What failings in Congressional oversight of FEMA were found following the response to Hurricane Andrew in 1992?

Write a 2 page (roughly 620 words) essay addressing these questions: (include word count at end of paper) What failings in Congressional oversight of FEMA were found following the response to Hurricane Andrew in 1992? How were improvements made to FEMA between 1992 and 2001? What role did Congress have in this? What failings in Congressional oversight of FEMA were identified following the Hurricane Katrina in 2005? Did the oversight role of Congress evolve between Andrew and Katrina? Why or why not?

Discuss two additional lines of observational evidence (the things that we can see or measure in some way) that support the idea that the universe went through an extremely hot and dense period between 13 and 14 billion years ago.

The discovery of the expansion of the universe is one of the defining moments of 20th century astronomy. But while Hubble’s law–the relation between a galaxy’s redshift and its distance–implies a beginning, the Big Bang theory was not well accepted until additional evidence came to light. Discuss two additional lines of observational evidence (the things that we can see or measure in some way) that support the idea that the universe went through an extremely hot and dense period between 13 and 14 billion years ago. More recently, two independent teams of astronomers (including Adam Riess, from the assigned reading this week) discovered that the rate of expansion is increasing. Describe why their discovery depended on observations of a new type of standard candle. (No sources needed, write in your own word)

What can you learn from a search engine’s About, Search Tips, or Help?

READING ASSIGNMENT Chapter 27: Finding Sources WRITING ASSIGNMENTS Learning by Doing Comparing Web Searches assignment from chapter 27 on page 458. If you are using the eBook, click chapter 27 and click the section in the blue title ‘Searching the Internet.’ Scroll down until you see Learning by Doing Comparing Web Searches. NOTE: This activity instructs us to work with classmates. However, complete this assignment on your own. You will still use two separate search engines to complete the assignment. Use one of the search engines below to complete this assignment: Dogpile DuckDuckGo Yandex CC Search Search Encrypt Swisscows Documents from ebook Chapter 27 Learning by Doing Comparing Web Searches Working with some classmates, agree on the topic and terms for a test search. (Or agree to test terms each of you selects.) Have everyone conduct the same search using different search engines, and then compare results. If possible, sit together, using your laptops or campus computers so that you can easily see, compare, and evaluate the search engine results. Ask yourselves these questions: What does the search engine’s home page suggest its typical users want — academic information, business news, sports, shopping, music? What does the search engine gather or index — information from and about a web page (Bing), academic sources (Google Scholar), or a collection of other search engines (Dogpile)? What can you learn from a search engine’s About, Search Tips, or Help? How well does the search engine target your query — the words that define your specific search? Does the search engine take questions (Ask), categorize by source type (text, images, news), or group by topic (About)? Report your conclusions to the class. Focus the Search Terms. If the keywords you enter into a search engine are too general, you may be overwhelmed with information. For example, a search for sources on minimum wage on Bing that produced 26.8 million entries. For more relevant results, consider which aspects of the topic are most necessary to your research and limit your search accordingly. In the example below, focusing the search on a particular aspect (minimum wage + fast food workers) produced fewer sources. image pop up. Press enter to access the pop up A general keyword search yields 26.8 million results. A top-left search box labeled A shows the search term ‘minimum wage.’ The tabs All, Images, Videos, Maps, News, and Shopping, the sign for more, and My Saves are listed below the search tab. A number below the tabs is labeled B indicating the total number of entries located. A list on the right labeled C shows suggested related searches. image pop up. Press enter to access the pop up An advanced search with additional terms yields 198,000 results. A top-left search box labeled A shows the search term ‘minimum wage plus fast food workers.’ The tabs All, Images, Videos, Maps, News, and Shopping, the sign for more, and My Saves are listed below the search tab. A number below the tabs is labeled B indicating the total number of entries located. Below this are the titles along with website links and they are labeled C. Select Limitations. You can generally limit searches to all, exactly, any, or none of the words you enter. Limits include the following: enclosing a phrase, such as in quotation marks, so all words appear together as a unit choosing a specific language (human or computer), such as English or Python choosing a specific format or type of software, such as a PDF file or audio or visual media enhancements specifying a date range choosing a domain such as .edu (educational institution), .gov (government), .org (organization), or .com (commercial site or company), which indicates the type of group sponsoring the site For more on evaluating sources, see Ch. 28. You can locate a variety of material online, ranging from blogs to tweets to video. For the most up-to-date news stories, use a search engine or go to the website for an established news outlet (e.g., the Guardian, CNN, NBC, the New York Times, NPR, Reuters, or the Wall Street Journal). Be careful to distinguish expertise from opinion and speculation. Pay attention to author credentials and watch for bias. Evaluate and use blogs, personal sites, and social media cautiously.

why is community service important? In your opinion, how can this service be improved?

Title: (give it a creative title) Introduction: Whom did you serve? What did you do? With who did you do this? What were the highlights of the service experience? What moments are most memorable to you? Body 1: how was god present in this service experience? What sense of god did you encounter either then or now as you look back? Were you aware that you were serving Christ in the persons you helped? If yes, how? Were you aware that Christ was working through you in your service to others? If yes, how? Body2: was prayer involved? If so, how? Find a quote from the Bible. How does it apply to what you accomplished and how it relates to the service. Conclusion: why is community service important? In your opinion, how can this service be improved? What would you have done differently to enhance the service event? Notes: service activity was helping with kids at the church preschool. We had to help them learn how to read and write along with creative activities. I completed this activity by myself. You can make up random things that you think you would complete or accomplish while helping kids.

What standard governs the private security industry’s right to arrest?

It is extremely important that you participate with reading as many discussion entries as possible, making at least four (4) entries per unit, not per week, to include two (2) substantive original discussion entries, and responding to two (2) other entries in the threaded discussions taking place throughout the unit. One (1) of those original discussion entries should include a document, news item, journal article or other reputable, verifiably accurate item related to the topic being discussed that unit week that has NOT already been posted by someone else in the class. Constitutional remedies in cases involving private security investigators and detectives will be rare. Why? Relay a fact pattern whereby a private security operative may trigger the exclusionary rule. What standard governs the private security industry’s right to arrest? Which Supreme Court case indicated a reticence or hesitancy to extend constitutional protections to private sector justice? that’s the correct one

Do you think the United States needed to intervene in World War I?

1. Do you think the United States needed to intervene in World War I? Weigh specific examples from the readings in both posts to illustrate your opinions. 2. Which concept do you think was more influential by 1940, American individualism or the deserving poor? As you respond to a classmate, explain whether you think these were conflicting or compatible concepts in the period of 1920–1940. Weigh specific examples from the readings in both posts to help illustrate your points. Note: This discussion helps ensure that we avoid “either/or” thinking by weighing information before we make a decision. 3. n Chapter 4, your textbook reviews the importance of rites of passage and milestones in the transition into adulthood. In your opinion, when (or at what age) do you think a person should be considered an adult in American society? Why? 4. n Chapter 6, the Milgram experiment is discussed. Do you believe Milgram’s experiment was ethical? Discuss your rationale for whether or not you think the experiment was ethical.

Describe plan for data analysis for demographic variables (descriptive statistical tests).

Data Analysis Plans

Describe plan for data analysis for demographic variables (descriptive statistical tests). Describe plan for data analysis of study variables (descriiptive and inferential statistical tests) Statement of the Problem and Purpose of the Study The study aims to better understand the racial inequalities in maternal mortality in the United States and analyze preventive measures to reduce the rate of prenatal, delivery, and postpartum deaths among women of color. the sample is 500 women( 250 caucasian, 250 women of color). for data analysis, i want the chi square and for data collection is stratified random sampling technique. For more detail refer to the attached document or reach out to me. thank you

Give your assessment of the appropriate role of the media in communicating information about your issue, and your evaluation of how well the media fulfill the role you define for them.

Final Summary and Assessment In this paper you should present an overall summary and assessment of the media coverage you consumed during the four weeks. Your assessment should reflect a critical understanding of the media as discussed in the course, for example, the profit motive of corporate media and its role in maintaining or re-inscribing capitalist realism. As part of your assessment, include the following: 1) Identify the overarching narrative in the coverage of the issue that you followed. What is the underlying common sense in the way this issue is reported? Did this vary in alternative media outlets? If you found counter-narratives or views that challenged the dominant common sense, discuss those too. Use specific references and quotes to illustrate. 2) Give your assessment of the appropriate role of the media in communicating information about your issue, and your evaluation of how well the media fulfill the role you define for them. 3) Compare your position(s) on this issue now with the understanding of the issue you articulated in the initial justification paper. Has your own understanding of the issue changed based on exposure to various media sources? This paper should be written like a standard college essay, edited for errors and polished before submitting. Follow MLA or APA citation conventions for all sources cited in your work (take care that both in-text references and end references/bibliography are formatted correctly). Length: 600 to 750 words Sources: http://www.actupny.org/documents/1stFlyer.html http://www.actupny.org/documents/capsule-home.html http://cdn.theologicalstudies.net/31/31.2/31.2.1.pdf https://truthout.org/articles/noam-chomsky-us-military-escalation-against-russia-would-have-no-victors/

According to Armstrong, what does it mean to provide a causal analysis of mental concepts and define mental states in terms of their causal role?

There is no need to use quotations; if you do quote from the text, please be sure to explain the ideas in your own words. Please do not quote handouts, or videos. each essay will be 300-500 words, but there is no strict length requirement. Please submit your responses as a double-spaced ————————————————————————————————— 1.)Smart points out that one possible objection to the mind-brain identity theory is that someone who knows nothing about the brain can know and talk about pains, sensations, toothaches, and after-images. Thus, when they report a sensation, they are not reporting a brain process. How does Place’s distinction between the “is” of definition and the “is” of composition help to address this potential objection? 2.)According to Armstrong, what does it mean to provide a causal analysis of mental concepts and define mental states in terms of their causal role? How does this allow functionalists to distinguish between (a) the mental state’s functional role and (b) what occupies/fills/realizes this role? How does this make functionalist metaphysics different from the metaphysics of the identity theory? 3.)One attractive feature of functionalism is that it characterizes mental states as “multiply realizable”. Explain what this means and why this often is viewed as an advantage of functionalism insofar as it avoids the ‘chauvinism’ of the mind-brain identity theory. Then, consider Ned Block’s claim that this potentially saddles functionalism with a different problem: liberalism. 4.)Please carefully explain John Searle’s “Chinese Room” objection to Strong AI/the computational theory of mind and his key distinction between syntax and semantics. Why might critics think Searle is guilty of what Ned Block calls ‘chauvinism’?