...In The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls, Liz is an exceptionally intelligent and independent child for someone her age, of only fifteen years old. Because of her extreme responsibility and compassion for those around her, she is a great role model for Bean, her little sister. Other than being a role model, Liz's main purpose is to serve as the maternal figure for Bean since their birth mother leaves for weeks at a time, and is not around to support them. Liz shows her role by always taking care of Bean when their mom decides to leave. To begin, Liz achieved her maternal role to Bean, by getting a job of her own, "Liz had been doing some babysitting, but after Mom had been gone a week, she decided to take on extra work, and I got a job delivering Grit, a newspaper with useful stories..." (Walls 15). Liz knows that if she is not independent and got a job then there was no way that her and Bean could survive without their mother. Also it was her idea to leave for Byler so that the bandersnatchers, which is the girls word for the police, would not be able to take them away to Child Protective Services. Liz always knew what to do in these kind of situations, as we are told by Bean, which makes Liz very dependable. Also, Liz is remarkably intelligent, which we know because she is always complimented by teachers, parents and other adults about how outstanding she is. But not only is Liz considered to be smart in school, or "book smart", she also knows how to deal with the...
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...Indelible Ink Machine, and Internal Control changes that I recommend you make. There are 5 main areas of control that LJB Company needs to address in order to stay in good standings with internal controls. The first internal control is the Establishment of Responsibility; “Control is most effective when only one person is responsible for a given task.”(Kimmel 339) A company should limit one employee to each area to limit the chance of illegal activities. Segregation of duties ties into establishing responsibility by assigning related activities to different employees. Documentation procedures deal with making sure that all transactions and events are documented and monitored. Physical, mechanical, and electronic controls are based on keeping safes, computers and time clocks monitored and restricted. Independent internal verification is used to audit employees and data reconciliation. The last category is called other. This deals with bonding employees who handle cash, and rotating employee duties. Based on the information you gave my colleague and my review of your company, I do not recommend you purchasing an Indelible Ink Machine at this time based on the information which gave to my colleague and my review of your company. This expensive purchase is unnecessary and can easily be avoided if you apply better internal control practices. The implementation of using numbered invoices is a good practice and should continue to be used moving forward. This practice will allow...
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...important feature of the organization and has to play an important role in its working. Huge amount of information is transferred everyday and is crucial for the organization. A network crash due to any reason may cause a huge loss to the organization. Also any intrusion in the network may allow somebody to get hold of private and confidential information about the company. Hence, the security of the network is very crucial to the organization and its business. The goals of this security plan are to ensure the complete security of the network. This would include physical security, network security and access control systems. Physical security is about keeping the network equipments safe from being physically damaged, tampered with or from being stolen. Network security is about keeping the information safe over the network while transmission. Access control systems refer to the control systems that would allow a user to access the information, that could be crucial to the organization, or the private information of the organization. These are discussed in detail in the following sections. While discussing the security of the network, we make some assumptions. The security employees or the security guards are trustworthy. The employees of the company are trustworthy and they won’t their passwords or other secret keys with anyone. In case an employee is found malicious, he/she would be departed from access to the network immediately. For network security there is a trusted third party...
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...Valentine was a safe-cracking thief. After getting out of jail, Jimmy fell in love and changed his name to Ralph Spencer. Ralph is a nice, morally good man who is the opposite of his true self. Jimmy Valentine was trying to live a moral life because of Jimmy’s sacrifice, honesty and determination. Jimmy Valentine was trying to live a moral life because of his sacrifices. First, Jimmy sacrifices his true identity by opening a safe in front of people that know him as Ralph. “In a minute Jimmy’s pet drill was biting smoothly into the steel door. In ten minutes-breaking his own burglarious record-he threw back the bolts and opened the door.” Second, Ralph sacrificed being noticed as Jimmy Valentine by meeting people and making friendships. The quote from the article proves this point, “Socially he was a success, and made many friends.”...
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...given time. While handling such private information like Social Security Numbers, Individuals Names, Addresses, Credit Card information… etc., needs to be properly kept safe from everyone. Things like that can be used to steal someone’s identity and cause serious harm to you and others. This is the type of information that needs to be kept under a lock and key in the safest safe known to man. While handling such information you should constantly monitor your system for any issues for any outside activity that should not be there. To prevent things like this from happening, you need to constantly have that extra watch dog out for around the clock monitoring. The internet is one complete network and everyone is connected in some way, shape or form. If there is a connection, there is always someone watching in that backdoor that you might not be thinking about. There is usually a port or open door somewhere that someone is waiting at for that right time. Yes, there is software, hardware and other ways to monitor your data and/or information, along with your closed network. You can never be too careful and confident to let it all go on by itself. Every day, there is updates and new technology that arrives and needs to constantly be put in place. You can never be too careful to keep such information safe. The impact could result in your company to go down and never come back if this ever happens. Not only that, it can cost you your whole life savings and many other...
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...Week 3 1) Security’s not how it was like back in the days, where all they did was lock away mainframes in the server room. Times have changed, technology has advanced and now comes in many forms. Security is very crucial to any organization, and physical security is no exception. Organizations are not just prone to cyber attacks, but as well breaking and entering, trespassing, natural disaster, fire, flood and much more. Physical security protects people, data, equipment’s, systems and facilities etc. Facility management is very important to any organization. It protects company assets. CPTED “is a discipline that outlines how the proper design of a physical environment can reduce crime by directly affecting human behavior”. It helps to provide support in loss and crime through proper facility construction and procedures. CPTED provides three main approaches to provide overall security. Which include natural access control, natural surveillance, and natural territorial reinforcement. It’s the best approach to build a facility through the CPTED approach. It’s also best to follow proper maintenance and procedures pertaining to physical security. For examples facility keys should only be assigned by the facility management and should be documented. Procedures should be written out clearly stating, how the keys should be distributed, inventoried or even destroyed given the circumstances. On any facility, it’s imperative to enforce access control, to prevent unauthorized personnel...
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...Impossible Motherhood: Testimony of an Abortion Addict, by Irene Vilar. This is a memoir in which Vilar discusses her past and how she was an “abortion addict”. When published, it was met with abundant criticism. She spoke about her numerous abortions 15 in total. Vilar, while a teenager in college, became trapped in an abusive relationship with a professor. This foul and dangerous relationship resulted in a loss of self-esteem and sacrifice which ultimately resulted in her suffering physical and emotional abuse. Irene Vilar, is a successful women; she is an editor, author, and literally agent in which she represents writers and their works. As previously mentioned, Vilar is successful but after reading her memoir, and seeing the oppression and suffering, you realize she is a victim. She underwent enormous turmoil and tough times. Her journey to success has not been easy. She has overcome many emotional obstacles to achieve greatness. Thus, this is a story of “hope”. It makes one’s own situation seem a lot more bearable and optimistic. Although there is ultimately hope, I believe this story is about the harm Vilar has experienced throughout her life. The harm she experiences is so abundant and persistent throughout her entire life. There is concentrated emphasis on these moments and events. I will discuss the harm the author went through by focusing on important events and situations that shaped the harm consistently endured by Vilar. I will begin by looking at her...
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...access and 45,000 servers. All employees communicate using smartphones and email. Many employees work from home and travel extensively. They will need access to Discretionary, mandatory, role-based, rule-based, content-dependent, and nondiscretionary access controls, they are a large company and will need someone to be in charge of each control because not everyone have the same access. 4. Backordered parts are a defense contractor that builds communications parts for the military. All employees communicate using smartphones and email. They would need Discretionary, content-dependent and rule-based access control, they have a group of people who contain sensitive data that need to be controlled. They communication parts need to be safe. 5. Confidential Services Inc is a military-support branch consisting of 14,000,000 computers with internet access and 250,000 servers. All employees must have security clearances, and they communicate mainly using BlackBerry devices and email. They would need Mandatory, Discretionary, role-based, rule-based, content-dependent, nondiscretionary. They have many individuals all who need different access, so they need someone...
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...sexually active. The local media stations report sex scandals daily. If you go to school, you will find students talking about sex! Even in the middle and grade schools, is also dealing with the same issues. In summary, sex is currently the center of conversations in the society. Controlling this habit of sex has become a challenge not only in the society but also in the entire world. Children, on the other hand, are exposed to sex because of the lifestyle we are experiencing. Sex is a basic instinct in all-living beings; sex education should be encouraged in school with the aim of abstinence. However, it is also essential to advocate safe sex because the most teenagers are sexually active, making it impossible to campaign for abstinence (Erkut and Grossman, 2013). As a teen, watching videos that are sexy can make one not to think about safe sex, especially at the age. Girls might be in safer possible because they might get more interested than boys. This is because boys would want to experiment with anything they see. The 1980’s sex education must be discouraged because there are no longer effective as it used to be. According to researched, it is evidence that an average of one million women gets pregnant under the age of 20. This means that about 2,800 get pregnant on a daily basis. Some of the reasons why...
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...Women are underrepresented in our correctional system even though they comprise a very small percentage in our correctional system. In the last decade we have seen a higher number of women being sentenced to prison. Women commit crime and are incarcerated under different circumstances and reasons than men. Their criminal behavior can be attributed to drug abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse and poverty. Women who are admitted into prison facilities are disadvantaged from the very beginning; prisons are calculated and planned for our male counterparts because in history men have made up the proportion of our high prison populace. It is hard to meet the needs of women prisoners when the facilities are not custom-made for them. Prisons for women should be geared with programming to help these women deal with obstacles they are facing in their daily lives. But because there are fewer women in prison, the health services that are given to them are typically nominal as compared to males. One of the biggest problems for women in prison is that they are disproportionately affected by human immunodeficiency virus commonly known as HIV. There is a tangible need to address the problem with HIV positive incarcerated women. (Reyes, 2001) Female prisoners make up about five percent of our overall prison population but as time has passed their numbers have increased at a rapid pace. In countries where substance abuse is high and drug laws have become harsher, we can see a correlation between...
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...ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE SERVICE COUNTER There are FIVE (5) modes that technology’s contribution to the service encounter that is because of advances in communication and information technology are having a profound effect on ways customers interface with service provide. The modes are as below: a) Technology-free service encounter b) Technology-assisted service encounter c) Technology-facilitated service encounter d) Technology-mediated service encounter e) Technology-generated service encounter (self-service) In relating this model to the hospitality service industry, we choose Sunway Resort Hotel and Spa. This hotel located just 25-minutes from the heart of Kuala Lumpur has 1234 guestrooms, suites, villas and serviced residences. The flagship 5-star Sunway Resort Hotel and Spa offers newly renovated Club and Premier rooms and suites, while The Villas presents 17 luxurious Asian-styled accommodations. Besides the variety of accommodation under one, this amazing “resort-within-a-city” landmark also features the Balinese-inspired Mandara Spa, a fitness centre, a theme park with the largest manmade surf beach, extreme sports and wildlife interactive zoo, an upscale mega shopping and entertainment mall with over 700 specialty stores, a medical centre, educational facilities and a multitude of distinctive business and leisure facilities. Below are the examples on roles of technology in the service encounter based on the example of Sunway Resort Hotel and Spa, Kuala Lumpur: ...
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...CHAPTER 4 BRANCH SECURITY GENERAL 62. With the changing security scenario, establishment of Bank branches will require detailed consideration. No building should be selected or constructed unless it adheres to the basic security prerequisites. Security planning should start from the time we think of setting up a branch in an area. Generally, banking business and administrative considerations should and would take precedence while selecting a site but security should not be given a back seat. It must be understood that banking activity is prone to security risks and makes an area crime prone and vulnerable. The local police must be consulted regarding the proposed site of the branch. It is important that it goes on their beat map and patrols pay special attention. 63. In view of the changing security threats, it has become imperative to lay down certain guidelines for identifying the location and layout of our branches. While such guidelines could be easily implemented at new premises, it may not be feasible in our existing branches unless complete renovation is contemplated. Nevertheless, interim measures/ modifications could still be incorporated in our existing branches towards meeting the various security requirements to the best possible extent. 64. OPENING OF A NEW BRANCH (a) While selecting premises for a new branch, the ground floor space is preferable, as it is convenient, both from the public as well as from the branch staff’s point of view. In...
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...Applying Ethical Framework in Practice Rodd Tooke Grand Canyon University: NRSv437 September 2, 2013 Applying Ethical Framework in Practice Reading the “Bioethics of NBC’s ER” this writer feels the ethical implication of breaching the confidentiality of not only Andrea but everyone in the school who participated in the sex group. Ethical Implication Of A Breach Of Confidentiality A breach of confidentiality is a disclosure to a third party, without patient consent or court order, of private patient information ("Patient confidentiality," 2010). Before Nurse Hathaway can disclose any information about Andrea health to anyone including her parents, Andrea must sign a release of information which can be verbal or written. This writer feels that when a minor informs an adult or someone they feel they can trust in a situation that can be harmful to the minor child it’s important to explain to the child how important the situation can be to his or her health and inform the child at that time of a consent being need to obtain the necessary medical attention that may be needed. During the disclosure of information the adult must inform the child that under certain situation the parent may or may not be notified depending of the severity of the problem. If Nurse Hathaway breaches the confidence of Andrea she may no longer trust someone she beliefs and could confine in to keeping a secret. She may also be afraid to seek help in the future for thinking a breach of confidentiality...
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...Patents and AIDS, a Deadly Combination AIDS in this age is an unfortunately ignored topic. The number of HIV and AIDS patients in the United States is steadily increasing each year. The age of those infected is becoming younger as well and little media attention is being directed at those affected by this disease. The increase of HIV infection is becoming parallel to the lack of proper sex education in schools across the country. With a lack of education in the country about safe sex, HIV infection undoubtedly will increase. Due to lack of government intervention on the topic, the people must begin to increase their own level of intervention. The patent was designed for the protection of financial investment. When it comes to pharmaceuticals, there is no more perfect example to the destructive power of patents. Amazingly, there are drugs which suppress the HIV virus and allow its victims to live a life as long as any other person. In the United States however, patents exist which allow for pharmaceutical companies to increase the price for their manufactured drugs to an irresponsible amount. For each year, an HIV/AIDS victim must pay between $2,100 to $11,815 dollar each year. The most common population of HIV/AIDS victims earn near minimum wage, which is about $14,000 per year if working 40 hours each week. The cost involved in being a victim of a virus such as HIV/AIDS is incredibly high in the United States. Due to the relation of HIV/AIDS infection in the United States...
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...1. Problem Statement of the Case The case is about to design an effective national AIDS awareness campaign for the people of Mexico which will create social awareness regarding AIDS prevention and treatment and also make social norms that will induce them to adopt AIDS preventive measures(Objective) so that they can save from Aids (Success Measures) even that they are infecting by Aids on a regular basis (Constraints). 2. Central Issue of the Case: The central issues of the case are given in the following matrix: Importance High Low Urgency High • Identify the potential target audience. • Determine the appropriate communication program which will break the barriers to HIV/ AIDS social marketing in Mexico and will create awareness to them irrespective of their sex, literacy, and geographic location. • Design an effective AIDS awareness message which is simple, believable, appealing and forceful to the target adults and will instigate public dialogue • Determine whether to use only advertising tool or integrated marketing communications tools to reach most adults. • Establish social norms through the AIDS awareness program so that adults do not view AIDS as stigma, feel free to have open sex-discussion and get encouraged to become aware of AIDS and preventive measures as a part of their lives Low • Identify the possible barriers in properly getting the message to the right people. • Create awareness regarding intravenous drug users. 3. Case Problems • Language...
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