...COMPREHENSIVE ESSAY Graduate Program Approved October 15, 1997 Revised November 9, 2004 As part of the requirements for graduation, all M.A. students in theology must write and “defend” (within one year from the date of completion of course work) a comprehensive theological essay, unless they have chosen to write a Master’s thesis. The comprehensive essay is usually written toward the end of one’s graduate course work. Students must write one essay (approximately 30 pages). Ordinarily, students should discuss possible topics with the department chairperson shortly after completing one-half of their coursework. The guidelines to be followed in preparing the essay include the following: Content of Essay: • The essay should synthesize several themes encountered in one’s coursework or should focus on one theme, exploring that theme with resources drawn from courses in several theological disciplines, such as scripture studies, history, systematic theology, etc. Example: A student wrote a thirty-page paper on “christology from below,” using information and insights drawn from scripture, contemporary systematic theology, spirituality, and ethics. • The topic of the essay must be approved by the faculty adviser for the essay. • The essay should state its thesis clearly and develop it in a coherent and appropriately comprehensive fashion. The thesis must be supported by solid research. At least five pertinent, theological references must be incorporated into the essay...
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...UCP 600 UCP 600 are the latest revision of the Uniform Customs and Practice that govern the operation of letters of credit. UCP 600 comes into effect on 01 July 2007 The 39 articles of UCP 600 are a comprehensive and practical working aid to bankers, lawyers, importers, and exporters, transport executives, educators, and everyone involved in letter of credit transactions worldwide. ICC Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP 600) Foreword This revision of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (commonly called “UCP”) is the sixth revision of the rules since they were first promulgated in 1933. It is the fruit of more than three years of work by the International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) Commission on Banking Technique and Practice. ICC, which was established in 1919, had as its primary objective facilitating the flow of international trade at a time when nationalism and protectionism posed serious threats to the world trading system. It was in that spirit that the UCP were first introduced – to alleviate the confusion caused by individual countries’ promoting their own national rules on letter of credit practice. The objective, since attained, was to create a set of contractual rules that would establish uniformity in that practice, so that practitioners would not have to cope with a plethora of often conflicting national regulations. The universal acceptance of the UCP by practitioners in countries with widely divergent economic and judicial...
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...Week 2 - Article Review Professor Pat Williams Dawn Zmecek HRM599: Benefits DeVry University Date: 7/20/14 Article Summary The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) provides a wide variety of information and assistance for HR professionals. The website for SHRM provides a variety of articles related to HR topics, such as benefits. One such current article, “Midyear Check on Health Plan Compliance,” provides an overview of changes and legal requirements that will take effect on or before January 1, 2015. The article reminds HR professionals that now is a good time to “take stock” and review what has been completed and what still needs done in order to be in compliance with any changes. The primary focus of the article covers new rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). HIPAA changes include Privacy and Security, and Health Plan ID Numbers, some of which require updates as early as September 23, 2014. The ACA has a total of 8 compliance requirements that need to be met by 2015. Requirements include the following: Employee Mandate, Reporting, Waiting Periods, Payment of Premiums for Individual Coverage, Health Reimbursement Arrangements, Cost-Sharing Limits, Excepted Benefits, and COBRA and Health Insurance Exchanges. Other developments mentioned in the article include Same-Sex Marriage, Subrogation/Third-Party Reimbursement, and Health FSA Carryforwards. An important aspect of this article...
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...PROJECT PLAN Cheongsam and Chinese Women: Body Image in 100 Years of Shanghai Disclaimer This project plan is created based on the business case The Secret Life of Cheongsam: History and Material Culture (Phase I). This project plan is not based on a real project. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 2 PURPOSE OF PLAN 2 BACKGROUND INFORMATION 2 RESPONSIBLE AUTHORITY 2 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 3 PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 3 SCOPE 3 PROJECT OUTPUTS AND QUALITY STABDARDS 3 PROJECTED OUTPUTS 3 QUALTY STANDARDS 4 ASSUMPTIONS 4 PROJECT ASSUMPTIONS 4 CONSTRAINTS 5 PROJECT CONSTRAINTS 5 RELATED PROJECTS 5 CRITICAL PROJECT BARRIERS 5 PROJECT APPROACH 5 OVERALL APPROACH 5 PROJECT PHASES 6 PROJECT ACTIVITIES 7 PROJECT BUDGET 8 DETAILED PROJECT PLANNING 10 HUMAN REAOURCES PLAN 10 COMMUNICATION PLAN 11 RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN 13 PROCUREMENT PLAN 15 APPROVALS 16 SIGN-OFF SHEET 16 INTRODUCTION Purpose of Plan Cheongsam and Chinese Women: Body Image in 100 Years of Shanghai (hereafter CCW) is a museum project which will create a web-archive of memories and photographs around a series of digitized images of cheongsam taken from a cheongsam collection which owned by Shanghai Institute of Arts. This project will celebrate the history and public memories of cheongsam in Shanghai. This project plan is an opportunity to carry forward the heritage of cheongsam...
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...classes in which iPods are designated as learning tools may pick up their free devices at the campus bookstore. 23. For your safety you may rent power equipment only if you can demonstrate proficiency in its use. 24. To prevent you from possibly losing large sums of money as a result of stolen identity, our bank now requires verification of any large check presented for immediate payment. 25. So that your mail won’t be cluttered with duplicate mailings, please complete and return the enclosed card. 26. For just $219 each, you can enjoy a four-day, three-night getaway package that includes hotel accommodations, theme park tickets, and complimentary breakfasts in exciting Orlando. 27. To indicate your preferred summer vacation dates, please complete the enclosed questionnaire. 28. So that you may continue to buy name brands at discount prices, we offer only store credit on returned merchandise. Conversational, Professional Tone 29. We're pleased that we will be able to participate in the Toys for Tots drive. 30. Your shipment was sent August 14. 31. Hi, Jeff: Please persuade Ramona to take over the budget preparation. 32. By the way, Danika was upset when the manager accused her of stealing office supplies. She may quit. 33. He didn’t have the nerve to criticize her to her face. 34. Employees changing their health plans must do so before November 1. Positive and Courteous Language 35. Employees may use instant messaging as soon as a company policy is...
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...1 International College of Manitoba: Course Outline ENGLISH: Literary Topics 1400 - An Introduction to Canadian Literature Term: Fall 2014 Class Time: Tuesday – 1:30-5:30 Location: Fitzgerald 207 Instructor: Dr. Barry Pomeroy Email: pomeroyb@learning.icmanitoba.ca Office Hours: 5:30-6:30, or by appointment Location for Office Hours: Fitzgerald 207 Withdrawal no financial penalty: Sept 26, 2014 Withdrawal no academic penalty: Nov 12, 2014 COURSE DESCRIPTION This introduction to Canadian Literature is meant to expose the student to the landscape, history, and cultural milieu that is Canada, a country made up of many different cultural groups of immigrants as well as the many distinct cultures that are Canada’s Aboriginal people. As well, this course operates as an introduction to the techniques and forms of both poetry and prose, and introduces the process of literary research and the writing of academic prose. You will be required to submit many writing assignments as well as play an active part in class discussions. This course is writing intensive and you will see a marked improvement in your ability to express yourself clearly and concisely. This course emphasizes persuasive or argumentative writing, and therefore, critical reading, writing and thinking. This course intends to extend your understanding of effective argumentation beyond mere grammatical correctness into how to interpret what is written, how to research a topic, organize an argument, and articulate it concisely...
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...educational need with the highest priority for the Emergency Department at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center. In a continuous care operation, it is critical to document each patient’s condition and history of care, to ensure the patient receives the best available care. The medical record documents the care of the patient and can immediately be accessed, updated, and passed among the interdisciplinary team of caregivers. The Emergency Department is the initial passageway to the hospital for most patients. Electronic documentation is a patient’s health information including medications, allergies, past and present illnesses, and family history can be gathered upon their initial presentation and up-to-the minute revisions can be made by the healthcare team throughout their hospital stay. The Electronic Medical Record/Charting can be designed to hold collaborative information from all providers that are involved in the patients’ care. With each subsequent visit thereafter, the patient’s demographic, insurance, and health history database will automatically pre-fill the electronic template alleviating nurses of time restraints associated with paper documentation. This allows for quick updates to the patient’s profile if necessary. Patients may suffer drastic consequences when a chart is misread, lost, or switched accidentally. Electronic documentation provides chart legibility, clarity, error minimization, speed of accessibility, and up to the minute...
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...ACCESS / ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION STUDY SKILLS: MANAGING YOUR LEARNING A Guide for Students in Higher Education This guide was developed as part of the University’s Access and Adult Education Programme with support from the Targeted Initiatives Fund of the Higher Education Authority under the National Development Plan 2000 - 2006. HEA Higher Education Authority An tÚdarás um Ard-Oideachas Author: Rita O’ Donoghue, MPhil, M.A. (Ed) Editor: Anne Keane M.A. Cartoons: Richard Chapman Publisher: Access Office, NUI Galway ©2005-2006 National University of Ireland, Galway Table of Contents INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i CHAPTER 1 Motivation, Goal Setting and Time Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Goal Setting for Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 The Goal Reward Achievement System (GRA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Using Your Time Well: Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Look to Your Future: The Year Planner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Look to Today: Timetable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 CHAPTER...
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...October 21, 2011 Unilever Plc Current Recommendation Prior Recommendation Date of Last Change Current Price (10/20/11) Target Price (UL-NYSE) NEUTRAL Outperform 10/21/2011 $32.72 $34.00 SUMMARY We have downgraded our recommendation on Unilever to Neutral from Outperform. The company posted robust first half 2011 earnings of $1.08 per share, surpassing the year-ago estimate by 10% on the back of improved volumes despite price increases. Further, the emerging markets business continues to deliver double digit growth. Management s recent organizational changes have also resulted in cost savings, which augurs well for future operating performance. Moreover, the company has a consistent record of returning cash to shareholders in terms of regular dividend payments. However, intense competition from other established players and exposure to unfavorable foreign currency translations undermines the company s future growth prospects and profitability. SUMMARY DATA 52-Week High 52-Week Low One-Year Return (%) Beta Average Daily Volume (sh) Shares Outstanding (mil) Market Capitalization ($mil) Short Interest Ratio (days) Institutional Ownership (%) Insider Ownership (%) Annual Cash Dividend Dividend Yield (%) 5-Yr. Historical Growth Rates Sales (%) Earnings Per Share (%) Dividend (%) P/E using TTM EPS P/E using 2011 Estimate P/E using 2012 Estimate Zacks Rank *: Short Term 1 3 months outlook * Definition / Disclosure on last page $34.30 $27.96 18.31 0.79 1,611,163 2...
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...Universidad Interamericana de Arecibo MBA Program of Business and Administration Johnson & Johnson: Company Analysis By: Rosemarie Aviles I. INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is to analyze the financial performance of Johnson & Johnson. The analysis includes a brief background of the company, discussion over the economic outlook and market competition, followed by its financial performance, and article that talks about the company’s portfolio and credit ranking. Comments about the company’s future are also included along with the conclusion and references. II. BACKGROUND Johnson & Johnson Corporation was founded in 1886 by Robert Wood Johnson, an American entrepreneur and industrialist. Inspired by the developing scientific understanding of proper sanitation and germ theory, Johnson aimed to make antiseptic surgical procedures easier. Through numerous targeted acquisitions and research over the next century, the company steadily diversified its business to encompass pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and consumer packaged goods. Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is one of the largest healthcare firms in the world and one of the most diversified. Its operations are organized into three business segments: pharmaceutical, which generates 47 percent of revenues and 58 percent of operating profits; medical devices and diagnostics, which account for 36 percent of revenues and 31 percent of operating profits; and consumer, which contributes 17...
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...Psychology Memory Revision By Saul McLeod The Multi-Store Model AO1 The multistore model of memory was proposed by Atkinson and Shiffrin and is a structural model. They proposed that memory consisted of three stores: sensory register, short-term memory (STM) and long-term memory (LTM). Information passes from store to store in a linear way. Both STM and LTM are unitary stores. Sensory memory is the information you get from your sense, your eyes and ears. When attention is paid to something in the environment it is then converted to short-term memory. If any information is not important then it decays or disappears. Once in the short term memory informed can be rehearsed and some information is rehearsed and then passed into long term memory. Each store has its own characteristics in terms of encoding, capacity and duration. Encoding is the way information is changed so that it can be stored in the memory. There are three main ways in which information can be encoded (changed): 1. Visual (picture), 2. Acoustic (sound), 3. Semantic (meaning). Capacity concerns how much information can be stored. Duration refers to the period of time information can last in the memory stores. Sensory Register • Duration: ¼ to ½ second • Capacity: all sensory experience (v. larger capacity) • Encoding: sense specific (e.g. different stores for each sense) Short Term Memory • Duration: 0-18 seconds • Capacity: 7 +/- 2 items • Encoding: mainly acoustic Long Term Memory •...
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...Password at capsim.com. Click on Capstone. Go to Getting Started and follow the steps that include: » Reviewing the Rehearsal Tutorial » Opening the Capstone Spreadsheet » Forming your company Practice Rounds (if applicable) Competition Rounds When the Competition begins, your decisions count! Additional tasks could include: » Optional Homework Assignments » Peer Evaluations See your Dashboard for complete information. (if applicable) Go to capsim.com/register, follow the onscreen instructions and register into your Industry.* Create your User ID and Password. *Your instructor may have given you an Industry ID Number. If not, you can locate your industry by using your school name/campus and either the course section number, start date or your instructor’s initials. Most instructors include team Practice rounds. When the Practice is over, the simulation will restart from the beginning, using the unique model selected by your instructor. Your instructor might include a Comp-XM exam. Go to the Course Page and choose Comp-XM. Follow the instructions on the Dashboard which include: » Decision making using the Comp-XM Spreadsheet » Board Queries (quizzes) Table of Contents 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 introduction .............................................................. 1 The Industry Conditions Report ..................................1 Management Tools .......................................................1 Company Departments ................................
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...EDAHOD5 ASSIGNMENT 2 UNIQUE NUMBER : 198446 DUE DATE 18 SEPTEMBER 2013 QUESTION 1 Assessment Activity : Conduct a practical investigation to determine the effect on the rate of a chemical reaction by one of the factors of temperature, surface area or concentration. Assessment Checklist Learners Name & Surname : Physical Sciences Task : Practical Investigation of Effect on Rate of Reaction by temperature, surface area or concentration Date : Criteria Investigative Question Hypothesis Variables Correctly Identified Table of Results Graph of Results Conclusion Yes/No Grade 12 Assessment Grid Learners Name & Surname : Physical Sciences Task : Practical Investigation of Effect on Rate of Reaction by temperature, surface area or concentration Date : Criteria Investigative Question clearly stated Hypothesis Formulated Independent, Dependent and Constant Variables Correctly Identified and stated Experiment designed and steps clearly set out Results of experiment tabulated Results represented graphically Conclusion and Evaluation TOTAL MARKS : 20 Marks 2 2 3 5 3 3 2 Grade 12 RUBRIC TO ASSESS PRACTICAL INVESTIGATION ON EFFECT ON RATE OF REACTION BY TEMPERATURE, SURFACE AREA OR CONCENTRATION NAME OF LEARNER : DATE : CRITERIA LEVEL0 LEVEL1 LEVEL2 LEVEL3 LEVEL4 GRADE 12 Conducts a practical investigation Did not attempt or completely incorrect. Correctly plans a practical investigation by identifying correct investigative question, hypothesis, variables and apparatus...
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...Values 14 4.3 Building Description 15 4.4 Building Risk Profile 15 4.5 Building Functionality 15 4.6 Building Availability and Utilisation 16 4.7 Building Condition 16 4.8 Environmental Performance 17 5 Challenges and investments 17 5.1 Overview 17 5.2 Shortfalls – Educational Service Needs 17 5.3 Currently Funded Projects 18 5.4 Responses to Significant Known Challenges 18 6 Optimised Decision Making 19 6.1 Optimised Decision Making Framework 19 6.2 Significant Projects 19 6.3 Likelihood of Events Happening 19 6.4 What Controls Can Be Put Into Place 20 6.5 Prioritisation and Decision Making Process 20 7 Financial forecasts 20 7.1 Overview 20 7.2 Long Term Capital Forecasts 20 7.3 Consequential Expenditure 21 7.4 Affordability 22 7.5 Forecast Valuations 22 7.6 Outcomes 22 8 Key assumptions and policies 22 9 Improvement plan 22 9.1 Implementing the Process 22 9.2 Improvement Programme 23 9.3 Monitoring Performance 23 Introduction The Introduction section describes the purpose, background, and structure of the Asset...
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...A conclusion summarizes the paper’s main points with a sense of closure and completeness. • Summarize and/or conclude your paper in a way that helps the reader evaluate whether or not you did what you said you would do. Do not introduce any new material. Include a “killer” statement in the conclusion that leaves no doubt in the reader’s mind that you prove your thesis. Summarize the main ideas of the specific thesis and apply the main ideas of the body to the “bigger picture.” Help the reader by demonstrating to her or him that you have done what you said you would do in your purpose statement. Make it memorable. Ask yourself “So what?” and then make sure you have answered the question! • • • • Revision • • Good writing entails several drafts and numerous revisions “Three before me.” When you are satisfied with your paper, run spell and grammar checks, check the formatting and MLA Style,...
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