A brief description of the current estimating practices primarily employed at your organization on projects (if you do not know the approach or no formal approach is used, then use this response as an opportunity to state an approach based on what you have learned in the lectures and reading)
List at least two strengths and weaknesses of the approach used
If you prefer the current method, then discuss how the process might be improved
If you dont prefer the current estimating method, then provide a justification of why the method should be changed.
Again, if you dont know what method is used, then use this section to argue and justify the approach you think would be best.
How can this be applied to the work we are doing on the capstone project?  Or, what other suggestions could you offer?
If you are currently not working in a professional environment, then please answer these questions in light of the case study we are using in the course. You will have to make some assumptions to do this, but you should be able to do so based on the case study and the assigned reading.

This week you will watch the movie Enron. (link below)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiWKPQAWuug&t=114s

You will then write an essay. 3 pages 12pt font double space. Title page, reference page, citations throughout.

In the essay, research the history of Enron.

Unregulated Capitalism

Talk about the company.

What did they do wrong?

How did they misrepresent the company?

At the beginning and the closing of Enron watch carefully about details on the big screen. What did you see?

Hint. Look at the signs.

How does the movie make you feel knowing what Enron did to thousands and thousands of workers lost their jobs? Over 4,000 Enron employees were let go when they closed. The AFL-CIO said that over 28,500 workers have lost their jobs from Enron, WorldCom, and accounting firm Arthur Andersen alone.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2002/01/enro-j14.html

Answer these questions, 500-600 or more words.

Writing Assignments should be Singled spaced, Times Roman, 12 point font.

Submit by using WORD or PDF.

DO NOT submit using PAGES nor SUBMISSION TEXT.

Read Intermittent fasting: Surprising update at https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/intermittent-fasting-surprising-update-2018062914156
Watch video Doctor Mike on Diets: Intermittent Fasting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrZMYVDcjZI
Number your answers.

Questions must be in order.

Why is the diet Intermittent fasting so popular?
What is the most interesting intermittent fasting to you?
Would you recommended this diet to everyone?
What type of diet interest you more. Name the diet and describe the diet.
Why does intermittent fasting work for some people? (hint, calories, lab results)
Explain why intermittent fasting may not work for someone with Diabetes

The first midterm counts for 15% of the final course grade. This is a take-home exam. The expectation is that you will devote approximately 4 hours to completing it, including research, writing and editing. You may consult any sources you wish, but must cite any ideas or material that is not your own.

QUESTION1
:For 50 points: please write a short essay (two pages maximum) on one of the following prompts:

The U.S. and Mexico have a long and uneven history of cooperation and confrontation. Yet since the late 1980s the countries have chosen to cooperate more often than to confront each other. What factors have led to the two countries increasing their level of cooperation in the last two decades, and how has this undertaking manifested in solving specific policy problems?

OR

NAFTA has been widely characterized as a groundbreaking trade agreement and it has now been significantly modified by the USMCA. What were the main objectives the trade agreement was meant to achieve and to what degree do you think the US and Mexico have achieved these aims? What are the modified objectives of the USMCA and how do you judge the prospects for the countries achieving them?

QUESTION 2 
For 50 points: focus on a single policy problem targeted by either Nafta or USMCA that has not seen significant progress and using the Eight Fold Path methodology, posit some possible alternatives for Mexico and the U.S. that could move the countries forward in that area.

QUESTION3
For extra credit answer the following bonus question in two to three paragraphs :

Although Mexico and the U.S. have benefitted from a vibrant and expanding economic relationship, the gulf between most measures of development and wellbeing between the two countries continues to expand. Do you believe it is possible to ever bridge that gulf? If so, what would the two countries need to do to achieve a goal of substantially reducing the gap between them?