to have lost weight and looks better.
Questions
a. Identify three barriers that may affect Vicky’s ability to ‘adhere’ to sport and fitness activities. (50 words/6 marks)
b. Describe why models of behaviour change may be useful to sport and fitness practitioners. (100 words/8 marks)
c. Apply the transtheoretical model of behaviour change to explain how Vicky was moving between the stages. (350 words/16 marks)
d.By the eighth week, Vicky appears to be in the action stage of the transtheoretical model. What psychological techniques could be used to help her to move into the maintenance stage? (500 words/25 marks)
Part 2
Case Study 2: ‘Olympic dreams: ructions in rugby’ (900 words/45 marks)
Watch the video clip ‘Olympic dreams: ructions in rugby’, below, which was taken from the BBC television programme Olympic Dreams, which aired before the 2008 Olympics and Paralympics. Please note that this clip contains language that some people may find offensive. The transcript of this film will also provide a useful reference point; it can be found in the ‘Other formats’ area of the Module Website.

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Olympic dreams: ructions in rugby
Discuss whether the team featured in the clip functions effectively, taking into consideration issues such as team climate, team cohesion and performance and effective team leadership.
Next: Guidance

 
Jerry Smith is thinking about opening a bicycle shop in his hometown. Jerry loves to take his own bike on 50-mile trip with his friends, but he believes that any small business should be started only if there is a good chance of making a profit. Jerry can open a small shop, a large shop, or no shop at all. The profits will depend on the size of the shop and whether the market is favorable or unfavorable for his products. Because there will be a 5-year lease on the building that Jerry is thinking about using, he wants to make sure that he makes the correct decision. Jerry is also thinking about hiring his old marketing professor to conduct a marketing research study. If the study is conducted, the study could be favorable (i.e., producing a favorable market) or unfavorable (i.e., producing an unfavorable market).
Jerry Smith has done some analysis about the profitability of the bicycle shop. If Jerry build the large bicycle shop, he will earn $60,000 if the market is favorable, but he will lose $40,000 if the market is unfavorable. The small shop will return a $30,000 profit in a favorable market and a $10,000 loss in an unfavorable market. At the present time, he believes that there is 50-50 chance that the market will be favorable. His old marketing professor will charge $5,000 for the marketing researching. It is estimated that there is a 0.6 probability that the survey will be favorable. Furthermore, there is a 0.9 probability that the market will be favorable given a favorable outcome from the study. However, the marketing professor has warned Jerry that there is only a probability of 0.12 of a favorable market if the marketing research results are not favorable.
Prepare a Managerial Report structured as follows:
2.1 Structure and present your paper in the form of a Managerial Report, with a cover page, table of content, executive summary, main body, appendixes.
2.2 Prepare a payoff table and develop a decision tree.
2.3 Based on the calculated EMVs for all decision alternatives, answer the question: ‘Should Jerry conduct and use the marketing research?’
2.4 Jerry is unsure the 0.6 probability of a favorable marketing research study is correct. How sensitive is Jerry’s decision to this probability value? How far can this probability value deviate from 0.6 without causing Jerry to change his decision?
2.5 Using the results from the sensitivity analysis (task 4), prepare a sensitivity diagram.
2.6 Apply software tools for the decision tree (recommended tool: MS Excel Add-Ins TreePlan)

 
I have included an abstract to be used as a template for this paper.

Please include a pre and post 9/11 discussion on port authority security.

and a discussion that includes the maritime security act of 2002.

Port Authority
“ It is one of the most heavily-guarded checkpoints on the border between Israel and the Gaza strip. Security is so tight at Karni that goods are transferred from trucks parked back-to-back to prevent smuggling. But despite those precautions, a truck carrying two suicide bombers left the border crossing into Israel at about 2 o’clock in the afternoon of March 14 headed for the deepwater port of Ashdod, about 40 kilometers south of Tel Aviv. By 3:30 pm, the truck had arrived at the port, one of Israel’s busiest. About an hour later, the terrorists detonated their explosive devices, killing ten and wounding 18.”(Schoen, MSNBC)
The excerpt above is from an article written by John Schoen of MSNBC in which he describes how ports are attractive targets for terrorism. In the article, he provides a very detailed account of how a heavily guarded port in Israel, one of the safest ports in the world, was compromised by two suicide bombers. With this paper, I intend to discuss the purpose of ports, daily port operations, port security, and ports areas of vulnerability. Next, I intend to show the financial impact if a port is shut down. I found this topic intriguing because if a terrorist act could be successfully launched at a heavily guarded port in Israel, then it is imperative that ports around the world use this situation as a learning tool to prevent it from occurring again. While there are over 100 ports within the United States alone, my paper will on how port address security to deter and identify terrorist activity. Finally, the paper will conclude with an assessment of the security of US Ports.
Schoen, J. (2004, June 21). Ships and ports are terrorism’s new frontier. Retrieved October 12, 2015.

of your choice ( textile, specifically in interior design )

1. What is the identified textile-related topic you are attempting to solve?

2. What is your innovation that will help solve the problem.
answering these two questions in short sentences and with with one or two reference. i will have to show my professor to approve it.
after my professor approve the topic innovation. then the writer can start writing

This research paper will go toward the final grade so I can either pass or fail the class. This research paper for Interior Design.

The below is the writing prompt with all details and requirements. You are also given the option to choose the topic based on requirements ( see below ) but need to get my teacher approval on topic first by Monday 09Nov15 then we can proceed with writing.

1. Can you read the all the below first and tell me if you are interested/ capable of writing this challenging research paper?
if yes, can you decide on topic you like to talk about and a few details about it so I can provide it to teacher for approval.
“Textile Innovation for a Clean and Healthy Environment” Written Report

#1—Gather and interpret scientific information from a variety of sources and use that information to discuss scientific issues.
a. To understand the array of textiles products available to meet the lifestyle needs of consumers.

#2—Describe ethical or sociological dilemmas arising out of scientific research and applications, which may include those related to social justice and may have implications for local and/or global communities.
a. To understand the meaning of a clean and healthy environment in the textile business and the implications a clean and healthy environment has on the interior and fashion businesses.

#4—Discuss the relevance of major scientific theories and/or research to modern day life.
a. To gain an overview of the history of the textile industry & technological developments.
b. To gain an understanding of the need for continuous education with regard to advances in textile products and textile care.
110 Points

1 The purpose of this assignment is to investigate how the fiber and textile industries, the 2nd largest industry worldwide produces its products while providing a clean and healthy environment

2 Explain the supply chain and issues to maintain a clean and healthy environment, (such as non-polluting methods of fiber production, non-polluting methods of textile production, renewable fiber sources, recycling), for the textile industry and clean and healthy consumer environments. Exploring problem topics in the textile industry will help you become aware of an innovation that may address the problem topic—to expand your own knowledge and to learn how your industry of choice manages fiber, fabric production, and maintains a clean and healthy environment for all.

3 Explain chemistry of fiber and how chemical bonding is a key factor to understand the health and environmental problems both in producing and consuming countries.

4. CITATIONS OF ALL SCHOLARLY WEBSITES THAT ARE USED. (LIST OF REFERENCE). Your paper is to be maximum 6-8 text pages + 1 page for list of references

5.You may include maximum 3 images/samples within your 8 pages of text, which is to be typed & double-spaced (double-sided preferred)

6 In-text citations using APA format, are required. Citations must be from references included on your works-cited page.

7 Works cited page, correctly punctuated in APA format, must contain a minimum of 4 sources (no wikipedia, blogs nor textbooks allowed), containing information that is no more than 4 years old. One Website considered one reference, regardless of number of times accessed.
8. use textile terminology and with straight forward approach.
Write back to me if you understood this research paper with code 101.

Assignment 5 asks that you analyze what you’ve done so far. So a rubric isn’t a lot of help. Include what you think! You need to tell me here.

a) what you would have done differently in retrospect (what were you thinking when you focused on those hippos?);

b) what you’d have done differently if you were really going to do the research (maybe picked a topic that would carry you through field?);

c) what you think might have been better (and don’t spend a lot of time in this area telling me the assignments are too close together. Pink hippos are a better subject!);

d) what you thought you’d learn in this class, but didn’t.

This class is tough, because many of you have taken a research class, just not a social work one, so you as a sub-group get kind of antsy at its basic-ness. Those who haven’t get antsy at its complexity. So switching your thinking to how social workers think is probably its main purpose.

Research Papers are in download

 
In this week, you will consider how you might apply the concepts of sources of innovation and service innovation to the company you selected ( McDonalds)

Submit an analysis of McDonalds in approximately 1000 words by answering and exploring the following questions:

What sources of innovation can McDonalds use in order to achieve its objective of sustaining a pipeline of innovative products and services? You should consider the roles of lead-user and open innovation, indicating whether or not these are relevant.

To what extent is McDonalds faced with disruptive innovation?

Is service innovation something that can be developed by McDonalds?

 
Choose a middle-range theory or grand theory that, in your opinion, can be applied to practice. What are the assumptions underpinning this theory? Discuss how this theory finds application in your area of practice.
cite and reference less than 5 years old APA sixth edition

 
(1) What are Positive and Negative Rights?

(2) What are Intermediate vs. Final Goals (according to Aristotle)?

(3) According to Aristotle, how does striving for “The Good” bring you closer to “true happiness”/fulfillment/”Eudaimonia”?

(4) Why might this be considered both a Personal and a Public Goal?

Please answer in a short sentences for 1-2-3 questions. 2-3 sentences per question.

*For question 4, please answer 4 sentences.

I will mention the pages that contain the answers.
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For all answers, please use size number 11.