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    NETWORK ATTACK PROCEDURES‚ THEIR MITIGATION MEASURES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPROVED DENIAL OF SERVICE (DoS) ATTACK MODEL IHEKWEABA OGECHI‚ INYIAMA H.C‚ IHEKWEABA CHUKWUGOZIEM ABSTRACT - This paper presents the major network attack profiles‚ taxonomies‚ classification and identification frameworks. Further‚ current approaches for intrusion detection on networks were x-rayed though‚ with emphasis on Denial of Service (DoS) attacks only. The concept of intelligent agents and subsequently adaptive

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    In the stories “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Katherine Anne Porter and “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield‚ both of the ladies let the reader delve into the depths of their characters’ minds by the use of stream of consciousness. A simple way to explain stream of consciousness is when a character’s thoughts and dialogue become one and it can be hard to distinguish what is real or not. This method in literature can be useful when portraying a character who is mentally unstable of some sort

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    using precise details and symbols‚ a clear-cut insight into human behavior‚ and the darker side of the human spirit. She used her life‚ experiences‚ and morals to help shape the way of her stories to her life‚ comparable to the novel‚ “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall.” Katherine Anne Porter was born Callie Russell Porter on May 15‚ 1890‚ in Indian Creek‚ Texas. She was the fourth child of five from parents‚ Harrison Boone Porter and Mary Alice Jones Porter. Her mother died when she was only two

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    motivated‚ consistent‚ and plausible to be classified as true characters. In "Everyday Use" and "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall‚" the authors explore of characterization. Both of the short stories have stock characters such as Grandma Dee from "Everyday Use and John from "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall‚" but the characters that spark the most interest are the round characters such as Dee and Mrs. Weatherall. In "Everyday Use" Grandma Dee can be classified as a stock character because she is never really

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    These feelings of unexpected abandonment that Granny felt in the past and in her future self were all reflective and made intolerable to Granny due the fact that Granny never got to confront George and release her feelings of being jilted by him at the altar on that day were the “cake was not cut‚ but thrown away” and then when death was present but “again no bridegroom [God]” but the priest was in the house leaving Granny feeling a second jilting from God and an inability to move past that day

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    struggle with our own immortality‚ many authors use death to declare their thoughts and beliefs on what it feels like‚ and what happens during the process of death. Stories such as Dorothy Richardson’s “Death” and Katherine Anne Porter’s “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall”‚ use a stream of conscious narration to get across to the reader that death is different and one in the same for everyone. Richardson and Porter use the stream of consciousness to add depth to their characters‚ and to tell the story of

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    Faulkner 1. What award did he receive in 1950? In 1950 Faulkner received the Nobel Prize and‚ at home‚ the National Book Award. 2. How did Faulkner regard his major works? Faulkner regarded his major works as a “saga‚” a reconstruction of the life of Yoknapatawpha County‚ his fictional name for Lafayette County in northern Mississippi‚ where he lived at Oxford (the "Jefferson" of his novels). 3. “The novels of the cycle move on several planes of southern society.” Explain. “The novels of the

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    from “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” and “Miss Brill” have different lives‚ but still share similarities within their personality and the way they view life and themselves. Granny Weatherall lives an eventful life‚ unlike Miss Brill who has set a routine. However‚ both of this characters have a hard time letting go of the past‚ are easily upset when they are not in control and consequently‚ they each have developed their own mechanism to protect themselves from emotional pain. Weatherall did not

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    In the short stories A Worn Path by Eudora Welty and The Jilting of Granny Weatherall by Katherine Anne Porter‚ both women overcame several obstacles. In A Worn Path Phoenix Jackson faced obstacles such as her old age‚ physical challenges‚ and how others viewed her. Granny faced obstacles such as dying‚ feeling betrayed from her children‚ and disappointment in her love life. In A Worn Path by Eudora Welty an elderly African American woman named Phoenix Jackson picks a cold December day

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    Deena An Analysis of the Symbolism in Katherine Anne Porter’s “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” Symbols play a vital role in a story‚ which is used to deliver the underlying meaning in a particular way. By employing several symbols‚ Katherine Anne Porter expresses the special “jilting” ingeniously. The name “Weatherall” reveals the character of the heroine. The author concentrates the whole life of Weatherall on the substance “light”‚ which foreshadows the inescapable death. Running through

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