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What are the differences between the genres of the two discourse samples? Assess how genre can contribute to meaning. Is a specific genre a better choice for conveying certain ideas or perspectives? Discuss any prior texts or discourses that might have influenced the two discourse samples.

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Choose one of the following pairs of discourse to discuss and analyze: Option 1: Grit: It Takes Grit | U.S. Air Force Academy (TV Commercial)

Angela Lee Duckworth at Ted Talks Education: Grit: The Power and Passion of Perseverance  The Environment: Earth Blog: Short stories About Your Earth

Greenpeace UK

Option 3: The Immigrant Experience My Name

How I Became A Southern-Fried Nigerian

Option 4: Money: Wealth Versus Poverty Advertisement for the Waldorf-Astoria

Tickets From Poverty to a Better Future: Congress Should Move Poor Families to Healthy Neighborhoods

Option 5: Gender in the Workplace Men Seek Flexibility at Work

Sheryl Sandberg: Progress for Women Isn’t Just Slow—It’s Stalled

In your initial posting, Identify the genre of each of the two discourse samples. How do the two samples deal with the topic differently or similarly? Discuss what you observe as the features of each genre. What are the similarities between the genres of the two discourse samples? What are the differences between the genres of the two discourse samples? Assess how genre can contribute to meaning. Is a specific genre a better choice for conveying certain ideas or perspectives? Discuss any prior texts or discourses that might have influenced the two discourse samples. Consider prior texts of the same genre, as well as different genres. You may need to do a little research. Discuss the situational registers of each discourse sample (if relevant). How does the situational register contribute to enregisterment, or the semiotic and style choices that give meaning to the text? Identity specific language choices that help to convey meaning, perspective, and ideology, such as repeated words, clichés, and culturally significant language. Are these choices characteristic of the genre, the author, or the topic in general? Discuss the frames or plots that function as scaffolds, creating worlds and contexts for the discourse. Assess how genre and intertextuality influence and are influenced by contemporary ideologies, in particular ideologies of power, control, injustice, inequality, social change, or emancipation.

Develop writing that demonstrates critical reading and analytical thinking skills. Use the writing process to create well-developed research-based essays. Create an argumentative and/or exploratory thesis supported by textual evidence

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Spend the last days gathering and reviewing your semester’s work. Write an essay that explains how you have met the course outcomes (listed below). Be sure to provide specific details from your writing that demonstrates how and where you met the course outcomes.

For example, one of the course outcomes is Create an argumentative and/or exploratory thesis supported by textual evidence. You should be able to point to a thesis you wrote in one of your papers and briefly summarize how you supported it with evidence.

Course Outcomes:

Develop writing that demonstrates critical reading and analytical thinking skills.
Use the writing process to create well-developed research-based essays.
Create an argumentative and/or exploratory thesis supported by textual evidence.
Summarize, evaluate, synthesize, and document source material.
Use appropriate technologies to prepare written assignments.
Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA format.
Describe how you have met the outcomes listed above.

Understand the roles of the various metabolic pathways associated with the utilization of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins. Identify the positive and negative effects associated with the excess and lack of consumption of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins.

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Understand the roles of the various metabolic pathways associated with the utilization of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins.
Understand the use of the AMDR in calculating dietary requirements of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins.
Identify the positive and negative effects associated with the excess and lack of consumption of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins.
Purpose The purpose of this case study is to help students put in practice the information discussed and learned in the second part of the course.

Task To successfully complete this assignment, the student must successfully answer all the questions associated with following case study. The answers must be backed up by quantitative data when available. Some online research will be required to complete this assignment.

The patient has changed his eating habits over the past 6 months. He started to control the amount of calories he consumed and kept it below 3000 kcal/day. He got a membership at the local gym, but due to his busy schedule he wasn’t been able to spend much time working out and expresses that he “maybe goes once a week”. Four weeks ago he started a “fad diet” to help him lose more weight. He is 26 years old now, his blood pressure is 125/76, he weighs 200lb, he is 5’9″ and his waist circumference is 40in. He recorded what he ate during the last 2 weeks and these are the results: 2700 kcal/day (total daily intake), 1000 kcal from lipids, 1200 kcal from protein and 500 kcal from carbohydrates. *show work for calculations for partial credit

List 2 positive things about his current diet and explain how you came to that conclusion. Provide quantitative data to support your conclusion.
What problem could he encounter due to the amount of carbohydrates he is consuming? Explain and Provide quantitative data to support your conclusion.
What negative effects could you expect based on the amount of protein he consumes? Explain and provide quantitative data to support your conclusion.
Do you think there have been changes in the way he metabolizes lipids since he started the diet? What kind of changes? Explain.
Which “fad diet” do you think he is currently on? Explain and provide quantitative data to support your conclusion.

Discuss the purpose and importance of financial ratios and financial analysis. What are the limitations of financial ratio analysis? If we divided the users of financial ratios, such as short-term lenders, long-term lenders, and stockholders, which ratios would each prefer and why?

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Discuss the purpose and importance of financial ratios and financial analysis. What are the limitations of financial ratio analysis? If we divided the users of financial ratios, such as short-term lenders, long-term lenders, and stockholders, which ratios would each prefer and why? Provide examples.

The writing assignment will demonstrate writing across the curriculum by responding to the following topic in a 750 – 1250 words (3 – 5 pages of content/body) paper. Your paper must integrate at least three external references. Your paper must be formatted according to APA 6th edition. Use the template and refer to APA Resources attached below.

Save your document as “LastnameFirstinitial-FINC300-8”. Submit your paper by Day 7 (Sunday), 11:55 pm ET.

Note that your attached paper will automatically be submitted to Turnitin, and an Originality Report should be sent back to the classroom within around 15 minutes. The Originality report does not actually recommend changes. It does point out where you may need to add a citation or quotation marks (if not already cited). Once you use it a few times, you will appreciate this tool, as it will assist you in improving quality and content, as well as avoid plagiarism. Your goal is to keep direct quotations to a minimum and to make sure that you do not just cut and paste material. Ensure that all your references are cited. A report with a similarity index less than 25% is acceptable for undergraduate level work.

Discuss whether AB Electrolux can compete with local Chinese consumer manufacturers. Discuss the three leading perspectives on strategy, and how this strategy tripod influences Electrolux.

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Review the corporate strategy of AB Electrolux.
As the social and demographic trends continue to evolve so do the opportunities afforded to Electrolux. The most significant demographic shift globally is the growing middle class in Asia, which includes families with incomes between US$6,000 and US$30,000. It is estimated that by 2030 there will be 3 billion more people in the global middle class than there were in 2013.(Ernst & Young, 2013)
Correlated with rising incomes worldwide, home ownership has also increased at a substantial rate giving rise to increased demand for consumer durables such as refrigerators, washing machines, and dishwashers. (Electrolux, 2013)

Use Barney’s VRIO framework to analyze the competencies of Electrolux.

Discuss whether AB Electrolux can compete with local Chinese consumer manufacturers.
Discuss the three leading perspectives on strategy, and how this strategy tripod influences Electrolux.
Identify Porter’s four generic strategies. Discuss which of these would work best for Electrolux.
What is the corporate culture of Electrolux? Discuss two distinct attributes of culture within the organization.

Discuss at least TWO potential risks that the company from the scenario may encounter in entering the new market and describe the impact to the company. Conduct a SWOT analysis of the company in the scenario by identifying at least two internal strengths

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Discuss at least TWO potential risks that the company from the scenario may encounter in entering the new market and describe the impact to the company.

Conduct a SWOT analysis of the company in the scenario by identifying at least two internal strengths.

Conduct a SWOT analysis of the company in the scenario by identifying at least two internal weaknesses.

Conduct a SWOT analysis of the company in the scenario by identifying at least two external opportunities.

Conduct a SWOT analysis of the company in the scenario by identifying at least two external threats   Based on the SWOT analysis from B1 – B4, identify TWO strategic recommendations for the company.

Refer to Case: Shirley Ng. You are the career coach at the career center.  How would you intervene and help if you were to work with Shirley? What has happened to her

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Tony lives with his wife, Shirley, and two children (a boy at age 5 and a girl at 7).  The couple purchased their 4-room flat shortly after they were married, and they put a great deal into what Tony calls their ‘dream house’.

Since giving birth to the younger son, Shirley has quit her job as an account clerk. She stays at home as a full-time wife and mother. Shocked by the news that her husband has lost his job, the idea of returning to the workforce has surfaced in her mind. Tony disagrees to her idea as he is concerned about the schooling and caring for the children.

One day Shirley passed by a Career Connects career center.  She decided to take a bold step. She walked in wanting to talk to someone and to find out if there are any useful services, information, and resource.

Refer to Case: Shirley Ng. You are the career coach at the career center.  How would you intervene and help if you were to work with Shirley? What has happened to her? Apply no more than two (2) models or theories only for conceptualization of the case and suggest practical steps you would help Shirley to address her career concerns and guide her.

State whether you agree with the court’s holding(s) in the case, and briefly explain why. Explain how a hypothetical change to the fact(s) you identified would have resulted in a different holding(s)

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Conduct research using free legal research websites (e.g. Justia, Google Scholar, Findlaw, CourtListener) to find the decision in Alridge v. Rite Aid of Washington, D.C., Inc., issued by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in 2015. Once you have located the case, please do the following:

(1) Summarize the key facts (those that, if different, would have changed the outcome of the case), the issue(s), and the holding(s)
(2) State whether you agree with the court’s holding(s) in the case, and briefly explain why
(3) Explain how a hypothetical change to the fact(s) you identified would have resulted in a different holding(s)
(4) Provide links to the decision in two separate legal research databases (e.g. Findlaw, Google Scholar,
CourtListener etc.).

Write a brief analysis essay, taking a record apart and showing how its pieces work together to create a unique effect. Mix and match observations regarding musical and lyrical voice, characterization, point of view, imagery, structure, setting or theme.

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The Assignment: Write a brief analysis essay, taking a record apart and showing how its pieces work together to create a unique effect. Mix and match observations regarding musical and lyrical voice, characterization, point of view, imagery, structure, setting or theme, but be sure to illustrate each clearly and show how they work together in a precise way. Seek to offer a thesis or central focus that shows how this analysis deepens your understanding of the record as a whole. Your essay will be evaluated based upon the strength of the central focus (its significance, originality and insight) as well as your effective use of specific support to clearly reveal this focus.

It’s probably useful to caution you against spreading yourself too thin. If you focused simply on three different aspects of the structure of the record or three different sonic images, you might have more success diving deep into the record than someone who tries to cover a wide range of observations. Small things can be used to draw large, precise conclusions, while too many large points can lead to simplistic, general observations.

Was there a pivotal moment that made you follow your path as an artist What is the process of making your work? Describe your work in two words. What is your favorite art movement?

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Was there a pivotal moment that made you follow your path as an artist

What is the process of making your work?

Describe your work in two words.

What is your favorite art movement?

What is your least favorite art movement?

How has your process changed over time?

What themes do you pursue? And what themes do you want to pursue in the future?

Do you have any advice for young artists?

Could you talk about the training you receive for becoming an artist? Do you think the training exert a deep influence on your creative activities?