Category: Essays

Choose two topics from the Opposing Viewpoints in Context that interest you and locate a set of materials from the database for each topic. If you choose school violence as one of your topics, for example, you might find a magazine article that argues that violence in the media causes school violence and a Web site that persuasively argues that violence in the media is not responsible for school violence.

Conduct a similar search for your second topic. When finished, you should have two sources per topic. You may use sources from any combination of the Viewpoints, Magazines, Academic Journals, News (use sources marked Editorial and Column), and Web sites database sections.

Utilize the form in Appendix E to critically analyze your four sources. Fill out one form for each source.

· Provide the title of the source.

· Provide the source citation. Locate the citation by clicking on the Source Citation link at the top of the page when viewing the source.

· Identify the principal issue presented by the source.

· Identify any examples of bias presented by the author. If none exist, explain how you determined this.

· Identify any areas that are vague or ambiguous. If none exist, explain how you determined this.

· Do you find the source credible? Explain your reasoning.

· Identify and name any rhetorical devices used by the author. If none exist, explain how you determined this.

· Identify and name any fallacies used by the author. If none exist, explain how you determined this.

· State one argument made by the author.

· Identify the premises and conclusion of the argument.

· Is the author’s argument valid or invalid, sound or unsound, strong or weak? Explain how you determined this.

· Does the author use moral reasoning? If not, explain how you determined this

Respond to weekly discussion questions.

Week Five Discussion Questions

• Imagine you are preparing a business’s cash budget, which involves determining the amount of cash to keep on hand. How might the nature of the business affect your decision? Provide specific examples in your response.

• Review different budgets used in your organization or in an organization with which you are familiar. What are the uses of the types of budgets you reviewed?

• What is a flexible budget? What types of organizations may use flexible budgets? Why are flexible budgets useful?
• What are variances and why do these occur? When should one investigate budget variances? What factors would you consider when deciding whether to investigate a variance? As a manager, how you would you handle variances?

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You may make a claim about some element of our human nature evident in the characterization of two to three characters in the short story. Compare and contrast these characters with quotation and analysis of passages from the text.

Search the Internet for at least four (4) stories about major charitable contributions by individuals, including Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Steve Jobs, and at least one (1) other individual. Be mindful that you are not researching foundations, such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for this assignment.

Write a 3-4 page paper in which you:
1.For each article, determine the appropriateness of the charitable contribution based on IRS tax rules.
2.For each article, discuss the tax issues related to the contributions.
3.Determine what the ethical considerations in this situation might be and their impact on future charitable contributions.
4.As a tax expert, discuss whether or not you would advise the taxpayer to make charitable contributions in the future.

Your assignment must:
•Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
•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 assignment page length.

The specific Course Learning Outcomes associated with this assignment are:
•Analyze deductions from income, including medical expense, state and local taxes, interest, charitable deductions, personal and business expenses, and limitations on deductions.
•Use technology and information resources to research issues in individual federal taxation.
•Write clearly and concisely about individual federal taxation using proper writing mechanics.

Compare and Contrast Essay Draft
For the written assignment due this week you will choose two (2) items and compose a first draft of a compare and contrast essay using either the block arrangement or the point-by-point arrangement discussed in Chapter Six of the Essentials of College Writing text.  Be sure to write the essay objectively in order to avoid revealing a preference for one item over the other.

Before writing your draft this week, engage in a prewriting activity and use the techniques you have learned in this course for drafting. (Your prewriting will not be submitted.)

You draft must be:
1. In paragraph form.
2. Written in either the block arrangement or the point-by-point arrangement discussed in Chapter Six of the Essentials of College Writing text.
3. Objective and have a clear and concise argument (thesis statement).
4. Written in third person perspective (he, she, author, etc.).
5. Be proofread for grammatical errors.
6. One and one-half (1.5)  to two double-spaced pages (2) in length (excluding the title page), and formatted according to APA style
Provides a draft that is both a comparison and a contrast between two items
Total: 2.00
Distinguished – Provides an engaging draft that skillfully compares and contrasts two items with excellent  and clear objectivity.
Implements the block or point-by-point arrangement discussed in the text
Total: 1.25
Distinguished – Skillfully and accurately implements the block or point-by-point arrangement.
APA Format
Total: 0.25
Distinguished – Accurately uses APA formatting consistently.
Page requirement
Total: 0.25
Distinguished – The paper is between one and one-half and two pages in length
Written Communication: Control of Syntax and Mechanics
Total: 0.75
Distinguished – Displays meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains no errors, and is very easy to understand. Written work contains only language that is appropriate in diction, tone, and point-of-view (third person v. first person) according to the assignment guidelines as well as academic writing standards.
Written Communication: Content Development
Total: 0.50
Distinguished – Uses appropriate, pertinent, and persuasive content to discover and develop sophisticated ideas within the context of the discipline, shaping the work as a whole.

Write a paper of no more than 1,750 words in which
you identify potential tort risks that arose in the Business
Regulation simulation. Identify a tort violation from the
simulation. Then use the 7-step process as defined in the Harb
article to apply the risk management process to mitigate the
business risk associated with that violation.

LUFS025
Environmental Studies Report

Write a report in which you discuss public transport in New Zealand.
You should:
• Use the internet to investigate the various forms of public transport available to New Zealanders. Concentrate on larger towns and cities.
• Discuss the need for public transport in towns and cities. Consider Road and/or rail.
• Comment on potential advantages and disadvantages of public and private transport, especially with regard to anthropogenic global warming.
• Make up to three recommendations that you consider may be advantageous.

Your report should include:
• Brief introduction explaining differences between public and private transport.
• Comparisons between the effects of population density on the effectiveness of public transport.
Your report will need to be completed:
• On a computer using MS Word or another word processor.
• Consult the mark schedule to ensure that you have complied with all requirements such as font size, spacing etc.
• The report should be between 500 and 600 words in length and you should include a word count.

The report should use properly referenced and cited information from books, journals, newspapers, internet web sites or other information sources.

Write a brief conclusion.

Your report should follow the ELC/ISS style of report writing:
• Title page
• Contents page
• Sections with section headings
• Full reference list

write one or more double-spaced pages on a comparison between classical and Keynesian Economic views on a single economic topic. Examples: how does inflation affect production?; is it useful for the government to intervene to affect the economy in the midst of a recession?; will wages adjust downward during a recession?

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JEFFREY DAHMER/ANDREA YATES

Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was thought to suffer from paranoid schizophrenia but his bid for a not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity verdict failed. Essentially, the jury accepted that he was schizophrenic but that he was still culpable for his behavior.

Similarly, Andrea Yates, who drowned her five children in the bathtub, was purported to be schizophrenic by one of the court’s examining psychiatrists. She, too, was held accountable for her actions, failing an NGRI (not guilty by reason of insanity) bid.

Please answer the following questions.

1. How can someone be schizophrenic AND in sufficient command of their mental capacities to be culpable for their actions?

2. Should anyone who is schizophrenic have an automatic pass to NGRI out of criminal offenses?

3. Discuss your opinion regarding the case of either Jeffrey Dahmer or Andrea Yates.

Note;
Please use only Abnormal Psychology; 14th e, Butcher/Mineka/Hooey

as a source