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Issues relevant to the public agenda may be broad in nature, affecting society at large, or they may emerge from concerns affecting a specific community. They may appear to be common problems that could be solved through public policy or legislation. Many contentious political issues have their origins in one or more of the basic concepts and principles of democracy. If you take a close look at the headlines of a leading newspaper or newsmagazine, you are likely to find several stories about issues relating to democratic concepts, such as freedom or equality, or principles, such as the proper role of government in society. How democratic concepts and principles intersect with public agenda items is an important matter to consider when studying democratic governance. To prepare for this Discussion: Review the article “Democracy and Equality” in this week’s Learning Resources. Think about how democracy might influence the public agenda. Review the article “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights” in this week’s Learning Resources. Reflect on how the articles of the declaration are related to democratic concepts and principles and how these might play out in the public agenda. Review the articles “Property” and “The Right to Private Property” in this week’s Learning Resources. Using this concept as an example, consider how concepts and principles of property influence public agenda. Peruse current newspapers, magazines, or online news sources and take note of which articles relate to democratic concepts and principles. Select a public agenda item related to your specialization or an area with which you are familiar. Think about how concepts and principles of democracy impact the agenda item you selected. Consider ways in which democratic concepts and principles shape the public agenda in general. With these thoughts in mind: Post by Day 5 a brief description of the public agenda item you selected. Then, explain how two or more concepts or principles of democracy impact that public agenda item. Finally, share your thoughts about ways in which democratic concepts and principles shape the public agenda. Be specific. Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources ...

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American Management Association • www.amanet.org H as this ever happened to you? You are embroiled in an argument about a matter that is important to you and also to an employee. After several back-and-forth exchanges, you finally say, “Okay, then, we’ll do it your way.” You do what you can to give that employee exactly what he is asking for, only to find out later that he is still ticked off. You are left wondering, “What is his problem? Isn’t he ever satisfied?” On the other hand, you may have had another experience as well. An employee storms into your office, upset about a policy that, as far as she is concerned, just isn’t working. You listen. She continues talking; you continue to listen. In the back of your mind, though, you are thinking, “I don’t know what we can do to fix that. It is what it is … nobody else has complained.” She keeps talking and you keep listening. Finally she looks at you with relief and says, “Thanks for listening. I feel better. I’ll talk to you later.” You didn’t do anything, and somehow the situation is now okay. You are left wondering what happened. Usually in a conflict or disagreement, as we look for an acceptable solution, we focus on the substance of the outcome. Everyone wants 39 What We Need:The Satisfaction Triangle C H A P T E R 3 www.amanet.org 40 UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS OF CONFLICT American Management Association • www.amanet.org something. The conventional wisdom tells us that getting that something means that the conflict is dissolved. Did you get what you asked for? If so, then you are happy. If you did not get what you wanted, then you are not happy. In the first scenario, your expectation is that, when you finally decide on a solution, the employee will be satisfied. In the second scenario, you do not expect the employee to leave your office satisfied unless you take some action that is acceptable to her. But the reality is often more complex than that. Just as important—sometimes more important—are the other two sides of the satisfaction triangle, shown in Figure 3-1: process satisfaction and emotional satisfaction. Understanding all three sides of the satisfaction triangle can provide managers with a more extensive set of tools for resolving conflicts. Figure 3-1. Satisfaction triangle. The head of the Finance Office sent an urgent e-mail to therest of the members of the executive leadership team. With only three months left in the fiscal year, the agency was facing a serious budget crisis, a $9 million shortfall. First, the team need- ed to understand where the money had gone; then, they would have to make hard decisions about how to reallocate funds to cover critical needs. For three weeks, they were in and out of meetings, gathering numbers, analyzing reports, looking for solutions. The meetings were long and the tensions ran high as each person protected his or her own department’s priorities and looked for ways to cut back on expenditures. Keeping the goals of the age.

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Ambush Predation of Stingless Bees (Tetragonisca angustula) by the Solitary-Foraging Ant Ectatomma tuberculatum Madeleine M. Ostwald1 & Selina A. Ruzi2 & Kaitlin M. Baudier1 Received: 30 June 2018 /Revised: 12 August 2018 /Accepted: 15 August 2018 / Published online: 29 August 2018 # Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2018 Abstract Social insect colonies are high-value foraging targets for insectivores, prompting the evolution of complex colony defensive adaptations as well as specialized foraging tactics in social insect predators. Predatory ants that forage on other social insects employ a diverse range of behaviors targeted at specific prey species. Here, we describe a solitary foraging strategy of the ant Ectatomma tuberculatum, on nest guards of the stingless bee Tetragonisca angustula. We observed multiple instances of E. tuberculatum ambushing and successfully capturing the hovering and standing guards of T. angustula near nest entrances. The unique hovering behavior of the guard caste of this bee species, an adaptation to frequent cleptoparasitism by other stingless bees, may make these guards particularly vulnerable to ground-based, ambush attacks by E. tuberculatum. Likewise, the behavior of the foraging ants appears to adaptively exploit the defensive formations and activity patterns of these bees. These observations suggest an adaptive and targeted predatory strategy aimed at gathering external guard bees as prey from these heavily fortified nests. Keywords Sit-and-wait . bee eating . selva ant . jataí . abejas angelitas Introduction Predatory foraging strategies can broadly be placed into two categories based on the energy expended while looking for food: sit-and-wait versus active foraging (Schoener 1971). Social insects further vary in active foraging strategies by either foraging Journal of Insect Behavior (2018) 31:503–509 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10905-018-9694-9 * Kaitlin M. Baudier [email protected] 1 School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA 2 Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA http://crossmark.crossref.org/dialog/?doi=10.1007/s10905-018-9694-9&domain=pdf http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8450-3788 mailto:[email protected] solitarily or using mass recruitment to overcome either large or numerous prey (Gotwald Jr 1995; Matsuura and Sakagami 1973; O'Donnell et al. 2005). However, such group-foraging behaviors often preclude these species from successfully preying upon a vigilant and well-defended target. Many social insects that rely on solitary stealth maneuvers have evolved behavioral strategies for overcoming this challenge (Matsuko 1984; Gronenberg 1996; Jackson and Pollard 1996; Murphy and Patek 2012). For example, Ectatomma ruidum are facultatively solitary foragers, enabling the use of a prolonged stealth approach to capture food items from heavily defended colonies of other social.

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Amazon HQ2 Research Project, BUS 163 Professor Cuadra, Tacoma Community CollegeResearch Assignment, Part 2: Be sure to read through all of the questions, completely, before beginning your research. You don’t want to have to keep going back to the same subject. However, you may have to do that to some degree – that is one of things about research. That is why it is critical to keep track of your source. Please research the following questions/areas for your assigned city. BE SURE TO KEEP TRACK OF YOUR SOURCES. You will have to provide a list of references, and in-text citations, in submitted research. Every fact or piece of information you provide must have a citation and the full reference for that source included at the end in a reference list. This set of research is the briefest one and should not take you too much time. Be sure to check out the BUS 163 Library Guide on the left side of your Canvas screen and use the resources listed there to help you with your research.Income/Wages (50 points) 1. Try to find the average area salaries for: a. Executives (this one will vary widely, and you may get a huge range. If so, just put in the range) b. Software development engineers/software engineers c. Accountants – you may find pay rates for a wide variety of accounting jobs. You might find information for some of these: i. Accounts payable ii. Accounts receivable iii. Payroll specialists iv. Controller d. Human resource specialists (sometimes listed as HR managers) e. Non-executive management positions (project managers, program managers, supervisors) f. Administrative assistants 2. Area minimum wage (you may be surprised how low it is in some areas). 3. Overall prevailing wage – this may be hard to find. What it means is what the labor department and/or unions require to be paid. For instance, if you are doing construction work on a highway, your company has to pay you and your employees the “prevailing wage” for that work. In this area, people who pour concrete and do paving get $52/hour because that is the prevailing wage. a. Try looking at several sources, but if you cannot find the information, just list where you looked and say you could not find it. 4. Find out the median income for your city/area. 5. Find out the average household size. It is good to check out the US Census Bureau site for this kind of information. 6. Look and see if you can find out if your city/area has required sick leave, like we do in Washington now. If so, what are the details? 7. What is the average home price in the area? What is the range of home prices? Your information can just be bullet points for this. Be sure to use AT LEAST three different sources. You might want to see what different information you get for any one category. If you get different information, please note that. A good practice is to look into the source for your source – where did THEY get this information. Also, check the dates and you will likely want to use the most recent informatio.

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Always Fresh allows external users, such as vendors and business partners, to access the Always Fresh Windows environment. You have noticed a marked increase in malware activity in the test environment that seems to originate from external users. After researching the likely source of new malware, you conclude that allowing external users to connect to your environment using compromised computers exposes Always Fresh to malware vulnerabilities. (please see attachment and and follow all requirements) .

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Alvin Ailey "Revelations" Analysis The purpose of this assignment is to view Alvin Ailey's iconic choreography "Revelations" and identify themes expressed in the work that reflect life events/emotions. Dance comes from life, as we have been exploring in class, and this piece illustrates how themes in pre-history continue to be relevant throughout time. Please watch the entire video that we started viewing in class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrPJ4kt3a64&t=1647s Revelations is a 3 part suite. Each of the three sections contains various scenes. You may use this listing of the musical pieces to guide you in identifying the scenes. Music PILGRIM OF SORROW I Been 'Buked - Music arranged by Hall Johnson* Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel - Music arranged by James Miller+ Fix Me, Jesus - Music arranged by Hall Johnson* TAKE ME TO THE WATER Processional/Honor, Honor - Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts Wade in the Water - Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts "Wade in the Water" sequence by Ella Jenkins / "A Man Went Down to the River" is an original composition by Ella Jenkins I Wanna Be Ready - Music arranged by James Miller+ MOVE, MEMBERS, MOVE Sinner Man - Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts The Day is Past and Gone - Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers You May Run On - Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham - Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts For this assignment, please identify the themes expressed in each of the three sections, 1)Pilgrim of Sorrow, 2)Take me to the Water, 3)Move, Members, Move Describe how these themes are developed in the scenes that comprise each section. Include descriptions of costuming, lighting, music, and composition (solo, duet, trio, ensemble, etc) that help create these themes. Use the listing above as a guide to organize your paper. Create a document in Word, 12pt font, 1"margins, no more than two pages, double spaced. Separate title page, please. Please view the video and begin your assignment. You can bring any questions regarding this assignment to our next class. .

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An 'American psychologist' Robert V. Guthrie, one of the most influential and multifaceted African-American scholars of the century, wants to be remembered only as 'an American psychologist.' In an interview with the Monitor, he recollects the barriers he overcame to claim that title. By EILEEN M. O'CONNOR Monitor Staff November 2001, Vol 32, No. 10 In 1955, when Robert Guthrie, PhD, enrolled in a master's program at the University of Kentucky, he was a singular dark face against a backdrop of white. "I remember one of my white professors eyeing me as if I were an anthropological specimen and remarking, 'You are from one of our Negro schools,'" Guthrie recalls. His fellow white students didn't offer much support, either, he says, though he once attended a football game after a white student begged him. But when the band played "My Ol' Kentucky Home," a song that at the time included favorable portrayals of slavery, Guthrie knew he had to "get my education, then get the hell off campus." Despite the discomfort and frustration he felt, however, Guthrie always knew he had a right to be there. That sense of confidence is what propelled him to pursue a degree in psychology when few blacks could, to go on to teach at the University of Pittsburgh, to study multicultural issues as a senior research psychologist in Washington, D.C., and to pen the now-classic tome, "Even the Rat Was White: A Historical View of Psychology." Last spring, the National Archives of American Psychology honored Guthrie as the first African-American psychologist to deposit his papers there. Asking Guthrie to contribute was a natural choice for the archives because he has worn almost every one of psychology's hats, from research to teaching to government service, says director David Baker, PhD. "We know almost nothing about the development of psychology at historically black colleges and universities, and only Bob Guthrie's work examines this in detail," Baker explains. "African Americans have much to be proud about their struggle against adversity, like the fact that in my lifetime they were not allowed to attend many grad schools simply because of their race. There are stories of inspiration, courage and strength, and also of anger, frustration and hurt." First chapters Guthrie and his twin brother were born in Chicago on Feb. 14, 1932. Weeks later, his father, a school principal, picked up the family and moved to Richmond, Ky., then to Lexington, Ky., towns in great need of teachers for African-American schools. Growing up in the segregated South left an indelible mark on Guthrie's career outlook. "I did not think I would have an outstanding career," he says. "I was simply growing up in segregated Kentucky, and as at that time black colleges were training teachers to operate primarily in the Southern schools, I figured I might be a public school teacher. I did not know much about psychology. No one did." He was able to attend Florida A&M University in 1948 by.

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Amazon is one of the world's most popular online retailers. The corporation provides its services on an online platform that enables many users in many parts of the world to have access to these services. Amazone company has undertaken massive investments in technology innovations. Amazone has a large base of customers who access the online service offered by the corporation. A large number of online users require that the company adopts the use of cloud computing and ERP systems in its operations. Modern business organizations heavily rely on cloud computing technology in their operations. Cloud computing refers to the process of delivering computer services, which are on-demand from storage applications. Cloud computing happens both over the internet and also on a pay as you go basis. Companies in the modern world prefer not to have their computing infrastructure. They opt to rent access to anything from the use of applications to the storage capacity from a cloud service provider. It is costly for companies to own their cloud computing services. The Maintenace of the infrastructure is expensive too. Companies save operational expenses by renting the infrastructure. Cloud computing enables companies to incur expenses of the only service they use, and they can pay for it only at the instance of use. The companies which engage in the provision of cloud computing services, in turn, make profits from the sale of the services to many users. (Yang et al, 2017). Cloud computing offers a wide range of services today. Through computer networking, companies can get storage space for their information and data. Cloud computing also enables networking and enhances processing power through the use of computer languages and artificial intelligence. Cloud computing also offers ideal office applications. The services do not require the users to be at the computer hardware physically. Individuals today make use of cloud computing technology. Cloud is a term that could, in other words, mean the internet. The information stored in the cloud is information stored on the internet. There are three main models of cloud computing. The first model is the Infrastructure-as-a-service. This term refers to the units that build up the computer service that is possible to lend, such as the storage service, networking service, virtual, or even physical servers. The second model is Platform-as-a-service. The building blocks that makeup Cloud computing are in layers. The next layer up and the layer underlying is what is referred to as platform-as-a-service. Amazon uses Enterprise resource technologies. Enterprise resource planning allows Amazon to integrate various business practices. ERP provides ideal solutions to various organizations. It will enable Amazon Corporation to optimize the use of resources with more significant innovation. Regardless of the size of the organization, ERP helps to reduce the waste of time. ERP heavily makes use of modern technology in enhan.

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American Academy of Political and Social Science Wounded: Life after the Shooting Author(s): JOOYOUNG LEE Source: The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 642, Bringing Fieldwork Back In: Contemporary Urban Ethnographic Research (July 2012), pp. 244-257 Published by: Sage Publications, Inc. in association with the American Academy of Political and Social Science Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/23218475 Accessed: 01-10-2017 09:45 UTC JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected] Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://about.jstor.org/terms Sage Publications, Inc., American Academy of Political and Social Science are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science This content downloaded from 129.81.226.78 on Sun, 01 Oct 2017 09:45:53 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms Wounded: Life after the Shooting By JOOYOUNG LEE Most gunshot victims do not die. In some estimates, 80 percent live to see another day. Yet social scientists continue to focus on gun homicide. What happens to individuals who get shot and survive? How do they experience life after the shooting? This article examines how gunshot injuries transform the lives of victims. In practical ways, gunshot injuries complicate sleeping, eating, working, and other previously taken-for-granted activities. These disruptions also have much larger exis tential significance to victims. Indeed, daily experiences with a wounded body become subjective reminders that individuals are no longer who they used to be. Ironically, in some interactions, being wounded becomes attrac tive and advantageous to victims. Together, these themes illustrate the need for more sustained ethno graphic work on the foreground of violent crime vic timization. Keywords: gun violence; health; identity; injury; crime Jooyoung Lee is an assistant professor of sociologi) at the University of Toronto. He conducted this research as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health 6 Society Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently writing two books. The first is an ethno graphic study on the careers of aspiring rappers from Los Angeles. The second is an ethnographic study on the individual- and community-health effects of gun shot victimization in Philadelphia. NOTE: This research was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation when I was a Health & Society Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania; the project received a grant from die Research & Education Fund. I .

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American Apparel: Submit your completed strategy and change management plan. It should include all critical elements of the final project, incorporating all feedback and knowledge gained in the course. 1 Assignment:Economic Environment In 2018 I worked in a soft drinks company where they adopted the recent technology in the production to increase the production rates and the accuracy of the quality of the products. After the introduction of the technology in the company, a large number of people lost their jobs since the tech replaced the labour and was cheaper than the manual production that involved individuals directly. The technological factors are one of the external factors that are increasingly affecting the business organization. The business changes relate to the presence and the development of technology. The technology increases the supply of the products. The increase in the supply enables the company to keep up with the demand for the soft drinks. The technology enables the company to increase the productivity and the communication between the suppliers and the consumers. The company can cut down the waste as well as keep up with the demands due to technological advancement. The technology also increased the accuracy in production due to the machinery that was more accurate than the human labour and the company was able to cut down the waste again. The company reduced its expenditure in terms of the losses incurred due to poor production. It is important to consider the environment while thinking about the strategy change. The supply and demand within the business affect organizational ability. The demand and the supply stimulate each other impacting the prices of the goods and services in the budget. The customer's interest in specific products exhausts the supply available and increases demand. The demand and supply of goods and services have a high influence in determining the prices of goods and services. The prices of the product are likely to fall if the supply keeps on growing and if the supply keeps on decreasing the prices are likely to keep on growing (Becker, 2017). However, with the market economy, the interest consumers, as well as the companies, produce limits product that matches the demand and the supply and it is used in determining the product development and production. References Becker, G. S. (2017). Economic theory . Routledge. Introduction to Economics; Market Equilibrium and Market Forces Macroeconomics: Crash Course Economics #5 2 Assignment: American Apparel American Apparel Company is a clothing Manufactures Company. The company designs its clothing distributes and markets its products. It is situated in North America. It is one of the largest marketing companies situated in Northern America. The mission declaration of American Apparel Firm declares that the company is dedicated to high-quality yields, underling care, confines in the business and art, project and tech. The missi.

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American Government Policy Paper This project is an opportunity to carefully examine a contemporary foreign policy issue between the United States government and one other foreign government. Completing this activity is a mandatory component of this course. It serves as the standard course assessment for all GOVT 2305 students and is a college requirement. Failure to submit and complete this project in its entirety will result in a failing grade for the course. There are four steps to completing this project: Step 1 – Identifying the Issue The policy paper will address a US foreign policy concern toward a country or specific topic. Only one of the topics listed below may be selected. Pick one and begin your research immediately: • The future of the NATO alliance • Deforestation of the Amazon • Political development in Afghanistan • The use of sanctions as an effective tool of diplomacy • Political development in Venezuela • The threat of nuclear proliferation • The status of Palestinian refugees • Nigerian political instability • Economic development in El Salvador • Support for Saudi Arabia in light of human rights concerns • Military aid to Egypt • Military aid to Ukraine • Turkey’s membership in NATO Step 2 - Gathering Sources Conduct research to locate three academic journal articles (aka: peer-reviewed or scholarly sources) that specifically address issues within the foreign policy relationship you selected and meet the following criteria: • The articles must be no more than ten (10) years old . • The article must have more than five (5) pages of actual content (without graphs, charts, footnotes, citations, etc.). • Books will not count toward the scholarly source minimum requirements. • Carefully choose sources that provide a variety of perspectives on your selected topic. • In addition to the minimum research requirements, you should use high quality sources for essential current events information relevant to your topic. These may include academic sources that are not peer-reviewed (position papers), newspaper articles, magazine articles, and other quality or reputable sources. • The course textbook, encyclopedias (including Wikipedia), and almanacs, are reference materials and are not to be listed as sources on the collegiate level . Step 3 – The Proposal Submit a one to two page proposal to the appropriate dropbox by the date specified in the course calendar. The proposal must: • Identify the topic in one or two paragraphs: Summarize the foreign policy topic you will be addressing Describe the current status of the policy or topic Describe why this policy is important to the United States Cite each of your academic journal articles at least once in the paragraph using correct MLA in-text citations. • Include the Works Cited or Reference section with the three (at a minimum) peer-reviewed academic journal articles that will .

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American Greetings Case 1. What is going on at American Greetings? a. Discuss the competitiveness of the industry. b. Discuss the factors that drive the fundamental value of American Greetings. 2. The shares of American Greetings are currently trading at an EBITDA multiple that is at the bottom of its peer group. Do you think a 3.5 times multiple is appropriate for American Greetings? If not, what multiple of EBITDA do you think is justified? What is the implied share price that corresponds to that multiple? 3. Using a marginal tax rate of 40% and a market risk premium of 5%, what is your estimate of the appropriate discount rate for the free cash flow forecast? Please explain your results and the implication for American Greetings. Based on a discounted cash flow model, what is your best estimate of the implied enterprise value of American Greetings and the corresponding implied share price? Explain your results and the implication for American Greetings. Use the following table to model the free cash flows for American Greetings for fiscal years 2012 through 2015. Forecast the Steady State cash flows in order to determine the Terminal Value. I have provided guidance for identifying the 2011 actual values and the forecasted values. 2011A 2012 2013 2014 2015 SS Revenue Growth 5.3% 1.0% 1.5% 2.0% 2.5% 3.0% Operating Margin 9.4% 9.0% 9.0% 9.0% 9.0% 9.0% NWC Turnover 5.02 6.00 6.50 7.00 7.50 7.50 FA Turnover 1.95 1.95 1.95 1.95 1.95 1.95 WACC 9.1% Tax Rate 40% Revenue Exhibit 2 EBIT Exhibit 2 NWC Exhibit 3 =Revenue/NWC TO Fixed Assets Exhibit 3 =Revenue/FA TO ROC =EBIT*(1-T)/(NWC+FA) NOPAT - Change in NWC - Change in NFA FCF TV DCF PV Debt Exhibit 6 Equity Shares Exhibit 6 Implied Price 4. What are the key drivers of value in your model? Do you recommend repurchasing shares? 1 Title PageThis spreadsheet supports STUDENT analysis of the case “American Greetings” (UVA-F-1693).This spreadsheet was prepared by Michael J. Schill, Associate Professor of Business Administration. Copyright © 2013 by the University of Virginia Darden School Foundation, Charlottesville, VA. All rights reserved. For customer service inquiries, send an e-mail [email protected] No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, posted to the Internet, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the permission of the Darden School Foundation. Rev. Feb. 11, 2016 Exh 1Exhibit 1AMERICAN GREETINGSAmerican Greetings Share Price (Monthly Close)Closing Adjusted Price for American Greetings SharesDec-09$21Jan-10$17Feb-10$18Mar-10$20Apr-10$23May-10$22Jun-10$18Jul-10$20Aug-10$18Sep-10$18Oct-10$19Nov-10$19Dec-10$22Jan-11$21Feb-11$21Mar-11$23Apr-11.

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Although ADHD is often associated with children, this disorder is diagnosed in clients across the lifespan. While many individuals are properly diagnosed and treated during childhood, some individuals who have ADHD only present with subsyndromal evidence of the disorder. These individuals are often undiagnosed until they reach adulthood and struggle to cope with competing demands of running a household, caring for children, and maintaining employment. For this Discussion, you consider how you might assess and treat individuals presenting with ADHD. .

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