1. Question: Why is the transition to the middle game difficult? How do you come up with a plan, and what strategies are mentioned that will help you be successful?

2. Question: What is “endgame”? Explain Zugzwang, triangulation, coordinate squares, and crippled pawn majorities?

3. Question: Be sure to answer this by using these ideas discussed in Tao and from your own perspective: Why is “Knowing Yourself” and “Knowing Your Opponent” important in chess? How can “Seeing Ahead”, “Courage”, “Opportunity”, “Trust”, and “Mistakes” help you improve your chess playing ability and help you solve life’s difficulties?

4. Question: How can the “The Standards”, “The Elements”, and “Intellectual Traits” described in Critical Thinking help you achieve this?

5. Question: Which of these principles will most help YOU become a better player and why? How might some of these lessons help in life situations?

Minimum 300 words.

The question needs to be 300 words or longer. One page, no more, single spaced. Please have 1-3 APA formatted references.

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Identify a historic fire where the findings discussed a failure of having an installed fire protection system and/or egress issues resulting in a loss of life. Give a summary of the fire and elaborate on the findings. For the final part of your paper, discuss what is known today that could have prevented the tragedy.

You must use at least two sources for citations and include these sources in your APA formatted reference section.

500 words of text excluding title page and reference page

Chapter 11 mentions something called the Fairness Doctrine. Using specific examples, discuss what the Fairness Doctrine was; how it worked; how it fit into the FCC’s regulatory role; and why it may have been important? What is the connection between the Fairness Doctrine and something called ‘public interest, convenience, and necessity?’ While technically abolished, how can you see the principles of the Fairness Doctrine being implemented today? Should the Fairness Doctrine be reinstated?

Essay Requirements & Guidelines: should be a minimum of 1000 words to a maximum of 3000 words – approximately 3-4 typed pages. Each post should be thoughtful, clear and be concisely and effectively focused on the specific questions being asked. What you write for your Essays must clearly reflect that you have done the readings and must include at least 2 specific references to your text. Be sure to use quotes when necessary. Be sure to refer to a specific page number when referencing your book. In addition, you are required to have a minimum of two additional references from something other than your text. This must be relevant research from quality sources – NO WIKIPEDIA or other encyclopedic references!!!

Directions: Answer the following questions on a separate document. Explain how you reached the answer or show your work if a mathematical calculation is needed, or both. Submit your assignment using the assignment link above.

A. Using the two stocks you selected from Homework #1, identify the Beta for each stock. In your own words, what conclusion can you draw from the stocks’ current and historical beta? If the stock market went up 10% today, what would be the impact on each of your stocks?

B. Using the 2014 financial statements from your stocks above and the equations from your textbook, prepare the Historical Average and Standard Deviation for each stock.