1. Suppose that currency in circulation is $600 billion, the amount of checkable deposits is
$900 billion, required reserve on checkable deposits is 10% and excess reserves are $15
billion.
a. Calculate the money supply, the currency deposit ratio, the excess reserve ratio, and the
money multiplier.
b. Suppose the central bank conducts an unusually large open market purchase of bonds
held by banks of $1400 billion due to a sharp contraction in the economy. Assuming the
ratios, you calculated in part (a) remain the same, predict the effect on the money supply.
c. Suppose the central bank conducts the same open market purchase as in part (b), except
that banks choose to hold all of these proceeds as excess reserves rather than loan them
out, due to fear of a financial crisis. Assuming that currency and deposits remain the
same, what happens to the amount of excess reserves, the excess reserve ratio, the money
supply, and the money multiplier?
d. During the financial crisis in 2008, the Federal Reserve began injecting the banking
system with massive amounts of liquidity, and at the same time, very little lending
occurred. As a result, the M1 money multiplier was below 1 for most of the time from
October 2008 through 2011. How does this scenario relate to your answer to part (c)?
DATA ANALYSIS PROBLEMS
2. Go to the St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED database, and find the June 2013 data
available on Currency (CURRNS), Total Checkable Deposits (TCDNS), Total Reserves
(RESBALNS), and Required Reserves (RESBALREQ).
a. Calculate the value of the currency deposit ratio (c).
b. Use RESBALNS and RESBALREQ to calculate the amount of excess reserves, and then
calculate the value of the excess reserve ratio (e). Be sure the units of total and required
reserves are the same when you do the calculations.
c. Assuming a required reserve ratio (rr) of 11%, calculate the value of the money multiplier
(m).
3. Go to the St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED database, and find data on the M1 Money Stock
(M1SL) and the Monetary Base (AMBSL).
a. Calculate the value of the money multiplier June 2013 and June 2008.
b. Based on your answer to part (a), how much would a $100 million open market purchase
of securities affect the M1 money supply today and five years ago?

Political Violence and Terrorism

Most political experts believe that the nations on the continent of Africa will be the newest beacon of terrorism. For example, in 2017, the Islamic State, or ISIS, is seeking a safe harbor after major losses in Iraq and Syria. And al-Qaeda looks to secure its future by expanding operations and alliances in the sub-Saharan region, analysts say.

“The collapse of the Islamic State’s stronghold in Raqqa (Syria) will cause a re-coalescence of fighters on the continent, most of whom come from North African countries,” said Ali Bakr, an analyst specializing in terrorism at Future Advanced Research, a think tank in Abu Dhabi. Likewise, Tunisia alone has sent at least 6,500 volunteers who joined al-Qaeda and ISIS in Syria and Iraq, said Bakr. Many are now likely to join an expanding terrorist network in West and Central Africa, he said. “The region is likely to be hit by a severe wave of returning Islamic State fighters while al-Qaeda expands into other states such as Niger, Burkina Faso and Nigeria,” Bakr said. “Niger has become a new source for recruits, and Ansarul Islam, an al-Qaeda franchise, is now active in Burkina Faso.”

Also, go to the following Article link, https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=XD9FDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA412&dq=political+violence+in+africa&ots=m6gWdBRqvo&sig=WeI7ZVEOw0Pwwb3YzP9dJ14C5HQ#v=onepage&q&f=false

Here you will read about the various political violence throughout the world. It is very thorough so need to read every page. Just skim through it.

As you know, domestic and international terrorism is in short simply the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government or its citizens to further certain political or social objectives. Law enforcement generally recognizes two types of terrorism: domestic and international. Domestic terrorism is based and executed in the United States by our own citizens without foreign direction. International terrorism, which is connected to foreign governments or groups, transcends our nation’s boundaries. Terrorist acts against U.S. citizens can occur anywhere in the world.

Writing Assignment: Write  a thorough 5 paragraph compare and contrast essay on the various roles that the governments on The United Kingdom and the United State are doing in preventing terrorist attacks. Be sure to focus the essay on the certain activities or behaviors that can indicate terrorist planning, especially when these activities occur at or near key facilities such as government, military, utility or other high-profile sites or places where large numbers of people gather.

South America (Brazil)

Brazil is South America’s most influential country, a rising economic power and one of the world’s biggest democracies.
Over the past few years it has made major strides in its efforts to raise millions out of poverty, although the gap between rich and poor remains wide.
The exploitation of the Amazon rainforest, much of which is in Brazil, has been a major international worry, since the wilderness is a vital regulator of the climate.
A former Portuguese colony, Brazil has a highly diverse population, including indigenous Americans and the descendants of African slaves and European settlers.

In terms of economic growth rates, no country in Latin America is growing slower than these guys in 2017, 2018 and 2019, according to a World Bank assessment released June 4. Only tiny, or total basket case economies do worse over the next three years.
In real GDP terms, Mexico (EWW) and the tiny Central American states are projected to grow 2.1% in 2017, then 2.4% in 2018 and 2.7% in 2019. Mexico is the growth driver. Even with Trump’s border wall and anti-NAFTA rhetoric, Mexico is expected to grow at 1.8%, 2.2% and 2.5%.
Brazil’s rival, Argentina, will grow at 2.7%, then 3.2% over the next two years.
Within South America, average growth will be 0.3% (thanks to Brazil), then rise to 1.9% next year and 2.3% in 2019. In every year, compared to every country American investors can invest in through pure-play exchange traded funds, Brazil (EWZ) underperforms.
Brazil’s GDP is forecast to grow just 0.3% this year, 1.8% next year and 2.1% in 2018, making it the biggest…and baddest…economy in the region.
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Watch/Read:

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https://www.britannica.com/place/Brazil
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Writing Assignment:  write in a WORD document a brief descriptive essay about Brazil.

Capital budgeting is a complicated process that is essential to good investment decisions by a company. Please give an example of a capital budgeting decision a company might need to make.

Are there examples in using the cost of capital in personal life? When or how have you compared the cost of getting money to the potential benefit of that money?

Once a business computes its cost of capital, discuss how a manager might decide whether to take on a project or not.

Briefly review either your personal experiences and/or the financial literature to identify and present a description of one actual capital project/product failure and the reasons attributed to the failure. For those of you who do not have personal experiences the following are some illustrated examples of failed projects/products over the last 50 years you may want to look up and consider: -New Coke,- The Iridium Satellite Communication,- the Edsel automobile, Beta (vs. VHS), the Concord SST, and various Dot Coms. Feel free to research others.

Remember this is a short exercise – do not go overboard – a little bit of research and summation is all that’s required.

1) Share your short, concise description of the project and the major reasons you believe it failed.

2) In your opinion what 3-5 specific factors are the cause of GENERIC capital project analysis failure.

Please respond to each question and also be sure to reply to at least two classmates with a post that adds value to the discussion.

With this paper, I want to see that the students not only have memorized the concepts and theories in order to take the quizzes, but they have understood the material presented in this course and they are able to apply it in analyzing a concrete and basic social group: the family. Therefore, you are expected to review the first chapter and select one of the main theoretical approaches (functionalist theory, the conflict theory or the symbolic-interactionist theory). Then, using your sociological imagination (see chapter 1), analyze your family through the theoretical perspective you selected and make sure that you apply correctly in your analysis at least five of the concepts learned in this course.

Suggestion of concepts you may use in your analysis:

· ethnocentrism/ cultural relativity

· culture/ subculture/ counterculture

· social status (ascribed, achieved, master)

· social role (role strain, role conflict)

· social group (primary, secondary)

· social class/ social mobility/ social inequality

· socialization/ resocialization/ agents of socialization

· deviance/ conformity /obedience

· race/ ethnicity

· accommodation/ acculturation/ assimilation

· stereotype/ discrimination

· gender identity/ gender role

· nuclear family/ extended family

· monogamy/ polygamy

· endogamy/ exogamy

Please, write an original paper of at least 1000 words, avoiding generalization of personal experiences. Think sociologically! Use only the textbook and the notes as bibliographical resources and make sure to mention them at the end of your assignment. The resources are not included in the minimum 1000 words. Make sure to give credit to your bibliographical sources and keep in mind that the quotations cannot represent more than 20% of your paper. Even though you give credit to the author, if the quotations exceed 20% of the paper, this is no longer original. As intellectual theft, plagiarism is graded with zero.

The student will be graded on critical thinking, writing, clarity, organization, and content. You will have points deducted if the paper is shorter than required. If you need assistance with your assignment, the Writing Center is available for free to assist you with your writing needs! The paper must have an introduction and conclusion. Grammar and spelling count!

The name of the textbook is Essentials of Sociology 9th edition by Brinkerhoff, Weitz, and Ortega, 2014.

ISBN- 13:978-1-133-63039-5.

1. To examine the different sides of the debate about marijuana legalization, please visit the following websites:

http://www.drugpolicy.org/sites/default/files/dpa_marijuana_legalization_report_v8_0.pdf

https://www.sheriffs.org/sites/default/files/2016%20FINAL%20Legalization%20of%20Marijuana%20in%20Colorado%20The%20Impact.pdf

http://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/370519-lies-damned-lies-and-statistics-about-marijuana-legalization

After reading the executive summaries and browsing through the articles, please answer the following questions:

a. According to the Drug Policy Alliance, what have been the effects of legalizing marijuana across the United States?
b. According to the sheriff’s association, what have been the effects of legalizing marijuana in Colorado?
c. According to Professor Kamin, what may account for the differences in the two reports?

2. Suppose that the market for bananas in Binghamton on an average weekday is given by the following equations:

demand: P = 46 – 3Q
supply: P = 6 + 2Q

where P is the price of a bushel in dollars and Q is quantity in bushels.

a. What is the equilibrium price and quantity? Show graphically.
b. Assume that the National Institutes of Health issues a study showing that bananas reduce the risk of cancer. The demand for bananas increases to:

demand’: P = 66 – 3Q

At the original equilibrium price, is there a shortage or a surplus? Of how much?
c. What is the new equilibrium price and quantity? Show graphically.

3. Find an article from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, the internet, or another publication concerning a particular change in a specific market. Using a supply and demand graph, show the effects on the market that the article is discussing. Please hand in a copy of the article with your problem set.

4. Hershey Krackle bars are candy bars made with chocolate and crisped rice. Using supply and demand curves, show the effects of the following events on the market for Hershey Krackle bars. Use a separate graph for each question. Be sure to label all axes, curves, and equilibrium points. What happens to price and quantity in each case?

a. an increase in consumer income (Assume a normal good.)
b. an increase in the price of rice
c. a decrease in the price of Nestle Crunch bars (a substitute)
d. Hershey builds a new, more efficient factory.
e. an increase in the price of light bulbs.

5. Assume that the market for unskilled fast food workers in New York is given by the following equations:

demand: P = 11.00 – .002Q
supply: P = 2.00 + .001Q

where P is the price of labor (wage rate per hour) and Q is the quantity of labor hours per day.

a. Find the equilibrium price and quantity. Show graphically.
b. Suppose that the government imposes a minimum wage of $7.00 per hour.
What is the result in the market? Is there a shortage or surplus? Of how
much?

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i have attached all weeks writings from week 2-7
so first page should include cockerham article -Cockerham, W. (2001). The Sick Role in Medical Sociology, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 156-164. (pdf below)
2nd page The institution and the patient- Weinstein, R. (1994). Goffman’s Asylums and the Total Institution Model of Mental Hospitals, Psychiatry, 57/4: 348-367.
3 page contested boundaries- Rosenberg, C. (2006). Contested Boundaries: Psychiatry, Disease, and Diagnosis, Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 49/3: 407-24.
4 page the patient case file- Berg, M. and Harterink, P. (2004). Embodying the Patient: Records and Bodies in Early 20th-century US Medical Practice, Body and Society, 10/2-3: 13-41.
5page- 1994. Qualitative methods in sociology and anthropology, in Studying Health and Disease, ed. Kevin McConway. Buckingham, United Kingdom: Open University Press, 37-53.
6 page of essay – Mosby, I. (2013) Administering Colonial Science: Nutrition, Research, and Human Biomedical Experimentation in Aboriginal Communities and Residential Schools, Historie Sociale/ Social History, 46/91: 145-172.

For decades, relational databases remained essentially unchanged; data was segmented into specific chunks for columns, slots, and repositories, also called structured data. However, in this Internet of Things (IoT) era, databases need to be reengineered because the very nature of data has changed. Today’s databases need to be developed with the needs of IoT in mind and have the ability to perform real-time processing to manage workloads that are dynamic. For example, relational databases should be able to work with real-time data streaming and big data (an example was presented in the Unit III Lesson).

Scenario: Falcon Security wants their customers to be able to view security video footage in real-time and provide customers with the ability to query video footage for viewing. Choosing a database solution such as MongoDB would allow Falcon Security to store customer video footage in the same database as the metadata.

To do this, Falcon Security needs a way to manage the demands of real-time data streaming for real-time analytics. Conduct some research for a NoSQL database application, such as MongoDB or Cassandra, that could meet this need. How would switching to a real-time database solution help Falcon Security remain competitive? Create a PowerPoint presentation that includes the components listed below.

Provide a brief introduction to IoT.
Present the argument to the Falcon Security CEO that switching to a more dynamic database structure (NoSQL real-time database) will meet the demands of IoT.
Introduce some features of the database you chose, whether it is MongoDB, Cassandra, or another database.
Describe how switching to a more dynamic database will give Falcon Security a competitive advantage.

Here is a brief description of those two components of the class and how they are related. Of course, there are also detailed guidelines for each assignment separately. Over the years, I have noticed quite a few people have the same questions and confusion about those two assignments, so read carefully  (And ask as many questions as you have after you read this.)

The final project for this class is the Learning Vignette. The best way to explain the connection between the biblio and the LV is to tell you about the LV first, although, chronologically you will complete the biblio first.

Learning Vignettes – This is a 15 mins skit/act out of your understanding of the material you have learned. Since this is an entirely online course you will (sadly) not be able to act out the skit – therefore, this assignment will be basically writing the script for the skit. In this group project, you will do what is known as closing the gap between theory and practice. Remember that in your LV group (which I will form on the basis of the grade levels and topics you have expressed preferences towards in your survey), you CANNOT have two people with the same biblio topic. That is why, I decided to start with this early, so you can all finalize your topics within your groups. Once you all know what you will be doing your biblios on, you will be expected to share your knowledge with your groupmates and teach them the strategies you have learned from your research on your topic.

For your LVs, I will provide you with an instruction sheet including grade level, topic, specific activity and understanding goals. Your task is to incorporate all the strategies you have learned about for your biblio topic into the skit. Remember, the goal for this assignment is to portray how well you understand the principles of educational psychology and how to implement those in the classroom. Knowing definitions for this project will not be enough. I give you the what, you show me the how. The idea is to get to see (and do it yourself) how those concepts LOOK like in reality. As you write your script, I encourage you to use the “Comments” option on MS Word to provide comments throughout. You can identify what concepts you are covering. That said, make sure that in the actual script, you do not actually tell us. Meaning, when we teach, you don’t say things like: “Ok, now we will spend a little time to work on your identity development by exploring who we really are.” This would be considering you “telling” us about your topic (Identity development), rather than showing us how a teacher would promote identity development in the classroom. Does that make sense?

Annotated Bibliography – For this assignment you will be asked to come up with a topic of you are interest that is in the realm of Educational Psychology. You will then look for 3 articles from a list of journals I will provide you with. Once you know your topic, you can use variety of strategies to find those articles in the specified journals. If you are having hard time finding articles, I encourage you to seek help of the librarians and you can always email me and I will gladly help you. The reason why I will give you a specific list of journals is that the articles you need for your assignment need to be practice-oriented, sources that will be more “how to” oriented, not as much as theory or research-oriented. The detailed guidelines for the biblio are already posted on Blackboard. By the end of your research and write up of the Annotated Bibliography you will be considered somewhat of an expert on your topic in your LV group and you should have a nice list of strategies that can be applied in the classroom.

Feel confused? Ok, here is what you need to do step-by-step
1) Complete the survey and wait until I put you in your LV group
2) Come up with biblio topic – once in your LV group, make sure to check out what others’ topics are. No 2 people within a group can have the same topic.
3) Share it with your LV team-mates on Blackboard
4) Complete your draft and eventually your final Biblio
5) Start writing your script. Blackboard doesn’t offer really good tool to do so. I encourage you to use Google Docs. It is a really good tool in which all of you can work on the script at the same time. They have really revamped the program and it is pretty awesome now!
6) Once skit is done, transfer it to a proper MS Word file. Add the Comments throughout indicating what concepts are covered where.
7) Write your introduction: In it, you need to include all LV members and their Biblio topics. You need to also give us the settings and any possible props you would have used if you were to act the skit out in a classroom.
8) Submit it on Bb by the deadline
9) Submit your peer evaluations (if you are having concerns about any of your LV team-mates even before the submission of peer-evaluations, please email me!)
10) Evaluate other LV groups’ scripts and submit your evaluations.

In order to ensure everyone participates in the group project, at the end of it, everyone will be asked to complete a peer-assessment sheet for each of your LV team-mates. While this is a group project, everyone will receive an individual grade. Your grade will be effected by:
1) LV group grade
2) How well your biblio topic is represented in the LV
3) Your evaluation of other groups’ LVs
4) How well you worked with your peers (based on the peer-assessments)

Before beginning the assessment, complete the following:
• Choose an organization to use for this assessment. It can be where you are currently employed or a company with which you are familiar. It must be an organization that is researchable, as you will need to gather and analyze information in order to complete the assessment. You may use the same organization for the other assessments in this course.
• If you choose the organization where you are currently employed, please keep in mind that the analyses you make must be based on facts that can be documented rather than your personal opinion as an employee.
• Research the training and development functions of your chosen organization.
Deliverable
Based on your research into the training and development functions of the organization you selected, write a research paper in which you complete the following:
• Explain how the organization identifies specific training needs.
• Describe the types of training methods used within the organization.
• Analyze the organization’s use of resources (internal and external) to assist with training.
• Identify the kinds of training the organization provides for employees. Include company-wide training, such as orientation and harassment, as well as training that is unique to this organization, such as forklift training and ERP system training.
• Explain how training effectiveness is measured.
• Identify ways that talent is developed within the organization. Is there a mentoring program? Leadership training? Educational opportunities?
• Analyze the importance of training and development to the organization. Is it a valued service?
• Analyze how the organization’s value of training and development affects its ability to attract and retain talent.
Please note: You must address all the required elements of this assessment. If details for any of the bulleted points are unavailable, research the topic and present recommendations you believe would be best for the organization, along with your supporting rationale.
Additional Requirements
• Your submitted assessment should include a title page, introduction, body, conclusion, and reference page.
• Be sure you support your analyses with references to at least two resources.
• You should format this assessment as a research paper following APA 6th edition guidelines for both style and citing sources, making sure that you also use correct grammar and mechanics.

RUBRIC
Analyzes how training needs are identified.
Analyzes training methods.
Evaluates the use of internal and external resources to assist with training.
Analyzes types of training programs.
Analyzes how training effectiveness is measured.
Assesses the value of training and development to an organization.
Evaluates how training and development affect the ability of an organization to attract and retain talent.