LSC The Novel Never Let Me Go Themes Discussion

Well folks, we’ve come to the end. Kathy’s tale is done and now we need to make sense of it all. To that end, this week’s discussion will be a two parter. First, I want you to post a question for your peers to consider by this Thursday, 4/20. Then, respond to a question of your choice by this Sunday, 4/23. Let me tell you what I’m looking for:Link for the book This book covers many themes from our relationship to art and what it means to be human to nature vs. nurture and childhood indoctrination just to name a few. What I’m looking for you to come up with is a question that helps us to unpack a theme of your choosing. For example, it should come as no surprise that as an English teacher, I’m fascinated by art and humanity’s relationship to it. Ms. Emily and Madame (Marie-Claude) both thought that they could prove the clones possessed “souls” through the clones’ artistic output – that if the clones could produce art and express themselves artistically, folks might begin to think of them as people and not just carriers of healthy organs. My question has a couple of parts: What is a soul and is creating art the only way to demonstrate that you have one? Do you think the clones possessed souls?So you’ll see in this example I’ve provided a brief set-up (what theme are you interested in and how does it appear in the book?) followed by a question intended to help us unpack this theme.What I’m looking for is an in-depth response to whatever question you choose (at least 300 words) that shows you’ve really given it some thought. If I were to respond to my own question for example:Since I’m an atheist, how I think of the human soul may differ from how you think about it, for one thing, I’m not entirely certain that it exists. That said, when I think of the soul, I think of it as the parts of me that make me who I am, my essence if you will. A combination of my thoughts, feelings, emotions, and experiences that I carry with me through life and may remain in some form after I’m dead. Within the context of Never Let Me Gohowever, I think both the novel and the society in which it is set use the concept of the soul as a metric by which to judge one’s humanness and the existence of clones and the cloning process really complicates this idea. We can tell through how Kathy and her ilk are treated that society does not view them as human, they’re raised for slaughter and most of them are dead before they turn 30. Yet I have a hard time thinking of Kathy, Tommy, and Ruth as anything less than human. They lead complex lives and have robust inner worlds, a fact we cannot escape as the entire story is told from Kathy’s perspective. I think that Ms. Emily and Madame sought to show others this through the art the students at Hailsham produced: doesn’t all art begin within one’s mind and is shaped by human experience? Therefore, if we consider the artistic merit of Never Let Me Go, the novel itself is the final proof that Kathy is human since it is written from her perspective. Kathy is unquestionably human, regardless of how she came into this world. So we can read this novel as an allegory of sorts, by pointing out how the clones’ lack of rights is dictated by the circumstances of their birth (clones don’t have souls, therefore they’re not human, therefore they do not deserve the same rights according to humans) the novel is inviting us to consider instances of this in our daily lives. Throughout the history of the united states, those in power sought to maintain the status quo by controlling who gets to be considered a citizen and afforded equal rights. I’ll wrap it up here but I’d encourage you to think of how laws, traditions, definitions and such are used to include some and exclude many.

Legal Environment and Business & Civic Involvement Essay

Legal Environment and Business-Online Section Prepare a paper answering the following four questions.In Chapter 20 of our textbook we studied various employment laws, one of them being OSHA, the Occupational, Safety and Health Act. How does OSHA laws enhance workplace safety? What’s its basic purpose and how does the Osha administration enforce the act; what are their tools? Has this law impacted you or do you expect it to in the future (if you are ever an employee it will impact you). How does the law promote your physical and mental health?Throughout the course, we’ve studied how laws impact many aspects of doing business. We know businesses must follow the law. However, it’s also important for businesses to act in an ethical manner. Contrast ethics versus business laws. Contrast laws with ethics. How are ethics and business laws similar? How are they different? Provide examples of a business that has demonstrated good ethics in making business decisions and one that hasn’t. How do you plan on making business decisions that are both legal and ethical?How does knowledge of business laws impacting help you in achieving your long-term personal and professional goals? Has it enhanced your ability to meet those goals? Be specific in your response.In chapter 3 (ethics) we learned about corporate social responsibility. Explain this concept. How will this requirement affect you as an employee or owner of a business? Should we expect a level of civic involvement from our businesses. Give some examples of how businesses have gotten involved with your community.

Florida National University Entrepreneurial and Strategic Thinking Report

Elements of Amazon’s strategy have evolved in meaningful ways since the company’s founding in 1994. After reviewing the company’s history and all of the links at the company’s investor relations site (ir.aboutamazon.com), prepare a one- to two-page report that discusses how its strategy has evolved. Your report should also assess how well Amazon’s strategy passes the three tests of a winning strategy.

Inequality as a Factor of Conflict Risk Project

complete the Outline and Bibliography first and send it and then start the paper.write a 10–15-page paper exploring one or several of the problems covered in the course.Suggested Topics:Contributions of economics to studies of violence and peaceOpportunity costs of PMCsExpected utility and initiation of contestation /coupsExpected utility and participation in peacemakingRational choice/ game theory as framework for explaining incidence of war/ entry into mediation or negotiationFree-riding and participation in protests/ peacemaking campaignsAbsolute/ comparative advantage choice of intervening agentsGini as early warning of conflictEconomics of civil war initiationEconomic dimensions of terrorismEconomic incentives and peacemakingHuman security dimensions of war economiesPolitical economy of forced migrationPeacekeeping /DDR/ SSR financePrivate sector as agents of peacemakingLessons from the simulation

BUS 375 Strayer University Project Management The Managerial Process Paper

Read the following in Project Management: The Managerial Process:Watch the following videos from Section 2: First Things First of the LinkedIn Learning Project Management Foundations course:These videos explain how to define the problem and the project’s objectives and goals, and why it’s important to know how stakeholders are connected to the project. Project deliverables and success criteria need to be specific and measurable so they can be checked off at the end of the project. Notice that the project scope statement describes what the project includes and excludes—you don’t want scope creep to throw you off plan—and has several specific parts. Note also that the project charter indicates which official authorizes the project.Note: The videos cover key themes and concepts related the readings. You cannot substitute the videos for the readings.View the Chapter 4 section of the media piece below. It contains content related to the readings, but you cannot substitute it for the readings:

COM 362 Grand Canyon University Animal Rights Social Issue Analysis

Identifying and creating arguments take time, care, and hard work.The skills you have been practicing throughout the course will be assessed in this paper and conclude with you constructing your own argument on a position. Your argument can be a contradiction, a support, or an alteration of the argument you’ve researched. Whichever you choose should be sufficiently supported with materials covered throughout the course and your own outside research.Research a topic area of your choosing that you are passionate about, want to see change, or simply want to learn more about. Ideas could come from areas of theology, social matters, legal, moral, or policies matters. Research an advocate (individual or organization) that promotes the topic area you selected.In 1,000-1,500 words, address the following:Summarize the position/argument researched and assess it for validity. Ensure you are directly quoting the source and summarizing it in syllogistic form. The expectation is for you to show the syllogism and assess it for validity using the tools covered in this course.Identify the assumptions of the position by drawing inferences from its communicated proposition. Specifically, explicitly draw out any connections or contradictions to the Christian Worldview presented by the argument. These inferences should setup your argument.

BUSN 311 APUS Programming Statewide Landscape Design Excel Sheet

Report 1. Use The “CustData” Query to create a report that alphabetically lists all customers for Statewide. Include Customer ID, Last Name, First Name, customer type, contract type, & Contract number – Organize the report alphabetically by Customer name (Report Name – CustData)Report 2. Use the “ContrTypeFinancials” Query to create a report that includes Customer ID, Contract number, Contract type, Contract amount, Contract profitability, Profit Generated – Organize the Report by contract type (All Landscape contracts first, then all Swimming Pool contracts following). Include an average contract amount, average contract profitability, and average Profit Generated at the end of each sub-group (Landscape and Swimming pool). What this provides is an analysis of the relative average contract amount, contract profitability and average profit generated during 2016 by type of contract (Landscaping and Swimming Pool installation) for the 2016 fiscal year (Report Name – ContrTypeFinancials)Report 3. Use the “CustTypeFinancials” Query to create a report that includes Customer ID, Contract ID, Customer type (Commercial or Residential), Contract Amount ($), Contract Profitability (%), and profit Generated ($) – Organize the report by customer type (All Commercial first, then Residential). Include an average contract amount, average contract profitability, and average Profit Generated at the end of each sub-group (Commercial and Residential). What this provides is an analysis of the relative average contract amount, contract profitability and average profit generated during 2016 by type of customer (Commercial or Residential) for the 2016 fiscal year (Report Name – CustTypeFinancials)Report 4. Modify the “2016 CustHistory” Query in order to create a report that includes Contract #, Customer Type, Repeat (yes or no), contract Amount ($) and Profit Generated ($) – Organize with “Yes Repeats” first, then “No Repeats” Insert a subtotal of Contract amount for the “Yes Repeat” sub-group and the “No Repeat” Subgroup. (Report Name – RepeatFinancials)Report 5. Modify the “2016 CustHistory” Query in order to create a report that includes Contract #, Customer Type, Referral (yes or no), contract Amount ($) and Profit Generated ($) – Organize with “Yes Referrals” first, then “No Referrals” Insert a subtotal of the Contract amount for the “Yes Referral” sub-group and the “No Referral” Subgroup. (Report Name – ReferralFinancials).

PMIN 501 Regent University Leadership and Church Ministry Presentation

For your ministry project assignment, you have some options to choose from as listed below. The variety of choices for this assignment respects the fact that there are many different ministry callings and interests represented in our class—one size does not fit all. Guidelines for choosing a direction for these projects might include:What subject has energized you most?Where is there a ministry need in your local ministry context that might be met through work in an area related to this assignment?Reading Material: You will integrate important information from your reading in this class.Scholarly Research: You will do additional scholarly research to add to the reading and lecture knowledge base that was established for this class from a variety of books, journals, dissertations, and web-based resource.Format: There are a variety of formats in which you can submit your assignment (see below). Specifications and format requirements are:Option#2: Focus on TeamsDo the people in the focal group consider teams to be an essential part of their ministry?How is the formation of teams encouraged in the church/organization to which the focal group belongs?How would your focal group rate the team’s unity in which they serve? Is there a true community? What elements do they see presently at work to contribute to unity? How might you move the focal group toward a more desirable team environment?Address any other aspect of team leadership that you think is relevant to your project.Here are the books for the class. I can send some pictures if you are unable to locate them. Thank you as always.Cole, Neil. Church 3.0: Upgrades for the Future of the Church. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010. ISBN: 9780470529454Hirsch, Alan and Catchim, Tim. The Permanent Revolution. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass, 2012. ISBN: 9780470907740Rainer, Thom. Autopsy of a Deceased Church. Nashville: BH Publishing, 2014. ISBN: 9781433683923

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Annotated Bibliography Assignment Instructions
The Annotated Bibliography will be a springboard used to build upon as you work through the assignments in this course. Start by digging into the literature and identify a business topic related to your cognate that interests you and needs further exploration. (Note: this is not the same topic as the discussion board this week). Next, create an annotated bibliography using resources you have researched on the topic of interest. Place all of the references in APA format. Beneath each reference, write an annotation. Remember that this document will be used as a springboard as you progress through the program. Please note that annotations are not mere summaries of the work; instead, the best annotations evaluate the work. They also inform the researcher how they could use that resource for their research study. Each of these three areas would likely have its own paragraph. The annotations should be clear and concise, providing enough information that the reader does not need to read the entire article or text. You will use the information in this assignment to build your problem statement for next week’s assignment.
Remember: There should be a minimum of ten scholarly references published within the last five years. Each annotation should be approximately 150 words. You want to be concise but informative. Refer to the Annotated Bibliography grading rubric for additional project insights and use the template. 
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.

RWS 290 San Diego State University Gender Equality Research Report

Choose a local organization (community, campus, or local business) and identify a narrow subject area for a Recommendation Report. The report will be written from the perspective of an internal group of employees. In other words, imagine that you work for the company that you are writing this report to.Potential Example Subjects for Recommendation Report(For all 5 suggested options below, your recommendations should make sense considering the rhetorical situation, the type, location, and size of the chosen company, its clients/customers/products, and the current political and social climate. Support your recommendations with 3-4 sources—peer reviewed articles, materials from the SDSU Library’s business-related databases, credible Websites, and other reliable sources.ManagementYour boss has heard a little bit about CEO Activism and thinks it might be a good move for the company. She has asked you to research one type of CEO Activism and to recommend 3-4 things she and the company can do.MarketingYou work for a local brewery or small(er) business* in San DiegoLinks to an external site.. There are many breweries in the area, and it has been difficult keeping up with social media trends, blogging, advertising, as well as customer loyalty in the industry. Your boss is worried that the brewery might be falling to the back of the pack. She asks you to research customer loyalty as well as social media trends in the industry and to recommend 3-4 things your brewery can do differently to better market the business to the target audience. *NOTE: The San Diego brewery industry is just an example; a similar report could be created about many other industries. Consider an industry that you are knowledgeable about and interested in.Using the #3 scenario as a template, write a report that, instead of focusing on “social media and marketing” improvement, advocates specific, measurable, actions to address and combat workplace harassment. Again, choosing a single business in the brewery industry can work, especially considering recent controversyLinks to an external site. re: workplace harassment in both nationwide and San Diego-based breweries. NOTE: As #3, the brewery industry is just one option/example; consider an industry that you are knowledgeable about and interested in.IMPORTANT: Write out details to establish your org’s name, your job title, your supervisors’ and/or colleagues’ job titles and duties, to help clarify your report’s context.For this project, prepare:A Subject Proposal (Project 4 Plan)A Progress Report