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When Sir Gawain finally meets up with the Green Knight to accept his fate, he is only nicked on the neck. The Green Knight then comments: “Yet you lacked, sir, a little in loyalty there, But the cause was not cunning, nor courtship either, But that you loved your own life; the less, then, to blame” (2366-68).Sir Gawain is the hero of the tale, but he clearly is not the idealized character the we meet in Beowulf. Consider the passage above in which Sir Gawain is “exposed” by the Green Knight.Offer your insights about how Gawain differs as a hero from Beowulf, and why those differences reflect different cultural values.You must write your answer to at least 300 words.

Term: “Muckraking” Give Me Liberty , Chapter 18, “The Progressive Era, 1900-1916” Writing / journalism that exposed corruption and abuses in politics, business, meatpacking, child labor, and more, primarily in the first decade of the 20th century; included popular books and magazine articles that spurred public interest in reform. Watch the following Progressive video:Progressive Era: The MuckrakersThink of a problem or issue that exists within our nation, state, your city, neighborhood, or school that you feel needs to be exposed or given public attention. Write (type):The problem or issue.Who or what do you believe is responsible or to blame for the issue?Who does the problem or issue impact?What specific media sources would you use to expose the problem? (i.e. newspapers, magazines, tv, radio, celebrity testimonies / interviews, billboards, social media – if so, which platforms, etc.)Responses can be typed onto this MS Word document.

Healthcare organizations must be economically viable to implement and maintain policies. Cost-benefit analysis measures viability and highlights when or where changes need to be made to ensure financial sustainability. In a minimum of 250 words, discuss the following:Find a healthcare company (department or company-wide) of your choosing and examine the financial policy within that company that supports or negates sustainability (i.e., cost, benefit, and outcome). Provide a rationale for your position.

ach student is to choose a Fortune 500 company to write about for their corporate profile project. No two students in this section will be permitted to write about the same company, so get your company approved before you begin researching and writing.You will be assigned a total of four modules for this project. The collective goal of the modules and the project is to inform your reader about your chosen company within the context of the module elements.You are required to use (and citeto) at least three (3) independent sources (not including the textbook or corporate web site) for each of the four modules of this project.You will initially submit the papers for review in sequence as they are assigned. Your ultimate goal will be to link the segments together as a coherent four-part profile that you will then resubmit at the end of the semester.I anticipate that the full length of your completed paper will be approximately ten pages. Your biggest challenge should be to be concise enough to satisfy the requirements of the paper without being overly verbose. Be clear, and be complete, but never forget that your readers will be human beings whose attention can easily be lost. WITHOUT YOUR READERS’ ATTENTION, YOUR WRITTEN WORDS ARE WORTHLESS.Module I:Introduction: What does the company do? How does it add value? Who are its customers? What kind of business is it – does it primarily produce goods or services? In what industry does it operate? What is it known for?Module II:History: Provide RELEVANT historical information about the company.Module III:1. Mission Statement: Provide your chosen company’s mission statement. If your company has a stated mission statement then provide it verbatim; otherwise use your own words to explain their mission based on your research. If your company has vision or values statements you may include them as well, but you should do so as a means to provide context as to what your company’s aspirations are and relate that back to their mission statement.0. Mission Statement Analysis: Does your company’s mission statement align with the textbook’s definition of a good mission statement? Why or why not? Does it actually do a good job of explaining why the company exists?Module IV:1. News & Current Events: Identify and briefly summarize two articles that cover current issues or news that are affecting your company. Do not write “The article by X said Y; use the articles as a source of research, incorporate the information you learned from the article, and cite to the article appropriately.Module V:1. Stakeholder Identification: Identify and describe the company’s Primary and Secondary Stakeholders. Identify the CEO and include a few sentences about him or her.2. Stakeholder Analysis: Explain how your corporation fulfills its obligations to its primary stakeholders (be sure that your explanation is specific to each of the various groups of primary stakeholders).Module VI:Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Discuss your company’s approach to CSR. Identify what CSR approach you believe they would identify themselves as being. Minimalist. Don’t be conclusory, support your position with research and analysis.Module VII:Marketing: Analyze your company’s approach to marketing. Be sure to provide factually-supported analysis for each of the “four Ps.”Module VIII:1. Strategy: What is your company’s overall business strategy? Analyze and explain.0. SWOT: Identify the most significant internal and external forces, both positive and negative, that are currently impacting your company.

Did Moms 4 Housing have the right to occupy 2928 Magnolia Street? Why or why not?To arrive at your position, you should continue to explore the following ideas from our discussion forums:your philosophy on the balance between human rights and property rightsyour interpretation of the history of racist housing policy in the United Statesyour beliefs about community activismUltimately, your essay will synthesize the facts, examples, and perspectives from the texts in this unit to support your thesis. You will strengthen your credibility (appeal to ethos!) by including at least one counterargument.An introduction that describes the general situation and narrows down to the specific issue.A thesis statement that conveys your main argument in response to the prompt.PIE-style paragraphs that support your thesis.At least one counterargument paragraph.Clear writing that displays the sentence focus and sentence boundary conventions of standard English grammar.

Memorize a monologue of between one and two minutes in length and record it. Post it for class comment, only positive comments are allowed. You may find a monologue in a play, a movie, a political speech, poetry, or an oral interpretation of a song. Verses from a religious text are acceptable, someone even did a monologue by a video game character. ‘Please, no Shakespeare or original monologues.’ Be warned, if you do something like “Mary had a Little Lamb,” or “The Lord’s Prayer,” you will be asked to do the exercise again.Example (It doesn’t need to be as formal as mine but it would help to say your name before you begin, there are two monologues on my audition tape from a few years back. I was offered a job at a Shakespeare Festival from this but was unable to accept it):Perhaps this example of a master actor plying his craft may be helpful. I started this insane business because of the inspiration I found in the great “Method” performers of James Dean and Marlon Brando but I keep at because of craftspeople like Sir Anthony Hopkins. His amazing technique is analyzed in this clip.

Choose three quotations from different parts of “Pale Horse, Pale Rider” and write paraphrases with embedded partial quotations (Links to an external site.) of the three selections you choose. Format your assignment accordingly:1. The original direct quotation in its entirety.2. The paraphrased with embedded partial quotation.

Q1 (350 WORDS) Watch Anne Helen Petersen’s Webstock talk https://www.webstock.org.nz/talks/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-brangelina/ According to Anne Helen Petersen, why is gossip and gossip about celebrities important? What do conversations about celebrity scandals, breakups, and behaviors accomplish?According to you, what are the Top 3 celebrity scandals of your life? Identify and describe each scandal for me? What are the larger issues addressed by each of the scandals on your list?Q2 (100-word) Read Alessa Dominguez’s “The Real Tragedy of the Aaron Hernandez Story (Links to an external site.) ,” from Buzzfeed, June 13, 2017. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alessadominguez/who-was-responsible-for-aaron-hernandez Identify and describe at least 2 of the theories put forth by Hernandez’s family, the press, or the police that Dominguez analyzes in her article, “The Real Tragedy of the Aaron Hernandez Story.” Why is Dominguez interested in challenging the theories? Q3 (100-WORD)Read Alessa Dominguez’s “The Real Tragedy of the Aaron Hernandez Story (Links to an external site.) ,” from Buzzfeed, June 13, 2017. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alessadominguez/who-was-responsible-for-aaron-hernandezWhy is Dominguez critical of the conservative and patriarchal father and son narratives used to frame Aaron Hernandez’s story? What do these narratives support? What kinds of improvements do they prevent?Q4 ((200-word) Watch Nanette Burstein film The Price of Gold (Links to an external site.) from ESPN’s 30 for 30 series.What myths about athletics, economic class, and white femininity did the film The Price of Gold help to unpack when it comes to American’s ideas about sports and the success of individual athletes within the world of competitive sports?

The purpose of this assignment is to give future managers / leaders (you) a chance to find ways to help keep our planet healthy through introduction / implementation of good business practices, while making sure the ideas are creative / practical / realistic.Step 1: Please watch the following TED Talk by Mr. Steve Howard on “selling sustainability” URL: https://www.ted.com/talks/steve_howard_let_s_go_all_in_on_selling_sustainabilityStep 2: (First part) Please summarize the TED Talk Step 3: (Second part) Imagine that you are interviewing for a job at a major corporation, such as Amazon, Apple, Boeing, Microsoft, Starbucks, etc. Now, imagine that the person interviewing you informs you that they are trying to come up with a global sustainability strategy. S/he asks you to come up with three potential ideas i.e., ideas on how they can help the planet by promoting sustainability as a brand. Please list / summarize and justify your three ideas.

My research topic is, How has the COVID 19 pandemic affected people’s mental health and substance abuse ?