...Business Critical Thinking Application Paper Critical Thinking Application Paper r MGT/350 h , 2011 x Abstract Critical thinking requires one to have strong commands of the fundamentals of discipline. There is the art of reasoning, which is to present reasoning supporting of a conclusion. There’s also the critical thinking application, in which the critical thinker applies reasons, judgments, and questions. All the while they are presenting positions clearly and honestly and a good a critical thinker teaches other what they know. Critical Thinking Application Paper Critical Thinking Critical thinking means to me is the thought process about any subject, content, issues or concerns in which my thinking improves the quality of my thinking by proficiently taking charge of any situation at hand. In today’s working environment there are so many examples of critical thinking. One example is to deciding how to meet budget requirements in today’s economy. With an every decreasing government budget and the impending government shut down will most serenely lead to furlough. In a business such as the federal government with more dependents than it has money can be a struggle. In this scenario critical thinking comes into play with ways for the federal government to pay the expenses and pay the dependents can be changeling. Carefully choosing and making the right choices takes a great deal of research and time and usually leads to two or three choices in the end. Once...
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...Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster happened on February 1st, 2003, which broke on the way back to the Earth. All the astronauts, including two women died in this disaster. The reason why this disaster happened was a piece of foam insulation broke off from the Space Shuttle external tank which damaged the left wing of the shuttle. Even though some engineers of NASA had doubted that the left wing of shuttle had been damaged, the administration staffs restricted to do advanced research. The engineers of NASA found that the foam shedding and debris strikes could not be avoided and solved, even though the previous design of space shuttle required that the external tank was not to shed foam or other debris. However, this situation was not account for security threat and regarded as the acceptable risk. Thus, the launch was given the go-head. Due to the broken left wing which caused the damage of Space Shuttle thermal protection system, hot gases penetrated and destroyed the internal wing structure which led to the disintegrate of the shuttle immediately over the area of south Dallas. Ignore the Feedback Control Even though the similar situation happened in the prior mission (in the 13th and 16th mission of Columbia, the foam went undetected as well), the administration department of NASA were getting used to those situation which did not cause the serious damage to the shuttle that led to the disaster of the 28th mission of Columbia. Just like...
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...The Space Race The Cold War * Used science and technology to compete against each other October 4, 1957 The Chief Designer * Sergei Korolev * Sputnik I * First man made satellite * Launched a top an R-7A rocket * The west is stunned * Surprised * However less than a month later… * Soviet launch Sputnik 2 * Weighs 1000 pounds * Carries live animals * West panics * Science becomes mandatory America begins its own space program * But in a democracy, this has to be done largely in the open * December 6,1957 * First attempt to launch a satellite * U.S Navy’s Vanguard rocket carrying the Explorer 1 satellite * Only 3 pounds The Irony * The US could have put satellite into orbit in 1956 * Using the well test Jupiter C rocket of Wernher von Braun * But the US government * Announced they would launch a satellite in 1958 * Promised it to the Navy and their untested Vanguard rocket * Didn’t want to make Soviets feel threatened by earlier launching * Although much smaller than the Sputniks, Explorer 1 carries scientific instruments and begins scientific exploration of space Aurorae * Magnetic field deflects solar winds * As they stream downwards they collide with molecules in the atmosphere * Excite electrons causing them to glow * Fluorescence * Aurorae...
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...in OSHA requirements pertaining to safety. Education: Two terms remaining for a BS in Professional Aeronautics Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - GPA 4.0 * Minor in Management * Minor in Airport Management Certified Aerospace Technician – SpaceTec 3/22/06 * Work shop - Introduction to Composites – 1/18/07 * Work shop - Composite Inspection and Repair – 6/07/07 * Work shop - NDT starting 3/21/09 Work History: June 1996 to March 2009 Sr. Aerospace Technician Lead United Space Alliance 8550 Astronaut Blvd. Cape Canaveral, FL 32920 As the shop lead, I was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Forward shop in the VAB and at Pad A on 3rd shift. This included works with, develops, plans, and provides work assignments to lower level employees. I also resolved issues according to procedures and established guidelines while maintaining the required training and certifications to perform all assigned duties. . * Functioned as a Task Team Leader * Space Craft Operator – Power up/down the orbiter, worked with all system engineering groups during complex testing and troubleshooting. Position switches in the cockpit as required to maintain orbiter systems. Certified to relieve Flight Crew after landing. * Excellent working knowledge of test documentation * Ability to interpret and work from drawings, schematics, and prints * Security Clearance – Secret June 2000 to May 2008 Job Title –...
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...NASA in an attempt to gain credibility for both parties. He describes, “I’ve always had great faith in and respect for our space program, and what happened to day does nothing to diminish it. We don’t hide our space program. We don’t keep secrets and cover things up. We do it all up front and in public. That’s the way freedom is, and we wouldn’t change it for a minute.” In this quote, Reagan alludes to Russia and their sometimes questionable antics regarding their space program. By contrasting this tragedy at NASA and the Russian space program, Reagan is able to quietly bring home the point that our space program is still extremely successful. He still believes in the credibility of NASA, and urges the listeners (including NASA workers themselves) to remember how much NASA has accomplished. By outlining these accomplishments, he is able to show that this incident doesn’t take away these major achievements. Additionally when Reagan speaks directly to NASA workers he adds, “Your dedication and professionalism have moved and impressed us for decades”. In that moment, he gains credibility for NASA when they can not speak out in that way for themselves. The word “dedication” provokes a sense of a something that doesn’t give up, even in the face of a tragedy. These rhetorical strategies allow the general public to move forward with the space program, in an attempt to continue exploration. Reagan alludes to past successful work of NASA in order to stop others from from blaming...
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...Applicable Law & Principles: ”At will employment” means that the Company does not offer tenured or guaranteed employment for any period of time to any employee without an employment contract or written direction from the CEO/President. In at will employment either the Company or the employee can terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice. This does not mean that employers can arbitrarily fire employees without good faith communication, fairness, and non-discriminatory practices. In fact, courts are increasingly finding for employees in litigation. Employers must demonstrate a good faith effort to correct the employee's performance or the other issues that led to employment termination. Within the at will employment law the five public policy exceptions include the following. The refusal to participate in illegal activity, the employee’s refusal to forsake the performance of an important public duty or obligation, the employee’s refusal to forego the exercise of a job-related legal right or privilege, the employee’s “whistleblowing” activity or other conduct exposing the employers wrongdoing, and the employee’s performance of an act that public policy would encourage under circumstances where retaliatory discharge is supported by evidence of employers bad faith, malice, or retaliation. Summary of the facts: In the case of Martin Marietta v. Lorenz, Lorenz is suing over the claim of wrongful discharge. Lorenz held...
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...According to Dr. Kalam, a creative leader must have following characteristics: a) A vision beyond himself where he quoted the examples of Mr. M. S. Swaminathan and P. Subramanium who made the green revolution a stunning success. The leader must also have the passion to realise the vision he envisaged. b) He should travel along the unexplored path. The unknown story of how Vikram Sarabhai worked in setting up of the Tumba space research station at a densely populated and religiously important place in Kerala through the combined participation of politics, religion, and science was elaborated as an example of the same. Understanding the importance of the setting up of the space station at a scientifically strategic location like Tumba, the Kerala Chief Minister directed him to The Bishop Rev. Fr. Peter Perreira. After an intense discussion with the Bishop he advised Sarabhai to attend mass the very next day which was a Sunday. As a surprise to Sarabhai the bishop addressed the local fisher folk on the importance of setting up of the space station by telling them how science has helped mankind. Without any compulsion the entire congregation responded by saying "Amen". It was a new kind of management system which has happened only in India. c) The leader should know to manage success and failure and the courage to take decisions.He shared a personal experience where Mr.Satish Dhawan, Former Chairman of ISRO had entrusted Dr. Kalam with the task of building India's first satellite...
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...Space shuttle Enterprise to arrive in NY on Friday By DEEPTI HAJELA | Associated Press – 3 hrs agoEmailNew: Now the email button gives you a quick and easy way to start a conversation. tweetShare12PrintRelated ContentFILE- In this Nov. 20, 2003 file … FILE - In this Feb. 18, 1977 file … NEW YORK (AP) — Look! Up in the sky! It's a ... space shuttle? An unusual flying object is scheduled to arrive in the city's airspace Friday — the space shuttle Enterprise. Enterprise is expected to get to the city riding on top of a modified jumbo jet. Its trip was to include low-altitude flyovers over parts of the city and landmarks including the Statue of Liberty and the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum on Manhattan's west side. The shuttle had been scheduled to arrive earlier in the week but NASA pushed it back because of bad weather. The shuttle prototype was housed at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington but will soon be making its home at the Intrepid, where it will be "the largest and most significant space artifact in the entire Northeast," said Susan Marenoff-Zausner, Intrepid's president. That won't happen right away; after its fly-around, the Enterprise is heading to Kennedy Airport, where it will remain for a few weeks until it's taken off the 747 jet it rode to New York. After that, Marenoff-Zausner said, it will be put on a barge in early June and brought up the Hudson River to the Intrepid, where it will be put on the flight deck and a pavilion over...
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...service in the U.S. Air Force, significant background knowledge of the history of the space shuttle. In September 1969, two months after the first manned lunar landing, a Space Task Group appointed by the President of the United States to study the future course of U.S. space research and exploration made the recommendation that "…the United States accept the basic goal of a balanced manned and unmanned space program. To achieve this goal, the United States should …develop new systems of technology for space operation…through a program directed initially toward development of a new space transportation capability…" According to Cox (1962), many responsible observers felt that we were devoting too many of our resources to increasing an already affluent volume of private consumption and too little for public services, including space-flight programs. In early 1970, NASA initiated extensive engineering, design, and cost studies of a space shuttle. These studies covered a wide variety of concepts ranging from a fully reusable manned booster and orbiter to dual strap-on solid propellant rocket motors and an expendable liquid propellant tank. Each concept evaluated development risks and costs in relation to the suitability and the overall economics of the entire system. On January 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon announced that NASA would proceed with the development of a reusable low cost space shuttle system. NASA and its aerospace industry contractors continued engineering studies...
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...successful space mission was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, when Yuri Gagarin orbited the earth. Over a decade later, the United States major accomplishment was successfully landing a man on the moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first people to take “one small step for man” and “one giant leap for mankind.” Many technical advancements, including spacecraft, created a race between nations to decide which country is the best of both worlds. If it had not been for each country’s persistence to surpass the other, space exploration would not have come about. The knowledge we have today about space is because of the world-renowned “space race.” Throughout the space race, many important discoveries were made by both countries. Dwight D. Eisenhower did not make space a priority, as he was more interested in keeping the country safe from communism, keeping...
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...slides, but no other source. This exam must be an individual effort. Each question is worth one-half point. The total point value of this exam is 20 points. Please post your completed exam in the Assignments area by 11:59 p.m. Monday, May 14. 1. The operating system serves as an intermediary between the user and the computer hardware. (True / False) ANSWER: True 2. The operating system serves as an intermediary between a process and the computer hardware. (True / False) ANSWER: False 3. This is the brain of a computer. a. smart card b. artificial intelligence c. logical address d. read-only memory e. central processing unit ANSWER: e 4. When a single user runs two copies of the same program concurrently (for example, two instances of NotePad), two processes are created. (True / False) ANSWER: True 5. The following operating systems were developed by Microsoft: a. Mac OS b. Linux c. Solaris d. all of the above e. b and c only f. none of the above ANSWER: f 6. A _______________ operating system supports a system that has rigid time requirements on the CPU and data flows. ANSWER: Real-time 7. Time-sharing requires the following. a. process scheduling b. process protection c. deadlock detection/avoidance/handling d. all of the above ANSWER: d 8. A _______________ is a named collection of bytes recorded on secondary storage...
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...UNIX, Linux, Mac, and Windows OS Comparison Paper B. James Bryant UNIX, Linux, Mac, and Windows OS Comparison In 1956, General Motors produced the first OS for its IBM 704 series mainframe. Since then companies around the world, both big and small, have been tirelessly researched, testing, and releasing newer and faster operating systems for the world to use. Among these are systems developed by/for UNIX, Linux, Microsoft, and Apple. In fact, it’s safe to say that these four companies have a monopoly on all current technology used in both the military, corporate, and private sectors all around the world. UNIX Operating System Unix operating systems have the ability to be multi-user, multi-tasking and portable. Multi-user capabilities are accomplished through time sharing which means the processor allocates slices of time to first one process and then the next, sharing the available time in sequence with waiting processes (Nagpal, 2009). Unix can run in either command line interface, CLI, or graphic user interface or GUI mode. A key and unique feature of Unix is that it has a modular design which allows parts of the system to be added or removed without affecting performance of the other parts making Unix systems highly customizable. Unix operating systems have four core components, (1) the kernel, (2) the shell, (3) the file system, and (4) the utilities or tools and applications (Love et al, 2005). The kernel is the lowest layer of the operating system that...
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...Study Guide to Accompany Operating Systems Concepts 8th Ed by Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne By Andrew DeNicola, BU ECE Class of 2012 Figures Copyright © John Wiley & Sons 2012 Ch.1 - Introduction • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • An OS is a program that acts as an intermediary between a user of a computer and the computer hardware Goals: Execute user programs, make the comp. system easy to use, utilize hardware efficiently Computer system: Hardware ↔ OS ↔ Applications ↔ Users (↔ = 'uses') OS is: ◦ Resource allocator: decides between conflicting requests for efficient and fair resource use ◦ Control program: controls execution of programs to prevent errors and improper use of computer Kernel: the one program running at all times on the computer Bootstrap program: loaded at power-up or reboot ◦ Stored in ROM or EPROM (known as firmware), Initializes all aspects of system, loads OS kernel and starts execution I/O and CPU can execute concurrently Device controllers inform CPU that it is finished w/ operation by causing an interrupt ◦ Interrupt transfers control to the interrupt service routine generally, through the interrupt vector, which contains the addresses of all the service routines ◦ Incoming interrupts are disabled while another interrupt is being processed ◦ Trap is a software generated interrupt caused by error or user request ◦ OS determines which...
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...Policy Analysis of the Budget Percentage Appropriated to NASA February 5, 2013 Introduction to the Policy Issue. As it stands today, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is at a crossroads. It seems a lack of direction has plagued the organization in recent years and with the close of the Space Shuttle program this past year, the questions looming have become even more exposed. What next? Recent budget cuts have left NASA funded at its lowest level in four years5, forcing the space agency to juggle priorities (see Figure 4) and think uncharacteristically “inside the box” for answers to this question. Background on the Issue. NASA's budget peaked in the period 1964-1966(see Figure 2), during the height of construction efforts leading up to the first moon landing under the Apollo program. Since then, NASA has undertaken many projects, while its portion of the national budget has been slowly chipped away. There are many ideas, but no definite decisions on what NASA should set to achieve next. Without proper leadership, direction, and funds, NASA and the United States will soon take a back seat in the ‘space race’. Effects of Present Problem and Current Policies. Identifying policy alternatives is important because NASA’s impact can be seen through: * Being a leader in space exploration is still considered as essential to a majority of Americans (see Figure 3); * The dollars spent in each state, boosting economies throughout the entire nation(see...
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...EE 4215 Security Technology Chapter 1 Introduction Q1. 1999 – 2000 Sem B 5.b) [8 marks] 2004 – 2005 Sem B 3.b) [8 marks] To give access to authorized people are under four categories. What are they? Gives one example for each category. Answer: 1. What You Have • This means of authentication is based on your having a physical thing. • Example: A key, badge, token, or plastic card. 2. What You Know • Many systems verify authorized access based on what you know. • Example: A password, identification number, or the correct combination of numbers on locks. 3. What You Do • This mode of authorized access is based on something you do that is unique. • Example: Your signature. 4. What You Are • This security system uses biometrics—the science of measuring individual body characteristics. • Example: Fingerprints, retinal scans, and hand characteristics. 1 Chapter 2 Threats To Computer System Q2. 1998 – 1999 Sem B B-1.a) [9 marks] 2000 – 2001 Sem B 3.a) [9 marks] 2003 – 2004 Sem A 5.c) [9 marks] 2004 – 2005 Sem B 5.b) [9 marks] There are three different types of threats: namely disclosure threat, integrity threat and denial of service threat. Describe the characteristics of these threats and the importance of them with example in affecting the normal operations of some computer or organization activities. Answer: Disclosure threat • This threat involves the dissemination of information to an individual for whom that information should not be seen • This information may be in computer...
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