Summarize the paper. What would you say is the paper’s greatest strength? What would you say is the paper’s greatest weakness?

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The Design Philosophy of the DARPA Internet Protocols

The early design of the internet was born out of the development of military communications, funded by DARPA. David D. Clark acted as the chief protocol architect from 1981 to 1989, laying much of the foundation for the modern internet today. For this assignment, you will be reading “The Design Philosophy of the DARPA Internet Protocols” by Clark published in 1988 explaining the design philosophy behind the DARPA Internet, which gives a clearer understanding of why many aspects of the internet are the way they are today. After reading the paper, head over to Gradescope and answer the questions.

Paper Reading Homework

Q1 Summary

10 Points

Q1.1

4 Points

Summarize the paper.

Limit your response to 3-4 sentences.

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Q1.2

3 Points

What would you say is the paper’s greatest strength?

Limit your response to 2-3 sentences.

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Q1.3

3 Points

What would you say is the paper’s greatest weakness?

Limit your response to 2-3 sentences.

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Q2 Short Answer

10 Points

Q2.1

2 Points

For each of the goals from the paper shown below, explain how this goal is (not) achieved in the Internet as we have learned in class.

Limit your response to 1-3 sentences.

 

What is the best way to manage large embedded structures in Java? What is a professional resource that you would use to help programmers learn more about troubleshooting structures?

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Java

  • How do we know the results of these Java programming calculations are correct?
  • What is the best way to manage large embedded structures in Java?
  • What is a professional resource that you would use to help programmers learn more about troubleshooting structures?
  • Why did you choose this resource?
  • How would a professional programmer use this resource to become more efficient at using structures?

Be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

 

Describe the advertisement. What is the surface meaning of the ad? What do you think is the advertiser’s intended meaning?

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News Media

This assignment will allow you to apply what you have read and learned to analyze two advertisements. This assignment aims to improve your critical analysis skills by enabling you to use the theories and concepts we discuss in the course to describing and analyzing real-world advertisements.

The assignment’s goal is to introduce an ad, explain the surface reading of the ad and the advertiser’s intended meaning. Additionally, you should also explain an oppositional reading of the ad.

The second ad must be an advertisement for an item or service that focuses on gender identity. (For example, beauty products, clothing, cars, home appliances, etc.).

You can select from any of the readings, but the readings from Weeks 7 and 8, would be the best sources to support your arguments.

To submit this assignment, answer the following questions…

  1. Name of the company/brand
  2. Include an online link to advertisement.
  3. Describe the advertisement.
  4. What is the surface meaning of the ad?
  5. What do you think is the advertiser’s intended meaning?

 

How many hours will the excavator be operating for? Building on your previous questions, a grade-person will need to be checking the excavation depth as the excavator operator is digging. How many hours will you need to have this person on-site for?

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Excavation and Backfill BONUS Activity 4(%)

Given the following quantities, complete a cost estimate for the following excavation and backfill project:

  • Excavation Total 197 cubic yards
  • Backfill Total 70 cubic yards

Based on the number of cubic yards of material provided, please answer the following questions:

  • An excavator takes ten minutes to load a truck with 12 cubic yards of material.
  • How many truck loads of material is there?

A truck takes 50 minutes to go and dump the load and return for another load. How many trucks would you need to complete this excavation? (Remember you cannot have ½ a truck, it’s either present or not).

  • How many hours will the excavator be operating for?
  • Building on your previous questions, a grade-person will need to be checking the excavation depth as the excavator operator is digging.
  • How many hours will you need to have this person on-site for?

There is a $500 charge for delivery and pick-up of heavy equipment. 15 minutes is needed for unloading and loading the equipment.

It is not uncommon for minimum times to be enforced when renting equipment of hiring staff. On this project, assume a 4 hour minimum charge for equipment and personal (excavator and operator and grade-person).

  • Trucking cost is $85.00 per hour per truck.
  • The excavator and operator cost is $350.00 per hour with a minimum of 4 hours.
  • The grade-person costs $45.00 per hour with a minimum of 4 hours.

How much would the total excavation cost?

 

 

 

What VPN client did you use? Did you have problems installing the client on either your desktop or mobile? What was your general experience with the VPN client?

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VPN Access

VPNs come in hardware and software varieties.  There are a number of VPN apps that can be downloaded to your desktop and mobile device.  One of these is called Tunnel Bear.  Tunnel Bear has a free trial download.  You are not required to use Tunnel Bear, but it is free.

Download Tunnel Bear (https://www.tunnelbear.com/) to your desktop/laptop AND mobile device (phone/tablet).  Use Tunnel Bear for one week.  Keep in mind the free version is limited to 500 MB of data (so don’t use Tunnel Bear to watch Netflix or you will run out of data before you finish the assignment)!  The idea is to experience a VPN client on your desktop and mobile device and keep a log of the sites your visit while changing the VPN servers that you connect to around the world.  Make sure you change your VPN servers to a minimum of ten countries.  Visit a minimum of ten websites (minimum of five sites on your desktop/laptop and a minimum of five different sites on your mobile device).  Keep a log and make notes of your experience. What works well with the Tunnel Bear VPN?  What doesn’t work so well.  What specific performance impacts (if any) do you note.  Why would you want to use a product like Tunnel Bear all the time?

 

Project Deliverables

Your deliverable consists of your turned in VPN log and a two to four page write up of your observations and experiences.   Include the following questions as the sectional headings in your writeup (should be bolded in paper):

  1. What VPN client did you use?
  2. Did you have problems installing the client on either your desktop or mobile?
  3. What was your general experience with the VPN client?
  4. What specifically did you note about the VPN client when you connected to various VPN servers?  Provide details.
  5. What performance issues did you encounter (if any)?
  6. Would you use a VPN client like Tunnel Bear all the time?  If not, why not?
  7. What are the perceived benefits of a VPN like Tunnel Bear.

Describe how it could be redesigned to communicate the key message more effectively. Write your explanation, explain which of Tufte’s principles of graphical integrity or principles of data graphics justify your analysis.

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Designing Effective Figures and Charts

Purpose

This exercise will give you practice using Edward Tufte’s principles to (1) identify poor design choices in graphs or charts, and (2) recommend design improvements.

Understanding Tufte’s principles and how to apply them will help you to design figures and tables for your own work that communicate clearly.

What to do

Step 1: Reading

Read Chapters 2 and 4

Actions

from Edward Tufte’s book The Visual Display of Quantitative Information.

Step 2: Critique

Find two graphs or charts in documents you use at work or in professionally-published periodicals like a newspaper, magazine, or journal.

For each graph, describe how it could be redesigned to communicate the key message more effectively. As you write your explanation, explain which of Tufte’s principles of graphical integrity (page 77) or principles of data graphics (page 105) justify your analysis.

 

Why make an annotated bibliography? Creating an annotated bibliography involves gathering the most important sources of information about one’s topic.

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Strategic Management Annotated Bibliography

In this Module, you will submit an annotated bibliography with at least three sources that will be used in the research paper. The annotation should concisely summarize the main points of the source. Remember that students cannot simply copy word-for-word from the source. The paper will examine the effects of climate change on international business or the effects of political crisis on international business.

See the following gudielines for writing an annotated bibliography using APA style:

Why make an annotated bibliography? Creating an annotated bibliography involves gathering the most important sources of information about one’s topic. These sources can be used later as evidence to support an argument or analysis of a larger research project, like a research essay.

What is an annotated bibliography?

An annotated bibliography is a list of high-quality sources that you have found about your topic. The list contains sources such as books, articles, and documents that you have found about your research topic.

Each source is cited using a citation style (for example MLA, APA, Chicago, etc).
Each cited source in the list is followed by a brief "annotation" (usually about 150 words) that is a descriptive and evaluative paragraph.
Write annotations with your audience in mind; remember, the purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the main points from the source and to remind the reader how you might use the source to support your thesis in a larger, related research project.

How does the biography of Maya Angelou showcase the role of transformation and change in making a positive difference in the life of a client?

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Quote Reflection: The Impact of Maya Angelou

Change is one thing that is certain in life. Sometimes we plan for change and anticipate positive outcomes. At other times, change comes on unexpectedly, without warning and can have a negative or threatening impact on how we live our lives. As you contemplate Maya Angelou’s words about the butterfly, be sure to view the link that provides biographical information about her life.”

Maya’s quote:             “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly,
but rarely admit the changes
it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
— Maya Angelou —

Read the quote above and then the biography of Maya Angelou. Based on your integration and application of the chapter readings, module notes, professional experience, and external sources, compose a thoughtful response to the following discussion prompts:

  • How does the biography of Maya Angelou showcase the role of transformation and change in making a positive difference in the life of a client?
  • If you were helping Maya Angelou during the challenges and tragedies of her childhood, how would you, as a helping professional, have addressed the concept of the whole person?

 

How would you categorize the problem or problems that Cynthia is facing? Define the barriers you see that might cause Cynthia to hesitate to seek help as well as the strengths and supports that could help her.

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Assignment instructions SOC230e:

You were introduced to Cynthia earlier in the module. Take a few minutes to read her story again and explore the problems and concerns that she is experiencing in her life. Her marriage is not in a good place, and she is thinking by now that neither is she. She and her husband no longer have a close relationship, and they struggle financially to make ends meet. Rather than talk to her about his frustrations and their problems, he has chosen to betray her. He is sharing his intimacy, and possibly his deepest feelings, with another woman.

Cynthia feels that she is living a lie. Her husband has the best of both worlds. To his colleagues and peers, he has an “adoring wife” and two small children—a picture perfect family. And he has a mistress—someone with whom he can play and fantasize without the worry of responsibility to the relationship. At least, that is the way it seems from Cynthia’s perspective. She is hurt and humiliated and doesn’t want to be married to Carl anymore. Whatever they had together has disappeared, and she is feeling alone—as though she were already a single parent.

Use the discussion area to complete the activity regarding Cynthia and the problems in her marriage:

  • How would you categorize the problem or problems that Cynthia is facing?
  • Define the barriers you see that might cause Cynthia to hesitate to seek help as well as the strengths and supports that could help her.
  • Describe three steps that Cynthia could take as she begins to seek resolutions to her problem(s).