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The bonds between siblings are among the strongest. May-Lee Chai describes the relationship between two sisters in her short story, “Saving Sourdi.” 

After reading “Saving Sourdi,” discuss the following questions in 3–5 paragraphs:

1. The story begins with a strong revealing statement from Nea, the narrator. How do you think Nea feels about her sister Sourdi based on this information? How does what happens at the beginning of the story foreshadow what happens later?
2. This story is told from Nea’s point of view. How do you think the story would change if it were told from Sourdi’s point of view? Do you feel closer to the character than you would if this story were told in third person?
3. Nea briefly mentions an experience she and Sourdi had in a minefield when they were younger. What impact do you think this had on the relationship between the sisters?
4. Nea’s family is not originally from the United States. What are some clues the author gives to describe the origin of their ethnicity? Give 2 examples of characters who say things that are racially offensive, and discuss how this makes you feel about those characters. Can you relate to these experiences?
5. How does the author describe Duke and Mr. Chhay? Do you get a sense of who these characters are based on these descriptions?
6. As the story progresses, how does the relationship between Nea and Sourdi change? Why do you think it changes?
7. What does the mother value, based on how reaction to updates she receives from Sourdi? Why do you think she might feel this way?

how Big Data analytics can be used with Smart Cities. This is exciting and can provide many benefits to individuals as well as organizations. For this week’s research assignment, you are to search the Internet for other uses of Big Data in RADICAL platforms. Please pick an organization or two and discuss the usage of big data in RADICAL platforms including how big data analytics is used in those situations as well as with Smart Cities. Be sure to use the UC Library for scholarly research. Google Scholar is the 2nd best option to use for research.

Your paper should meet these requirements:

• Be approximately four to six pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page.
• Follow APA 7 guidelines. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.
• Support your answers with the readings from the course and at least two scholarly journal articles to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to your textbook. The UC Library is a great place to find resources.
• Be clearly and well-written, concise, and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques. You are being graded in part on the quality of your writing.

Do certain areas have higher concentrations of sightings?

What is the most common shape of a sighting?

What is the average duration of a sighting?

Is there a higher concentration of sightings at night?

Data sets are here:   

https://www.kaggle.com/NUFORC/ufo-sightings/metadata (Century of data)Attached

http://www.nuforc.org/webreports/ndxe202004.html (April sightings 2020) 

Sketch ideal visuals 

Bubble Map to view concentration levels of sightings (Leaflet)

example: https://www.d3-graph-gallery.com/bubblemap.html

Lollipop Chart to view the most common shapes of a sighting 

example: https://www.d3-graph-gallery.com/lollipop.html

Violin Chart to view the bins of duration for a sighting

example: https://www.d3-graph-gallery.com/violin.html

Word Cloud of submitted summaries for each sighting (D3)

example: https://www.d3-graph-gallery.com/graph/wordcloud_size.html

Requirements: 

Your assignment should: 

Include A dashboard page with multiple charts that updates from the same data

Should include Json amCharts (https://www.amcharts.com/javascript-maps/) 

Must include some level of user-driven interaction(e.g, menus, dropdowns. textboxes)

Main web page with navbar (possible separate pages for charts as well)           

Main page with a filter for selected dates/locations with a collective chart change 

Main Chart on top of screen – Map of locations (Bubble)

Secondary chart below or beside Bubble: Amchart pictorial 

(This chart will show how many sightings per period selected) 

Filtered charts per date or location:  

Violin, Lollipop, Word Cloud                                                 

A combination of web scraping and Leaflet or Plotly 

read the attached file

The main goal of any business communication is to determine what message needs to be delivered, and how to deliver it clearly and concisely to the intended audience. In your post, explore how we identify what message needs to be delivered to the intended audience, and what methods we should employ to deliver the message concisely and with the highest level of clarity.

Question

How do leaders seek to change or manage the culture of an organization?

Req:

• Your answer must be substantive, which usually requires 300 or more words
• Your answer must be well written and well organized
• Your answer must include one properly formatted APA in-text citation to a scholarly reference other than the assigned course reading. The full reference must be provided at the end of your answer with a link if one is available.
• Post two replies

Unit 3 Graded Exercise 1 Downloadable Instructions

In this graded exercise you are creating the second step of your ISP network. You will be using portions of your Unit 1 Graded Exercise: Create an ISP Network.   Your network will include Cable modems and DSL DSLAM both connected  through your network to the Tier1 Internet provider.  You will program  your routers for RIP protocol dynamic routing.   You will be using the  following packet tracer files:

Cable_HomeNetwork

DSL_HomeNetwork

Tier1Network_OL

Download the graded exercise instructions. Type your class number:  10.___.0.0/16 in all of the underline ___ indicators, answer the  questions as you go through the steps and add the screenshots where  indicated in the instructions document. Save using the following file  naming convention YourFirst_LastName_U3_GE1.  Submit the document with  the screenshots using the upload instruction. 

 1.Discuss and identify leader traits and attributes that are most beneficial in implementing the best decisions in an organization.

2.Explain the differences in charismatic and transformational leadership and how both leadership styles impact organizational effectiveness.  Please note how these leadership styles affect implementing new innovative technologies.

3.Review table 8.1 in the reading this week, note the work characteristics and the traditional versus high-performance focus, note which focus is best for strategic decisions and which is best for operational decisions.  Please explain 

From the topics covered in the course to this point, pick one of the topics listed below, write a 4-page paper describing the topic and recent developments (past 3 years).

Big Data, Analytics, Cybersecurity, Risk Management, Social Media, Search Technology

 Provide a minimum of three scholarly reference in your paper (cited and referenced in APA format).

– Double space your paper
– The paper must use APA format (6th edition)
– Minimum of 4 pages, plus 1 cover (title) page, plus 1 page for references.
– Work must be original, no cut and paste.
– No word changing software such as Spinbot, Rephraser, etc. allowed

Compare and contrast predictive analytics with prescriptive and descriptive analytics. Use examples.

Note: The first post should be made by Wednesday 11:59 p.m., EST. I am looking for active engagement in the discussion. Please engage early and often.

Your response should be 100-300 words. Respond to two postings provided by your classmates.