Archive for May 20th, 2020

Immigration, Deportation and Detention

I don’t need editing or rewriting, I simply need to add 4 more pages to my essay. I will send the instruction bellow  and will upload the essay

Conduct and write a policy analysis paper on your previously selected problem. The primary focus will be on defining the problem, providing necessary context, determining criteria for evaluation, and constructing policy alternatives. The actual forecasting and decision making portions will utilize a research proposal approach.

The full paper should be 15-20 double-space pages (not including references). The Salmon Fishery analyses on Canvas can serve as useful examples and templates for how to proceed.

Specifics on the component parts are below:

Executive summary
This is a one page summary of the most important elements of your analysis. The executive summary should stand on its own and be interpretable to the reader without having to refer to any of the larger report. This is one of the most important parts of the entire analysis. Spend considerable time making it clear and comprehensive.
Problem analysis
This section introduces the larger report and includes the problem definition and description, background and context, and symptom assessment. This should provide readers with a clear and factually accurate understanding of the problem under consideration, be grounded in research and backed by reliable references.  An assessment of the causes and consequences of the problem should also be included here. 
The inclusion of a problem diagram is optional. While it is an important foundational when beginning an analysis, problem diagrams are not typically included in final policy analysis reports. That said, if it helps you communicate the problem dynamic you are addressing, by all means include it.
Policy goals (criteria) and impact categories
Here you will identify and describe the goals (criteria) and impact categories which you will use to assess each policy alternative. Do careful, thoughtful work here. Make sure your goals make sense.  Explain them and justify why they are important.  Identify concrete measurable impact categories as necessary to flesh out each goal. Be explicit about the relative importance of each goal and justify any weights that you use.  Use as many goals and impact categories as are appropriate for your particular problem. Please provide a summary of alternative in terms of policy goals (see Salmon Fishery).
Policy alternatives
Identify and describe 3 policy alternatives that have the potential to mitigate the problem you are examining.  These should be perceived as among the top choices out of all the interventions possible. Given this, briefly describe the potential of each policy and your rationale for its inclusion.
Make sure that you identify the policy tool that each alternative utilizes and calibrate the tool as necessary.  Provide enough specific detail about each alternative so that they are able to be forecasted. 
Note: Be careful with policies that contain multiple different tools: they can get muddy. I recommend that you only combine multiple tools into a single alternative if you have strong reason to believe that their combination provides a value-added that could not be achieved by each individually.
Policy Recommendation
In this part of the analysis you are going to give you recommendation as to which policy alternative would be best moving forward. Technically, you could say the status quo is the recommended policy, but keep in mind that you are usually commissioned to do an analysis in an effort to strategize change. Most employers would be frustrated to pay for an analysis that said, We like what we are doing now. Explain and justify why you believe the policy alternative you choose ought to be implemented. You are not hired to implement the policy. You do not need to describe how you would carry out the alternative, however, if a shallow explanation about how an aspect of the implementation help lead you to your decision, than you may address it. 

Writing style
This analysis should be polished and flow smoothly from section to section. I recommend the use of headings for each section.
Proper citations are expected throughout and a works cited should be included at the end. Please use any one of standard citation styles (i.e. APSA, APA, and Chicago). I am ambivalent as to which you select, but be consistent in your usage.
15-20 pages (Times New Roman, Size 12, 1in. Margins) should provide sufficient space for the assessment requested, but this is a hard limit so work to make your writing concise.

Discussion

1. Visit SuperCourse(SC) (Links–> http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/nstructions ). Search the keyword or topic index of this site for specific epidemiological areas and pick one topic to review.  Share a summary of the topic with the class, and be sure to cite your references.
( Please cite with at least 2 references)

Make your initial post by 23:59 EST Tuesday.
Respond to other classmates’ posts by 23:59 EST Saturday.
Grading Rubric
Your assignment will be graded according to the grading rubric that is attached.

Management

you must turn in a list of the top five (at least your list can be longer) most important insights from your assigned readings- textbook reading is chapter 4 and 5. The rest of the readings are attached.  for that week. These are the five most important insights TO YOU, not to the class or the world or the managers in general, but to YOU specifically. Your insights can derive from something positive you learned, a negative reaction to what you read, some controversy you see in the readings, a disagreement with the materials, etc. Try relating them to something that has happened to you, to a family member, or to friends, or at work. 

Write out the sentence, statement, or quotation you are reacting to. State whether it is from the text or a reading.  If it is from a reading, name it.  Explain why it caught your attention, why you think it is important. 

When I read, I tend to highlight items, sentences, phrases, or ideas that make me go hmmmmm  This is a good idea.  When you are finished reading for that day, you can go back over the readings and find your highlighted items and decide which to use in your Top 5 paper.

You must rank order your list and indicate why each item is important to you specifically. As long as you express why the insight is important to YOU, you can also (if you want) discuss why you feel the insight is also important to the class, to managers and leaders in general, and/or to the world.  For your most important item, you must indicate why you chose that item as  # 1. What is it that makes that particular insight the most important to you this week? Failure to identify why your number 1 is THE most important item will result in loss of 10 points.

When thinking about why a certain item is important, it may help to relate it to something that has happened in your life, your family or friends lives, or in the news.  I will be most interested in how you justify your choice of the five items, and in particular, your number one top item!

You do not need to have one insight from each assigned reading.  However, they should not all be just from the text reading. That will make me think you arent reading the other articles.

Graduate Admission

The personal statement should be a 500-1000 word essay that answers the questions below. Please provide detailed and specific examples from academia, industry or research when possible.

What makes you interested in the MCIT program?
How will you benefit from the program?
Why will you succeed in the program?
How will you contribute to the MCIT community?
Please describe your career goals and how the MCIT Online curriculum will help to achieve them.
Given that the program is designed for people without a CS background, if you feel that your resume could be perceived as overqualified, please explain why MCIT Online is right for you.

Research Article critique

Find a current and relevant news or academic article (NOT A BLOG POST!) focused on sexuality or gender and follow the format below (should be 4-5 complete pages for full points). Please follow the format EXACTLY, including the underlined headers for each section. Failure to do so will result in a loss of points for the assignment. You may turn in your paper early, however turning in after the due date will result in a 0 on your paper.

Article Summary: (2-3 paragraphs- no more!)
Relevance: (3-4 paragraphs) Discuss what makes this article relevant to current issues around sexuality and or gender.
Theory Application: (3-4 paragraphs) Apply ONE sociological theory to the information from this article. Be certain to use clear examples from the article to support your discussion.
Your Opinion/Critique: (2+ paragraphs) This should be the main focus of your writing and this assignment. Be clear and specific. Answer questions like: What facts about the topic have been presented? What made you interested in this article? What social relevance does this article have? How does this article add to the academic literature on this subject?
Article Citation: Using standard ASA or APA format, cite your article. Hyperlinks are not citations.
Rubric

Any topic (writer’s choice)

* For the first project, during the regular lab period for Lab 6, groups will be given one large flask of cells to subculture into eight culture plates each at 1×105 viable cells/plate, with two replicate plates for each concentration of NGF. This completes day 1. Then on days 2, 3 and 4, exactly 100 cells in two representative fields of view per plate will be observed, and the number out of 100 that have neurite-like outgrowths will be recorded. This project will include medium changes to replenish the NGF on all days but the last. For the second project, groups will be given one or two large flasks of cells to subculture into eight culture plates, but each will contain as high a concentration of viable cells per plate as possible. This completes day 1. On days 2 and 3, NGF will be replenished by changing the medium. On the final day of the project, trypan blue exclusion assays will be done for each plate (in duplicate) to determine the total number of viable cells and the viability percentage for each condition. * no need for materials and method the paper will be ( introduction, Result, Discussion, and reference). * the text portion of the Results section. Always introduce the figure or table in the text of the Results before you show it to your reader. For example, Figure 1 should be inserted as soon as is feasible after noting that: A general trend showing dose-dependent differentiation was observed (Fig.1). The text and the visuals should form a coherent presentation of the data you obtained. When you discuss error bars (and you definitely should), note that whether or not you are able to draw statistical conclusions depends of the number of replicates used. If there are fewer than 6 replicates (2 independent data points from 3 independent experiments), you cannot reliably use error bars to draw conclusions regarding statistical significance. This will be the case for your project, because whereas we will gather 4 data points for each concentration for each point in time, these will not be generated by three independent experiments. Still, you will always be able to examine the error bars to draw conclusions regarding possible trends that could be confirmed or rejected if you were to repeat the experiment enough times, based on the following points: o if two error bars do not overlap, this suggests that more robust data would reveal statistical difference, and vice versa o if an error bar is small (e.g. 10% total) you can conclude that the data is of reasonable quality based on this lack of variation in the samples, and vice versa.

the paper should contain an introduction, result, and discussion where the result should interpret the data in the graphs and the error bar.

Cristiano Ronaldo versus Lionel Messi Rogerian Essay.

Please follow the exact instructions. Rogerian Position Essay
1200 words minimum– 7 pages of text maximum
3 sources minimum– 4 maximum
MLA format

 
Your final major essay presents you with a binary task: arguing your own perspective while simultaneously acknowledging and validating oppositional ones.  This is the Rogerian model of argument, which asks us to expand upon our innate argumentative impulses (arguing for our own point, solely) by exploring and even legitimizing disparate viewpoints.  Philosophically, it seems reasonable to suggest that most of us observe a world woefully bereft of genuine reflection, in which too many people presume their own to be ideals infallible, inviolable, but I often wonder how right people can be who never question that they might be wrong.
 
The Rogerian model requires us to go beyond a condescending nod at conflicting ideologies, exploring and investing in multiple perspectives before settling on any one as correct.  Therefore, in your essay, you will need to argue a position through the mechanism of that model, presenting your own idea(s) alongside a sincere exploration of an alternative one(s).  From the humorous to the dire, the frivolous to the ominous, the subject is utterly your choice, the goal being to sincerely explore alternatives before revisiting, tempered by the test of opposition, your original position.
 
 Suggestions:
 
* Above all else, follow fundamental rules of syntax (punctuation, conjugation, etc.).
* Write with a close eye on clarity; every sentence must make fundamental sense, must be easily understood.
* Avoid clichs, e.g. Agree to disagree, Everyone has their opinion, but  etc.
* Do not objectify the essay, e.g. In this essay or, Im writing this because or, I had to think a long time about what to write
* Cite sources according to MLA format; use RW as a resource.
* Write something you know, something you care about.
 
Organization:
The essay should be organized as follows:
 
Part 1) intro., statement of problem/position
Part 2) statement of position and support
Part 3) acknowledging opposition/alternative
Part 4) middle-ground, favoring original position
Part5) conclusion.
 This may or may not coincide with the number of paragraphs in the essay; youll want to make sure more time is spent supporting your thesis than is spent acknowledging its opposition.  Therefore, you may have two or more paragraphs stating and supporting your position, and one paragraph of opposition.
 
Primary Goals:
 
 Apply rules of standard English and skills learned in ENG 112
 
 Develop and elaborate upon a coherent, identifiable thesis from introduction through conclusion (using TSIS parts 1-4 for reference).
 
 Incorporate researched sources into text.
 
 
Requirements:
Length : 1200 words minimum (7 pages maximum)
 
Sources: 3 academically viable sources, 4 maximum,  cited in a works cited            page as well in-text citations
 
Format: MLA.

Edmund’s Article on Employers asking for Facebook password

https://www.blackenterprise.com/employers-asking-for-a-job-applicants-facebook-password-is-fair-game/

This short essay will be composed of two paragraphs focused on a critical analysis of Edmond’s essay.  Follow the outline below when writing.  You may quote from the essay if you wish, but you will need to make sure that citations are present and correct.

Your first paragraph will focus on critically analyzing Edmond’s argument.  Start by asking a question you had concerning his argument.  Then use this question to analyze and discuss what Edmond’s  argument is and what purpose he wants this to accomplish. 
Your second paragraph will focus on critically analyzing the content of Edmond’s essay.  Look at how he constructs his argument, how he supports it, or the methods or styles he uses.  Use these ideas to identify what audience he is trying to reach and how these tactics are meant to appeal to that audience.
Details
This will be your first  short writing assignment.  These are shorter formal writings that will be used to examine the smaller topics of the class and hep you to get used to the writing styles used for the semester.  Follow the instructions you find in these assignments and especially pay attention to the word count, the number of paragraphs you need to write, and what should be covered in each paragraph.

This will be a short essay response of 300-500 words and must confirm to the following format.  This will typed on a Word document and conform to MLA formatting.

Any topic (writer’s choice)

Outline:
The topic is about gender discrimination among Uber employees. (contemporary HRM problems facing real organizations)
3 pages
Background (what is the company)
    When it started
    How many people use it
    etc
    An introduction to the problems we will be examining
    The things we will be covering in the report

Representational Analysis

Compare and contrast two visual or audio-visual works of art (painting, drawing, photo, sculpture, film, video game, etc.). Utilize the concepts explored in Ch. 3 of Practices of Looking. Consider the representation of social class, race/ethnicity, gender, OR sexuality. You may only choose one approach. Fill in the blank accordingly. How is gender represented in this artifact? Do the artworks define, reinforce, or challenge stereotypes and power dynamics in gender representation? How is the gaze structured around gender?