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Landlord Tenant Law

Larry Landlord has recently renovated an apartment and has put it on the market to be rented for $800.00 a month. Larry Landlord has been in business for approximately five (5) years and has had both positive and negative experiences with tenants. Larry Landlord is hoping to find a good, long-term tenant for his apartment. Roger Renter saw Larry’s sign for the apartment for rent and thought the location and the apartment would be perfect. Roger met Larry to look at the apartment and Roger fell in love with it. All of the interior fixtures had been replaced and the unit had a nice large closet. Roger noticed that although newly painted, the exterior of the apartment did show a little bit of wear. Because of the condition of the exterior of the building, Roger asked Larry about any roof leaks. Larry stated that he had never had a leak and was not aware of any leaks.
Roger and Larry entered into a valid contract for the rental of the apartment. (Note: The issue of whether or not a contract exists is NOT part of this question. For purposes of this question assume the contract is valid and there are no issues with the contract.)
 
The part of the country where Roger rented was rainy in the summertime. Roger rented and moved into the apartment in October. In June, a tremendous rainstorm occurred and Roger’s roof began to leak. The leak was minor at first and Roger merely put a trash can under the leak and had no other issues that month. When handing over his monthly rent check, Roger told Larry about the small leak. Larry thanked Roger for letting him know about the leak and told Roger he would have it fixed.
therefore the leak damaged some of Roger’s furniture. Roger called Larry to let him know that there was a leak and asked when it might be fixedThe next month the rains came again and the leak grew larger in Roger’s apartment. Roger was not home at the time of the rain and . Roger also stated that he thought Larry had fixed the roof. Larry curtly stated, “When it rains, sometimes it pours. When it pours, sometimes it leaks.” Roger did not like Larry’s tone or response and called back to ask when the roof might be fixed. Larry stated, “When I get to it.” The following day, Roger sent Larry a note about the roof leak and asked Larry to please address the issue.Since it was the rainy season, Roger knew it would rain again and therefore simply moved his items away from the leak and did nothing to help mitigate the damage from the leaking roof.
Larry came into the apartment to investigate the leak and found damage from not only the leak but also from the thrown baseball bat. Roger states that the baseball bat damage was a direct result of Larry’s inability to fix the leak based on his anger from Larry’s curt response.
Suppose you are a mediator. In five to seven (5-7) pages discuss the rights and responsibilities of the landlord and the tenant in which you:

  1. Explore the legal rights and responsibilities of the tenant and the landlord.
  2. Decide whether or not the landlord and / or the tenant had a legal duty to mitigate damages.
  3. Determine whether or not Larry has legal grounds to evict Roger. Explain why or why not.
  4. Describe whether or not Roger has a legal obligation to pay for the damage he caused and determine whether or not Larry would be liable for any direct damage.
  5. Support each response with facts presented in the scenario.
  6. Use proper legal terminology throughout your responses.
  7. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as quality academic resources.
  8. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
    • Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
    • 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 is not included in the required page length.
    • Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
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Disruption Innovation at Airbnb

1. Airbnb’s Tales of Disruption-Disruption Innovation at Airbnb• Sharable link to article: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bTUxx-BtzcC8NRZ2RG- qCyWRsXvWXINm/view?usp=sharing
2. The Rise of the Sharing Economy: Estimating the Impact of Airbnb on the Hotel
Industry.
• Sharable link to article: https://drive.google.com/file/d/ 1PlQMiDw_JI3tn1ij76TrIwrRCAak_GsX/view?usp=sharing
Business Insight Global: Sharable link to folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1voNv5-wzEuqGtMEp_vEMIgws- wY15tD2?usp=sharing
1. Airbnb Inc. • Sharable link to article: https://drive.google.com/file/d/
1mqqWyr__loby6lOYGMFjlYgiTJrOlxnl/view?usp=sharing
2. Deflating Airbnb; The sharing economy • Sharable link to article: https://drive.google.com/file/d/

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The Struggle for Freedom and Equality in the 20th Century Essay

Assignment 2: The Struggle for Freedom and Equality in the 20th Century
As illustrated within the text, the twentieth century saw highs and lows in the arena of civil rights for African-Americans. At every opportunity—whether through war or legislation—black and white activists worked to overcome unjust treatment of African-Americans. Such activity reached a crescendo in the 1950s and 1960s but waned in the 1970s.
Within this assignment, you will explore the timeline of the struggle for equality and highlight the successes and the eventual pitfalls of the Civil Rights Movement of the twentieth century. To prepare, use the Internet or Strayer databases to research major events of the Civil Rights Movement in the twentieth century. For additional information, explore the encyclopedia found on The King Center’s Website, located at http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia_contents.
Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:

  1. Examine at least two (2) of the primary methods that African-Americans in the early twentieth century used in order to overcome the policies of segregation that were codified at the federal, state, or local level, and determine the effectiveness of the methods in question. Provide a rationale for your response.
  2. Specify two (2) catalysts that contributed to the beginnings of the modern Civil Rights Movement. Justify your response.
  3. Determine two (2) goals of the Civil Rights Movement, and explore the fundamental reasons these goals had limited effect during and after the 1960s. Focus on the areas of class, gender, and sexuality. Justify your response.
  4. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
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Comprehensive Analysis Project (CAP) Essay

As shown in the syllabus, you have a project to do for this course. My colleague Mike Booth in his financial accounting courses expertly uses this project as a tool for teaching the entire semester. He has students work in groups, has milestones where specific work has to be done, etc.
Overview of the Project a.k.a. CAP
The final project asks you to:
1) Answer general “theory” questions regarding these two companies.
2) Utilize the Internet as resources to understand how to generate useful indicators in the areas of Profitability, Asset Management, Financial Risk, Liquidity, and Market Strength.
3) Perform calculations and analyses on the financial statement data given.

4) http://laskeycostello.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/analysis.jpgEvaluate the results from your calculations and analyses and form conclusions regarding your understanding of the companies compared.

5) Discuss this project with others in the class or work in self-created groups (for both online and traditional classes) to discuss the project where you can learn from each other but ultimately prepare you own individual analysis. (The level of interaction between students is up to the individual student and while highly recommended, is not required.)

 
3) to practice your communication skills (i.e., effective reading, listening, writing, speaking).

4) to improve/reinforce your interpersonal skills by providing experience in working with other students as a cooperative learning team (see #5 above).

5) to provide a foundation in understanding and using corporate financial statements that will be useful in your future college courses and professional career, as well as from a potential investor standpoint. (Adapted from Michael Booth’s Acct 1 Project).

Parts to the Project

The project is divided into two major sections. The first section is ratio analysis also called performance measurement. In this section, I give you a couple pages I scanned from a textbook of some of the underlying concepts of performance measurement. To provide you with details on what the ratios are and what they mean, I then included four hyperlinks to resources on the web. My suggestion is to give each link a quick overview to see which one fits your learning style. Some are “down and dirty” without much frills and others are more sophisticated and detailed. Remember that you have your own textbook chapters that you will have completed by the time you put the finishing touches on this project so you should have no shortage of resources.

Following these resources, I give you the actual textbook problem (problem 14.4) with the Income Statement and Balance Sheet. I decided to provide all of this information so that you have it all at your disposal and do not have to go “find” the information yourself. My thinking is that if I provide the information, you can spend your time on the learning aspect of this assignment. At the end of this first section is the requirements section itemizing what you need to do.

The second section which follows all of the above is a very short section where I want you to write up an analysis of a horizontal and vertical analysis problem where I give you the problem and the solution. I am looking for a write up of what the data means. My thinking on this one is that the computer will spit out the numbers and the calculation but you need to be able to interpret the results.

SECTION ONE

Here are 2 pages that I scanned from the Needles textbook that will give you a little background information. I hope the quality is good enough for you to read. See if they helps you understand the overall concepts of Financial Performance Measurement.

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Based on Wilson's definition where does the final climax of "Dinner With Friends" occur?

Wilson states “The final and most significant crisis is referred to as the climax.”  The climax can resolve the issues of the play either happily, unhappily or without clear resolution.
Based on Wilson’s definition where does the final climax of “Dinner With Friends” occur?
Why do you believe this to be so and does the play resolve happily, unhappily or with no resolution at all?
Page 134.

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Driving Directions-CS A131 Fall 2017 Final Project

CS A131 Fall 2017 Final Project:
Final Project: Driving Directions
**This project is adapted from Alex Thornton
Your program will describe a trip taken between a sequence of locations, the goal being to travel from the first location to the second, then from the second location to the third, and so on, until reaching the last location. Based on the user’s input, it will show different information about the trip, such as turn-by-turn directions, distances and times, etc.
1 Mapquest and Open Data APIs
For our work on this project, we’ll need both the Open Directions Service and the Open Elevation Service. Both of these are web-based APIs. The Open MapQuest API uses HTTP, with queries described using a URL, and with responses returned in JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)format.
The two APIs you’ll need are described in detail at the links below. You certainly won’t need to read all of the documentation, but you’ll want to take a look around and familiarize yourself with what the API can do, because part of your goal in this project is to decide what parts of the API you’ll need to solve your problem.
• MapQuest Open Directions Service documentation
• MapQuest Open Elevation Service documentation
1.1 Creating an account and getting an API Key
MapQuest’s API requires an API Key, which links your usage of the API to an account and authorizes you to use the API. Before you can make use of the API, you’ll need to obtain your own API Key. Do not share your API Key with other students! You’ll only need to do this once, and you’ll be able to use your API Key for all of your work on this project once it’s been created. Obtaining the API Key is free for non-commercial use.
1.2 Visit the MapQuest Developer site in your browser.
1. Part of the way down the page, you’ll see a button that says Get Your Free API Key. Click that button. (Note if the button isn’t there, wait a little while and it’ll be back.)
2. A form will be displayed, in which you can choose a username, a password, and so on. Fill in the necessary information, and be sure to use an email address that you have access to; you’ll need to receive emails from MapQuest along the way.

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3. Once you’ve created your account, you’ll be logged in and presented with some choices, click on Manage Keys.
4. Click on Create a New Key to get an API Key that allows you to use the Open MapQuest APIs.
5. When asked, supply an App Name (csa131 pymap).
Now that your key has been created within your MapQuest Developer profile, you will be able to obtain your API key. Click the name of your application, which you should now see on the page, which will reveal more information about it. Make a note of both the Consumer Key and Consumer Secret somewhere; you’ll need these later. Notice that there is a limit on the number of times you can use the API each month–currently 15,000 transactions per month–and that you can see in this same area of the MapQuest Developer web site how many of these transactions you’ve used at any given time. The limit should be plenty for our use, but you may nonetheless want to keep an eye on it. After you’ve completed this process, your MapQuest API Key will have been created, though it should be noted that it might take a little bit of time for it to become active, so don’t panic if you’re not able to use it right away.
1.3 Testing your API Key
Wait a little while after creating your API Key, then it’s time to test that it’s working. Open your favorite web browser; enter a URL in the following format into the browser’s address bar and press Enter, replacing APIKEY with the Consumer Key part of the API key that you created in the previous step.
http :// open.mapquestapi.com/directions/v2/route?key=APIKEY&from=Irvine %2CCA\&to=Los+Angeles
%2CCA
If successful, you should receive a result that looks roughly like this (though you’ll get a lot more output than this):
{“route”:{“hasTollRoad”:false ,”computedWaypoints”:[],”fuelUsed”:1.93,”hasUnpaved”:false ,”
hasHighway”:true ,”realTime”:-1,”boundingBox”:{“ul”:{“lng”: -118.244476 ,”lat”:34.057094} ,”
lr”:{“lng”: -117.794593 ,”lat”:33.6847}} ,”distance”:40.675 ,”time”:2518,”locationSequence”
:[0,1],”hasSeasonalClosure”:false ,”sessionId”:”545ca8d0 -03c3 -001e-02b7 -7cb8 -00163 edfa317
“,”locations”:[{“latLng”:{“lng”: -117.825982 ,”lat”:33.685697} ,”adminArea4″:”Orange County
“,”adminArea5Type”:”City”,”adminArea4Type”:”County”,”adminArea5″:”Irvine”,”street”:””,”
adminArea1″:”US”,”adminArea3″:”CA”,”type”:”s”,”displayLatLng”:{“lng”: -117.825981 ,”lat”
:33.685695} ,”linkId”:44589954 ,”postalCode”:””,”sideOfStreet”:”N”,”dragPoint”:false ,”
adminArea1Type”:”Country”,”geocodeQuality”:”CITY”,”geocodeQualityCode”:”A5XCX”,”
adminArea3Type”:”State”},
…
This format is JSON (JavaScript Object Notation), which is a common format of information returned from web APIs like this one. Unfortunately, it’s not presented in a way that’s particularly readable for us–though, in general, that’s not a problem for our program, because our program doesn’t have the same aesthetic needs that we do. To take your first look at what’s being returned, you might find it useful to copy all of the text
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returned to you, then visit jsonprettyprint.com and paste the text and ask for it to be “pretty-printed”. You’ll now see the same text, but spaced in a way that will make its structure more obvious to a human reader.
Once it’s “pretty-printed,” take a look through MapQuest’s response–don’t worry if you don’t understand every detail, but start to get a rough sense of what kind of information is available and how it’s organized. When you want to know the details, the API documentation will explain everything you need, and you’ll find that you can discover a lot of the details through additional experimentation. But it’s important that you allow yourself to build an understanding gradually; this is not something you’ll necessarily be able to figure out right away, but a lot of the information won’t turn out to be relevant in this project, anyway. One characteristic that distinguishes real-world work from the often-sanitized kinds of projects you do in courses like this is the need to find small nuggets of information you need amongst large amounts of documentation that is largely irrelevant to the problem you want to solve.
2 The input
Your program will take input in the following format. It should not prompt the user in any way; it should simply read whatever input is typed into the console, and you should assume that your user knows the precise input format.
• An integer whose value is at least 2, alone on a line, that specifies how many locations the trip will consist of.
• If there are n locations, the next n lines of input will each describe one location. Each location can be a city such as Costa Mesa, CA, an address such as 2701 Fairview Rd, Costa Mesa, CA, or anything that the Open MapQuest API will accept as a location. (The details of what is acceptable as a location is described here).
• A positive integer (i.e., whose value is at least 1), alone on a line, that specifies how many outputs will need to be generated.
• If there are m outputs, the next m lines of input will each describe one output. Each output can be one of the following:
– STEPS for step-by-step directions, meaning a brief description of each maneuver (e.g., a turn, entering or exiting a freeway, etc.) you would have to make to drive from one location to another
– TOTALDISTANCE for the total distance traveled if completing the entire trip
– TOTALTIME for the total estimated time to complete the entire trip
– LATLONG for the latitude and longitude of each of the locations specified in the input
– ELEVATION for the elevation, in feet, of each of the locations specified in the input
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