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Choose two texts that we’ve read from week 3 and discuss them in relationship to the idea of the “American Dream.” How do they fulfill the American dream? Use textual examples (quotes) to support your claims.

Please use two of the lectures provide below, excluding the biographies. PLEASE DO NOT USE BIOGRAPHY.
Course lectures
T.S. Elliot biography (2003-2006) and “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (pp. 2006-2009)

Langston Hughes biography and “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” “Mother to Son,” and “I, Too” (pp. 2221-2228)

Ernest Hemingway biography and “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” (pp 2203-2221)

F.Scott Fitzgerald biography (pp. 2147-2149) and “Babylon Revisited” (pp. 2164-2178)

Richard Wright biography and “The Man Who Was Almost A Man” (pp. 2244-2253)

Tennessee Williams biography and A Streetcar Named Desire (Scenes One and Two) (pp. 2315).
*Only use the textbook for reference. The Norton Anthology of American Literature 8th ed. by Nina Baym*

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identify research and discuss two (2) weakness and/or other issues involving key players in the NIMS decision making process. Key players means the decision makers. Address/discuss negative problems or failure areas in the decision making process that involve elected vice career “key players”.

Include a minimum of two (2) academic/scholarly quality references that are from peer reviewed or professional journals in your discussion in the initial DB thread/post. Do not simply list some of the AARs that I have previously listed.

You may wish to review some of the popular media coverage of natural disaster events such as Katrina 2005 or even the impact that weather had on the Tampa 2012 Hurricane Isaac Republican Convention delay, or the Charlotte 2012 Democratic convention weather delay issue, to note weaknesses that occur in the political decision making process.

include at least (2) of the web references located where you found creditable information on the assigned topic as that information pertains specifically to your LOCAL community’s plans/situation/circumstances. This is in addition to the two (2) academic/scholarly references that address the exercise or any aspect of those references and regardless of the assignments general topic.
•In all areas focus your discussion and efforts on the LOCAL and NIMS aspects not the national/international aspects. However a balance between local/national issues will be required depending on available references.
Content readings discusses specifics of the concept of putting the entire NIMS system together. The text discusses the use of NIMS Exercises as a significant tool to improve the program. The role of “key players” in the exercise plan process be it responding to a terrorist incident or responding to a natural event is discussed.
identify and discuss two (2) issues that in your opinion either are or could become significant problems or failure areas in the decision making process that involve “key players”. Specifically address the problems associated with the fact that many “key players” or key decision makers are elected officials with little or no specific expertise in NIMS vice career government managers or career emergency management personnel who should be fully versed in NIMS. These elected officials for the most part are very intelligent people and extremely keen to the political or public relations aspects of any significant event. However they are not always technically well versed in the mechanics of the planning or response problem, or all of the elements that must be considered to make “timely” or “quality” decisions. Especially when placed in a highly stressful environment. Thus they often tend to respond with “politically oriented” short term decision approach responding to events that may require wise long term solutions. Perhaps the old saying about robbing Peter to pay Paul is appropriate. Many folks have said that one of the most difficult things to remember about when dealing with politicians is that by the nature of the beast they cannot plan ahead and thus cannot think beyond the next election cycle. One presumes that is simply because they may not be reelected. What issues do you believe would be adversely affected by this infusion of the political aspect of problem solving? Consider aspects such as having a written, well defined, pre-planned, and frequently tested response plan. Or consider the option of placing the decision process in the hands of senior emergency personnel, such that when an emergency situation arrives it requires only a minimum discussion of the options and/or decisions by the “key players”?

At the senior federal level there are a number of activities involved in testing the Continuity of Operations issues. While these activities normally involve the actual elected “key players” they are however usually related to significant acts of war not smaller scale terrorist or natural disaster events. The state/local testing process depends on a wide range of factors with the results ranging from very good to very poor. If possible include references that you locate involving the decision process of local officials from the area or state in which you reside, especially if you location information where they are/were the key players of the NIMS process. Again focus on factual issues not opinion issues. Again, locate local reference material that is of an official, academic and or scholarly quality. I realize that type of reference material concerning the responses of local officials in a NIMS exercise maybe in extremely short supply. Accordingly you may need to address a local official’s response in either an actual natural event or terrorist incident. If unable to locate information concerning local officials you may address state or federal level officials. Use official policies, professional journals, or other quality references as your primary sources. Use local media coverage or similar less desirable sources as supporting evidence only if discussions in official or scholarly works are in short supply. Please do the best that you can concerning the quality of reference issue. Attempt to use dot gov, dot edu, web sites which tend to provide more of an official review over dot org or dot com web sites which tend to provide more bias reviews.

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Case Study: The Exchange Rate and Auto Parts Manufacturers

Udo Pfeiffer, the CEO of SMS Elotherm, a German manufacturer of machine tools that engineer crankshafts for cars, signed a deal in late November 2004, to supply the US operations of DaimlerChrysler with $1.5 million worth of machines. The equipment would be manufactured in Germany and exported to the United States. When the deal was signed, Pfeiffer calculated that at the agreed price, the machines would yield a profit of $30,000 each. Within three days that profit had declined by $8,000. The dollar had slid precipitously against the euro. SMS would be paid in dollars by DaimlerChrysler, but when translated back into euros, the price had declined. Since the company’s costs were in euros, the falling revenues when expressed in euros were squeezing profit margins.

With the exchange rate standing at £1 = $1.33 in early December 2004, Pfeiffer was deeply worried. He knew that if the dollar declined further to around £1 = $1.50, SMS would be losing money on its sales to America. He could try to raise the dollar price of his products to compensate for the fall in the value of the dollar, but he knew that such a strategy was unlikely to be successful. The market for machine tools was very competitive, and manufacturers were constantly pressuring machine tool companies to lower prices, not to raise them.

Another small German supplier to the US automobile company, Keiper, was faring somewhat better. In 2001 Keiper, which manufactures metal frames for automobile seats, opened a plant in London, Ontario, to supply the US operations of DaimlerChrysler. At the time the investment was made, the exchange rate was £1 = $1. Management at Keiper had agonised over whether the investment made sense. Some in the company felt that it was better to continue exporting from Germany. Others argued that Keiper would benefit from being close to a major customer. Now with the euro appreciating every day, it looked like a smart move. Keiper had a real hedge against the rising value of the euro. But the advantages of being based in Canada were tempered by two factors. First, the US dollar had also depreciated against the Canadian dollar, although not by as much as its depreciation against the euro. Second, Keiper was still importing parts from Germany, and the euro had also appreciated against the Canadian dollar, raising costs at Keiper’s Ontario works.

Case Questions
1.Why was Keiper weathering the rise of the euro better than SMS?

2.Could SMS Elotherm have taken steps to avoid the position it found itself in? What were those steps? Why do you think the company did not take these steps?

3.In retrospect, what might Keiper have done differently to improve the value of its ‘real’ hedge against a rise in the value of the euro?

1. The Individual essay assessment
a. 30% of grade
b. 3000 words
c. Deadline: Tuesday, 2nd March, 2015
d. Task: Answer the case questions from one of the term 2 case studies.
e. Marking criteria:
e.i. Focus (20%): i.e. Do the 2 answers answer the question asked?
e.ii. Synthesis (30%): Do the 2 answers summarise the theory needed to answer the questions.
e.iii. Soundness (30%): So the 2 answers reflect an understanding of the topic area:
e.iii.1. Arguments
e.iii.2. Use of research
e.iv. Structure (10%): Organisation and sectioning of essay
e.v. Mechanical soundness (10%): Grammar, spelling and referencing.
2. Focus (20%): i.e. Does your essay answer the question asked?
a. Your answers should be relevant to what is being asked.
b. When you are asked a question, break it down into the various bits that are asked and attempt to answer each component.
c. Note the keywords / key phrases in each question.
d. Avoid excessively long introductions or backgrounds.
e. Use the tutorial discussions to jot down points on relevant answers to questions.
3. Synthesis (30%): Does your answer to the essay summarise the theory needed to answer the questions.
a. What are the key theories or concepts (however simple) or jargon that are needed (i.e. those theories or terminologies that are used in a particular topic. E.g., in politics, the jargon could be “Left”, “Right”, “Labour party”,” Conservative party” . In culture, we have the Hofstede classification of culture which serves as a theoretical framework, etc). A good source of the key concepts to a topic can be found in the related lecture slide of the case study. Make sure you make use of the concepts and describe them.
b. You might come across other keywords or concepts as you research the question, ensure you always describe and apply them in your essay.
c. When you answer a question, do ask yourself what are the relevant / related concepts to the question you are answering.
4. Soundness
a. Soundness (30%): Does your answer reflect an understanding of the topic area:
a.i.1. Arguments
a.i.2. Use of research.
Arguments – there should be a flow / logic to your arguments.
Use of research: Literature search
a. Do not restrict your work to only the case study. You need to expand your research.
b. For both essays, have a minimum total of 5 references, of which at least 2 are academic. Up to 10 is impressive.
c. Where possible, you can use the case study as a background, and use relevant points from the case study in answering the question – but do not stop there. Expand your research or use the points from the case study and explain or support it in a deeper way (e.g. with data or real world examples, etc).
c.i. Sources of literature: (i) Open access (e.g. Wikipedia) – you might use this as a starting point if you want to get a broad view about a subject; (ii) Media: newspapers, the Economist; (iii) General internet: Google ; (iv) Academic searches: google scholar, journal articles and textbooks ; (v) Specialist sources – e.g. legal documents, party manifesto’s, etc; institutional sources –e.g. World Bank reports
Use of research – Sources of data: World Bank, general internet searches, ONS, country data sources, UN data sources.
5. Structure
a. Begin with the title of the case study and always state the question before the answer.
b. Generally, essays with sections have higher scores for structure than those without sections.
c. Have an introduction or background and conclusion.
d. The in-between section depends on how you wish to organise your answers to the question.
e. An outline of how you plan to answer the question will help you to choose appropriate headings.
f. Where there are many sub-questions, this can also help you to choose appropriate headings.
g. Structure also reflects how organised your write-up is.
h. Do not write an essay in an outline form – i.e. keep bullet points to a minimum. It is better to list and explain points, than to simply outline them using bullet points.

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Thesis based on past research articles. several articles to use will be include but not limited to those. outside research articles on the topic of parkinson are welcomed. reference not limited
you can start of with an extensive background info on Parkinson’s disease, such as what is it, its history, its relationship to the muscle and nervous system.etc and the rest discussing and incorporating the research articles together to form the thesis

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The common view of the public corporation is that of an organization run by top managers, and monitored by a board of directors on behalf of public shareholders. The separation of decision management (the CEO) from decision control (the board) and from risk-bearing constituents (public shareholders) is thought of as a reasonable way to structure firms, and so long as decisions are made in the interests of the shareholders, efficiency is maximized.” [Acharya, Myers and Rajan, NY Stern School of Business]
Identify and explain clearly the theoretical arguments and empirical evidence in favour of and against this view, using appropriate examples to illustrate both sides of the argument.

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Identify the key factors that companies should consider when deciding whether to buy or to build their own information systems. Explain your rationale.
Select one (1) type of the four (4) enterprise systems (i.e., supply chain management, customer relationship management, knowledge management systems, and enterprise resource planning), and speculate on the main issues that companies may encounter when implementing the type of enterprise system that you have selected. Next, suggest two or three (2 or 3) general techniques that companies could use in order to mitigate the issues in question.

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Project Deliverable 4: Infrastructure and Security

Due Week 8 and worth 150 points

This assignment consists of two (2) sections: an infrastructure document and a revised Gantt chart or project plan. You must submit both sections as separate files for the completion of this assignment. Label each file name according to the section of the assignment for which it is written. Additionally, you may create and / or assume all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

The last section of the project plan will present the infrastructure in accordance with the parameters set forth at the outset of the project. The network solution that is chosen should support the conceived information system and allow for scalability. The network infrastructure will support organizational operations; therefore, a pictorial view of workstations, servers, routers, bridges, gateways, and access points should be used. In addition, access paths for Internet access should be depicted. A narrative should be included to explain all the nodes of the network and the rationale for the design. Lastly, using the Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability (CIA) Triangle, define the organizational security policy. CIA is a widely used benchmark for evaluation of information systems security.

Section 1: Infrastructure Document

1. Write a five to ten (5-10) page infrastructure document in which you:

a. Design a logical and physical topographical layout of the planned network through the use of graphical tools in Microsoft Word or Visio, or an open source alternative such as Dia. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.

b. Illustrate the possible placement of servers including access paths to the Internet and firewalls. Note: Facility limitations, workstations, printers, routers, switches, bridges and access points should be considered in the illustration.

c. Explain the rationale for the logical and physical topographical layout of the planned network.

d. Create a comprehensive security policy for the company that will:

i. Protect the company infrastructure and assets by applying the principals of CIA. Note: CIA is a widely used benchmark for evaluation of information systems security, focusing on the three core goals of confidentiality, integrity and availability of information.

ii. Address ethical aspects related to employee behavior, contractors, password usage, and access to networked resources and information.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the students name, the professors name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
Include charts or diagrams created in MS Visio or Dia as an appendix of the infrastructure document. All references to these diagrams must be included in the body of the infrastructure document.

Section 2: Revised Gantt Chart / Project Plan

Use Microsoft Project or an open source alternative, such as Open Project, to:

2. Update the Gantt chart or project plan (summary and detail) template, from Project Deliverable 3: Database and Programming Design, with all the project tasks.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Demonstrate an understanding of existing and emerging information technologies and strategic impact on organizational operations.
Evaluate the issues and challenges associated with information technology integration.
Evaluate the ethical concerns that information technology solve or present in a global context.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in information technology.
Write clearly and concisely about strategic issues and practices in the information technology domain using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

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I need this written on Joshua. This has to be a 400 words paper. Please have it back by 8:00 tomorrow night.

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