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Discuss the early and later accusations against Socrates (Apology).

Critics point to the National Flood Insurance Program as an example. Everyone feels compassion for those who have lost their homes and possessions due to flooding, right? Maybe not. Many insurance companies refuse to underwrite flood insurance in certain locations because the potential liability exceeds the premiums they can charge. The US National Flood Insurance Program resulted from recognition that private insurance companies can’t provide coverage at affordable rates that would allow them to be profitable. In order to receive coverage, however, communities that benefit must adopt and enforce floodplain management policies to mitigate threats to life and property damage in flood-prone areas. Critics assert that taxpayers should not be required to subsidize those who choose to build in known floodplains – they know the risk, they should accept the risk. Is this “donor fatigue?” What do you think? Explain your position.

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A very simplistic formula for risk management is expressed as Probability + Consequence + Mitigation Cost = Informed Decision. Consequence is usually the first element that people consider, followed by an assessment of the probability that something bad will actually happen. They can then consider the cost of mitigating either the consequence or the level of probability. Regardless of what they ultimately do, the key factor is that their course of action will be an informed decision. Whether they will make the right decision is another matter altogether.

This week’s readings include material from MCEER, a national Center of Excellence at the University of Buffalo, which provides research to enable communities to become more disaster resilient in the face of earthquakes and other extreme events.

Could resources like MCEER have made a difference in the 1995 Kobe earthquake in Japan? One of the reasons for the catastrophic damage in the Port of Kobe was the revelation that it had been built largely on landfill. The seabed in the port essentially liquefied. There was a perception that this information was unknown or not fully understood. In fact, the port authority was completely aware of this fact. A risk assessment had accurately forecast the level of damage that would result in the event of a major earthquake. It was known that engineering technology existed that would involve the use of extensive pilings to shore up the seabed in the port. It was also known how expensive such a process would be. In the end, the decision turned on how likely they believed that a major earthquake would occur. In essence, they rolled the dice and lost. The cost to restore the port was exponentially greater than it would have cost to reinforce the seabed.

Using the risk management formula above, where did the planners at Kobe go wrong? Were they incompetent? Irresponsible? Or just unlucky?

From Chapter digital preservation can be defined as the long-term, error-free storage of digital information, with means for retrieval and interpretation, for the entire time span the information is required to be retained. Though this assessment holds true to the authors, business organizations continue to face significant challenges in meeting their LTDP needs, especially those organizations whose primary mission is to preserve and provide access to permanent records.

Looking at your identified industry for your paper, what considerations would have to be made in developing a long-term archival plan for a company within that industry?

Compare and evaluate  ‘qualitative’ v ‘quantitative’ risk assessment.

Copying without attribution or the use of spinbot or other word substitution software will result in a grade of 0.

Write in essay format not in bulleted, numbered or other list format.

Describe the plain view doctrine, and why it has such a significant impact on digital forensics? What are three approaches to determining whether the doctrine applies to a specific case.

In the readings thus far, the text identified many early American interests in the Middle East from geopolitical to missionary. Using the text and your own research, compare these early interests with contemporary American interests in the Middle East.

In particular, how has becoming 1) a global hegemon after WWII and 2) the concurrent process of ‘secularization’ transformed American foreign policy thought and behavior toward Israel and the Middle East region generally? What themes have remained constant and what appear new? Would you attribute changes more to America’s new geopolitical role after WWII, or to the increasing secularization of American society? Explain carefully.

Use two paintings from the text, one romantic and one neoclassical. Compare and contrast the elements of romanticism to the elements of neoclassicism in terms of subject matter, line, color and emotional range. In your opinion, are you more of a romantic than a neoclassic?

1.Briefly explain the role that faith played in U.S.foreign policy toward the Middle East prior to the Civil War, including the religious ideas and movements that informed USFP during this period.Staying with Oren’s template of power, faith, and fantasy, can you distinguish which American views expressed faith, and which fantasy?

2. Identify and explain primary U.S. geopolitical interests in the Middle East prior to 1900, even if those interests happened on occasion to overlap with religious motives and interests. Among other counter-intuitive developments, can you identify what Oren considers the positive humanitarian consequences of American failure to successfully evangelize most local Jews, Eastern Christians, and Muslims?

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1. Of all the possible literary genres, why do you think I chose the personal narrative as your first essay ? Explain and support your theory (include key components of the genre).