...From this case study we have found out that combined efforts towards counter terrorism are being made by various agencies by creating a terrorist watch list. Terrorist Screening center or TSC is the organization created to organize and standardize information about suspected terrorist from various government agencies such into a single list. Records there only contain sensitive but unclassified information about the suspects. The database is daily updated with new nominations, modification and deletion. Various agencies that provide the valuable information to TSC are FBI, CIA, National Security Agency, Transportation security administration, Department of Homeland Security, State Department, Customs and Border Protection, secret service, U.S. Marshall Service, and the Whitehouse airlines. The unification of various terrorism databases has been a huge step towards combating terrorists, the project has been quite slow in implementing itself to its full potential as information from 12 different agencies provides them with large amount of data and the TSC has not been able to process it all. Besides the huge database the modification made daily also makes it hard for them in the integration process. Even though this step makes great difference in countering terrorism, it still has many drawbacks that affect the innocent public too. Reports from both the government accountability office and the office of the inspector general assert that the watch list contains several......
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...solution. One of America’s oldest spectacles is being driven to the brink of failure by a powerful industry that is not looking out for the values of this great land. Hopefully pressure from an increasingly aware public and reduction in technology costs will help aide this problem. I chose this topic for a few reasons. I have been an intense outdoorsman since some of my first memories at my cabin. And one of my favorite pastimes is simply breathing in crisp, clean air in a wilderness setting. So I am naturally intrigued and concerned about this issue. As for my opinion, wow…..how much time you got? I think the fact that virtually no environmental topics such as this one are presented in the media while the Michael Jackson court case gets around the clock coverage is a reflection of values in our society. Many Americans don’t care about what they eat or how much they exercise, so why would they care about the air they breathe at a park. None the less, I hope for a resolution to this problem as we work to generate alternative energy sources. I believe the information in my sources was fairly accurate as far as general concepts of the issue go, statistics tended to vary a little though and some web sites were possibly a bit biased. Reference citations: Book Chapter: Cunningham, William P. Cunningham, Mary-Ann Climate and Pollution Principles of Environmental Science. McGraw Hill, 2004. 194-223 www.smokiesinformation.org...
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...Lab Assessment 1. Which IT assets did you prioritize as critical to administrative or student computing? The IT assets I listed as critical to both were File Servers, Dedicated Storage on the servers for the teachers for student information, Firewall(s), Router(s), and Switch(es), Wireless Access, Principal Laptop, and Student Records. 2. List your top five (5) risk exposures for which you believe this school should have specific risk mitigation strategies. My top five (5) risk exposures would be wireless access security, the principal’s laptop being left or stolen when she travels and the password being easy to guess, social engineering to gain access to not only student systems (laptops and computer science computers) but also to teacher and administrator systems, the use of Facebook, MySpace and Twitter while at school exposing daily activities and routines while at school or work in the case of the faculty, Physical security at the school protecting the servers, student data, school business information, etc. and strong password policy. 3. Given the potential risks that you identified, what IT security policies would you recommend be created by the school to help mitigate each of the identified risk exposures you listed in #2 above? First and foremost a comprehensive security policy that takes into consideration the variables and factors at the school. This includes students, teachers, physical access, layout of the school and property, security measures as defined...
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...The List Story by 10/16/2013 I find myself on the ledge of a building with two of his thugs grabbing me. I think to myself how did I get here? Should I have done what I did? Is this the end? I should start from the beginning. I grew up in a wealthy house hold. My father was well known for breakthroughs in the technology field. He was working on many projects but the one that made him a multi-millionaire was the work in self-sustaining energy. When I was eighteen, my father and I went on a trip to China, a trip that would change our lives forever. It was a pretty quiet plane ride. Dad was working on his laptop and I was listening to music. I noticed there was a very bad storm out of the window. The plane was shaking. Suddenly the lights went out and the oxygen masks deployed. Something hit my head. The next thing I know we are in the water and my dad is yelling my name. I see him in the distance swimming towards me. He gets to me and gives me his life vest. He tells me that I have to survive, that his company isn’t what I thought it was. He gives me a book with a list of names and tells me that everyone on that list has done terrible things to stay rich, and that he is no different. He told me stories of how he and the people on this list got wealthy by stepping on the necks of the poor. That he has had people hurt or killed to keep his company on top. He stayed with me as long as he could but as time went by he got weaker. He couldn’t......
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...STRATEGY PORTER’S FIVE COMPITITIVE FORCES SWOT: TIEUPS AND ACQUISITIONS CABLE AND WIRELESS FLAG Telecom CRITICISM ON STRATEGY ADOPTED BY RELIANCE 4 RELIANCE GROUP ABOUT The Reliance Group was founded by Dhirubhai H. Ambani is India's largest business house. Total revenues : Rs 99,000 crore Cash profit : Rs 12,500 crore Net profit : Rs 6,200 crore Exports : Rs 15,900 crore Reliance Group revenue is equivalent to about 3.5% of India's GDP. The Group contributes nearly 10% of the country's indirect tax revenues and over 6% of India's exports. Reliance is trusted by an investor family of over 3.1 million - India's largest. Every 4th investor in India has Reliance shares. Reliance is the only Indian private company to make the Fortune 500 list of the world’s largest corporations FACTS Some facts about Reliance Group: 5 Company Profile The Reliance Group founded by Dhirubhai H. Ambani (1932-2002) is India's largest business house with total revenues of over Rs 99,000 crore (US$ 22.6 billion), cash profit of Rs 12,500 crore (US$ 2.8 billion), net profit of Rs 6,200 crore (US$ 1.4 billion) and exports of Rs 15,900 crore (US$ 3.6 billion). The Group's activities span exploration and production (E&P) of oil and gas, refining and marketing, petrochemicals (polyester, polymers, and intermediates), textiles, financial services and insurance, power, telecom and infocomm initiatives. The Group exports its products to more than 100 countries the world over. Reliance......
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...Annotated Reference List: The Case for Charter Schools Deena Harrison Grand Canyon University: UNV 501 1/8/2014 Villavicencio, A. (2013). "It's Our Best Choice Right Now": Exploring How Charter School Parents Choose. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 21(81), 1-19. In this journal article, Research Associate at the Research Alliance for New York City Schools, Dr. Adriana Villavicencio, discusses the reasons why parents choose charter schools instead of the public school options available to them within the districts where they live. The author states that most people believe that charter schools are being chosen more because “quality drives consumer choice” (Villavicencio 2013). After interviewing parents who enrolled students in two different charter schools, Villavicencio discovers that parents do not necessarily make choices about school selection based upon school performance or quality, but on a variety of different influences such as socioeconomic status, school location, and education level of the parent. Blazer, C., & Miami-Dade County Public Schools, R. (2010). Research Comparing Charter Schools and Traditional Public Schools. Information Capsule. Volume 1007. Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools. In this research article, author Christie Blazer, Senior Research Analyst at the Office of Accountability and System wide Performance in Miami-Dade County Public Schools, examines the differences in public and charter schools and......
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...Trouble with the Terrorist Watch List Database Case Study 1. What concepts in this chapter are illustrated in this case? Many of the advantages (and shortcomings) of database management systems (DBMS) are illustrated by the terrorist watch list case study. For instance, the watch list solves some of the problems of traditional file environment by reducing redundancy (each agency with some responsibility for homeland security maintaining its own separate list). Also, ideally the list should minimize data inconsistency. DBMS includes tools for accessing and manipulating the information in the database (test, p. 245). This should be helpful on a terrorist watch list in which changes, deletions and retrieval of data may be required by multiple users. 2. Why was the consolidated terrorist watch list crated? What are the benefits of the list? The list was created in the aftermath of the 9-11 attacks, when critics of US intelligence suggested that the lack of shared information among intelligence agencies was partially responsible for our vulnerability to attack. Specifically, the list was created “to organize and standardize information about suspected terrorists…into a single list to enhance communication between agencies.” Prior to creation of the list, these agencies “lacked a consistent process to share relevant information concerning the individual’s on each agency’s list.” The benefits of the list include its daily updating, which keeps it current. ......
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...ACCOUNTING 256 FIRST MIDTERM Review Problems Multiple Choice—Choose the best answer. Managerial accounting is concerned with: The company as a whole, rather than with the segments of a company. The data needs of stockholders and creditors. The relevance and flexibility of data rather than precision. Meeting the requirements of generally accepted accounting principles. Recording the financial history of the organization. The basic difference between managerial and financial accounting is that: Financial accounting is concerned with providing financial information to stockholders, whereas managerial accounting is concerned with providing information to managers for their use in planning, controlling and decision making. Managerial accounting emphasizes relevant historical information about the whole firm, whereas financial accounting does not. Managerial accounting must follow generally accepted accounting principles, whereas financial accounting does not. Managerial accounting records the financial history of the organization, whereas financial accounting does not. Which of the following is a true statement regarding product and/ or period costs? Period costs never appear on the balance sheet. Product costs appear on the income statement but never on the balance sheet. Neither product nor period costs ever appear on the balance sheet. Neither product nor period costs ever appear on the income statement. Manufacturing overhead consists of: All......
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...Apollo Checklist | | | | | | | | | Section | | Page | To Do – Yes/No | WP Reference | Blackboard Template Available – Yes/No | Description of To Do | | Other Notes | Planning | | 6 | Yes | GA-1 | No | 2. Draft Engagement Letter using the sample letter from the previous auditors in Blackboard. You will need to type this in word from scratch. You will need to make appropriate changes as needed and as discussed in class. | | | Planning | | 6 | Yes | GA-2 | No | 3.Draft short staffing requirements memo | | | Planning | | 37 | Yes | Varies | Yes | Note you do not need to search for audit programs – Refer to Blackboard for Audit Program Templates that are included with each audit area. You will need to reference and sign off each audit step as required (note that all audit steps provided in the audit program may not be needed.) | | | Planning | | 38 | Yes | GA-3 | Yes | Draft workpaper for the notes and information obtained from the 2011/2012 minutes (as discussed in class) | | | Planning | | 42 | Yes | A-1, A-2 etc | Yes | Trial Balance numbers for 2011 and 2010 9pages 43-44 are already input into the excel worksheets to use as a trial balance template | | | Planning | | 45 | Yes | A-1,A-2 etc | Yes | Use excel trial balance worksheets to calculate analytics as we demonstrated in class. You must complete items 1a and b. Financial Statement and changes and financial ratios Also, we completed item 2 - using items {a}–{j} but not in......
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...ECOSYSTEMS PAPER (LAKE TAHOE) SCI/256 Lake Tahoe is a large and a very beautiful lake in Nevada region of the United States. The surface are of the lake is about 191, 500 square miles. The average depth of the lake is about 300 meters. The lake is surrounded vegetation which supports a variety of plant life and animal life. The diversity of the organisms living around the lake is great. The vegetation around the lake consists of rain forests including species of Jeffry Pine, lodgepole Pine, white and red first. Vegetation also includes dry meadows and brush fields. The brush field Ceanothus has the capability of fixing nitrogen that makes the soil of the surrounding lake more fertile. There are several processes that prevail inside and outside the lake. The lake is under threat from eutrophication that can severely affect the aquatic life living in it and the surrounding vegetation. It has been estimated that there has been changes in the populations of the various aquatic animals living in the lake’s waters. Zooplankton population has faced the greatest changes. The lake experiences winter and summer seasons with full might. Temperatures can go as high as 25.9 degrees Celsius in the summer and as low as sub-zero in the winter. The vegetation surrounding the lake experiences these temperature changes and responds to this stimulus by the change in leaf colors and leaf numbers. The seasonal......
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...The Commerce Control List Part 774—page 1 Table of Contents § 774.1 INTRODUCTION ......................... 1 §774.2 [RESERVED] ................................. 2 SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 TO PART 774 – THE COMMERCE CONTROL LIST........ 1 SUPPLEMENT NO. 2 TO PART 774 – GENERAL TECHNOLOGY AND SOFTWARE NOTES ................................. 1 SUPPLEMENT NO. 3 TO PART 774 – STATEMENTS OF UNDERSTANDING . 1 SUPPLEMENT NO. 4 TO PART 774 – COMMERCE CONTROL LIST ORDER OF REVIEW ............................................... 1 SUPPLEMENT NO. 5 TO PART 774 ITEMS CLASSIFIED UNDER ECCNS 0A521, 0B521, 0C521, 0D521 AND 0E521 ..................................................................... 1 SUPPLEMENT NO. 6 TO PART 774 – SENSITIVE LIST ....................................... 1 SUPPLEMENT NO. 7 TO PART 774 – VERY SENSITIVE LIST ........................... 1 § 774.1 INTRODUCTION (a) Scope of the control list. In this part, references to the EAR are references to 15 CFR chapter VII, subchapter C. The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) maintains the Commerce Control List (CCL) that includes “items” -- i.e., “commodities,” “software,” and “technology” -- subject to the authority of BIS. The CCL does not include items exclusively controlled for export by another department or agency of the U.S. Government, though in instances where other agencies administer controls over related items, entries in the CCL Export Administration Regulations may...
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... | |B) |during the Industrial Revolution | |C) |after the Industrial Revolution | |D) |when there were only a few people on the Earth | |E) |overuse always had a global effect | |2. |Like the Scientific Method, the process of making decisions can be presented as a series of steps. List these steps, as | | |enumerated in this course. | Assumptions, Observation, Hypothesis, Experimentation, Theories (answers) |3. |You weigh flour on a scale to find out how much you need for baking cookies because your recipe calls for exactly 105.00 grams | | |(otherwise your cookies will be like bricks). Yesterday the scale fell from the counter onto the floor and is now off by 10.25 | | |grams. Did you get a precise or an accurate measurement? Justify your answer. | Precise because the amount is still the same, if it were an......
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...Oil Spills in Water SCI/256 Louise Morell Oil is one natural resource that has been maintained for the most part around the world. It has had its positive and negative effects on the human population as well as in agriculture. Several practices have been put into place in order to manage the sustainability of oil. Countries around the world cross-train and share ways on how to be more conservative with this energy resource. With all of these practices in place, there is irreparable damage in the freshwater aquatic and marine ecosystems when oil is deposited into the environment. Oil spills are something that can affect large bodies of water as well as small. It has been made known the affects it has had on oil drilling in our oceans but, oil spills can happen accidently or due to poor drilling practices in local areas as well. In the freshwater and aquatic arena, oil can be found. Rarely does it exist in its fundamental state as in most areas it must be processed. Although it is a natural resource, it is considered a localized resource due to it being found only in certain areas. It is also an exhaustible resource, which means that it is something that can run out, unlike air. When there is an oil spill in the freshwater or marine ecosystem, there is no mixture of these two liquids as the two are immiscible. Unfortunately the freshwater, which serves as a nesting ground and food source for many different species, it creates a threat to the inhabitants who......
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...Session), complete the case analysis outlined below. Week 4 Midterm Group Project Business Problem-Solving Case: Trouble with the Terrorist Watch List Database This is a group project and only one group paper will be accepted for the team. Read the case study for chapter 6 (pages 241 -244). Complete a 5 to 8 page paper addressing each of the five case study questions listed below. State the question then the answer for each question. You must have a "REFERENCE PAGE" using the APA format. This is the last page of the paper. References in the Reference Page must be cited in the paper (APA format). Minimally the textbook must be referenced. Double space 12 point, Times Roman, page number bottom center. First sentence in the first paragraph of the answer to the question must be indented five (5) spaces. 1. What concepts in this chapter are illustrated in this case? 2. Why was the consolidated terror watch list created? What are the benefits of the list? 3. Describe some of the weaknesses of the watch list. What management, organization, and technology factors are responsible for these weaknesses? 4. If you were responsible for the management of the TSC watch list database, what steps would you take to correct some of these weaknesses? 5. Do you believe that the watch list represents a significant threat to individuals’ privacy or Constitutional rights? Why or why not? I do not believe that the terrorist watch list......
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