Prepare a voice-over PowerPoint presentation to present to an undergraduate class on research methods and begin by briefly describing the four different scales of quantitative research measurement that scientists use (nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio). Provide additional clarification to illustrate your understanding of the four different levels of measurement when presenting this information. Then, provide one example for each of these types of measures for your chosen topic of research. Which measures might you want to use here, and why? Briefly explain how each variable that you select fits within the four different scales of measurement.

Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics as well as speaker notes for each slide. The speaker notes may be comprised of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists, and should cite material appropriately.

Support your presentation with at least three scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources may be included.

Length: 12-15 slides (with a separate reference slide)
Notes Length: 100-150 words for each slide

Be sure to include citations for quotations and paraphrases with references in APA format and style where appropriate. Save the file as PPT with the correct course code information. Upload your document, and then click the Submit to Dropbox button.

Portia– Merchant of Venice
Isabella– Measure to measure
Source must be scholarly and peer reviewed.
Assignment: Develop and argue a thesis about how a specific historical context informs two
characters (from a similar group) from different plays. For instance, do these characters illustrate
that context? Or do they contradict or complicate it? Does the insight help explain some aspect
of them? (lots of possibilities – not all will be relevant to all projects).
Length 4-6 pages
How to do this: Step by Step
1. Choose one “group” represented by characters in at least two plays.
What does this mean? Some suggestions (but these are not exhaustive: your own interest
may help you see others)
Italians heiresses bastards unmarried woman
unmarried men betrothed women betrothed men constables
rulers servants ladies-in-waiting friends
people wear disguises people to act a part advisors old men
women with power poor men wastrels fathers
men who take power uncles rich men aristocrats
fashionable men priests brothers . . . you get the idea
soldiers
Avoid overly general “men” or “women” or “people.” Narrow in some way.
2. Find one substantial but specific historical insight from the early modern period
about your group.
You need to use scholarly insight: find it in a book from our library or an article from
Galileo, Project Muse, etc. You might get it from a “pure history” work – it doesn’t
necessarily need to mention Shakespeare, but it is OK if it does.
3. Choose two characters – each representing a different play – from the group you
have chosen. Look at them in light of your historical insight. See how they relate
and what the insight might tell you about them, using it as a stringboard to examine
how Shakespeare portrays that particular group.
4. Write a strong, well-organized essay: make sure the first body paragraph clearly
explains your historical insight, then move on to examining the characters in light of
that insight, drawing comparisons and contrasts. Make sure to examine in detail at
least 3 rich, significant quotations related to each character (either something they
say or something said about them).
5. You need use no other sources besides the plays and your historical source. Of
course, if another source is used, it too needs to be documented and cited
appropriately, using MLA format

Assignment 2 – Read the Attached Case – Coping with Corruption in Trading with Vietnam Total Marks – 30 ( weightage 10%)

Answer the Question #s 1& 2 together and 6&7 together

In addition to the case, you are expected to do your own research to add supporting details for your answers to your answers – Think in terms of why, why not , how etc to add details

You may use Newspaper/Magazine/Journal articles , Research Reports, World bank Data, Stats Canada, Government websites etc (NO Wikipedia!!). You are also advised to support your answers with textbook concepts from the relevant chapters You are expected to include at least 8-10 secondary sources (in total ,other than the case) to support your answers

Provide a cover page

Type your answers in 12 point, Times New Roman font ONLY, 1.5 line spacing, normal margins and spaces.

Word Limit
600- 700 words or 2- 2.5 pages – 10 marks each

Referencing: Do not copy-paste any information from any source. You are required to analyze and paraphrase your research. Use APA style for references with in-text referencing and complete references in the end. Please click on this link to see example of APA referencing basics – https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/

Your answers will be marked for the following –

1. Content – your answer should be comprehensive, make sure to cover all sections of the question with correct and convincing supporting arguments.
It is strongly recommended that you provide separate paragraphs, headings etc to organize and provide a better flow to your answers.

2. Writing (5 marks)– structure ( provide headings and sub-headings), flow, grammar, spelling and punctuation

3. Referencing ( 5 marks)– APA style

Coping with Corruption in Trading with Vietnam
1See http://www.transparency.org for more details
Corruption is a fact of life in China. In fact, Transparency International, a German organization
that applies its Corruption Perception Index (CPI) globally,1 rates China with a CPI of 3.6 and is
number 75 of the 183 countries rated. New Zealand is rated the least corrupt at number 1 with a
CPI of 9.5, the United States at 1924 with a CPI of 7.51, and North Korea and Somalia the most
corrupt at number 182 with a CPI of 1.0. The country’s press frequently has detailed cases of
corruption and of campaigns to crack down on bribery and other forms of corruption. The
articles primarily have focused on domestic economic crimes among Chinese citizens and on
local officials who have been fired, sent to prison, or assessed other penalties.
There is strong evidence that the Chinese government is taking notice and issuing regulations to
fight corruption. Newly issued Communist Party of China (CPC) regulations on internal supervision
and disciplinary penalties have raised hopes that the new regulations will enhance efforts
against corruption. The regulations established “10 Taboos” for acts of party members that
violate political, personnel, and financial regulations and who are involved in bribery,
malfeasance, and infringement of others’ rights. The taboos included lobbying officials of higher
rank, handing out pamphlets or souvenirs without authorization, holding social activities to form
cliques, and offering or taking bribes. Also on the list were making phone calls, giving gifts,
holding banquets or conducting visits to win support, covering up illicit activities, spreading
hearsay against others, using intimidation or deception, and arranging jobs for others. Some
believe that the execution of three bankers, for “a run-of-the-mill fraud,” just before the
Communist Party’s annual meeting, was an indication of how serious the government was about
cracking down on corruption.
Much of China’s early efforts to stem corruption were focused on activities among domestic
Chinese companies and not on China’s foreign business community. Traders, trade consultants,
and analysts have said that foreign firms are vulnerable to a variety of corrupt practices.
Although some of these firms said they had no experience with corruption in China, the majority
said they increasingly were asked to make payments to improve business, engage in blackmarket
trade of import and export licenses, and bribe officials to push goods through customs or
the Commodity Inspection Bureau, or engage in collusion to beat the system. The Hong Kong
Independent Commission Against Corruption reports that outright bribes, as well as gifts or
payment to establish guanxi, or “connections,” average 3 to 5 percent of operating costs in the
PRC, or $3 billion to $5 billion of the $100 billion of foreign investments that have been made
there. The most common corrupt practices confronting foreign companies in China are examined
here.
PAYING TO IMPROVE BUSINESS
Foreign traders make several types of payments to facilitate sales in China. The most common
method is a trip abroad. Chinese officials, who rarely have a chance to visit overseas, often
prefer foreign travel to cash or gifts. (This was especially true when few PRC officials had been
abroad.) As a result, traders report that dangling foreign trips in front of their PRC clients has
become a regular part of negotiating large trade deals that involve products with a technological
component. “Foreign travel is always the first inducement we offer,” said an executive involved
in machinery trade. In most cases, traders build these costs into the product’s sale price. Some
trips are “reasonable and bona fide expenditures directly related to the promotion, demonstration,
or explanation of products and services, or the execution of a contract with a foreign government
agency,” but it may be another matter when officials on foreign junkets are offered large per
diems and aren’t invited specifically to gain technical knowledge.
Foreign travel isn’t always an inducement—it also can be extorted. In one case, a PRC bank
branch refused to issue a letter of credit for a machinery import deal. The Chinese customer suggested
that the foreign trader invite the bank official on an overseas inspection tour. Once the
invitation was extended, the bank issued the letter of credit.
ANGLING FOR CASH
Some MNCs are asked to sponsor overseas education for the children of trading officials. One
person told a Chinese source that an MNC paid for that individual’s U.S. $1,500-a-month
apartment, as well as a car, university education, and expenses.
Firms find direct requests for cash payments—undeniably illegal—the most difficult. One wellplaced
source said that a major trader, eager for buyers in the face of an international market
glut, had fallen into regularly paying large kickbacks into the Honduran, U.S., and Swiss
accounts of officials at a PRC foreign trade corporation. Refusing to make payments may not
only hurt sales, it can also be terrifying. A U.S. firm was one of several bidders for a large sale; a
Chinese official demanded the MNC pay a 3 percent kickback. When the company
representative refused, the official threatened: “You had better not say anything about this. You
still have to do business in China, and stay in hotels here.” Not surprisingly, the U.S. company
lost the deal.
Traders of certain commodities may be tempted to resort to the black market for import and
export licenses that are difficult to obtain legally. A fairly disorganized underground market, for
instance, exists for licenses to export China-made garments to the United States.
Some branches of the Commodity Inspection Bureau (CIB) also have posed problems for traders.
Abuses have emerged in the CIB since it started inspecting imports in 1987. A Japanese
company, for instance, informed CIB officials of its intention to bring heavy industrial items into
China—items that had met Japanese and U.S. standards. The officials responded that they
planned to dismantle the products on arrival for inspection purposes. The problem was resolved
only after the firm invited the officials to visit Japan. Some traders get around such problems by
purchasing inspection certificates on the black market. According to press accounts, these forms,
complete with signatures and seals, can be bought for roughly U.S. $200.
Some claim that, for the appropriate compensation, customs officials in a southern province are
very willing to reduce the dutiable value of imports as much as 50 percent. Because the savings
can far exceed transport costs, some imports that would logically enter China through a northern
port are redirected through the southern province.
The new Communist Party of China (CPC) regulations address some of these problems, but
unfortunately, the new law raises more questions than answers. Two kinds of bribes are covered
under the new law: The “Criminal Law of the PRC,” known as common bribery, applies to the
bribery of state officials and employees of state-owned enterprises, which are most of China’s
large companies. Anyone who demands or accepts money or property in return for benefits is
guilty of bribery. The other is the “Law Against Unfair Competition of the PRC,” known as
commercial bribery. It prohibits businesses from giving money or property to customers to sell
or purchase products.
The law is confusing in that it says nothing about punishment for gifts and benefits costing less
than $600 or even whether these transactions can amount to bribes. Thus, tickets to sports events,
which can cost several hundred dollars, wining and dining executives, or even pharmaceutical
samples to physicians remain in a gray area. The only clue is that Communist Party guidelines
prohibit members from accepting gifts exceeding $500 but that doesn’t necessarily mean that
gifts under $500 won’t be considered a violation of the law. The trouble with China’s bribery
laws is that they can be interpreted to apply to any gift at all.
AN ILLUSTRATION
Here are some excerpts from a trial concerning a Chinese bank, a Chinese consultant, and several
U.S. companies in which charges of bribery, among other issues, are involved. The list of
charges, countercharges, and alleged bribery will give you a sample of the types of behavior that
can arise in a transaction where bribery is rampant.
A Chinese company alleged that it got pushed out of a lucrative business deal because an
American software company secretly funneled money to powerful Chinese government officials
to ensure a profitable banking contract. In court filings, lawyers for the Chinese company said
they had obtained copies of detailed e-mails and other records that show that the American
company paid over a million dollars in fees to a consultant for services in addition to reimbursing
the consultant about $170,000 in expenses covering an array of gifts, hotels, shopping sprees,
and entertainment costs.
The suit also contends that the American company arranged through the Chinese consultant for
two Chinese banking officials and family members to travel on vacation to Hong Kong, Paris,
Rome, Las Vegas, and the golfing resort of Pebble Beach, California. These trips were arranged
by a consultant who was reimbursed for an array of gifts given to the Chinese bankers and their
families. The gifts included expensive Sony cameras, luxury outfits from Versace and Burberry,
and perhaps even a $330,000 apartment in Shanghai.
The suit says an American company official e-mailed another company executive saying the
chairman of China Construction Bank was interested in playing golf at “Cobble Beach” (he
thought he meant Pebble Beach). Soon after, the American company paid for the chairman’s
hotel, car services, and green fees in Pebble Beach. After the chairman expressed an interest in
seeing Florida, the lawsuit says the American company sent its corporate jet to fly him from San
Francisco, where he had been visiting with another U.S. company, to its headquarters in Florida.
The lawsuit also charges that the American company reimbursed the consultant for tickets the
chairman’s wife and son used to travel in China and the United States. The lawsuit claims it also
paid for his son’s tennis club fees in Shanghai and golfing fees in Shenzhen and for the daughter
of the bank’s chief information officer to travel to Europe.
The American company contended that all payments made to the consultant and all the business
trips by the Chinese officials the company paid for were legitimate costs of doing business in
China. It is the price the company had to pay to help secure a huge software contract with China
Construction Bank worth about $176 million.
It is important to note that this is an illustration of a civil lawsuit between two companies and
does not involve charges by the U.S. government and possible violations of the FCPA. However,
the report indicated that the Justice Department was looking into the charges.
TWO COMMENTS ON DEALING WITH CORRUPTION
Comment of a Consultant As the head of one U.S. consulting firm asserts, “Corruption is a
huge issue, it’s systemic. Whether it’s self-dealing, phantom suppliers, kickbacks, intellectual
property theft or inappropriate dealings with governmental officials, crime and corruption are
risks companies face when operating in China. There are many instances where, unbeknownst to
the U.S. company, various payments are being made under the table. The company’s credo, the
company’s standard operating procedures, the company’s code of conduct, corporate
governance, best practices—all of that needs to be ingrained and it needs to be accepted. There
has to be constant training and constant reminding” to the local Chinese staff. Chinese culture is
“very different” from Western culture. As such, “a U.S. company cannot simply translate its
compliance policies and procedures into Chinese and expect them to have the same effect as in
the U.S. The entire approach must be tailored to the Chinese environment.”
Comment of Former U.S. Foreign Service Agent A retired agent of the U.S. Foreign
Service raises questions about how strictly the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is enforced. The
economics officer of the U.S. Foreign Service says he intentionally subverted the intent of the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act so U.S. investors and exporters would not lose out unfairly to
companies and agencies from other foreign countries.
“I figured out how business was actually done in corrupt countries, who was on the take, whether
the going rate for host country cooperation in a particular type of transaction was 10 percent or
25 percent and who was good or bad as a go between.”
“I would tell Americans trying to do business in the host country: ‘Don’t tell me about any
corrupt practices you are engaged in, because I am obliged to write that up and report you to
Washington, but do tell me in detail about corrupt activities by competing foreign companies. In
return, if your information is interesting, I’ll give you my best guess on how corruption works
here.’ By doing this I hope that I have helped level the playing field.”
QUESTIONS
1. List all the different types of bribes, payments, or favors represented in this case under (a)
FCPA, (b) Criminal Law of PRC, and (c) Law Against Unfair Competition of the PRC. Why
is each either legal or illegal?
2. For those practices that you listed as illegal, classify each as lubrication, extortion, or
subornation, and explain your reasoning. You can provide similar examples from
international business to support your reasoning
3. Which of the payments, favors, or bribes are illegal under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
(FCPA)?
4. Assuming that the FCPA did not exist, what is the ethical response to each of the payments,
favors, or bribes you have identified? Read the section titled Ethical and Socially
Responsible Decisions in Chapter 5 as a guide to assist you in your decision.
5. In your view, which of the expenses detailed in the lawsuit could be in violation of the
FCPA, and which could be legitimate business expenses as the American Company
contends? Discuss.
6. Discuss the legal/ethical issues raised by the comments by the retired Foreign Service agent
and the consultant.
7. List alternatives to paying bribes in international markets and discuss the plusses and
minuses of each by giving factual real international business examples.
Sources: Walter H. Drew, “Corrupt Thinking,” Foreign Policy, May/June 2005; David Barboza,
“Charges of Bribery in a Chinese Bank Deal,” The New York Times, November 29, 2006; “India,
China Ranked 72 out of 180 in Corruption Rankings,” The Hindustan Times, October 8, 2007;
“Take Great Care in Choosing Partners: Corruption Rampant, but Lately Its Drawing
Government Attention,” Business Insurance, March 26, 2007; “China’s Communist Party Issues
List of ‘Taboos’ Ahead of Politician Reshuffle,” International Herald Tribune, January 4, 2008;
“China Lists New Anti-Graft Rules,” BBC News, January 4, 2008; Transparency International,
2012.

Assignment Prompt and Context

Failure Analysis (FA) is both a preventative process and forensic tool in engineering. FA is used during the design and development phase of a product, process, or service to systematically anticipate potential points of failure and correct them before the product is released to the consumer. As a forensic process, FA is used to diagnose actual failures and recommend solutions. For both kinds of FA, “standards” may be employed to guide decisions.

Famous cases of engineering failure include the Challenger Shuttle Disaster, the I-35W Mississippi Bridge collapse in Minneapolis, MN, and more recently, the I-85 bridge collapse and fire in Atlanta, GA. Every day, though, engineering failures happen all over the world, both big and small, with damage ranging from minimal to catastrophic. Failures may be due to manufacturing decisions (e.g., using a lower quality material to cut costs), use violations (the consumer uses the item in an incorrect manner, e.g., pushing a machine past capacity), or unexpected environmental conditions (e.g., extreme weather events or unanticipated air flow through a building). FA as a process is at the heart of balancing production and performance in engineering.

In this paper, you will report on an engineering failure in your field and make recommendations for how this failure can be prevented in the future. This failure could be a famous or published case of failure (such as named above) or it can be a common type of failure, such as turbine failure, which you examine using published case studies. The emphasis in this paper is on the Recommendations section – this is your opportunity to use your engineering knowledge to recommend a solution to a problem.

Instructions

You will research and document an engineering failure in your area of engineering. Your paper will include the following major sections:

Case Description (what happened?)
Case Investigation (what did they find? How did they find it?)
Recommendations (how will this problem be prevented in the future?)
Case description – the section describes the failure. This includes the context of the failure and why the failure matters.

Case Investigation – this section documents the failure analysis methods used in the case, including the tests that were performed and the outcomes of the tests. This section should include all information necessary to understanding the root cause.

Recommendations – this section explains the impact of the failure, identifies standards or practices which may have contributed to the failure, and makes recommendations for how to prevent the failure from happening again.

Any of the above sections may have sub-sections. For example, you may use subheadings for each type of test performed. You may also use lists, tables, and diagrams in your paper.

Other Requirements

At least two images or figures must be used in the paper. You may use more than two figures. Label and cite figures properly.
Use the Word “References” menu to insert captions.
A minimum of 6 high quality sources: academic, trade, and reference texts are acceptable.
Using low-quality sources will result in a 25% reduction in grade.
The final paper must have a title, Table of Contents, and References page.
If you do not use a title page, then include your name in the header with the page number.
Use the Word Style menu to create headings. This will allow you automatically generate a TOC using the References tool.
Failure to use the Style and References menu will result in a 10% reduction in grade.

Write an interpretive essay focusing on representations of the alien in the novel Dracula. The paper must consider the novel in its historical context and apply one of the theories of monsters studied in this course to produce an interpretation. It should support that interpretation through close reading, including detailed analysis of specific scenes and incorporation of quotation.

The essay should demonstrate an ability to formulate a strong, potentially controversial argument that makes a significant, interesting claim about the assigned work and supports that claim by supplying textual evidence appropriately cited. To achieve an original argument, the paper should have a tight thematic focus, drawing attention through close reading to interesting aspects of the text. Furthermore, the essay should be well organized and edited to ensure clarity of communication and to eliminate distracting errors.

The essays should be approximately 6 pages long, double-spaced with a standard 12 point font and margin.

The essay should be submitted both here and in the TurnItIn Dropbox below as a docx or pdf attachment . Thereafter, penalties for lateness apply (see the syllabus).

Essays will be evaluated for argumentation (thesis construction, logic, persuasiveness, originality, and theoretical sophistication), support (evidence and citation), and communication (organization, clarity, style, mechanics, and grammar). See sample papers for examples of how to analyze literary works.

Students must produce individual interpretations of the texts under consideration and should not research the topic or make use of outside sources such as the internet without pre-approval from the instructor; use of words or ideas from unacknowledged sources constitutes plagiarism and will result in failure of the course. Citations should follow MLA format. See the OWL website for help with citation of books, electronic books, films, etc.

Project 2: Case Report
Select a peer-reviewed article describing a case study of one of the precision medicine topics that we’ve
discussed (i.e., cancer, complex diseases, pharmacogenomics, or ‘omic data). Dr. Hare-Harris must
approve your article choice. Each student must choose a different article.
Write a 2-3 page summary of the case report. Include the following information:
1. background on disease/disorder
2. description of symptoms exhibited by case report patient
3. description of the genetic variants identified in the study
4. explanation of how the genetic diagnosis influenced the patient’s medical treatment
5. summary of the patient outcome
6. discussion of potential for use in other patients with same disease/disorder.
Essay Format:
• Include page numbers and your name in the header
• 2-3 pages
• Times New Roman font size 12
• 1 inch margins
• 1.5 spacing
• Citations in author-date format and listed at the end of the essay (not included in page
count)

Policy Brief Assignment
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Section 1-To Be Presented To
• This policy brief has its intentions to be presented to State Representative Shawn Thierry in part because of her involvement in the Juvenile Justice and Family Issues Committee, among other achievements.

Section 2-Issue and Urgency
• Minority juveniles are significantly over-represented in the justice system in the state of Texas.
• African Americans make up 13% of the Texas population, yet they make up 32% of the detained population.
• Combined, juvenile minorities make up 55% of the general Texas population, while they make up an overwhelming 72% of the detained population. These statistics are staggering and alarming, especially in light of the Disproportionate Minority Confinement Provision in the Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (Carmichael and Witten, 2005).

Section 3-Courses of Action
• In order to reduce institutional biases, which leads to disproportionate minority youth in the justice system, awareness must be spread to community representatives, leaders, and others. Sponsored seminars and training sessions must be conducted for judges, prosecutors, agency personal and any others who are involved in the juvenile justice process. Texas needs to implement such awareness programs.
• Creation of an oversight body composed of stakeholders to identify where disparities exist, monitory implementations of reforms, monitor implementation of reforms to address overrepresentation of minority youth, and identify unnecessary juvenile justice system involvement.
• Reduce unnecessary detention of youth who pose little to no risk, as well as adding the use of alternatives to confinement of juveniles in correction facilities, such as community based services and graduated parole violation sanctions can help to reduce overrepresentation of minority youth in the juvenile justice system (Armour and Hammond, 2009).
Section 4-Preferred Course of Action
• The issue of disproportionate minority youth in the juvenile justice system is a complex, multi-faceted issue that requires not one, but many courses of action. It all begins, however, with addressing the root cause, which is inherent bias and institutional racism. Programs and trainings must be implemented to draw awareness of any conscious or subconscious bias and institutional racism, especially among judges, police officers, and others that come into contact with minority youth. We must reject any ideology that negates such biases and racism do not exist in our criminal justice system. The evidence to the contrary is overwhelming (Hoytt, Schiraldi, Smith, and Ziedenberg, 2013).

References
Carmichael, D., Whitten, G., & Voloudakis, M. (2005). Study of Minority Over-Representation in the Texas Juvenile Justice System (Rep.). College Station, TX: The Public Policy Research Institute.
Armour, J., & Hammond, S. (2009). Minority Youth in the Juvenile Justice System Disproportionate Minority Contact (Rep.). Denver, CO: National Conference of State Legislatures.
Hoytt, E. H., Schiraldi,, V., Smith, B. V., & Ziedenberg, J. (n.d.). 8 Pathways to Juvenile Detention Reform, Reducing Racial Disparities in Juvenile Detention (Publication). The Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Representatives, T. H. (n.d.). Texas House of Representatives. Retrieved November 09, 2017, fromhttp://www.house.state.tx.us/members/memberpage/?district=146c

A policy brief is a document that discusses a specific issue and provides succinct, rigorous and accessible recommendations to policy makers. It draws on research, academic theory and practice. The brief is no more than 1 page single space in length and is derived from extensive research and analysis. The policy brief should be presented as bulleted points with the sections below as your subheadings. Be certain to review the various instructional videos on the course web site. The policy brief consists of the following six (6) sections:

Section I: Identify the issue or problem you will address

Section II: Identify the stakeholders who have an interest in address or solving your issue/ problem

Section III: Identify three (3) or four (4) points about the nature, salience and/ or urgency of your issue/ problem

Section IV: Identify policy options/ courses of action available for addressing your issue/ problem

Section V: Recommend a preferred policy solution/ course of action for addressing your issue/ problem

Section VI: List 4 -6 References you used in developing your policy brief

Using a theorist/ theorists of your choice, critically analyse one of the key themes explored on the course. These might include different theories, concepts or debates around the issues of:

space and place;
centrality and peripherally;
gentrification;
social interaction and segregation;
surveillance;
the right to the city.

In doing this, you will identify and demonstrate a critical understanding of relevant ‘big thinkers’ (e.g. Simmel, Lefebvre, De Certeau, Jacobs, Castells, Harvey, Benjamin, Massey, Zukin and others) who have added to our understanding of experiencing city life.

The structure of your essay MUST include:

Title

Introduction (~250 words)

Experiencing City Life Theme ( ~500 words)
In this section, you should define the theme which you will investigate, briefly explaining its importance to the experience of city life and provide a route-map for the rest of your essay.

Key Urban Theorists (~ 1000 words)
In this section, identify key urban thinkers who have contributed to our understanding of city life and explore their ideas, giving examples. As well as discussing their most important works, remember to examine critiques of their approach.

Conclusion (~250 words)
Reflect on how what you have done relates to the essay task and what you have shown with your exploration of urban thinkers in relation to city life.

References (Not included in the word count)
Ensure that you include key writings from your selected theorists, as well as academic journal articles which reflect critically on their work.

Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to revise the introduction and literature review of your academic argumentative paper, which I created a draft of.
Description: Revisions must be substantive and should be made in accordance with the instructions. The following parts of the assignment must be revised.
– Introductions (9-12 well-developed sentences/approximately 350 words).
The following components must be included in the introduction (in the following order).
– Sentence 1: Introduce the general topic
– Sentence 2: Pro side (general)
– Sentence 3: Con side (general)
– Sentence 4: Narrow the scope (1)
– Sentence 5: Examples of the narrowed topic
– Sentence 6: Narrow the scope (2)
– Sentence 7: Specific controversy
– Sentence 8: Pro side (specific)
– Sentence 9: Con side (specific)
– Sentence 10: The thesis

Literature Review (800-900 words).
-Literature review preface: This paragraph acts as a guide to what the reader can expect in the literature review.
– Literature review body. This section includes three to four body paragraphs that discuss the history, terminology, and both sides of the controversy (pro and con).
– Literature review conclusion: The conclusion signals that the literature review is ending, but it also acts as a kind of preface for the body of the paper by restating the thesis statement and establishing your argument once again.

Need atleast 4 sources

Draft of Introduction and literature review document uploaded.

A feature documentary about the increasingly militarized state of American police as told through the story of William “Dub” Lawrence, a former sheriff who established and trained his rural state’s first SWAT team only to see that same unit kill his son-in-law in a controversial standoff 30 years later. Driven by an obsessed sense of mission, Dub uses his own investigative skills to uncover the truth in this and other recent officer involved shootings in his community while tackling larger questions about the changing face of peace officers nationwide.

After watching the documentary, respond with a brief reflection essay that addresses police militarization. This should also draw heavily from your readings. You should thoughtfully address three issues: 1) The scale of and reasons for the increase in S.W.A.T. units; 2) The problems with police militarization; and 3) The solutions or remedies you suggest.

Assignment rules
Do NOT include the question/prompt, course name, course number, date, title, or any other information in a header. Just start writing your essay on the very first line.
Length:about 750 words, single-spaced (about one full page).
File Format: Microsoft Word file in .doc or .docx file type.
Font: 11- or 12-pt Arial, Times New Roman, Calibri, or Helvetica (standard system fonts).
Margins: standard 1-inch margins on top, bottom, and sides.
Citations: This is a reflection essay, not a research paper. Use any citation style you wish (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.), so long as you support claims with references. Even phrases such as “as the textbook argues” or “according to the film” are good enough for our purposes.