Responsibility Determination

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Contracting Officers must provide a Responsibility Determination. Define Responsibility Determination and what tools are available to assist the Contracting Officer with this requirement.

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

  • Write between 500 – 750 words (approximately 2 – 3 pages) using Microsoft Word.
  • Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
  • Include cover page and reference page.
  • At least 60% of your paper must be original content/writing.
  • No more than 40% of your content/information may come from references.
  • Use at least one reference from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
  • Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.

References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.

A detailed explanation of how to cite a source using APA can be found here (link).

Download an example here.

Make sure to follow everything that is posted.

No plagiarism and make sure that you go in depth on the topics.

In your paper, use the APA style guide format for in-text citation.

Make sure that you include the URLs on the reference page.

three reference requirement

Use two behavior change or behavior monitoring apps (or devices). (ex: FitBit, the health-related apps on an Apple watch, the app MyFitnessPal, etc.) compare the two tools you used. Write a report discussing their strengths and weaknesses.

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Use two behavior change or behavior monitoring apps (or devices). (These can be tools like a friend’s FitBit, the health-related apps on an Apple watch, the app MyFitnessPal, or another exercise, meal, or mental health app on your phone.) In your paper, you will compare the two tools you used. Write a report discussing their strengths and weaknesses. Include the following components as part of the comparisons in your report:

Write a brief overview of both of the apps’ purpose and features.

  • What agency or company created each app? Describe whether these institutions and their technology are trustworthy or not and why.
  • Describe the behavior change theory/theories that are evident in the apps/devices and which features are theoretically-based. Be sure to cite the theoretical evidence.
  • Describe if the features are effective, based on both the research and based on your personal use of the app/device.
  • Investigate the apps’ ethics and policies around your data and how/if they keep your information secure.
  • What features do they provide around interoperability ?
  • What are your final conclusions on the apps’ effectiveness and what results did you have from using them?

Complete a 3-5 page report (not including the references page) on your use of the apps/devices. Be sure to incorporate some of your assigned readings and have all of your citations and references in APA style.

This text has chapters on the common behavior change theories. Feel free to refer to it as a helpful reference: Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research and Practice (Links to an external site.). You can also find additional resources by searching the name of your device in PubMed and Google Scholar or by searching for literature on your theory/theories. Link Below

https://login.ezproxy.uta.edu/login?url=http://ebo…

Engaging in Self-Observation and Reflections on the Concept of Diversity , sociology homework help

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This assignment invites you to engage in
self-examination, which will help you to become more aware of the unique
features of your experiences, beliefs, and values. “Everything we see
is filtered through our personal frame of reference and our very
presence changes the context. Therefore, we do not discover behavior, we
create it” (Becvar & Becvar, 1999, p. 36). This means that we can
never achieve a completely neutral stance; we can never divorce
ourselves from our own biases, assumptions, and beliefs. What we can do
is to take responsibility for our assumptions, biases and beliefs and
recognize them as such. This process requires recurrent self-examination
and self-reflection.

Part I (Adopted from Johnny Saldana): Self-examination

Divide an empty sheet of paper into three parts. On the top of the
paper, please write: “This is where I am today,” in the middle “This is
how I got here,” and towards the bottom “This is where I would like to
be.” Then take a few moments and write a short paragraph to describe
each statement in the framework of your professional aspiration to
become a successful and culturally competent Marriage and Family
Therapist.

Part II: Self-observation

Choose a public location where you can easily observe people without
necessarily being noticed. Take 15 minutes to observe several people
that you notice in the crowd. You can choose to take notes pertaining to
the type of people that you are noticing, your reactions towards these
people, and your thoughts while completing this assignment. After
completing the assignment, write a 2-3 page paper summarizing your
experience pertaining to these three categories (people description,
your reactions [physical and emotional], your thoughts in the process of
completing the assignment).

Part III: Self-reflection

In this part of the assignment, you are
invited to reflect on two concepts: change and diversity. Reflecting on
the concept of change, consider different factors that you believe are
the most important to create the experience of change. In a 1-page
reflection, please provide an example of a profound change that you
experienced at some point of your life.

Reflecting on diversity, use your critical
and creative thinking skills to compose a reflective essay that focuses
on key ideas related to diversity, your personal philosophy of
diversity, and the importance for cultural competence in family therapy.
Please incorporate references to the assigned readings to support your
thesis. Then following the examples in the Speak Out section on pp.
58-59 of the Family Therapy Magazine (see the Books and Resources for
this material), write your own entry to add to the page if you were
invited to “speak out.” The whole entry should be 4-5 pages.

Aspects of culture and diversity must be interwoven throughout the three parts of this assignment.

Length: 6-8 pages total (includes parts I, II, and III)

Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas
and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts
and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should
reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.

Upload your assignment using the Upload Assignment button. Your
submission should be composed of three parts combined in one document:
self-examination (1 page), self-observation (2-3 pages essay), and
self-reflection (3-4 pages essay).

CHAPTER 7 & 8 Gehart, D. R. Mastering competencies in family therapy Belmont, CA: Brooks-Cole, Cengage Learning.

Explain how you would resolve the legal issues discussed in the scenario

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Assignment 2: Resolving Intellectual Property Rights

Note: The companies mentioned herein are merely hypothetical organizations with characteristics developed to enable students to respond to the assignment. You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment if those assumptions are consistent with the facts presented. Do not make assumptions which obviate the need to conduct a legal analysis of the issues.

In this assignment, you will act as the fictional character of Betty Fuller, Head of Marketing at Simply Green Products, while you draft a memorandum to the company President. In this memorandum, you must explain how you would resolve the legal issues discussed in the scenario.

Scenario

Simply Green Products (SGP) is a $10 million company that produces biodegradable packing materials that orchards use in the Shenandoah Valley to transport their apples, peaches, and pears nationwide. Biodegradable materials are more eco-friendly because they break down into the environment. Such packing materials are marketed under the name “SafePac,” which is heavily advertised in trade journals. Simply Green Products have had the name “SafePac” imprinted on all of their packing material since 2008. Although SGP never filed for either state or federal trademark protection, following the advice of one of their summer interns, they did register the domain name “SafePac.com.” With the movement toward more eco-friendly agricultural production, the fact that such packing materials are biodegradable provides a primary marketing advantage over non-biodegradable competitors.

Despite the fact that SGP is highly eco-friendly, it is not particularly technologically advanced. SGP mostly advertises in trade journals and magazines, with most orders coming via the mail or phone orders. Shep Howard, President of SGP realizes his company needs to increase its marketing presence and recently hired Betty Fuller, a recent Strayer graduate with an MBA, to be the new Director of Marketing for the company. Ms. Fuller has been charged with bringing SGP’s marketing plan into the 21st century.

In preparing the new Marketing plan, Ms. Fuller, quickly noticed that although SGP owned Safepac.com, the name SafePac, itself had never been registered with the Trademark and Patent Office. Accordingly, one of the first things Ms. Fuller did was start the registration process. When searching the USPTO office database to see if a mark has already been filed she found the following entries shown below:

Trademarks

She immediately realized SGP had a problem. Ms. Fuller did some additional research and found that a company called Safe Choices, Inc. uses the SafePack name to market an emergency weather kit in the form of a backpack; and had received a federal registration for the mark from the Patent and Trademark Office in 2002. This backpack is sold both online at SafePack.com and in sporting goods stores nationwide.

Note: “A complete search is one that will uncover all similar marks, not just those that are identical. In this regard, searching for trademark availability is not the same as searching to register a domain name. A domain name search may focus on exact or “dead on” hits, with no consideration given to similar names or use with related products and services. Basically, a domain address is either available or it is not. The trademark process, on the other hand, is more complex. As part of the overall examination process, the USPTO will search its database to determine whether registration must be refused because a similar mark is already registered for related products or services (i.e., even identical marks may co-exist if used on goods or services not considered to be related in any way). Please note that the USPTO does not offer advisory opinions on the availability of a mark prior to filing of an actual application.”

http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/search-trademark-database

Legal Issues

Ms. Fuller contacted Shep Howard to discuss SGP intellectual property problems and to devise a plan on how to proceed. In her meeting with Howard Ms. Fuller explained the legal issues to Howard as follows:

  1. SGP has been using the product name SafePac since 2008 but never trademarked or otherwise registered that named. A company called Safe Choice had registered the names SafePack and SafePacs back in 2002 and those names were listed live marks by the USPTO. Arguably, SafePac may be confusingly similar to Safe Choices marks to preclude registration of the marks. Moreover, use of the name may “constitutes a false designation of origin which is likely to confuse customers as to the source of the goods”. However, safe Choice and SGP are in different product lines and, therefore, arguably are not competitors, a requirement for infringement. The intellectual property issue at hand involves the Lanham Act.
  2. Even if the USPTO finds that SGP’s proposed mark and Safe Choices marks are not similar or that SGP and Safe Choice are not competitors, registrations may nonetheless be denied under the provisions of the Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(c). For additional information, see Duvall, S.A. (2007). The Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006: balanced protection for famous brands. The Trademark Reporter, 97(6), 1252-1285.
  3. Since we purchased the domain name SafePac.com, Safe Choice may attempt to accuse SGP of cybersquatting and try to have that domain name transferred to their control. Any such action would proceed under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA), 15 U.S.C. § 1125(d).

Finally, she outlined her plan on how to proceed with the marketing plan based on how she though the legal issues would be resolved. Mr. Howard then asked Ms. Fuller to put the information she had just given him in memo form.

Assignment Requirements

In the role of Betty Fuller, prepare the memorandum requested by Shep Howard. The memo should be three to four (3-4) pages in which you:

  1. Decide whether or not SGP can register SafePac as a trademark given the issues discussed in “legal issue: a”.
  2. Decide whether or not the Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006 would be violated if the USTPO granted SGP a trademark on SafePac.
  3. Decide whether or not the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act would be violated by SGP’s use of safepac.com.
  4. Describe how your resolution would affect the marketing options available to the company.
  5. Use at least three (3) quality academic or legal resources in this assignment, such as a government Website, Law school Websites, Restatements of laws, and other treatises of Law.  Your paper must include internal citations indicating the sources of your legal statements. 
    Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic or legal resources.
  6. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
    1. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
    2. 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 is not included in the required page length.
    3. Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Describe the legal environment of business, the sources of American law, and the basis of authority for government to regulate business.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in business law.
  • Write clearly and concisely about business law using proper writing mechanics.

Discuss and take a position for or against whether you think the federal government should have allowed states to legalize marijuana, political science homework help

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*Discuss and take a position for or against whether you think the federal government should have allowed states to legalize marijuana without proper academic and medical research to prove the validity of health effects, legalize of same-sex marriage, determine its own gun laws in terms of conceal weapons policy, refuse immigrants, and the possibility of its own health care, which will eliminate Obamacare. Next, in three separate sentences, provide 3 reasons to support your answer.

*How much trust should we put into the media to deliver facts about the government, what is going on in the world, and or the truth? Keep in mind, the foundation of the media is to entertain. Next in three separate question, provide 3 concrete example to support your answer.

From the information in this chapter what type of bonds will you invest in (select at least three types), business and finance homework help

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IMPORTANT NOTE: The questions must
be address in its full context. These questions are an opportunity to go
outside the box to demonstrate your analytical, integrative, problem- solving
and critical thinking skills using the knowledge acquired in your readings. As
a result, it is very important to pay close attention to the questions and be
able to conduct your discussions in the context of your question.  – Please
keep this in mind when you complete this assignment.

You must expand
your ideas further. Analysis must be deep and very instructive.

ANSWER THE
FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. Each question should be answered in at least 300
words. Quality of content and use of course and
outside-of-course resources to support your position or analysis. The
answers should not be in the form of essay, just straight to the point- Work
must be original and cite your sources.

Please be sure
to answer the question completely but specifically in well-written complete
sentences. 

Use the link to
help you answer these questions, and conduct your own research

Textbook, found at:
https://vk.com/doc-77652506_340859945?dl=9e4506fed8154b2ff5

Include
references

Chapter 6

1. In the discussion question for Chapter 4 your uncle
gifted you $1,000,000.  Now assume you have received those funds and
decide to invest all of the $1,000,000 into bonds.  From the information
in this chapter what type of bonds will you invest in (select at least three
types) and give the reasons for your selection.

2. Assume you are trying to determine the yield to
maturity of three different bonds.  Also assume you purchased each of the
three bonds for $10000.  The first was a zero-coupon bond; the second was
a bond with 2% annual coupons; and the third bond is with 8% annual
coupons.  Each bond is for 4 years and they are all default free. 
Discuss what formula you would use in this evaluation and some of the factors
to be considered in making this decision.

Chapter 7

1. You have cashed in all of the bonds from your
investment in Chapter 6 and now have $1,250,000 in cash.  There are two
potential projects you are considering as new investments.  Each of these
two projects would require one-half of your $1,250,000 at the beginning and the
remaining amounts of your funds equally over the next two years before any
income will be generated from either project.  You can only select one of
the two projects.  What additional information will you need to know in
order to apply the concepts from this chapter in your evaluation of each
project?  Which method of evaluation will you use in your analysis of
these two projects?

2. You have decided to use the internal rate of return
(IRR) approach to help you select from among the two projects under
consideration.  Discuss the various pitfalls identified in Chapter 7
related to use of the IRR method of evaluation.

Reconstruction U.S History, history homework help

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 Reconstruction Final Paper

Due Week 5 and worth 120 points

After the Civil War, the United States had to wrestle with freedom of the slaves and how the freed people would be integrated into American political, social and cultural life. In the South in particular legislators had to deal with how implement a new wage economy. This essay explores the changes in the United States from 1865-1900.

You have already developed a thesis statement and developed an outline in which you identify three main points relevant to your topic. Now you will develop the final paper in which you explore your main points in detail.

2. Write a one to two (3-5) page essay in which you:

  1. List three (3) ways in which white southerners made the exercise of freedom difficult for former

slaves following the end of the Civil War

  1. List three (3) ways in which freed people challenged white southerners’ efforts to keep them in a slave status following the end of the Civil War
  2. Describe three (3) ways in which the end of Reconstruction left former slaves (and other groups) vulnerable to discrimination and second class citizenship. Note: Be sure to talk about at least two (2) pieces of legislation at the local, state, and/or federal levels during the nineteenth century that solidified the second class status of African Americans and other non-white Americans.
  3. Use at least three (3) academic references besides or in addition to the textbook. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

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; citations and references must follow APA style 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:

  • Identify and discuss the different ways that the heritage of slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and segregation have shaped America’s history.  
  • Summarize and discuss the ways that formal policies of government have influenced the direction of historical and social development in the United States.
  • Recognize the major turning points in American history since the Civil War.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in contemporary U.S. history.
  • Write clearly and concisely about contemporary U.S. history using proper writing mechanics.

Write 3 page paper on your choice of literature in description

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Choose one of the options listed below to write a three-page essay analyzing a work of early
American literature – use and incorporate literary scholarship and criticism to support your
argument/analysis.

1. Discuss the concepts of Puritanism and illustrate their significance in one of the
following works:

A. The Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson –
Mary Rowlandson

B. “The Trial of Bridget Bishop” – Cotton Mather

C. “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” – Jonathan Edwards

D. Two of Anne Bradstreet’s poems listed on the syllabus
2. Define irony and explain how Benjamin Franklin uses irony to mock gender inequality,
early American laws, and the court system throughout his famous satire, “The Speech of
Polly Baker.”

3. Discuss the concepts of the American Revolutionary War and illustrate their
significance in one of the following works:
A. Common Sense – Thomas Paine
B. The American Crisis – Thomas Paine.

Sources: At least two (2) critical sources from Calhoun’s library, as well as the text itself, must
be cited in the body of your paper and documented on a separate Works Cited page in
accordance with the MLA style format. Library’s database: https://calhoun.edu/library/
Person: Third Person Only (they, he, she, it) DO NOT USE FIRST OR SECOND PERSON!
Length: 3 page minimum (This does not mean 2 ½ pages)
Tense: In referring to events that occur within the context of the work of literature, your essay
should consistently use present tense verbs.
Format: Your essay must be typed, double spaced, and follow MLA format. In addition to the
essay, you must submit a Works Cited page. Avoid contractions, slang, clichés, etc.
All essays will be scanned for plagiarism using the software, SafeAssign. Please review the
syllabus for information about plagiarism.

Please read feedback and use it to improve

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here are the requirements for this assignment. Attached you will find the rough draft That you did. please take not on the corrections, the big one is in-sentence citations. and a THesis statement. please please ask any questions if needed.

Task: Write a research paper using evidence to support a thesis that addresses your research question examining a current issue or event in the news from the perspective of your field of study. The audience is people who are generally educated but do not have extensive knowledge of your field.

Length: At least 2000 words

Sources: Minimum of 6. At least 3 of these must be from scholarly journals, and all sources should be selected based on reliability, currency, and level of information/analysis. The UMUC library will be very useful in helping you find appropriate sources. You can, but do not have to, include all of the sources from your annotated bibliography.

Due date and grading: The revised research paper is due by the end of Week 7. It will be graded using a rubric and will count for 30% of your course grade. To view the grading rubric, please view the assignment through the Assignments area of the classroom.

Outcomes you should achieve by completing this assignment

The outcomes for this assignment are listed below, with the associated course outcomes in parentheses:

  • Use research to write a paper that will inform or persuade an audience (Course outcome 1)
  • Form unified, coherent, and well-supported paragraphs in support of the thesis statement (Course outcome 2)
  • Select sources, use them to inform and support your writing, and document them in APA style (Course outcome 4)
  • Demonstrate accurate grammar and mechanics in writing (Course outcome 3)
  • Participate in the process of receiving feedback and revising your writing (Course outcome 1)

Topic

This paper is the culmination of your research project, in which you are examining a current issue or event in the news from the perspective of your field of study. Before drafting your paper, you will have chosen a topic, developed a research question, and identified several potential sources in an annotated bibliography. You should write on the same topic for this paper, unless your professor has asked you to make changes to your topic.

Organizing and supporting your paper

As you write your paper, be sure to include the following:

  • an engaging introductory paragraph that includes an effective and clear thesis statement
  • any definition of terms or background information that your reader is likely to need to understand your paper
  • unified, supported, and coherent body paragraphs that defend the thesis
  • an effective conclusion

Research is a key element of this paper. Take care to support your claims with research throughout the paper. Include APA in-text citations whenever you use sources, whether through quote, paraphrase, or summary. An APA reference list at the end of the paper should list all of the sources cited in the text of the paper.

Point of view

This paper will be written in an academic style. Use third person point of view. Do not use “I” or “you.”

Formatting your assignment

Incorporate these elements of APA style:

  • Use one-inch margins.
  • Double space.
  • Use an easy-to-read font between 10-point and 12-point.
  • Include a title page with the title of your paper, your name, and the name of your schoo

History of Medicine Questions

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Hi. These are the questions that I need answers for. All of the questions should be answered using the sources provided. Thanks!

  1. According to Lock and Kaufert, in their study, what are the variables taken into consideration when defining “menopause”? What do they mean by “local biologies”? What are the differences in understanding menopause between Japanese (Chinese, Thai) and North American (the US, Canada) societies?
  2. Do you consider Cobb’s article a primary or secondary source for understanding the Tuskegee syphilis study? Why? According to the author, what made the study possible and what terminated the study? What did the study add to the medical knowledge of syphilis?
  3. In “Materials on the Trial of Former Servicemen of the Japanese Army,” what were the crimes committed by these servicemen of the Japanese army? What are the similarities and differences of the implemented human experimentations between Japanese army and the Tuskegee syphilis study?