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Compare and contrast Troy from Wilson’s Fences with Lonesome from A Face in the Crowd. What do they have in common, how are they different? Which character do you most relate to and why? Which character has the most “redeeming qualities?” Which character is the most flawed? Why are audiences compelled to these anti-heroes? Your essay should be a 500-word review and include at least 3 quotes from the play, three from the movie, and three from outside critics.

Complete a close reading of the selected secondary
sources. You will then write a letter to the Editor of The News &
Observer (Raleigh, NC) newspaper arguing whether or not the North Carolina
legislature did the right thing when they authorized reparations for
sterilization victims. In your argument consider the ethics of forcibly
sterilizing someone without their consent or knowledge. You should also
consider whether or not reparations right the wrong that was done and what
paying reparations to sterilization victims means to victims of other wrongs
such as slavery. You should also consider the idea of modern society paying reparations
for a wrong in which they had no part. Can and should present society pay for
the wrongs of the past? If you disagree with reparations as a solution, put
forth an alternative solution that makes amends for the past on a scale equal
to the reparations.

Detailed Instructions:
For this final essay assignment, you will have the opportunity to use the knowledge that you have learned in the course to craft your own argument about an issue that is important to you. While history is important for understanding our lives, this assignment asks you to consider the ways in which history affects YOU everyday personally and/or professionally.
1. Identify an current issue in your chosen career field or major. You may already be intimately familiar with the big issues in your field, but if not, a simple google search can help spark your research. Those in Medicine, Education, and Political Science have seemingly unending options to choose from right now! The only other requirement is that you relate the topic to the concept of “liberty.” This will help you to focus your research and argument. For example, if you are interested in public health you might choose to focus on the issue of vaccine mandates vs. individual liberty. Those interested in criminal justice might look at the issue of private prisons and incarceration rates. Freedom of speech is a big issue that touches on many different fields and can be approach in different ways depending on the specific topic. For help narrowing down a topic, just reach out to your TA or myself during office hours.
Haven’t chosen a major yet? No worries. Pick a specific issue or problem [a proposed piece of legislation, an event or problem that is overlooked in mainstream media, a current trending news story] instead. Make sure that you can contextualize it in history going back to at least the 1950s.
Some topics you can use as a starting point include:
Police, prisons, and race
Gun legislation
Military intervention abroad
School choice
National security
Public health
Religious liberty
Women’s reproductive rights
Sexuality & gender norms
Taxation
Economic inequality
Privacy
Media Censorship
Big government / the welfare state
Environment: policies and human action
Human trafficking
Drug policy
2. Explain the problem or issue so that non-experts will be able to understand. Provide a clear research question and thesis statement that will guide your analysis. Make sure that you clearly relate your topic to the theme of liberty. (Approximately 250-500 words or 1-2 pages)
3. Begin tracing the historical roots of your issue or problem. Here’s where it gets difficult. You will need to contextualize your issue going back at least 70 years. This section should represent at least half the paper. Summarize the overall trajectory of your issue by contextualizing it in the social, cultural, and political history of the United States and explain what specific people, events, and/or legislation led to the present moment. Use the historical thinking skills of causation, comparison, contextualization, and change and continuity over time. (Approximately 750-1000 words or 3-4 pages)
4. Now for the fun part. Given the history of this topic or issue, and your knowledge of the United States history, make a prediction about how the problem will look in the future. This can go a number of ways. You might need to write a jeremiad or warning about how you perceive this issue evolving. You may instead see a bright future. Predict out how events will unfold, given your historical insight into how similar events have unfolded in the past. This section will be assessed based on how compelling your argument is, and how well you back it up with evidence. (Approximately 500 words or 2 pages)
Review the attached rubric before submitting to ensure full credit.
We will be looking to see that you use primary sources and historical examples from the textbook and course materials as the foundation for evidence in this paper. Essays that rely entirely on outside sources will not score high on use of evidence. You should also ensure that you are USING the sources by analyzing them and explaining exactly how they support your argument and analysis. Simply dropping in citations will result in a low score in the close reading section of the rubric.
Formatting:
Use the Writing Guide to help you start your essay and proofread the paper when you are ready to submit.
Format the paper using Chicago Manual of Style formatting. For a breakdown of proper formatting see this page.

Career Trends. Research career trends for your pathway. Prepare a brief report describing the career trends and drivers behind it (example of drivers: technology, social media, cloud computing, supply/demand for jobs, laws & regulations, apps, new media, sustainability, ethics, etc.). Refer to the attached rubric.
The report must contain:
•Title page (your name, your Pathway, title, and date)
•Table of contents
•Body with headings
•Conclusion
•Sources cited in the APA format
•Recommended length approximately six (6) pages

Implement and train a classification model for the Titantic dataset (for dataset you
may find it here: https://www.kaggle.com/c/titanic). Please ignore the test set (i.e.,
test.csv) and consider the given train set (i.e., train.csv) as the dataset (which you will
use in this HW).

What you need to do:
• Data cleansing
• Split the dataset (i.e., train.csv) to a training set (80% samples) and a testing set
(20% samples)
• Train your model (see details below)
• Report the overall classification accuracies on the training and testing sets
• Report the precision, recall, and F-measure scores on the testing set

1. Required Model (100 pts) Implement and train a logistic regression as your classification model.
• You have to use Sklearn deep learning library.
• You may want to refer this tutorial: https://bit.ly/37anOxi.

2. Bonus Model (100 pts) Implement and train a neural network as your classification
model.
• You have to use PyTorch deep learning library.
• Two hidden layers: the first hidden layer must contain 5 units using ReLU
activation function; the second layer must contain 3 units using tanh activation
function.

What need to include in your submission:
• Your Python code
• Screenshots of your Python code
• Screenshots of your outputs
• Your conclusion (written in PDF file) of the evaluation performance on the testing dataset

ENC 1102 Assignment:
Research Paper
Compose a documented research paper on a major literary author you will
like to
examine in-depth. The essay will present your own interpretation, evaluation, and
argument about a literary author and his/her representative work. Use MLA guidelines.
The researh paper will be 5-pages (1500-1750 words) plus a works-cited page.
The student will write a documented research paper by:
• Limiting a topic
• Using library and electronic resources to fulfill research objectives
• Taking notes, paraphrasing, summarizing, and quoting sources
• Articulating a thesis that demonstrates a logical connection between research
and argumentative techniques while organizing the text to be congruent with the
subject and purpose of the paper.
Organization and Content:
Major Literary Author
• Short biography
• Influences
• Biographical, cultural, and historical context
• Themes in major works
Representative Work
• Plot summary of major work
• Brief description of major and minor characters
• 3 literary elements (plot, character, setting, point of view, symbolism, theme,
style, tone, and/or irony) will be analyzed with direct references from the work.
Include 5-6 brief passages/quotations from the story/sources – integrated with
your own sentence, properly punctuated, and commented upon as necessary to
show why you cited that particular passage.
The quoted material taken directly
from the text needs to move your interpretation forward and illustrate your points.
Sources
• Book: Print and/or Digital (1)
• Academic Journal Article (1)
• Periodical (Magazine/Newspaper) (1)
• Electronic Sources (2

Your grandchild is 40 years old in the year 2100. What will the world be like? What sort of life will your grandchild be living? This is the topic of Essay 3. This is a mixed-genre essay: it is both academic argument and creative writing.

What will your descendant’s life be like in 2100? Using your imagination and cited sources (the readings plus your research), create a convincing picture of your descendant and the world in 2100. Consider the probable effects of climate change, changes in demographics, technological advances, and possibly other factors. Give your descendant a name, an age, a place, a profession, and a personal life. Decide how optimistic or pessimistic you are about life in 2100, and argue for that view. Support your argument with empirical evidence and appeals to authority–but also use your imagination.

USING THIS ARTICLE: https://www.proquest.com/docview/2257496405?accountid=3783&parentSessionId=2Sq%2BTSq4ZdAKvg95LhaacifhLb6KWbV2Y1wNqQggCDU%3D
ATTACHED IS AN ESSAY/DRAFT TO GO OFF OF.

Course Outcomes
In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:
Identify main ideas, supporting evidence, and conclusions through critical analysis for utilizing these components in one’s own writing
Integrate appropriate and qualified evidence into one’s own composition through effective research
Overview
The project for this course is the creation of a critical analysis essay. Writing is a craft that allows people to express themselves in various ways. The ability to articulate a message through writing is essential in any career. The writing process can be very intimidating; however, the more you work with it, the more comfortable the process becomes.
You developed a thesis about the information presented in the article you selected, and now, you will support that thesis through a critical analysis essay.
Directions
In this project, you will follow the writing process to revise your critical analysis essay draft from previous assignments. Once your thesis is established, you will use evidence from the reading to support it throughout your essay.
There is no right or wrong thesis—it is how you support your thesis that makes your essay effective. To thoroughly revise the work, be sure to refer to your instructor’s feedback. Finally, proofread your final draft and correct any errors you may find. This assignment will be submitted in Brightspace.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Introduction: This paragraph is where readers will have a chance to get an idea of what your essay will be about. Do not give all your information away here. Instead, give readers a sample of what is to come and what points you will be supporting with evidence in the essay’s body.
Provide an overview of the work you have analyzed by briefly describing the main points and your thoughts about the writing.
Compose a thesis that you will support with evidence throughout the essay. This statement will give direction to your essay and should be well thought out.
Body: The body is your opportunity to describe and support your thesis in-depth. Ensure that your thoughts and evidence are clear and organized in a way that is easy for readers to follow and understand.
Be sure to write organized paragraphs that clearly state their main idea and move logically from one to the other.
Your body paragraphs should support your thesis by combining thoughts and ideas with evidence. There is no such thing as a right or wrong evaluation; the key is how well your thesis is supported and the quality of the evidence used.
Conclusion: Think of the conclusion as a review of your analysis. Use this section to restate your thesis and remind readers of your supporting evidence. Think of this paragraph as the last chance to prove your point.
Briefly summarize the main points that helped form your analysis. This section should consist of a brief review of your main ideas.
Draw conclusions based on your evidence.
Use evidence that you have found to wrap up the essay in a meaningful way that relates to your audience.
What to Submit
Your analysis essay must be 3–4 pages (plus a cover page and references) and must be written in MLA or APA format. Use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Include at least three references from your selected reading cited in MLA or APA format.

While on routine patrol for the Anytown Police Department, you notice a group of what appears to be three underage male teens and one female teen standing along the outside wall of a local convenience store in a poorly lit area. Because it is 1 a.m. in the morning on a Friday, a violation of the city curfew ordinance, you investigate. When you turn into the driveway of the convenience store, your patrol car headlights illuminate the group of four teens. You notice a cigarette in the hand of the lone female of the group. It appears to you that two of the males are holding beer cans. After asking for identification, you began your investigation. It is at this point you realize that several decisions will need to be made regarding the underage youths.
In an APA-formatted paper of 650–800 words, discuss the following:
In a list that you make in your report, specifically identify the status offense laws that are being violated by each of the underage teens.
Identify how you are going to process each of the underage teen violators at the scene. Explain in detail why you made the decision to handle the status offenses in that specific manner.
Describe how you would handle any of the teen-status offense violators who is being uncooperative at the scene. How would this affect your decision on how to handle this status offense case?
If you have one or more uncooperative parents who refuse to come to the scene and pick up their child, would this affect your decision on how you handle the case, and if so, what would you then do with the teen?

Write a research paper on the effects of Waste Water.