...The Open Window - Analysis "The Open Window" is Saki's most popular short story. It was first collected in Beasts and SuperBeasts in 1914. Saki's wit is at the height of its power in this story of a spontaneous practical joke played upon a visiting stranger. The [pic]practical joke recurs In many of Saki's stories, but "The Open Window" is perhaps his most successful and best known example of the type. Saki dramatizes here the conflict between reality and imagination, demonstrating how difficult it can be to distinguish between them. Not only does the unfortunate Mr. Nuttel fall victim to the story's joke, but so does the reader. The reader is at first inclined to laugh at Nuttel for being so gullible. However, the reader, too, has been taken in by Saki's story and must come to the realization that he or she is also inclined to believe a well-told and interesting tale. Style “The Open Window” is the story of a deception, perpetrated on an unsuspecting, and constitutionally nervous man, by a young lady whose motivations for lying remain unclear. Structure The most remarkable of Saki’s devices in “The Open Window” is his construction of the story’s narrative. The structure of the story is actually that of a story-within-a-story. The larger “frame” narrative is that of Mr. Nuttel’s arrival at Mrs. Sappleton’s house for the purpose of introducing himself to her. Within this narrative frame is the second story, that told by Mrs. Sappleton’s niece. Symbolism The most important...
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...consistency and accountability purposes. Comb through the organization and document detailed findings on topics such as: * Controlled access procedures/requirements - locks used, required key cards, guard controlled entry, open access…? * Access ability evaluation for key department and employee workspace environments, examples include; HR, CEOs, CFOs, and Payroll. Is sensitive information properly stored with adequate security…? * Identity authentication, verification, and management - determine realistic methods and procedures commonly used. Identify management policies for ex-employees, lost identification, etc. * Network access vulnerability - note the state of unattended employee workstations - locked, sleeping/hibernating, wide-open…? Look out for USB devices, thumb drives, and random hardware and/or software allowing for possible intrusion * Data/information security and availability - are document handling policies in place…? Are methods in place for proper document disposal…? Are the employees operating under any sort of document handling policy…? 2. Telephone penetration - conduct random testing on all levels of employees using deceptive techniques in attempt to gain sensitive/key information. Some deception method examples include: * Authoritative - portray the confidence/clout of someone with a high level of authority, the IT department, executive, supervisor, important client - this is Bill Smith the Network Security...
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...and they shall appear. Before Elvira comes back, Charles and Ruth speak of her for a solid five minutes. As I watched the production, each mention of her name made me think of Beetlejuice the movie. Speak of the devil, seemed to be another seemed concept. I believe some of the themes are jealousy, female hysteria, and deception. The theme of jealousy arises at the start of the play when Ruth and Charles are discussing Elvira. Her questioning Charles about her appearance in contrast to Elvira. Her jealousy is seen again after Charles begins acting ‘crazy’ and won’t stop talking about seeing the ghost of his late wife, she doesn’t like that Elvira is all he thinks about ever since she brought her up to begin with. As the play progresses Elvira becomes just as jealous of Ruth, so much that she tries to kill Charles. Female hysteria was a big ‘problem’ in the 30s and 40s, or so it was believed. Women were sheltered because of the notion that they would not be able to handle any kind of upsetting news. This idea is reflected in Ruth after Charles claims to see Elvira and acts like she's there all the time, she gets drunk and gets mad, and he has to calm her down. Deception is seen in Madame Arcati, for she is not the medium or psychic she says she is. It is unclear as to whether or not she believes it herself but the other characters and the audience out certainly do not. The first stage picture I saw was during the scene when Madame Arcati was drinking all of the martinis and...
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...relationship, that neither are single events but rather an accumulation of acts in which forms of violence enter the relationship, and that neither are easy to stop. Some authors argue that prostitution per say is violence and is the same as domestic violence, and that all prostitution causes harm to women (Farley 2004; Stark and Hodgson 2004). We show the relational nature of sex trafficking through an analysis of police investigations into sex trafficking related to window prostitution in the Amsterdam red-light district during the period 2006. In the Netherlands, prostitution is a legal and regulated profession. In 2007, for instance, a literature study was published on the intersection between domestic violence and human trafficking (Warnath 2007). Sex trafficking is a form of trafficking in persons, which is defined in the UN Palermo Protocol as: ‘The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose...
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...character of Georgiana Darcy, who is constrained by gender constructs and grows to challenge such ideologies. Pemberley’s Prince Charming documents Georgiana’s growth from trials of hardship whilst surrounded by Jane Austen’s central quote, “good opinion once lost is lost forever”. The ivory keys of the aged grand piano resisted Georgiana’s finger strokes. She took a moment to note that she ought to mention it to Fitzwilliam following their evening plans with Miss. Elizabeth Bennet. Georgiana was glad that she finally had the opportunity to properly meet Miss Elizabeth. She had briefly met her once before, and heard stories of her from Fitzwilliam; which had contributed to the great admiration she held for her. Georgiana stared out of the window beside her, admiring her brother’s country estate. It was late afternoon; the sun had begun to set behind the rolling English countryside. Miss. Elizabeth would be arriving soon. Georgiana’s piano practice was interrupted when her brother let his presence known, knocking gently on the old door’s frame – which creaked under the tension. Georgiana looked up from her music sheets, acknowledging her brother’s dishevelled appearance; his hair wild and upright, and his shirt creased. So unlike her brother’s put-together character Georgiana knew something was amiss, and consequently prepared herself for bad news. “I’m terribly sorry, Georgiana, but we will not be dining with Miss. Elizabeth Bennet tonight.” Georgiana’s disappointment was...
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...What is Corporate Social Responsibility – Do We Need It? And Why? On 2011/05/20 · Leave a Comment In the next series of four articles I plan to explore the idea of “corporate social responsibility” (CSR). In the first one today, I shall discuss the shareholder view of CSR using Milton Friedman’s perspective as my main thesis. In the second article next week, I will explore the stakeholder view of CSR using Peter Drucker’s argument to initiate an alternate set of core ideas. In the third article, I shall take an important long detour to consider economic underdevelopment in the Middle East to highlight what happens to politics and society when the development of the corporation is impeded. In the fourth article, I reconsider the role of CSR in today’s world. The idea of CSR is to urge corporations to embrace not just the interests of shareholders, but also the interests of multiple stakeholders in the conduct of its activities. These stakeholders often include employees, suppliers, customers, and the local community in which the corporation conducts its business. CSR is a relatively new term although the idea that business has social and moral responsibilities beyond maximizing profit is much older. The term has only gained common currency since the late 1960s and the early 1970s, when the global reach of multinational corporations expanded as international trade and investment flows grew. Since then public debate over the role of business in society has been most vociferous in...
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...help build relationships and sustain human relationships at work or in any other settings for communication purposes. In the case with Whole Foods John Mackey would be the communicator, who is originating the message in the forum in reference to Wild Oats. The message posted contains the thoughts and feelings that the communicator, who intends to evoke in the receiver. The communicator is trying to get his thoughts across by using the worlds, ideas, symbols, and concepts that he has chosen to relay in the message. The communicator also gets his feelings and emotional effects across as well by intensity, force, demeanor, and gestures that he is using. The receiver is the person viewing the forum through the Perceptual screens which are the windows that are used to interact with people all over the world on the internet. The Perpetual screens do influence the quality, accuracy, and clarity of the message posted online. These screens are designed to get the sender’s and receivers individual traits across, including age, gender, values, beliefs, past experiences, cultural influences, and individual needs. These screens influence both the sender and receiver, which is the case with Whole Foods the communicator, got his content across with its affects to the receivers. Feedback is provided by the receiver to the send and this will complete a...
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...free thinker, not caring what others think about her, unlike her friend Lois. She becomes unhappy with her life in Chicago because of problems with her parents. We never know why or how she disappears when the campers go on the canoe trip. The similarities Lucy and Mrs. Das share with each other is that they are both female who lives in US. As the story begins to grow more intense we find out that these two females aren’t honest. For example, Mrs. Das lied about her affair that happened eight years ago that she cheated on her husband with his friend. Mrs. Das became pregnant with a child and hide this secret from her husband. Setting Araby Setting and story are closely integrated in "Araby." The alleyway, the busy commercial street, the open door of Mangan’s house, the room in back where the priest died, the way to school—all are parts of the locations which shape the life and consciousness of the narrator. Before the narrator goes to Araby, it is his thoughts about this exotic, mysterious location that crystallize for him his adoration of Mangan’s sister, who is somehow locked into his "Eastern enchantment" (paragraph 12) of devotion and unfulfilled love. At the end the lights are out, the place is closing down for the night, and the narrator recognizes Araby as a symbol of his own lack of reality and unreachable hopes. Seemingly, all his aims are dashed by his adolescent lack of power and by the drunken and passive-aggressive uncle. Ireland Dublin Plot The year is 1894. The...
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...Shondrick Stephens NT1110 Unit 10 Research Project Identity Theft “But he that filches from me my good name/ Robs me of that which not enriches him/ And make me poor indeed.” Shakespeare, Othello, Act 3 Scene 3 For as long as people have created civilizations there has been some sort of identity theft. Identity theft is when someone wrongfully obtains and uses another person’s personal data in some way that involves fraud or deception, usually for economic gain. Your name, birth date, address, Social Security number, your bank account or credit card number, your telephone calling card number, and other valuable identifying data can be used, for identity theft if they were to fall in the wrong hand, for personal profit at your expense. That bad part is that in the past it was not even a crime. In October 30, 1998 through the enactment of the Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act of 1998, 18 USC & 1028 (a) (7). This Act states that identity theft occurs when a person: “knowingly transfers or uses, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person with the intent to commit, or to aid or abet, any unlawful activity that constitutes a violation of Federal law, or that constitutes a felony under any applicable State or local law.” There are several ways a thief can steal your identity. And there are also just as many way to...
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...COURSE NUMBER: ________________________________ INSTRUCTOR: ________________________________ ITT COLLEGE: ________________________________ General Instructions: 1. This is a closed-book, closed-notes Exam. No reference material (including assignments and lab) will be permitted for use during the exam session. 2. The exam contains true/false and multiple choice types of questions. 3. Please use the separate answer sheet provided to you for marking your answers. 4. Each question is worth two points. Good luck! © ITT Educational Services, Inc. Date: 10/10/07 Exams & Answer Keys 1. The most common cause of security breaches is ______. a. no alarm system b. weak passwords c. untrained security guards d. poor perimeter lighting 2. Windows Server administrators should not use the Administrator account for everyday activity. They should use the ________ command, only when performing administrative functions. a. super user b. run as c. task manager d. power user 3. For organizations with wireless networks, deployment of ________ is necessary to vastly increase the security of the wireless access points. a. 802.11G b. 802.11A c. 802.16 d. 802.1x 4. Each object that is referenced in an NTFS system is marked by ________ that limits who can and cannot access a resource. a. an access control entry b. a share-level restriction c. an encrypted key d. an access identity limit © ITT Educational Services, Inc. Date: 10/10/07...
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...Psychological Society The British Psychological Society www.bpsjournals.co.uk The truth about lies: What works in detecting high-stakes deception? Stephen Porter* and Leanne ten Brinke University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada In this paper, we provide our view of the current understanding of high-stakes lies often occurring in forensic contexts. We underscore the importance of avoiding widespread pitfalls of deception detection and challenging prevailing assumptions concerning strategies for catching liars. The promise and limitations of each of non-verbal/body language, facial, verbal/linguistic, and physiological channels in detecting deception are discussed. In observing the absence of a single cue or behavioural channel that consistently reveals deception, a holistic approach with concurrent attention to multiple channels of a target’s behaviour (ideally videotaped for review) and changes from baseline behaviour is recommended whenever possible. Among the best-validated cues to be considered together include: illustrators, blink and pause rate, speech rate, vague descriptions, repeated details, contextual embedding, reproduction of conversations, and emotional ‘leakage’ in the face. While advocating a reliance on empirical evidence, we observe that few studies of high-stakes deception yet have been conducted. Further, some manifestations of lying are highly idiosyncratic and difficult to address in quantitative research,...
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...PASSING OFF – a common law Definition: Perry v Truefitt: Lord Langdale: a man is not to sell his own goods under the pretence that they are goods of another man; he cannot be permitted to practice such a deception, nor to use the means which contribute to the end. He cannot therefore to use names, marks, letters or other indicia by which may induces others to believe, the goods are manufacture by another. Erven Warninch v Townend: Lord Diplock: 5 characteristics: 1) misrepresentation 2) made by a trader in the course of trade 3) to prospective customers of his or ultimate consumer of goods or services supplied by him 4) which may injure the business or goodwill of another 5) cause actual damage to a business or goodwill of the trade Lord Fraser; 5 characteristic 1) In England, particular trade name applies 2) Class of goods clearly defined, trade name distinguish from other similar goods 3) Reputation lead to goodwill 4) Claimant must be owner of the goodwill 5) Suffered substantial damage, to his goodwill, because of the falsely described by the trade name of the defendant. Reckitt & Colman v Borden (Jif lemon): Lord Oliver Classic Trinity: * Claimant has reputation which lead to goodwill, * Defendant made a misrepresentation that is likely to deceive the public, * By inducing confusion, damages REPUTATION :who, trading, where,what Goodwill: definition: IRC v Muller: Lord Macnaghten: Goodwill...
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...your average university professor though. He was one of the first African-Americans to get a tenured position at a major institution and overcame impossible odds to get there. Growing up in dire poverty near Miami, Dr. Hart experienced first hand the crack cocaine epidemic that swept across the nation in the 1980s and 1990s, and was firmly convinced by it that drugs were the primary cause of African-American suffering. Dangerously close to following the path down a life of crime like so many of his friends and family members, he was spared by a series of chance encounters that led him to join the air force. While stationed around the world he took college classes and met several mentors that would show him the extent of racism in America and open his eyes to the real causes of the suffering he grew up around. Decades of repressive and racially motivated laws had been used to put down minority groups since the late 1800s and, disguised as a war on drugs, harsh penalties were created for marijuana and crack cocaine use in the 1900s, leading to the mass incarceration of poor black people. The effects of these discriminatory laws still reverberate today, but with the help of drug research by scientists like Dr. Hart and a growing awareness of the problem by the general public, it is hoped that new laws will be made to end the war on drugs and allow its victims to succeed in the future. The construction of the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s was one of the most extensive and complex...
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...can be easily shaped through open minded experience. Making assumptions about another person, especially one you’ve never personally met, is essentially judging a book by its cover. Whether certain stereotypes are true or not for a given person or group, they actually have a significant effect on the identities of both the person being stereotyped and the person stereotyping. Having a presence on the internet as a YouTube video creator and as a rising natural bodybuilder, I am actively viewed and stereotyped by thousands of people on a daily basis. Many people are convinced that I took steroids or diuretics to get to the (far from amazing in my opinion) muscularity and conditioning that I displayed in many pictures I took in 2011. I am stereotyped as being obsessed about everything under the umbrella of bodybuilding, from food to training. I’ve learned that all of these stereotypes that I deal with online and offline help shape my identity, but fortunately in positive ways. “Roids!” That’s one of the most frequent words a successful bodybuilder hears. Why in the world would I want to be associated with taking steroids or any performance or cosmetic enhancing drugs? There’s something special about being a pure, 100% natural bodybuilder that differentiates it from being one of the big guys you’ve seen before in magazines. Not that I have anything against steroid users, but in terms of natural bodybuilding, there really is no deception; what you see is what you get...
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...that I have created. The lightning shows how quickly one bad decision had a tumultuous effect on me as well as others around me. How did I get here? “Layla! Do you hear me?” My father finally stopped his ranting and raving to ask me a question. Still in a daze I could not answer him. “Layla! How could you be so stupid? “My father asked. Daddy I do not know, I thought that I was making a sound decision. I thought that I was in love; then again I guess I was just in love with the idea of being in love. In my mind I thought I found my knight in shining armor. I was swept off of my feet, only the broom really was not for me; it was used to hide the web of lies that was spun around me. How could I be so stupid? How could I not see past the deception? I turned towards my father and asked why is love painful. My father’s reply was biblical of course, something that I was just not ready to listen just yet. He quoted I Corinthians 13 about how love is patient and kind and endures all things. I had a fragile heart in one hand and a boatload of issues in the other, and all that he could do is preach. I had to erase all of the pain and sorrow, but I did not have an eraser. I wish I could find all of the answers to ethical dilemma. The only way to do that would be to go back to the beginning and figure out when everything turned for the worse. I remember it like yesterday… “Layla, sweetie you did it! I am so proud of you!” My mother was practically screaming at the top of her lungs after...
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