Author: chris

: Argumentative Essay for a National Newspaper (100 points)

Situation: You are asked to write about an ethical or otherwise controversial issue that is characterized by conflicting positions for the opinion page of a national newspaper.

Audience: Readers of a national newspaper

Research Task: Use the Internet to conduct research to find 3 or more reliable sources (expert opinions, facts or statistical data) to integrate into your essay. 1 source must support the opposing position to your argument so that you can use it for a counter-argument.

Writing Task: Discuss the issue and argue your position convincingly by integrating sources in meaningful and logical manner. See p. 117, content and example essays from the chapter for guidance.

Requirements:

1. Brainstorm and select quality topic that interests you.

1. Create an outline to organize your ideas.

1. Your essay should be approximately 2.5-3 pages in length, and include Times New Roman 12-point font with 1” margins (APA format guidelines). Your essay should maintain an argumentative focus throughout, and should include the following:

1. Introduction (thesis statement, hook, background information)
2. Body Paragraphs (number dictated by organizational structure and supporting points)
3. Conclusion (restate the thesis statement in a new way, and provide a prediction, warning or otherwise leave the reader wanting to know more about the issue or take action)

Content:     / 40

Take a clear position on the issue you select.

The content of your essay should be thoughtful.

Logical and convincing connections should be made between your thesis statement, topic sentences and integrated sources.

Sources (expert opinion, facts and statistical data) should be integrated into each body para.

Show skills using paraphrasing, direct quotes (limit 1 line) and summary(do this at least once)

Use counter-argument, concession and refutation (p. 124)

Format:       / 10

Use Times New Roman 12 pt. font.

Use 1” margins

Double space

Indent each paragraph (tab key)

Include a title for your essay

Include your name

Cite all sources correctly using APA format

Language:     / 20

Use grammatically correct sentences.

Spell all words correctly

Use proper punctuation.

Use reporting verbs properly for integrated sources

Use connecting words such as furthermore, in addition, moreover, nevertheless and however (p. 126)

Organization:   / 30

Possible organization guide:

1. Introduction
2. Thesis statement (Introduce what you plan to talk about and why)
3. Preview the three subtopics (reasoning to support argument) that you plan to discuss

1. Body Paragraph 1
2. Topic sentence: Introduce topic and what you are going to say about it—
3. 2-3 supporting sentences: Explain, present reasoning, and provide

evidence to support your topic sentence.

1. Concluding sentence: Explain how the topic you just discussed connects to your

thesis statement and set up topic in next paragraph.

III. Body Paragraph 2: Repeat process from Body 1 for new topic (A., B. & C.)

1. Body Paragraph 3: Repeat process from Body 1 for new topic (A., B. & C.)

1. Conclusion:
2. Connect the topics you discussed in body paragraphs 1, 2 & 3 in a meaningful way.
3. Summarize what you discussed and how the subtopics connect back to your thesis.
4. Say something powerful that leaves the readers wanting to know more about the

Ann Martin’s husband Saul, frequently beat her, pulled out chunks of her hair, and threatened her with various weapons. One evening, Saul had an argument with Gustav at a bar. Saul left with Ann, returned a short time later with two guns, and waited in the parking lot for Gustav to leave the bar. After another argument between the two, Saul fired two shots, killing Gustav. Ann and Saul were arrested and charged with murder, conspiracy, and weapons offenses. While out on bail, Saul convinced Ann to testify that she caused Gustav’s death when she threw one of the weapons in the backseat of their car where it accidentally discharged. Saul ordered her to repeat the story over and over, beating her when she did not perform satisfactorily. Despite objections by her attorney, Ann testified as directed by Saul. No one was aware that Saul had forced Ann to give false statements. After Ann’s conviction and several months of imprisonment, she finally told others about the abuse and false testimony. What defense(s) could Ann argue in her request for a new trial? (Do not discuss the elements of murder, conspiracy, etc.)
Riley and his friend, Walt, had been drinking beer on the banks of the local creek. They were short on money and talked about breaking into one of the businesses on Main Street. A short time later while Walt acted as a lookout, Riley, wedged a largely pry bar between the door and jamb of a real estate office, trying to force open the door in the early morning hours. A police officer testified that he surprised Riley in the act of prying open the door. Riley testified that he intended to break into the office and had actually begun to do so but that “I had only hit the door with [the pry bar] twice…and…I just got scared and I changed my mind about breaking into place.” Were Riley and / or Walt guilty of any uncompleted crimes related to trying to enter the real estate office? (Do not discuss the elements of breaking and entering)
Dilworth and several others were playing cards. Dilworth thought that Carleton, on of the players, was cheating. Dilworth stood up and accused Carleton of cheating and then reached across the table and hit Carleton in the jaw. Dilworth and Carleton exchanged blows fo a time when Carleton took a long bottle from the table and knocked off the end of it so as to make jagged and sharp edges. When Dilworth saw what Carleton had done he threw up his hands and shouted “Okay, you win. I want none of that.” Dilworth backed away from Carleton until his back was against a wall. Carleton still approached Dilworth with the broken bottle. Dilworth notices an ax leaning against the wall. He grabbed it and struck Carleton once. Carleton died. Dilworth was charged with murder. Does Dilworth have any successful defense he can argue? (Do not discuss the elements of murder.)
Trace, his wife, and one child were in the front seat of their car driving from South Bend to LaPorte, Indiana. Ropes and other of the Trace children sat in the back seat. Trace, after receiving his wife’s permission, picked up Deppert, a hitchhiker. Later, Ropes pulled a knife on Deppert and took his wallet. Just before Deppert got out of the car, Ropes took Deppert’s watch. Trace said nothing during the entire episode. Was he an accomplice accessory to robbery? Discuss fully why or why not. (Do not discuss the elements of robbery.)

The first project, Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture, by Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis with Madelon Vriesendorp and Zoe Zenghelis, will serve as a prompt for a written assignment with a minimum of 500 words. Please write your own piece relating to your artist pod. It can be a personal narrative or one that relates to the greater context of the world — past, present or future. It can be conceptual in nature but must demonstrate your unique vision of inhabited space with a clear intention behind it. This is a creative assignment.

Program is the intended use for the space. For instance a child’s bedroom might need a place to sleep, a place to store clothing and toys, a place for reading. Please submit a list of programs that you can realistically include in your approx. 10′ x 10′ x 10′ artist pod. This does not need to be a long list, it can even be a single program for example, a place for meditating. A painter may need a place for working, a place for resting, a place for displaying work, and a place for storing materials for example.

Spatial considerations are ideas more specific to the feel or experience of the space created by formal moves at this early stage of the design. Formal moves are ideas conveyed by the designer specific to the shape or form of an object being designed (in this case your pod). How does the form convey specific lighting conditions? How does it invite nature in? How does it allow for adaptation? How does it convey the idea of floating? An exploration of how to create forms that invite nature in is a perfect example of an interest from which you can build a long list of spatial conditions. Spatial conditions are physical orientations of space. This assignment attempts to build a palette of spatial conditions that you, the designer, can employ to satisfies your initial spatial considerations. For example, you might include punch windows that frame a view of a particular tree. You might sever your structure in half to allow a stream to pass through. You might incorporate a singular wall of glass through with you can experience a zen

Windows Server Deployment Proposal

Overview
Each student will create a detailed, organized, unified technical solution given the scenario described below. The submission will be in a written format, with at least one diagram, and may include additional diagrams, charts or tables. The assignment is meant for students to enhance their mastery of the material and to provide a creative and realistic way in which to apply knowledge from this course.

Scenario
Worldwide Advertising, Inc. (referred to as “WAI”) has hired you as an IT consultant for implementing their Windows network infrastructure. WAI is a new advertising firm, and they are currently hiring staff, establishing two locations, and have a need to get their internal IT services configured. They do not yet have an IT staff, but when they do, the IT staff will take over all aspects of IT administration. You are required to supply WAI with a solution which describes the implementation and configuration of their core IT services. Cost is not a significant concern – WAI wishes to implement the “right” solution to fit their needs now and for the next 2-3 years.

There are several details about WAI which will have an impact on your choices:
• WAI will start with 90 employees, in the following departments:
o Executives (9 employees) – manage and run the company
o Accounts and Sales Department (15 employees) – perform market research and maintain accounts
o Creative, Media and Production Department (49 employees) – advertising
o Human Resources and Finances (12 employees) – perform HR and financial duties
o IT (5 employees) – manage IT for the company
o WAI will have two sites, one in Los Angeles and one in New York. Most staff will be located in LA, with at least 1 person from each of the departments above located in NY.
• Networking equipment is already in place for both sites. A secure tunnel (using IPSec) will be established between the two sites so that inter-site traffic will be securely tunneled over the Internet. You may make whatever other assumptions you wish about intra-and inter-site connectivity.
• Security mechanisms (e.g., firewalls, intrusion detection) will be handled separately, and there is no need to describe them.
• Some departments will want their data to remain private from other departments (e.g., Finances personnel will not want Production staff to see the company’s financial details). Your team may make assumptions about how data should be shared or kept private.
• Assumptions can be made regarding any information not included here; all assumptions should be identified, however.

Topics to Cover
Your document should cover the content presented in the course. The outline below contains recommended points to cover. You are free to add other related information.

Describe the technical and business reasons for each choice, citing other resources as appropriate.

The Windows Server 2012 operating system should be used for all aspects of the solution.

The topics include:

New Features of Windows Server 2012
• Describe new features of Windows Server 2012 that WAI can take advantages of.

Deployment and Server Editions
• How many total servers are needed? Which roles will be combined?
• What edition of Windows will be used for each server (e.g., Standard, Datacenter)?
• Will Server Core be used on any servers?
• Where are each of the servers located (which of the two sites)?
• How will the servers be deployed? Manual or automated?

Active Directory
• Number of AD domains?
• Will there be any Read-Only Domain Controllers?
• How will the second site factor into domain controller placement? How will AD sites be configured?
• How will AD organizational units be organized (considering how group policy will be used and users will be organized)?

DNS and DHCP
• DHCP scope design (e.g., lease times, number of scopes, address range)
• Will a form of DHCP fault tolerance be implemented?
• Will DHCP reservations be used for servers?
• DNS namespace design (e.g., domain name(s) chosen, split DNS for Internet/intranet, zones)
• How will DNS be handled for the second site?

Application Services
• How will applications be deployed? If using Group Policy, what are the details on how Group Policy will be used to deploy the software? Which software applications will likely be needed?

File and Printer Sharing
• What shares might be needed?
• DFS Needed?
• How will quotas/FSRM be configures?

Assignment Requirements
There are specific requirements for the assignment: The final submission should contain at least 6 pages’ worth of text written by the student (not counting title page, images, diagrams, tables, or quotations), but may be longer, not to exceed approximately 10 pages’ worth of student-supplied text. (With the required diagram, and other images, title page, etc., the final submission may end up being more than 10 pages in length.) It must be double-spaced, have 1-inch margins, and use 12-point Times New Roman or 10-point Arial/Helvetica font. A title page is required; APA format for the title page is optional.
• At least one diagram must be included (not counted towards the minimum length described above); this could be a diagram describing Active Directory components, DHCP/DNS design, file share hierarchy, or anything else that is worth displaying graphically to enhance the reader’s understanding of the proposal. Additional diagrams, images, or tables are welcome.
• The submission must cover all of the 6 major topics outlined above. Each choice should be explained with technical and business reasoning. The solution should be reasonably detailed. Additional topics may be covered as desired.
• The structure of the final submission is flexible. There is no specific format required, although it should be organized logically and represent a single, unified solution. It is likely that the format will include separate sections for each of the 6 topics required, as well as a summary.
• At least two non-textbook, non-LabSim, non-Wikipedia reference is required; preferably, this would be a “best practice” guide or similar content from Microsoft or an experienced provider of Microsoft solutions.
• Be sure to properly quote or cite any sources used. APA format is required for in-text citations and the list of works cited at the end.

I need you to write about Privacy & Settings. There should also be at least 1-2 academic articles located through the library database discussed or referenced in your individual essay. Each individual essay should be 5 pages.

What to consider when putting together your essay:

What should people be aware of about this issue/aspect?
Why is this issue/aspect important to using social network sites responsibly, critically, and/or effectively?
What are the various perspectives on this issue/points of view?
What tensions or controversies are involved with discussions about your issue?
What examples can you provide to help your readers better understand this issue?
What articles, talks, videos, images, links would be valuable to share with your audience in the text?
What do these links offer and why have you shared them with your audience?
Based on the information you have provided (all of the above) what recommendations can you provide your audience?
What is still unresolved or confusing about this issue?

Note: I want the writing to be simple as well as effective, I mean simple words because I’m an international student and also be effective. There should be at least 2 Academic resources, also the I need you to focus on important aspects on privacy & settings and you will see the questions if it would help you.

Objective: To develop a thoughful position on wheather or not NAKED LUNCH novel should be accessible to everyone based on your reading of the novel, research into the controversy surrounding the novel.

Essay should only have 2 sentences of the plot in the introduction no more.

I am arguing that Naked Lunch novel SHOULD NOT BE BANNED!

Keep in mind that your purpose is to persuade the essay’s audience of the reasonableness of your position. Review This essay will be a formal argument essay (considering arguments for your position)

Number of sources and types of sources

You should use at least two sources (in addition to the novel and the ALA website) and no more than seven or eight. You should have different kinds of sources (book review, newspaper article, academic journal, interview, video). To keep your topic current, at least one source should be a print or on-line source from this year or 2014 (it may be on the topic of censorship in general). You may make only very brief use of these sources, such as a quoted phrase or paraphrase. Be careful not to plagiarize—if in doubt, cite. Be careful also not to string quotations together, but to carry through with a logical argument in your own words with outside sources smoothly blended in. Generally, your writing will be smoother if you set up quotations for the reader, and try not to begin or end a paragraph with a quotation.

Reading Visual Argument
In the handbook, Prentice Hall Reference Guide, carefully examine the Texting AD and Infographics on pp. 78–79. Choose 1, 2, or all of the images and, using the principles of argument presented thus far, analyze the claim(s) and evidence of the visual(s). Are the claim(s) and evidence convincing? Why or why not? Be sure your reasoning is based on careful analysis of specific, applicable forms of appeal (logical, emotional, and ethical) of the selected images.

Survey Paper Guidelines

Topics (pick one):

1. Routing in Satellite Networks.

2. Routing in Wireless Ad hoc Networks.

3. Intra- (or Inter-) Vehicular Networks.

4. (any other topic, with the instructor’s prior approval)

You are required to follow an IEEE-style paper structure as follows:

Title (name, affiliation and email address of the author)

Abstract (not to exceed 250 words, briefly states the summary contents of your

paper, and its
principal conclusion, if applicable)

I. Introduction (Introduction of problem and a very brief outline of available

solutions; end this
section by stating how the paper is organized …e.g. “Section

II introduces .., Section III
discusses .., …, Section ? Concludes the paper”).

II. <your sections and/or subsections here, starting with section name>

..

?? Conclusion (this is the last numbered section, don’t be afraid to draw your

own conclusions).

References (check any IEEE paper for the paper reference style).

Important Guidelines:

1. You must provide proper citations when referring to other people’s work.

2. You may not quote any text verbatim.

3. You may use figures from the original papers provided you cite the paper

correctly in
the caption.

4. You must use at least 6 original sources – IEEE or ACM Conference Proceedings

or
Archival Journals. Please be aware that though you may peruse magazines such as

the
IEEE Spectrum or the IEEE Communications Magazine, or Dr. Dobbs Journal, these

do
not count towards the 6 minimum original sources required. Use web-only

references
very sparingly and only if they are reputable technical sources. And

no, Wikipedia does
not qualify.

5. Your document must be word-processed and proof-read to be as error-free as

possible.
Also ensure that the manuscript reads well.

6. Use an 11 point ‘Times’ or ‘Times New Roman’ font, in a single column format.
7. The page limit is 10 pages, including figures and references; Your paper

should not be
any shorter than 6 US letter-size pages. Use a 1 inch margin all

around, number the
pages.

8. Upload a ps or pdf copy only. No docx files please! You may use LaTeX to

wordprocess your document. But please generate either a ps or pdf file for

submission.

9. If you need any other information not supplied here, please ask in class or by email.

NOTE: “The example paper provided here shows you one way in which the content of your paper may be organized. There are, of course, many different ways to organize your paper – you should follow the approach that makes sense to you and your topic.

Do not use the example survey paper for formatting. It does not follow the class