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Informational Reports 1. Chapter 17 discusses something known as an informational report. An informational report “informs or instructs and presents details of events, activities, individuals, or conditions without analysis” (“Report,” n.d.) as the University of Minnesota notes in an online module. The common goals of these reports is to explain why or how something in particular happens, as the textbook notes. Taking many forms, informational reports are a large part of technical communication. 2. Informational reports take many forms, but the textbook notes five basic formats they are found in. The first are directives, which explain “a policy or procedure you want your readers to follow.” Secondly are field reports, which “describe inspections, maintenance, and site studies” of things observed in the field. Next are progress reports, which “describe ongoing projects,” and status reports, which describe the entire range of operations of a department, division, etc.” Finally, there are incident reports, which “describe events such as workplace accidents, health or safety emergencies, and/or equipment problems” (Markel, 2012). 3. Directives…

The movie Minority Report begins by introducing the audience to a world where murders are essentially nonexistent in Washington DC. A system called PreCrime is used which consists of a group of three mutated humans called Precogs that are able to predict murders before they occur. This information would, in turn, be provided to the PreCrime police, where they would then arrest the suspect and place them in a virtual reality. However, though this system seems fairly accurate, there are specific…

Summary of J, C. Penney’s Annual Report Through the creation of a summary of financial reports management such as business executives can have access to information fast. Thus, helping executives identify the most important points showcased in the financial report. A prime example is as simple as a break down on how much business have spent on advertising and marketing during the year. By comparing revenues, profits, expenses, and factoring in the year-over-year changes will help executives…

Minority Report” (1956), by Philip K. Dick is a collection of short stories divided into four volumes, Minority Report (Steven Spielberg, 2002) is, the produced film to help illustrate the science-fiction novel and is clearly, one of few films that transition most highlights the ideas of surveillance of citizens and preventive justice. Although it is undeniable that both ideas are taken from the original story by Dick, in the film they are highlighted and modified, to some extent thanks to the…

Thursday at 11:30pm, The Colbert Report, a television show, is a satire news show that displays an easier to understand form of news. The Colbert Report is a parody of the news show The O’Reilly Factor which takes on current controversial political issues. The star of The Colbert Report is Stephen Colbert. He plays a character on the show who is silly and sarcastic. The Colbert Report makes its viewers act, makes them think, and entertains them. The viewers of The Colbert Report want to act…

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Published in 1956 by Philip K. Dick, Minority Report has made itself quite a name. After being adapted several times the one that stuck out the most was the film Minority Report directed by Steven Spielberg in 2002. The film took a radical approach, as shown by the change in plotlines and major characters. First of all, major plot points were different in the film than they were in the story, For example, Anderton is supposed to kill a man named Leopold Kaplan, but in the film, the man is…

Fate: Sealed yet Alterable It is human nature to crave knowledge. People cannot help it, and oftentimes it is a favorable quality. Awareness should be desirable, right? Sometimes. But when dealing with fate, awareness can only hurt individuals, as shown in both Oedipus Rex and Minority Report. Both movie and play clearly illustrate that when a person tries to change their own destiny, they only end up bringing themselves closer to it. They also show how attempting to alter another’s destiny…

1. What are the major guidelines (ABC’s) of Report Writing in Criminal Justice and what three core requirements were discussed in our course text? There are three major guidelines of Report Writing in Criminal Justice. The guidelines are known by the acronym ABC’s, which standards for accuracy, brevity, and completeness. First, accuracy refers to the precision of word usage. It is important not to use vague words that can have multiple means. As pointed out by Miller and Whitehead (2015), value…

others for personal gain and reward. Power corrupts peoples morality but the truth never pollutes their personal integrity. Both Minority Report, directed by Steven Spielberg and Oedipus the King, written by Sophocles posses leaders of society who come out favorable due to a lie. A leader’s power is determined by their manipulation of the truth. Manipulation of the truth demonstrates the leader’s exaggeration of power, and helps maintain a leader’s personal status and position in society.…