Digital Arts Forum

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After reading, screening video and researching one selected artist from Intro Paper, please use this forum to speculate on the future of digital art using your artist as the subject point. In particular, explore the role of ‘sensorial’ experience (smell, touch, sound, etc). Please find an original and unique example of sensorial art &or design to illustrate the points you make. Include screen shots and links for people to follow and research. Your forum entry, if written, should be essay length 4-5 paragraphs. If you choose to do a media presentation, consider 7-10 pptx slides or 3-4 minute video. Media work should include voice over or narration.

Introduction To Group Dynamics

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In a minimum of 350 words, using APA format answer the following questions using the uploaded book Griffith, B. A., & Dunham, E. B. (2015). Working in teams: moving from high potential to high performance for one reference and must use 2 other scholarly sources. MUST HAVE a total of 4-5 scholarly sources. Additional reading requirements at http://bethelu.libguides.com/coursematerials, please reference from this site if used. Please select course number/name that matches this course. MOD1500_AB019.

What are the four stages of the functional model of decision making? Briefly describe the importance of each. Recall a time when you observed this process in action.

Introduction to ArcMap (ArcGIS)

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If you work in the physical sciences, the most common dataset used is elevation

data. Also known as terrain data, are import for many kinds of analysis, and are
available in many forms, from many sources and resolutions.

Although the most common use of DEMs is as shaded relief background for
maps, we often are interested in working with terrain data – calculating slopes,
aspects, steepness or slope along profiles, viewsheds, as well as watershed and
other hydrologic functions. The readings and lectures describe some of these
applications, and this set of exercises introduces them.

We will complete two projects here, using the same basic data. The first project
has two parts, first comparing DEM raster data sets from 2 time periods; a 30
meter data set from the USGS and produced in the late 1980s, and a 3 meter
data set from LiDAR data collected about 2006. We then use the LiDAR DEM to
explore profile and viewshed tools.

Our second project focuses on watershed processing, using the ArcGIS
Hydrology tools.

You Are an Entrepreneur, assignment help

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Assignment 1: You Are an Entrepreneur!
Due Week 7 and worth 240 points

Student life does not generally afford a great deal of free time to pursue your personal interests; however, at one point, you may have considered turning a personal interest or hobby into an official enterprise. Today, you have finally decided to turn that hobby into a business but have realized that you need start-up capital from a lender or investor.

To obtain funding, you need to convince a lender / investor that your business is more than a hobby. You need to demonstrate that you have a firm grasp of your business, the accounting practices that impact your business, the controls needed to safeguard assets, and which accounting system will produce accurate and relevant financial information.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page business plan in which you:

  1. Describe the type of business you have created including:
    1. The product or service, and general staffing plan. Provide a rationale for your plan.
    2. The form of your business and the benefits it offers your particular business,
    3. A chart of accounts specific to your business, including a rationale as to the selection of each account. (Note: The chart of accounts is a blueprint of your business for the lender/investor. It should report the expected resources that you will consume in your business (assets), the sources of those resources (liabilities and equity), the sources of revenue, and expenditures that you expect to incur to earn those revenues. You may build a detailed chart that includes business units, divisions, product lines, etc.)
  2. Based on the form of your business, analyze whether or not you will be required to use Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) accounting methods and how the IFRS / GAAP convergence will impact your business. Suggest how you will incorporate any changes into your books and records. (Note: You need to demonstrate to the lender/investor that you have recognized possible changes to GAAP that may impact the accounting and reporting of your accounting events.)
  3. Prepare a pro forma balance sheet and income statement providing the assumptions made and support the valuations assigned.
  4. Considering the value of assets (assigned per your balance sheet) used within your business, recommend two (2) specific internal controls that you will implement to protect your company’s assets and resources, justifying how each will provide assurances to management. (NOTE:  Safeguarding assets and protecting personal data are paramount to ensuring the viability of a business.  Demonstrate to the lender/investor that your assets will be safeguarded and customer information (if applicable) will be protected.)
  5. Based on the internal control recommendations that you made, suggest how you will implement each within your business environment, indicating how challenges or resistances will be overcome. 
  6. Evaluate the impact of the regulatory environment, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other regulatory requirements, on your business venture, giving considering to how you intend to comply with the requirements and the general impact to decision making within your business.
  7. Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this assignment. 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 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.

If Jamie was Buddhist, how would she vote and why, business and finance homework help

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Jamie is a county board member. Over the last few years the homeless population has increased across the county. There were not enough beds at the local homeless shelters to begin with and now there are even more people in need of these beds. As a result of these factors, small tent communities have started to spring up in abandoned lots.

Many people have voiced their concerns regarding safety, potential drug use, and health issues. Another board member has proposed a resolution banning these tent communities in the county. If this passes, police will be ordered to give the homeless five days to vacate the property or they will be forcibly removed.

Public Health Preparedness

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Attached is the PowerPoint from the chapter in our book, Essentials of Health Policy and Law Third Edition.

  • Responses should be long enough to thoroughly answer the questions or problems. All outside sources must be cited accordingly and per APA.
  • Do not copy and paste an entire article or web page. Summarize important points and cite accordingly.
  • Please avoid using sources such as Wikipedia.com, ask.com, mba.com, investopedia.com, and as such. You may use these sites for reference on specific topic but they are not considered reliable source.

Here’s a brief summary of the topic:

The last 15 years have seen many changes in terms of how the United States views homeland security and the role of the public health community in maintaining that security. There is an ever-evolving threat of the terrorist use of weapons of mass destruction—particularly in the use of biological weapons—against the U.S. population. Infectious diseases continue to emerge and reemerge around the world, and the globalization of our food supply and the speed and volume of international travel make us all vulnerable to the emergence of a new agent anywhere in the world. Media reports include constant reminders of the devastating effects of natural disasters, such as hurricanes, fires, and earthquakes, and the lack of infrastructure and resources in many parts of the world leave many regions particularly vulnerable to natural disasters and epidemics.

PLEASE write in APA format thoroughly thought out answers to the following questions and include any references in reference page (ALL SUBMISSIONS in this course are submitted through SafeAssign which means the paper is matched against any other paper written on the web, by other students, and also detects plagiarism):

Discuss what is meant by public health preparedness?

How would you define it? ‘

What do you believe the role of the public health professional is in detecting a public health emergency?

What do you believe the role of the public health professional is in responding to a public health emergency?

What do you believe the role of the public health professional is in recovering from a public health emergency?

Is it possible to infringe upon personal freedoms when engaging in public health preparedness?

PROJECT SCOPE STATEMENT OUTLINE

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Create the project scope statement in accordance with the template located in Slide 20 of Module 1 Presentation. Project Scope Statement should include the following items:

– Project Objective
– Requirements and Specifications of the Product
– Lists the general work activities that needs to be completed to successfully meet the project objective

Read the attached PDF file for the details of the project.

Instruction on Creating Project Scope Statement (Slide # 19)

Slide 19: Project Scope Statement
The Project Scope Statement describes the project objective, the requirements and
specifications for the product, and lists the general work activities that need to be completed to
successfully meet the project objective. The Acceptance Criteria lists the conditions that must
be met for the customer to accept the delivered final product. It is important that the project
manager fully understands how the customer will test the product to determine if it is
acceptable.

A list of unique and verifiable products is included in the Project Scope Statement. Normally this
list is made up of name of the product, the manufacturer, the part or model number, and the
quantity being delivered to the project. Project Exclusions are activities that will not be the
responsibility of the project team. For example, a customer will paint the kitchen themselves
once the remodeling is complete. This would be an exclusion from the project. That is, the
project team will not be responsible to paint the kitchen.

Constraints that may restrict or limit the execution of the project are listed, as well as Technical
Requirements that lists the standards, local building codes and/or federal regulations that must
be followed during the execution of the project.

You will use this slide as a template to create the Project Scope Statement for the WIDGET
PRO Project

Some questions of Interviewee

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First of all, this assignment separate to three parts.

1 Job Description

Identify a job description to use as the basis for the assignment.

You may use the job description for your current job or you may search for a listing of a job that you aspire to have. You may use any source of job listings–local, national or global.

Sources will depend on the type of employment that you seek; for some of you, it might be Indeed.com; GlassDoor.com, Monster.com, school system postings, police department/city human resource department postings, The Chronicle of Higher Education, professional association career listings, etc.

2 Behavioral Interview Questions

Analyze your chosen job description to determine experience, skills and abilities that would be needed for this job to be performed successfully.

This is NOT a formal analysis that must be submitted as part of the assignment. It is a part of the process leading up to writing/determining appropriate questions to ask for your chosen job description.

Now, based on your analysis, write three appropriate behavioral style interview questions to demonstrate your understanding of the job description and the experience, skills and abilities an applicant should possess.

You may use questions found in resources provided in this module. If using questions found in the resources, be certain that the questions are relevant to your chosen job description. Change the wording as needed to make the question relevant to the job description.

3 Interviewee Questions to Interviewer

Using the information provided in the resource for Questions to Ask If You Are the Interviewee, submit 3 questions that would be appropriate for an interviewee to ask at the end of an actual interview.

These would be questions used in an interview to fill a position for the job description that you have used to complete this assignment.

The questions should be substantive and directed toward:

  • actual job performance expectations
  • the importance of the job in the business or organization
  • interaction with team members, colleagues, or managers/supervisors to accomplish the tasks and function
  • specific skills needed to perform job (could be computer-related)

response 3 paragraphs

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hello i hope to response to the 3 paragraphs, to agree with them the idea and write about the idea, the response don’t make it more than 6 sentences. also this is negotiation class.

1-During the negotiation, I was the buyer. Again, I let the seller take control, by naming the price. We went back and forth a few times, but I could have been stronger in providing reasons as to why the price should have been lower. In class, one tactic we learned was to “give an inch, to gain a mile.” In this case, we had the work force and patent to negotiate with. This is were I felt I could have been stronger. I should have used those bargaining chips to negotiate. On the other hand the seller I was working with, gave a very steep price. I did try to negotiate with him, but he was not listening to what I had to offer. In other words, I do not feel he was listening to my needs and maybe I was not listening to his. I could have purchased the patent or more strongly considered the value of the work force. We ended with no negotiation, which is not beneficial to either parties. I now need to look for a new building or build a new building and the buyer still needs to sell.

2- For this exercise I was a buyer from BioPharma and Aarohee was the seller. In this case, the negotiation was controlled by me, the buyer. The reason for this was that Aarohee made the first offer and that made me realized that our target price was way higher than theirs, which meant I could lower my offers and get a better deal that what I had planned. The main factors in this negotiation were price, readiness of the plant and workforce. There was also another product on the table, but BioPharma was not interested in that at all. The difference between this exercise and others was that the buyer’s expectations were not considering the seller money situation, and the fact that they were very eager to sell for a much lower amount. I believe that in this particular case, whoever made the first offer would reveal the other side range of negotiation. In this exercise, I learned again that it is very important to enter a negotiation with a very clear picture of the situation and my needs. BioPharma had a very big margin to negotiate a great price that would benefit its product manufacturing by cutting on investment and time. However, I also learned that maybe be the first one to make an offer does not always give you the upper hand. On the other hand, Aarohee was very honest and open about their side of the negotiation, which made it very easy to find a great deal for both sides. I believe it is very positive to feel that the other side is not trying to deceit you or that they have a hidden agenda. In the future, I think I would be very careful when making the first offer.

3- The negotiation was equally controlled. There were times when BioPharm (Jay) was in control and other times when Seltek (myself) was in control based on our points of interest and positions. We both new what we wanted and that came across at different points. Some critical factors for this negotiation was the plant, patent, employees and the price. For Seltek, closing the deal on a turnkey operation would have included critical factors however other purchase options were available. Coming to an agreement on the critical factors was important in making the deal for both BioPharm and Seltek and in the end we secured the sale based on this. In comparison to other negotiation exercises, this negotiation was different as a different type of bargaining style was needed. This required distributive negotiation as both BioPharm and Seltek claimed value for their company and we both had a BATNA. The terms and conditions were different considering this was a single sale opportunity without further contract obligations or sales.

From this experience I learned that preparation is vital and having a planning document or critical information handy as a point of reference can serve as guidance and control throughout the process. I learned that the behavior of others can be based upon personal style and the situation or terms being negotiated. I also learned that bargaining is based on claiming value which was important in this situation and accurately identifying a problem can help resolve conflict in the negotiation process. In the future I would like to approach each negotiation based on the context of the situation and my company expectations.

Please read carefully the case study and reply to the questions in the description below.

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Instructions

Read the Air Canada case study. After reading the case, complete your answers to the following questions and upload your answers below by Monday at 8 AM for the week following the week during which the case was assigned

Grading

Each question is worth 4 points. Each answer must: (1) articulate a position to the question, (2) support that position with evidence from the case (including quotes or references to the text), (3) be clearly written, and (4) demonstrate a critical analysis of the case. If any of these elements is missing from the answer, a 0.5 point deduction will be taken for that question. Each case has 5 questions, resulting in 20 possible points for each case study.

This is an individual assignment – you are not to work with anyone else on this, nor use any online forums or resources to answer. Answer on your own with supporting evidence from the case. After you submit, you will receive a “SafeAssign” score – this is a score that is evidence of your answer overlapping with another student. A high score is evidence that you did not work on your own on this assignment and you will receive a zero for this assignment.

Questions

1. The outsourcing approach and the IT department structure at Air Canada changed often between 1994 (when AIr Canada signed its first contract with IBM) and 2011, the year the case takes place. Describe the changes.
2. Why do you think that the changes that you described in question 1 occurred (be critical and analyze the case to answer this)?
3. One of the strategic imperatives at Air Canada focused upon “engaging with customers” and at competing “more effectively on multiple levels against the low-pricing structures offered by low-cost carriers.” Based upon this week’s lecture, what type of strategy is this? And was the IT acting in alignment with the firm given this strategic orientation?
4. What could Air Canada do different (from an IT perspective) now to move the firm forward?
5. What one concept from the book or lecture material did you find useful in this case?