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What is the difference between haunted versus sacred places? Can you apply any of the theories from the Gulliford or Deloria categories from the textbook?

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Where is sacred? (Humanities paper)

Write a two-page (12 point font) paper telling me about your ideas of Dark Tourism, Sacred places and haunted places. Really unpack these thoughts.

Dark Tourism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/travel/dark-tourism-explainer/

In your paper, please answer one of the following questions:

1) What is the difference between haunted versus sacred places? Can you apply any of the theories from the Gulliford or Deloria categories from the textbook?

2) (Answer only if you have visited a place of commemoration) What experience did you have when you visited a place of commemoration? How did it affect you? How does it compare to what you’ve been told about “haunted” places?

How did one move through it and how did it engage audience participation? Provide an analysis of the exhibition in whether or not you found it successful in what it set out to do. How did it succeed and where could it have been improved?

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Virtual Art Exhibition Review

Chicago Manual Citation. consider the following. Choose a virtual exhibition from the past year from the list below and review it. Follow the writing guidelines for the review. reinforce what you saw and are describing. If circumstances prevent physical attendance, see the list of virtual exhibitions. What was the title and theme of the exhibition (e.g. what was it trying to communicate)? What were the material specifics: scope (number of works), media (painting, collage, photography, AR, etc.), and space utilization? How was the exhibition arranged? How did one move through it and how did it engage audience participation? Provide an analysis of the exhibition in whether or not you found it successful in what it set out to do. How did it succeed and where could it have been improved?

Identify the main points and arguments of the author(s). Assess how the article relates to your experience or current job in the public or nonprofit sector. Evaluate how the points or arguments of the author or authors can be applied to the public sector.

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Unit I Article Critique

Your task is to offer a detailed critique of a peer-reviewed article that you locate. The article must be related to one of the historic approaches to organizational behavior discussed in Chapter 1 of the course textbook (e.g., scientific management, humanistic, positive organizational scholarship).

In your critique, address the following points:

– Identify the main points and arguments of the author(s).
– Support your opinion of the article with course-related terminology.
– Assess how the article relates to your experience or current job in the public or nonprofit sector.
– Evaluate how the points or arguments of the author or authors can be applied to the public sector.

Which of these “annoyances” have you struggled with the most in our ENC 1143 class this semester? Why do you believe you have struggled with this particular convention? What will you do to try to avoid this struggle in your future classes and drafts?

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Four Questions

Question 1:
What does Kyle D. Stedman mean when he writes, “the conventions of writing have a fundamentally rhetorical nature” (244)?

(Provide an in-text citation for any paraphrases or direct quotes used as evidence.)

Question 2:
In his article, Stedman identifies six “annoyances” when it comes to using outside information in one’s writing.
Which of these “annoyances” have you struggled with the most in our ENC 1143 class this semester?
Why do you believe you have struggled with this particular convention?
What will you do to try to avoid this struggle in your future classes and drafts?
(Provide an in-text citation for any paraphrases or direct quotes used as evidence.)

Question 3:
In the spirit of transparency, this question is borrowed from the Discussion section of Stedman’s text,
“Because so many of these guidelines depend on the writer’s purpose, publication space, and audience, it can be difficult to know when to follow them strictly and when to bend them. What are some specific writing situations where a writer is justified to bend the standards of how to incorporate sources?” (255)
(Provide an in-text citation for any paraphrases or direct quotes used as evidence.)

Question 4:
This semester, we’ve read: (see attached files)
“Simplicity,” “Clutter,” & “Style” by William Zinsser
“Annoying Ways People Use Sources” by Kyle D. Stedman
Of these texts,
1) Select one which you enjoyed the most and explain why it resonated with you.
2) Select one which you enjoyed the least and explain why it was not as engaging for you.

With Lego and other materials available to you, design an appropriately scaled art piece that is a physical articulation of your AI, Trauma, and City project/paper, engage 3 participants rhetorically and aesthetically and capture their emotional responses through observations and interviews

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Shortage of Nurses as a city trauma

With Lego and other materials available to you, design an appropriately scaled art piece that is a physical articulation of your AI, Trauma, and City project/paper, engage 3 participants rhetorically and aesthetically and capture their emotional responses through observations and interviews. You will need to cite theorists from previous units as well as cite 3-5 scholarly sources via your own research.

Brassier; Malabou; Rickert; Zizek

Markus Gabriel and McKenzie Wark

 

Analyze and assess ideas, issues, and explicit and implicit information in texts (e.g., assess information from a research report to write an executive summary; explain how separate incidents, characters, or elements in a novel work together to communicate the main theme);

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Highschool English – Short story

LI1.01 – analyse and assess ideas, issues, and explicit and implicit information in texts (e.g., assess information from a research report to write an executive summary; explain how separate incidents, characters, or elements in a novel work together to communicate the main theme);
LI1.02 – select and use specific and significant evidence from texts to support judgements and arguments (e.g., support an argument, using convincing examples from texts and research materials; support an interpretation of a character with specific reference to the dialogue in a play);
WR1.02 – organize and analyse the information, ideas, and sources to suit specific forms and purposes for writing (e.g., categorize information from a variety of sources to clarify divergent positions on an issue; use suggestions from peer discussion in assessing alternative opinions or ideas for an independent study project);
WR3.01 – use report structure, essay structure, and organizational patterns such as induction, deduction, and process-analysis to present information and ideas in reports and essays (e.g., use a general-to-specific pattern to organize the headings and content of a report on how a law is passed; use a process-analysis pattern to describe the stages of the writing process);
WR3.02 – select and use appropriate organizational patterns to structure expressive writing and multimedia presentations (e.g., use chronological order to describe the events leading to the crisis in a script; use a comparison-and-contrast pattern to organize and present information and ideas in an independent study project).
LG1.01 – apply a variety of strategies to extend vocabulary while reading, with an emphasis on discerning nuances and judging the precision of words (e.g., read articles in a news magazine and describe how the context might help them decipher the meaning of new or unfamiliar words; use a thesaurus to find synonyms for a word and systematically substitute to assess the effect of different word choices);
LG1.02 – analyse the origins and roots of words used in different areas of science, business, and technology (e.g., computer studies, hospitality services, communication technology, financial services, health care);
LG1.05 – recognize, describe, and use correctly, in oral and written language, the language structures of standard Canadian English and its conventions of grammar, usage, spelling, and punctuation, as prescribed for this course (e.g., consult recognized style guides for information about language conventions).

 

Determine the blood types of the four volunteers Determine whose blood can be donated to the patient and explain why the others can not be used.

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Blood type Lab report

Clinical scenario
A patient is being prepped for immediate surgery. Blood will be needed for a transfusion. The patient’s blood type is B+. However, the blood bank is out of compatible donor blood. Four nurses volunteer to donate blood so the blood bank has to determine whose blood can be used.

Introduction:
General background about blood types (ABO and Rh) noting antigens and antibodies for each
Brief explanation of how the testing works

Materials used:
4 3-well blood typing trays
4 volunteer “blood” samples (Brown, Smith, Jones, Green)
Anti-A antibody
Anti-B antibody
Anti-Rh antibody
12 stirring sticks

Procedure:
For each volunteer “blood” sample, put 2 drops of blood into three wells of one blood typing tray
Put two drops of Anti-A, Anti-B, and Anti-Rh antibodies in to the corresponding wells
Gently stir each well with a separate stick to prevent cross contamination
Agglutination (clumping) signifies a positive result, no agglutination is negative

Data:
Anti-A Anti-B Anti-Rh
Jones Neg Pos Neg
Smith Pos Neg Pos
Green Pos Pos Pos
Brown Neg Neg Neg

Conclusion:
Determine the blood types of the four volunteers
Determine whose blood can be donated to the patient and explain why the others can not be used.

Generate analogous RD estimates using the local polynomial RD estimation using the Calonico, Cattaneo and Titiunik (2016) optimal bandwidth and robust (bias-corrected) confidence intervals procedure, for Black and White individuals separately

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ECO372-Assignment 3


(a) Present the summary statistics (mean, standard deviation) for all of the variables in states and time periods in which a Democrat won the gubernatorial election relative to those in which the Republican gubernatorial candidate won the
election, for black and white individuals separately. Briefly characterize this population and interpret the results [2 pt].
[Hint: use regress command using these predetermined and outcome characteristics as dependent variables, using option “if black2==1”; cluster standard errors at the state level using “cluster(state2)” option]

(b) Generate a set of Regression Discontinuity plots – for Black and White individuals separately – to show (a) the mean employment rate by win margin cell  (using the margin of victory grouping cells (marginggg) as the running variable,
as well as (b) the fit of the relationship between group–specific employment rates and the running variable and potential discontinuity in states and time periods in which a Democract gubernatorial candidate won the election, using polynomial models. Interpret the results. [3 pts] [Hints: use collapse command, with option “by(marginggg black2) cw”. After running regressions on collapsed data and using the predict command to generate fits of the regression models, use the following graph command to generate each figure: twoway (scatter y x if z==1, xline(c_o)) (line y_hat x if z==1)]

(c) Using the larger dataset made available for the assignment, generate estimates of the discontinuity in employment rates of Black individuals using linear, quadratic, and cubic polynomial models on the running variable (margin of victory, or marginvvv), including state and year fixed effects. Assess the robustness of the estimates with and without predetermined individual controls (e.g., gender, age, education, marital status). Replicate the empirical exercise for White individuals. Interpret the results. [5 pts] [Hint: Estimate OLS regression models with i.state2 and i.year2 fixed effects, cluster standard errors at the state2 level]

(d) Generate analogous RD estimates using the local polynomial RD estimation using the Calonico, Cattaneo and Titiunik (2016) optimal bandwidth and robust (bias–corrected) confidence intervals procedure, for Black and White individuals separately. Interpret the results. [2 pts] [Hint: use rdrobust command using vce(cluster state2) option]


(e) Estimate the balance of predetermined covariates around the discontinuity as tests of the RDD continuity assumption using the available data, for Black and White individuals separately. For simplicity, you can use the Calonico, Cattaneo,and Titiunik (2016) rdrobust procedure. Interpret the results. What other tests could be conducted if you had access to the raw individual–level data? [3 pts]

(f) Bonus question: using the regression models in part (1c), test whether the election outcome at the discontinuity has statistically significantly different effects for Black and White individuals in these states. [No hints] [Bonus: 3 pts

Prepare a PowerPoint presentation that compares how 802.11a works and lists the advantages and disadvantages of 802.11a over 802.11g.

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Assignment:

The Baypoint Group (TBG) needs your help with a presentation for Academic Computing Services (ACS), a nationwide organization that assists colleges and universities with technology issues. ACS needs more information about the differences between the IEEE 802.11a and IEEE 802.11g standards so that their salespeople will be better equipped to sell this wireless technology to schools.
Deliverables

1. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation that compares how 802.11a works and lists the advantages and disadvantages of 802.11a over 802.11g. Because ACS is a technical group, the presentation should have a high level of technical detail. Your presentation should last 15-20 minutes.

Discuss the role of Digital Technology on Social Innovation in your own words and opinions. Discuss its importance in developing countries like India.

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Social Innovation In India

1. Watch this Ted Talk. https://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_how_social_media_can_make_history?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare. There has been much discussion and disagreement about the role of digital technology in social change, as the fascinating debate between Malcolm Gladwell and Clay Shirky on digital political organising reveals, with Gladwell making a series of powerful points about the limits of social media in building the relationships required for meaningful change to take place. Malcolm Gladwell’s robust critique of these arguments: “Small Change.” Shirky’s response: “The Political Power of Social Media.”Certainly, high profile success stories like M-Pesa – the mobile phone-based money transfer and banking service launched by Vodafone in Kenya in 2007, which gave millions of people access to basic financial services for the first time – have been cited as evidence of the potential of digital technology to transform the lives of the poor. The British innovation think-tank Nesta has conducted very interesting work on Digital Social Innovation. In particular, it has developed a typology for categorising and explaining the different roles digital technology can potentially play in promoting ‘social good’, and provided a series of examples for each (Stokes et al., 2017). At the same time, it is clear that digital technology is far from a ‘silver bullet’ when it comes to tackling the most deep-rooted social problems, and that it may even exacerbate some of them. Discuss the role of Digital Technology on Social Innovation in your own words and opinions. Discuss its importance in developing countries like India. (1000 words)
2. There is no one perspective that will provide a complete answer to all the issues connected to the study of social change. However, each provides a useful lens for thinking about particular social issues. Thinking about the same social issue through multiple lenses can be a very useful way of analysing it, understanding why it has evolved in a particular way, and developing possible interventions. So in this activity we ask you to look at a social problem through the lens of each of our three perspectives: Functionalist perspective, conflict theories, interactionist theories.These social Problems are Racism, LGBTQI discrimination, Violence against women, Lack of women leaders in the work place. Look at these social problems theough the three perspectives with India as a context. (4000 words, 1000 words per social problem)