Best Writer

In your initial post of at least 100 words, please answer TWO of the following questions:
Theme: Both stories are about people who are, in some way, limited by their surroundings. In what way is this true and which story handles the theme in a way that you think is more relevant for us today?
Plot: both stories leave a lot out—they are filled with “ellipses” in other words. For instance, “A Rose for Emily” doesn’t really let us see into Emily’s thoughts, and “Why Don’t You Dance?” doesn’t really dramatize what led up to the man’s decision to take all of his furnishings and put them out on his lawn. For each story, consider the following: what “gap” would you like to see filled? That is, which un-narrated events would be interesting to see narrated? And why?
Evaluation: One could argue that both stories are a bit dated. “A Rose for Emily,” for instance, doesn’t have any interesting non-white characters, and somehow “Why Don’t You Dance?” seems a bit old-fashioned too. Do you think either of these stories is likely to “age” better than the other? Explain.
Character: One way to evaluate a story, as we have seen, is by paying attention to how a writer develops a character. Characters should be clearly motivated, consistent in their behavior, interesting or at least sympathetic, and so on. Which of the two stories has the “better” characters in your opinion and why? Try to explain in some detail.

Write a 2 – page response (APA 7, double-space) to scientific management. (~600 words)
I am not looking for a book review or critique of the book so don’t turn one in. Please just follow the guidelines below and you’ll do just fine.
HINT: Use the original text. Do not use a third-party author. Eg: someone who also wrote on Scientific Management.
Be sure to answer the following questions:
In your own words, what is scientific management? ½ page
How has scientific management influenced leadership and management today? 1 page
Would you apply scientific management to your own leadership? This is your conclusion. ½ page
Please cite page numbers if you are using quotes (remember that I want to see your understanding of the quote, not just the quote – use quotes minimally. Suggestion: one quotation per page.

Do you think sport area nas should be funded with public money? Yes or no?

The essay has to answer the question, “Who is ultimately responsible when an individual behaves in ways against their own interest? Why?”

Watch this video about logical fallacies again.
Answer these questions IN YOUR OWN WORDS:
1. What is a straw-man argument? Give an example.
2. What is equivocation/double-speak? Give an example.
3. What is confirmation bias? Give an example.
4. What is a hasty generalization? Give an example.
5. What is anecdotal evidence? Give an example.
6. What is an argument from authority/ignorance? Give an example.
7. What is a bandwagon appeal? Give an example.
8. What is an ad hominem argument? Give an example.
9. What is a false dilemma? Give an example.
10. What is an appeal to emotion? Give an example.

Unit 3 Activity: Title IX and Gender Equity in College Athletics
In chapter 3, Schultz discusses Title IX. Toward the beginning of the chapter, she notes that “Title IX has not affected all girls and women in the same ways.” She identifies several ways in which some girls and women are under-representation based on social factors. She also introduces the concept of gender equity and how Title IX is needed “until gender equity is uniformly championed, accepted, and achieved.”
Task: After completing the Unit 3 reading, conduct research on Title IX and gender equity in college athletics. Specifically, look through the NCAA Demographics Database to identify evidence that informs your understanding of gender equity in college athletics. Make sure to look at multiple levels (such as leadership, coaching staff, and students) and multiple sports to determine differences related to gender equity. Also consider how race and ethnicity impacts your findings. Make sure to review at least 3 specific sports under the tab “COACH AND STUDENT-ATHLETE DEMOGRAPHICS BY SPORT”
Write a 150-200 words that responds to the following:
Is there evidence that gender equity has or has not been achieved in NCAA athletics?
Is there evidence that race and ethnicity impact disparities in gender equity?
Are there any relevant differences between different sports regarding representation and equity?
***For the strongest score, frame your findings within the context of Schultz’s arguments in the course text.***
https://www.ncaa.org/sports/2018/12/13/ncaa-demographics-database.aspx

Code of Ethics

Write and borrow (with proper citations) a code of ethics and/or conduct for this Security class. This document should detail your behavior throughout this course and your career. This is the foundation to prove you are cleared to expose and manage vulnerabilities. Your Code should be 2-3 pages, 1.5 spacing, 1” margins. Note: References are provided for you below. The paper should consist of in-text citations (page # or para #), works cited (bibliography). Document should include printed names & signatures to receive credit for this assignment.

References:
ACM Code of Ethics http://www.acm.org/about/code-of-ethics

SAGE System Administrators’ Code of Ethics
https://www.usenix.org/lisa/system-administrators-code-ethics

Computer Society and ACM Approve Software Engineering Code of Ethics

Software Engineering Code

ICCP Code of Ethics
https://www.iccp.org/code-of-ethics-conduct-practice.html .

AITP Code of Ethics & Standards of Conduct
https://aitpsd.org/about-us/code-of-ethics.html & https://aitpsd.org/about-us/standards-of-conduct.html

IEEE Code of Ethics

Code of Ethics

CPSR The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics
http://cpsr.org/issues/ethics/cei/

Write an essay in which you define the term Kairos. Offer a text(s) in the argument to provide definitions and examples. Make a refined, nuanced argument
Nietzsche, “On Truth and Lies in a Non-Moral Sense” and Anonymous, Dissoi Logoi as the references please and please use quotations when writing the quotes, thank you

I’ve been putting the finishing touches on the details of the Final Project and I think I’ve come up with something that will allow you to be creative and original and will allow you to use some of what you’ve learned this semester, while staying in the spirit of what we would have been doing had COVID-19 not completely transformed life as we know it. I’ve broken the project down into steps for you below.
STEP ONE: Get Familiar with the subject
The good news here is that you’ve already done that by writing your midterm! But you may want to refresh your memory or get another look, so you can refer to the link below, which is a BBC production of Macbeth; you can also refer back to the production available to you through Digital Theater Plus in the GCC Library system, and if you need it, here again is a link to read an explicated version of the play alongside the original Jacobean text of the play:
https://hibsenglish.weebly.com/uploads/7/2/3/6/7236232/macbeth_no_fear_script.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7skhaOegpLA (Links to an external site. (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
So yes, your Final Essay will also be an examination of Macbeth, but through a very different lens.
STEP TWO: Get Creative
This part is where your work really comes in.
Your assignment is to come up with your own original concept for a hypothetical production of Macbeth.
And I know what some of you are saying: How the hell am I supposed to do that?
Don’t worry, I’m going to lay it out for you. Essentially, this assignment is about doing a little bit of the work a director, a producer, a costume designer, and a set designer would do on a production.
The Concept a Director chooses for a production comes down to how they interpret the play. For a great example, go to page 139 in Chapter 6 of your textbook. There you will see a photo from a Royal Shakespeare Production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, which is the story of how Brutus and Cassius, two of Julius Caesar’s close friends and allies, conspired to murder Caesar before he became mad with power and became a dangerous dictator. So, some of the major Themes of that play are power, civic responsibility, envy, conspiracy, and political assassination. Director Gregory Doran’s concept was to set his production in Modern Day Africa, because many people saw the Themes of the play as being relevant to the political situation in some African countries. Therefore, although this play was originally set in Ancient Rome, with actors wearing Roman clothing, the actors in this particular production were dressed as if it they were in an African country, and the music and costumes also matched this Concept.
So after you watch Macbeth and identify the major themes, where would you choose to set the play? In the modern world of Wall Street Finance? The locker room of an NBA team in the 1990s? A cattle ranch in 19th Century Argentina? It’s entirely up to you and where your mind takes you.
NOTE: There is one thing you can’t do. NO GODFATHER/GOODFELLAS/MAFIA adaptations. It’s a little too easy and if I allowed it I might be grading 40 of them, so you have to find something different.
You can also choose to Adapt Macbeth into something new. To Adapt the play means to keep the basic story and themes, but to change other elements to suit the story in a different style. The best example of a Shakespeare adaptation I can think of is West Side Story by Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim. It’s the plot of Romeo and Juliet, but the action is moved to the West Side of Manhattan and deals with warring street gangs, and the writers do away with Shakespeare’s lines and replace them with their own lines, music, and lyrics. (If you want to research a couple film adaptations of Macbeth that do something similar with the story and setting, check out the films Throne of Blood, Men of Respect and Scotland, PA.)
STEP THREE: The Look of the Production
Once you’ve figured out where and when you want to set the play, the next step is to figure out what the play will look like. What style of dress will best suit this story? If you decide to set this play, for example, a Greek Orthodox monastery during World War II, what clothing would the characters be wearing?
You need to provide at least one image of your concept, which you can find somewhere or draw yourself. If you’re looking for more information on Costume Design, check out the discussion I posted and the video attached. You can also check out Chapter 9 of your textbook.
Next, figure out what the Set might look like. If you chose to set the play, for example, on a Mississippi plantation during the American Civil War, what might that environment look like? Again, provide at least one image, and you can source it or draw it yourself. For more ideas, look at the Discussion I posted earlier in the semester and the video with it, and you can also check out Chapter 8 of the textbook.
STEP FOUR: Ask Questions
Yes, this all might seem a little overwhelming right now but you will rise to the occasion, I see students do it every semester and you are all just as intelligent and creative as they are. But if you run into an issue, if you’re not sure of something, if you don’t understand something I might have said or might be asking for, Ask Me. It’s my job to help you and make sure you know what is required of you, and there will be no problem that I can’t help you figure out.
STEP FIVE: The Details
Once you’ve decided on your concept, and laid out why you made this choice, make sure you cover the following things:
5A. How will your idea deal with The Witches aka The Weird Sisters?
Macbeth is the story of a man who is driven to murder his King and take the throne for himself, but the entire story is kick-started by his chance encounter with three Witches who tell him that his destiny is to become King, and that his friend Banquo is destined to be the father of an entire line of Kings. So the question is, Would Macbeth have done anything to hurt Duncan, the King, if the Witches hadn’t put the idea in his head? Witches make sense in the world of the play as Shakespeare wrote it, but if your idea is set in the modern world, where Witches make far less sense, how are you going to Adapt this element of the story which is so important to the plot?
5B. Cast the Major Characters.
Have fun with it. If time, money, and everything else was no issue, who would you like to see playing Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Duncan, and MacDuff in your own hypothetical conceptualization of this play?
5C. How do we do this play in a COVID-19 world WITHOUT using Zoom, Skype, Google Hangouts etc. How do we keep this LIVE theatre, and also keep people safe?
Why am I not letting you do this play the same way we’ve done classes this entire semester? Remember the fundamental difference between theater and all other dramatic media: theater is about a live and alive connection between the audience and the performer and a play done over the computer isn’t live no matter what we do.
So, how do we do your idea in a way that maintains the LIVE AND ALIVE nature of theater, but also avoids dangerous crowds and the potential for an outbreak? Does that sound really hard to figure out? Of course it is, and I don’t expect you to solve a public health crisis in your Final Project for Intro to Theater. All I want to see is that you are making an honest effort to be creative in tackling a very difficult problem facing the entire theater world in general.
STEP SIX: Write this all down and submit it.
REMEMBER: If you want full credit, you have to tick every single box and requirement you see listed above. If something is missing, or if your essay is short of the page requirement, points will be deducted. So please, be thorough and thoughtful. By showing me what you think, why you think that, and how you will put your thoughts into action, you’ll get an A on this assignment.
Once you’ve grappled with all the big ideas and difficult questions I’ve decided to throw at you, write it down in a Word Document or a PDF and upload it to this assignment.
Make sure your document meets the following standards, and when in doubt, look up MLA Format and use that:
12 Point Times New Roman Font
Double-Spaced. NOT Triple-Spaced, please.
Three to Five pages in length (and please DON’T include unnecessary headers or spaces between paragraphs.)
This is your own idea and opinion, so please, under no circumstances should you do anything that could remotely be interpreted as Cheating or Plagiarism. Just stick to the play and your own ideas and you’ll be fine.
Upload your Final Project Essay by 12 NOON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12th for Full Credit.
And that’s the idea. Take some time to think and process, but we will talk more about this next week.

Chapter 3
1. (60%) Assume an 8-letter password from the 95 printable ASCII characters is used in a computer system.
a. If passwords are chosen by the users, what is the total password population? What is the probability of an adversary guessing a password correctly?
b. If passwords are generated automatically by a pseudorandom number generator, what is the total password population? What is the probability of an adversary guessing a password correctly?

2. (40%) Explain why, for the biometric authentication protocols, the biometric capture device is authenticated in the case of static biometric but not authenticated for a dynamic biometric.

Chapter 4
1. (25%) UNIX treats file directories in the same fashion as files; that is, both are defined by the same type of data structure, called an inode. As with files, directories include a nine-bit protection string. If care is not taken, this can create access control problems. For example, consider a file with protection mode 644 (octal) contained in a directory with protection mode 730. How might the file be compromised in this case?
(25%) Consider user accounts on a computer system with a Web server configured to provide user Web areas. In general, this uses a standard directory name, such as “public_html,” in a user’s home directory. However, access control needs to be properly set to allow users (with or without user accounts on the system) to browse the webpages. Assuming there are one main page (index.html), two pictures files (a.jpg and b.jpg) stored in an sub-directory (Image) and one pdf file (c.pdf) stored in an sub-directory (Doc), all under the public_html. Specify the access control for each directory and files that allows everyone to view the webpage.

(50%) For the DAC model discussed in Section 4.3, an alternative representation of the protection state is a directed graph. Each subject and each object in the protection state is represented by a node (a single node is used for an entity that is both subject and object). A directed line forms a subject to an object indicates an access right, and the label on the link defines the access right.
Draw a directed graph that represented to the access matrix of Figure 4.2a.
Draw a directed graph that represented to the access matrix of Figure 4.3.
Is there a one-to-one correspondence between the directed graph representation and the access matrix representation? Explain your answer.