Scholars in philosophy are constantly debating science and faith citing that science and faith are antagonists. It is important to understand religion and faith because the definitions of these two terms lay the foundation for the upcoming discussion. The term faith could be defined as a belief in the existence of a divine supernatural power or being that gave birth to the existing visible reality while science is the use of reason, critical thinking, and experiments, to explain the existing visible reality. Clearly, the meaning of science and religion highlight the contrasting opinions philosophers use to make a conclusion that faith and science are adversaries. Some scholars believe that science and faith are conflicting, which might not be the case. As a result, the upcoming paragraphs examine faith and science before concluding that the two are different, but are necessarily not antagonists.
In conclusion, the preceding paragraphs examine faith and science to highlight whether the two subjects are conflicting. For example, it is clear that faith and science take completely different perspectives regarding a subject. Additionally, in as much as science calls for the freedom of free thought, such freedom does not hinder their owners from practicing their faith. In any case, there are instances where an individual could think of an idea as science while a different person could think of the same idea as faith. It follows that science and faith are completely different subjects that ask different questions, offers different opinions, explanations, methodology, and justify their solutions differently. In short, science and faith are not conflicting. Instead, they exist provide different solutions and complement each other where they fall short.
I. Relationship
A. How they are connected
B. Where they separate
II. Postives
A. What is good about the connection
B. Why they should be accepted
III. Negatives
A. What is bad about the connections
B. Why they should not be accepted
IV. Beliefs
V. Conclusion

Think of yourself as a tour guide giving an overview to a group of well-educated tourists who will be visiting this country. Write a lecture introducing this country to these tourists. Your lecture should summarize some basic information about the country (such as population, geography/ecology, historical highlights, economy, main attractions, etc.). If you need additional information you can explore some additional websites not included in the map.

Interactive Spanish Map with Additional Information on Location URL: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1WOjynt2gTok7xbCtRLg4kQtOduc&ll=3.5572827808436145%2C-45.202560399999925&z=3

Documenting Sources
You need to have consulted a minimum of 3 sources for this project.
Remember, whenever you use resources (including books, journal articles, newspaper or magazine articles, websites, class discussion websites, and more), you must document them in accordance with the MLA style and with policies on academic integrity and plagiarism.
See MLA—Citing Your Sources for help with documentation.
Length of Assignment
Your completed assignment should be approximately 4-5 pages (not counting title page, double spaced, font size 12) or 1300-1700 words.

Campbell and Bailyn’s Boston Office: Managing The Reorganization

 

Situation Analysis

My name is Ken Winston I’m the regional sales manager for the Campbell and Bailyn’s

(C&B ) Boston office since 2003.  Prior to that I was bonds salesman for 20 years.    Because of recent trends that have been happening.  I introduced two changes in 2007 that were designed to make the firm more competitive and improve sales: 1). Key Account Team (KAT) 2).  Performance Management System (PMS).

 

The investment firm Campbell and Bailyn (C&B) was founded in the 1900’s and by 2007 has grown to be one of the five largest investment banks in the world.  Headquartered in New York City, the firm was organized into six segments of the investment banking industry, including corporate finance, investment management, mergers and acquisitions, and securities sales and trading.  With seven regional sales offices each reporting up to the national sale manager Paul Trimble located in New York.   In the past ten years the banking industry has undergone significant changes with the entry of new low-priced-services and brokers.   Resulting in a decline profit margin within the fixed income brokerage industry.

 

In recent years the fixed income division fueled the growth for C&B that could generate profits up to 20%. The Boston offered three fixed income sales group supported by salespeople broken into five generalists and four specialists. The generalist were the high flyers of the office, they led multiple trades within a given day and could make up to a million dollars in a given year.   They relied upon the specialists and office staff to complete the trades.  The specialist worked on smaller accounts with fewer trades in smaller quantities per trade.

 

 

Change 1. Key Account Team (KAT)

In the beginning of 2006, I recognized the need to address the problem of losing market share to competitors.  To address the first issue, I engaged the team to explain that change was needed to maintain their market share and brainstorm on how to increase sales for the office.   The ideas generated by the team ranged from new hires, extensive training, and increased reliance on New York specialists.   The team’s engagement in this process was vital to the on-going success of the Boston office

In June of 2007, I announced a re-structuring of the salespeople organization with the backing of senior management.  The new structure called the Key Account Team (KAT) would revamp the Boston office to support its customer with more in-depth knowledge within its product lines.  He believes the organizational change would realign its business with the changing business environment.  That triggered by the difficulty the salespeople were having mastering the new stream of complicated debt instruments.  As both KAT and PMS changes were being rolled out another event was unfolding that would affect global financial markets 2007 and C&B.  The sub-prime meltdown of billions mortgage-backed securities dollars also affected C&B’s sales and its customers base.

The reorganization affected all the generalist role who would be moved into the specialist role.   And, clients who were used to having a salesperson meet or socialize with them of a regularly basis.   Jim Callahan quoted Jim Harrington at Ashland Capital “He says he wanted to have coffee before the markets open. He would like to know why I don’t come around as much anymore over there. It seems things are more complicated now for them, not less.”    The KAT change highlighted that half the customers enjoyed the specialization but half were wary of it due to the fact that they had to deal with more than one person and then go into how the office handled the change

The generalist role was the one that had the breath of product knowledge while the specialist had the depth of the product knowledge.   The office had hierarchical culture where the generalists put themselves on top in the organization structure.   The generalist had latitude to manage their accounts since they managed their own group of accounts totally 60.   All in all, the generalist accounted for 75% of the total taxable bond sales.  The investment industry was trending towards more specialization as new products like options and future required more expertise to market.

As part of the reorganization Paul Callahan was appointed to head the transition.  I believe that Paul’s salesman extrovert personality would carry over into the specialist role.   The desired effect of this organizational change was having an unforeseen grumbling from the staff and customers.  One customer in favor of the change stated generalist were “jack of all trades and master of none”.  However, the overall customer feedback the favoring the was split down the middle.

For example, the salesperson John Oates within complex futures feared under his new role as a corporate debt desk specialist that his career prospects and compensation would be negatively impacted.   Another consequence of mine decision during the sub-prime crisis was the allocation of resources to resolve customer issues.  Salespeople were assisting customers to minimize the loses on their bond portfolios.   While Jen Ulin, one the most best salespeople who became mortgage-backed specialist was focused exclusively on that product line during a period when more trading capacity was needed.

Change 2.  Performance Management System (PMS).

 

The second change that was introduced in the beginning of 2007 as part of New York initiative was the Performance Management System (PMS).  Under the new PMS every salesperson bonus payouts would no longer be tied to their annual sales volumes but rather to feedback and softer skills, lie customer satisfaction and responsiveness to the New York traders.

The New York office had been trying to persuade the regional office to promote the most profitable fixed income securities they carried.   For example, if C&B was the underwriter on a new bond issue, it was more important for the salespeople to close smaller deals with higher-margin bond than larger bond deals with smaller margins.  The changed was aimed at improving the intra-office communication and focus on higher margin products at expense of sales volumes. The director of the C & B bond division Paul Cowan was pleased with the change, “great news” that for the year 2007, it looked as if the Boston office was going to have a “major up-tick” in profit margins versus 2006.  Time that I could use to spend with clients has been diverted mediator between the Boston and New York, rather than spending time with clients.

The change affected profits margins for the Boston office, but salesperson compensation was based on the dysfunctionality of PMS not on volumes sales volumes.

I’m preparing my final review of the changes that were implemented in Boston for review at the annual year-end bond leadership meeting.   The meeting is well represented across the firm with all the regional sales manager, senior and national managers.

 

Problem Analysis and Diagnosis

 

The bond market was changing outside the organization and the change was compounded by a global financial market meltdown.  Traditional bond products were being replaced by increasingly complicated debt instruments.   The organizational re-structuring made peers equal that they once considered to be higher in the organization structure.

The feedback from some of the salespeople was not positive with the role change.  A valid concern which would affect their career growth and earning potential under the new role.  The top generalist that fueled the growth feared risk of a decrease in the compensation as a specialist.   If a team member was to leave, it would not only affect sales it would impact the team chemistry as evident by their gathering prior to the daily 7:45am conference call.  Replacing a good salesman is not an easy task, they are highly skilled individuals with a high degree of financial knowledge of complicated investment instruments, outgoing, enthusiast and skilled with building relationships with customers.

The loss of customer relationships was noted by Jim Harrington of Ashland Capital.    I believed that some customers were accustomed to dealing with only one salesperson may have felt slighted.  The success of C&B was depended upon the long-term relationship with their clients.   Adding to the frustration was Callahan belief that larger multiproduct deals became more complicated.

In principle I agreed with the new PMS application, but I’m not convinced that it addressed the root cause the problem which was losing customer due to specialization.  The PMS placed more emphasis high margin products and improvement intra-office communication.  Under PMS sales commissions were based on the annual sales volume and the regional manager’s assessment.   Employee assessment would be extended to the researchers from New York which was geared to building relationships which does not happen by itself.

Alternative Solutions KAT

 

1). 3. Keep the new KAT system

Pros	Cons
Half of the customer’s expressed their satisfaction, they see the value-add of the specialist is valued by the customers	Bonus compensation takes a hit and employees may leave
Focus on high-margin products	Lose disgruntled employees because of decrease salary
Newer products such as futures and options, sold at higher margins Profits increased that required specialist knowledge	Career options are limited to specialization fields, take it or leave it approach.
The next generation of complicated “synthetic” debt instruments, the sales team, and the firm’s customers, were having a hard time keeping pace. .	Half of the customers expressed their dissatisfaction, they prefer the social relationships
C&B competitors were becoming specialized	Ken’s time spent mediating between New York and Boston.

 

2). Keep organization structure with incentives for high margin products

Pros	Cons
The organization structure worked as demonstrated by the bond profits	The industry trend towards specialization
Maintains customer focus and fosters long term relationship building	Specialist are required to provide the knowledge that customers need on complicated financial products
This model provides the career options and earning potential
The restructuring was not mandated decision from New York headquarters
The incentives provides the impetus to focus on higher margin products

 

 

3).  Manage the customer account by Tiers,  break them down into three groups by sales revenue.

 

Pros	Cons
More concentrated focus on key accounts to develop relationship and sales	It’s not the firm’s strategy to focus on single customer
Allows to focus attention on revenue generating accounts	Customer like the deep product knowledge of financial instruments
Develop strategy for bottom tier accounts to move them into other financial instruments	Does not focus on high margin products

 

 

 

Alternative Solutions PMS

1 Keep the New PMS system

Pros	Cons
It is the firm’s strategic direction for performance management	Penalizes top producing salesperson from reaching their earning potential
Improves intra-office communication, fosters employee relationships and networks for sharing knowledge and opportunities to grow the business.	The firm and salespeople success were built on relationships and broad knowledge of product portfolio
Focuses on high-margin products	Loses long-term customer relationship and risk losing customer
Improves firm’s competitiveness in the marketplace as knowledge is shared about trends and opportunities	Office hierarchy is removed with all salespeople having the same role as specialist
	Lower sales volumes and commissions
	No incentives to exceed sales quota

 

2. Use some Features of the PMS system which limits feedback to regional office

Pros	Cons
Web-based application available internally	Does not achieve firms goal of networking and build team relationships
Feedback is confidential
Provides a mechanism to track employee performance and give quarterly reviews.
Team would feel better if assessment was local only.

 

 

3. Keep the old performance management system and add incentives for high margin products and team building.

Pros	Cons
It works, the Boston office is top performance	Industry direction towards specialization
These are top tier high producing selling people that can manage their accounts
Salespeople are outgoing and focused, and sales volume driven
It maintains a focus on high margin product with the incentive

 

 

Recommendation

 

The recommendation is to keep the KAT organization structure (option 1) and option 1 for PMS for the Boston office.   The Boston office has demonstrated its command of the bond market by leading C&B profits.  The knowledge of the specialist has demonstrated their value-add to the customers during the sub-prime crisis and on higher-margin products such as futures and options.  These higher-margin products required more expertise to market and sells newer products, such as futures and options, sold at higher margins but also required considerably more expertise to market.  With the previous organization structure the salespeople and our customer were having a difficult time keeping up with new investment products.  I will

meet with each customer and explain why the changes good for them and for C&B.  And, address their individual concerns with an action plan to ensure our mutual success.

I believe that PMS will benefit C&B if it can be tailored to meet the needs of the individual regional office.   The value of PMS is more than an appraisal system, it has potential to improve intra-office communication and relationships between the regional offices and New York in the long run.   I choice not to recommend not keeping the existing performance evaluation as an alternative despite the potential to impact of losing high earnings leaving the organization. The New York bond division reported that 2007 had a “major up-tick” in profit versus 2006.

 

Implementation

• Early thorough planning and close relationships with the team
• Regional office and team acceptance is essential
• Feedback from customers and commitment to address the concerns
• Audit team’s performance for continued improvements
• Feedback on PMS is essential to deliver the desired goals of communication and improving the firm’s competitive advantage

 

 

Each student is tasked with performing external, academic research to examine
how development relates to one of the following topics that the student selects:
•Emotion management
•Impoverished environments
•Social media
•Religious influences
The student shall adequately research and discuss how three of the six major development
theories (Psychosexual, Psychosocial, Behavioral, Social Learning,
Cognitive and Sociocultural) can be used to address the topic in relation to development
across the life span. Students must use credible, academic sources other
than the assigned text. Students shall adequately address the following:
√Clearly define and explain the topic chosen and discuss how three of the six
major development theories can be used to address the topic in relation
to development across the life span Prepare an experimental design that could be used to gain information on a development
question that you have relating to the topic chosen using the scientific
method
•Explain the question
•Provide a hypothesis
•Document the research method you would use (how you would conduct
the experiment)
Prepare a three (3) to four (4) page APA formatted written paper addressing the
points herein.

I would my paper to be about how religion has a influence on behavior social learning and psycho social please. Also the paper must be written in third person and My hypothesis is : I believe religion has an influence on our behavior as it relates to psychosocial and social learning.

You will be analyzing an excerpt from Margaret Sanger’s 1922 book, The Pivot of Civilization. The excerpt is titled “The Need for Birth Control,” and deals directly with the 1920’s debate surrounding birth control and the Catholic Church.

The document is provided below.

Your essay should do the following:

1. Place the document within its larger historical context using the textbook, lecture notes or internet searches as your guide (YOU DO NOT NEED TO CITE ANYTHING)

2. Identify the major points, purposes, and intended audiences of the document

3. Determine what specific themes and issues from the covered material are represented in the document and explain their connections

4. Use the document as primary evidence to make at least two historical conclusions about the birth control debate in the 1920s

5. Have a clear and focused thesis which reflects the conclusions you intend to explain

The essay must be a minimum of two complete double-spaced pages with 12-point, Times New Roman font. It should be written in a comprehensive format with an introduction, thesis statement, specific examples (this does not mean large quotes from the text), citations, and a conclusion.

This should not include any outside sources other than the document provided.

YOU WRITE A BUSSINENSS PLAN WITH 1500 WORDS AND FOLLOW THE STRUCTURE BELOW AND DEEP ANALYSIS ON FINANCIAL PLAN AND PROJECTION.
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Business budget: $150 000
PLEASE SEE THE MARKING GUIDE THAT YOU WILL KNOW HOW TO WRITE PERFECTLY WITH DEEP ANALYSIS
Your business plan should include:
• The Executive Summary. This is a concise summary illustrating the key points that are detailed in each section of the ensuing business plan. The Executive Summary should stand on its own as a separate document.
• Business Overview. Offer a description of the business, including:
• The legal structure
• Business formation history
• The type of business
• Location
• Means of doing business (Internet, storefront operation, mail order)
• Operations Plan. Offer an explanation describing how the business will function, including the physical setup and responsibilities for specific tasks.
• Market Analysis. Include an overview of the market as a whole, with specific data and charts or graphs, if appropriate. Define your target market and your plans for catering to this specific audience.
• Products and Services. Describe the products manufactured or sold or the services offered. Classify the different types of products or services and provide a brief description of each.
• Sales and Marketing. Outline pricing and sales information. Include rationalizations for why your audience will buy your products or services and how you will reach them through marketing and advertising efforts.
• Competitive Analysis. Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of your direct and indirect competitors. Demonstrate how you will gain a competitive edge against your competition.
• Management Team. Provide pertinent, concise background information on all key players involved in the business.
• Financial Plan. Include all financial information, from startup costs to balance sheets. The financial section should outline:
• The amount necessary to start or maintain the business
• The amount needed over the next two, three, and even five years
• Plans to use funds
• Anticipated need for additional funding
• Ongoing business expenses, including salaries, insurance costs, promotional expenses, etc.
• Projections. Provide projected income statements and balance sheets for at least two or three years.
At the end of your business plan, attach supporting documents, such as articles on the company, résumés of key personnel, etc.

Assessment Task 1 – Business Plan
Students will be required to prepare a comprehensive business plan for a start-up or early stage business, including financial projections and valuations. Students will be assigned to a team of four. Ability to work well in a group is an important skill for a career in business. Your assignment is to prepare a business plan aimed at raising equity funding for a new or start-up venture. The venture can relate to any business idea but should not be based on taking out a franchise. Developing a business that has franchise potential or where franchising or licensing could be expected to be a viable growth path is acceptable. Business that involve securing rights to a form operating in another country and importing the business to Australia will not be accepted. If in doubt about the suitability of your venture, please contact the LIC to confirm acceptability.
Length and/or format: 3000 words±10%, excluding exhibits and references
Purpose: To asses understanding of the key learning outcomes of business plan and financial projection preparation
Business Plan Marking Guide
The weighting of marks of the business plan (group work) will be as follows:

Marks available

1

Executive summary 8

2 History and background of business idea (why did you pick this idea/business and why do you think it will be successful?
Company overview(business name, general description of business including management team 12
3

Short-term, medium-tem and long-term goals? Milestones, schedule 12

4 Market analysis (market size, target customers, customer needs, competitor analysis, competitive advantage) 10
5

Marketing plan (product/service, pricing, promotion, distribution) 10

6 Five-year financial plan pro-forma income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement). Provide a budget estimating projected funding requirements and use of funds. 20
7

Risk assessment and mitigation 10

8

Exit strategy for the investor and valuation at exit 8

9 Report organization including referencing 10

Total 100

Choose one of the following topics to write a tightly focused, carefully argued, richly illustrated essay. Your argument should proceed from a substantial thesis judgment, that is, a significant interpretive judgment about literary meaning.Underline or italicize your thesis statement. Document and illustrate your argumentation with specific reference to the text and selected quotations. Cite in parentheses canto and line numbers, thus: (V. 15-17). Quotations of three or more lines should be indented and single- spaced with line divisions reproduced exactly as in the text. Quotations of two lines should indicate line breaks with a slash (/). You should make full use of the text, citing the notes in the Hollander edition by page number, thus: (Hollander, p. 641). You should not need to consult any other outside sources, but if you do you must include full and complete citation.

1. The struggle of the pity / la guerra de la pietate: Repeatedly the stories of the damned and their torments evoke a sense of pity. What Dante calls the “the struggle of the pity”is central to the poems meanings. An early commentator, Guido la Pisa wrote, The suffering of the damned souls should move no one to compassion, as the Bible attests.And the reason for this is that the time for mercy is here in this world, while in the world to come it is time only for justice. With specific reference to at least two important episodes, explain how and why you or disagree with this judgment. What are the forms and implications of pity in the Inferno? Does Dante imply a distinction between the sinners and their sins, permitting human compassion while at the same time upholding divine justice? How does Dante the pilgrim grow, change, and develop over the course of his journey?

2. The struggle of the way / la guerra del cammino: In addition to the struggle of the pity, that action and meaning of the Inferno unfolds as an allegorical journey full of its own trials, obstacles, difficulties, and frustrations. Consider the struggle of the way,and choose two or three episodes for detailed discussion in which Dante and Virgil struggle to make their way forward. Quite aside from the narrative interest, suspense,and tension generated by these moments, what is their function in the poems allegory?How do these incidents ask to be read in terms of the struggles of the moral life and in the context of the soul’s pilgrimage of sanctification? Choose these incidents carefully and relate them to the larger patterning and design of the poem.

Andrew Jackson hated the Second Bank of the United States. Examine the actions of the president.

Please note the italics are only suggestions for the essay
Please complete 1-3 in essay form.

1. Please make sure you are referencing the political cartoon.

2. Please make sure the discussion is supported through evidence and analysis from the text. You will likely be using your text to support the discussion more, but remember to include the political cartoon to align to the overall win of Jackson in the Bank War.

3. Please make sure you have clear and consistent in text citation.

1. In the cartoon what is obvious in terms of the president and his economic view of the bank> Define the electoral changes that had taken place under Jackson from the Election of 1824 and his election in 1828, who was President Jackson representing politically for the first time? How had the American electorate changed? Use of the text to support the discussion from the visual representation, but provide a clear historical context. What has changed about the electorate, who are the supporters of Jackson? Remember he represents the West, ideas like the Corrupt Bargain end in 1824 with the election of Jackson, analyze the change in the discussion before you move into the direct discussion of the Bank War.

.2. Yeomen farmers blamed the bank for the Panic of 1819, define the short and the long-term consequences of Jackson’s actions and his Secretary of the Treasury? How did Nicholas Biddle respond when the cash was removed and sent to state banks? You have two points of reference, how is the Bank portrayed in the cartoon? What is the economic reality of pulling out the economic deposits? What is the short term economic consequence, what is the long-term economic consequence. Once again make sure you are using the text to support discussion.

3. One of the long-term consequences of the Bank War was an economic depression, was Jackson correct in his assumption the bank was a monopoly or did the president cause more long-term damage that survived until the end of the Van Buren Administration? Could the existence of the bank have helped to prevent a further economic collapse.

Paper Requirements

Paper Requirements
1. Please make sure that you have consistent in text citation. Please remember if there is no in text citation throughout the paper topics half the paper points will be deducted.
2. Please make sure that you have a works cited. Citation can be in MLA or Chicago.
3. Please make sure that the upload had gone into Web Courses, if the upload does not work please feel to upload the paper again.
4. Paper minimum 1000 to 1300 words.
5. Please remember no outside sources are allowed unless specified in the assignment, if outside sources are used half the paper points will be deducted.
6. Please make sure that you had in a double-spaced paper.
7. Please remember that late work is not accepted. All assignment should be submitted by 11:59 PM. Please do not wait until the last minute to upload the assignment.

. I do not understand why Philippa Foot says that the “fictitious person” Fred is not happy (Cahn, 84). To me, Fred seems happy because he has achieved his goals, is self-satisfied, and experiences euphoria; isn’t that happiness? When I think of being happy, I think of feeling content with my actions and state of being; isn’t Fred experiencing that? She explains that he isn’t happy because “we” are not happy with him, but who are we to say how someone is supposed to feel? I believe that feelings are subjective to the person that is feeling them.

2.Socrates argues that eternal desires are based on ethical desires. In other words, an immoral person lacks not only moral integrity but also the goods such as love and friendship. I don’t think that can be a case. How can menpossibly make that argument when the world is full of immoral people that are thriving and enjoy benefits off the expenses of others?

You are a soldier in Abu Muslim’s army in 749 CE, marching on the Umayyad forces in Iraq and Syria. Write a two-to-three-page (typed, double-spaced) account of yourself, your background, and your political and religious views. You should address the following questions:
What is your ethnic background?
What languages do you speak?
When did your family convert to Islam? Are you one of the mawali? What are your attitudes towards the Umayyads?
What are your attitudes towards the Family of the Prophet?
Who should be caliph and why?
How did you first join Abu Muslim’s forces?
Who do you think you are fighting for?
Citations: Cite the class readings to show where you are getting your information; place the author’s last name and the page number where the information is found in parenthesis at the end of the sentence. For example, you might right something like the following: I had long hated the Umayyads for what they had done to Husayn, when Yazid ordered his small band, with women and children, cut down at Karbala (Momen, 30). This means that you got your information about Husayn, Yazid, and Karbala on page 30 of the chapter by Momen. You should provide a citation for every sentence or set of sentences that is based on a particular piece of information you learned from the readings. You should cite a wide variety of class readings—three different sources at the very least, and probably more.
Plagiarism: Using other peoples’ words or using other peoples’ ideas without giving then credit is a serious academic offence. You need to put everything in your own words, including information from the class readings, even if you cite it. One of the ways that we check for plagiarism is with TurnItIn, an online tool that generates a “similarity score” by comparing your work to work in its database. A non-plagiarized paper will usually have a similarity score in the low single digits. You can see your score after submitting your paper by clicking “view history” from the upload confirmation page. If your similarity score is high, I suggest you revise and resubmit; you can re-upload as many times as you like. Note that similarity scores are only one of the tools we use to determine if plagiarism has occurred; sometimes there are legitimate reasons for a score to be high, and sometimes a plagiarized paper will have a low score. A paper with any amount of plagiarized material will receive a zero, and there may be other academic consequences as well.
Due Date: The papers are due at 1:00 pm on Monday, Oct. 1stth. Turn in both an electronic copy via D2L, AND a paper copy in class. Late submissions will not be accepted.