...Automated Election System Does automation = clean elections? Possible Problems: Preliminary Results Technical Briefing What is the AES? l “A system using appropriate technology which has been demonstrated in the voting, counting, consolidating, canvassing, and transmission of election result, and other electoral process” process” Public perception of the AES It would lead to clean elections l Cheating would be impossible in an automated election l AES System l Election Management System (EMS) Configuration of precinct data l Election Mark– Up Language (EML) Mark– l l Precinct– Precinct–Count Optical Scan (PCOS) System l Precinct Machine BOC Computer l Consolidation / Canvassing System (CCS) l PCOS Machine SMARTMATIC AUTOMATED ELECTION SYSTEM (SAES 1800) SAES 1800 lPrecinct Count Optical Scan / Optical Mark Reader (OMR) • Detects the absence or presence of a mark in predefined positions on a form SAES 1800 Components RF Key Thermal Printer •2-1/4 inch roll paper •Rated to last 5 years Digital Scanner •4-bit mono – color scanner •16 shades of gray Processor And Memory Not Specified Compact Flash (CF) Card Input / Output Ports •CF Card Reader •UTP Ethernet Port •Disabled USB •RJ – 11 Modem Port Ballot Box Cast and Return •Buttons Disabled Display • Touch screen, mono-color display •Quarter VGA in size, 320x240 pixels Ballot Boxes with Transparent Panels Compartments the Ballot Box in Transparent Panels ...
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...Chapter 1 Information Systems in Global Business Today ( OPENING CASE: SMART SYSTEMS AND SMART WAYS OF WORKING HELP TOYOTA BECOME NUMBER ONE Toyota has flourished in a highly competitive environment because it has created a set of finely-tuned business processes and information systems that simultaneously promote agility, efficiency, and quality. It can respond instantly to customers and changes in the marketplace as events unfold, while working closely with suppliers and retailers. The experience of Toyota and other companies described in this text will help you learn how to make your own business more competitive, efficient, and profitable. As part of its ongoing effort to monitor quality, efficiency and costs, Toyota management saw there was an opportunity to use information systems to improve business performance. Technology alone would not have provided a solution. Toyota had to carefully revise its business processes to support a build-to-order production model that based vehicle production on actual customer orders rather than “best guesses” of customer demand. Once that was accomplished, Oracle e-business software was useful for coordinating the flow of information among disparate internal production, ordering, and invoicing systems within the company and with systems of retailers and suppliers. By helping Toyota build only the cars customers have ordered, its vehicle order management system reduces inventory costs, because the company and...
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...4 Cinematography We are affected and defined by light. Light is the most important tool we have to work with, not only as cinematographers, but as people. —Laszlo Kovacs Courtesy Everett Collection Section 4.1 The “Look” of a Scene CHAPTER 4 Chapter Objectives After reading this chapter, students should: • Have a working knowledge of the cinematographer’s job • Understand the difference between cinematography and mise en scène and recognize the importance of each • Understand the importance of color and lighting and how they affect the tone and feel of a film • Be familiar with different methods of photographing a film, and with terms such as panning, tilting, tracking shots, deep focus, and aspect ratios • Understand how different focal length lenses affect the look of a shot • Recognize what special effects can do for a movie—and what they can’t do 4.1 The “Look” of a Scene W hen we are first introduced to Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather, played by Marlon Brando, the Mafia boss is sitting in the study of his home. Along with his consigliore, or adviser, Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall), Corleone is listening to a line of people requesting favors on the day of his daughter’s wedding. Corleone is immensely powerful, as we learn by the scope of the favors he is asked to grant, which in one case includes the desire of a singer to be cast in a film to revive his musical career, and Corleone’s ability to grant them. However, it is not just what...
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...Questions 1. You have installed Windows Server 2008 and had to provide a new driver file for the disk drives in your computer. Now it seems like the disk drives are not responding as quickly as advertised. What can you do? Answer: b. Ensure that the DMA transfer mode is configured for the drives. 2. Each time that you access files on a disk, the monitor blinks or goes blank for several seconds. What might be the source of the problem and possible solution? Answer: d. There is an IRQ conflict and you need to use Device Manager to resolve the problem. 3. You have just used the servermanagercmd command to install two server roles. Which of the following commands can you use now to verify that the roles are installed? Answer: a. servermanagercmd -query 4. You want to confirm how space is allocated on the disk drives installed in your server. Which of the following tools enables you to do this? Answer: c. Server Manager 5. Which of the following can be installed using the Add Hardware Wizard? (Choose all that apply.) Answer: a. CD/DVD drive, b. keyboard, c. monitor, and d. disk drive 6. You’ve obtained a new driver from the Internet for your server’s NIC. What tool enables you to install the driver? Answer: a. Device Manager 7. You have noticed lately that your server is running very slowly, especially when switching between programs. You see that the C: partition is running low on space, limiting the size of your paging file. You have a...
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...Contents Title Page......................................................................................................................................1 Table of Contents.........................................................................................................................2 Executive Summary.....................................................................................................................3 Intro………………………………………………………………...............................................4 Relation to DB communications……..........................................................................................4 Features…………………………………………….....................................................................5 The Dashboard……….…………………………………………………....................................6 How it works……………………………………………………………………….………….6-7 Online Gaming……………………………………………………………………..……………7 The PlayStation Store………………………………………………………………….……...7-8 Sony is Hacked…………………………………………..……………………….……………8-9 The Return of PSN……………………………………..………….…………………...……9-10 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………….……...10 Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………..…..…11-12 Executive Summary The PlayStation is the foundation of the PlayStation Network. So, this process basically started its reality transition in 1994. The PlayStation Network operates similarly to the definition of what database communications is. There are many features that make the gaming console itself, as well as the network...
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...Contents Preface .................................................................................................................................. 2 2. MEDOC VERSION 1.0 .................................................................................................... 4 2.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 4 2.2 Outline......................................................................................................................... 5 3. Composing the Project Group............................................................................................ 6 4. What: Specifying the Collection ........................................................................................ 7 4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 7 4.2 Subject ........................................................................................................................ 7 4.3 Character and extent .................................................................................................... 7 4.4. Information about the collection ................................................................................. 8 4.5 Results......................................................................................................................... 8 5. Why: Reasons for Digitising and Disclosing the Collection...
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...BIOMETRICS BY: WILLIAM C. NEWTON SECR 5080 INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. TITLE PAGE………………………………………………………………………1 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS………………………………………………………….2 3. ABSTRACT………………………………………………………………………..3 4. HISTORY…………………………………………………………………………..4 5. TYPES OF BIOMETRICS………………………………………………………….6 6. FACIAL RECOGNITION…………………………………………………………..7 7. RETNA SCANNER………………………………………………………………….8 8. FINGERPRINT……………………………………………………………………….9 9. HANDPRINT…………………………………………………………………………9 10. VOICE AUTHENTICATION………………………………………………………10 11. AUTHENTICATION………………………………………………………………...11 12. SUMMARY…………………………………………………………………………..11 13. REFERENCES………………………………………………………………………..12 ABSTRACT This paper previewed my research of biometrics from the early 500 BCs to the 21st century. Upon understanding some of the biometrics differences and earlier methods used, I think the world is definitely is a better place to live in, as well as a much safer world to be in. One example of how this was used to make the world a better place was where biometrics were used at the NFL Super Bowl game in Tampa, Florida. There are many different types and ways of using biometrics to prevent entry into certain places or even to catch criminals from further causing damage in society. Biometrics is the overall study of measurable characteristics, specifically in computer security biometrics refers to the different authentication techniques that rely on measurable physical characteristics...
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...Advertising can be a cost-effective way to disseminate messages, whether to build a brand preference or to educate people (Kotler, Cunningham, & Keller, 2008). Successful advertisements build an appetite in consumers through viewing, listening, and reading. Advertising also gives the consumer the necessary instructions to fulfill those needs that were created. Since there are so many goods and services available, organizations must use convincing approaches in their advertisements to increase the chances that ad budgets will have a positive return. There should be a specific communication task and achievement level to be accomplished with a specific audience in a specific period of time which is called an advertising objective or goal (Kotler et al., 2008). This paper is written to compare and contrast a product offered by Marriott International Incorporated through the advertising platforms of traditional, tradigital, or digital. It will also recommend the advertising type that is most effective and offer an investigation into the return on investment (ROI). Advertising media platforms can be categorized into three different types: traditional, tradigital, and digital. Traditional advertising is what most people think of when talking about advertising or marketing and includes the “usual” venues for media placement, such as newspaper, radio, broadcast television, cable television, or outdoor billboards (“Types of Advertising,” n.d.). Traditional advertising medias are...
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...differently by rerouting data to another hop which it is connected to, bypassing the empty area where a node might be off. Techopedia explains Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) The concept of mesh networking can be applied to both physical and wireless networking, but it's much more commmon for wireless networks given the cabling costs that would be required to implement as a physical topology. A key difference here is that mesh nodes work in a cooperative gain scheme where the more nodes that are active, the greater the bandwidth available Consider this analogy in traditional networking: when cars (data) coming from a wide road comes to a small bridge they all have to slow down to wait in line. To increase the number of cars going through, you need to make a bigger bridge (add bandwidth) which is then wasted in times of less traffic. In mesh networking, imagine people coming to a river, where in order to continue each person drops a rock to make a foot bridge. The more people that needs to pass, the more rocks are thrown in. But if there are fewer users, then only a few rocks are needed. In other words, the bandwidth scales automatically based on the number of users Definition - What does Mesh Networking mean? Mesh networking is a type of network topology in which a device (node) transmits its own data as well as serves as a...
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...GS text for a. an answer to an examination question, b. an opening paragraph of an assignment, or c. a background (or scene-setting) paragraph to an analysis or discussion begins with one of the following a. a short or extended definition, b. a contrastive or comparative definition, or c. a generalization or purpose statement General statement – More specific detail – Specific detail – Broader statement “Writing passage begins with a definition; definitions are a common way of getting started. (unfamiliar reader – used to clarify terms / familiar reader – expected you to demonstrate your understanding of complex concepts) Sentence Definition; To what class does (Definition) belong? How is it different / would you define? (Compare / Cause) A term is (a) class wh-word/that specific detail. Indefinite article / before both the term and class Ex) Annealing is a metalworking process / A star is a celestial body A disinfectant is an/the agent capable of destroying disease causing microorganisms. An; it does not refer to a particular representative. The; indentifies or describes the term, some previous mention of other agents. The distinguishing information in the restrictive relative clause - one involves a simple deletion / the other involves a change in word form or an entire word. 1) Enamel, in dentistry, is a hard, white inorganic material (that is) on the crown of a tooth. : the verb to be 2) A collagen is a white, inelastic protein (that...
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...Business Planning and Financing Management Series Building Block 2 The Business Plan and Executive Summary MaRS is a member of MaRS Discovery District, © December 2009 See Terms and Conditions MaRS – Business Planning and Financing Management Series THE BUSINESS PLANNING AND FINANCING MANAGEMENT WORKBOOK Introduction: What to expect In his book Outliers, Canadian author Malcolm Gladwell looks at the relationship between statistical probabilities and the chance of success in your chosen field of work or sports. His essential claim is that you need around 10,000 hours of practice to become really good in a particular field. This workbook guide will not take 10,000 hours to complete, so you should not expect that you will become an expert in business planning and financing management by going through the activities outlined within. Rather, the purpose of the workbook guide is to help you understand and focus on the key issues in the field of business planning and financing management, and to introduce you to frameworks within which to think and discuss essential areas of your business. The process offered will provide sufficient grounding in the topic so that you will know what questions to ask advisors and consultants, and, in the case of consultants, how to evaluate their work. Additionally, this workbook guide provides a launch point for a number of vital business decisions you will have to make to develop your start-up. As a best practice, it is critical to return to these...
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...Redbox – Marketing Plan U.S.A Esther Orosz, Wiebe Poelmann, Shu K, Martin Gerzmann 2/15/2011 Redbox – Marketing Plan 1 CONTENTS 2011 1 Contents ......................................................................................................................................................................1 2 Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................................3 3 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................3 4 Problem Statement ......................................................................................................................................................4 5 External Analysis ........................................................................................................................................................4 5.1 Marketing Segmentation .....................................................................................................................................4 5.1.1 Geographic Segmentation ............................................................................................................................4 5.1.2 Demographic Segmentation .........................................................................................................................4 5.1.3 Pshychographic...
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...c) Literature review: Define/ recognizing Problem: the mentioned company, based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Is the largest electronic retail giant in the country. There the companies prominent presence is threatened by the internet as every electronic consumer product can be purchased online today. The company faced tight competition from other online e-commerce company and this project was supposed to be a being major revenue from online sales. The specific sales that we are concentrating on are software and game titles which are also available in hard copy formats. This project would give the customer an option to choose between hardcopy that can be delivered to the house or picked up from their local store or download the copy digitally to their laptop or PC’s. We would be concentration on the latter part where we faced decision making problems. The retail giant already had a Downloader in place; however it had lot of negative reviews. This project was initiated to change the negative pain points. During the project...
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...cost of ownership. Identify nine important cost components. 3) Discuss the various types of personnel required by a technology infrastructure and its attendant information technology services. 4) Identify and briefly describe the five moral dimensions raised by information systems. 5) List three ways in which all organizations are alike. 6) What is a supply chain? What is a supply chain management system? 7) Identify the three main categories of information systems in relation to the groups they serve and the functional areas in which they operate. Which do you believe is most difficult to implement? Why? 8) Describe and discuss the four stages of decision making as outlined by Simon. How does each relate to the use of information systems? 9) "With the Internet, the traditional business model is no longer valid." Describe the traditional business model and how the new business models differ. Do you agree, or disagree with the statement given here? Support your argument. 10) List the four technology trends given by the authors of your text that raise ethical issues. Give an example of an ethical or moral impact connected to each one. 11) Briefly describe Mintzberg's classification of organizations. Provide an example of each. 12) Define each of the following pairs of terms, distinguishing between the members of each pair. Logical view and physical view; data definition language and data manipulation language; data dictionary and data element. 13) Discuss the...
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