CSS 2753 Project Mid-Point

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CSS 2753 Project Mid-Point
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Project Mid-Point: Network Survey
Introduction
Network defenses rely first on understanding the current configuration of hosts, services, and protocols in use within the organization. Before it is possible to plan to change anything, you must first understand what is present and where it is located within the network. The initial phase of any network security realignment process involves identifying existing resources.
Scenario
You have been working as a technology associate in the information systems department at Corporation Techs. The Corporation Techs’ management is concerned that they are losing business to a competitor whose bids are too accurately just under the bids offered by Corporation Techs––by an exact amount. A security firm was contracted to conduct a review of Corporation Techs’ systems, identifying unauthorized access to the Web server as a potential source of compromise due to the shared reporting and public Web site functions. The packet trace and vulnerability scans gathered during this review are available for your use.
The Web server provides public access to the organization’s static Web site for contact information, while sales team members in the field transfer contract and bid documents using a site secured with a logon and password. Corporation Techs has budgeted for new networking hardware but does not want to add additional servers due to cooling issues. Your manager has asked you to create a security plan that will prevent unauthorized access, while making sure that both public and secured Web access remain available.
Tasks
The data and information you need to complete this part of the project are provided to you. (See the Required Source Information and Tools section at the beginning of this document.) In this part of the project, you need to conduct a survey of the existing hosts, services, and protocols within Corporation Techs’ network. Specifically, you need to:
1. Access the PCAP data using NetWitness Investigator.
2. Identify hosts within the Corporation Techs’ network.
3. Identify protocols in use within the Corporation Techs’ network.
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4. Develop a list of hosts and services provided by each.
5. Create a professional report detailing the information above as the initial document for development of the network security plan.
Write the network survey results as detailed in the instructions above.
Evaluation Criteria and Rubrics Evaluation Parameters Percentage Weight
Did the student demonstrate an understanding of the competencies covered to date?
30
Did the student include all hosts identified within the provided packet trace?
30
Did the student include all services and protocols identified within the provided packet trace and align them with the proper host?
30
Did the student create a professional, well-developed draft with proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation?
10
Total
100%

Cultural Artifacts Analysis

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Cultural Artifact Analysis: Artifact File

 

 

 

Description:    All museums keep “object files” on works included their collections. These files contain information related to the object, including: correspondence related to the work’s creation, sale, and acquisition; condition reports from conservators; critical reviews that appeared in contemporary newspapers and journals; and scholarly articles and books about the object and objects similar to it. Object files are a “first stop” for researchers interested in a specific work, since they contain the resources necessary for any critical consideration and interpretation of it.

 

In this assignment, you will collect sources for an “Artifact File” on the object you decided to examine for the Cultural Artifact Analysis. It must include:

  • Illustrations of two different images, objects, or spaces that relate to your object
  • Three textual sources that relate to your object
  • Of the five sources, at least two must be primary sources

 

* Keep in mind that we will only accept your object file if you have completed                                your description and formal analysis.

 

Format:           The format of the artifact file is similar to that of an annotated bibliography. It will have five entries – one for each source. Each entry should include the following:

  • A full bibliographic citation for the image, book, article, website, or document.
  • One sentence that describes it:
    • Is it an image, song, book, article, advertisement, website, or document? Is it a primary or secondary source? What is its content, subject matter, or argument?
  • One sentence that explains its relationship to your artifact:
    • Is it an artifact similar to yours or produced by the same artist, designer, or company? A newspaper article about the object published when it was produced? A scholarly essay that historicizes the period in which the object was made? A book that describes the cultural context of its use?
  • A sentence that illuminates its significance to your analysis:
    • What kind of information does it provide to help you understand the object’s manufacture, use, or meaning? How does it compare with other sources in your bibliography? How will it help you support your claim regarding the artifact’s significance?

 

Evaluation:     The object file is worth 50 points. It will be read with the following considerations in mind:

  1. Selection: Do you include at least five sources? Are two of them visual and three textual? Of the five, are at least two of them primary sources?
  2. Pertinence: Are the sources you selected appropriate for your object? Do you make a strong case for their relevance?
  3. Variety: Does each item provide you with a different and relevant way of looking at and understanding your object?
  4. Focus: Taken together, do your sources suggest particular research questions, and do they direct your inquiry?

 

Source Material

 

Primary sources: Primary sources are contemporary with the object, building, or space you are investigating.  They often provide direct, first-hand, or eyewitness accounts of the event, building, or historical period. Some examples of primary sources are letters, diaries, scrapbooks, newspapers from the period, historical photographs, maps, other works by the same artist, architect or contractor, etc. Some good possibilities (depending on your topic and approach) are:

  • Databases at Ellis Library
    • Adforum (an internationally focused database provides access to over 35,000 advertisements in all media, including audio and video)
    • African-American Communities
    • ARTStor (digital library of approximately 550,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences)
    • ProQuest Historical Newspapers
  • On-line Databases

(https://books.google.com/books/about/Jet.html?id=5joDAAAAMBAJ)

    • The Strong: National Museum of Play Collections (http://www.museumofplay.org/online-collections)
    • Classic TV Database: http://www.classic-tv.com/shows
    • The Movie DB: https://www.themoviedb.org/discover/movie?language=en-US

 

Secondary Sources: Secondary sources rely on primary documents to interpret the past. They offer a scholar’s critical assessment of the subject. In addition to books in the Merlin catalogue, you can find articles on your subject from a variety of databases, located under “Databases” on the Ellis Library home page. Some good possibilities (depending on your topic and approach) are:

  • Academic Search Premier
  • America History and Life
  • AnthroSource
  • Avery Index (Architecture, Interior Design, City Planning)
  • Art Full Text
  • Black Studies
  • Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)
  • Business Source Premier
  • Communication and Mass Media Complete
  • EBSCOhost
  • Education Full Text
  • Factiva
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library
  • GenderWatch
  • HAPI – Hispanic American Periodicals Index
  • JSTOR
  • MasterFile Premier
  • PsycINFO
  • Project Muse
  • Sage Journals Online

 

 

 

Hort 300 – Introduction to Horticulture

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Cosumnes River College Horticulture Department
Hort 300 – Introduction to Horticulture
Assignment 12 – Water and Irrigation
What’s My Water Budget and Estimated Usage?
You may need assistance from your instructor to find the correct information for your yard or area of interest! Begin this assignment early in order to communicate with you instructor if needed.
Instructions: PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THIS ENTIRE ASSIGNMENT!
Using information gathered from your garden / landscape and your instructor, you will calculate a water budget and estimated total water use for your landscape. For students that do not have a garden or landscape, please use an available local garden or landscape (a friend or neighbor, public park, or greenspace area, etc.)
Follow the steps on page 2 to complete and submit your assignment. See an example on page 3.
Definitions:
Water Budget: (Maximum Applied Water Allowance) MAWA: The total, annual amount of water (in gallons) allowed for use in your landscape under the current Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance.
Total Water Use: (Estimated Total Water Use) ETWU: The total, annual amount of water (in gallons) required by your landscape. ETWU is calculated for each hydrozone and then added together.
Hydrozone: The distinctive areas of your landscape that are grouped by plant type and microclimate. These areas should be irrigated separately from each other based on water need for the specific hydrozone.
Hydrozone Example: Each colored area is a hydrozone based on its microclimate (soil, sun exposure, etc.) and the water needs of the plant material in that location.
SLA: Special Landscape Area. A special landscape area (hydrozone) refers to two situations for residential landscapes when people can use more water. The first instance is for edible gardens; specifically vegetable, fruit, and herb gardens. It must be specifically for edibles; it cannot be an ornamental landscape with just a couple of herbs. The second instance is for landscapes that use reclaimed water for irrigation. This water is supplied by the water district and will have a special connection for outdoor use only. Reclaimed water will not be connected to the house, and should not be used on edible gardens. Check with your water company if you are not sure if you receive reclaimed water.
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Step 1: Identify a landscape area and divide it into no more than five (5) hydrozones as dictated by the microclimate and plants in the area. (See the hydrozone EXAMPLE on page 1); you do not need to submit a diagram.
Step 2: Measure the area (you can just step it off) to estimate the square footage of each hydrozone and total square footage of the entire landscape.
Step 3: Make a list of plants in each hydrozone. You do not need to list all the plants, just the primary plants that make up each hydrozone. Contact your instructor if you need help identifying plants; email picture if needed. You do not need to have the botanical names; common names will work. Each turf area will be one hydrozone. Also note if the hydrozone uses sprinklers or drip irrigation.
Step 4: Find your annual evapotranspiration:
– Option 1: You can also find an estimated Annual ET by Location on page 86 in the text (Table 4.2).
– Option 2: You can email your instructor the city in which the landscape is located.
For Sacramento and the surrounding areas, use 50 inches
Step 5: Determine the plant factor for each hydrozone in the landscape.
– Option 1: You can find plant factors for your area by going to WUCOLS and using the data base.
If you choose to use the WUCOLS Data base, then use the following plant factors:
High = 0.8 Moderate = 0.5 Low = 0.2 Very Low = 0.1
– Option 2: You can email your instructor the name of the plants for each hydrozone, or a CLEAR picture of each hydrozone. Your instructor will email back the necessary information.
Step 6: Calculate MAWA and ETWU using the following formulas:
MAWA = Annual EtO x 0.62 x [(LA x 0.55) + (SLA x 0.45)]
Annual EtO = Annual Reference Evapotranspiration in inches of water
0.62 = Factor to convert inches of water into gallons of water
LA = Landscape Area; the total area of the landscape in square feet, including SLA, minus any hardscaping (patio, walk ways, sheds, etc.) Should include ALL plant-able space, even if it is not planted.
SLA = Special Landscape Area
0.5 = The allowable amount of Reference Evapotranspiration that can be replaced through irrigation.
ETWU = Annual EtO x 0.62 x [((HA x PF)/IE) + SLA]
Annual EtO = Annual Reference Evapotranspiration in inches of water
0.62 = Factor to convert inches of water into gallons of water
HA = Hydrozone Area. The area of the hydrozone in square feet.
PF = Plant Factor. The plant factor established for each hydrozone.
IE = Irrigation Efficiency. For sprinklers use 0.71, and for Drip Irrigation use 0.8
Step 7: Determine if your landscape needs to be redesigned to use less water and/or what you could or would do to improve water efficiency.
Step 8: Save your information as a PDF and upload to CANVAS.
See Assignment Example on the Next Page
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Assignment Example:
My landscape is in the Elk Grove Area:
Annual Evapotranspiration is currently 50 inches.
My landscape has is 4300 square feet.
Hydrozone Plants PF Size in Ft2 Irrigation (IE)
1 Lawn – Cool Season Turf 0.8 720 square feet Sprinklers 0.71
2 Shrubs and Trees – Redwood, Pittosporum, Boxwood 0.6 1800 square feet Drip 0.8
3 SLA Vegetable and Herb Garden 1.0 495 square feet Drip 0.8
4 Planter Bed – Crape Myrtle, Camelia, Clematis 0.4 650 square feet Drip 0.8
5 Shrubs and Trees – Crape Myrtle, Blue Mist 0.2 635 square feet Drip 0.8
Calculations:
MAWA = Annual EtO x 0.62 x [(LA x 0.5) + (SLA x 0.5)]
MAWA = 50 x 0.62 x [(4300 x 0.55) + (495 x 0.45)]
MAWA = 31 x 2587.75
MAWA = 80,220.25 gallons of water
ETWU = Annual EtO x 0.62 x [((HA x PF)/IE) + SLA]
Hydrozone 1 ETWU = 50 x 0.62 x [((720 x 0.8)/0.71) + 0] Hydrozone 1 ETWU = 25,149.30 gallons
Hydrozone 2 ETWU = 50 x 0.62 x [((1800 x 0.6)/0.8) + 0] Hydrozone 2 ETWU = 41,850.00 gallons
Hydrozone 3 ETWU = 50 x 0.62 x [((0 x 0)/0) + 495] Hydrozone 3 ETWU = 15,345.00 gallons
Hydrozone 4 ETWU = 50 x 0.62 x [((650 x 0.4)/0.8) + 0] Hydrozone 4 ETWU = 10,075.00 gallons
Hydrozone 5 ETWU = 50 x 0.62 x [((635 x 0.2)/0.8) + 0] Hydrozone 5 ETWU = 4,921.25 gallons
Total Landscape ETWU = 97,340.55 gallons
Conclusions:
My landscape has an annual water budget of 80,220.25 gallons and uses 97,340.55 gallons. It is estimated that my landscape will use a little more than 17,000 gallons over my annual budget. To conserve water I would recommend reducing the size of my front lawn (hydrozone 1), and removing and replacing the high water using plants and trees from hydrozone 2. I can also improve my soil and use mulch to capture and hold as much water as possible. I will consider converting my lawn to subsurface drip to improve irrigation efficiency (which I actually did in 2015).

Discussion 2: Shared Practice: Personal Motivation and Purpose

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Steven Levitt, a father of four and co-author of the book Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (2005), had a small problem. When his youngest daughter was born, his middle daughter’s toilet training regressed. Levitt decided to use an incentive to reward his daughter by giving her one piece of candy every time she successfully used the toilet. In first week, his daughter figured out how to use the toilet just a little bit, go to her father to receive her reward, and then return to the bathroom minutes later to receive another piece of candy. She learned to exploit the system to her maximum advantage (What Happens When…2007).
This story illustrates one of the challenges of implementing effective reward systems—they can have unintended and undesirable outcomes that may not be sustainable. And when trying to figure out how to effectively reward employees, managers can sometimes treat their charges as children that need the fear of punishment or the enticement of a reward as motivation. However, as Daniel Pink (2009) argues in his book DRiVE: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, motivating employees is much more complicated than simply meting out rewards or punishments. For employees to be motivated to do their best, they need to know they are a part of something greater than themselves. The resources this week address how managers motivate employees successfully.
This week’s Shared Practice requires you to consider what rewards have motivated you to perform in your professional career. Then, you reflect on your experiences to determine how you frame your primary motivation and purpose.
Post a description of a positive professional experience when you felt motivated to perform at your best and a description of a challenging professional experience when you did not feel very motivated to perform. Be sure to include what were the sources of motivation in both experiences. Then explain what each experience taught you about the influence of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation on your performance and the motivations that are the main sources of job satisfaction for you.
As you are analyzing your motivations and sources of job satisfaction, consider the advice that was reportedly given to U.S. President John F. Kennedy:
“A great man is one sentence.”
—Clare Boothe Luce
After you post your descriptions, write your one sentence that captures how you define your purpose or main priority on which you want to focus to make your organization, community, or the world a better place. Think about the legacy you want to leave or how you want to be remembered, or what makes you want to get out of bed each day.

Assignment 4: Financing an Expansion Due Week 10 and worth 250 points

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Assignment 1: Your Business Venture

Tracey Echols

Professor Joseph Arbeiter

FIN 317: Financing Entrepreneurships

January 19, 2020

A business venture that I am interested in pursuing is a Rage Room. A rage room is considered an LLC, which is a Limited Liability Company. Limited liability means that the owners of the venture are not personally responsible for the LLC’s debts or lawsuits. (Johnson, 2020) The members of an LLC do not have to use personal money to pay the company’s debts if lawsuits or bankruptcy is filed. (Johnson, 2020)

A rage room, which is also known as an anger room is a place for people to vent their anger and rage by destroying objects in a room. (TRUiC, 2020) Clients break objects by throwing them against walls and other surfaces, or by smashing them with tools, such as a sledgehammer. (TRUiC, 2020) The rage room would be in the downtown area, close to businesses so that people could come by during lunch if they are having a hard day, or right after work. The location is also close to bars, restaurants, and a college located in the downtown area. The customer base is businesspeople, college students, and teens. The closest competition for a rage room in my area is 93 miles away.

This type of venture interests me because there are a lot of people that deal with stress on their jobs, in school, and with their families. Therapy is a great way to deal with issues, but not everyone can afford therapy. A rage room is a great way to spend a minimal fee in a safe environment and go in a room and release anger and stress. It is not a substitute for therapy, but it can be an outlet. I am also interested in this idea because it would only cost about $5,000 to get started. (TRUiC, 2020) I would need to rent a building, purchase safety equipment, and find a source of cheap items that can be destroyed. This idea also interested me because there isn’t one in the city that I live in, which is a metropolitan area that is currently experiencing a period of growth. I think that if I were able to open one locally, then it could be quite lucrative, with minimal risk, for me personally, and for anyone that I were to partner with.

References Johnson, H. R. (2020, January 19). What is an LLC (Limited Liability Company)? Retrieved from legalzoom.com: https://www.legalzoom.com/articles/what-is-a-limited-liability-company-llc TRUiC. (2020, January 19). How To Start A Rage Room. Retrieved from TRUiC: How To Start An LLC: https://howtostartanllc.com/business-ideas/rage-room

Personal Risks And Insurance

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Part 1

  • Explain the various definitions of disability that are found in disability-income insurance.
  • Explain the following disability insurance income provisions:
    • Residual disability
    • Benefit period
    • Elimination period

Part 2

  • A common method of determining the amount of life insurance life insurance to purchase is called the needs approach. Explain the following needs for a head of the household:
    • Income needs
    • Special needs
    • Cash needs
  • Explain the capital retention approach for determining the amount of 410 life insurance owned.
  • Briefly explain the characteristics of the following types of managed care plans:
    • Health maintenance organization (HMO) plans
    • Preferred provider organization (PPO) plans
    • Point-of-service (POS) plans
    • 800–1,000 words (3–4 pages)

Module 10 Essay

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Module 10 DB: Why is the composition of the Fed’s balance sheet a potentially important aspect of monetary policy during a crisis?

Must be under 180 words.

Module 10 Essay: Alan Greenspan has stated that central banks should not take actions to burst bubbles.   According to Greenspan, price bubbles are nearly impossible to identify. What is the difference between a price bubbles and a credit bubbles

Your grade will be determined as follows (5 points):

· Your essay addresses the question and demonstrates logical thinking.  Your viewpoint is clearly explained (2 points).

· Your essay does not exceed 200 words and the number of words used is clearly indicated at the end of your post (1 point).

· Your essay uses correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar (1 point).

· You are adding references at the end of your post using APA style.  If you are referring to a book provide the author’s name, the book title, the edition number and date and the chapter you are referring to.  If you are referring to an online article provide the link.  If you are using your own experience add: “Experience” at the end of the paragraph (1 point).

 

 

 

How do leadership styles differ from country to country.  Give an  example of 3 countries leadership organization and compare/contrast with  USA.

minimum of 150 words

Create an India credit risk(default) model, using the data provided in the spreadsheet raw-data.xlsx, and validate it on validation_data.xlsx. Please use the logistic regression framework to develop the credit default model.

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Create an India credit risk(default) model, using the data provided in the spreadsheet raw-data.xlsx, and validate it on validation_data.xlsx. Please use the logistic regression framework to develop the credit default model.

Hints :

Data description – Please direct them to the video – Default Risk Prediction. After removing variables for multicollinearity, we should try to take at least one variable for creating the model from each of the 4 factors namely –

1) Profitability

2) Leverage

3) Liquidity

4) Company’s size

For Default Risk Estimation, all the variables are bifurcated in different buckets in the categories tab in raw_data file.

Creation of new variables – This is an important step in the project as the company which is the biggest in size, will also have bigger asset size, cash flows, etc. (Hint: We need to think in terms of ratios – Equity to asset ratio, debt to equity ratio, etc)

Dependent variable – We need to create a default variable which should take the value of 1 when net worth is negative & 0 when net worth is positive.

Validation Dataset –  We need to build the model on the raw dataset and check the model performance measures on the validation dataset.

Please find attached the files to be referred.

Please note the following:

  • You have to submit 2 files      :
    1. Business Report not exceeding 3000 words. In this, you need to submit all the answers to all the questions in a sequential manner. Your answer should include detailed explanations & inferences to all the questions. Your report should not be filled with codes.
    2. R code file: This is a must and will be used for reference.

 

Criteria Points

 

1. Outlier Treatment – Outlier   Treatment

2. Missing Value   Treatment

3. New Variables Creation   (One ration for profitability, leverage, liquidity and company’s size each )

4. Check for   multicollinearity

5. Univariate &   bivariate analysis

6. Build Logistic   Regression Model on most important variables

7. Analyze coefficient   & their signs

8. Predict accuracy of   model on dev and validation datasets

9. Sort the data in   descending order based on probability of default and then divide into 10 deciles  based on probability & check how well the model has performed

How can you help either Ashlee or James rise above their stress using one of the two strategies?

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Imagine you’re mentoring one of the people in the scenario below who is experiencing a stressful situation in the workplace. Explain how using one of Queen Latifah’s strategies (either reaching out to others or time management) can help the person you are mentoring rise above their stress.

Ashlee and James both work together in accounting and are each responsible for half of an extensive presentation. Ashlee tries to work on the presentation a little each day, while James tends to wait until the last minute to turn in his portions of the project. But, because they rely on each other for certain tasks, Ashlee is often forced to wait for James and then rush to complete her assignments.

Ashlee complains that James’ procrastination is causing her to worry about his work as well as her own and is giving her unnecessary stress. Likewise, James is stressed by Ashlee’s anger and constant hovering. Because of the conflict, James is missing more work, and you suspect it’s because he wants to avoid Ashlee.

How can you help either Ashlee or James rise above their stress using one of the two strategies?

You work for “SnuffIt!,” a nonprofit organization that sponsors youth anti-tobacco projects in emerging economies. The organization has made an impact on cigarette smoking among 15-18 year olds in three countries but is constantly scrambling for funding and may have to shut down. At the last moment, a funder has appeared that would enable the organization to survive for five more years. The catch is that the would-be savior is a manufacturer of e-cigarettes, which it would like to promote to young people as a safe alternative to tobacco. The board is meeting later this week to decide whether or not to accept the proposal.

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Overview

The purpose of this assessment is to give you the opportunity to demonstrate your capacity to gather and assess relevant information by grounding problem-solving in facts and analysis rather than opinions and assertions.

Directions

You work for “SnuffIt!,” a nonprofit organization that sponsors youth anti-tobacco projects in emerging economies. The organization has made an impact on cigarette smoking among 15-18 year olds in three countries but is constantly scrambling for funding and may have to shut down. At the last moment, a funder has appeared that would enable the organization to survive for five more years. The catch is that the would-be savior is a manufacturer of e-cigarettes, which it would like to promote to young people as a safe alternative to tobacco. The board is meeting later this week to decide whether or not to accept the proposal.

Your supervisor, Allen Aire, has asked you to analyze the situation, assess the facts and provide him with a recommendation either in writing or in form of a pitch — he likes slides but reads memos, too. A helpful intern has begun compiling a set of resources on the topic; you are free to consult other sources in addition or as an alternative.

Resources from intern:

https://vapingdaily.com/smoking-vs-vaping/

https://www.vapemate.co.uk/blog/infographic-how-to-win-the-vaping-argument-every-time/

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/1/23/16923070/nas-report-e-cigarettes-health-risks

https://www.nap.edu/read/24952/chapter/2

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/health/e-cigarettes-smoking-fda-tobacco.html

The rubric was attached