As it stands now, your company "Real Estate, Real Cheap" (or RERC) has 25 users and computers with some smart devices brought in by employees for work use. In the future, your boss hopes to expand the company greatly and maybe bring in up to 150 employees with computers for each and more room for more smart devices. Right now, you have a Windows 2016 domain and all the PCs that user have are clients in the domain. The boss tells you that you need to plan for everything happening within 612 months, but she wants the domain intact, just expanded for more clients and users.

What are some Active Directory (AD) issues you would consider that will make this upgrade possible?

The American Government: The Engine of Public Policy

Congress, the president, the cabinet, advisers, agency bureaucrats, federal and state courts, political parties, interest groups, the mediaall of these groups influence political decisions in our democratic system of government. This results in the creation and implementation of public policies.

Write a 34 page paper in which you do the following:

Define public policy.
Identify and explain the purpose of the three branches of government.
Discuss how each branch of government may influence public policy. Research an example from recent news (such as civil rights, health care, education, or others) and explain how each branch of government could influence the direction of that specific public policy.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

This course requires the use of a minimum of three professional references (Wikipedia is not accepted in this class).

American Foreign Policy

Continuing with the public policy you selected in the Week 3 assignment, Historical Perspective, you will now describe and expand upon the influence, motives, and impacts of your chosen policy and its parameters. Write a 45 page paper in which you:

Write a one-page summary of the policy, including the purpose, the context of the problem, and any recommendations or suggestions from the policy to address the problem. (Use your summary skills to keep this to one page.)
Identify all the stakeholders, official and unofficial, along with any interest groups involved with your policy.
Describe the role and function of each of the stakeholders you identified.
Of the list of stakeholders you identified, pick two and describe the political influence of each stakeholder, explaining motives, conflicts, interrelationships, and impacts on the policy.
Include at least four peer-reviewed references (no more than five years old) from material outside

Consider the difference between empirical scientific evidence and anecdotal evidence. Explain which is considered more useful to the study of public policy and state why.

Identify 23 policies of your choice. Discuss which type of evidence is most appropriate for each of the policies you identified and explain why.

Use https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/professional_technical_writing/grant_writing/index.html
to access information about grant writing to aid you in answering this week's discussion question.


Programs providing payments to individuals have become a large part of federal aid to state and local governments, squeezing out more traditional grants for programs like bridges, highways, community development, and job training. The grant system has also pulled state and local governments into regulatory policy. Each grant program brings with it a package of regulations and mandates that further spreads federal influence over state and local governmental activities.

Competitive grants require a specific type of application. Although state and federal agencies and especially foundations have different requirements, the basic parts of a grant application remain the same. What are the key components of a grant proposal? Explain why each step is important when

Closely read the text provided and write a source-based argument on the topic below. Use two additional
outside texts that you determine to be both credible and relevant to the topic.
Topic: Throughout history we have tried to conquer the wilderness, tame the jungles, and master the
elements, and we are still trying to conquer space. But are nature and humankind necessarily in conflict?
We created civilization to protect us from the undesirable features of the outdoors and, to some degree,
from harm. But now our experience of the natural world is so mediated that many of us know it only as it
is presented on television or online. Has our rela- tionship with nature changed so drastically that nature
now exists within civilization, as contemporary naturalist Bill McKibben suggests? Do we now contain
nature rather than being contained by it? How does our perspective on Ralph Waldo Emersons classic
essay Nature change now that nature is threatened? Can we balance

1. Describe the challenges faced by US Customs and Border Protection agents attempting to secure the border. Be sure to include:

What is the functional equivalent of the border? Give an example.
What is the Fourth amendment exception as it pertains to border searches?
How are seizure statistics used to justify the mission of border security? Should they be.

2. What are "open markets and closed borders" as it pertains to smuggling, free trade, and border enforcement?

3. What are the challenges of facilitating legal border crossings while maintaining secure borders?

4. What has been the economic impact of terrorism on U.S. and Global Markets since 9/11 look at this from 9/11 to the present?

5. What has been the impact of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) agreements on cross border trade in North America?

Technical Requirements

Paper must be at a minimum of 10 pages, at l

Write an essay 2 3 page essay, describing what you think your next step should be in moving your career forward. What are the costs associated with this option, and what benefits do you expect to gain? What timeframe do you anticipate this next step in your career can/should take? Does your choice exhibit the elements of a SMART goal?

EES88 NX Performance Task #1: Literary Analysis Essay

Your Task: Closely read the pair of texts provided and write a well-developed, text-based response of at
least three pages (700-900 words). In your response, first identify the theme, or central idea, related to
Voices of Protest that links the two texts. Analyze how each author uses a variety of writing strategies to
develop that theme, or central idea. Discuss a minimum of two literary elements, literary techniques,
and/or rhetorical devices for each text, and be sure to address how the structure of each piece contributes
to its meaning. Use strong and thorough evidence from the text to support your analysis, citing page
numbers. Conclude by comparing the writers treatment of these themes and their choices in craft and
structure to convey them to their audience.
Texts from the HMHs Collections for the 12th grade, Collection 6 - Voices of Protest
A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift (satirical essa

EES86 NX Performance Task #3: Narrative Writing

Your Task: Create a narrative, or story, that develops an idea you have on the following theme: The Modern World. Your narrative can be a personal memoir OR a fictional short story. Whether drawn from your life or a work of imagination, your story should develop your chosen theme through a richly drawn setting, complex characters, and a strong point of view. The action of your narrative should be fueled by a conflict that contributes to the rising action, a climax, and a resolution. You may present your narrative as 1) a written composition three to five pages (900-1200 words) in length OR 2) a presentation using a digital medium of your choice (e.g., video recording, slideshow with multimedia, podcast, or another option you discuss with your teacher in advance that is five to ten minutes in length).

Guidelines: Be sure to:
Pre-writing before you draft your story: brainstorm ideas, outline your story using Freytags pyram