What are DHS current anti-terror and counter-terror capabilities

This is a paper that is focusing on what are DHS current anti-terror and counter-terror capabilities. The paper also provides additional information to use in the writing of the assignment paper. Below is the assessment description to follow:

What are DHS current anti-terror and counter-terror capabilities

The Homeland Security (DHS) agency is intended to be the stronger line of defense against terrorism in the U.S. Write a 10-12-page paper answering the following questions with consideration of the TSA:

Firstly, how is the DHS structured, and what are its current anti-terror and counter-terror capabilities? Given those capabilities, what does this indicate about what the DHS considers the most likely type of attack and by whom/what (Individuals? Organizations? Domestic militias? Radicalized residents? Foreign nationals?…)
Secondly, what have you identified as DHS areas in need of improvement? What are its strong points?

Thirdly, are there indications of how the DHS works with national intelligence agencies? Comment on this point, examining what may need improving regarding inter-agency relations and cooperation.
Fourthly, summarize your findings and recommendations as an ‘executive brief’ (no more than 2 pages long). Your recommendations should be realistic, soundly based in current structures and also capabilities (this includes strengthening those capabilities as identified). It should take into account potential restrictions of human rights, too. It should also reflect the current state of knowledge regarding homeland security and counter- / anti- terrorism. Include a statement that reflects your findings on what types of terror-relating incidents are consider most likely to occur inside the U.S. (all 50 states, not just the 48 continental ones).

Topic Selection: Risk Management within the TSA

Thesis Statement: With the deployment of screening, profiling and the passenger identification strategies, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), is in a position to minimize a risk or potential threat that could occur during a routine flight.

Describe SDLC steps in implementation relating to DRMS

This is a paper that is focusing on the student to describe SDLC steps in implementation relating to DRMS. The paper also provides additional information to use in the writing of the assignment paper. Below is the assessment description to follow:

Describe SDLC steps in implementation relating to DRMS

Scenario: You are working as a system analyst for a non-profit organization whose financials are mostly from donations. You are thinking to create a Web application to manage the donors, similar to a CRM (customer relationship management) system. So, let’s call it a DRMS (Donor Relationship Management System).

What to do: Imagine you were hired as a system analyst, based on the SDLC framework and materials you learn from this class, write up a short paper (less than 5 pages, double spacing) for the followings:

1. Describe what you will do for each step in SDLC up to implementation. You will need to relate the steps to the DRMS. For example, who are the users of DRMS and what are its functional requirements? You do not need to actually do the design such as the DFD, UI and ERD. But you should describe what they are and what you expect them to be.

2. SDLC is only a framework. As stated in Chapter 1, you will need a process model to execute it. What exactly is a process model? What process model, e.g. Waterfall, Agile, Spiral, etc. will you adopt and why?

Remember, ensure that the pages are exclusive of the cover and the reference pages. Also, ensure that you include all the references you use in finding research for this assignment paper. References should be at least three for the paper. All references, citation, and writing should follow the APA formatting and styling guidelines. Finally, ensure you focus on the assignment topic in detail.

Ensure that you follow the instructions provided keenly. Marking of the assignment is on how you do the task and how you submit the assignment too. In case of any question feel free to ask your instructor for more guidelines before doing the assignment.

Propose a New Historical Monument

Propose a New Historical Monument: This semester, we talked a lot about the removal of monuments. We studied the ways that localities around the globe removed monuments that enshrined histories of racism, colonization, and conquest

Propose a New Historical Monument

Assignment Ideas:
Propose a New Historical Monument
This semester, we talked a lot about the removal of monuments. We studied the ways that localities around the globe removed monuments that enshrined histories of racism, colonization, and conquest – histories that no longer reflected the priorities of the community. What should replace these toppled monuments? Think about the people and events that we discussed this semester: What or who embodies who you want to celebrate? Write a proposal for a new historical monument and explain your reasoning using historical evidence.

Be a Public Historian
You have been hired as the new Head Curator of the Early American History wing of the Smithsonian Museum.
Your first job is to design an exhibit for one of the three main areas we discussed in this course: 1) North
American Empires, 2) The Age of Revolution, or 3) Becoming and Unbecoming American. Focusing on one of these areas, pick THREE objects, images, or documents you will highlight in your exhibit. Describe why you picked them, what you want them to illustrate, and how you will present them.

Home for the Holidays

For many of us, winter break means spending time with family and friends. Sometimes, this means participating in conversations about history with people who don’t know much about history at all. Many well-meaning people who have never taken a history course, read a historical book, or studied primary sources think they understand the American past. Lucky for them, you’re here to help! What are some of the myths you might encounter in family conversations about early American history? Write a script outlining such a conversation, explaining how you might win an argument over some widely held misconceptions about North American history. Be sure to use primary sources, course readings, and evidence to support your claims.

Design a Lesson Plan
You be the teacher! Pick a week, a theme, or a reading from this semester and design a lesson plan to teach to an age level of your choosing. What core issues do you want your students to learn? Additionally, what kinds of questions will you ask of your students? What kinds of exercises, assignments, or sources will you have them do? Justify and explain your lesson plan in your paper.
Write the Final Lecture of This Course

You be the Professor! How do you want to wrap up this class? What are the big takeaway lessons from nearly 400 years of North American history? How might you emphasize to your students why history matters and what examples will you use to illustrate your main points? You can write this summation chronologically, thematically, geographically, or through individual characters. The choice is yours – it’s your class!

Social Media

So many of the individuals and events we discussed this semester would lend themselves to social media. What individuals do you think would use social media well and how? Do you have ideas about how to harness the power of social media to illustrate, inform, explore, and educate the public about an episode of American History?
If so, go forth and experiment. Use some form of social media to explore a particular theme, event, set of ideas, document, reading, or individual from this semester. Record a podcast, generate memes, and craft a Twitter thread, start a tumblr, make some gifs. Always ground your ideas in course material and evidence but go forth and surprise me.

Mixed media
Are you artistically, musically, poetically, cinematically, or otherwise creatively inclined? Are you going to write the next Broadway smash “Ona Judge: The Musical”? Additionally, do you want to create a movie trailer for your Pox Americana film pitch? Are you an animator with made skills? Also, a poet moved by history? Additionally, an actor who wants to do a dramatic reading of a historical text? Finally, work to your strengths and create an “unessay” project that brings together lessons, insights, evidence, or reflections on our course material in a meaningful creative project. You have a lot of free rein here. Dazzle me. Make me proud

Select an issue or problem that you wish to investigate critically

Select an issue or problem that you wish to investigate critically. Include your introduction that explains the context of the issue. From this introduction, formulate a question or thesis (Links to an external site.)

Select an issue or problem that you wish to investigate critically

Select an issue or problem that you wish to investigate critically. Formulate a question or thesis on the issue so that your research has a clear and cogent direction.

Use Paul and Elder’s (2012) intellectual standards to find a topic or problem that is clear, relevant, significant, and precise.

Now, write a paper that addresses the problem or issue via scholarly sources.
Your paper should include the following:

Title page: include your name, date, title of essay, and class

Introduction: provide a two-paragraph introduction that frames the issue or problem carefully

Engagement with issue or problem using scholarly sources and the intellectual standards proposed by Paul and Elder (2012): What is the issue? Why is it significant? Why is this issue relevant to you (and/or your community)? What have you learned about the depth and breadth of the issue or problem from scholarly sources? How do the scholarly sources aid you in fair-mindedness and logic?

Conclusion: Reflect on your issue or problem and how the sources informed your thinking. What have you learned? How can you apply the intellectual standards and elements of reason to this issue or problem to come to creative solutions? What critical questions remain?

References

Journal Submission. Each module lecture contains a section with journal prompts that focus on reflection and application of the module content. Use the Journal Template to record your answers for each module’s prompt(s). Also, include these entries at the end of your Final Portfolio.

Details

Firstly, cCite all claims and ideas using scholarly sources. While it is acceptable to write in the first person, be sure to cite your sources to support your inferences.

Additionally, your paper should engage a minimum of six scholarly sources that are not required or recommended readings for this course. The CSU-Global Library is a good place to find these sources.

Your paper should be eight to ten pages in length and formatted according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing & APA.

Papers should be double-spaced, 12-point font.

Describe the steps of an outbreak investigation in 1944 event

This is a paper that is focusing on the student to describe the steps of an outbreak investigation in 1944 event. The paper also provides additional information to use in the writing of the assignment paper. Below is the assessment description to follow:

Describe the steps of an outbreak investigation in 1944 event

Eleven Blue Men

The true story of the eleven blue men by Berton Roueché is one of the staple readings for many who study public health and epidemiology. The story takes place in late 1944 and centers upon eleven men who, aside from their breakfast location, have little to do with one another. However, what makes this story unique and of interest today is that it highlights the speed and importance of a proper epidemiologic investigation.

Read “Eleven Blue Men
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After reading, answer the following questions:

Firstly, describe the 10 steps of an outbreak investigation as it pertains to this particular event in 1944. That is, for each step highlight where in the event that step occurred.
Secondly, on your own, draw the epidemic curve  for this incident. In your submitted assignment identify the type of curve it represents.
Thirdly, calculate and state the incubation period for the illness affecting the eleven blue men.
Fourthly, identify three questions that Dr. Greenberg asked the patients.
Identify three questions that Dr. Pellitteri asked the patients.

Also, identify three questions that the epidemiologists asked the Eclipse Cafeteria employees.
Identify the culprit. Also, what about these men was unique when compared to the other people who ate in the cafeteria that day?
Lastly, provide at least two additional questions you would have liked the investigators to have asked the patients or employees. Why do you feel these questions would have helped?

The Eleven Blue Men assignment

Must be at least two to three double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style
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as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center
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Must contain responses to these questions that are placed in paragraph form, not simply listed as bullets.
You need to demonstrate that you can collect, compile, and present a broad array of information in a narrative form.

Give an overview of the Public Trust Doctrine

Give an overview of the Public Trust Doctrine. What is it? What are its strengths and weaknesses? Discuss what is covered under doctrine. Do you think it should be expanded to protect other environmental resources, and if so, which ones?

Give an overview of the Public Trust Doctrine

Please answer each of the following questions thoroughly. A minimum word limit has been specified for each question but this is a minimum only, please use as many words as necessary to completely answer the questions. You can add your answers directly to this Word document, place your name on the top, and submit it in Blackboard by the end of the week (see schedule for due date).

The only resource you may use is your textbook and you must cite the page numbers (e.g., Salzman and Thompson, pg. 46) in your answers when you have included information from the book.

Be careful not to plagiarize and do not use quotes except in rare circumstances; paraphrase the material instead.
NOTE: You should write 1 essay for each chapter and it should address all aspects of the discussion question in a well-organized, cohesive essay that draws from information provided in the textbook. In other words, do not just repeat each section of the question then write an answer to it.

EXAM QUESTIONS

Chapter 10 – Public Trust Doctrine: (minimum 800 words)
Give an overview of the Public Trust Doctrine. What is it? What are its strengths and weaknesses? Discuss what is covered under doctrine. Do you think it should be expanded to protect other environmental resources, and if so, which ones?
[If you need more information than is in the textbook, read the paper at: http://wildlife.org/wp- content/uploads/2014/05/ptd_10-1.pdf]

Chapter 11 – Energy: (minimum 500 words)
Discuss how the United States should balance the goals of reducing carbon emissions, increasing energy independence, and protecting the economy. Discuss how and which renewable energies fit into this equation.

Chapter 12 – NEPA: (minimum 500 words)
Explain in detail NEPA and EIS. What are they? Discuss NEPAs reach (who has to comply with them and who does not). Also, discuss the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of NEPA in protecting the environment.

Conservation Law, Conservation Easements & Land Trusts: (minimum 800 words)
Discuss changes in Texas land trends and how conservation easements and land trusts may be needed in private lands conservation. Explain what conservation easements are, what they do, and who administers them. Discuss the pros and cons of this tool and give your opinion as to whether you think they are a good idea for private landowners in Texas (be sure to explain your opinion).

Education should be made available for free to all

Agree or disagree with the following statement: Education should be made available for free to all.As you can see, while there two topics, there are four different basic thesis statements which could result from these prompts.

Education should be made available for free to all

Agree or disagree with the following statement: Education should be made available for free to all.
As you can see, while there two topics, there are four different basic thesis statements which could result from these prompts.  You may write for or against.  Please do not SAY that you are for or against.  Do NOT be overt.  Simply make a strong thesis statement which expresses your view and DO NOT say I believe or I think.

When you are given a topic, you may be given the instructions that you can argue for or against it.  Read the question on the final exam carefully to see if the two choices are available for each question.  In theory this means you really have FOUR, not two possible theses on the final exam.

In class we discussed common essay structures for five-paragraph (three body paragraph) essays.  Beginning with a full “concession” paragraph is an option, but in my opinion (do you see how I did that…I used in my opinion because I am addressing you directly, not writing an essay) – in my opinion, not a good one for a short essay.  It is better suited to a much longer form.  Ending with the concession is even more risky – unless you are certain to refute this counter idea and end with a solid and stronger restatement of your own argument.

The best option is to include a clause (half a sentence), a sentence, or a few brief sentences after your topic sentence in each paragraph where you acknowledge the other position, or in at least one of your paragraphs.  You then proceed to counter this with your own, more developed position.  This is also called “refutation.”

Reread any articles you wish for this class essay.

You can only use material from the course pack for your resources.  Do not forget to use correct in-text citation forms, and make your reference list as accurately and close to the models given in the course pack as you can.

The thesis can be quite close to the original prompt, although you may paraphrase this (good idea).  I prefer the use of should, instead of must, but in this case, neither works nor is necessary.  You may also include the three areas of support you intend to develop. In class I suggested that you begin your thesis statement with these ideas so that you can finish with a clear and forceful proposition.

You MUST use support taken from at least one reading for this assignment.  On the final exam, it would be a good idea to use a minimum of two, but possibly three different readings to help make your point.  This does not mean direct quotations, although you may consider using one direct quote.  The general ideas belong to you…perhaps you recently learned them but they do not belong to anyone. If you chose to use paraphrase, it is when you borrow a key idea from one of the texts.  Remember that the reading support YOUR idea.  It is not your job to summarize the readings.

With the advent of super PACs do you think that this is a good development in American politics

The role of PACs is controversial. With the advent of super PACs, do you think that this is a good development in American politics? Reading the articles and looking at the general trends in American politics, …

With the advent of super PACs, do you think that this is a good development in American politics?

After reading the articles, discuss the following questions.

Give arguments to support your views, respond to others, and expand the discussion in interesting new directions.

The role of PACs is controversial. With the advent of super PACs, do you think that this is a good development in American politics?

Reading the articles and looking at the general trends in American politics, one could say it seems that whoever has the most money wins. Do you think this is true or not? Give arguments.

Do you think it is ethical that corporations have almost no cap on political contributions? If so, why? If not, then why not?

More details;

What Is a Super PAC? A Short History

A look at how “Super PACs” were born and how they work as Election Day nears.

Why is there a big shift away from analogue transmission?

This is a paper that is focusing on the question why is there a big shift away from analogue transmission?. The paper also provides additional information to use in writing the assignment paper well.

Why is there a big shift away from analogue transmission

Is 5G technology the best option? Why is there a big shift away from analogue transmission?
This is the layout of the essay in Word format with the following headings: ( please use each point as a subheading then write the information needed at the bottom of the subheading for each! )

1. Introduction and History of telecommunications relevant to 5G development. (5%)

2. Science and physics of waves, wave phenomena, and digital technology relevant to 5G. (45%)

3. Real-world and local uses and or applications from any of the following standpoints– social, political, ethical, environmental, or economic aspects. (20%)

4. Discuss the future of this technology and give a logical conclusion to the research questions at the beginning of the task, based on the information that you have researched. (20%)

5. Bibliography in MLA format – Where possible, include an in-text citation to add weight to your discussion. (10%)

The points with a higher percentage must include a lot of information on it. 5G means the Fifth generation. Please make it as detail as possible with no plagiarism! And please have a look at the rubric to see how I can get a full mark. Also, when you search for information please include at least from 2 different sources ( e.g. science journal articles, textbooks, internet sites…etc) as well as include at least 1 in-text citations in every point from the above, in this format ( last name, page number ). Please make sure you follow the rubric and achieve all excellent for every category!

Ensure that you follow the instructions provided keenly. Marking of the assignment is on how you do the task and how you submit the assignment too. In case of any question feel free to ask your instructor for more guidelines before doing the assignment.

Counseling Diverse Populations Book Report assessment

This is a paper that is focusing on the Counseling Diverse Populations Book Report assessment. The paper also provides additional information to use in writing this assignment paper well and concisely.

Counseling Diverse Populations Book Report assessment

The Book I chose is Afterlife by Julia Alvarez

Counseling Diverse Populations Book Report

Target Skills: CACREP standard 2.F.2.d: understanding the “impact of heritage, attitudes, beliefs, understandings, and acculturative experiences on an individual’s views of others”

Vanderbilt Writer in Residence Alice Walker encouraged her audience to read fiction at a recent diversity talk at V.U. School of Nursing.  Scholarly books and articles are important resources, but the narratives in fiction, she said, transports you into the time and space inhabited by people with identities different from our own. Dean’s Diversity Series 9-11-20

For this assignment I would like for you to read a title from the Book Report List or another of your choosing that employs some degree of narrative to address any of the major topics we’ll be covering this semester. Your choice should provide perspective about some aspect of difference that you imagine you might encounter in your counseling practice.  That perspective could be broad, as might be found in a nonfiction title about institutional issues, or micro-level as might be found in the point of view of the protagonist in a work of fiction.  Either is fine.

Counseling Diverse Populations Book Report assessment

Please read your selected book with answering the following prompts in mind.

1.     Firstly, provide a short (2-3 paragraph) synopsis of your book.

2.     Secondly, what identity groups/positionalities does your book feature?  You may want to list or diagram the power and privilege differentials between them.  Note: power and privilege disparities are in evidence even if members of both/all groups do not appear in your book.  (This section addresses CACREP standard 2.F.2.e: understanding “the effects of power and also privilege for counselors and clients.”)

a.     What evidence do you find for the existence of these power and privilege differentials?  Please describe three or more examples.

3.     Thirdly, how could you frame these differences in another way?

a.     If your book is a nonfiction exploration of how the Jim Crow laws of the 1960’s affect people living in the south today, you might want to use data or case examples from your book to go more micro and share how that history might affect an individual of color living in the south today.

b.     If your book is a work of fiction, can you identify the systemic factors that may have played into the characters’ circumstances or reactions there to?

4.     Fourthly, discuss insights resulting from your reading.  Additionally, how has reading this book changed the way you think about members of diverse populations?

1.     How do you imagine these insights might inform your future work as a counselor?  Examples:

a.     Typical help-seeking behaviors within various populations

b.     barriers and prejudices encountered by members of various populations, and how these may be manifested in the counseling relationship

c.     spiritual beliefs common among various populations and how they should inform the counselor’s modality and also treatment decisions