Humanities Discussion

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Option 1

Choose a work of art from any genre that depicts or tells the story of a real life event from any time period, such as The Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon and the Coronation of Empress Joséphine on December 2, 1804 by Jacques Louis David.

  • Include the title and the artist and some background of the event.
  • What is the relationship between the work of art and the event?
  • Did the artist depict the event accurately?
  • Does the artist make changes regarding the event? If so, why do you think the artist made these changes?
  • Examine the artist’s message in the depiction.
  • Support your point(s) with a statement from the artist.

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Option 2

Choose a work to discuss from one genre that interprets a work from another genre.

  • Include the title, artist, and description of both works.
  • Examine how the artist of the second work captured the subject or story of the first.
  • Support your point(s) with a statement from the second artist that discusses the influence, reasoning, or interpretation of the original work on the second work.

Paine’s feelings

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Leading up to Paine’s feelings about the tavern keeper, he asks what is a Tory? Paine describes Tories as men that are cowards and self.  The Tories are not brave men and he would take a hundred men to fight their thousand. From there Paine paints an even deeper emotional picture about his anger and discuss for the Tories. While Paine was stationed at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, during his time in the Continental Army. He met a young man who owned a tavern. The man in the story stood in the doorway of his tavern holding his eight or nine year old son. The man was boastfully going on in conversation as freely as he pleased. The last thing he said was” well! give me peace in my day.” Paine states that this man is “unfatherly,” because no good man would put himself above his child.  The “unfatherly” statement just adds to Patines hatred for Tories. He paints such a picture that if readers didn’t hate Tories after hearing they were cowards, they would for sure hate the non-generous parent that Tories are now. A man who would rather relish peace in his own day then his own child’s’. To drive this feeling home to the reader, Paine makes sure you understand his point by expressing himself in a “I’m a family man” manner. He wants the readers to realize that the Tories are not just men of bad company but men that are evil to the core of their existence. This section of the story was Paines way of fabricating his view into the other men. Awakening them to get up and do their duty, not be like the self-absorbed and  cowardly Tory men.

Experiencing the World’s Religions

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Week 4 Complete

Book:

Molloy, M. (2020). Experiencing the World’s Religions (8th Edition). McGraw-Hill Higher Education (US). use this link to access the book:  https://savantlearningsystems.vitalsource.com/books/9781260813746

 

Choose one of the following two questions

*   Develop a long and detailed list of reasons why there has been long-standing and wide-spread persecution of Jews through history. Take time to organize your thoughts around key moments and movements in history you find critical to understand in order to sustain your argument. Also discuss the key differences between Reform and Orthodox Jews in 21st century America. How might these distinctions strengthen the Jewish community globally moving forward? What anti-Semitic attacks have these communities faced in the U.S. in the last five years and how do these reflect or stem from any of the reasons you named at the start of your narrative.  Conclude your narrative with your own realizations as a result of writing this narrative.

•     Do research to identify a particular movement within Christianity which started within the past 200 years and explain its origin, distinctive beliefs, and its impact on modern Christendom. Then, consider one particular practice important within this movement you believe also influential in modern Christianity and vital to the faith of at least some believers. Provide a summary describing the practice – how it developed, and why it is significant in the lives of who keep this practice.  Conclude your narrativewith your own realizations as a result of writing this narrative.

growth in communication

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growth in communication

Reflect on the course and consider your growth in communication and showing initiative. In which one of the areas do you feel as if you experienced the most growth? Provide specific ways in which you have taken initiative in one of the areas below.

  1. Collaborating with others
  2. Addressing interpersonal conflict
  3. Presenting an articulate argument

Remember to answer each part of the question with a minimum of one paragraph that is 5-7 sentences with limited grammatical errors.

Aeneid Notes

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Notes with 300 words MLA style

I need notes on a favorite part of book II of the Aeneid. What are the most enjoyable parts with citations? Notes on if this is the sequel or homage of the Iliad and what is similar and dissimilar. How would you describe the gods in the Aeneid? What is their role in the story?

In this forum, you will focus your response on the two major characters of the Aeneid:  Aeneas and Dido. Address at least 2 of the following prompts.

Notes on adjectives to describe Aeneas and Dido and why. Descriptions of Dido. How Dido change makes people think differently about Aeneas? Meaningful similarities between Dido and Aeneas?

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver

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Total 3 stories and each story write one full page of literary analysis.

There are three short stories “sacks”, “gazebo”, and “viewfinder” from the collection What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver.  You’ll focus on six elements, and for each one, write a 5-7 sentence analysis.

Below is a list of the elements along with suggestions of what to cover for each element:

  1. Plot/Structure –    Describe the plot of the story. Avoid making comments or interpretations about behavior and actions by the characters, just stick with describing what happens in the story. Are there other stories you know of that is similar to the plot of this story?
  2. Point of View –     Who is telling this story, a first person or third person narrator? How would you characterize this narrator?
  3. Characters –      List and describe the primary characters of the story. Focus on specific details about each character, such as certain behaviors and/or things they say.
  4. Setting –      What did you find unique or interesting about the setting of this story? What caught your attention?  How does the setting add to the story?
  5. Imagery –     Were there images or symbols in the story that appears repeatedly? Do you think there is any significance or importance to the repeated image?
  6. Theme –     With regards to the topic of love and relationships, what do you think this story is saying about love and relationships?

Algorithms Discussion

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/cognitiveworld/2020/02/07/biased-algorithms/?sh=36922d0b76fc

https://www.flawedfacedata.com/

https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessments-in-criminal-sentencing

https://time.com/5209144/google-search-engine-algorithm-bias-racism/

 

Reflection Prompts:

  1. After watching the videos, consider how algorithms work and explain how societal stereotypes and biases might be perpetuated by algorithms. Provide at least one example of this. Several are mentioned in the second video, but you are welcome to use Google or another search engine to find an example. (150 word minimum excluding citation)
  2. Answer the following about the reading that you selected:
    1. Title and author
    2. Main idea (3-5 sentences)
    3. What did you learn from this reading that you did not already know? (Note: if you did not learn anything new, go back and select a different reading). (200 word minimum).

Sample Preliminary Literature Review

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Submit a preliminary literature review that will form the basis of your background information that provides the basis for your hypothesis. A literature review is a survey of scholarly sources on a specific topic. It provides an overview of current knowledge, allowing you to identify relevant theories, methods, and gaps in the existing research.

Writing a literature review involves finding relevant publications (such as books and journal articles), critically analyzing them, and explaining what you found. You should have at least 4-5 resources, two of which are primary resources (research published in a major journal for the first time and not summarized or referenced by someone else). The minimum required word count is 400 words using APA format. Follow the guideline below, then view the sample.

Outline for writing your literature review:

 

1. Introduction (without this heading)

Write an introduction paragraph for your review. This paragraph

a. states the topic and inquiry questions for this review

b. tells the reader specific information on how many articles you reviewed and how you sorted the articles into common themes based on findings (results).

 

2. Body (without this heading)

Before you begin this section, be sure that you have sorted your articles into different themes based on the articles’ findings (sometimes called results). After you sort your articles, it is important to give your sorted groups a descriptive name. The names of the sorted articles will become your headings for each of the paragraphs that you write in the body of your review. The body of your literature review will include,

 

a. Theme 1: a paragraph or several paragraphs that describe the first theme that you identified and compare, contrast and/or connect the articles you’ve selected.

b. Theme 2: a paragraph or several paragraphs that describes the second theme that you identified and compare, contrast and/or connect the articles you’ve selected.

d. Theme 3: a paragraph or several paragraphs that describes the third theme that you identified and compare, contrast and/or connect the articles you’ve selected.

… …

 

3 Summary

This is the last paragraph of your literature review. In this paragraph, it is important to briefly summarize the main findings from the articles that you reviewed and to point out how your inquiry questions were answered or not answered, what the gap is (what if my questions are all answered – you then need to identify new inquiries so that you will contribute to the field)..

 

4. References

This is the last pages of your review. It serves as a listing of all references that you mentioned in your paper (both draft 1 and draft 2). Please make sure that only references cited in your drafts will be listed here. Other references that you earlier found/read but not cited will be listed in your bibliography. Please use APA style when completing this list.

 

 

Sample Preliminary Literature Review

The United States is currently the world leader in pecan crop production, accounting for more than 50% of the total production. However, during the last decades, pecan crop production has been introduced to several other countries, including South Africa, Brazil, Australia, Argentina, and China (McEachern, 2014). Pecan trees have two major multiannual reproductive strategies: 1) heavy fruit load in one year, and 2) low fruit load in the following year. This is called alternate bearing (Goldschmidt, 2013). Pecan yield may be inhibited by several factors, such as low rainfall, extreme temperature, high evaporation rates and saline groundwater (Flores et al., 2017).

However, several measures can be taken to ensure high yield of pecan nut. Sammis et al (2013) suggested that water and nitrogen management are very important measures to improve pecan crop yield. High fertilizer costs, lack of water as well as environmental demands have lately resulted in increased interest in nutrient and water management practices. Another important factor that will improve pecan yield include vegetation control in the areas surrounding young bearing pecan trees (Faircloth et al., 2007), since overcrowding may lead to competition of water (Smith et al., 2002), competition of nutrients (Goff et al., 1991) and allelopathy (Smith et al., 2001).

 

References

Flores, A. M., Brian J. Schutte, David Daniel, Geno Picchioni, & Manoj K. Shukla. (2017).

Physiologic response of six plant species grown in two contrasting soils and irrigated brackish groundwater and RO concentrate. Arid Land Research and Management, 31(2), 182–203. https://doi.org/10.1080/15324982.2016.1275068

Goff, W. D., Patterson, M. G., & West, M. S. (1991). Orchard floor management practices

influence elemental concentrations in young pecan trees. HortScience, 26(11), 1379-1381.

Goldschmidt, E. (2013). The Evolution of Fruit Tree Productivity: A Review. Economic Botany,

67(1), 51–62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-012-9219-y

Experiencing the World’s Religions 

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Week 5 Discussion

Book: Molloy, M. (2020). Experiencing the World’s Religions (8th Edition). McGraw-Hill Higher Education (US). https://savantlearningsystems.vitalsource.com/books/9781260813746

Muhammad is known in Islam as “The Seal of the Prophets.”

· Why is this phrase of great consequence for Muslims?

· What does calling Muhammad “The Seal of the Prophets” mean for Islamic theology, ethics, worship?

Choose either Judaism OR Christianity and select a prophet from your chosen religion.

· What does the prophetic office mean for the religion you have chosen?

· How does your choice exercise the office of prophet within either Judaism or Christianity?

· Finally, whom do you regard as being a “prophet” in today’s world?     Name this person.

· Is the role of “prophet” still important in today’s world?  Or has “the time of the prophet” passed, never to return?

forensic technician for a small agency working a crime scene

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For this discussion, you will imagine yourself as a forensic technician for a small agency working a crime scene with a brand-new detective. The scenario is based off the Crime 360: Welcome to Homicide  video segments. Prior to beginning work on this discussion, please review the following:

rural agency

You work for a small, rural agency that is just starting their own Crime Scene Response Unit (CSRU). So far, it is just you, and an intern volunteering part time for college credit. Your forensic lab is also limited, and any advanced scientific analysis must be sent out to the State Crime Lab.

You will be working with a new homicide detective (see the video Crime 360: Welcome to Homicide). While Detective Shane has a senior detective helping him, you are still depended on to ensure the forensic piece is handled appropriately.

What are your steps in securing the scene and evidence? What steps will you take to correctly process this scene? Include and specifically address the following:

    • How to thoroughly record a crime scene including searching the scene.
    • What tools or resources will be needed?
    • Packaging physical evidence.
    • Maintaining proper chain of custody.
    • Identify what types of evidence you might hope to find.

The body of your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from this week’s required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources and properly cite any references. Remember science is objective, not a matter of subjective opinions.