What are some examples of the way culture ( either broad culture or aspects of culture) affect human development? Think about your own culture and how it has affected your development.
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Find a source that provides tips about how to maintain your privacy while online. Then, proceed to write 3 paragraphs discussing these tips.
Do you think they’re accurate or specific enough?
Have you ever experienced an issue where you wished you’d known one of these tips?
Could you suggest additional tips to include?
This script is for an Audio-Visual Essay and must demonstrate an understanding of what European art cinema involves in relation to Bicycle Thieves (1948) and its corresponding film movement (Italian Neo-Realism).
How does Bicycle Thieves reflect a European Art cinema sensibility?
Discuss the Mise-en-scène (set design, lighting and location) Make sure to separate each one in a paragraph and label each paragraph.
Select 1 of the quotes below that best summarizes your view of history, discuss how this quote encapsulates your opinions.
a) History consists of a series of accumulated imaginative inventions. – Voltaire, philosopher
b) History is a myth that men agree to believe. –Napoleon, French leader
c) With the historian it is an article of faith that knowledge of the past is a key to understanding the present. – Kenneth Stampp, historian
d) History is who we are and why we are the way we are. ~David McCullough, historian, author of John Adams
e) I’m interested in the way in which the past affects the present and I think that if we understand a good deal more about history, we automatically understand a great more about contemporary life. – TONI MORRISON, Time interview, Jan. 21, 1998
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Lorna Goodison’s poem, “A Celebration of Emancipation,” deals with the Emancipation Act of 1834 which abolished slavery in the English colonies of the Caribbean, but did not grant full freedom to the slaves until they had completed what was termed “Apprenticeship,” an additional four years of mandatory labor on the sugar estates. The poem depicts the attitudes of those who were made free earlier to those who were still tied by Apprenticeship to the estates. Continue reading
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You work for a company called Drone Enhancers Inc. Drone enhancers make modifications to existing drones in terms of payload enhancement and imaging adaption. Your boss, Dr. Bennett (the owner) is an expert mechanical and electronics engineer. He has an FTP Server (Filezilla) that he uses to move his design work back and forth from his CAD systems at work and home. While he is a very bright drone engineer, he is not an expert in Information Technology. You have asked him to let you turn on the FTP over SSL functionality in Filezilla to protect these very confidential file transfers. He states he has a very strong password as doesn’t worry about getting hacked. The other three engineers also have their own FTP servers. It is your goal to get him to make it policy for all engineers to use FTP/SSL for their transfers. Continue reading
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The documentary ’25 Years of AIDS’ has 15 separate video installments that provide the viewer with an overview of the political, social, public health, and medical dimensions of the pandemic, both within the United States and globally. Clicking on the timeline: 25 years of AIDS provides a repository of documents, maps, and interviews with key informants that help in providing context to the video presentations. What the documentary in the following links.
Video link: Part 1 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/aids/
Part 2 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/aids/#video-2
Documents link: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/aids/
Answer the following as completely as you can, citing examples from the film to support your answers: Continue reading
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Which substance do you think is the most serious threat to the nation’s health and why? Be sure to clarify between drug use, misuse, and abuse. How does the substance you selected impact the health of local communities and states, or specifically vulnerable populations? Why do you think some advocate to consider addiction as a public health issue rather than merely a criminal justice issue? Continue reading
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Design a basic survey questionnaire. Survey questions will be used to answer a research question you would like to ask the entire class. Your sample frame is all students in the class. Create a research question. What do you want to know about UCB students? Consider which broader population you wish to generalize your results. Continue reading
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Many TED speakers are published researchers, and many of them base their TED talks on their research: before you look for other sources. Choose a TED speaker that has published on human trafficking and write a literature review on it. Use only published, peer-reviewed articles for your references. Although you are building up to your own argument and documenting your research process, try to avoid a personal tone. Statements like “I believe” or “I could not find…” put the focus more on you than on your topic and make you seem less credible. You usually don’t need to talk about yourself unless you have a really good reason e.g. personal experience–used sparingly–or primary research–interviews, surveys, etc. that you have personally written and conducted. Continue reading
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