Type three to four paragraphs each question. Single spaced 12 point font, 1” margins. You must use one or two supporting points per question from your textbook. However, the focus is from your class notes. DO NOT use the Internet under any circumstances. Cite in MLA format (Smith, 279). List the textbook in a works cited section at the end.

Note: Avoid contractions (can’t). Use the third person (he, not I or you). Avoid overgeneralizing (say, Athenian citizens, not people or Greeks for example).

Group One
Pick ONE of these two questions:

1. Define humanism and discuss changes over time in Greece and Rome. Give examples from both culture (art and literature) and political events to illuminate.

2. Define citizenship in Greece and Rome and discuss changes over time. Explain what the changes were and how they happened. Give examples to illuminate.

Group Two
Pick ONE of these questions:

1. Compare the political change from city states into Hellenistic kingdoms in Greece with the switch from republic to empire in Rome. Do not narrate the history, but explain what changed in the political systems and why.

2. Compare the strategies of Alexander the Great and Cleopatra. Why were they so different? How much did personality weigh versus political/military necessity?

The objective of this discussion is to develop an understanding of the role sociotechnical systems play in an organization’s ability to respond to existing and emerging technological, organizational, and environmental issues.
Prior to starting the discussion, carefully read the case study “Nothing Special on the Ground: A Night at the Airport”, and make notes about the events and your initial thoughts. Then share your thoughts in the class discussion and compare ideas with your classmates.
In this discussion, you’ll be working together to analyze the problem and develop solutions (and determining how the solutions can be implemented and assessed).
Remember not to jump to assumptions about the solutions before you’ve properly analyzed the case. Case studies, by their nature, provide you with incomplete information. Be sure to be explicit about any assumptions you are making. The steps in the Decision Making Framework (additional details may be found in the Content Guides) should help you see what you need to explore.

I. Context
II. Identification of relevant problems
III. Identification of Options or Alternatives
IV. Decision Recommendations
V. Implementation Tactics
VI. Assessment Criteria for Success or Failure

Taking the role of a financial analyst within the company, prepare an executive dashboard (performance report) on a large, publicly traded company of your choice (e.g., Cisco, Walmart, IBM, Apple, etc.) by computing and comparing its ratios against the 11 industry average ratios listed in Problem 4-23 on page 129 of the text.

Use the provided Financial Ratio Excel Spreadsheet to show the computed financial ratios for your chosen company. Prepare your performance report to show calculations for the 11 ratios listed on page 129, as well as a comparison of your computed ratios with the listed industry averages. The comparisons, including a list of your computations in a table, should be added as an appendix to the memo described below and submitted as a separate Excel spreadsheet.
Write a memo (approximately 2–3 pages) to your supervisor explaining your findings and your recommendations for where improvements are needed to increase financial health. Be sure to Include the following:
Areas within the company that are both above and below industry standards
An explanation of the limitations of using ratio analysis
The qualitative factors that play a role in improving the company’s financial health
In the memo, suggest some specific ways in which the company can plan to improve below industry average ratio performance over time. Suggest annual targets over the next three years to catch up with or surpass industry averages. Explain why your recommendations should be effective.

The Chrysanthemums – John Steinbeck

Essay Question: 6. We know that symbolism often contributes to key thematic points in a story and so can reveal broader meanings of the narrative. Examine a short story from the textbook with a strong central symbol. Explain how the symbol helps to communicate the story’s meaning or your interpretation of that meaning, citing specific moments in the text.

The essay should be based on the short story The Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck. The essay should be in MLA format, has a good thesis statement and includes a direct quotation from the short story. No plagiarism.

Divorce—Family of 5 enter treatment because parents announced they are getting divorced. Children are upset.
Remember to write a treatment plan for the entire family for GROUP THERAPY and INDIVIDUAL THERAPY IDENTITY WHAT TYPE OF THERAPY AND WHY ? what will be the out come AND THE CHALLENGES .

Recommendations for treatment: recommendations for individual, couples, and family counseling based on presenting issues? Remember the culture in paper they are Puerto Rican family including biological parents, two young adult daughters, and one son age 16. Father has been unfaithful, and the mother is seeking divorce. Father wants to work on the marriage, the mother is conflicted, and the son is beginning to have problems academically and fighting with peers, and anger outbursts at home. Daughters have not been assessed .

Read Case study Below
Maria is a 38-year-old Puerto Rican female from Miami, Florida. Maria has three children, Tamra who is a 20-year-old old attending college, Devin who is a 16-year-old male, and Sara who is a 14-year-old female. Maria has been married to Juan, 40 who is also Puerto Rican and resides in Miami as well. Maria has recently discovered that Juan has been having another affair. After many marriage counseling sessions in previous years, Maria cannot take the lying and deceit much longer. Maria is doing a disservice for herself and her children by staying in the unfaithful marriage. Maria has filed for divorce from Juan and has agreed to announce the decision to the children during Tamra’s summer break from college. All three children have no idea of Juan’s past affairs because Maria has kept them secret in order to prevent humility of both her husband, but of her children. Maria did not want the children to grow up in a broken home, so instead took the shame and hid it from the children. Maria lived a somewhat happy life being able to stay at home and raise the children while Juan worked. Maria also deals with depression from the affairs and the codependence she has grown with Juan. After sitting down with all three children during Tamar’s college break and explaining the decision of divorce, Sarah stormed out of the house in tears, Devin has shut down and will not speak to anyone, and Tamara seems unamused. Tamara turns to Maria and whispered to her that “I have always known he was up to no good”. Maria has scheduled an appointment for the family to see a counselor during this stressful time in order to better cope with the decision.

1. Select a disease you would like to research
2. Your presentation should be made using PowerPoint. You must create a multi-slide presentation for the information
indicated below in #4, as well as a separate title slide and a separate References slide.
3. It must include a combination of figures/pictures and text and it must use pathophysiology terminology.

4. For your chosen disease, you must provide comprehensive and complete information about each of the following:
a) General, overall description of the disease (5 pts)
b) Prevalence of the disease in the U.S. population (2 pts)
– (e.g., 1 in 100,000 people; 30% of the population)
c) Risk factors and etiology (5 pts)
– list and explain the factors associated with the development of your disease topic
d) Pathogenesis/pathophysiology (15 pts)
– explain how the disease damages the body (cell/organ changes – how do the risk factors/etiology
actually cause the clinical manifestations to occur)
e) Clinical manifestations and diagnostics (15 pts)
– list all major manifestations associated with your disease along with all diagnostic information
(imaging, lab work, etc.)
f) Complications/sequelae (10 pts)
– list all major complications/sequelae that may occur as a result of the disease
g) Treatment options (10 pts)
– list major treatments used for the disease and explain how each treatment works to cure and/or
manage the disease
h) Prognosis (3 pts)
– provide the outcome of the disease with and without treatment
5. You must use a minimum of 5 clear, appropriate figures/tables associated with the information you provide. Each
figure must be relevant to your topic, clear and easy to read, and not a duplicate of another figure. Each figure must
have a separate title and reference in order for it to be considered 1 figure (if a picture has more than 1 image, but
only 1 title, it is considered to be 1 FIGURE). (10 pts)
6. References and APA format (10 pts)
YOU MUST REFERENCE YOUR MATERIAL APPROPRIATELY AND LIST ALL SOURCES OF INFORMATION. YOU MUST
USE A MINIMUM OF 3 SOURCES AND REFERENCE THE MATERIAL USING APA FORMAT FOR BOTH IN-TEXT
CITATIONS AND IN A “REFERENCES” SECTION ON A SECOND POWERPOINT SLIDE. PLAGIARISM WILL NOT BE
TOLERATED AND MAY RESULT IN A GRADE OF ZERO FOR THE ENTIRE ASSIGNMENT.
– you must use REPUTABLE sources for your information (textbooks, journals, .gov websites, CDC, Mayo Clinic,
university websites, etc.) NO WebMD, Wikipedia, newspapers, magazines, blogs, facebook posts, Buzzfeed,
Huffington Post, etc. If you are in doubt if it is appropriate – ASK ME.
– you MAY use other websites to get your pictures – verify that the pictures are actually showing the disease that you
are researching. You must provide both in-text citations and citations in your references section for your images.
– you MUST PARAPHRASE your information – no direct quotes are allowed!
7. Presentation quality, organization, and flow (10 pts)
– must be in orderly, logical fashion that is neat, easy to follow and read
8. Spelling, grammar, and pathophysiology terminology (5 pts)
– information is well-written, free of spelling mistakes, and uses correct pathophysiology terminology throughout

How might professional social networking assist you in meeting your own goals and building mentor relationships? Use social media to find a working professional in the same field as you are hoping to enter or currently advancing within. What things can you learn from their profile? Are there things you would like to strive toward? Do you have any new thoughts about the field or your own goals after looking through this virtual profile?
Based on the “How to find a career mentor more easily” resource, discuss a tip you could immediately implement to begin building mentor relationships.Post a response (at least 200–300 words)

You were asked to select the Georgia landmark of your choice for your topic for the Informative Speech. Students who do not meet this requirement will be penalized. I shared a link simply to give you ideas. You are to submit the PowerPoint with narration in this dropbox.
THINGS TO REMEMBER
• The audio is to be IN your PowerPoint file and NOT as a separate file.
• There should be audio on every slide or there will be a 15 point penalty.
• Do not just record your entire speech on slide #1. Again, there should be audio (narration) associated with every slide.
• You may use graphics as your assignment should have visual appeal.
• Only use bullet points on your slides. Your speech is your narration.
• There will be a 10 point penalty if you only use pictures on your slides. Bulleted main points are required.
• You should have NO LESS than 6 slides and NO MORE than 15 slides.
• If you meet the slide requirement, I will not hold students to a time requirement. However, your speech should be more than 1.5 minutes (smile).
• Your last slide should be your reference slide. List the sources used. There will be a 10 point penalty if no reference slide is used.
• Do NOT email PowerPoint assignments. Use this dropbox please.
• Remember, you submitted your outline and “bib” for this assignment last week. Do not resubmit them.

Additional Penalty: There will be a deduction of -5 points for speeches that do not meet the slide requirement as well as for speeches that exceed the slide requirement.

Assignment

1. Select two countries, one a more developed country (not the U.S.) and one a less or least developed country.
2. Visit the International Data Base (IDB) on the U.S. Census (http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/) website. Search for your two countries, using 2016 data (or the most recent year of data).
3. Using the data from IDB (“demographic indicators” tab), complete the table below using the 2016 data, as well as the 2025 data (make sure to convert any numbers represented in thousands or some other integer to the actual number).
4. In your own words, interpret each of the five indicators of mortality and each of the three indicators of fertility for 2016 for each of your countries.
5. Compare the indicators of mortality and fertility for each of your countries, and the United States (including both 2016 and 2025).
a. Where there differences between countries? Between years?
b. Why are there differences? What are the implications of these differences?

Notes
1. Make sure to answer ALL parts of every question and include the completed table.
2. Use only data for the table from the source listed above. For interpretation (question #5) you can bring in other sources and use ASA formatting if you do so.
3. Your homework must be typed and should use standard font type and size.
4. Your homework should include proper grammar and spelling.
5. This homework is graded on a 0-10 scale: 0 points if you do not complete the homework, 10 points if you complete the homework perfectly, and 1-9 points for something in between (including fractions of points). Notes 1-4 above will be graded.

Indicator United States
Midyear Population (2016) 323,996,000

Mortality (2016)
Life Expectancy at Birth (years) 80
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 births) 6
Under 5 mortality rate (per 1,000 births) 7
Crude Death Rate (per 1,000 population) 8
Number of Deaths 2,650,000

Fertility (2016)
Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) 1.9
Crude Birth Rate (per 1,000 population) 12
Number of Births 4,040,000

Midyear Population (2025) 347,335,000

Mortality (2025)
Life Expectancy at Birth (years) 81
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 births) 5
Under 5 mortality rate (per 1,000 births) 6
Crude Death Rate (per 1,000 population) 9
Number of Deaths 2,970,000

Fertility (2025)
Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) 1.9
Crude Birth Rate (per 1,000 population) 12
Number of Births 4,185,000

For this assignment, first please go to the sign-up page and choose an available country to research. Next, please write your report by following the instructions below carefully. This assignment is worth a total of 200 points, and the breakup is shown in the section requirements below. It is due by midnight on Sunday, September 30.
1. History and Background Information (25 points)
This section should be about 1-2 pages (double-spaced) and contain the following information:
1. Long-term history of the country (2-3 paragraphs)
2. Recent history and its implications for foreign companies already in or seeking to enter the country (1-2 paragraphs)
3. Basic background information:
1. Size – in area and population
2. GDP, GDP per capita, and based on purchasing power parity; recent GDP growth rate
3. Demographics – ethnic groups, education level, urban/rural divide, prosperity level, gender divide.
4. Major exports, imports and trading partners
5. Major industries.

2. Political Institutions (40 points; 1-2 pages)
1. Description of the country’s political system and elements that constitute the government at different levels
2. Country’s score on the Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2017 Democracy Index (http://www.eiu.com/topic/democracy-index (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.)
3. The current political situation and relations with other nations; importance of political influence and interference for domestic and foreign businesses

3. Economic institutions (40 points; 1-2 pages):
1. Description of the country’s economic system and current situation: describe economic institutions such as the central bank, ministry of trade, etc. How active are they and what are their major policies? What is the country’s current economic situation in terms of the growth rate, unemployment, and other economic indicators?
2. Country’s score and rank on the Index of Economic Freedom (http://www.heritage.org/index/ranking (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.)
3. Relevant information from the country’s fact sheet in the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report 2018 (http://unctad.org/en/Pages/DIAE/World%20Investment%20Report/World_Investment_Report.aspx (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.)

4. Legal institutions (40 points; 1-2 pages):
1. Description of the country’s legal system and current situation.
2. Legal factors to be considered for foreign businesses. Are there differences in the way domestic and foreign businesses are treated?
3. Country’s rank on the World Justice Project’s Rule of Law Index 2017-2018 (https://worldjusticeproject.org/our-work/wjp-rule-law-index/wjp-rule-law-index-2017%E2%80%932018 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.)
4. Country’s score on Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index 2017 (https://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_perceptions_index_2017 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.)

5. Overall evaluation of the country as a business destination (30 points):
Implications – pressures, constraints and possibilities of the above factors for foreign companies already in or seeking to enter the country; and anything else you think is relevant
6. Formatting (25 points)
1. Include headings and page numbers
2. Use 12-point Times New Roman Font, double-spaced, with 1-inch margins
3. DO NOT copy and paste from a source – use your own language. A direct quote should be enclosed in quotation marks, with a source citation. Make sure that such quotes are no longer than three or four sentences, and used not more than once or twice in each section.
4. Provide a list of references or works cited at the end of the paper. You can use either MLA or APA style for your citations and references. Use these resources for how format a list of references at the end of the paper:
APA (https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.)
MLA (https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.)
5. You may include charts, graphs and figures (be sure to acknowledge the source by providing a link or a citation to it) within the body of the paper if you like – these will not count against the page limits.
6. Do check carefully to ensure good grammar and spelling. I will let a few errors slide but cut points if there are many.
7. Do make sure that the paper flows well.
8. You are welcome to make the paper more visually interesting with the judicious use of photographs etc. Remember to keep it easy to read!