ktmeng/mec huggingface dataset:
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An SQL injection is an attack brought upon a website in which the attacker injects structured query language (SQL) code into a web form input box to gain access to web resources or to change information. The fifth and final case study presented for this portfolio project is an SQL injection attack which took place against Barracuda Networks on April 11th, 2011. As summarized by Accunetix (2011) What was ironic is Barracuda, the company that advocates security through it’s own Web Application Firewall, fell victim to the most common and oldest type of attack against web servers – the blind SQL injection attack. Barracuda, a major developer in web application firewalls are designed to stop this type of attack from occurring. The reason the attack occurred was the firewall for Barracuda was unintentionally turned of for a couple of hours. Because of this attack, thousands of confidential customer and employee records were stolen. To regain their customers trust they explained how the attack happened, and that no sensitive information was leaked. An independent study was done that proved this to be false, as 20,000 records were stolen, many of which internal and privileged usernames and passwords. The attackers were never found and prosecuted for this case however, the companies integrity suffered a great deal with the massive cover up that followed the attack.
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The principles of cyber security course is a great class to learn corporate level cyber security, and how it applies to enterprise level organizations. Key learnings in this course started with cyberstalking, fraud, and abuse, and how they could be used either in the workplace or in personal lives. This section outlined the different types of cyber fraud, abuse, and how it can be avoided when securing an enterprise. The next key learnings in this course were denial of service, malware, and hacker techniques. In this section, the denial of service attack was outlined and way to prevent it provided. Malware was discussed in this section, which is an important term for cyber security professionals to know because it is our job to prevent it. Hacker techniques were presented in this section such as online and information systems, as well as social engineering and physical techniques.
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The next section and key learning was industrial espionage. Since espionage is one of the worst crimes that can be committed, and is a real life issue in corporations, it is relevant for cyber security professionals to be aware of the epidemic. This section taught us what industrial espionage is, how to prevent it, and why it is still being used by many government and military agencies today illegally. Encryption and computer security technology are the next key learnings, which taught on encryption types, why encryption is necessary, and ways to encrypt information. Computer security technology included different technologies used for computer security such as firewalls, patching and updating, passwords, and much more.
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Network scanning and security policies were the next key learnings is the course and introduced how and why to network scan, as well as security policies an organization at an enterprise level should implement. These include many different policies ranging from acceptable use policy to internet security policies. The last key learnings in this course included cyber terrorism, information warfare, and detection and computer forensics. Cyber terrorism and information warfare are many times used by nations, military, or organized criminal cyber groups that are used to cause harm to others or to spead dis-information to help a political agenda. The last key learnings from this course on management of cyber security within an enterprise is cyber crime detection and computer forensics. This section goes through how to detect incidents, and what to do when completing a computer forensic investigation. This includes the steps, software, chain of command, and different government agencies involved when completing an investigation.
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In conclusion, this cyber security course has taught many major fundamentals neeed by cyber security professionals working at an enterprise level. This portfolio project outlined five case studies on cyber crimes committed today. Identity theft, phishing email scam, SQL injection attack, cyber stalking, and denial of service (DoS) are all relevant cyber attacks that can affect virtually anyone today. In this project the case studies were presented, as well as how the situation could have been avoided and what company policies and procedures to implement to mitigate these type of attack. The last part of the portfolio project was the key learning outcomes for managing cyber security within an enterprise setting. These key learnings I will be taking with me, and applying as a cyber security professional.
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In today does the world of increasing competition, and fluctuating employment opportunities constitute two important reasons for people to resort to a variety of “methods” to put food on the table for their families or to just get some decent healthcare facilities. And sometimes it is the poorer section of the society trying to impersonate someone else or steal someone else’s identity to get the benefits they are deprived of. However, a good chunk of crimes relating to identity theft is done in semblance the the the t them to constitute revenge or just to extract finances or intentionally create havoc in the said victim’s life.
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As it is evident, stealing the identities of other people back in the day was more of a physical job (killing the person or kidnapping the person for that particular duration and assuming his/her identity). In olden times majority of the time, it was the plain murder of the said victim. It is also very interesting to note that half of these murders and their identities being stolen were not motivated by some financial or revenge motive but to acquire a new identity and start afresh. The fear and terror of mafia bosses (e.g.
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Telephones made it even easier to get somebody’s identity. They were one of the first technologically advanced gadgets to be used in this area. For example, the thief would call some random person (the victim) and tell them how they won a lucky lottery or a gift voucher and would fish out personal information such as birth date or credit card numbers or bank account details, etc. Though now the main player is the internet, there are still cases of identity fraud through the telephone, which account for at least 7%-8% of current identity theft cases.
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Another popular way of getting hold of somebody’s identity was the act famously termed “Dumpster Diving” (the phrase started doing rounds around the 1980s). Dumpster Diving can be defined as a layman lingo for “the salvaging of waste, money, identity sources like credit cards or personal information in large commercial, residential, industrial and construction containers to find items that have been discarded by their owners, but that may prove useful to the picker. It is not confined to dumpsters specifically, and may cover standard household waste containers, curbsides, landfills, or small dumps”. Most of the time the victims did not even consider the trash to be an important source for thieves to steal their personal information. As the years progressed and awareness dawned on the innocent public, they started being more careful and alert while disposing of any material or paper or document containing even the slightest of their details.
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Money is life. Once upon a time freedom used to be life-now, it’s money. I guess the world really do change… while Walter responds, “No- it was always money, Mama. We just didn’t know about it”(Hansberry 74). Throughout time, money has been seen as a symbol of luck, status, and power. Walters ideology of describing that money is a solution to all problems and has installed a different mindset to him.
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Walter has been fighting to provide for his family but struggles to do so. This causes him to become a disadvantage to his family and begins to distance himself from them. Mama describes how the world has changed and how one’s views are shaped differently throughout the many generations that progress. While freedom represented a longing to be oneself, Walter believed he could do more with it. Life means more when the focus is not on money but Walter has created a lifestyle where he believes it’s the answer for everything because he came from such a disadvantaged background.
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Walter’s main goal is to become wealthy and own a liquor store with the money he has saved. Furthermore, it is individuals who seek more in their lives to find themselves. Beneatha, whose long-term goal is to have a career as a doctor is limited to reaching that goal based on the family’s current situation. At the beginning of Act I Scene I, Beneatha is often criticized by her brother, Walter says, “Have we figured out yet just exactly how much medical school is going to cost?” Who the hell told you that you had to be a doctor? If you so crazy ‘bout messing ‘round with sick people- then go be a nurse like other women- or just get married and be quiet.”(Hansberry 36). Walter states that they can not afford any type of school for being a doctor. Beneatha, which her name includes the word beneath, is set to a low standard. Because she is a woman, he told her to become a nurse like every other woman and just be quiet and marry a rich man. Women were viewed as having goals not that high and just live a life beneath men. Walter says this because he wants to do what is best for his sister, but also to make the right decision with the money that he will soon have with him.
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On the other hand, when difficult circumstances take place, identity can be shown throughout the actions of Walter upon George. The Younger family has longed to provide themselves with money and a new home to start living in. In Act II Scene I, an argument breaks out between Beneatha’s love interest George and Walter when George tells him he is wacked up with bitterness. Walter responds and says, “ And you-ain’t you bitter, man? Ain’t you just had it yet? Don’t you see no stars gleaming that you can’t reach out and grab? You happy?- You contented son-of-a-bitch- you happy? You got it made? Bitter? Man, I’m a volcano. Bitter? Here I am a giant- surrounded by ants! Ants who can’t even understand what it is the giant is talking about” ( Hansberry 85 ). Walters thoughts and actions towards George tells that he has had enough with being bitter throughout his life and his dead-end job that he currently holds. He tells him don’t you ever have days of no stars gleaming, this suggests that Walter has bad days. He describes himself as a volcano, ready to burst and explode because he has been struggling to make things right for himself when his dreams do not become attainable. Walter says he is a giant surrounded by ants who can’t understand the giant.
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He places himself as an individual who seeks to make his big plans and priorities first, which places him to be in superiority like a giant. The ants who can’t understand the giant refers to his family because they don’t see his goals. They are just seen as things running around and being invisible to what he is trying to obtain in his life. Furthermore, The difficult situations the Younger family goes through financially does not get to Mama’s head. Instead, Mama herself had become stronger through the family’s current state. In Act I, Scene 1, She explains the dreams and aspirations of her life when she says, “ We was going to set away, little by little, don’t you know, and buy a little place out in Morgan Park. We had even picked out the house, looks right dumpy today. But Lord, child, you should know all the dreams I had about buying that house and fixing it up and making me a little garden in the back– and didn’t none of it happen”( Hansberry 53 ).
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Mama reminisces on her dream that was deferred and put off. She put up with the issue she had and fought to make something better for herself. The garden she wants to create in the back implies about plants, plants that struggle to grow just like her dreams, but through nurturing, she hopes to change things. As soon as her husband’s passing occurred, she was able to make it come true, only without him. Mama’s sense of going through issues is of patience and faith. Being the head of a household with a big family in a small room was important to her. The insurance payout that will come will make her have decisions that will help her family and the dreams she has always wanted.
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In addition, one’s surroundings can create a sense of false hope between themselves and others. In the 2015 article ,“ A Letter To My Son” from the Atlantic Magazine Ta- Nehisi Coates argues about the false hope that comes with an individual when they are of color when Coates says towards the middle of the article, “ I did not tell you that it would be okay, because I have never believed it would be okay. What I told you is what your grandparents tried to tell me: that this is your country, that this is your world, that this is your body, and you must find some way to live within all of it”(Coates). In the article, he describes the current conditions under which a person of color must live through. Despite their appearance, they must find their place in the world.
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This implies to A Raisin In The Sun when they are surrounded by the false hope of having not much in their lives. The family must work through the hardships of being colored individuals and hurdle over the obstacles of not having much money. The dreams and aspirations that the family shoots to obtain are included with consequences as soon as they get the insurance payout from their deceased father. This conflicts with how the money should be spent and how to live with so much. The Younger family begin to speak of their many dreams with the money they received, but even with so much, false hope stills occurs within the family, because of Walter prioritizing his goals above the rest of his family. Therefore the rest of the family’s goals are set to a lower standard based on Walters ideology.
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Furthermore, when dreams are close to being attainable, individuals lose the sense of themselves. In Act II, Scene II, Travis speaks to Walter on behalf of what he is doing tonight, which Walter explains to Travis that he does not understand, Walter says, “ You wouldn’t understand yet, son, but your daddy’s gonna make a transaction… a business transaction that’s going to change our lives… That’s how come one day when you ‘bout seventeen years old I’ll come home and I’ll be pretty tired, you know what I mean, after a day of conferences and secretaries getting things wrong the way they do” (Hansberry 108). Walter places attaining the money as the most important thing in his life because he strongly believes he can give his son a better chance in life, he places himself too high, which can result in giving his son nothing. The many years that pass by will cause Travis to keep on waiting only to realize there was not much, to begin with. On the other hand, Further in Act II, Scene II, Walters friend Bobo, tells him that Willy had taken all the money that Mama had given to Walter.
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Walter says, “ Willy!… Willy… don’t do it… Please don’t do it… Man, not with that money… Man, please, not with that money… Oh, God… Don’t let it be true… Man…I trusted you… Man, I put my life in your hands… Man… THAT MONEY IS MADE OUT OF MY FATHER’S FLESH”(Hansberry 128). Walter’s disarray of holding onto the money has affected him deeply after focusing only on himself. His future and the life of his family was all included and that, Walter has caused a conflict within himself and his family. The money lost was the fresh flesh of his father. Flesh, which includes several different types of components such as tissues, fats, and muscles make it up. The money on the other hand also had different components which created his decisions, made himself to be self- centered, but also to have a different mindset for himself is what made up money. To be able to live, you must have flesh, and his flesh was always on the money Mama gave him.
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Expectations” from the Journal article of Social Forces, Steven Hitlin and Monica Johnson argue that individuals are more focused on expectations being presented and not their own development, that instead of it becoming a reality, disappointment occurs when they say, “Most research on future expectations has focused on speciﬁc domains, such as educational, occupational, or fertility expectations, with less attention paid to the development of general life expectations that transcend or incorporate multiple life course domains. We know less about how people develop broader ideas about their future lives” (Hitlin et al). The ideas the family has to become something more is put as a far stretch from themselves. Because the Younger family placed their expectations to higher education, owning a business and other things, it placed them to not focus on the development of themselves as a person but instead what life has to offer.
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When individuals do not know themselves, they do not know whether their dreams will become true. They begin to place their meaning of life on things that will not matter at the end of their lives. Instead, their lives should represent more than money and rather on one’s passions and happiness with one another. These ideas are furthered explored after Walter loses the money. In Act III, Walter states that everything will be okay and the white man will come and write a check for them, Beneatha responds by saying, “ Well- we are dead now. All the talk about dreams and sunlight that goes on in this house. It’s all dead now” while Walter responds, “ What’s the matter with you all! I didn’t make this world! It was give to me this way! Hell, yes, I want me some yachts someday!” ( Hansberry 143). Walter states that all will be fine with the Younger family, although all the money is gone because of him. Beneatha states the sunlight that was blooming onto them has turned to darkness and died out, like a plant that does not receive sunlight or water. Their dreams are far out of reach and Walter describes that it was not his fault for these types of things to occur.
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Moreover, through all disappointment, Walter and his family find their happiness in their lives. In Act III, the final act of the play, Walter tells Mr. Linder they will move inside their new house despite being in a white neighborhood, Walter says “ What I am telling you is that we called you over here to tell you that we are very proud and that this- Travis, come here. This is my son, and he makes the sixth generation our family in this country. And we have all thought about your offer” ( Hansberry 148). Walter’s attitude towards how he sees life has changed when all the money’s gone. He addresses Mr. Linder how he is proud to be the person he is while raising his son in a country were many negative views were placed for people like them. Walter is also proud to move into their new house that his father built brick by brick from the insurance payout given.
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It is clear that Walter had moved ahead into the future, and is ready for whatever that comes to a place in his life. In the 2017 article, “Happiness in Behaviour Genetics: An Update on Heritability and Changeability” from the Journal article of Happiness Studies Ragnhild Nes and Espen Røysamb speak upon how people mindsets change once they find happiness through their disappointment and flaws when they say, “By reﬂecting emotional and
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responses, happiness constitutes an integral part of an ongoing functional process, a part of our biological makeup that serves ﬁtness-enhancing functions by mobilizing appropriate responses to immediate circumstances and events”( Nes et al). Through this, we see the ideas in Walter’s actions when his mindset on money changes at the end of the play. Despite their future being uncertain and living in a new place, they are facing forward, being happy, and optimistic about themselves. The plan to succeed in their own lives first begin with being there for each other and being positive about what the future may hold for all of them.
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There are many types of Leaders all through-out the military and the civilian sector as well, however, the ARMY has designed a process in order to develop the most competent of Leaders. The Leadership Competencies are to Lead Soldiers, Develop others and ourselves, and to Achieve their organizations goals (ADP 6-22, 2019). Throughout our careers we will have many good competent Leaders. However, along the way we may encounter a few Leaders that still need to develop in some of these areas.
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It is also our job to provide our subordinates with motivation. In order to provide our Soldiers with motivation it is important to know our Soldiers in order to find out what gets our Soldiers motivated. We also must provide them with direction on how to get the job done all while still allowing our Soldiers the ability to give in their own in-put on how to get a job done. One of the hardest parts of being an ARMY Leader is when we must allow our Soldiers to take initiative and let them accomplish a tasking all on their own. This is difficult because as Leaders we sometimes have a hard time letting our Soldiers go off and show their skills with-out us there to guide them. However, this is necessary in order to start to develop the ARMY’s future Leaders.
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The ability to Develop is not only referring to our Soldiers, but ourselves as well. We as Leaders sometimes get so caught up in developing our Soldiers in their military profession that we forget about developing them on a personal level. We as Leaders must ensure that we do not let a busy training schedule get in the way of allowing our Soldiers the opportunity to pursue other educational opportunities. As Leaders it is easy to get caught up in the training and making sure that our Soldiers are taken care of that we sometimes ignore our own needs. We need to ensure that along with developing our Soldiers that we continue to improve ourselves. Us as Leaders need to be putting in more work on ourselves so that we can stay on the same level as our peers if not surpass them.
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Developing Soldiers and ourselves is not strictly about our knowledge it also includes our physical abilities. We develop our physical abilities in our Soldiers as well as ourselves by continuously challenging our Soldiers and ourselves with complex and dynamic training events. We as Leaders also develop our Soldiers by taking a group of individuals that may not know each other very well and we get those individuals to work together as a team and accomplish our organizations goals. One of the easiest ways to develop our Soldiers along with ourselves is to set goals. However, these goals need to be realistic and obtainable. We as Leaders need to be able to access our Soldiers capabilities and identify if their goals are realistic and achievable. We must also be able to come up with a plan in order for our Soldiers to accomplish their goals.
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The ability of ARMY Leaders to achieve the mission in a complex, dynamic, and unstable environment is a staple of what all Competent Leaders must do (ADP 6-22, 2019). The main goal of the achieve Leadership competency is for us as Leaders to get results. We achieve this by accomplishing tasks and our missions in a timely manner and to the standard. Getting results requires us as Leaders to effectively assign roles to our Soldiers that we know they can accomplish. This allows us Leaders to focus on the entire task as a whole while providing our subordinates the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to accomplish tasks on their own. In order to do this efficiently and accurately requires ARMY Leaders to know our Soldiers own abilities and not to give them a portion of the tasking that is out of their known abilities. We as Leaders also must be able to resource in order to ensure that we have all necessary equipment for the mission. We also need to be able to understand the Commander’s intent in order to prioritize what portions of a task need to happen and what order they need to be done to efficiently accomplish the mission. Another key to getting results is to get feedback when the mission is complete by conducting After Action Reviews (AAR).
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This is beneficial because it helps to determine what works effectively and what could have been done either to save time or to improve the overall outcome. This also applies to our goals along with our subordinates goals. If we set goals for our Soldiers but never allow time for them to accomplish them we are not bettering them and setting them up for success. We also must ensure that we develop a detailed and accomplishable plan for our Soldiers and ourselves to follow in order to successfully complete our goals. This is important because if you have a goal but you do not have a plan with an accurate timeline you are more likely to keep pushing you goal to the right and never achieving your goals. One of our priorities as Leaders is to constantly be improving our Soldiers and ourselves which in turn will improve our organization as a whole.
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First, the definition of social competency according to the Encyclopedia of Children’s Health is the condition of having the emotional and intellectual skills and behaviors that will be needed to succeed in social life (Social Competence, n.d.). Then, the definition of cultural competency is the ability to work in different cultural situations based on those skills and behaviors from the social competency of that person (Gilovich, Keltner, Chen, & Nisbett, 2015). The two terms go hand in hand in the research process because one needs to have a sense of social competency to be able to understand and use the skills for cross cultural situations.
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The student is overemphasizing their ability to do well on a test because the reality could have been that the student did well on the test only because the teacher graded all the tests on a curve because all the class, including the student, did terrible on the test. The student did not consider the external factors that went into them getting a good grade on the test. This can then be researched and analyzed in other countries to see how other countries have the attribution error and how it relates to testing in a school environment. Cultural competency matters when researching a topic such as the fundamental attribution error because other cultures will have variations to how they behave and address it (Gilovich, Keltner, Chen, & Nisbett, 2015).
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Considering that America puts such an emphasis on being the “best country in the world” we would have a large fundamental attribution error. However, other countries might have a smaller fundamental attribution error due to their history and the acknowledgment of the external factors around them. While Americans think their country is the best other countries like Canada can think their country is the best while also considering the outside factors. Canada has universal free healthcare and some of the lowest crime rates in the world while America has no universal healthcare and some of the highest crime rates in the world (US vs Canadian Healthcare, 2018)
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However, this cross-cultural examination wouldn’t happen without the use of the scientific inquiry and its research. Some potential problems that could come if cross cultural perspectives are neglected could be that then the research done could be faulty and inaccurate. What may be true and concluded from research for one person might be vastly different for another person in another culture. This can lead to an underrepresented population in research which could then potentially lead to more problems. Also the data research would not be complete and therefore have skewed results because not every perspective has been analyzed and taken into account. An example of this could be that if a study was founded in America saying that America had the highest rate of suicide in the world and needs immediate attention to fix it. That would be untrue if not considered cross culturally because Lithuania has the highest suicide rate (Daileda, 2013). It was also found that majority of those in Lithuania were aged 15-19 while Americans suicide rate was made up of more middle-aged people (WASSERMAN, CHENG, & JIANG, 2005). Then there could be a theory on why Lithuania has such a high suicide rate compared to America and that could be researched further. This would not be found without some research done and then more research could be done on why that is.
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It is essential to determine and be mindful of what one’s culture is and entails because it might show signs and reasons as to why one might think/act a certain way and how their particular opinions are formed. My ethnic background would include German, French, and Czech ancestry. My primary language is and has always been English; and I am a Female. When it comes to race I am classified as a Caucasian that has brown hair, hazel eyes, and a few freckles.
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Everyone, whether it is intentional or not, forms a bias of people that they meet and interact with on a daily basis. I am very set in my ways of what I believe and practice, but I am never intentionally demeaning or disrespectful to people with different beliefs or practices, sometimes I actually find it quite interesting to hear other point of views. With that being said, I do not think my personal biases have a huge affect over my interaction with others, although I do tend to gravitate toward people who share the same beliefs and practices as myself.
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The cultural differences and biases affect the healthcare profession in a variety of ways. One example of these differences would be socioeconomic status. Socioeconomic status, in today’s world, sadly has a great affect on how one is treated, especially in the healthcare realm. The disadvantages to being apart of a low socioeconomic status are endless. For instance, they do not have comprehensive health care coverage, which leaves them with no way for treatment to be possible if they have to pay any money out of pocket. This ultimately leads to fewer services/visits from those types of patients. For the lucky ones who do have adequate health care coverage, and do get to go through therapy, then it is the physician’s personal bias that transforms what they think is necessary for a patient with low socioeconomic status.
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Another example of a cultural difference would be religion. Spirituality in healthcare is not an uncommon idea. There are many businesses that incorporate religion into their daily services like the BSA Hospital here in Amarillo. It states in their mission statement “to provide quality healthcare in Christian love, service and dignity.” Although I personally think assimilating religion into healthcare is a great idea because of my beliefs, but that is not the case for all parties involved. Controversies that deal with integrating religion and health care are not new arguments. Some faith-liked disputes include abortion, gender/sexuality, and end-of-life issues. According to Tomkins, Duff, Fitzgibbon, Karam, Mills, Munnings, and Yugi (2015) “It’s the individual health-related viewpoints attributed to faith that is difficult, because of dissimilarities in acceptance of the authority and interpretation of sacred texts and viewpoints that might be altered by culture, education, economics, politics, and laws.” (2015) As health care professionals one should never be turned away for religious differences; those religious differences should be respected in all ways possible.
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I believe that one of the biggest downfalls in us, as humans, would be treating others with disrespect because of cultural differences. The ultimate goal in healthcare is to provide care to patients, and I think some people lose sight of that main target. While keeping that in mind, there have been studies that have entertained the idea to incorporate some type of competency training of the different cultures in healthcare. Khanna, Cheyney, and Engle (2009) conducted a study that assessed the success of a cultural competency-training program designed to improve the knowledge and skills of health care providers. “The participants self-reported not only an enhanced understanding of the health care experiences of patients with diverse backgrounds, but also an improvement in their skills to effectively work in cross-cultural situations.” (Khanna, Cheyney, Engle, 2009) I think that establishing a type of culture competency based training program would be great for the world of healthcare in terms of understanding the differences in cultural backgrounds, beliefs, and practices.
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A lot of us do not reconsider giving our charge card number or individual info over the web. But after reading this, you’ll most likely change the way you engage online. Identity theft is a type of stealing somebody’s identity in which somebody pretends to be somebody else by assuming that person’s identity, generally to gain access to individual details or acquire credit and other benefits in that person’s name. The theft takes place when someone utilizes another’s personally recognizing information, like their name, recognizing number, or credit card number, without their consent, to dedicate fraud or other criminal offenses.
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An online criminal only needs a small amount of your personal information to commit identity theft. A password to your online banking will give them access not only to your money, but also to your name and address, date of birth, and social security number. With that information they can apply for loans, credit cards, checking accounts, and even get a driver’s license or passport. They are assuming your identity and ruining both your finances and good name. Unfortunately it is only possible to become aware of your identity theft after it’s too late!
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CPP Card Protection has indicated a 77 percent increase in credit card fraud compared to the figure on 2006 (Experian QAS, 2008). According to a study by Gartner, identity theft claimed 15 million victims in 2006 alone. The US Justice Department has recorded 226 cases of identity theft in 2005 but in the first half of 2006 alone, there were already 432 cases. The FBI also indicated that it is working on 1,587 cases relating to identity theft (ITRC, 2007).
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It is this lack of security that identity thieves are able to use a person’s personal information. He suggests that a public identification system be created as a solution to the problem (Solove, 2003). It is exactly new technology that produces these architectures and they are greatly flawed since many people can still bypass its security functions evidenced by the prevalence of identity theft on the Internet. Identity theft has gained much notoriety in the advent of buying and selling on the Internet.
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However, identity thieves can still use the old methods for obtaining personal information. Common methods are stealing wallets or mails, looking through residential trashcans or business dumpsters, posing as someone legally permitted to access personal information such as credit reports, or bribing their way to get the information (Newman, et. al. 2005). A phishing scam is another method of getting personal information out of a person. The Anti-Phishing Workgroup indicated that there are only 4,564 phishing websites in July 2005 but the number increased to 23,670 as of July 2006.
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A study at the University of Indiana also indicated that 14 percent of phishing scams are successful which contradicts the Gartner report which indicates only a three percent success rate. The Gartner research also found out that financial losses from phishing scams were $137 million in 2004 rising to $2. 8 billion in 2006 (ITRC, 2007). The fight against identity theft may be considered rather ineffective since law enforcement personnel lack the necessary resources to combat such a crime which is computer-related.
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Britz indicates that this kind of crime requires law enforcers to have knowledge of computers and other digital stuff. It may be noted that many law enforcement agencies do not have well-trained personnel to handle such cases. These personnel may also be acting several capacities at a given time. Computer technology has increased at an exponential rate as did technology related crime and this would require that law enforcers be trained to effectively handle such crimes (Britz, 2004). As technology improves, security is being compromised and this can be proven by the increasing number of identity theft crimes.
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While it is true that online banking and other services on the Internet provide much convenience, it also provides lesser risks of capture for identity thieves. Law enforcers could do little do prevent identity theft or to investigate such since not all of them have the capacity to do so and identity thieves are improving their arsenal of identity stealing techniques. Technology might also be considered as the root of the prevalence of identity theft. Even as identity theft was not considered a crime before 1998, it has existed for a long time.
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Modern computing and telecommunications technology has once again popularized identity theft since identity thieves can better elude law enforcers compared to going to a bank and making a transaction using stolen information (Arnold, 2000). Legislation has always tried to address cyber crime, but it is challenging for lawmakers to keep up since technology quickly evolves and cyber crime evolves with it. A good approach would be improving security measures, educating users, adopting a vigilant approach in combating cyber crime and a police force that is well-equipped to handle such crimes (Alaganandam, et. al. , 2005).
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Identity theft and other cyber crimes are also classified as white-collar crimes, thus, offenders do not receive harsh penalties. They can even use the money plundered to pay for their defense and they serve at least only one year in prison (Arnold, 2000). Identity thieves must be dealt with harsher penalties since they operate on a much larger scale today and are even comparable to bank robbers only less inclined to being caught and given much less media attention.
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Legislation must also address this by rendering harsher penalties for cyber criminals as they operate just like ordinary criminals, the only difference is that they work discreetly and have not been given media attention. Also, the victims do not really know that they have been victimized until after some time the thieving takes places. References Alaganandam, H. , Mittal, P. , Singh, A. , & Fleizach, C. , 6 December 2005. Cybercriminal Activity. Retrieved September 7, 2008, from sysnet. ucsd. edu/~cfleizac/WhiteTeam-CyberCrime. pdf Arnold, T. 2000 June.
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Constructing and shaping one’s identity can be done through many personal experiences. One way is how you react to and interact with others. Also, turning points in your life and how they affect you can form your identity. Ponyboy Curtis, from S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, and Mark Pfetzer, from his own story, Within Reach My Everest Story, are great examples of people shaping their own identities. Ponyboy and Mark are both very supportive, kind teenagers. I believe this because they both stood by the people they cared about.
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For example, Ponyboy stayed with Johnny after Johnny killed Bob, the Social. Although Ponyboy didn’t kill him, he stayed with Johnny to help him through the tough time. When Johnny went to the hospital after saving children from a burning building, Ponyboy stayed at the hospital for a long time and visited him everyday until he died. For Mark, even though he really wanted to summit Everest, when he found out that his dad’s cancer had spread to his brain Mark decided to stay home to support his father.
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Some great turning points for Ponyboy were when he talked to some of the Socials. I believe this because while talking to Sherri, he realized that money wasn’t the only thing that separated them. While they were walking to Two-Bit’s car, she told him that it was also their morals. She said, “You’re more emotional. We’re sophisticated-cool to the point of not feeling anything. ” Talking to Randy was a turning point because Ponyboy learned that money doesn’t always make you happy.
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While they were in Randy’s car, talking, Randy told Ponyboy about Bob’s parents and how they gave Bob whatever he wanted and never blamed him for anything, but what he really wanted was for his parents to say no to him; give him limits. Randy helped Ponyboy realize that Socials didn’t have it all and Ponyboy might not have disliked them as much as he did before. Sherri and Randy both taught him a valuable lesson. The first time Mark Pfetzer climbed the rock wall was a major turning point in his life. I feel this way because after he climbed the first wall he loved the feeling of it.
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This made him more interested in climbing. For example, Mark climbed another time at Alton Jones. He also began reading and trying to learn more about climbing. Mark started climbing at a rock gym even though he was too young. Soon he started climbing mountains and continued to try and reach his main goal, to summit Mount Everest. In conclusion, one’s many personal experiences can help construct their identity. Ponyboy and Mark are two very different characters from books that seem very different. However, they both shape their identities through their experiences in life.
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Identity theft began to emerge as a serious problem in the mid-1990s. It has been coined by many leading experts in the criminal justice arena as the “crime of the new millennium”. Identity theft without a doubt is the fastest growing crime in our society. Between 2010 and 2011 it is estimated that 10 million Americans were victimized by this crime with a combined individual and loss to business estimated at nearly 50 billion dollars. When identity theft occurs it claims two victims: first the persons whose identity was stolen and second the businesses that suffered losses owing to the criminal use of the stolen identity.
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So what is identity theft, how does it happen, and what can Americans do to protect themselves for becoming victim to this crime? Using cash to pay for goods or services is somewhat a thing of the past. In today’s society we use our debit and credit cards to perform daily activities that include purchasing merchandise online, paying for groceries, dinning out at restaurants, and a wide variety of other transactions that involve money. What we may not be aware of is that in performing such tasks we are sharing personal information via the internet which can be stored, collected, and processed which are all opportunities for identity theft.
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Another method is stealing mail which provides the thieves bank statements, preapproved credit offers, and other personal data. Some identity thieves have gone to such lengths as completing a change of address at the post office to divert mail to another location so the victim will be unaware of any wrongdoings for months. Would-be thieves have also been known to do a little dumpster diving in order to obtain personal data used to commit identity theft. As technology advances, so does the ways in which perpetrators go about retrieving personal data from their victims. Some perpetrators fraudulently obtain their victims credit report by acting as a landlord or potential employer. Phishing is the most commonly used method to gain personal information via the internet. Using this method, identity thieves send emails claiming to be a legitimate source, such as Bank of America, eBay, Facebook, or a credit card company asking you to update their account information data.
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Another form of phishing involves sending an email to notify the victim that they have won a prize such as the lottery, but in order to receive payment they must pay a processing fee in order to receive it, thus tricking the victim into giving up personal information. There are infinite ways in which perpetrators can obtain personal information used to commit identity theft, but what preventative measures can we take to prevent from becoming a victim. No matter what precautions you take or how careful you are with safeguarding your personal information there is no 100% way of preventing identity theft. The Federal Trade Commission, the U.S Department of Justice, and the U.S Attorney General’s Office have all stated that there is no full proof method to avoid this crime (Rocha 2010). However, by making yourself aware of the threat and becoming aware of the signs of being victimized you can minimize the risk of becoming a target.
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Experts in identity theft have published five steps to avoid becoming a victim. First, pay close attention to your credit report. Look for anything that is out of the ordinary such as newly opened credit cards or delinquent transactions that you did not authorize. By law, the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act requires that you are provided with a free credit report annually. Second, never give out personal information over the phone or via the internet until you are certain of whom you are dealing with. As stated before, identity thieves will pretend to be reputable companies such as banks and credit card companies in an attempt to steal your personal information. Third, be over protective of your mail. All mail, to include junk mail, contains some type of data that identity thieves can use to steal your personal information. Identity thieves have been known to take victims pre-approved credit card statements out of mailboxes and then open the account using a different address so the victim is unaware the transactions are even occurring for months. Fourth, don’t carry any unneeded social security cards, credit/debit cards, or passports unless you intend to use them that day. Experts say if you must carry these items on you keep them in a secure location at all times.
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Finally, when you do have to disclose personal information at your place of business, doctor’s office, school, or anything that has your name on it ask if your information will be shared with any outside organization. As a United States citizen you have the right to ask that your information be kept confidential. An estimated 221.3 million people in the United States access the Internet. They do so for a variety of reasons: to exchange e-mail, obtain news, entertain themselves, and manage their finances (Pratt, Holtfreter, & Reisig 2010). Of the 221.3 million internet users, one in nine report being victimized in the past year. That roughly translates into nearly 25 million fraud victims which is 18 time the number of armed robberies, rapes, and aggravated assault victims combined. As stated earlier, although there is no fool proof way of preventing yourself from becoming a victim, there are several ways you can educate yourself from being a target for identity thieves.
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Cultural identity is a dynamic and a complex feeling and sense of belonging to one or more ethnic groups. It defines the way an individual identifies or positions himself or herself in different cultural contexts. In our modern society we are experiencing contact with different cultures like never before. As expressed in “If you are what you eat, then what am I” by Kothari, Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas, and Flight by Sherman Alexie. Kothari has her identity but tries to deviate around it with the type of cuisine she was eating, but only to find out that it was an impossible task for Kothari.