For this assignment you will need the prime interest rate, as posted in the Wall Street Journal®.

 

Use the Internet to search for the current prime interest rate.

 

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List the current prime interest rate:_______________

 

 

 

Question 1

 

(5 points)

 

1. You have a credit card that is charging you 9.9% + the current prime rate. What is that interest rate on the credit card today?

 

 

 

Question 2

 

(5 points)

 

2. If this same card were issued 30 years ago, what would your interest rate be? In the event that there were multiple prime interest rates for a year, use the one that is 30 years from the day your class started. Use the Internet to determine what this rate is.

 

 

 

Question 3:

 

(20 points)

 

3. In the month of April, your credit card (which is charging you 9.9% + the current prime interest rate) has a balance of $1000. On April 3rd you charge $100, then on April 20th you put 15 gallons of gas on the card. On April 23rd your payment of $400 arrives and is posted to your account. Finally, on April 27th you charge all of your food for the month for your family of 4.

 

 

 

a) What is your average daily balance at the end of the month on this card? Hint: You will need to research and find the cost of gas and food in order to solve this. Use the national average as of four months before the date Assignment is due. For instance, if your Assignment is due November 3rd, 2012, use the July 2012 national average.

 

 

 

b) How much interest will your card charge you this month, assuming interest is charged on the average daily balance?

 

 

 

c) If this card were using the interest rates of 30 years ago, how much interest would your card charge you this month?

 

 

 

Essay
(15 points)
5. Search for a consumer research site such as:

 

Source: Bankrate.com (n. d.). Retrieved from http://www.bankrate.com

 

 

 

Research and find three credit cards offered by three different companies. Write an essay on which credit card is the best and why you think it is the best.  In your essay look at things like the interest rate, grace period, annual fees and compare those between the cards, but in the end you must make a decision on which card you like best and why. (Note: Professors are free to pick three cards for you to research if they wish, please check with your teacher for specific requirements on this question).

 

Mendel Paper Company

Complete Case 2B (Mendel Paper Company) in Chapter 2.

In this case, you are provided information regarding selling prices and costs of several products offered by Mendel Paper Company.  In addition, management has concerns about sales mix and rising costs. Address the questions (1-5) at the end of the case.  Based on the case questions, you are required to provide a three to five double-spaced written report addressing management’s concerns.  The written report should be properly formatted according to APA guidelines and demonstrate research and critical thinking skills.  Conclusions and recommendations should be supported by at least 2 scholarly sources from the Ashford Library or other external sources, excluding the textbook. 

For Questions 1 through 4, you will need to complete several calculations – be sure to label and clearly identify your work to demonstrate your understanding of the concept even if you arrive at the incorrect answer.  The calculations should be included as part of your analysis and written report required for submission. 

For Question 5, fully address management’s concerns as part of your written analysis using the new or the previous calculations to support your recommendation/explanation. As part of your written analysis, include how management might use these calculations to make decisions.  The written analysis should be supported by at least 2 scholarly sources, excluding the textbook.

Week 1 Written Assignment should:

• Demonstrate graduate level work including appropriate research and critical thinking skills.
• Be presented as a written analysis (not a question/answer format)
• Incorporate case questions into the overall analysis.
• Follow APA formatting guidelines including title page, reference page and in-text citations
• Consists of three to five double-spaced pages of content
• Provide at least 2 scholarly sources, excluding the textbook.

This essay explores the persuasive mode, one of the more common kinds of writing you’ll experience throughout your college and professional career. Your goal is to persuade your audience to consider your position on a controversial subject. Understand, there is seldom an absolute right or wrong answer in anything. You should anticipate the real possibility that some of your readers will not initially agree with you on your stance. Part of this essay requires that you take opposing viewpoints into consideration when making your argument. By truthfully representing the strengths of your opponent’s point of view, you show that you have considered more than one option when making your decision. This gives you more clout with your audience.

Criteria

The rough draft of your essay should contain the following basic features:

• A well-defined issue that is controversial by nature
• A clear thesis statement that demonstrates the position you will be taking throughout the essay
• A treatment of at least three sources drawn exclusively from the EBSCO database, at least one of them supporting your claim
• A counter argument with at least one credible source defending the opposing viewpoint
• A refutation to or compromise with the counter argument

In addition to the above, the rough draft of your essay should be:

• From 900 to 1200 words in length, typed in Times New Roman, 12pt. font, double-spaced, with one inch margins
• Include citations as needed and write in first person
• Edited for spelling, mechanical, grammatical, and typing errors

After studying the assigned reading The Handbook of Communication Science, Second Edition: Chapter 20: Media Entertainment, considering the topic of parasocial relationships, answer the following questions or prompts. A) Identify a character in a show with whom you have developed (in the past or present) a parasocial relationship. Remember, this person can be “real” or a character role. Explain why this character/person is compelling to you. B) How do you “know” or view this character outside of their role on the show? Have they influenced you in any way besides the aspect of entertainment? C) Explain any emotional attachment to the character or person. Have they disappointed you? Motivated you? How and why? This paper is in essay format, not a Q&A.  Your essay should include an appropriate title, introduction and conclusion.  Your essay should be 200-300 words, 12 pt. font, 1 ½ line spacing.  Make sure to include your name, date, and course in the upper right hand corner of the page.  Properly cite your sources in APA style and provide a “works cited” at the end of your essay.   Submit your response in the file submission area for this assignment by Sunday, April 5, 2015 no later than 11:59 p.m. ET.  I have attached an unedited sample paper for your to get an idea of what this assignment entails. This assignment is worth 25 points.  Please make sure to read the grading rubric attached to this and each subsequent assignment.  If needed, please utilize the Effective Writing Center.

 

• 5-37. Lona received a stamp collection from her grandmother. The collection is in a leather book and currently has 120 stamps. Lona joined a stamp club, which sends her 12 new stamps each month. The stamp book holds a maximum of 500 stamps.  Homework Help ✎
  1. Complete the table below.
     

     Month	Stamps
     0	120
     1	132
     2
     3
     4
     5

  2. How many stamps will Lona have one year from now? 
  3. Write an equation using function notation to represent the total number of stamps that Lona has in her collection after n months.  Let the total be represented by t(n).  
  4. Solve your equation from part (c) for n when t(n) = 500.  Will Lona be able to fill her book exactly with no stamps remaining?  How do you know?  When will the book be filled?  

Take a file of strings (Which may be binary data) and convert those string to a Base64 encoding.

The encoding scheme to use is the same as that used in rfc1421.

Base64 encoding is a process by which three binary characters are encoded and replaced with 4 text characters. Text characters include A-Z, a-z, 0-9,+,/ (these are all easily printable characters and don’t pose any problems to communication software, such as email.)  We also use the ‘=’ to represent “padded” characters.

So… Three characters is three bytes, three bytes is 24 bits. But you are going to divide these 24 bits into 4 sets of 6 bits. 2^6 = 64, hence base “64” encoding.

The subsequence “ABC” in a string would have the ASCII values 65 (01000001), 66 (01000010), and 67 (01000011) for a total 24 bit sequence of 010000010100001001000011. Chunking this into 6-bits chunks yields… 010000 010100 001001 000011. As 4 numbers this is 16, 20, 9, and 3. in RFC1421 this equates to the replacement sequence “QUJD”

If the number of letters in a string is not divisible for 3 pad it with = signs.

 

So take a file of multiple strings, Encode each line in RFC1421 Base64 encoding and output that line to a new file.

THe input file is called “input.txt” the output file shall be named “output64.txt”

Each input line will be less than 1024 characters

Each line may include binary data but will not include carriage return (‘r’) or newline (‘n’).

Each line will be terminated by the two character end of line sequence (“rn”)

 

 

 

Prepare a 1,400- to 1,700-word paper on the state of mediator qualification law in Louisiana.

 

• What is your opinion in the confidentiality versus good-faith requirement controversy as it applies to Louisiana?
• Research the state of mediator qualification in Louisiana.
• Is there one statute or regulation that covers all mediators, or are different specialties required to meet different qualification standards? Does Louisiana describe explicit requirements or defer to a professional organization to set standards? Do court mediators have one set of qualifications and private mediators have another?
• Choose one kind of mediator qualification law within Lousisiana and look at the standards in detail. Does the law require a particular professional background; for example, do the mediators have to be lawyers, therapists, or social workers? What is the nature and scope of any required mediation-specific training or education? Are prospective mediators required to apprentice a mentor and, if so, for how long? Are qualified mediators required to fulfill mediation-specific continuing education requirements? If so, what are the requirements?

Reference at least three peer-reviewed outside sources.

1). World politics can be studied from the individual, state, or global level of analysis. Write an essay in which you discuss the advantages and drawbacks of examining world politics from each of these three levels. Give specific examples.

 

2). Neoliberals have predicted that the recent growth of democracy will lead to a “democratic peace.” On what do they base this prediction? In general, do you believe that democracies are less war-like? In your answer, please refer to recent U.S. foreign policy behavior.

 

3). Discuss any two of the various phases of the Cold War and give specific dates; offer examples that underline each phase.

 

4) Discuss the various models of decision making in foreign policy and the various influences acting upon the making of such decisions and policies.

 

answer each question in one page. the total = 4 pages.

Nonverbal communication is “the use of body language as opposed to the spoken word.” What that means is that our bodies give off messages when we are, or are not, speaking. NV communication does not include what I say, but does include how I say it. This is an area in which most communicators are not aware and do not pay close attention to. When we do not pay attention to our body language, we may give off a message that we did not intend to give. Emotions, especially, are revealed in our body language and can sometime contradict, or compliment, what we say. Nonverbal specialist and trainer Janine Driver always says: “you say more than you think!”

For this exercise, you are going to sit and observe speakers in a natural setting. What you will do is find a place and sit for 30-45 minutes and watch. You will observe three different conversations. Even if you do not hear what the speakers say, observe their bodies and attempt to interpret what their bodies are saying. Are their bodies complimenting? Are they excited (this can be seen when our bodies become more excited by showing more animation)? Is someone angry? Is there an argument occurring? Can you see if people are attracted to each other or possibly in a romantic relationship? Can you see the difference between men and women in their body orientation (men tend to stand at angles while women tend to speak straight on to each other…consider feminine and masculine behaviors here as well)? Can you possible tell if there is any other emotion in their body language (happiness, sadness, fear, disgust, contempt)? What do you see?

In your observations, think of what we discussed in this module. Look at their: 

• Kinesics (body movement, gestures, postures),
• Oculesics (facial expressions…are emotions seen here?),
• Haptics (touch…is someone touching another and how: hand on their arm, playful hitting, angry hitting, etc.),
• Proxemics (how far or close are they standing or sitting)?
• If you can hear them, is there anything in their vocalics (tone, pitch, volume) that says something?
• Is their physical attractiveness (message relayed the way they are dressed) a part of their posture or gestures?
• Even chronemics (time)…were they speaking quickly to leave the situation? In anything you see, what is your interpretation?

You can sit in the food court of a mall, go to a restaurant or busy store, or if you have a lot of people at your workplace you can observe there. Anywhere you can find people. Take your time and watch (It will be obvious in your summary if you slapped words on a page, so do not do that), but try not to be too “stalker-y”! You may do your observations with a friend and you may discuss what you see with each other; but you must do your assignment separately.

Instructions:

• A minimum of two-page, typed, double-spaced, paper in 12 point, Times New Roman or Courier font
• Format your paper using the correct APA style.
• Submit your paper as an MS Office word document
• Use correct grammar and spelling.
• Cite your references within the paper when you paraphrase the information or quote someone. Your references should be documented according to APA style.

Please write well-developed responses to the following prompts:

 

1.  What is something that astonished you when you first came to the United States?

 

2.  What is a subject that you find complex?  Explain your response.

 

3.  Write about a difficult situation that you have had to endure.  Describe what you did to cope with this situation.

 

4.  Classifying items help you see similarities and differences between complex things.  Write a paragraph in which you classify something into two or more categories (for example, a good student/teacher/boss vs. a bad student/teacher/boss).  Explain the characteristics of each group.

 

5.  What is something that you are eager to do in the future?

 

 NOTES:

– No plagairism.

– use simple words.

 

– Due after one hour from now.

– One page long, use 4-5 sentences in your answer.

 

 

My teacher will be graded the answer on this criteria, so please be sure to answer it correctly:

 

10 points–a well-developed, thoughtful response to all questions

 

5 points–unsatisfactory responses to many or most questions

 

0 points–completely unsatisfactory responses; last submission; no submission