Read Assessing Sustainability of Railway Modernization Projects: A Case Study from Romania in the Readings section of this lecture.
Discuss what actions the project manager could have taken or how the project could have been restructured to improve the SPM3 assessment of Levels 2, 3, and 4.
Consider a few terrorist activities since the 1980s until today. Here is a starting point:
1983: United States Embassy in Beirut and Kuwait is bombed
1988: Osama bin Laden re-organizes Al Qaeda in Pakistan to carry out attacks
1993: World Trade Center Bombing (first time)
1995: Oklahoma City Bombing
1998: United Stated Embassy bombings Nairobi and Sar Es Salaam
2001: 9/11 Bombing of the World Trade Centers
2001: Bio Terrorism begins (anthrax letters and Bill Gates’s warnings on bio terrorism)
2013: Boston Marathon Bombings
2018: Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
Then, address three (3) of the following and craft a response, as a whole, for your selections:
Explain if you think that global terrorism can be stopped.
Analyze the responsibility of the United States today to be the world’s “policeman.”
Assess if peace and stability in the Middle East are vital to U.S. economy and national security.
If the United States withdrew its troops from the Middle East tomorrow, would the terrorist threat end. Why or why not?
Assess if the use of military force is the only way to prevent terrorism. Are there other possible alternatives? Which strategy is best and why?
Identify a type of epidemiology study that might be used to evaluate a current (within the last 6 months) health concern that has appeared in the news. Provide a short explanation of how the identified study would be set up to evaluate the health issue.
Define three common terms used in toxicology. In addition, evaluate how media influence (including social media) may impact present situations in this field.
Write a paper, addressing the following prompt:
Analyze how the visual and/or aural elements of the filmmaking [mise-en-scene, lighting, diegetic and non-diegetic sound, camera angles and focus, editing] contribute to the film’s intention and effect.
Here is the list of films you may write about: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Do the Right Thing, The Silence of the Lambs, Get Out, and The Florida Project.
Some questions you might want to ask (and answer):
How does the use of lighting and/or color establish tone? Is the film monotonic (i.e. one tone throughout), or do the lighting and color palette shift the tone between scenes/acts/locations?
How do elements of the mise-en-scene contribute to our understanding of the characters, milieu, or narrative?
What point(s)-of-view does the use of framing, camera angles, and/or camera movements establish? Does the point of view shift from scene to scene (or within scenes)? What, if any, function does the camera’s POV play in characterization and narrative?
What thematic or narrative functions do the film’s editing techniques serve (e.g. noteworthy match cuts, L- or J-cuts)?
What major motifs can you find in the film? What is their significance to the film’s themes and/or to the characters and the narrative?
Are any of the elements characteristic (or uncharacteristic) of the film’s genre? Are there any signature marks of the filmmaker’s (director, cinematographer, or screenwriter) personal artistic style?
Write: As part of the writing process, you are expected to reflect on your work and revise and edit accordingly. It is also useful to establish a community of learners in which you help edit and proofread each other’s papers. This reciprocal process will help you identify areas of strength and weakness in others’ writing as well as reflect on your own work and perhaps discover similar mistakes. For this week, you will be performing a peer review on your Critical Response Essay – Rough Draft.
Please view the video Posting to a Discussing Forum
(Links to an external site.)
for guidance on attaching word documents in your discussion post.
For this discussion
Write a two-page, properly formatted draft (or 500 words) of your Critical Response Essay, including introduction, thesis, and support paragraphs.
Signify your working thesis by including it in bold type.
Upload your rough draft to your post and address the following:
Explain the connection between your working thesis and your support paragraphs. Based on the thesis, what should readers expect to be covered in the body paragraphs? Would this connection be clear to someone without your explanation? If so, why? If not, how can you modify your support paragraphs and/or thesis statement to make this connection clearer?
Explain how you determined the most important topic in the library essay you selected (place, community, or communication/speaking out). Would the importance of the topic be clear to someone without your explanation? If so, why? If not, what information should you add to make this connection clearer?
Explain your critical response to the topic in the library essay you selected (place, community, communication/speaking out). Would this critical response be clear to someone without your explanation?
Note any other specific challenges faced or successes experienced when writing your rough draft or completing this discussion post.
1. How did the women’s rights movement begin in the 19th century, and what were the women involved in the movement seeking to change about American society? Be sure to mention specific issues related to gender that the women’s rights movement focused on.
Assignment: Chapters 21-26 in your eText contain valuable information on important microbial diseases associated with the following human body system:
Skin and Eyes (Ch. 21)
Nervous System (Ch. 22)
Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems (Ch. 23)
Respiratory System (Ch. 24)
Digestive System (Ch. 25)
Urinary and Reproductive Systems (Ch. 26)
Read each chapter and then pick one microbial disease from each chapter and write a synopsis of the disease using the following criteria:
What is the name of the disease? Are there any other names used?
What areas of the body are typically infected and what are the common characteristics of those organs?
Describe the symptoms.
What other bacteria or viruses are associated with the disease?
Describe the common modes of infections.
Describe the pathogenicity of the microbes involved in the disease.
Describe the treatments for the disease.
What is the fatality rate?
Describe the history of this disease throughout history.
What other diseases are associated with this disease?
Write a comparative essay which explains,
analyzes, and evaluates three major theoretical approaches to social movements of the ones listed.1. Collective Behavior Theories
2. Resource Mobilization Theory
3. Relative Deprivation Theory
4. Political Process/Opportunity Theory
5. New Social Movement Theory
In your essay, please make sure to address the following components:
A) the arguments/propositions of each theory;
B) the comparisons (and differences) between the theories;
C) your evaluation and opinion of the chosen theories
Based on your analysis of the three theories you selected to write about, which one of them did you find
most persuasive in understanding social movements and why?
You have been hired by a store named Green-Land to develop a marketing communications plan using a sales promotion technique and a direct mail effort in the New York Metro area.
The store carries only eco- friendly products for house cleaning, laundry, gardening and health and beauty aids. They are located in Hicksville.
All of their products have a low environmental impact, use recycled materials and have recyclable packaging. Their prices are an average of 20% higher than major brands across all product categories.
You have a budget of $75,000 for your direct mail campaign and $25,000 in total for a sales promotion programs. Your two pronged campaign is to launch on April 23, the day after Earth Day 2018.
For the direct mail effort:
1. Describe your mailing; components, key copy points, etc.
2. Name the types of mailing lists that you think will work for the program and give reasons why you think each of them will work.
3. Assume your mail costs $500/thousand pieces mailed; catalog, envelope, letter & post.
a. How many mailings can you send out?
b. Assume an average order of $50 and a gross margin of 50% including fulfillment costs. What response rate do you need to breakeven on the mailing program.
4. Do you think direct mail is a good choice for this business? Why do you think that?
Select a sales promotion program that will mesh with your direct mail effort so the two are integrated.
Provide a budget for your program. How is the $25,000 spent?
How can you measure its effectiveness?
Do you think the $100,000 would be better spent if the target shifted from direct consumer purchases to attracting customers to the retail store ?
Explain your answer. What incentives could be offered to buyers to encourage them to come to Green-land?
