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Are there any movies in your list that are also on the official top 10 movies of all time? How have movies impacted your life (childhood and now)? Include specific movies that have impacted you. Explain in detail.

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Communication

Movies

1. What do YOU think the top 10 movies of all time should be. List them out 1-10.

2. Next to each movie explain why you think it should be in the top 10. It’s ok to look up what experts say are the top 10 films of all time. You may agree or you may not. I want to know what you think. Next to each movie you listed give a brief explanation as to why you included it and its significance.

4. Are there any movies in your list that are also on the official top 10 movies of all time? Everyone’s lists may be very different and that’s ok!

5. Next, share with us YOUR personal top 10 favorite movies. (This is an entirely different list from the first list you made).

6. How have movies impacted your life (childhood and now)? Include specific movies that have impacted you. Explain in detail.

7. Share with us one movie you think everybody needs to see before they die. :)

Describe the middle ground in the pays d’en haut (as depicted by Richard White) and the Comanche Empire in the Southwest plains (as depicted by Pekka Hamalainen).

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Native Power in Colonial America

Although European empires sought to control Native people’s lands and lives in colonial North America, historians including Richard White and Pekka Hamalainen have demonstrated that Native societies were able to exercise considerable power in certain circumstances.

For this essay, describe the middle ground in the pays d’en haut (as depicted by Richard White) and the Comanche Empire in the Southwest plains (as depicted by Pekka Hamalainen), making sure to discuss

  1. ) The conditions that allowed each system to emerge
  2. ) How Native people exercised power in each system
  3. ) How European empires (New France and New Spain) attempted to exercise power in each system.

Based on your analysis, what political, environmental, cultural, or other factors helped Native people to exercise power in the colonial era?

  • Note: for this question, you may use only two readings—White and Hamalainen.

Note an idea that you and your peer shared or agreed upon. Share some feedback or commentary about something interesting he/she shared that you may not have considered.

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Model 7

Reply to at least two of your peer’s posts. In each reply, please do at least one of the following:

  1. Note an idea that you and your peer shared or agreed upon.
  2. Share some feedback or commentary about something interesting he/she shared that you may not have considered.

Rhetorical Context: Who wrote it or created? Why was it written? What is it trying to do to or for its readers? What is it? Where does it appear? When was it published?

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Rhetorical question

1. Rhetorical Context: Who wrote it or created? Why was it written? What is it trying to do to or for its readers? What is it? Where does it appear? When was it published?

Identify a product for which you think that you paid either too little or too much. Identify the pricing strategy you think the company used (based on the Required Unit Resources), and explain why you think they made their decision. Do you agree or disagree with their choice? Why?

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Journal entry

Identify a product for which you think that you paid either too little or too much. Identify the pricing strategy you think the company used (based on the Required Unit Resources), and explain why you think they made their decision. Do you agree or disagree with their choice? Why?

Select quantitative and qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context. Analyze quantitative and qualitative data using biostatistics, informatics, computer-based programming and software, as appropriate.

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FOUNDATIONAL COMPETENCIES

Evidence-based Approaches to Public Health

  1. Apply epidemiological methods to the breadth of settings and situations in public health practice
  2. Select quantitative and qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context.
  3. Analyze quantitative and qualitative data using biostatistics, informatics, computer-based programming and software, as appropriate.
  4. Interpret results of data analysis for public health research, policy or practice

 

Public Health & Health Care Systems

  1. Compare the organization, structure and function of health care, public health and regulatory systems across national and international settings
  2. Discuss the means by which structural bias, social inequities and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving health equity at organizational, community and societal levels

 

Planning & Management to Promote Health

  1. Assess population needs, assets and capacities that affect communities’ health
  2. Apply awareness of cultural values and practices to the design or implementation of public health policies or programs
  3. Design a population-based policy, program, project or intervention
  4. Explain basic principles and tools of budget and resource management Select methods to evaluate public health programs

 

Policy in Public Health

  1. Discuss multiple dimensions of the policy-making process, including the roles of ethics and evidence
  2. Propose strategies to identify stakeholders and build coalitions and partnerships for influencing public health outcomes
  3. Advocate for political, social or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse populations
  4. Evaluate policies for their impact on public health and health equity

 

Leadership

  1. Apply principles of leadership, governance and management, which include creating a vision, empowering others, fostering collaboration and guiding decision making
  2. Apply negotiation and mediation skills to address organizational or community challenges

 

Communication

  1. Select communication strategies for different audiences and sectors
  2. Communicate audience-appropriate public health content, both in writing and through oral presentation Describe the importance of cultural competence in communicating public health content

Interprofessional Practice

  1. Perform effectively on interprofessional teams

Systems Thinking

  1. Apply systems thinking tools to a public health issue

 

DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES

Biostatistics

A1. Describe basic concepts of probability, random variation and commonly used statistical probability distributions.

A2. Describe preferred methodological alternatives to commonly used statistical methods when assumptions are not met

A3. Distinguish among the different measurement scales and the implications for selection of statistical methods to be used based on these distinctions A4. Apply common statistical methods for inference

 

Epidemiology

B1. Identify the principles and limitations of public health screening programs.

B2. Explain the importance of epidemiology for informing scientific, ethical, economic and political discussion of health issues.

B3. Comprehend basic ethical and legal principles pertaining to the collection, maintenance, use and dissemination of epidemiologic data.

B4. Communicate epidemiologic information to lay and professional audiences. B5. Evaluate the strengths and limitations of epidemiologic reports.

 

In your posting, reflect on what you have learned from this video, what are your thoughts, hopes, and concerns about the use of genetic information? Provide sources for any additional information.

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Discussion Board #2: Discuss The Human Genome Project

Instructions

Genome is a fancy word for all your DNA. From potatoes to puppies, all living organisms have their own genome. Each genome contains the information needed to build and maintain that organism throughout its life. For a quick introduction of the genome please, watch this short video:

The Human Genome Project was a long-term project sequencing the whole human genome. Advances in DNA sequencing technology vastly accelerated the process, and the knowledge gained brought many opportunities but also concerns. Please watch the following video for the lessons learned from the Human Genome Project:

Feel free to explore additional information on the National Human Genome Research Institute’s website (especially the section titled Impact on society)

In your posting, reflect on what you have learned from this video, what are your thoughts, hopes, and concerns about the use of genetic information? Provide sources for any additional information.

Comment on two other students’ postings, in a thoughtful and respectful way. Your comment should add to the posting or provide meaningful feedback.

Note that you have to post to be able to see others’ postings.

Determine structure based on mass spec, IR, 13C NMR, and H NMR. Identify fragments.

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ORGANIC CHEM:

Determine structure based on mass spec, IR, 13C NMR, and H NMR. Identify fragments.

In 2,000-2,500 words describe the histories of race included in the work of Deloria, Du Bois, Vasconcelos, and Trevino and indicate (at length) which of these conceptions of the history of race has the best explanatory power. In other words, which one are you most convinced by?

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Du Bois Tactics

So far in class we have largely discussed the historical making of race and racial differences in the United States. In 2,000-2,500 words describe the histories of race included in the work of Deloria, Du Bois, Vasconcelos, and Trevino and indicate (at length) which of these conceptions of the history of race has the best explanatory power. In other words, which one are you most convinced by? Make sure to indicate the important conceptual and historical ideas each author is proposing or arguing against. You may use other texts we have read in class as supporting documents. These include Dunbar-Ortiz, Roediger, and any of the movies we have watched so far.

Discuss behavioral issues common in adolescence, including identity crises, challenges related to fitting in, and teen suicide. Discuss advice to newly emerging adolescent.

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Adolescent Transition Experience

Create a 12 slide presentation with detailed speaker notes to an audience of newly emerging adolescents in a positive and encouraging tone.

Explain the developmental milestones related to adolescence, including:

  • Physical milestones
  • Cognitive milestones
  • Social milestones
  • Neurological milestones

Discuss behavioral issues common in adolescence, including identity crises, challenges related to fitting in, and teen suicide. Discuss advice to newly emerging adolescent.