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Plea Bargain. You are a county prosecutor. You have been presented with a case involving an alleged drug dealer who was arrested three days ago on the street. He was in possession of crack and crystal methamphetamine, packaged in small baggies, indicating the intent to sell. These drugs have been on the rise in your area recently, and there is pressure from the community to make improvements. You feel you have strong evidence against the dealer, including several \”buys\” caught on videotape. The defendant\’s attorney tells you the defendant is willing to cooperate by telling the police about an upcoming shipment of drugs—there might be an opportunity to arrest bigger players.

You are ready to move forward with your project, but you realize you have not done a good job in identifying risks for your project. Using information that you learned from both online lectures, describe a key risk (either one that is technical, external, or organizational) that could impact your project. Then, recommend a risk response for it. 

Due Week 6 and worth 125 pointsRealizing that an organization’s CMMI level impacts an organization’s success on requests for proposals (RFPs), your CIO wants to get the software development processes to CMMI level 3. Your organization has started developing software applications and database systems for their customers. The CIO wants to ensure that the software development and database development processes are being properly managed and audited, and he wants to ensure that the organization begins taking the necessary steps to progress to CMMI level 3. In preparation for your response, review the CMMI information available at the Carnegie Mellon Website, located at . IT managers will commonly manage software development and systems integration activities. Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

a Microsoft® Word® document saved under the following format: Lastname_Course#_W1.doc three different brands of computers using an Internet search engine (e.g. Google™, Bing™, Yahoo™, etc.). the benefits of information systems in the work environment. a 350- to 700-word summary describing the features of the different computers such as memory, processor, monitor/screen size, operating system, etc. In the summary include the following: a one paragraph recommendation in which you recommend the computer you would purchase based on your research. This is in addition to the summary. Please site souces.

Example:A variable is currently 40It follows a Markov processProcessis stationary (i.e. the parameters of the process do not change as we move through time)At the end of 1 year the variable will have a normal probability distribution with mean 40 and standard deviation 10QuestionsWhat is the probability distribution of the stock price at the end of 2 years? ½ years? ¼ years? Dt years? 

in 1897, a British unit sacked and burned the royal palace at Benin. The raid was as a reprisal for the earlier murder of a trade delegation. During the raid, the British appropriated all the art they could carry out as war booty. Thus, African art was carried away without recording any information about its original location or purpose, and its context was lost to scholars. This scenario has been repeated numerous times through the years in many times and places.Discuss whether the destruction and dispersal of such artworks are normal and natural consequences of human conflict. Explain what you think scholars should do as examples of this type of lost art begin to appear in public collections or museums.

You have explored Emerson’s concept of heroism in this . How do his ideas align with the notes you took while reading ? Do you think Emerson would have called Beowulf a hero? Do you think Emerson’s hero could slay a monster like Grendel?For this you will use supporting evidence from , Emerson’s \”Heroism,\” and your notes to answer of these questions in an 8-10 sentence essay:

This final extra credit assignment is worth 4 points of your cumulative quiz grade.  Please watch at least 2 hours of the video, \”Islam: Empire of Faith,\” and write a 400-600 word response based on one of the questions below.  To receive credit, you must specify at least 4 citations to the video, indicating the time in the video from which you are addressing a point or gaining evidence (e.g. (Video 45:22)). Video– Questions—What is the meaning of peace in Islam?-What is the role of women in Islam?-How was the development of Islam tied to formation of a state or empire?-What is the meaning of \”community\” (Ummah) in Islam?