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Write a 5-7 page argumentative essay on Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie. You must make reference to at least three academic (peer reviewed) sources in your essay. The essay must be about how is reality presented in the play? Can we trust Tom as the narrator of the story? How much of the narrative could be a product of his imagination? Are there particular elements in the play that make us doubt his narrative authority? and it must make an argumentative point that aims to convince the reader of your own perspective. Avoid writing a summary of the play. However, you should introduce the play, briefly, at an early stage in the essay. Use Exploring Literature to include quotations from the play, as well as quoting at least three academic sources, to support your argument. Include the textbook and all academic sources used on a separate “Works Cited” page in MLA citation style. Be careful, no plagiarism of any kind.

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Assignment 8: Distributed Databases
Due Week 9 and worth 50 points A few years have passed, and the restaurant has grown to become a national restaurant chain. Now, they are concerned that remote and branch offices and restaurants in all fifty states will not have ready access to the data. Your supervisor has asked you to write a report to address the concerns of the customer and figure out how to expand the single server / single location database so the other 500 locations will be able to access and update the system. Write a 2-3 page paper in which you:
List three (3) reasons why an organization may have a need for distributed databases and best practices for implementation of distributed database.
List and explain:
The software and hardware components of a distributed database.
Techniques for distributed data placement.
Strategies for distributed query processing.
Briefly explain how an organization would allow programmatic access to a database through the Internet.
Please make any or all appropriate assumptions to answer the following.
Propose a solution for the national restaurant chain on a distributed database system that will work for them.
Create a diagram using Visio, Microsoft Paint, or other graphical creation utility of your choosing to illustrate the diagrams supporting your conclusion. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
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 student’s name, the professor’s 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 Excel, Visio, MS Project, or one of their equivalents such as Open Project, Dia, and OpenOffice. The completed diagrams/charts must be imported into the Word document before the paper is submitted.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Recognize the historical development of database management systems and logical data models.
Recognize the basic file organization techniques.
Describe the core concepts of data quality and their application in an organizational context.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in database systems.
Write clearly and concisely about relational database management systems using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

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Ontology development

ONTOLOGY NAME : HOTEL

A report of about 3000 words (excluding references and figures)

The goal of the project is to develop an ontology in the area of a specific application domain. The project consists of the following four parts:
1. Create an OWL ontology that describes the domain using Protege or any other ontology development tool. For this part you have to decide about the terms of the ontology (the concepts of the domain that will be represented as classes), the class hierarchy (using the subclass relation) and the properties (object and datatype properties) that are related to the classes. Use also some of the features of OWL to model property types, property axioms and class axioms for some of your OWL classes and properties.
2. Draw a graphic representation of the main classes and properties of your ontology.
3. Populate your ontology with concrete instances (individuals) and their properties using the same tool that you used for the first part (e.g. Protege).
4. Describe briefly a potential application of your ontology.
The report should contain:
• a brief description of the main classes of your ontology and their associated propeties (explain when necessary some of the special OWL features that you have used)
• a graphic representation of the main classes and properties
• a description of a useful application of your ontology
You should also submit:
• a .ttl file for your ontology. (To create the .ttl file in Protege, select File -> Save as and then choose the Turtle notation).

Minimum requirements:
• Validity: The ontology should not contain any inconsistencies.
• Size: There is no strict requirement on the size of the ontology. The ontology must include all relative concepts of the domain. For the smallest domains, this means that you may have to define at least 10-15 classes.
• Structure: The ontology should not be flat, meaning that some of the classes must be related via subclass relations. Also, it should not just be a taxonomy (hierarchy) of classes. You should also define properties that relate different classes. In general, all classes should be connected to at least one other class via a subclass relation or a property.
• Features: Minimally you have to use all the features of RDFS (classes, properties, class and property hierarchy, domain and range restrictions) and some of the features of OWL. You have to define: both object and datatype properties, at least one property type (e.g. symmetric, transitive, functional, reflexive), at least one pair of inverse properties and at least one pair of disjoint classes.
• Instances: You have to define instaces for all main classes of your ontology and make statements (property assertions) using the instances and the properties of the ontology.
• Application: You have to describe the type of application that your ontology will be used for, the types of questions that the ontology should provide answers for, and the users of the ontology.
You will get extra credit if:

• You use some of the most complex features of OWL, such as: complement classes, unions/intersections of classes, property chains and universal/existential/cardinality/value restrictions.
• You write some examples of SPARQL queries that are relevant to your application (for this you have to think about the types of questions that the ontology should provide answers for)

Download site:
To develop your ontology it is recommended to use the 4.1 version of Protege.
http://protege.stanford.edu/download/protege/4.1/installanywhere/Web_Installers/

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Learning Objectives and Outcomes
„X You will learn how to describe the procedure to conduct a security assessment for two domains in the client¡¦s information technology (IT) infrastructure¡XWorkstation and System/Applications domains.
Assignment Requirements
Given a Request for Proposal (RFP) and a security analysis project plan, prepare a procedure to conduct a security assessment for the Workstation and System/Applications domains in the client¡¦s IT infrastructure. Provide sufficient details that would enable a person in a position of responsibility in each area to conduct a security assessment by following the steps in the procedure. It is not necessary to provide low-level details that would enable an untrained person to follow the steps in the procedure. Your procedure should address the major areas of concern in each domain.
Required Resources
„X RFP
„X Worksheet: Security Assessment Procedure
Submission Requirements
„X Format: Microsoft Word
„X Font: Arial, Size 12, Double-Space
„X Citation Style: Chicago Manual of Style
„X Length: 1¡V2 pages
Self-Assessment Checklist
„X I have prepared a procedure for conducting a security assessment for the Workstation and System/Applications domains in the client¡¦s IT environment.
„X I have included procedure steps to document the actions in the assessment and the results.
„X I have included procedure steps to prioritize mitigation steps.
„X I have summarized the assessment findings in an executive summary.
IS427: Unit 5 Security Assessment Procedure Worksheet
c ITT Educational Services Page 2
Instructions: Given a Request for Proposal (RFP) and a security analysis project plan, prepare a procedure to conduct a security assessment for the Workstation and System/Applications domains in the client¡¦s information technology (IT) infrastructure. Provide sufficient details that would enable a person in a position of responsibility in each area to conduct a security assessment by following the steps in the procedure. It is not necessary to provide low-level details that would enable an untrained person to follow the steps in the procedure. Your procedure should address the major areas of concern in each domain.
Each procedure step should include the following information:
„X Procedure step: A brief description of the step
„X Explanation: A narrative describing the step and its purpose
„X Action: A narrative describing the action to take to carry out this step
Procedure Step Explanation Action

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please use these sources only : the textbook(Society: The Basics: 12th Edition. John J. Macionis) and PowerPoints attached,

q questions:

1- identify and define 1) the six characteristics of a bureaucracy.

2- Review the following website before viewing the movie:

3. Define the concept alienation. Now, after watching the movie, outline in two or three paragraphs how Initech is an example of Weberian alienation and Marxist alienation. What are the differences and similarities between Weber’s version of alienation and Marx’s” Using examples from the movie, answer this question in two or three paragraphs.

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Write a paper in which you:

1. Analyze three (3) primary challenges facing a police chief in a large city or county sheriff (may be specific to a large city or a large county that has urban, suburban, and rural areas.)
2. Describe three (3) key skills required of a police chief in a large city or county sheriff, explaining why they are important.
3. Explain how ethics, virtue, and character should be reflected in a police chief in a large city or a county sheriff in a large, diverse county.
4. Predict what role ethical decision making will have in the future (next 20 years) of the criminal justice profession and recommend two (2) ways to use ethics to improve decision making.
5. Support your position statement with at least three (3) relevant and credible sources, documented according to the latest edition of APA. (Note: Do not use open source sites such as Ask.com, eHow.com, Answers.com, and Wikipedia.)

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 format (latest edition). Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page developed in accordance with the latest edition of APA, including a running head, page number, the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page, revision of the previous assignment, and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
• Recommend ways to use ethics to improve decision making in the criminal justice system.
• Examine the key elements of virtue and character.
• Analyze leadership skills significant to the criminal justice professional.
• Examine reasons for and effective ways to apply critical ethical thinking to criminal justice issues.
• Discuss the role of ethical decision making for the future of the criminal justice profession.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in ethics and leadership in criminal justice.
• Write clearly and concisely about ethics and leadership in criminal justice using proper writing mechanics.

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For a minimum of eight reading comprehension teaching strategies, develop a graphic organizer for each strategy that would support student learning.
1. Each graphic organizer will support the comprehension strategy being used.
2. Design the graphic organizers around a specific story and strategy.
3. Include a summary of one to two paragraphs for each graphic organizer, explaining how you would use this in a comprehension lesson.
4. Include your rationale: Specify the potential benefits of using each graphic organizer and how it will support assessment of knowledge.

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1.Research: Research at least four (4) information sources on forecasting methods; take notes and record and interpret significant facts, meaningful graphics, accurate sounds and evaluated alternative points of view.
2.Preparation: Produce as storyboard with thumbnails of at least six (6) slides. Include the following elements: ?Title of slide, text, background color, placement & size of graphic, fonts – color, size, type for text and headings
?Hyperlinks (list URLs of any site linked from the slide), narration text, and audio files (if any)
?Number on slides clear
?Logical sequence to the presentation

3.Content: Provide written content with the following elements: ?introduction that presents the overall topic (clear sense of the project’s main idea) and draws the audience into the presentation with compelling questions or by relating to the audience’s interests or goals.
?accurate, current
?clear, concise, and shows logical progression of ideas and supporting information
?motivating questions and advanced organizers
?drawn mainly from primary sources

4.Text Elements: Slides should have the following characteristics: ?fonts are easy-to-read; point size that varies appropriately for headings and text
?italics, bold, and indentations enhance readability
?background and colors enhance the readability of text
?appropriate in length for the target audience; to the point

5.Layout: The layout should have the following characteristics: ?visually pleasing
?contributes to the overall message
?appropriate use of headings, subheadings and white space

6.Media: The graphics, sound, and/or animation should ?assist in presenting an overall theme and enhance understanding of concept, ideas and relationships
?have original images that are created using proper size and resolution; enhance the content
?have a consistent visual theme.

7.Citations: The sources of information should: ?properly cited so that the audience can determine the credibility and authority of the information presented
?be properly formatted according to APA style

The assignment will be graded using the associated rubric.

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Writer the instruction for this assignment is listed below. Please follow the direction as instructed. Please send everything back to me in the exact order. If you need to add cites please put them right under that section and not at the end.

Assignment 1
IDEA Procedural Safeguard # 1 Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) Description: According to the Individual’s with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), all children are afforded the right to a free and appropriate public education. This means, that irrespective of a student’s education needs, under the law (i.e., IDEA), they are afforded the right to access a free and appropriate public education. At times, the extent of a student’s educational needs may extend outside of the range of educational services that their school district offers (e.g., students who may require a therapeutic day school placement but their school district may not have a therapeutic day school within the district). In this case, the school district would still responsible for meeting the educational needs of the students even if the student required an educational placement outside of their home school district. Visit FAPE online at http://www.fape.org/ for more information regarding this procedural safeguard.

Scenario: Michael has been referred for special education services after teachers and his parents had tried several problem-solving efforts within his current school and classroom to help meet his education needs. Results from Michael’s full case study evaluation suggest that he possesses behaviors consist with an emotional disability and requires special education services for more than 50% of his school day in order to help meet his educational needs. Michael’s Individual Education Plan (IEP) team decides that he requires a therapeutic day placement in order to meet his educational needs. An administrator within Michael’s home school district states that the school district does not offer a therapeutic day placement option for students and can only pay $3,000 for an out of district therapeutic day placement. Based on what you have learned about FAPE, write a short response to the school district’s decision regarding Michael’s placement (Is the school district correct? Why? Why not?)

Assignment2
Directions: Read the scenario below and then respond to the questions/statements which follow.
Required length – between 150-250 words.

Scenario: Sally is a 3rd grade student with an identified specific learning disability in the academic areas of reading comprehension and math reasoning. Sally requires a resource level of support whereby she spends the majority of her school day within her general education 3rd grade classroom. Sally spends at least 20% of her school day receiving specialized instruction in the areas of reading comprehension and math reasoning (i.e., the academic areas where her disability manifests itself). Sally’s specialized instruction may include small group instruction with the special education teacher outside or inside of her classroom.

Based on what you have learned about inclusion:
1. 1. Are Sally’s current special education services consistent with the inclusion model? Why? Why Not?
2. 2. What should Sally’s general education 3rd grade teacher do to help fully include her within the 3rd grade classroom?
3. 3. Find at least two good websites regarding special education inclusion within the general education classroom and list as well as, describe their website content.
Assignment 3
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This course includes weekly discussion forum dialogs. Forum assignments are required and will be graded. One “initial post” must be submitted to your instructor’s posted instructions by Wednesday. This response must be a minimum of 400 words. Two additional reply responses must be entered to classmates’ initial posts by Sunday. Each response must be a minimum of 200 words.

Inclusion of students with disabilities into the regular education classroom, is an important component of IDEA. Read arguments regarding inclusion (both pros and cons) from both of the websites listed below and write a response regarding inclusion and whether you believe it is an effective practice for children with special needs.
1) www.hoagiesgifted.org/eric/archived/e521.html

2) http://www.sedl.org/change/issues/issues43.html

Forum #3 Week 3

Autism

One “initial post” must be submitted to your instructor’s posted instructions by Wednesday. This initial post must be a minimum of 400 words. Two additional reply responses must be submitted to classmates’ initial posts by Sunday. Each reply response must be a minimum of 200 words

Autism Spectrum Disorder is characterized as a disorder where children display deficits in: a) social interaction, b) verbal and nonverbal communication, and c) repetitive behaviors or interests (National Institute of Mental Health, 2007).
For this forum, visit the Autism Speak website (link below) and review the many tabs.
Review the:
1. Family Services tab and focus on one of the tool kits and
2. Science tab -and focus on one of the articles. Then answer the following questions:

1) Briefly compare and contrast the difference between information presented on the website and in the textbook (Chapter 11).

2) How can the information on this website practically impact families with a child with Autism
http://www.autismspeaks.org/?gclid=CKH1moq3v7ICFak7Mgodg3QAlQ

If clicking on the above link does not take you to the website you may:
1. Copy and paste the above URL into your favorite browser on your computer
2. Or, Search using your favorite browser using the phrase Autism Speaks or AustimsSpeaks.org

Forum #4 Week 5

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

One “initial post” must be submitted to your instructor’s posted instructions by Wednesday. This response must be a minimum of 400 words. Two additional responses must be entered to classmates’ initial posts by Sunday. Each reply response must be a minimum of 200 words

These posts must be substantive, meaning that they contribute to the conversation/discussion. You may not simply post that you agree or disagree with your classmate. Posts that do not meet the minimum word requirements will not be accepted for grading. All posts must be made by the posting deadline. Late or partial posts will not be accepted. Posting on-time facilitates the flow of the discussion board. Thank you in advance for your cooperation with this matter. These instructions will apply to all discussion forums for this course.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a therapeutic approached used to help individuals understand more about how what they think can impact their behavior (i.e., what we do). CBT has been used as a treatment method for students with emotional disabilities.

Click the link below and read more about cognitive behavioral therapy and then write a response regarding whether you think CBT is an appropriate method of treatment for children with emotional disabilities and why.

Include in your post: a description of CBT, pros, cons, your thoughts on the effectiveness of this therapy.

What is CBT? This is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy.

Forum #5 Week 6
Traumatic Injury
This course includes weekly discussion forums. Discussion forum assignments are required and will be graded. One “initial post” must be submitted to your instructor’s posted instructions by Wednesday. This response must be a minimum of 400 words. Two additional responses must be entered to classmates’ initial posts by Sunday. Each response must be a minimum of 200 words.

Many traumatic injuries can be prevented. ThinkFirst is an organization that addresses prevention (research and policy) of injuries such as traumatic brain injury (TBI), spinal cord injury (SCI) and other injuries. Explore the website and
1) Discuss a minimum of one prevention strategy to prevent TBI in children and youth

2) Discuss the role teachers and other school staff should play in the area of prevention. Should schools be responsible for prevention programs? If not who?
Link: http://www.thinkfirst.org/home.asp

Forum #6 Week 7
Communication Disorders
This course includes weekly discussion forum dialogs. Discussion forum assignments are required and will be graded. One “initial post” must be submitted to your instructor’s posted instructions by Wednesday. This response must be a minimum of 400 words. Two additional responses must be entered to classmates’ initial posts by Sunday. Each response must be a minimum of 200 words.

Please read the scenario below and respond to the following questions:
Jane is a first grade student who appears to be experiencing both expressive and receptive language difficulties. More specifically, Jane experiences problems with verbally communicating both socially and in academic situations as well as actually understanding what others say to her and following directions. Jane’s grades have started to slip at school and Jane is showing signs of frustration and other behavior issues. The teacher has not contacted her parents, or consulted with other teachers or specialist staff about interventions she could do for Jane to help her. Jane’s teacher is very concerned and wants to refer Jane for an evaluation for a specific learning disability.

1) Should Jane’s teacher be recommending her for an evaluation related to a specific learning disability? Why? Why not?
Include in your discussion:
• Definition of a specific learning disability,
• Definition of a speech and language disability
• The process before referral/ evaluation
• Your thoughts and experiences within this area
Any other discussion you would like to contribute regarding this topic

2) What interventions in the classroom could Jane’s teacher implement in order to help Jane with her expressive and receptive language problems? Be as specific as you can regarding types of interventions.

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Project Overview

Suzie Allbright, CPA, is planning the audit of a newly obtained client, Phillips Energy, for the year ended December 31, 20xx. Phillips Energy is regulated by the state utility commission and because it is a publicly traded company, the audited financial statements must be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Phillips Energy is considerably more profitable than many of its competitors, largely due to its extensive investment in information technologies used in its energy distribution and other key business processes. Recent growth into rural markets, however, has placed some strain on 20xx operations. Additionally, Phillips Energy expanded its investments into speculative markets and is also making greater use of derivative and hedging transactions to mitigate some of its investment risks. Because of the complexities of the accounting associated with these activities, Phillips Energy added several highly educated and experienced accountants within its financial reporting team. The Internal Audit department, which has direct reporting responsibility to the Audit Committee, is also actively involved in reviewing key accounting assumptions and estimates on a quarterly basis.

Suzie Allbright’s discussion with the previous auditor revealed that the client has experienced some difficulty in correctly tracking existing property, plant, and equipment items. This largely involves equipment located at its various energy production facilities. During the recent year, Phillips acquired a rural electric company, which expanded the number of energy production facilities.

Allbright plans to staff the audit engagement with several members of the firm who have experience in auditing energy and public companies. Partner review of key accounts will be extensive.

Refer to the Course Schedule within the Syllabus for specific project deliverables and due dates.

Deliverable

You have two deliverables for this assignment:

Project 2 – Part 1: Definition of the Audit Risk Model

Answer the following questions to define the audit risk model and its components:

1. Define the audit risk model.
2. What is meant by control risk? What is the effect on the amount of evidence the auditor must gather and evaluate when control risk is decreased from high to low?
3. What is meant by inherent risk? Identify four factors that make for high inherent risk in audits.
4. What is meant by acceptable audit risk? What is its relevance to evidence accumulation?
5. What is meant by planned detection risk? What is the effect on the amount of evidence the auditor must gather and evaluate when planned detection risk is increased from medium to high?

Project 2 – Part 2: Evaluation of the Case Study

Based on the information provided in the case study, create a chart that identifies the following:

• Minimum of ten risk factors
• Effect on the risk of material misstatement. Does the factor increase or decrease the risk?
• Audit risk model component. Identify the component of the model that applies to the factor selected. You will use one of the following:

• Inherent risk
• Acceptable audit risk
• Control risk
• Planned detection risk

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