Technical Analysis Question Bank

Most important of cycles in the studying the relationship between cycles of different lengths? Phase 3. Translation Is best described as useful in checking where the trend direction Is headed or If It Is changing. 4. Elliot Wave cycle Is composed of 8 sub waves. 5. 5-wave Elliot upward motive Impulse wave, the longest and most dynamic Is the third wave. 6. Long-term price movements with volatility – logarithmic 7. Not a continuation pattern – broadening formation 8. According to DOD theory, secondary corrections can most likely be replaced by a line 9.Least important when analyzing a trend – distance from current price 10. What is most likely indicated when Bollixing Bands narrow? A stocks volatility has decreased 1 1 . Which of the following is NOT true about gaps? Gaps are always filled 12. Which of the following does NOT represent a sell signal confirmation for DOD theory? The DOD Jones Industrials and the DOD Jones Transportation indexes peak simultaneously. 13. DOD Theory uses closing prices 14. Point and figure charts are LEAST likely suited for Identifying areas of accumulation or dilutions. 5. Which of the following Is a Fibonacci ratio use In treatment? 50% 16. Using MA to signal buy/sell decisions can result In a number of whipsaws in sideways trending markets 17. Point-and-figure 18. Which of the following is usually associated with major market tops? Ascending triangles Broadening formation 19. In DOD Theory, the length of secondary trend is most likely three weeks to three months 20. As a general rule, in rectangle, triangle, flag and pennant patterns, volume most likely decreases as the pattern nears completion. 21 .Which of the following types of gaps is LEAST likely to be filled when it occurs with high volume? Breakaway 22. Trends are more likely to persist than reverse in all markets 23. Which of the following is NOT an Important use for an oscillator? Providing a method for evaluating the performance of a security relativ e to another security or Index. 24. Which of the following Is characteristic of trends? Any trend Is Influenced by Its next longer and next shorter trend 25. Directional Movement Indicator 26. Regarding trend, which one is NOT correct? Breakouts from support/resistance are usually a change in trend.The longer the trend, the more difficult it is to identify its reversal. 27. To increase the sensitivity of a ex. point and figure chart, one would decrease the box size. 28. Point and figure 29. Which of the following patterns are found on point and figure charts? Doll Head and shoulders 30. Point and figure 31 . Point and figure 32. Which of the following Is characteristic of a log scale for a chart? They are typically used In Antiradar charts. They are preferred over arithmetic scaling for long-term trend analysis 33. Point and figure 34. An Inverse head and shoulders pattern Is a reversal pattern 35.Which of the following is NOT an advantage of trading futures contracts relative to tr ading stocks? Theology used to construct the S&P 500 Index 37. Symmetrical triangles are also called coils 38. The simple moving average gives equal weight to each period's price 39. Not true? Moving averages lead market action 40. The most commonly used price to calculate a MA is the close 41 . Not correct? Long-term MA give fewer buy and sell signals than shorter SAM. Are better at giving signals at major tops than Smash. 42. ***A moving average is a smoothing device 43. When compared to long term Mass, SMASH produce more trades 44.Volume in a head and shoulders pattern is usually highest during the formation of the left holder 45. Symmetrical triangle price patterns should generally be accompanied by a gradual decline in volume until the breakout 46. Open interest is the number of future contracts outstanding at any one time in each delivery month 47. A candlestick with identical, or nearly identical, opening and closing prices is a doll 48. The primary use of a candlestick patte rn is to identify indications of both reversal and continuation patterns 49. Not a momentum oscillator – advance/decline line 50.Which of the following can be used in conjunction with candlestick analysis to improve results? Using western techniques to confirm a candle pattern. 51 . Which is correct? Triangles do not appear in long-term charts because of their very short nature The proper order to follow in chart analysis is to begin with the long range and gradually work to the near term in order to gain perspective 52. For a futures contract, daily volume refers to the number of contracts traded during the day 53. The objective of the DOD theory is to determine the primary direction of the stock market. 54.Point and figure ignores time and volume 55. The concept of RSI measures the relationship between two securities 56. The resistance level of a price trend refers to the level where selling interest is sufficiently strong to overcome buying pressure 57. Advance-decline lin e 58. Considerate Wave extends for a period of 54 years 59. The target for a rectangle can be calculated by adding the height of the formation to the breakout price 60. MA crossovers can be used to indicate buy and sell signals 61 . Not considered a sentiment indicator? Specialist short sales ratio advance decline line 62.Not correct regarding speed resistance lines? 63. ***An exhaustion gap is associated with the beginning state of a bear market 64. Statements that is right regarding point and figure charts and bar charts is correct? A new plot on a point and figure chart is made only when the price changes by a given amount. 65. Point and figure charts display sequential reversals of price in unit increments 66. Point and figure chart, a new entry is added only when the price has moved by equal to or more than the specified box size 67. Point and figure 68. RSI between a stock and the market? Line 69.Candlestick displays opening price and closing price 70. A shaded real body candl estick means the closing price is lower than the opening price 71 . An important use of a trend line is to identify a price target for the extent of the price movement provide a signal of a reversal in trend 72. TA believes the more times a trend line has been successfully tested, the greater the significance of its violation 73. In a head and shoulders, volume generally is heaviest during the and phase 75. A SAM is often criticized because equal weight is given to each point included in the calculation 76.An exponentially smooth MA gives more weight to more recent observations 77. A sell signal is normally given when a shorter length moving average crosses a long length MA from above. 8. Oscillators are used to alert the analyst to overbought or oversold conditions 79. Oscillators are most useful when prices are in a trading range 80. Violated support levels typically become support levels as prices fall lower become resistance levels on price bounces 81 . As with trend lines, spee d resistance lines must be confirmed with volume reverse roles once they are violated 82.A rising RSI line for a stock in a falling market indicates that the stock is underperforming outperforming the market 83. Which indicators would be most helpful in analyzing a trading range? Oscillators 84. Not used to measure arrest breadth? Plurality index sell/buy ratio 85. RSI indicates positive price momentum the security is performing better than the market or the entity being compared 86. Not an assumption of TA? Investors act rationally 87. *** When Bollixing Bands contract it means that volatility has decreased 88. Least useful chart pattern? Broadening formations 89.Not a characteristic of a doc? It is an effective pattern based upon percent winners 90. Not correct about gaps? The most profitable gaps are opening gaps 91 . Continuation pattern? Flag 92. An extreme overbought reading on a momentum indicator in the early stages of a ally shows that the market is ready to correct indicat es that the rally is strong and will probably carry further 93. Chart establishes price targets based on a horizontal measurement point and figure charts 94. Contrary investing 95. Most comprehensive index? S 500 Composite Index Wilshire 5000 Equity Index 96.The longest term cycle recognized in TA is the Considerate cycle 97. The January effect refers to a seasonal tendency in which return for the year tend to be positive when January returns are positive Small cap stocks outperform lar cap stocks in January 98. Not a sentiment indicator? Brokerage firm hiring Relative Strength Index 99. Equivocal 100. Not a characteristic of on-balance volume (BOB)? It is interpreted by comparing it to the price divergences, trending breaks and price patterns to point out underlying strength or weakness. It is plotted on a bar chart 101 .Not correct regarding point and figure? Due to complexity in their creation, it has only come into common usage since the advent of computers 109. CEO sells 10,000 shares of his company shares? Informed market 110. Not a consideration for money management? Trend following strategies 1 1 1 . Risk is defined s variability of returns loss of capital 112. Important aspect of money management is diversification determining the optimum position size 113. 114. True regarding short sales except the trade does not need to be closed 1 15. Methods to measure RSI except beta method 116.Not included in CASSINI stock screening method? Annual sales increase 117. 120. The original Intent of Charles DOD was to use the interplay of his Industrial and Railroad averages as economic indicators 121 . DOD theory – the averages discount primary reversals and can create confusion 123. Volume goes with the trend – primary trend and secondary trend 124. Not a tool of Federal Reserve monetary policy? Changing the federal funds rate 125. A rising FIX means increasing implied volatility 126. A bullish sign for the stock market is high levels pessimism of Wal l Street strategists 131 .Three steps and a stumble is a market indicator based upon three consecutive increases in either the federal funds target rate, margin requirements or reverse requirements 134. Bar chart typically contain all prices except opening 135. Which price is common to both line and bar charts? Close Question Bank 2 13. The body of the candlestick line displays the relationship between the current rower than the open. 15. Which Western technical tools can be used on candle charts trend lines, moving averages, and Fibonacci retrenchments 16. A trend line is helpful in determining when a price reversal has taken place. 7. The basic concept behind the use of a trend line is that a trend in motion will remain in notion until it reverses. 18. Technical analysts GENERALLY believe a price close beyond the trend line is more significant than an intra-day penetration. 19. In general, market technicians believe that the more times a trend line has been successfully tester, th e greater the significance violation. 20. In a head and shoulders pattern, volume usually decreases with each successive peak. 21 . The characteristics of a cycle are amplitude, period and phase 22. A moving average smooth out data fluctuations 23.Moving averages are MOST often used to signal a reversal in price trend 24. A simple moving average is often criticized because equal weight is given to each point included in the calculation. 25. An exponentially smoothed MA gives more weight to more recent observations 26. A sell signal is when a shorter MA crosses a longer MA from above 27. Oscillators are used to alert the analyst to volume divergences overbought or oversold price conditions 28. All the following are momentum oscillators except relative strength index (RSI) advance/decline line 29.Most oscillators are constructed on a semi-logarithmic scale to highlight momentum so that the mid-point goes through zero 30. Oscillators are most helpful to gauge price behavior in sharply rising markets non-trending markets where price fluctuate in a well defined trading range 31 . Oscillators are most valuable when their value reaches an extreme reading near the upper or lower end of their boundaries. 32. ** Using an oscillator, one most often observes an acceleration in price momentum prior to a major market bottom a peak in momentum in a bull market before a peak in the price trend 33.A typical momentum index is constructed by plotting the difference in volume between the daily high price and the daily low price plotting the change in price between the beginning and end of time interval 34. In gauging the importance of a potential support or resistance level, the analyst must consider: all the above 35. Violated support levels typically become support levels as prices fall lower become resistance levels on price bounces 36. As with trend lines, speed resistance lines must be confirmed with volume reverse roles once they are broken 37.The minimum downside projectio n from a head and shoulders top pattern is derived by measuring the distance from the penetration of the neckline by the left shoulder to the penetration of the neckline by the right shoulder and extending down from the point of penetration of the right shoulder by projecting downward from the neckline the vertical distance from the top of the head to the neckline 38. Answer: identifying areas of accumulation and distribution. 39. Oscillator most used in analyzing rending markets? Stochastic MAC 40.A rising relative strength line for a stock in a falling market indicates that the stock is performing better than the market 41 . Most helpful in analyzing trading range markets? Moving averages. Oscillators 42. If one is studying a cycle of 8 weeks the assumption is that the next longest cycle is 16 weeks. 43. The dead cat bounce usually occurs at market bottoms 44. Presidential cycle realizes best returns during election and pre-election 45. The idea that all price movement is the addi tion of all active cycles is the basis for the all of the above 47.Relative strength is usually calculated by dividing the price of a security by the price of another security, index or subgroup. 48. Rising relative strength indicates the security is performing better than the market or the entity being compared. 49. RSI analysis is useful in identifying declining volume trends Industry group rotation 50. To spot weakness in an uptrend, volume should be falling 51 . **Which is not an assumption oft? The consensus is always wrong 52. When Bollixing Bands contract is means volatility has decreased 53. Point and figure charts are most useful in identifying areas of support and resistance 54.Which would not considered a means of identifying a trend regression lines / moving averages relative strength lines 55. Does not describe standard deviation lines: a buy is generated when prices crosses the -1 standard deviation line from above 56. Candlestick charts can be used to identify all of the above 57. Not considered a factor in determining the significance off trend line? Distance from price 58. MA – simple 59. Which is the least significant penetration of a rising trend line? Two successive antiradar penetrations of trend line 60. Which are considered important in determining the validity of a trend line break?All the above 61 . None of the above. Using a weighted moving average 62. Not considered a support level? Previous high, previous low, and trading range all of the above are considered as potential support levels 63. What is meant by the statement â€Å"volume precedes price†? Changes in supply and demand are often apparent in volume before price 64. A complete Elliot wave is made up of five motive impulse waves and three corrective waves 65. A descending triangle that forms in a downtrend would probably be considered a reversal pattern a continuation pattern 66. Least reliable? Broadening formations 67.Not true about volume? Both price and volu me can fall off sharply after a buying climax A rally that occurs on rising volume points to a probable trend reversal 68. Least true about a doc? A continuation pattern 69. Not true about gaps? Gaps are always almost filled 70. Most likely a continuation pattern? Flag 71 . Risk can be defined as amount loss per trade all of the above 72. The ratio would be positive 73. An extreme overbought reading on a momentum indicator in the early states of a will probably carry further 74. True of an up-trending market? B and C 75. Sentiment indicator most useful to traders?Put/call ratios 76. **Best suited for establishing price targets based on a horizontal measurement? Line charts point and figure charts 77. Contrary opinion is a useful investment because it is at turning points where people are wrong 78. Not one of the â€Å"essential areas† of TA? Market structure indicators business cycle analysis 79. Longest term trend in the market is the primary secular 80. In the DOD theory, m ost important price is the close 81 . Most popular types of market indexes include all of the following except: logarithmic weighted 82. Most comprehensive (all-inclusive) index is Wilshire 5000Equity Index 83. Most important in identifying a head and shoulders top pattern? A shoulder must decrease substantially from previous rallies 84. The longest-term cycle is the Considerate cycle 85. The January effect refers small cap stocks outperform large cap stocks 86. Not a sentiment indicator? Relative strength 92. A simple moving average is slower to respond to price changes than a weighted moving average 93. One reason why price oscillators are useful is because price tends to lead momentum momentum tends to lead price 94. A secondary cycle can be used to determine the major trend of the market – false 95.The trend of each cycle is most strongly influenced by the trend of the next longest cycle – true 96. Divergence and failure swings are most useful on an RSI indicator w hen they occur below the 80 70 and above the 30 lines. 98. Describes BOB – a breadth momentum oscillator on days when prices close higher, it is assumed that all volume is represented by buyers 99. Not true about point and figure charting? Due to the complexity in creating these charts, it has only come into common usage with the advent of computers. 100. What s the relevance of the box size in point and figure charting?Box size is the amount the price must change before a new column is created box size determines the sensitivity of frequency of trading 101 . Open interest? The total number of outstanding long or short contracts 102. Difference between point and figure charts and bar charts? Point and figure charts provide clearer trading signals 103. Comparison of candlestick charts to bar charts? Candlestick allow for easier visual interpretation 104. In candlestick charts, what is considered the essence of the price movement? Real body 105. What additional interpretation i s possible with candlestick charts compared to bar charts?Support levels. Relative strength between bulls and bears Question 3 1 . Cycles are measure low to low 2. This cycle principle states, as stocks go through similar cycles the size and magnitude will differ – variation 3. Most useful aspect of studying cycles of different lengths? Phase 4. In regards to cycles, translation useful in checking where the trend direction is headed or if it is changing 5. Elliot wave cycle is 8 waves 6. 5-wave Elliot wave, longest is expected to be the 3rd 7. When analyzing long-term price movements, it could be helpful to use which type of chart?Logarithmic chart 8. Least likely a continuation pattern – inverse head and shoulders broadening formation 9. Not considered a support level? All of the above are considered to be support levels 10. According to DOD Theory, secondary corrections can be replaced by a line 11. Least important factor in determining the significance of a trend li ne? Distance from price 12. For a breakout or breakdown from a triangle to be considered valid it should no more than three-quarters of the distance to the apex from the beginning of the pattern 13. Bollixing Bands narrow – volatility has decreased 14.Not true about gaps? Gaps are always filled 15. Best characterizes continuation pattern? There is sideways price action 16. 17. In order for the DOD theory sell signal to be confirmed – b and c 18. The DOD theory uses only closing prices 19. 20. Point and figure charts are least suited to identifying breakouts areas of accumulation or distribution 21 . In a doll candlestick supply and demand are in balance 22. Fibonacci rater? 23. MA crossovers sell signal when the fast falls below the slow 24. MA are of least use in generating buy or sell signals in a sideways trend 25. 0 points there would be no count 26. Usually associated with major market tops? Broadening formations 27. On balance volume is used to all the above 28. Common filters used to confirm a trend line break include all the above 29. The length of a minor trend is about 6 weeks 30. Rectangle, triangle, flag and so on, volume decreases as the pattern develops 31 . Gap least likely to be filled when it occurs with high volume? Breakaway 32. Trends are more likely to persist than reverse in all markets 33. One of the greatest strengths of TA is its flexibility 34.Trend lines should always generally be redrawn to accommodate an accelerating rend 35. Which of the following is not an important use for an oscillator? Provides a method of evaluating the performance of a security relative to another security or index 36. Percentage parameters not widely recognized percentage retrenchments? 45% 37. 39. 41. 42. 43. 45. Inter market analysis? Study of the interrelationships between the various independent financial markets 46. The secondary trend is measured in weeks or months and the intermediate trend is measured in weeks or months 47.A characteri stic of a trend? Any trend is influenced by its next larger and smaller trend 48. The directional indicator can be defined as two lines tracking higher highs and lower lows to determine trend 49. Which is false? Breakouts from support and resistance is usually a change in trend the longer the trend, the less significant the breakout 50. A descending triangle has a falling resistance line and a horizontal support line 51 . How would you use relative strength analysis when comparing sectors? Divide the price of one sector by an industry benchmark and compare 52.To increases sensitivity in a point and figure, decrease the box size 53. Point and figure – one box reversal chart 54. In what charting technique will trend lines be drawn at 45 degrees? Point and figure 55. Not found in P? Bullish engulfing pattern antiradar XIX P, which breakout is most significant? A breakout from a 15 column congestion zone 58. O price movement 59. Characteristic of a logarithmic scale? Preferred ov er arithmetic scaling for long- term trend analysis 60. P are named according to their box and reversal size 61 . O movement 62.Cycles are measured from through to through 63. 10 day cycles are best timed with 5 day oscillators 64. Not true? Normality is the principle that relates cycles of different lengths cause they are rarely identical principle of proportionality states that a cycle of similar duration exists everywhere in the market 65. Not common of reversal patterns? The larger the pattern, the greater the subsequent move tops usually take longer to form than bottoms 66. An inverse head and shoulders pattern is a reversal pattern 67. The MAX objective of reversal pattern is 100% retrenchment 68. False 69.Futures do not require an optic to short 70. True about double tops? They often occur at market bottoms height is often used as a measuring objective 71 . Not correct regarding reversal patterns? 2 and 4 2. Equally WA? Is the way the DOD Jones Industrial Average is calculate d an investor invests that same dollar amount in each security 73. A reasonable price objective once a stock has completed a head and shoulders pattern is equivalent to the distance between the head and the neckline 74. A continuation pattern is all of the above 75. A symmetrical triangle is all of the above 76.The apex of a triangular pattern is all of the above 77. True 78. The breakout from a triangle formation all of the above 79. Descending triangle considered a bullish pattern B and C 80. Flag and pennants are not reversal patterns 81 . The measuring technique for most continuation patterns implies that a price objective from the breakout point is equal to the height of the pattern at its broadest point 82. The reversal pattern that can also appear as a continuation pattern is head and shoulders. 83. Best describes continuation patterns? They are represented by sideways price action 84.Stock traders rely heavily on 50 and 200 day moving averages and 30 to 40 weeks moving avera ges 85. The simple moving average gives equal weigh to each periods price 86. A channel breakout system works extremely well in a and c 87. The moving average is all of the above 8. The crossover method refers to a buy or sell signal generated when a shorter moving average crosses a longer moving average 89. The most used price to calculate the moving average is the close 90. In a 10-day simple moving average, each days price is assigned a weighting of 10% 91 .Which moving average assigns greater weight to the most recent data? Exponential or weighted 92. Longer term moving averages A and C 93. A moving average is a smoothing device 94. Shorter moving averages produce more trades 95. To help confirm a price trend, volume should expand in the direction of the trend 6. Volume divergence occurs when a new high in an uptrend takes place on active light volume 98. Volume in a head and shoulders pattern is usually highest where? During the left shoulder 99. Triangle price patterns should be accompanied by a gradual drop-off in volume until the breakout 100.Technicians believe that volume matters most during breakouts volume precedes price 101 . A selling climax typically occurs at a market bottom 102. Open interest is the number of outstanding in a given day 103. A candlestick with equal opening and closing is a doll 104. The primary use of a candlestick tatter is to determine if you are in a bull market or bear market strengthen the possibility off reversal or continuation off price trend 105. All of the following are momentum oscillators except relative strength index advance/decline line 106.

A summary of your self-analysis Essay

Audience Analysis (Rating: 1 (2) 3 4) Explanation: My audience is a mixture of students and ordinary people of various ages. They are the masses that form the greater number of the society who prefers plain and simple language, and whose culture, needs and interests are facilitated by their interpersonal relationship and by their basic daily activities. I encircle 2 because I rank 4 as the audience composed of scholars and 3 composed of professionals and well educated people. They are the most important audience as they are the people who are aware of the issues confronting the society and are highly capable of judging me. I chose 3 because they are not my audience yet. Written Communication (Rating: 1 2 (3) 4) Explanation: I chose 3 because I see my self as between 4 and 2. Given the 4 as very good, I would not rank my self this high as I am fully aware I still need to improve in written communication. However, I chose 3 in the sense that I can write short magazine article, write formal letters, and written communication such memorandum for various department of the company. I chose 3 simply to emphasize where I am in the scales of 1 to 4 being 1 as basic and four as very good. Oral Communication (Rating: 1 (2) 3 4). Explanation: I am not good enough in oral communication but I can communicate fairly well. Given that 1 need improvement which means basic, I do need improvement too but as I said, I can communicate orally but not as effective as I do in the written communication. So though not really basic which means 1, I need further improvement in oral communication so I encircle 2 as my rating in this aspect. Visual Communication (Rating: 1 2 (3) 4) Explanation: I can say that I have skill in this type of communication; I can use visual aids effectively in such a way that my audience understands well the ideas that I conveyed to them. However, I could not say that I do not need improvement at all, am not not perfect and I need to continually improve my skill. So I encircle 3 to emphasize on this regard. Self-image and the image that you project (Rating: 1 2 (3) 4) Explanation: I am quite good at projecting my self but I feel that I need to do. Yes, I can project the image that I wanted my audience to identify me but I still could not say I am really good in this, so I in the rating of 1 to 4 I would chose 3 being 1 as the basic and 4 as that do not need improvement. Effectiveness of dealing with feelings—your own and others (Rating: 1 (2) 3 4) Explanation: Unfortunately, I am quite weak in dealing with my own feelings much more that of others. I still have to address my weakness particularly my temperament and emotional impulses. In this case I rate my self 2 there are still a lot in me that I need to improve. Based on your self-evaluation, please answer the following questions: What are your major communication strengths? Please list. Among my major communication skills are the following, 1. ) I am a good listener. Citing the work of Covey, Poulter, Brooks and Goldstein (2001) pointed out that it is â€Å"difficult, if not impossible, to engage in effective communication †¦if we fail to listen† (p. 49). 2. ) I can write well and express my ideas through writing. 3. ) I can also effectively convey ideas through using visual aids. 4. ) I can project the image that I wanted people to identify me. What are your major communication weaknesses? Please list. 1. ) I am weak in dealing with my emotional impulses which often affect my communication with others. 2. ) I am also weak in oral communication 3.), and in dealing with 3 and 4 audience category What are your goals for improving your leadership communication skills? Please list. The goals that I want to pursue to improve my leadership communication are: 1. ) I need to overcome my emotional impulses and to manage well my temperament, through asking my self what is it that I really wanted to achieve. 2. ) Improve my oral communication skills by learning from great poets and speakers through studying their speeches. 3. ) Enhance my listening and writing ability through determining who my audience is and how will I level my communication to my audience. How will you obtain feedback to ensure that you are making progress on your goals? Please explain. I would say that the best way for me to obtain feedback apply the Leadership Practices Inventory Assessment & professional development plan. This leadership assessment developed by Kouzes and Posner specialized in getting feedback and I would say that it is the best way of obtaining feedback to ensure that I am making progress on my goals. Reference Poulter, S. B. , Brooks, R. , & Goldstein, S. (2001) Raising Resilient Children New York: McGraw-Hills.

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However, continuing the controversy of whether optimal portfolio is good or bad in general is of very limited practical use. A more practical approach is to instead look at what the factors are that determine high versus low merger and acquisition performance. The same logic holds for investors who buy foreign securities or undertake direct investment abroad. They expose themselves to the risk that the value of these assets in terms of domestic currency will drop when the price of foreign exchange drops. They can protect themselves by hedging, selling the foreign currency forward. But they may have to pay an exchange risk premium to do so. There is some reason to believe that such exchange risk premiums are relatively small. Much of exchange risk is diversifiable: the domestic importer who wishes to buy foreign exchange forward will, through the intermediation of the market, find a natural partner in the foreign importer who wishes to buy domestic exchange forward. 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It compares the expected excess return, volatility and Sharpe ratio for the global capitalization weighted portfolios with global equity investments and domestic-only fixed income holdings. Familiarize the policies, procedures and method in your organization that govern the way projects are done, it doesn’t mean that executive office give you their support means you are on your own alone, you are still working to this company and all the major decision must be approved by the higher office. Edit the charter with your boss until you both agree on its procedure and possible outcome is cleared to both of you. This project must be pursued to be able to have a systematic networking of all the data bases from the main office to its branches. A central program will be developed in the main office and will be networked in all branches; all data must correlate to the main program. Optimal Portfolio Distribution: Rather than choosing sides between economic accounting and financial stock-market performance measures and their respective biases. There are optimal portfolio had received a vast criticism. For distribution will be the favored services and the provider of the customer financing from other firm, at the same time as the second firm will be the preferred provider of their respective people only. A staffing plan, the people required in this project must need to implement the project, They must personally select the key people in your team you must be able to identify their interest and ask for their dedication to functioning efficiently and effectively on the project team. 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Coming Of Age In Mississippi History Essay 1) In the autobiography of Anne Moody, she had joined two major groups for the rights of the colored people, the NAACP and the SNNC. She had thought about joining the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, but she never did until she found out one of her roommates at Tougaloo college was the secretary. Once she went to a meeting, she became actively involved. She was always participating in various freedom marches, would go out into the community to get black people to register to vote. She always seemed to be working on getting support from the black community sometimes to exhaustion. Anne started hanging out with other students who were also fighting for black rights, and soon she became an active member of the SNCC. Through these organizations, Anne had become actively involved in the civil rights movement. She soon realized, though, that there were a lot of preconditions that were needed to achieve significant social change in the black community. Many of the projects Anne worked on, lacked support from the black community. Many black people tended to ignore the efforts of the SNCC because they were afraid of change. It took a lot of work to convince the black community to support the various projects the young people of SNCC were doing. An example of a project that the black community supported extensively was Freedom Summer. This project would not have been successful if the black community did not support this. The Freedom Summer project proved to be a success because the black community went out and vote. Throughout her book, Anne Moody talked a lot about the difference between older and younger black people because the younger generation was the ones that were actively involved in the civil rights movement. The role the federal government had during the civil rights movement did not always help black people achieve their rights. The first major break for civil rights came in the Supreme Court case Brown versus the Board of Education. The ruling that segregation was unconstitutional seemed like a major break through for the black community. Anne Moody was very optimistic about the desegregation cases. She always tested the Supreme Court decision of Brown versus the Board of Education numerous times by doing sit-ins and freedom marches. She was determined to fight for her rights, despite numerous threats against her life. When Kennedy was assassinated, she was devastated. Anne really thought that Kennedy was the answer that she and other members of SNCC were waiting for. After exhausti ve work, Anne concludes that the movement has not improved the lives of people in Mississippi. It has focused too much on voter registration and even political theater, such as the Freedom Vote, a mock vote intended to protest disenfranchisement of blacks. Instead, Anne wants the movement to focus on economic issues, such as helping black farmers buy their own land. At the end of her memoir, twenty-three-year-old Anne is getting on a bus to Washington. The bus is filled with volunteers who all seem far more high-spirited and younger than she. As they sing Anne wonders if blacks will ever really overcome racism. http://www.customessaymeister.com /customessays/Civil%20Rights /7653.htm Coming of Age in Mississippi Anne Moody s Coming of Age in Mississippi, talked extensively about the civil rights movement that she had participated in. The civil rights movement dealt with numerous issues that many people had not agreed with. Coming of Age in Mississippi gave the reader a first hand look at the efforts many people had done to gain equal rights. Anne Moody, like many other young people, joined the civil rights movement because they wanted to make a difference in their state. They wanted their freedom and the same rights as the white people had. Many other young people joined the civil rights movement because they felt that a change was needed in the way black people were treated. They felt that this change would not come if they did not join the civil rights movement. Anne Moody was a strong believer of black rights and felt that it was important for her to help black people fight for equal rights. These civil rights workers felt that their freedom would only come if most of the black community supported the efforts of the civil rights workers. Anne Moody, and other young people, thought that the only way that they would get equal rights for black people was to prove that they really wanted them. These civil rights workers, for example, showed that they really did care by joining various civil rights organizations and engagi ng in Freedom Marches. These Freedom marches were very organized, and they occurred all over the United States, which proved that black people wanted the same rights as the white people had. Anne Moody, and many other young people, joined the civil rights movement because they felt a change was needed and that it was their duty to fight for equal rights. Anne Moody had thought about joining the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), but she never did until she found out one of her roommates at Tougaloo college was the secretary. Her roommate asked, why don t you become a member (248), so Anne did. Once she went to a meeting, she became actively involved. She was always participating in various freedom marches, would go out into the community to get black people to register to vote. She always seemed to be working on getting support from the black community, sometimes to the point of exhaustion. Son after she joined the NAACP, she met a girl that was the secretary to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Anne started hanging out with other students who were also fighting for black rights, and soon she became an active member of the SNCC. Through these organizations, Anne had become actively involved in the civil rights movement. She soon realized, though, that there were a lot of preconditi ons that were needed to achieve significant social change in the black community. Many of the projects Anne worked on, lacked support from the black community. She did not realize how much she would be harassed by the white people because she was fighting the rights of black people. The main preconditions for social change in the 1950s and 1960s, was getting the black community to support the various projects SNCC and the NAACP were working on. The black people they were fighting for did not always like the projects that Anne, and the other young people in SNCC, had been doing. Many black people tended to ignore the efforts of the SNCC because they were afraid of change. It took a lot of work to convince the black community to support the various projects the young people of SNCC were doing. An example of a project that the black community supported extensively, was Freedom Summer. This project would not have been successful if the black community did not support this. The Freedom S ummer project proved to be a success because the black community went out and voted. This proved to the federal government, that black people were interested in gaining voting rights. Anne Moody had thought about joining the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), but she never did until she found out one of her roommates at Tougaloo college was the secretary. Throughout her book, Anne Moody talked a lot about the difference between older and younger black people. She mentioned this difference extensively because it was mainly the younger generation that joined the civil rights movement. The older generation of black people did not participate in the civil rights movement not because they were not uninterested, but because they were afraid of what might have happened to them if they achieved equal rights. The older black people wanted the same rights as the white people had, but many of these people were brought up thinking they could not change their status. To them segregation was the way they were supposed to live their lives. Another reason why younger people joined the civil rights movement was because they did not have as much to lose as the older blacks did. Many of the older black people had a family to raise, and they needed to support their family financially, so therefore they could not afford to risk their lives, and the lives of their families. They were afraid to come out and participate in various civil rights activities because there were numerous black people that had been fired for participating in the voter registration drive. The older blacks did not want to risk everything to get the same rights as the white people had, so they decided not to participate. Most of people that joined the civil rights movement were students because they felt that a change was needed, and they had plenty to time to devote to the civil rights movement. They felt that it was their duty to fight for equal rights for all Black Americans. Throughout her book, Anne Moody talked a lot about the difference between older and younger black people because the younger generation was the ones that were actively involved in the civil rights movement. The role the federal government had during the civil rights movement did not always help black people achieve their rights. The first major break for civil rights came in the Supreme Court case Brown versus the Board of Education. The ruling that segregation was unconstitutional seemed like a major break through for the black community. The only problem with this decision, was that Chief Justice Marshall said that desegregation should happen with all deliberate speed instead of immediately. Many southern states did not voluntarily desegregate their schools, but this seemed to only be a minor set back for the civil rights leaders. In 1955, many congressional representatives and senators passed the Southern Manifesto, which said that the Supreme Court decision of Brown versus the Board of Education was unconstitutional. Numerous freedom marches were held all around the country, and in Washington, D.C. These marches were held to try to get the government to hear them, but the government ignored them. In 1964, the Civil Rights Act was passed ending segregation. It also created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that prevented discrimination in the workplace. Anne Moody was very optimistic about the desegregation cases. She always tested the Supreme Court decision of Brown versus the Board of Education numerous times by doing sit-ins and freedom marches. She was determined to fight for her rights, despite numerous threats against her life. When Kennedy was assassinated, she was devastated. Anne really thought that Kennedy was the answer that she and other members of SNCC were waiting for. She walked around in a daze wondering what would happen next. Governmental leaders were essential during the civil rights movement. Without the help of government officials, black people would not have had the same rights they have today. Anne Moody s Coming of Age in Mississippi, talked extensively about the civil rights movement that she had participated in. The civil rights movement proved successful in achieving equal rights for Black Americans, despite strong opposition. Black Americans got equal rights because of the untiring efforts young people, like Anne Moody, had. Without the efforts of these young people, the role of Black Americans in society may have been different today. http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/comingofage/summary.html Plot Summary: Conclusion After exhaustive work, Anne concludes that the movement has not improved the lives of people in Mississippi. It has focused too much on voter registration and even political theater, such as the Freedom Vote, a mock vote intended to protest disenfranchisement of blacks. Instead, Anne wants the movement to focus on economic issues, such as helping black farmers buy their own land. At the end of her memoir, twenty-three-year-old Anne is getting on a bus to Washington. The bus is filled with volunteers who all seem far more exuberant and younger than she. As they sing à ¢Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚ ¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"We Shall Overcome,à ¢Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚ ¬Ã‚  Anne wonders if blacks will ever really overcome racism.

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Smoking and Lung Cancer Lung Cancer accounts for fifteen percent of all cancer cases, and an estimated 170,000 people in the United States get lung cancer a year. (5)About 155,000 of those people die from the cancer. Recently, the rate of women affected by lung cancer has increased, while the rate of men affected has decreased. However, lung cancer is the leading cancer that kills both women and men. (1) So, what is lung cancer? Lung cancer is the uncontrollable growth of abnormal cells in the lung. (5) There are two main types of lung cancer: non-small cell and small- cell lung cancer. Non-small cell lung cancer (or NSCLC) is more common than small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) and occurs in about 80% of all lung cancer cases. (3) Early lung cancer does not cause symptoms, so when the symptoms finally do show and the cancer is detected, it is already at an advanced stage. (1) Smoking has been shown to be the primary cause of lung cancer. About 87% of all cases occur in people who smoke. (1) However, not everyone who smokes gets lung cancer and not everyone who gets lung cancer smokes. One of the main symptoms of lung cancer is a chronic cough that lasts for more than two weeks. Another is constant chest pain. Other symptoms include wheezing, shortness of breath, coughing blood, hoarseness, and repeated pneumonia or bronchitis. (1) There are also less noticeable signs such as unexplained fever, weight loss, or appetite loss. (2) As mentioned earlier, there are two types of lung cancer: NSCLC and SCLC. NSCLC can be divided into three sections. First, there is epidermoid carcinoma which is usually starts in the large breathing tubes, and grows slowly. (5) There is also adenocarcinoma, which is found in the mucus glands and ... ...is still a fatal illness that kills most people if it is not detected early. The main way to avoid lung cancer is to stop smoking! Cigarettes and tobacco have about 4,000 chemicals in them which lead directly to cancer. (1) The more a person smokes, the greater the possibility of lung cancer. However, if one stops smoking, the risk of getting lung cancer reduces each year. After ten years, the probability decreases to about one-half or one-third the risk of people who continue to smoke. (1) In addition, secondhand smoke causes about 3,000 people to die from lung cancer a year. (1)Therefore, the best way to prevent yourself or those around you from getting lung cancer is to stop smoking! Internet Sources: 1) http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=22542 2) http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/wyntk/lung#9 3) http://www.meds.com/lung/guide/u_lung.html

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In the movie Big, Tom Hanks is an adolescent boy who gets frustrated with the limitations that come with being only 12 years old. He makes a wish that he was older and to his surprise it works! Unfortunately for him, he realizes that being older is not all that it is cracked up to be. Throughout the movie, young Josh (the main character) has to go through the developmental stages that an adult normally goes through, only they are happening all at once for him.I will be using Erosion's stages of psychosocial development to analyze the growth of the Josh's personality. He viewed personality as a result of our social interactions with other people throughout life. Whether we succeed or fail at these certain stages will determine how our personalities develop. Erikson proposed eight stages of development from ages O-65+. From infancy to 18 months is knows as Trust vs. Mistrust Stage. Failure at this can lead to mistrust. 2-3 years is known as Autonomy vs. Shame/Doubt. Failure at this can lead to feelings of shame.From 3-5 years is known as Initiative vs. Guilt. Failure at this can lead to feelings of guilt. From 6-11 years is known as Industry vs. Inferiority. Failure at this can lead to feeling incompetent. After 40 until 65 is known as Generative vs. Stagnation. Failure at this leads to little involvement in the world. Over 65 years of age is known as Ego Integrity vs. Despair. Failure at this can lead to bitterness, despair or regret. Because this movie starts in adolescence (12 years old) and shows the character at about 40 years old, I will only be discussing two stages ofErosion's development: Identity vs. Confusion and Intimacy vs. Isolation. Adolescence (12-18) is the stage known as Identity vs. Confusion. This is when children learn a sense of identity and sense of self. Failure to succeed at this may lead to a weak sense of self and role confusion. This is a time when teens try to find where they â€Å"fit† into society. They may experiment with di fferent hobbies or behaviors. It is important for a teen to be able to explore different paths in a supportive environment so they can form a strong sense of independence and control.In the movie, Josh, went from being a 12 year old to a grown man. He had to move out of his parent's house and start living on his own. The first few nights alone, he was in a dark, dank apartment in a shady part of town. Without the skills that one learns throughout adolescence teaching them what skills they are good at and where they â€Å"fit† in society, Josh was lost. When he meets an owner of a toy company that embraces his â€Å"youthful† attitude, he offers him a Job. This Job entails thinking of and trying out new toy ideas that will popular with the youth of that time.Since Josh mentally is still a 13 year old, this appeals to his interest and is compatible with his development. In a sense he is finding his identity. This is a place where he â€Å"fits in† to society. If h e did not meet the toy shop owner, he may have remained confused about what he should do with himself or where he will fit in. There are many ways in which people know that they are successful in what they are doing. An example of this is when Josh received his first check. He exclaimed â€Å"One hundred and eighty dollars! â€Å". To him this was a great amount.His coworker replies aim, they really screw you. To his coworker, this is not enough. This shows how a specific symbol may convey success to one person and failure to another because of differences in development during the Identity Vs. Confusion stage. Young adulthood (19-40) is known as intimacy vs. isolation. This is when adults seek to find intimate and loving relationships. Failure to accomplish this may lead to loneliness and isolation. This stage is thought to be highly dependent on whether or not one was successful at the previous stage.In order to form intimate relationships, one must have a strong understanding o f who they are. People who have poor sense of self find it harder to stay in committed relationships and often times experience depression or isolation more frequently. This is a good example of how all the stages, while independent, all depend on each other in order for personality to successfully grow. In the movie, there are many situations that occur that depend on previous development of the intimacy vs. isolation stage. At his new Job at the toy company, Josh comes to meet a female coworker named Susan.Throughout the movie Susan grows more attracted to Josh and tries to initiate a more intimate relationship. Unable to pick up on her cues, Josh say inappropriate things that mean something different than what he intends. For example, Susan tells him after a date that she â€Å".. Wants to spend the night with him†. He replies † Oh, like a sleepover? Well Im on top! † In the adult world this would refer to intercourse, but for Josh it referred to bunk beds. Bec ause Josh had never successfully navigated through this specific stage of life, he lacks the skills necessary to be in an adult committed relationship.Because of this, Susan assumes that he Just does not want to commit to her and dismisses his attempts at trying to explain he is really a child. Since Josh is technically only 13 years old, he has not successfully developed a mature sense of self yet. He has not gone through the previous stage, identity vs. confusion. It is only possible to be successful in this sixth stage of social development if a strong sense of self is developed during the previous stage. This movie does a good Job at showing how an incomplete sense of self can inhibit a person from forming committed intimate relationships in adulthood.The ability to form these intimate relationships is very important to both hysterical and mental well being in adulthood because they affect not only personal relationships but also work and community relationships as well. In conc lusion Erosion's stages of psychosocial development are clearly apparent in the movie Big with Tom Hanks. The two stages in particular that are evident are the identity vs. confusion stage and the intimacy vs. isolation stages. These occur between the ages of 12 and 40. In the movie the main character, Josh, is 13 years old and finds himself in a world where he appears and must act as if he is in his ass.While trying o make it in the adult world he is confronted with situations that require certain psycho-social skills that he has yet to develop yet. He begins life as an adult in a state of â€Å"confusion† about where he fits into society. He has not had time to explore what he is good at or what he should do as a career. He has not formed a mature sense of self yet. When he lands a Job as a toy creator, he develops an sense of independence and self worth. This is only because as a toy creator he does not have to do anything that he isn't prepared for. Susan does all the cle rical work and all he must do is think f and play with toys.Another problem he is confronted with is the subject of adult relationships. He must navigate the stage of intimacy vs. isolation at an earlier time than expected. Susan tries to initiate a romantic relationship with Josh to no avail. He interprets these as purely platonic since he is only 13 years old. Susan interprets his reactions as a inability to commit. In real life if Josh was an adult, this would lead to isolation from Susan leading to less committed and secure relationships for Josh. Psycho-Social relationship skills are vitally important for successfully navigating he adult world.The ability to form intimate relationships can lead to happiness and the inability to do so can lead to depression. The ability to develop a strong sense of self and identity is crucial in order to form committed relationships and to know where you fit in with society. Our relationships impact our health and well being throughout our life . Being able to go through the stages of development that Erikson proposed successfully is what leads a person to a happy and fulfilling life.

Acquiring a Firm Resolve: Dignifying Maturity in the Short Story

There are moments in our lives when we radically change. Something happens to us that transforms us into a new person. It may come as we read an engaging text, as we undergo an enlightening experience, or as we witness an interesting event.The catalyst for this radical change may vary, but its impact will always be the same: we can never go back to our old self, because the change, once done, marks our individual history. This is what happens to Sammy, the main character of the short story, â€Å"A&P† written by John Updike.Sammy undergoes a personal change, a change that makes him take a stand and evolve from an immature teenager to a young man strongly resolved to stand firm in his beliefs.In the first part of the story, we see Sammy’s immaturity as he ogles at the three scantily clad girls. He observes them like any normal teenage boy; he sees the girls as objects of interest because of the way they are dressed.   He is delighted by their presence because of his at traction to them, especially to the dominant girl in the group whom he calls Quennie, who is â€Å"more than pretty† (page number).Sammy even goofs around with his co-worker Stokesie, reveling in the presence of the girls who are so misplaced, wearing bathing suits at a grocery store:You know, it's one thing to have a girl in a bathing suit down on the beach, where what with the glare nobody can look at each other much anyway, and another thing in the cool of the A & P, under the fluorescent lights, against all those stacked packages, with her feet paddling along naked over our checkerboard green-and-cream rubber-tile floor.

The Lemurs of Kirindy

Peter Kappeler’s article entitled, â€Å"The Lemurs of Kirindy,† brought into focus the different behaviors adapted by and that has evolved among the mammals in the Kirindy Forest in the west-central coast of Madagascar.   Of particular interest in the article were the lemurs of Kirindy, which Kappeler described to have evolved and changed their behaviors in order to adapt to the changing seasons and climates of the forest. This paper looks into the process of natural selection among the mammals of Kirindy.   The discussion and analysis provided herein posits that natural selection favored the most unusual primate behaviors among lemurs.   More specifically, the position assumed in this discussion asserts that because of the constantly changing physical/natural environment of the forest, lemurs have adapted and underwent the process of evolving biologically, as their response to the natural changes occurring in their physical environment—completing the process of natural selection. The â€Å"pronounced seasonal changes† in the Kirindy forest was described as a combination of either very hot or cold climates, erratically changing each season.   On December to February, the forest does not experience rain, wherein nights reach above freezing point.   In addition to these drastic changes in temperature, primate behaviors also vary during long dry spells or months of continuous rains.   Behaviors of lemurs affected not only include hibernation periods, circadian rhythms, or food hunting patterns, but also reproduction cycles and mating behavior.   Ultimately, the erratic changes in climate in Kirindy influence the survival techniques of lemurs. Indeed, these seasonal changes have affected the circadian rhythms, mating behaviors, and food hunting techniques of the lemurs of Kirindy.   Sifakas are known to adapt a â€Å"calorie-saving† behavior by â€Å"expending less energy† through a decrease in their physical activities and expose themselves to heat as much as possible.   Moreover, sifakas eat plants that have high liquid content, further supporting its survival techniques in order to survive the cold season.   Sifakas’ mating behaviors, meanwhile, have also been inadvertently affected by the seasonal changes in the forest.   Female sifakas give birth during the cold season, and learn to support their young by hunting for plants or leaves with high liquid content and adapting a calorie-saving lifestyle. Fat-tailed lemurs, meanwhile, have also learned to adapt to new behavior in order to survive the cold season in the forest.   The rainy season is a time when fat-tailed lemurs store fat as their food supply for their hibernation period.   They do this by eating high-energy fruits and insects, converting these foods into fat, which is then stored in their tails.   After the rainy season, fat-tailed lemurs get ready for the dry season by hibernating in hollow trees. The sifakas and fat-tailed lemurs are just examples of mammals that have learned to adapt to the environment’s drastic changes, particularly in the Kirindy forest of Madagascar.   Variations and changes in lemur behavior demonstrated that the process of natural selection took place in the forest, wherein the uncontrollable physical conditions that the lemurs lived in led to an alteration of their lifestyles, and ultimately, biological tendencies and reactions to the environment (i.e., Kirindy forest).

Shall We Tell the President?

In February 24 he heard shocking news. Some people were planning to kill the president and he understood that a senator is also involved in this. When they knew that he heard everything, they tried to kill him. But fortunately he escaped. After the meeting Mark Andrews talked Dry. Dexter and fixed a date with her. Barry called Nick and informed every thing. Nick States entrusted Mark to the hospital. On the way to the home Barry and Nick met In an accident and died _ March 3 Thursday Evening: Mark called Dry. Dexter and postponed the meeting. When he arrived in the hospital Angelo and Benjamin Reynolds who lied near Angelo had died.Mark tried to inform the news to Nick but he didn't get. So he informed all incidents to the FBI director H. A. L Tyson and through car radio he knew that Nick and Barry were died. 4 Friday 6. 27 am: Mark meets Tyson and informed to keep it secret; at the mean time Tyson had appointed two persons to look Mark. Mark starts his investigation about which sena tor involved in this case. At the Library of Congress he checked the congressional record to find out who were all in Washington on February 24. He got a list of 62 senators then he double checked and shortened it Into 38. Friday Afternoon 12. Pm: A meeting of conspirators takes place. One man Is Tony, he was an excellent driver another is Xanthium, a Vietnamese and an excellent rifle shooter, he hated Americans. The third man is Ralph Matson; he is an old FBI agent and the Peter Nicholson, a millionaire. The last man is called chairman. Ralph Matson was the killer of Angelo Ceasefires; he disguised like a Greek priest and killed him. Tony and Xanthium were the killers of Barry and Nick . They discussed about the planning to kill the president. Arc 4 1-relay Attorney 4 pm: Mark called Nils classmate Ana Knew auto ten mafias. When mark speaks with Dry.Dexter he got the news that Angelo was a Greek then he contacted a Greek orthodox priest and understood the killer who he see in the h ospital. 5 March Saturday Morning: Mark meets Tyson. In their Mathew Roger the Cast. Director of FBI gave information about the man who made the arrangements for the luncheon party. Marks visits Arians Ceasefires and learns that a priest came and gave fifty dollar bill to her. Mark traces the 50 dollar bill to know the finger prints. Mark contacted the secretaries of the 62 senators in his list not revealing the secret. He could cut down the number of senators' who had private luncheon on February 24.Sunday Morning 6 March 9 am: Mark calls a person in New York Times to know more about mafias and their attitude towards Gun Control Bill and also about senators who had close connections in organized crimes. Monday Morning 7 March 7 am: Tyson informed mark that a walk-talky of the FBI had missed and through that the information are going out side. For to know which senator where in the capitol on 3 March, mark looks the records and make a list of seven senators ‘Pearson, Noun, Bro oks, Byrd, Dexter, Harrison, Thornton'. 8 March Tuesday Morning 1 am: Tyson scolded Mark when he got the report from the woo men who are appointed to observe mark.They reported that Mark is in love with a senator daughter. Tyson scolded him because his lover's father Dexter is under suspicion. Mark goes to the senate house to see the Gun control bill debate, in which there he reduced his list to 5, because he understood that Noun and Pearson were not in the senate on 3 March. 9 March Wednesday: Tyson tells mark that Dexter may be the conspirator because the porters had seen in him on February 24 in Georgetown with his daughter. Mark shocked, he meets Elizabeth. Tycoon's men informed it and he scolded Mark.

A Report About Niccolo Machiavelli History Essay

A Report About Niccolo Machiavelli History Essay Niccolo Machiavelli was born in 1469 in Florence. Since 1484, Florence had a republican government after ruling Medici family and its supporters were driven from power. Machiavelli suffered from this regime change: first he was sent to an internal exile and later was imprisoned and tortured for several weeks when (wrongly) suspected of conspiring against the Medici family in 1513. Following which, he retired to his farm outside Florence. This drove him to turn to literary pursuits and he wrote his famous study on power, ‘The Prince’ in 1517. The Prince was primarily a guide book for his prince, Lorenzo De Medici, to help him promote himself into the political set up of Italy. Machiavelli analyzed power and the ways for Italy to gain it to become independent and keep control. The explanations in the book were driven by Machiavelli’s own attraction with power and his deep desire for an independent Italy. His ideas on the rules of power caters to the struggles for a ll levels of power, from a common man struggling in the world of business to strategies performed by the political leaders in the sixteenth century to now. ‘The Prince’ is primarily a study of power in which Machiavelli suggests how political power should be acquired, utilized, and maintained by the ruler. (Fischer, 2000), (Source: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/machiavelli/ ) Machiavelli always asserted the importance of acquisition of power, he thinks it comes naturally to all humans and the one who does acquire power should be praised and not blamed. Machiavelli’s Philosophy beyond Acquisition of Power: Machiavelli doesn’t just concentrated on acquisition of power, he said that the real concern of any ruler is the not just acquisition but also maintenance of power. On the basis of his past experiences with the Florentine government, he supports the view that being right and good human being is not sufficient to acquire and maintain political offi ce. He feels power typically defines political activity; therefore any ruler must know how it is used. Since only by proper application of power, can rulers make individuals obey them and will be able to enforce law to maintain peace in the state. â€Å"one can say this in general of men: they are ungrateful, disloyal, insincere and deceitful, timid of danger and avid of profit†¦. Love is a bond of obligation which these miserable creatures break whenever it suits them to do so; but fear holds them fast by a dread of punishment that never passes† (Machiavelli 1965, 62; translation altered) Thus we see that Machiavelli believes that fear is always preferable to love while dealing with subjects, because laws are enforced on the basis of threat of coercive force, because people obey law due to the fear of results of not doing the same, whether the loss of life or other punishments. These are all Machiavelli’s views on how to maintain power not acquire it. His pragmat ic political ideas are based on two elements: The political environment in the world at that point in time was divided and commanded by powers with no possibility of unification. That time no political leader at that time who was using the kind of force Machiavelli thought was required for peace. He thought that a price feared by his subjects would ensure their loyalty. On human nature, Machiavelli thought humans are basically greedy and selfish and their actions are driven more by fear than by love. As a political philosopher, his attempt was to introduce a new way to create a society, which according to him was different from the one existing. Though his philosophy has been regarded as evil by many, but in practice most business leaders and politicians agree and follow it and regard it as the physics of power. The philosophy put forward in The Prince, is popularly known as Machiavellianism and is defined as: â€Å"The political doctrine of Machiavelli, which denies the rel evance of morality in political affairs and holds that craft and deceit are justified in pursuing and maintaining political power.† We can explain this with simple saying that as far as power is concerned, the end justifies the means. The core thought of Machiavelianism is that the purpose of the ruler (power holder) is to maintain peace and security of the state irrespective of the morality of the means.

7.5 part 1 review questions Coursework Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 500 words

7.5 part 1 review questions - Coursework Example Planning should also encompass an anticipation and evaluation of the impacts of future developments (Oz 98). Planning should also entail building a shared vision and undertaking decisions on what goals an organization wants to obtain. The action plan for the organization should explain on what actions to undertake to reach their set goals. Prototyping refers to the rapid development and testing of working models of new applications in an interactive and iterative process that involves both IS specialists and business professionals. Prototyping ensures the development process is faster and easier for business professionals and IS specialists. Prototyping has opened up the application development process for end-users as it simplifies and accelerates systems designs. The advantage of prototyping is that it is extremely useful where there is uncertainty about design solutions or requirements. Prototyping is also useful in producing systems that meet user requirements. Prototyping is also vital in designing an information system’s end user interface. The disadvantage of prototyping is that when it is rapidly conducted it can gloss over vital steps in systems development. Prototyping can also fail to have essential security controls built in. rapidly constructed systems can also fail to accommodate large volumes of data or users. What does SDLC stand for? What are the phases of the SDLC? Explain in one or two sentences of your own words what happens in each phase. If problems occur during the SDLC, is it better to identify and solve those problems near the beginning or the end of the SDLC process? SDLC stands for systems development life cycle. It refers to an application development life-cycle. It is a commonly used term in information systems, software engineering, and systems engineering. SDLC gets used to elaborate a process for planning, testing, creating, and developing an information system. There are several stages

Customer Satisfaction and Market Segmentation of Mass Transit Railway Dissertation

Customer Satisfaction and Market Segmentation of Mass Transit Railway (MTR) Corporation Limited - Dissertation Example The research has played an important role in highlighting the importance and need of customer satisfaction in the success and growth of the organsiation. The researcher had always an interest in understanding the dynamics of marketing and strategic management and the research offered an opportunity to learn different intricacies of the subject matter. While conducting the research, there were moments when the whole idea of achieving the proposed aim and objectives was looking far away. However, with due support of professors, friends and family, there was a new way that helped in gaining confidence of learning new things. It was really nice to interact with a number of people and analysing their views and opinions on customer satisfaction. Customer satisfaction is an abstract concept that requires thorough understanding of the nature and preference of customers. The researcher learnt a lot by analysing the views and opinions of customers that were very similar to the literature. An u nderstanding over the different facets of the research allowed the researcher to look things from different angles and perspectives and this learning has been pretty useful that can be incorporated in the personal and professional life. Every research is a kind of journey that adds great value. The researcher has been lucky enough to learn patience, understanding and analysis of things and opinions from different perspectives and angles. ... NT Knowledge is in the end based on acknowledgement- Ludwig Wittgenstein Every research starts with a general idea that gets depth and value with the support and guidance of others. Knowledge is doubled when share and supported in a compassionate manner. The researcher would like to thank his supervisor†¦ for his kind support and positive motivation that helped in achieving the proposed aim and objectives of the research. His continuous guidance created good amount of interest that has been reflected in the research. The researcher would also like to thank his professor†¦ for offering him key insights over the subject matter. Without his guidance and efforts, things would have been a bit different in terms of results and outcomes. The researcher would like to appreciate the management of the University that allowed him to access library and other electronic sources that helped in gaining knowledge over the subject matter. More importantly, this created a positive response f rom the researcher side in terms of delivering the goods in an expected manner. The role of family in supporting the research cause has been immense and without their support and motivation; things would have not shaped in a desired manner. Their understanding and constant support allowed the researcher to add continuous value to the research topic. The researcher would also like to thank his friends for sharing their ideas and views over the research topic that helped in developing multiple perspectives. Overall, a deep gratitude to everyone who made this research journey a successful one. The researcher would like to thank everyone for their direct and indirect support and dedicate the entire effort to their support and motivation. Their presence and guidance helped in identifying various issues