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Students are to create a hypothetical portfolio via link to be shared. Students are to state their age, risk tolerance and an asset allocation that coincides with this. Once selected, students are to choose no more than 15 securities to invest in, inclusive of bond funds, individual stocks and exchange traded funds. ALL investments are to be denominated in US Dollars. Students must ensure that their portfolio is globally diversified via ETFs that provide exposure to different regions as well as commodities. On week 9, students are to provide a two paragraph writeup and screenshot of their portfolio, mentioning the overall market and why their portfolio is performing the way it is (The adjusted securities are highlighted on the worksheet dated March 18). Students must adjust their portfolio during this time based on strategies learned during the course and provide a revised portfolio with explanation as to why changes were made. Students are free to send their initial portfolio for confirmation to proceed. Students are to incorporate every topic covered in the class in their portfolio and outline 5 lessons learnt during the portfolio timeframe.

Additionally, include your risk tolerance, asset allocation, why the portolio was setup the way that it is, along with the sharpe ratio.

Exhibition: The instructions of Yoko Ono

Information about the Paintings
Please include the following information about the two pieces you spend time with:
Title, Artist, Date, Medium
Formal / Technical Criticism (approx. 500 words)
Describe and provide some analysis (with specific examples from the paintings) of each element and how it plays a part in the entire piece. Look for similarities and differences between the two pieces you chose. (ie. Piece A is an open form while Piece B is closed. This is because…). If certain formal elements are not relevant to the piece you chose ignore them and discuss elements that are relevant.
• What is the point of view of the piece?
• Is this painting open or closed?
• How is line used? (What are the brushstrokes like? What are the contour lines (outlines of the shapes) like? Is there a use of certain shapes?)
• How is this piece balanced?
• Where is the light source? How does this affect balance and other elements?
• Discuss the texture of the piece.
• How is colour used within the piece? What effect does it give?
• Are there any other techniques used that you can identify?
Contextual Criticism (approx. 500 words)
• What was the social and cultural context surrounding why these pieces were created?
• Can you find out anything about why the artist chose to create a piece like this?
• What is the subject matter of the piece, and how does the subject matter related to the form?
• Can you find out anything about the reception history of these pieces?
• How did the information provided about the piece alter the way you perceived it?
• What attracted you to the paintings that you chose? Are there similarities between the two pieces that drew you to them?
• Does the painting lean towards realism (representing something real) or abstractionism (not representing something real) or somewhere in the middle? How does this change the way you understand the piece?
• Is there a narrative that this piece draws you into? What is it?
• How did these pieces utilize your already held understandings of the world? How did it challenge you?
• What kind of new meaning were you able to take away from these pieces?

Write a 10 page essay on the importance of the Everglades in Florida politics.

Your paper should fully address the following questions:
Using Michael Grunwald’s book The Swamp,
explain how the developers of Florida viewed the Everglades and tried to conquer it?

What were the ecological consequences?

What were the political forces that created the political will to restore the everglades specifically how did Republican and Democrats come together to create the biggest ecological restoration project in history?

What lessons from Everglade’s restoration are important to remember for environmental restoration and the battle against global warning?

Review Sheet
Based on your knowledge from the lab manual readings from this week, create a 2- to 3-page document in Microsoft Word for providing answers to questions in the following review sheets:

Look up on youtube or another outlet the film “Gladiator Days: Anatomy of a Prison Murder.” Also, look up National Geographic and view some of the prison-related videos on inmate behavior (see, for example, prison nation on National Geographic at http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/videos/prison-nation/ ). The videos, and some readings, demonstrate several key issues regarding imprisonment, and more specifically, inmate control. Broadly, the films portrayed prison as a place where one must either become a “Viking or a victim.” The films also bring up the question of whether prison institutions create and breed violent individuals, or rather, whether the individuals are violent, to begin with, and simply act accordingly when they enter the prison setting. In your book, this perspective is often examined by using the competing concepts of 1) deprivation (that the prison and its regime and its deprivations create violence/disorder by inmates), or 2) Importation (that it is not the prison environment or regime, but the inmates that are simply importing their violent behavior into the prison setting and acting as they always have).
Based on the concepts of deprivation or importation as explanations of inmate behavior in prison and the films, make a persuasive argument supporting either the deprivation argument (that the prison environment itself creates violent individuals) or the importation argument (that violence in prison is the result of the individuals sent to prison).
In ending, give your perspective on the power of institutional environments (such as prisons) to influence human behavior.

Nike – Case analysis report. Simply put Prof. is asking knowledge and understanding of management theories. Simply make the logical connections between the concept or theory and the case issue to which it applies. Put emphasis on vulnerability risk assessment (VRA),
Also, look into Nike’s Opportunity and Threat.

Use the perspective of a consulting team (NO first person). Pretend that your audience is the CEO or Board of Directors. Thus, your audience is familiar with all the facts of the case; do not waste time restating case data. Your objective is to analyze, interpret, draw conclusions, make recommendations and projections that are unique and must be explained and justified.

The interview paper allows you to gain an insider’s perspective on your topic. Your interviewee has insight about your topic, and you give it order by identifying themes and issues and by unifying the information you collect into a fine piece of writing. This writing needs to embody the feeling of the interview–the sense of place and of the person you have interviewed

Summarize each interview and highlight the contributions
Identify themes and link with prior research
Conclusion

Social Psychology
Chapter Twelve Short Answer Quiz
Directions: In complete sentences (NO bullets) explain the following concepts you have learned. Include page numbers where you located your answers.
Define aggression from a social psychology point of view. Explain the importance of intention.
Describe the three different types of harm that aggression can have. Provide me with an example of each. Compare the two types of aggression – affective and instrumental. Provide me with an example of each.
Explain biology and human aggression. Provide me with an example of eros and thanatos as they relate to aggression. Explain how aggression in animals relates to aggression in humans (ethological approach)..
Explain the physiological mechanisms involved in aggression. Discuss the regions of the brain that respond to threat.
Explain the role testosterone plays in aggression. How does this hormone factor into male and female behaviors?
Discuss how aggression can be uniquely human. Explain the natural-born pacifists theory. When have you observed someone who would fall into this typology?
Explain impulse regulation. Which parts of the brain are involved? What are their function? How does impulse regulation contribute to situational triggers for aggression?
Explain the frustration-aggression hypothesis. Include an explanation of the Dollard (1939) and Harris (1974) studies. Include a discussion AND example of displaced trigger displaced aggression.
Describe two types of situational triggers of aggression. Provide me with an example of both.
Explain the cognitive neoassociationism model (Berkowitz) in detail. Include a discussion of the weapons effect. Provide me with an example from the news of the weapons effect.
Explain the Berkowitz and LePage 1967 study results. Why do you think this effect occurs in our society?
Discuss the evidence that violent media increases the incidence of aggression. According to research, why is the information of the negative influence of aggression in media ignored?
Explain factors in family life that influence the tendency to aggress. Give examples of how culture influences proneness to aggression. Differentiate the likelihood and style of aggression in men and women.
Explain the role of socialization experiences and genes in the likelihood to aggress.
Discuss why the ways in which intelligence is a factor in aggressive behavior. Discuss the four personality traits that foster aggression.
Identify possible consequences of legal and illegal drug use. Describe the reasons why alcohol increases aggressive behavior.
What is domestic violence? Differentiate between the three types of domestic violence offenders. Describe the characteristics (do not list) of men who engage in sexual coercion. Discuss the rape myths that contribute to sexual coercion. Why do you think we have a culture that upholds these myths?
Create a fictional person whose life experiences demonstrate the trajectory that helps to predict the likelihood of spousal abuse.
Describe the three types of sexual coercion rapists engage in. Discuss the four characteristics male rapists tend to have.
For the following questions read the following article and then answer the questions: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sexual-victimization-by-women-is-more-common-than-previously-known/
1. What were the CDC’s findings regarding rapists? Be specific with the data you report.
2. What were the National Crime Victimization Survey results regarding male and female victimization?
3. Discuss the prison rape results discussed throughout the article (you will have to read further down as well for the answer). What do you think about these results? What do they indicate about our society?
4. Why do the authors think society needs to move away from the one-dimensional portrayal of women? What are your thoughts?
5. Describe the sexual stereotypes described in the article. When have you observed these stereotypes? You can discuss either a personal connection or one demonstrated in the media.
6. What are the social and emotional results of female perpetrators? What can we do as a society to address the repeating of sexual exploitation from victim to victimizer?

Identify 2 organizations or groups that are countering Islamophobia in Palestine. You should identify who is doing this work, how they are doing this work, and what methods they are using.

Look for:
– Profiles and bios of the organization and its leaders
– What is this organization / group’s goal? What is their mission statement? What are they trying to achieve and why?
– Who is funding their work? What are the politics of the funders and how does the sourcem of funding impact the vision/activity/goals of the organization(s)?
– What informs this organization/group’s intervention? How are their methods influenced / shaped / decided upon?

– Compare and contrast the play “Othello” by Shakespeare and the movie “Five Feet Apart”.
– Compare common themes.
– Upload between 8-10 pages (including a Title Page, Alphanumeric Outline, at least 5 full essay pages, and References).

*Use the references/ sources list provided*