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American Government

Imagine that you have been serving the past few years as the governor of your home state or a U.S. Senator representing your home state. You have done great work and face no challenge in winning the nomination of your party to run in the General Election. In your campaign plan, please address the following:
Part 1: Campaign Details

  • What is your home state?
  • What is your political party?
  • What is your campaign tagline or slogan? Almost all recent presidential campaigns have had a theme song. For example, in 1992, Bill Clinton used the song,” Don’t Stop,” by Fleetwood Mac. In 2012, Republican nominee Mitt Romney used the song, “Born Free,” by Kid Rock. What is your campaign theme song? Why did you select that song.
  • Select someone to be your Vice Presidential Running Mate. You can pick anyone that would eligible, per the Constitution, to serve as President. Why did you select this person to be your vice presidential running mate? How do they help improve your chances on winning the General Election?

Part 2: Your Issues

  • Select and describe two (2) domestic policy issues your campaign is advocating.
  • Why did you select these domestic policy issues to focus on? Use polling data from a reputable polling source such as pew research to support your decision.
  • For each domestic policy issue write a simple one sentence “elevator pitch” that you would use to easily communicate your position to the masses.
  • Select and describe two (2) economic policy issues your campaign is advocating.
  • Why did you select these economic policy issues to focus on? Use polling data from a reputable polling source such as pew research to support your decision.
  • For each economic policy issue write a simple one sentence “elevator pitch” that you would use to easily communicate your position to the masses.
  • Select and describe two (2) foreign policy issues your campaign is advocating.
  • Why did you select these foreign issues to focus on? Use polling data from a reputable polling source such as pew research to support your decision.
  • For each foreign policy issue write a simple one sentence “elevator pitch” that you would use to easily communicate your position to the masses.

Part 3: Your Strategy
Considering the electoral college vote, which specific states would you campaign in. Keep in mind you have limited resources and that you can’t campaign in every state. Think about what states you would need to win in order to win the general election. Based on historical data, do you actually have a chance to win. Would you be able secure enough electoral votes to win the general election by these states.
To help you think about this part of the assignment you may want to find online and play with an “Interactive Electoral College Map.” Here are some website that you could use to help:
http://www.270towin.com/
http://uselectionatlas.org/TOOLS/evcalc.php
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/electoral/
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/map/predict.html
Be sure to include a reference list of all sources that you used to complete your paper

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Auditing Class

Please answer the following 5 discussion questions inatleast 100 words per question. Do not answer them as an essay. Please answer them under the question set.
 
1. Describe the purpose of a financial statement disclosure checklist and explain how it helps the auditor determine if there is sufficient appropriate evidence for each of the presentation and disclosure objectives.
 
2. Explain why auditors’ reports are important to users of financial statements and why it is desirable to have standard wording.
 
3. Distinguish between a contingent liability and an actual liability and give three examples of each.
 
4. Describe matters that the auditor must communicate to audit committees of public companies.
 
5. What four circumstances are required for a standard unqualified report to be issued?

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Management Class Homework

“Every individual employee in an organization plays a role in controlling work activities.”
Do you agree with this statement, or do you think control is something that only managers are responsible for?  Explain.
Multiple paragraphs with formatting/headings and references (at least 5 paragraphs)
Analyse don’t comment.

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Trends in HR in Healthcare

For the past 10 years, Methodist Hospital Health System (MHHS) celebrated the fact that 60% of its new hires in management positions were women and minorities. The MHHS leadership assumed that with such a practice, women and minorities would eventually represent at least 50% of their top management executives (vice president level and above). But then something unexpected happened. A few years ago, MHHS became concerned that its diversity program was not producing results. Instead of seeing an increase in the number of women and minorities in executive positions, the organization was observing a decline. Talented female and minority managers were leaving, draining the pool of capable and qualified staff.
To address this problem, MHHS founded the Task Force on Retention and Advancement of Women and Minorities in Executive Positions (TFRA). This task force aimed to pinpoint the reasons why female and minority executives were leaving by conducting a massive information-gathering initiative, which included interviewing female and minorities at all levels, as well as former employees. The team uncovered these main areas of concern:

  1. Limited opportunity for advancement
  2. Lack of mentoring, coaching, and networking
  3. Existing work and family issues
  4. Lack of succession planning
  5. Lack of positive culture and transparent communication about promotion and professional development
  6. Lack of relevant and effective training, job development, and employee empowerment opportunities
  7. Cultural bias toward women and minorities, and an “old boy” network system
  8. Organizational resistance to embrace diversity
  9. Uncompetitive salary and benefits

In response to these findings, MHHS must retool the workplace.
Instructions:
You are the CEO of MHHS and have been asked to present a plan to the Board of Directors for retooling the workplace to meet the goals of a women- and minority-friendly employer, and to have women and minorities eventually represent 50% of the top management.

  • Your presentation must address strategies in the following areas:
  1. Recruitment, selection, and retention
  2. Communication
  3. Research
  4. Performance management
  5. Technology and innovation
  6. Change management
  7. Another area of healthcare management of your choosing
  • Be innovative; think creatively.
  • Your submission must be 13-15 pages in length. You must include title and reference pages, and a table of contents; however, these should not be included in the total page count.
  • Include an outline and references list.
  • Incorporate 20 credible and current references. Ten of these must be peer-reviewed articles.
  • Format your paper according to APA Requirements.
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William Shakespeare essay

Using 300 – 400 words, describe how you would direct a version of either Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex or William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Name which play you have chosen. What would be your central theme or image? Where and when would your version of the play take place? (If you don’t want to modernize this production, explain why.) What would the set look like? What kind of costumes would the actors wear? What contemporary actors would you cast in major roles in your version of this play?
 
This assignment should be typewritten, double-spaced, in Times New Roman, 12-point font, and should include proper language, grammar, and spelling. If you need writing assistance, be sure to utilize the following tool, Grammarly.
Submit your writing assignment to the appropriate course Assignment box no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. (This Assignment box maybe linked to Turnitin.)

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criminal justice

Assignment:
Methods of Inquiry
The principle methods of inquiry are divided into two broad, distinct categories: those that reconstruct the past and those that discover or create new knowledge.
 
o   What are methods of inquiry and how are they used in criminal investigation?
o   Describe the steps to reconstruct a case and use an example to illustrate the concepts.
o   Describe how reconstructing a crime scene can aid in understanding the fundamentals of criminal investigations. Keep in mind the fundamentals are identifying witnesses, offenders, connecting evidence from the scene to the offender and victim, and but not limited to apprehending the offender(s).
Requirements
o   APA format and Style
o   5 pages, include Title and Reference page
o   1 resource, can include textbook
 
o   Standard American English Grammar, sustained point of view throughout the writing

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Healthcare Policy: What You Need to Know About the Affordable Care Act

Please go to www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/03/23/look-six-years-affordable-care-act . to read the latest about the Affordable Care Act from the White House.
Respond to the questions below.

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Minnesota Detectives Crack the Case with Digital Forensics

Go to the Government Technology website to read the article titled “Minnesota Detectives Crack the Case with Digital Forensics” dated October 8, 2014, located at http://www.govtech.com/public-safety/Minnesota-Detectives-Crack-the-Case-with-Digital-Forensics.html.
Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

  1. Provide a brief summary on the case involving the two (2) Andover teens.
  2. Explain, from a forensics perspective, the digital evidence found on the mobile devices that helped lead to the perpetrator’s capture and the girls’ rescue.
  3. Describe the basic components of the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office digital forensics lab and staff, and consider whether or not you would implement improvements in any areas based on the growing need.
  4. Determine whether or not you believe the notion that an officer or investigator’s first questions at the scene should be, “Where’s the phone? Can we get access to the phone?” Provide a rationale for your determination.
  5. Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Outline system forensics issues, laws, and skills.
  • Develop plans that collect evidence in network and email environments.
  • Examine automated digital forensic analysis.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in computer forensics.
  • Write clearly and concisely about computer forensics topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.
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political power

Instructions:

Read two chapters 15 and 17 of the classic book on power “Prince” by Niccolo Machiavelli. It can be found at: 

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1232/1232-h/1232-h.htm

Machiavelli wrote the Prince (published in 1532) to advise princes about how to get, keep, and use political power. The book is still regarded as one of the most influential books on politics, especially on issues relating to political power.

readings on power, write a 2-4 page essay comparing the textbook definitions of power (see especially week 1) with the notions expressed/ implicit in the excerpts from Machiavelli.  How can you relate these notions to prevailing norms in contemporary society and politics? Do you think that any of any of the advice offered by Machiavelli can apply to modern day politicians? Why? Why not?

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civil society

1. Find an internet site for an interest/advocacy group (some examples include Tea Party, MoveOn.org, NRA, Nature Conservancy, PETA, etc). 

2. Turn in a 2-3 page report containing the name, type, and issues of the group. Describe some of the strategies that the group uses and how the interest group utilizes the website to employ the strategies Explain whom the interest group targets and the impact of the group on public policy in light of and using concepts from our readings as appropriate. Do you personally subscribe to this group’s ideas/ ideology? What do you think is the appeal of these issues to contemporary society at large?

Format:

  • APA-style formatting
  • Typed
  • 1” margins
  • Double-spaced
  • Arial or Time New Roman, 12 pt font

Assignment 2 meets the following course objectives:

  • Differentiate among the different components of civil society
  • Explain the sources of power and effects of organized interests
  • Describe processes of political action
  • Describe basic concepts and approaches in political sociology
  • Compare the social bases, organization, and interaction of political parties with other social groups and institutions