Discuss the benefits of virtualization software, as described in the text. Do you agree/disagree with these benefits, or can you think of additional benefits not already presented?

Discuss the benefits of virtualization software, as described in the text. Do you agree/disagree with these benefits, or can you think of additional benefits not already presented? Also discuss the security concerns highlighted by server sprawl and how you would propose to solve those in your (real or hypothetical) organization

Write a paper discussing why did Phyllis Schlafly think feminism made women unhappy?

Why did Phyllis Schlafly think feminism made women unhappy?

Phyllis Schlafly was a women with many different roles in her life. She was a mother, columnist, lawyer, and radio host, and an activist against the Equal Rights Amendment. She lead the opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment from a grass roots movement and was successful is preventing it from being passed, something that she is very proud of. She believed that passing this amendment would have many different impacts to women in the United States. Phyllis Schlafly believed that passing this amendment would mean that women would no longer be able to receive financial support for children in the whole. She firmly believed in gender roles between men and women, and since women were the one to bare children that they would be responsible for childcare and care of the home while men were responsible for financial obligations. To her, passing this amendment would leave women feeling overwhelmed and unhappy as women had to take on new responsibility to make ends meet and care for their families. Since this amendment was being voted on not long after the Vietnam War Phyllis Schlafly was also worried how this would affect the draft, with women possibly having to register for the draft along with eligible men. She did not believe that society was unjust towards women and by passing this amendment is suggested that women needed laws and the government to solve all their problems for them. To her, now amendment needed to be passed because women were not being oppressed and suggesting that one needed to be passed would only make women feel unhappy and feel like the world was out to get them. Decades later her opinion on the Equal Rights Amendment and gender roles within the family did not change.

Why do you think that Native Allies and African Conquistadors were not mentioned in European accounts of the conquest?

Why do you think that Native Allies and African Conquistadors were not mentioned in European accounts of the conquest? Do you think it was intentional or unintentional? Why?

Portrayals of Malintzin have been unfair to her, historically. My question is this: why do you think the stories have been so unfair to her, while Cortes and other conquistadors are either rewarded or ignored for actually carrying out the conquest?

How do your readings connect to either of these questions?

Lecture 3- Steamrolling?

“Malintzin was the indigenous woman who translated for Hernando Cortés in his dealings with the Aztec emperor Moctezuma in the days of 1519 to 1521. “Malintzin,” at least, was what the Indians called her. The Spanish called her doña Marina, and she has become known to posterity as La Malinche. As Malinche, she has long been regarded as a traitor to her people, a dangerously sexy, scheming woman who gave Cortés whatever he wanted out of her own self-interest.

The life of the real woman, however, was much more complicated. She was sold into slavery as a child, and eventually given away to the Spanish as a concubine and cook. If she managed to make something more out of her life–and she did–it is difficult to say at what point she did wrong.”

Actually, that is a good question: what did she do wrong? Not much, it turns out– having been sold by her family, and again by the subsequent owners, exactly what kind of loyalty was she supposed to have? Who was it that she was supposed to not “sell out?” No one, it turns out. Historians today know that she was doing her best to stay alive, and make a life for herself, and given her situation and life experiences, it is hard to expect anything more.

For me, at least, this raises a simple question: why are people in such a hurry to blame Malintzin for the conquest, when, in fact, they should be blaming the Spanish? Why did the blame shift to her, instead of where it should have been– on Cortes and his men? Just curious.

Determine the graphical display tool that you would use to present the results of the DOE that you conducted in Question 1. Provide a rationale for your response.

A major financial services company wishes to better understand its  mortgage approval process. In particular, the company is interested in  learning about the effects of credit history (good versus fair), the  size of the mortgage (<$500,000 versus >$500,000), and the region  of the United States (western versus eastern) on the amount of time it  takes to get a mortgage approved. The database of mortgages approved in  the last year is accessed, and a random sample of five approved  mortgages is selected for each of the eight combinations of the three  variables. The data are shown in the table ..

 

First, conduct an analysis using the following steps:

  1. Use the data shown in the table to conduct a design of experiment  (DOE) in Microsoft Excel in order determine the nature and magnitude of  the effects of the three variables on mortgage approval times. What are  the key drivers of this process?
  2. Determine the graphical display tool (e.g., Interaction Effects  Chart, Scatter Chart, et cetera) that you would use to present the  results of the DOE that you conducted in Question 1. Provide a rationale  for your response.
  3. Assess the data sampling method. Our sample contained only five  mortgages per combination. Under what circumstances would it have been  appropriate to select a larger sample? Is a sample of five mortgages  adequate to access the relative magnitudes of the effects of the  variables? What sample size would you recommend? What could you learn  from a larger sample size? (Hint: Look back at chapter 2, 3, 5, and 6  for discussion of sampling.)
  4. Provide other variable responses that might be of interest to  measure and study. (Hint: If you were getting a mortgage or a loan, what  are the two most important measures of the process you would have to go  through?)
  5. Propose one overall recommendation to the financial services  company, based on the DOE, that could help reduce mortgage approval  times.

 

First, conduct an analysis using the following steps:

  1. Use the data shown in the table to conduct a design of experiment  (DOE) in Microsoft Excel in order determine the nature and magnitude of  the effects of the three variables on mortgage approval times. What are  the key drivers of this process?
  2. Determine the graphical display tool (e.g., Interaction Effects  Chart, Scatter Chart, et cetera) that you would use to present the  results of the DOE that you conducted in Question 1. Provide a rationale  for your response.
  3. Assess the data sampling method. Our sample contained only five  mortgages per combination. Under what circumstances would it have been  appropriate to select a larger sample? Is a sample of five mortgages  adequate to access the relative magnitudes of the effects of the  variables? What sample size would you recommend? What could you learn  from a larger sample size? (Hint: Look back at chapter 2, 3, 5, and 6  for discussion of sampling.)
  4. Provide other variable responses that might be of interest to  measure and study. (Hint: If you were getting a mortgage or a loan, what  are the two most important measures of the process you would have to go  through?)
  5. Propose one overall recommendation to the financial services  company, based on the DOE, that could help reduce mortgage approval  times.

Write a paper that illustrates your understanding of diverse cultural perspectives.

Write a four-page paper that illustrates your understanding of diverse cultural perspectives. By experiencing and researching cultural events, you will be able to examine the diverse offerings of cultural expression found in various parts of the world. Experiencing cultural events outside of the classroom will broaden your horizons and allow you to gain a broader global perspective of our world’s diverse cultures.

Analyze a possible strategy for resolving conflict in multi-cultural negotiations.

As the term implies, international negotiation refers to deal-making and other dispute resolution activities that occur between members of different nations. Such negotiations might develop about land rights, business opportunities, military treaties or any number of possible issues of interest to both parties. For our opening discussion in the course, we are going to evaluate international negotiations by comparing them to domestic negotiations and by assessing some of the fundamental concepts important to international engagement.

For the first paragraph of your posting, describe the basic process of negotiation, evaluating how the process might be different (or not different) when comparing domestic with international negotiations. Include some analysis of whether domestic negotiations can help us in any way with becoming better international negotiators.

For the second paragraph of your post, select any one of the following bullet points and address all elements of your chosen bullet point. Select a different bullet point section than what your classmates have already posted so that we can engage several discussions on relevant topics. If all the bullet points have been addressed, then you may begin to re-use the bullet points with the expectation that varied responses continue.

  • Evaluate ways that conflict might emerge in a multi-cultural negotiation. Analyze a possible strategy for resolving conflict in multi-cultural negotiations.

Describe three aspects of due process for a school seeking to suspend a student with disabilities.

Is due process required prior to an afterschool detention? Why or why not? You must support your position with examples from case law, the U.S. Constitution, or other readings.

Describe three aspects of due process for a school seeking to suspend a student with disabilities.

Discuss why it is important to identify disparities between and within different racial and ethnic groups of women.

Read the article, Of disparities and diversity: Where are we? by Gloria Sarto, M.D., PhD.

In a 4- to 5-page Microsoft Word document, provide your answers for the questions given below:

  • Provide a brief summary of the article.
  • Explain how this article has contributed to your understanding of health disparities experienced by women.
  • Discuss why it is important to identify disparities between and within different racial and ethnic groups of women.
  • Explain why African American women have a higher mortality rate from breast cancer although their Caucasian female counterparts have a higher incidence rate. Cite at least two additional articles to support your explanation.
  • Identify the strategies that are in place to decrease the health disparities of all women.