Category: Essays

Responses to TWO of the following questions (250~300 word count per question). ALWAYS cite from the assigned materials in your responses. List which questions you answered.

Read/View:

R. Zamora Linmark. Leche. Please read the first half of the novel.

(iLearn) Vicente L. Rafael, “Ugly Balikbayans and Heroic OCWs” (1997).

(Online) Video: Adobo Nation, “Tambayan: Leche” (2012).

(Online) Images: Michael Arcega, SPAM/MAPS, In Gaud We Trust, Manila Galleon Trade, Conquistadourkes.

(Online) Video: Michael Arcega on KQED SPARK (2006).

Questions:
1. What is Vicente Rafael’s assessment of the balikbayan? Do you agree with him? Why/why not? In Leche, is the character Vicente de los Reyes an “ugly balikbayan”? How so/why/why not?

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Report of the a book, that is in adove digital editions.

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Write an analysis of PLANNING or related issues. Your content grade will be based on your assessment of aspects of planning or related points put forth in the movie. DO NOT write a summary – assume the reader has seen the movie. Also check your errors corrected on your first paper to make sure you don’t repeat them again. Paper should be (as before) 3-4 pages double spaced, font size 12. Email the TAs with any questions. The steps from paper one still apply: 1. Think of a position on a major planning or related issue you would like to analyze for the movie. 2. Think of 2-4 statements that support your position. 3. In your intro paragraph, clearly state your position (identified in #1) and briefly mention your supporting statements (#2). 4. Each paragraph after your intro should be dedicated to explaining ONE of your supporting statements. You may use specific examples from the movie to provide further support and evidence. 5. Write a concluding paragraph that essentially wraps up your position, and ideally provides sheds sort of new light based on the arguments provided in the body of the paper. 6. Make sure to include a class reading CITE THE READINGS!

Film name: As it is in Heaven

This is a movie that deals with two different cultures, urban and rural. You will note the differences are too strong and should be able to compare the two with your own cultural experience here. Some planning issues are:

1) Neighborhood / Community environment

2) Urban and rural; Distinction between the two cultures

3) Individual freedom in rural communities

4) Everybody is too close in rural communities

5) Neighborhood support or lack of support

PLEASE USE UPLOADED MATERIALS AS SOURCES!! You can use other sources but make sure the uploaded materials outnumber the materials from outside sources. PLEASE DO NOT SUMMARIZE! I will also upload the grading rubric please follow that. We want your analysis of the film on issues relating to planning, design, environment, culture, and/or society. DO: – WRITE a paper with a clear structure, that has an introduction, body and conclusion. – THINK critically about the issues portrayed in the movies and read the supporting articles on Blackboard to get a better grip on issues. – CHECK the guidelines and the example papers posted on Blackboard’s Course Information tab to have a better idea of what a good paper looks like. – CITE your sources if you chose to use other information – Otherwise it will be considered as plagiarism – BECOME FAMILIAR with the term “Urban Planning” if you need to. – USE proper language, grammar and punctuation. DON’T: – DON’T use 1st person or statements that refer to your personal opinion, for example: “I think”, “I believe”, “I noticed”, “In my opinion”, etc. This is an analysis paper of issues portrayed in the films, NOT your personal opinion of the movie – DON’T use 2nd person statements, for example: “YOU have to”, “When YOU see…” or anything containing the word “YOU” / “YOUR”. These kind of statements make your papers sound informal and less than academic. – DON’T summarize the films, we’ve all seen them, get straight to the issues analysis part. – DON’T review the films, that is not the purpose of the paper. – DON’T use contractions (he’s, it’s, didn’t, etc.) Spell it out (he is, it is, did not, etc) – DON’T waste your time writing about cinematographic styles or the “planning” of the movie itself. This class is called Urban Planning 200: Cities in Cinema, therefore any papers addressing these topics will automatically receive a failing grade, since it will be assumed that the student has ignored the guidelines and completely missed the point of the class itself.

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Give a response to each of the following questions in a minimum two page paper:??

1. “Do women from different cultures have more in common as women than they have differences?” You should also read the Salon article entitled “Under the Veils in Casablanca” located ar the following URL: http://www.salon.com/2000/04/21/casablanca/ .?
https://brandman.blackboard.com/bbcswebdav/pid-6072892-dt-content-rid-6412660_2/courses/OT-201422-COMU-315-OT2/Week%205%20Under%20the%20veil%20in%20Casablanca.COMU%20315.pdf

2. In 1995 in Beijing, China there was held the Fourth World Conference on Women. Can you imagine a parallel World Conference on Men???What can you say about the global common causes for women that were posed there:

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing/platform/ ?World Conference on Women

Reference:
Jandt, F. E. (2013). An introduction to intercultural communication: identities in a global community (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications.

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Imagine yourself being in an English fundamental class and write a reflective essay about what you have supposed to learn in the class, how you improved during the semester.
we have focused on punctuation, fragments, sentence skills, essay process skills, transitional words, and fan boys (conjunctive) .
We wrote persuasive essay, contrast, paragraphs, and narrative essays. make sure you follow the structure on the instructions page.

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Chsose three major points from the book “My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student” that you think are most important for the freshmen to successfully adapt to college life.
Talk about those points you have chosen and explain how and why they are important to freshmen. You also need to include a Comparison Part after the summary.

Audience: Your friends, classmates, College freshman, your teacher.

Purpose:
Learn to synthesize information after reading and report back to certain audience. Learn to make connection and simple comparison between two readings.

Step1:
Through the reading of the book: My Freshman Year, take some notes on the parts that you believe to be most important for freshman (both local and international freshman) to be aware of .

Step2:
Decide what are the major points you are going to talk about in your paper. Write an outline of your paper make sure your paper developed clearly for your reader.

Step3.
Make sure you include a thesis statement and supporting details. Pay attention to the organization of each paragraph.

Step4.
Start the comparison part. Consider these:
consider if there are any connections or similarities between what you have read in “American Ways: A Guide for Foreigners in the United States” and the three major points you summarized from My freshman year?)
Write two short paragraphs to make connection of at least two ideas in these two books.

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executive summary based on some students’ presentations.

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BA 251
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT/ ANNUAL REPORT PROJECT

Choose a U.S. public company that merchandises or produces tangible) Do NOT choose a bank, insurance company or other service organization. The company should have a balance for accounts receivable and inventory. Utilizing (1) the company’s website to access the most recent annual report, and/or (2) the Securities and Exchange Commission’s edgar database www.sec.gov (Search for the most recent form 10Ks for your company. PRINT ALL 4 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE MOST RECENT YEAR), and (3) http://biz.yahoo.com/i, (PRINT THE ANNUAL INCOME STATEMENT, BALANCE SHEET AND CASH FLOW STATEMENT FROM THE YAHOO WEBSITE). Answer the following questions about your company. Use the most recent annual reports available

1. Using the yahoo website above, list the closing price of the stock for 3 different points in time (example: this Friday and the Friday before you complete the assignment)

Date Price per share
a. Initial selection date 2/10/2014 ___________________
b. Intermediate date 3/10/2014 ___________________
c. Final selection date 4/9/2014 ___________________

If you had invested $ 5,000 on February 10, what would be your gain (loss) if you sold on April 9th?

(Method: Divide $5,000 by the initial price to find the number of shares “purchased”. Multiply that number of shares by the change in price from initial to final selection date to find the gain or loss.)

2. Using the information in the annual report, list the answers to the following questions
a. Ending date of the last fiscal year
b. What is the company’s ticker symbol?
c. What are the principal products and/or services that your company provides?
d. Name of the independent public accounting firm that prepared the audit report (Find the “Independent Accountants’ Report, right before the financial statements in the annual report, the answer will be accounting accounting firm, not an individual).
e. How many shares of stock are authorized? Issued? (on annual report balance sheet)
f. What is the basic earnings per share (from the annual report income statement)
g. What depreciation method does your company use: straight-line, units of production, or declining balance (in annual report footnote about property and equipment)
h. What inventory cost method does your company use (LIFO, FIFO, average, specific ID): in annual report footnote on inventory)

3. Using the information on your company through the yahoo website above, answer the following questions
a. What is the company’s industry?
b. What is the name of a major competitor company?

4. Go to the yahoo site mentioned above. Choose ‘News’ and select an interesting article relevant to your company. Articles that only announce earnings are not sufficient. Articles should contain a substantial news item. Include a copy of the article with you write-up.
a. What was the source of the article? (For example, Reuters, Businesswire, etc.)
b. Pretend that you are a personal financial planner and that one of your clients owns stock in the company. Write a brief memo to your client summarizing the article and explaining the implications of the article for their investment.

 

5. Based on the information contained in the most recent YAHOO financial statements, compute the following ratios for your company for the past 2 years? Compute each year separately, showing the calculations for each ratio. The formulas for the ratios are available in your text book. (For g, k, and q, write a 2-4 sentence conclusion for each group of ratios (a-f, h-j, l-p) where indicated, indicating whether the ratios are improving, stable, or getting worse). For ratios, use a table or list.

a. Current ratio.
b. Current cash debt coverage ratio
c. Receivables turnover ratio and
d. Average collection period
e. Inventory turnover ratio and
f. Days in inventory

g. What conclusions concerning the company’s liquidity can be drawn from these ratios?

h. Debt to total assets.
i. Cash debt coverage ratio.
j. Free cash flow.

k. What conclusions concerning the company’s solvency can be drawn from these ratios?

l. Return on assets ratio.
m. Profit margin ratio.
n. Asset turnover ratio.
o. Gross profit rate.
p. Earnings per share.

q. What conclusions concerning the company’s profitability can be draw?

6. Would you recommend this company for investment purposes? Why or why not (give clear and concrete reasons, your opinion should be supported with 5-8 substantial facts)

*******THE ANNUAL REPORT PROJECT IS DUE April 21, 2014******

Report format: No folders, just a title page including COMPANY NAME, TICKER SYMBOL, your NAME Class Section and Semester
The information should be reported by numbering and labeling each item in the order requested. The finished product should be typed and must include a copy of:
i. The most recent 4 statements (balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement, and statement of stockholders’ equity) from the annual report itself.
ii. The most recent ANNUAL financial statements (income, balance sheet and cash flow statement) for your company from the Yahoo website. (Compare the dates, to make sure they agree with your annual report.)
iii. A copy of the news article used in question 4.
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No handwritten reports will be graded. Use a word processor.

Answers to Question 4, 5g,k,and q and 6 should be written in complete, grammatically correct sentences. For other questions you may just list the answer. The following format is suggested.

Font: Times New Roman, 11 point font. Margins: one-inch all around.
Line spacing: double-spaced. Paragraph: left alignment, first line half-inch indentation.
Footer: Your name, Page number, assignment identification and company name.

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Please read the questions, when answering the questions label them each by number and sub number as is laid out in the sheet.
Please also include the spreadsheet as required. You do not need any sources referenced at all, you do not need a cover page, and you do not need headers or footers,
simply just answer the questions. “Please Please make sure that every question is answered” Thank you so much!!!!!!

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Introduction
-Purpose
-Background
-Significance of the project
Detailed description of the innovation or programmatic change contained in the quality improvement project. Include a description of the key players (by position titles only).
Evidence from the literature that support change
Results of the project or project planning
Conclusions about the project plans and the projects effect on nursing care
Recommendations for future action
Details about the plan and project must include a financial analysis of the costs to the institution related to the project. A financial plan:
-Include potential revenue source
-anticipated use of resources
-expected financial outcomes including (actual projected dollars, not a description)
-Financial Plan must include (non productive time) average nurses salary+ length of in service (2 hours)+cost of supplies + costs of educator’s salary. Add 25% overhead to cover cost of electricity.
A step by step plan to manage the change process
Description of key players whose support is critical to the project’s success
Summarize the report in separate executive summary, not to exceed one page. The 1-page executive summary must provide essential details about the project including a concise statement of the project cost and projected outcome.
A financial plan including, potential revenue source, anticipated use of resources, and expected financial outcomes in included, including actual projected dollars, not a description.

*References must be within 5 years, unless classic nursing literature

*Note- The facility is an inpatient psychiatric hospital

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