...Bronte Dahms Professor Hays English 1A 8 October 2014 Family Ties, Family Binds Crash is a 2004 drama film that was inspired when writer and director Paul Haggis’ car was carjacked. It is centered around vastly different lives in Los Angeles that interconnect, dealing with issues of racial tension, loss and salvation. The film won three Academy Awards and was nominated for two Golden Globes. One of the central characters of the film is Detective Graham Waters, played by Don Cheadle, who investigates the murder of a corrupt black cop as well as dealing with personal issues of taking care of his drug addicted mother and run-away brother. The controversial film highlights important themes such as racial tension and societal expectations, which are usually ignored on the big screen. Detective Waters portrays a very relatable character who’s life decisions seem to revolve around dealing with his dysfunctional family. At the start of the film, Waters’ mother was only a nagging, marginalized character who Waters tried to distance himself from as far as possible, at least in the eyes of his partner. It is not until after his partner’s behest, Waters finally visits his mother. His mother’s home, although small, is filled with antique family photos and memorabilia. By setting this scene, it becomes apparent to the audience that family is very important to Waters’ mother, explaining why she was so worried about her youngest son. However, this image of domestic bliss is quickly...
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... 2012 Critical Review Introduction Race and gender relations are one of the most explored themes in movies, music, books, and etc. Often times, ineffective communication leads to the misinterpretation of each other’s actions, leading to inaccurate race bias. This race bias can be referred to as racism. Typically people in society are somewhat discreet about their racism and it is not something they openly admit to. The movie Crash, daringly tackles the issues of intercultural communication, and race in an unconventional way. It takes racism and makes it an open conversation amongst the characters to ensure the viewers can clearly identify each characters racial bias. As the characters in this movie communicate, there is frequent use of racial slurs, profanity, as well as racially driven insults and stereotypes, to further exaggerate the bigotry present in the film. Crash provides a series of examples that show just how powerful effective and ineffective communication can be when it comes to social relations. This film touches on various communication theories and concepts, in which many of the scenarios presented in Crash can be explained. These theories and concepts include: symbolic interaction theory (self concept), assumptions of communication accommodation theory (indirect stereotyping), assumptions of expectancy violations theory (violation valence), and cultural communication. Synopsis Director Paul Haggis’s, 2005 explosive film, Crash, tells a very provocative...
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...Crash begins, with a Muslim man going into a store to buy a gun from a white store owner. The white store owner views the man negatively because of his Muslim background. The white store owner’s preconceived attitudes towards the man are largely based on the September 11th terror attacks on the United States by a group of Muslim terrorists. This particular scene provides an example of stereotyping. According to the book Multicultural Law Enforcement, stereotyping is when people classify someone based on a particular pattern, but do not recognize their individuality. The white store owner believes that the Muslim man in his store is going to commit some type of criminal act, because of what little knowledge he has of Muslims. This lack of knowledge about Muslims, and the terrorist attacks completed by Muslims on US soil lead him to exhibit some form of stereotyping against all Muslims. The reality of stereotyping is that it has existed in humanity for centuries and still plays a major role in the lives of so many people around the world. I think that the only way to reduce stereotyping is by increasing education about what makes us different and embracing our uniqueness. Matt Dillon’s character John Ryan is vividly engrained into my imagination. John Ryan and his partner receive a call of a car- jacking involving a black Navigator. Ryan and his partner see a black Navigator in passing, run the plates and his partner advises him that, it is not the vehicle they are looking...
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...Crash: Of Racial Discrimination and Stereotypes November 3rd, 2011 Crash: Of Racial Discrimination and Stereotypes Directed by Paul Haggis and produced in 2004, Crash was the Oscar Awards winner of Best Picture in 2006. Aside from Best Picture, the movie won only one other award: Best Original Screenplay for Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco. Despite its little recognition, Crash is an important movie to watch. Plot The plot of Crash is not about a typical, narrative story in the usual sense. Instead, it focuses on a theme or message and weaves several linked stories to highlight the theme. The movie is essentially about racial discrimination and the consequences of stereotyping people. Set in LA, the story covers a 24-hour period. The movie depicts the stories of several people whose lives are intertwined by accidental and casual encounters, usually on the streets. The characters in the story are people of varying ethnic groups: a bad and a good cop, a group of police investigators, a couple of teenage robbers, a DA and his wife, an Arab family, a Hispanic locksmith and his family, and an affluent African American movie director and his wife. The story revolves around how all of these people have deeply ingrained prejudices and how they themselves could suffer from discrimination. Theme and depiction Discrimination and stereotyping of people sometimes happen as a result of reinforcement of the behavior of the people being discriminatory...
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...Reducing Projects through Crash Time Wilmington University Abstract In this paper we will review the possibility of reducing project duration, better known as crash time. This phenomena does happen often in projects and I have also experienced this in some of the projects that I’ve been involved in. There are a lot of factors that must be considered into these decisions, and into the possibility of reducing the time required and the potential to bring the project or exercise in early. While some of these factors could be as simple as material, or delivery time constraint, these are all valid factors that affect the timeline of the project and therefore the possibility to reduce overall project time. The two angles that we will review would be the “Least Cost Method”, and “Critical Path Method”, although different in one regard, they are both set to achieve the same goal. Reducing Projects through Crash Time Several videos show either the Lease Cost Method (LCM) or the Critical Path Method (CPM), while both achieve the same goal of reducing total time of a project, they each utilize a different path. While LCM creates a critical path and reduces time and increases costs by doing so, CPM tackles the reduction in time of a project directly by managing the reduction in time and deducting incentive pay from that time. Critical areas must be taken into consideration, such as the availability of material, or even the time constraints on some other part of the project...
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...BUS 370 PROJECT SCHEDULING 1. Cases for BUS 370 are take-home, open-book, open-notes, open-library, etc. You may consult any written materials other than another (past or present) team's case or work papers. Please do not discuss any aspect of the case with anyone except your partners, my staff, or me. To collaborate or seek other assistance is a breach of academic integrity and is viewed as a serious offense by the University. 2. Please submit one solution package per team with its answers neatly worked out in detail. To earn partial credit, you must show all work (including Excel input). 3. For each question requiring a new run of the Excel add-in, please submit the following: a. A printout of the input data. b. A printout of all reports that support your answers. Please label each add-in run with the corresponding question number(s) and insert comments on them to indicate the sources of your answers. There is no need to submit printouts that are not supportive of your final answers (e.g., runs that bombed, runs with incorrect input, etc.). 4. Please be neat. Sloppiness, disorganization, spelling, etc. may, in the aggregate, result in a point reduction of up to the equivalent of one letter grade. 5. Please submit your solution package for this case at the beginning of class on the scheduled date. In fairness to the teams that submit their solution package on time, unexcused lateness will result in a loss of one letter grade per late-day or fraction thereof. 6. Some very important...
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...social and environmental sustainability.” The apparent vulnerability of users to this vehicle makes the car socially and environmentally unsustainable. As for quality the organisation claims a commitment to: “Supply goods and services of world-class quality standards” That the Nano even got past the mock up stage, with no airbag—at least on some models, and whose fragile structure “folded like a cardboard after hitting a wall at 40 mph” is reprehensible. The Nano appears to trash Tata’s ethics code. Where were the compliance officers when the vehicle was on the drawing board? There is a dreadful echo of the classic Pinto scandal of the last century. Ford’s then management was aware of the weakness of the fuel tank. A crash from the rear could cause the tank to explode and incinerate the occupants. To correct the fault required a few dollars. A so-called cost-benefit analysis allowed Ford engineers to show “taking no action” would cost less” than paying the expected legal damages. This was a craven disregard for the lives of the company’s customers, people died in terrible circumstances due to such false accounting.Ford Pinto The Tata Nano story looks all...
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...Statistics Project). Then there is the Court of Claims which is the same level as the Circuit Court, the only difference is that the Court of Claims do not handle jury trials. In the Federal Courts right below the Court of Appeal is the U.S. District Courts (i.e. Bankruptcy Courts, U.S. Court of International Trade, U.S. Court of Federal Claims) and then Military Courts (American Government, 2008-2014). Judicial Review The concept of judicial review is to decide whether actions of the executive and legislative branch are legal under the Constitution. Judicial review is important in the US government because it serves as a check on the other branches of government. The Supreme Court also has used judicial review to order federal, state, and local officials to refrain from behaving unconstitutionally. How laws or regulations affect mortgage industry I currently work in the banking mortgage industry. The home loan industry now has to adapt to new mortgage rules that offer borrowers much needed protection against lender abuses and reckless lending standards.The mortgage market crash of 2008 led...
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...CRASH Sonya Martinez University of Phoenix HUM/150 - Introduction to Film Studies Michelle Sanson July 5, 2011 CRASH The movie “Crash” is a powerful and complex movie that involves the lives of six families in today’s modern day dilemmas of racism, discrimination, drug abuse, and criminal actions and how they deal with it. The plot of this movie (for myself) is unclear. This movie has many scenes with different interactions with the characters and one must pay extra close attention to every scene to understand and follow along. This movie is all over the place, and it is not until close to the end that we can see how the characters have affected one other for better or worst. In this movie we have several different mise-en-scene. Most take place in the moment or as a flashback. In the opening scene we are outdoors at night in a car with what appears to be snow or rain coming down. The inside of the window is foggy; outside the car an accident has just taken place with flashing lights, police, and people all around. We also have bright daylight scenes, like when the police begin a car chase with what they believe to be a car-jacking suspect. We have several scenes in a police station, a mom and pop store, in a drug addict’s home and in Detective Waters bedroom. The entire movie involves dead, terrified, angry people who do not know what or how to feel. In the movie there is plenty of genuine emotions in the scenes, and this give the movie cause however;...
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...crashed in 2008 the primary cause of the crash continues to be debated. Speeches have been made and books have been written on the subject. Observers and analysts have attributed the reason for the housing crisis and its collapse in the U.S. to everyone from home buyers, Wall Street, mortgage brokers, mortgage underwriters, investment banks, rating agencies, investors, low mortgage interest rates, low short-term interest rates, and relaxed standards for mortgage loans. Predatory lending was just one of many factors along this transaction chain. Predatory lending consists of loaning money to consumers in the hope and expectation that they will default and the lender will be able to take the collateral (homes.) We will discuss if the government failed to protect its citizens thru public policy and what role (if any) investments in mortgage backed securities played in the market crash of 2008 as well. While economist continue to debate who or what is at fault. The market crash clearly devastated the U.S. economy. We will also discuss how such devastation is considered to be one of the worst market failures in history. The events leading up to the crash are easier to identify after a crash, the signs were in the forefront and ignored by most people, firms, banks, and the government. Together we will embark on a journey to discover what role predatory lending, mortgage backed securities, and relaxed regulations played in the housing market crash of 2008 and to clarify if one or more...
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...answer the following questions. 1. Describe the nature of the project, and its key objectives. 2. Define “Dummy Activities” and describe their role in this project. 3. Describe the key problem(s) in this project and the strategies used to address these problems. Introduction This case example, although for a very small project, illustrates some interesting features of planning using critical path analysis. although there are only 17 activities, the precedence logic is a little complex to draw clearly owing to the number of crossed links, and we show how this difficulty is easily overcome by inserting dummy activities at three of the crossover points. Our case example demonstrates the application of pert (program evaluation and review technique), in which the estimated duration for each activity can be subjected to a probabilistic study in an attempt to forecast the most likely completion time for the entire project. Finally, this case will demonstrate how a project manager need not accept the results of time analysis without question, but can plan to apply extra effort to expedite critical activities (usually for additional cost) to bring the planned project completion date forward. Project Background CEN-CONSTRUCT is a medium-sized business located in Sydney, Australia that is owned and operated by a family. It is principally a consulting company that specializes in aviation civil engineering, having worked on runway construction and paving projects as well...
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...Case study review: M9 crash 1 Summary: check all REFERENCES academic 6 The case of the M9 crash, in July 2015, has highlighted issues with Police Scotland’s call handling; the 101 phone call, made by a member of the public, was not upgraded to a 999 call or entered into the police computer system, resulting in the call not being linked to a missing person’s report and ultimately the death of John Yuill and Lamara Bell. This case has led to an investigation into call handling by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) and an investigation into the incident by The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC). The following were failings in this case: (i) Public awareness of the difference between 101 calls and...
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...Program Evaluation and Review Technique CPM : Critical Path Method. Framework of PERT and CPM There are six steps common to both PERT and CPM. 1. Define the project and all of its significant activities or task. 2. Develop the relationships among the activities. Decide which activities must precede and follow others. 3. Draw network connecting all of the activities. 4. Assign time and/or cost estimates to each activity. 5. Compute the longest time path through the network; this is called critical path. 6. Use the network to help plan, schedule, monitor, and control the project. ** Finding the critical path is a major part of controlling a project. The activities on the critical path represent task that will delay the entire project if they are delayed. Managers derive flexibility by identifying non critical activities and re-planning, rescheduling, and reallocating resources such as personnel finances. ** Although PERT and CPM are similar in their basic approach, they do differ in the way activity times are estimated. For every PERT activity three time estimates are combined to determine the expected activity completion time and its variance. Thus PERT is a probabilistic technique; it allows us to find the probability that entire project will be completed by any given date. CPM is a deterministic approach; it uses two time estimates, the normal time and the crash time, for each...
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...10 = 20 points 30 points = 50 points Percentage point: 40% 60% = 100% - Formula sheet is provided in CBT lab (see on Moodle). - Calculator is NOT provided you need to bring your own calculator (not programmable) The most important steps in preparing for the test: Numerical problems (ONLY Ch 1, 3, and 4): - HW 1 and HW 2 review; Quiz 1 and Quiz 2 review; myomlab "Study Plan"; Examples and Solved Problems in textbook; Practice problems with solutions (Moodle); Discussion Forum on Moodle. Conceptual questions (Ch 1 to 5): - Quiz 1 review; Quiz 2; Sample Quiz 1 and 2; definitions on the textbook margin; summary slides; textbook. These tools are available any time for any times to prepare for the test. Problems 1. Know how to calculate single factor, multifactor and change in productivity. 2. Be able to calculate and compare two productivity’s if a change in either output or input occurs. 3. Be able to identify a network diagram in project management, determine the critical path and expected duration. 4. Be able to calculate ES, EF LS and LF in a diagram. 5. Be able to crash a project and determine what tasks to crash and the cost involved. 6. Be able to calculate MAD, MSE and tracking signal. 7. Be able to calculate forecasts using: Weighed average, Exponential smoothing, exponential smoothing with Trend, linear...
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...YES | F | 6 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 11 | NO | G | 8 | 18 | 26 | 18 | 26 | 0 | YES | 3.7 There are four paths: Path | Hours | ACEG | 19.5 | BDFG | 24.9 | ACDFG | 28.7 | BEG | 15.7 | Grant Chart 3.15 ABEF: 6 weeks ACF: 7 weeks The critical path is ACF Activity | Time | ES | EF | LS | LF | Slack | Critical | A | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | YES | B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | NO | C | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | YES | E | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | NO | F | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | YES | 3.18 We have: AD (11 weeks), B (8 weeks), CE (12 weeks). So CE is the critical path Activity | Daily Crash Cost | Maximum Crash | A | 100 | 1 day | B | 50 | 2 days | C | 100 | 1 day | D | 150 | 2 days | E | 200 | 3 days | So if Crash C by 1 day ($ 100) to 11 days Crash C by 1 day ($200) and A by 1 day ($100) to 10 days Crash E by 2 days ($400) and D by 2 days ($300) to 8 days Totally, the minimum cost of crashing by 4 days is: $100 + $200 +$100+$400+$300 = $1,100 2. Find a recent or historical news story about a major mismanaged project and discuss the problems that had faced such as cost overruns, delays or under-performance. With the purpose of improving safety and correcting operational problems incurred as a result of the traffic queues formed by slow moving vehicles and a curve with an operational speed of 20 miles-per-hour, the SB I-405 freeway is created as one of useful method. The I-405 Sepulveda Pass...
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