Applied Sciences

DISCUSS per rubric B:  how the four cultures met by Odysseus relate to the shield culture: Extra credit: how does Homer represent Odysseus in regard to the island offshore just offshore from Cyclops land? How would Odysseus cultivate it & why haven’t the Cyclopses do so?.

Now, in the final week, your job is to revise, compile, and edit these reports into a summary report of no more than 1,200 words (5 pages, double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12 pt. font, excluding figures and references list) that captures your most salient points and significant research.  As you have generated between 2,000 – 3,000 words (8-12 pages) through the process of writing your earlier reports, this step will require careful synthesis of your most significant points. Please review your feedback and comments for your earlier reports as you undertake the process of compiling your final report.  Evidence, Claims, and Sources   The claims in your final report should be supported by a minimum of 10 sources that meet the following criteria: Use scholarly sources (i.e., journal articles, books published by university presses, etc.), government websites and reports, or publications from any of the organizations the American Association of Geographers: list of leading climate change organizations  (Links to an external site.) .  You may not use popular sources, including news media, unless you can make a case for the information being otherwise unavailable (e.g., a highly local and well-respected newspaper); however, you may find that newspapers, documentaries, and television news coverage found on YouTube may give you a good illustration of your scenario.   Report Structure  The report will use the Description, Analysis, Projection structure, a common framework used in technical writing:  DESCRIPTION: Describe the evidence for the prediction that your community is vulnerable to the disruption. Explain the related systems as they are supposed to function. E.g., Climate scientists predict frequent and severe storms that will disrupt fuel supply chains and take down transmission and distribution lines. Households are dependent on electricity for a variety of functions.  ANALYSIS: Identify the points of vulnerability, and the current ways the system is resilient or weak. E.g., Describe the backup systems and repair response systems that utilities have for small and moderate disruptions. Describe the key points of vulnerability and limits to their systems. Use historical reports from the media to document your findings. Point out political, economic, and cultural factors that underpin the strengths and weaknesses of current systems.  PROJECTION: Make your recommendations for vulnerability reduction and disruption response. Describe how you might work within existing political, economic and social spheres to implement your recommendations, and the barriers you may face. Describe several community-based social marketing techniques that could be effective for creating the changes you are recommending. E.g., Distributed energy (more off-grid solar systems) might be less vulnerable to outages than our current centralized system. Utility companies have put up legal barriers to off-grid systems. How might we incentivize decentralized solar systems while addressing the legitimate concerns of the utility companies?  Note: You may find this CBSM toolkit  helpful with this section of your report.  Final Report Evaluation  Evidence for the prediction that climate change may lead to the disruption chosen for the project Description of related systems   Identification and description of vulnerabilities and strengths in existing systems and connections to social/cultural, economic, political factors that contribute to them Identification of ways vulnerabilities could be reduced, considering potential social/cultural, economic, and political barriers Identification and description of how a community should plan to respond, including connections to specific community-based social marketing strategies  In-text citations: APA formatted citations are present throughout the report, whenever outside information is included?(evaluated in the professionalism rubric)  Writing mechanics (spelling, grammar, and coherency) (evaluated in the professionalism rubric)  Organization and structure (evaluated in the professionalism rubric)

Relate the knowledge you have gained of the concept of experimental design to a product or service. What factors would you test in running your experiment? Considering the root cause methods that you have studied, which is your preferred method? Why?

•5 Scholarly sources** In text Citation ** Font = Times New Roman 12 pt •Double spaced except for the references that can be single spaced •Use APA format for citations and reference list •Pages are numbered in the bottom right hand corner Your case study should include: Title page Table of contents: •Your case study should include: Title page Table of contents: Introduction: •What is your topic? •Explain how it relates to tourism and recreation •Why did you choose this topic (optional) ? • B. Background: •Set the context for the details you are going to present in your next section •Think of this as the ‘where, when, who…’ •Assume your reader knows nothing about your topic so you need to set the stage C. Information/details: •This is where you present the focus of your case study •Draw upon evidence and examples to inform the reader of key points of importance  •Think ‘just the facts’, the results of your research •This and the next section are substantial elements of your case study • D. Discussion •You have the opportunity to comment on the details of your findings •Analyse the situation(s)  you have presented in the previous section •Support your opinions with scholarly advice and evidence  • E. Conclusion •Wrap it up; here is what I researched, here is what I found and this is what I think. •A good conclusion can be a written in a single paragraph  F. References APA format**

Short Analytic Essay No sources required     In María Helena Viramontes’s Under the Feet of Jesus, the prehistoric La Brea Tar Pits figure prominently in several scenes in the novel. The final time the tar pits are referred to occurs right before Estrella confronts the nurse at the clinic in Corazón. In that scene, Estrella   “…remembered the tar pits. Energy money, the fossilized bones of energy matter. How bones made oil and oil made gasoline, The oil was made from their bones, and it was their bones that kept the nurse’s car from not halting on some highway, kept her on the way to Daisyfield to pick up her boys at six. It was their bones that kept the air conditioning in the cars humming, that kept them moving on the long dotted line on the map. Their bones. Why couldn’t the nurse see that? Estrella had figured it out: the nurse owed them as much as they owed her” (Under the Feet of Jesus, 148).   Perform a close reading of the above lines. Critically analyze what kind of experience is here evoked for Estrella; specifically, think about what kind of social history is evoked for her by “the bones”? Why does she remember the tar pits at this pivotal moment in the novel, right before her revolutionary action? What do the Tar Pits tell her about history—and what/whose history, specifically?   Also, in your analysis of this scene, please connect one of the earlier scenes in which the Tar Pits emerge; they occur when Alejo is injured by the pesticides (UFJ, 78); when Alejo first tells Estrella about the Tar Pits (UFJ, 86-88); or when Estrella thinks of them pushing the truck (UFJ, 129).   Please use DIRECT QUOTES from the text to support your claims

Answer the following questions. Briefly describe Kepler’s three laws of planetary motion. How did Newton’s laws of motion and law of universal gravitation validate Kepler’s laws? List the parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. What types of telescopes are useful from the Earth’s surface? What can they observe? Explain how light is produced at the atomic level. Distinguish between emission, absorption, and continuous spectra. What can absorption and emission spectra tell us about stars? Why do modern astronomers place telescopes in orbit about the Earth’s atmosphere? What types of objects can be observed from those telescopes that aren’t visible from the Earth’s surface? The use of outside sources is optional, but you must provide citations and references in APA format for any sources you use

First read Topic: Slow food First, explain in your own words what “slow food” is. Second, explain how the preparation of tamales, either as you know it personally (if you have some experience), or as you see it in the video, fits the criteria for “slow food.” Be sure to mention specific details about making tamales, and connect them to specific ideas about “slow food.” Third, discuss your own habits regarding food consumption. In what ways do you honor the tradition of “slow food” in your own daily routine, or in what ways do you not? (There’s no judgment here. Just an opportunity to reflect.)

NO SOURCES REQUIRED. Opera: Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata (Venice, 1853) Question= Roger Parker, a leading scholar, has called this opera ‘in many senses, [Verdi’s] most “realistic” drama’. Write a detailed commentary on the whole passage excerpted in this track, linking the predicament of the protagonist to Verdi’s original working title for the opera. How would you describe the shifting relationship between “romanticism” and “realism” throughout the opera? We focused on these acts/scenes in class: Example 1: Act I finale: “Ah fors’e? lui che l’anima” (Violetta’s “love” aira) Example 2: Act III, scene four, “Addio, del passato” (Violetta’s “death” aira) Example 3: Act III finale: “Prendi, quest e? l’immagine”

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS:  • 5 QUESTIONS, ALL ARE COMPULSORY  • WORD LIMIT FOR EACH ANSWER: MAXIMUM 300 WORDS  • DO NOT USE PICTURES OR VIDEOS  • ANY MATERIAL FOUND COPIED FROM ANY SOURCE WILL BE MARKED UNDER PLAGIARISM  • NO REFERENCE ALLOWED  • PLEASE KEEP YOUR ANSWERS FORMAL  • MARKS FOR INCORRECT USAGE OF GRAMMAR ARE DEDUCTED  Q1. Talk about the virtues of a good presentation. What are the skills needed by a presenter for a good presentation? (10 marks)  Q2. Talk about the important role of an ‘audience’ in communication. (10 marks)  Q3. What do you understand by intellectual property rights? Explain with example (10 marks)  Q4. How does social media play an important role at workplace? Explain with example (10 marks)  Q5. How far has critical reflection affected decisions in society. Explain with example (10 marks)

OBJECTIVE: You will write a three-page research paper that utilizes outside research from the WLAC online database. Your research paper will demonstrate your ability to write a clear thesis, support this thesis with research from 2-3 academic articles, and your ability to proficiently utilize MLA style. PROMPT: Pick an author and story / essay from the text (it does not have to be one that we read). You may also pick any story, essay, or even a novel that you have read that is about Los Angles. How does the author you choose use language (words, phrases, figurative language, etc…) to define Los Angeles in a unique and specific way? Make sure to discuss what the author does well, as well as, what the author’s blindspots are?