Are there any important revelations (doubtful), or is everything “cool”?

“In a nutshell, you need to look at Cooper City and examine it at two points in time – 2017 and 2020.

The following are stated as minima. You might read or see other things worthy of note. But here are the starters:”

1. Management Discussion and Analysis: GASB 34 calls for governments to discuss their financial condition in the so-called MD&A. What does the MD&A reveal? Are there any important revelations (doubtful), or is everything “cool”? Is there any commentary on how property taxation might impact operations? Does management discuss employment or earnings patterns? Is it written in clear language so that stakeholders can understand the financial situation of the organization?

2. Are Enterprises Running on At Least a Breakeven Basis, or Do You Note Any Deficits? Remember, enterprise funds (including internal service funds) are generally believed to be business-like (break-even or better). A deficit may not be fatal, but it suggests a red flag for further assessment.

3. Economic Development Climate: This entails a lot but might include such matters as tax or user fee rates, major new employers (or departure of older ones), diversification of economic base, tax incentive programs for new businesses (or to retain older ones), or successful enterprise zone activity. You may see other factors that are worthy of mention.

4. Demographics: This one is something of a no-brainer. Is your community getting richer or poorer in terms of per capita income? Is it getting younger or older (many retailers love the 19-49 portion)? Is it geographically “built-out,” or is there room for growth (not that growth is always a good thing)? Have there been noteworthy changes in racial or ethnic composition? Is the city absorbing new areas via annexation?

Discuss various elements of a pre-approved cultural study.

Discuss various elements of a pre-approved cultural study. Some examples are listed below, but always confirm with your professor first.

Africa Asia Americas Europe Middle East Oceania *More Specific Topics
Ancient Egypt Dravidian Culture (India) Aztec Classical Greece Ottoman Empire Aborigines (Australia) Colonial America
Nok Culture Zhou Dynasty (China) Maya Hellenistic Greece Persian Empire Austronesian People 18th-century Haiti
Mali Empire Han Dynasty (China) Inca Roman Republic Hittites Lapita People 19th-century Poland
Benin Empire Song Dynasty (China) Olmec Roman Empire Ancient Israel Tongan Empire 20th-century Costa Rica
Mossi Kingdom Maurya Empire (India) Pueblo Etruscans Phoenicians Moai Culture Medieval Ages France
Ghana Empire Gupta Period (India) Adena Celts Babylonians Melanesian Culture Renaissance Italy
Kingdom of Sine Heian Period (Japan) Hohokam Magyars Fatimid Dynasty Micronesian Culture Alabama (1950–1980)
Kingdom of Nri Muromachi Period (Japan) Arawak Vikings Abbasid Dynasty Pohnpei People 1950s America
Zulu Edo Period (Japan) Camdeba Merovingian Dynasty Umayyad Dynasty Chamorro Culture The Modern Cherokee Nation
Songhai Empire Three Kingdoms Period (Korea) Iroquois Carolingian Dynasty Sumerians Papuan People
Ashanti Empire Kingdom of Nam-Viet Inuit Tudor England Assyrians Kingdom of Hawaii
Aksumite Empire Khmer Period (Cambodia) Taino Byzantine Empire Akkadians Maori Culture (New Zealand)
Kingdom of Zimbabwe Mon Dvaravati Period (Thailand) Toltec Visigoths Medes *Using these ideas, you can also come up with your own, but they must be approved by professor.

Please provide the following information about your culture:

Content

Introduction with a thesis statement
Provide a brief history of your culture
Explain how your chosen culture is represented in the United States
Is your culture individualistic or collectivistic? Provide at least one example
What are some of the artistic (art, music, architecture, dance) contributions of your culture?
What are some values of your culture? Provide at least three examples
Discuss your culture’s religion(s)? Include the name and basic belief system of at least one of the major faiths
What are some of the sex and gender role differences in your culture? Provide at least three examples
Discuss what we would need to know to acculturate into your culture (if it is a culture from the past, what would we need to do in order to fit in during that timeframe). Provide at least one concrete suggestion
Conclusion
Specific Paper Requirements:

Four-page minimum: six-page maximum (Times New Roman, 1-inch marginsm 12-pt. font, double-spaced)
Quality of writing: Must contain in-text citations in APA format
Spelling and Grammar
Correct APA style format
A minimum of three or more credible sources (books, journal articles, magazine/newspaper articles, etc.)
Paper Outline:

Introduction

History

Cultural Context

Represented in the United States
Individualistic/Collective
Artistic
Values
Religion
Sex and Gender Roles

Acculturation

Conclusion

References

Discuss and analyze the cycle of the Little Red Riding Hood stories.

The following prompts are to be used as springboards for the approach you take with Essay 1. They pertain to our readings and class discussions, but in your paper be sure that your points of support are primarily drawn from the texts we’ve read. Your outside, secondary sources (there should be two) should be used to support the points you are drawing from the texts. Also be sure that you include a clear thesis statement in the introduction to your paper and that you close your paper with a concluding paragraph.

Feel free to interpret the prompts as you will. You may compose your paper in support of a topic or theme we have discussed in class, but you are also welcome to advance a thesis or perspective that we have not discussed—or which is counter to our previous discussions (kudos always awarded to creative critical thinking!). Finally, if there is another idea you have on your mind for the paper, feel free to propose it to me.

Discuss and analyze the cycle of the Little Red Riding Hood stories. Focus on what you see as seminal differences or similarities between the versions. Avoid too much summary by focusing writing on the implications of what the stories present.

Prompt 2: Analyze a selection of the Cinderella story cycle. Because these are slightly longer and more individually substantive, restrict your main focus to only one or two of the stories to give yourself the chance of going into sufficient depth.

Prompt 3: Analyze “The Little Mermaid” with attention paid to what HCA signals to the reader regarding the nature of beauty, love, suffering, and purity (independently or in relation to each other).

Prompt 4: Analyze the selection of HCA stories with attention paid to the dominant themes that unite his stories. What primary message(s) does HCA seem to be communicating and how does it strike you?

Remember, the most effective papers have a more limited scope in order to go deeper into their points, as opposed to papers that tackle very broad and general topics or themes. If you need more clarification on what this means, let me know.

Be sure to confer with the syllabus for a detailed account of “objective” requirements for the paper.

Length: 3 – 4 pages (with 3.5 being the sweet spot) in MLA/APA format.

Does the final couplet demonstrate a resolve, insight, or surprise?

Imitation Assignment

Purpose:

Perhaps imitation is the best form of flattery. But imitation is also a great learning tool. In order to imitate what someone else has written, you must first understand that writing. In poetry, you must analyze and understand the rhyme pattern, the tone, the meter, the syntax and language. Only after you truly understand the original can you attempt to imitate it. Another great function of this assignment is that it makes all of us appreciate how hard it is to put together a 14 line poem.

“Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime.”

1. Develop a deeper understanding of the poetic form, the sonnet.
2. Appreciate the difficulty of creating a poem in this form.
3. Step outside your comfort zone.

Objectives:

1.Learn about rhyme, meter, form and tone in a Shakespearean sonnet.
2. Utilize your own skills to re-create a sonnet using your own words and experiences.
3. Create, revise and edit a poem of your own.

Getting Started:

Choose one of the two poems to imitate: “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day” or “My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun.”

Carefully read and make sure you understand the poem.

Review the information from the lectures on rhyme, meter, and tone.

Watch the instructional video.

The Task:

Create your own poem by re-writing the original, one line at a time. Be sure to preserve the following elements of the original poem:

*The iambic pentameter
*The ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
*The sense of unity exhibited in the quatrains and couplet, and in the poem as a whole
*The sense that the couplet resolves a problem, provides an insight, or surprises the reader
*The sense of comparing a loved one to something else that each of us understands

Evaluation:

You do not have to be a poet to do well on this assignment. When reviewing your poem, ask the following questions:

Does the poem make sense?
Does the tone of my poem match the original?
Does the rhyme scheme match the original?
Does the meter match the original?
Is the topic of my poem similar?
Does the final couplet demonstrate a resolve, insight, or surprise?

Student Example:

My Lover

The eyes of my lover do not shine bright;
Burning sun has more red than do his lips;
His body white, could use some real sunlight;
His long and crazy hair could use some clips.
I have seen large tomatoes, red and ripe,
But in his coloring I have seen none;
Some find pleasure in his tobacco pipe
Others find his breath makes them turn and run.
His voice, to hear him sing, I like it well
But the stereo has a better song;
I look where the inner cowboy may dwell;
My lover, when he moves, he plods along.
And, even still, I think my love divine
As any compared with a fakey line.

State whether you think your group member got the correct answer for the last question on the individual assignment.

State whether you think your group member got the correct answer for the last question on the individual assignment. If not, explain what you think the correct answer is, and how you got that answer. If it is correct, state how you know this is the correct answer (how did you figure it out?).
For the last question in the individual assignment The group member put the next picture

Write a case study on a small group, community, or organization (8-10 pages for the main text).

Write a case study on a small group, community, or organization (8-10 pages for the main text).
(1) Apply 4 theories and 5 concepts from text material on the selected target. Analyze your target
using the text and course materials. (2) Describe and illustrate ways in which the small group,
community, or organization promotes or blocks the achievement and maintenance of health and
well-being of participants.

1. Examine your social system using 4 perspectives/theories and 5 concepts (ideas derived
from the theories found in the text chapters) as they apply to the social unit you select.
2. Define and discuss the perspectives/theories and concepts in detail and give
examples of how the social system demonstrates each theory and concept. Also discuss diversity
issues relevant to the social system (race, ethnicity, social class, religion, physical/mental
ability, sexual orientation, etc.).
3. Describe and illustrate ways in which social systems promote or block the achievement
and maintenance of health and well-being for the social unit you selected.
4. This paper should be a maximum of 10 double-spaced pages in length for the main text
and follow APA format. Include pertinent material from your textbook and include a minimum
of three articles from social work journals that present research findings specifically relevant
to understanding the causes of your client’s problems or relevant to how to provide effective
social services.
5. You must also include both a cover page with a running header and a reference page. The
cover page and reference page are separate from the 8-10 pages of main text.
Basic Outline:
(Note: It is highly recommended that you used these Section Headings to support the flow of
your paper).
A. Introduction to the case (1-2 page).
B. Descriiption & Application of Theories and Concepts (3-5 pages)
Descriiption of Theory #1 and 1-2 Concepts associated with chosen theory. Application of
Theory #1 and 1-2 Concepts to your case.
Descriiption of Theory #2 and 1-2 Concepts associated with chosen theory. Application of
Theory #2 and 1-2 Concepts to your case.
Descriiption of Theory #2 and 1-2 Concepts associated with chosen theory. Application of
Theory #2 and 1-2 Concepts to your case.
Descriiption of Theory #2 and 1-2 Concepts associated with chosen theory. Application of
Theory #2 and 1-2 Concepts to your case.
C. Discussion of relevant issues related to diversity (if not integrated into Section B) (0.5-1
page)
D. Discussion of ways in which social systems promote or block the achievement and
maintenance of health and well-being for the social unit you selected. (0.5-1 page)
E. Conclusion (0.5-1 page)

WRITE A RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS OF SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL EVENT MANAGEMENT IN THE UK

WRITE A RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS OF SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL EVENT MANAGEMENT IN THE UKThe project aims to identify recent practices towards sustainability
which the event industry in the UK has utilised and examine their
impact on the industry, society and environment. An online anonymous
survey amongst industry stakeholders will be used, alongside research
of existing research and academic material, in order to identify and
measure the impact or such practices.