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“Write an essay (with introduction and conclusion) on the suggested topic.Your introduction should include the thesis statement – main idea of the paper (here is more detailed explanation – https://essayshark.com/blog/how-to-write-a-thesis-statement-to-make-it-clear/). Don’t include any new information in the conclusion. It should  restate the thesis statement of the paper.Support your ideas with relevant arguments and examples (in-text citations). List 2-3 sources in the references. Make sure you stick to a required formatting style. Get benefits of these sources citationmachine.net and easybib.com.MLA format 

Each student must work on a term paper in this course. Term papers should be technical in nature, appropriate for an audience knowledgeable in construction management. The length of the term paper should be about 5000 words (15 pages single column, single line spacing 12pt font, with 1- inch margins).The final term paper should have a title page (5 points) that includes:• the title of the paper• name, email address, and student ID• course name, number, and instructor’s name• an abstract of about 300 words that summarizes (1) the motivation for the work and (2) the contributions made• three to five keywordsThe main content of the paper should at least include the following:(1) Introduction (15 points)• Discuss the background and motivation of your work.• Summarize the research problem• Summarize the proposed approach to the problem and the results(2) Related work (15 points)• Discuss research related to yours and make comparison if there are closely related work.(3) Your approach (20 points)• Describe your approach in detail. You may present your result in any way you want as longas you believe it’s convincing and clear. (4) Validation of your approach (20 points)• Prove or demonstrate the effectiveness and/or efficiency of your approach. You may do this through theorems, experiments, etc.(5) Conclusions and possible future work (15 points)• Summarize the conclusions of your work. Future work is optional.(6) References (10 points)• List all the citations referenced in your paper. You will lose 5 points for each danglingreference (i.e., the reference not cited in the main text). Bonus points (20 points)The instructor may give up to 20 points extra credit to well-presented papers with original contribution.

Apply each of weber’s characteristics of an ideal bureaucracy to a formal organization with which you are familiar. 2 page APA format.

1. Choose either question (only one) from these optionsWhat (mis)perceptions do you have about people you consider or might have considered to be your “enemies” at any point? When might you have dehumanized a group of people?How do conflicts between “good” and “evil” manifest for you on day-to-day basis? AND2. Answer this question:What is one lesson, quote, reminder, piece of knowledge, etc. from the podcast that you’ll be taking with you this week? You can submit this response however you want. Upload a poem, a video, a voice memo, a written reflection. However you process best. This is due by midnight tonight

Having experienced a robust debate discussion regarding if these two laws should be flexible, it is time to shift gears a bit and consider the broader implications of changing laws from an ethical and philosophical perspective. Read this article to frame this week’s discussion. Complete the following:What is your initial perspective after reading the article? Based on your review of the article, is there an ethical/philosophical consideration that supports/ challenges the article’s considerations?

Global:Based on your personal interests and your reading of chapter 1 and the UNWTO document, please choose a country on which you will focus this term and indicate your choice in the title of your discussion post (for example, Sue Chooses India). Country choice is on a first come, first served basis, and only one student may focus on any specific country during the course of the term, so please make your posting as soon as possible in order to ensure your first choice. For example, a good country to choose would be one with high hotel development and tourism growth (like China or India); a good choice would also be one from which many of your employees may come from depending on your career interests; or one that is often in the news and has readily identifiable plans for increasing tourism (like Cuba, South Korea or Mexico); or one that you would like to live and work in one day, depending on your career interests. There are only two rules, as stated previously, only one person can choose a country, so post early; the other rule is that you cannot choose the country that you are from or theUSA.Please discuss:1. Your reasons for your choice, both personal and based on your reading/research.2. What are the major demand determinants for travel to this country (tourism sites, business/economic centers, etc)?3. What is the outlook for tourism growth to this country? What are the drivers behind this prediction? Be sure to cite your research.Your initial post will be 500 words in length (one page, single spaced) and reference a minimum of 3 cited sources. In addition to in-text citations, please include your works cited at the end of your post

Please keep these questions in mind as you work through this week’s text and documentary film.What were the specific historical and environmental conditions that gave rise to hip hop culture?How did the Cross-Bronx Expressway change the neighborhood of the South Bronx?How does Jeff Chang characterize the “politics of abandonment” in the South Bronx?How did Kool Herc’s family influence his relationship to music?What is the difference between hip hop culture and rap?Based on the film, how would you define “the art of rap”?To learn more about Jeff Chang, visit his website: https://jeffchang.net/By the end of this module, students will be able to:place the birth of hip hop in the social historical location of the South Bronxidentify Kool Herc’s influence on hip hop culturedevelop a working understanding of the key difference between hip hop culture and rapReadings? Complete readings and answer discussion questionsIntro: NecropolisActionsMaking A Name: KoolHercActionshttps://nymag.com/anniversary/40th/50665/ Our discussion question for the week:From what we’ve read and viewed thus far (including this week’s readings and film), how would you characterize the relationship between hip hop culture and rap?Please incorporate the reading and film into your initial post on Wednesday.It might be helpful to think of the first response as working towards your assigned definition of hip hop. In other words, use this week’s film, readings and posts to start gathering and preparing your thoughts and quotes for the paper (more details on syllabus). It might be helpful to think of your conversations with others as part of working out your rough draft.Try to minimize phrases like “I feel like…” It’s fine to write in the first person, but I want to see that you have heard and understand what authors and artists have to say on the subject.As always, please cite references, including the names of any artists quoted from the documentary.

Qualitative interviewing is more than a collection of techniques, technologies, questions and answers. Rubin and Rubin (2012) noted that it has the potential to change the interviewer into a more patient, tolerant, and engaged human being. “It makes you aware of what you haven’t seen before, and it enables you to pull meaningful information out of buzzing confusion” (p. 234).For this Discussion, you will reflect on your interview experience from last week. Perhaps you have noticed how well (or how poorly) you paid attention; or that something the interviewee said astonished you; or how quickly (or slowly) the time went by.To prepare for this Discussion:Review this week’s Learning Resources related to qualitative interviewing.Consider the phone interview you conducted in Week 7.Listen to your recording 2–3 times.Review the notes you took during and after the interview.Consider how this experience is different or similar to a conventional conversation.By Day 3Post your reflection and analysis on what you learned about interviewing. Include in your reflection and analysis:At least two things you would do differently and whySomething new and surprising that you learnedA reflection about the value of interviewing as a data collection tool

Write a clear, well-organized response to each of the following prompts. Each of your responses should be a minimum of 400 words in length. Your responses should balance personal reflection with information from the lesson materials and required readings.You must use at least three resources, one of which may be the online lesson. Do additional research as necessary. Include in-text citations and a reference list in APA format.Review Carl Roger’s theory of a fully functioning person. Think about a current relationship you are in (partner, therapist, friend, parent) and consider which characteristic(s) of being a fully functioning person might be the most difficult for you to overcome?Consider how cultural differences between two people might be a factor in achieving unconditional positive regard. What barriers might exist that would prevent a person from achieving unconditional positive regard? Discuss thoroughly.How can Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs be useful in today’s world? Please spend some time watching the TED Talks video as Chip Conley talks about “Gross National Happiness” – an idea and principle used by the Butanese Government, based on Maslow’s hierarchy. What are your thoughts of the idea of Gross National Happiness? Is this something that we, as a Western society, can accomplish and achieve?Finally, consider about how you can use Maslow’s hierarchy of needs in your own life. Make a list of your own goals and compare these goals with the hierarchy. Do you believe you are you on the right track to achieving your goals? Why or why not? Are there things you need to do first before accomplishing your goals? If so, what might they be?

I have to write 2 peer responses this is the article that we had to review and ill post their reviews at the bottom.The Appointment in Samarra”(as retold by W. Somerset Maugham [1933])The speaker is DeathThere was a merchant in Bagdad who sent his servant to market to buy provisions and in a little while the servant came back, white and trembling, and said, Master, just now when I was in the marketplace I was jostled by a woman in the crowd and when I turned I saw it was Death that jostled me. She looked at me and made a threatening gesture, now, lend me your horse, and I will ride away from this city and avoid my fate. I will go to Samarra and there Death will not find me. The merchant lent him his horse, and the servant mounted it, and he dug his spurs in its flanks and as fast as the horse could gallop he went. Then the merchant went down to the marketplace and he saw me standing in the crowd and he came to me and said, Why did you make a threating getsture to my servant when you saw him this morning? That was not a threatening gesture, I said, it was only a start of surprise. I was astonished to see him in Bagdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra.Two required peer responses1.Death not being omniscient is what sets the fable into action. If she had known that the servant would have been at the market then she would not have been startled, therefore the servant would not have left Bagdad to flee from death.Death is sometimes portrayed as a shadow or menacing figure. However, here we see death personified as a woman, I think this characterization of death could be in part of where the story takes place. A lady in a marketplace is not as scary as a figure of darkness. Furthermore, in society women are seen as nurturers, life givers, I think death being a female could be a twist on that, women can give life but they can also take itI think the moral of this story is that sometimes we run from something only to end up in a situation far worse. I also think it could mean that most things is set in stone, you cannot change destiny. The servant thought that he was running away from death only to run into it. I think it’s somewhat useful, I don’t blame the servant for running, I think we should carefully pick our battles, and I think one against death is a losing one. However, sometimes we give up too easily, the servant did not even try to put up a fight he just ran.2.In this story, if Death was all knowing she would’ve been prepared to see the servant in the market. Her not knowing he would be there was just as startling to her as it was to him. It would’ve taken away the element of surprise to the story.Death being portrayed as a women rather than a man creates an entire new aspect to the story. Death is often seen as a man in an aggressive state or a dark, black figure. Women are normally portrayed to be fragile and seductive. Therefore death being in the state of a women creates a new essence to the character.The lesson in this text is to not try and outrun or change your fate. You need to accept things as they are or as they come and allow the universe to align itself around you.