Use of social media in contemporary society

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Write a 2 to 4 page (500-1000 word) argumentative essay about the use of social media in contemporary society. You may either argue that it is beneficial to modern life or that it is destructive. To do so effectively, you must: Explain the controversy over social media in your introduction (give necessary background information) Present a clear thesis statement that announces your position on the issue Present the reasons you believe your position to be true in your body paragraphs Support those reasons with fair and convincing examples and evidence from your personal experience and from the sources you have read Address at least one of the opposition’s points (perhaps using information from the sources to do so) Cite at least two of the outside sources with which you have been provided (below), using either the MLA format or the APA format for in-text citations; your paper should have at least two effective and correct citations total (if you only have two, each one should come from a different source) Include a works cited page or a references page (depending upon whether you are using the MLA or APA format) Here are the links to and the basic citation information for the provided sources: Positive Effects of Social Media Title: “Is it time for science to embrace cat videos?” Author name: George Vlahakis Website Title: futurity.org Date Published: 17 June 2015 Source URL: http://www.futurity.org/cat-videos-943852/ Title: “#Snowing: How Tweets Can Make Winter Driving Safer” Author Name: Cory Nealon Website Title: futurity.org Date Published: 2 December 2015 Source URL: http://www.futurity.org/twitter-weather-traffic-1060902-2/ Negative Effects of Social Media Title: “Using Lots of Social Media Accounts Linked to Anxiety” Author: Allison Hydzik Date Published: 19 December 2016 Source URL: http://www.futurity.org/social-media-depression-anxiety-1320622-2/ Title: “People Who Obsessively Check Social Media Get Less Sleep” Author: Allison Hydzik Date Published: 16 January 2016 Source URL: http://www.futurity.org/social-media-sleep-1095922/

The Godfather 1972 movie

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Pay special attention to the camera choices that the director makes — whether characters are framed together in shots or alone; viewed from above or below, or straight on; captured in a distant long shot or close-up, or a canted frame; with soft lighting or concealed in shadows; etc. Is there a pattern to the shots? Are certain characters always depicted from a particular angle and other characters from another angle? Or does it depend on the relationship between the characters from scene to scene? Why might the director make one such choice or another? Are there any cutaway shots within the scene? How about POVs? Do such choices create any emotional connection to the narrative experience of the film, or subjective insight into character states of mind? Or perhaps both? How else does the director communicate such subjectivity? What about camera movement? Is the camera static in every shot, or does it move according to character action and movement in and out of scenes? Does the camera ever move on its own? How might such independent movement guide us through the space of the film, leading us like an omniscient cinematic narrator? Does the camera move, and in the same way, for all characters, or just some but not others? What does the movement of the camera communicate about the relationship between the characters in the film and the way we experience the film? Finally, are there any unique compositional choices that further delineate the relationships between characters and their states of mind from one scene to the next? These might include characters framed and isolated within windows or doorways; groups of characters clustered on one side of the frame with a single character remaining alone on the opposite side from them; proportional distances between characters in a shot so that some appear larger than others; etc. How is the color palate and lighting contrast of the shots also used to support such themes?

Disney Yield Curves and WACC

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Description 1.Calculate liquidity and capital structure ratios 2.Calculate Disney’s weighted average cost of capital (WACC) using the data provided in this case for the first quarter of 2018. (Bloomberg includes more elements in the WACC calculation than the textbook does, so for our purposes let’s use the textbook formula with the data points from Bloomberg.) 3.Use the Bloomberg Terminal to gather the necessary data to make a similar calculation for the third quarter of 2018. 4.Using the WACC Comparisons tab on the accompanying spreadsheet, calculate the WACC of each Disney segment comparable. Describe the primary WACC drivers that explain the differences between the WACC of Disney and its comparables. 5.In the WACC Sensitivity tab on the accompanying spreadsheet, alter the cells as described to see how changes to WACC’s inputs impact the WACC. Write a few sentences describing each change: •an increase in the Federal Reserve reference rate •a two notchdowngrade in Disney’s credit rating •adding debt to Disney’s capital structure for an acquisition •a downturn in the U.S. equity market •an increase in Disney’s marginal income tax rate

Probability and Distributions

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Assignment Details In Unit 2, you have learned about three different types of distributions: Normal, binomial, and Poisson. You can take data that you collect and plot it out onto graphs to see a visual representation of the data. By simply looking at data on a graph, you can tell a lot about how related your observed data are and if they fit into a normal distribution. For this submission, you will be given a series of scenarios and small collections of data. You should plot the data or calculate probabilities using excel. Then, you will create your own real or hypothetical scenario to graph and explain.

Project Evaluation Lessons Learned and Synthesis of Insights Gained

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To prepare: Examine a minimum of three organizations that have published descriptions about a health care information technology project. Review the Individual Project Overview document for the full details of this Assignment. To complete: In a 4- to 6-page paper, address the following: Synthesize insights on health care organizations’ support for and conduct of project evaluations and project team debriefings. Compare your insights from the articles with information from project management literature about project evaluations and team debriefings. Be sure that the comparisons you make are clear to the reader. Explain how your insights into these aspects of project management will impact your ability to successfully manage health care information technology projects. Include insights on how the use and non-use of formal project management could impact the success of health care information technology projects. Use literature sources to support your perspectives on this topic. Provide a conclusion that synthesizes key points from the analyses and comparison.

what the alternatives for pain management versus opioids are and arguing for using alternatives to help with the crisis in America

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Your final research paper must be between 1500-1800 words and adhere to MLA formatting. Source guidelines: The paper must incorporate formal research. A minimum of three (3) sources must be used – a maximum of five (5) sources can be used. Only ONE (1) source may come from a direct website; this does not mean that you cannot conduct all of your research online — you can, but your other sources must be academic ones (books, newspaper articles, journal articles, etc.). It IS possible to access these sources remotely via the library portal (from your home or work computer) without having to physically visit the library, if you would prefer not to or are unable to do so. The unit content will explain how this is possible. Within the paper itself, you must cite each source from which you paraphrase, summarize, or quote. All in-text citations must adhere to MLA formatting. Although this is a reseach paper assignment, the bulk of the paper should still come from your own original ideas, interpretations, evaluations, and suggestions. Roughly, no more than 30% of the paper should come from source material. An accompanying Works Cited page is required: papers submitted without one will automatically earn a zero (0). Accompanying multi-media materials can be incorporated — and are encouraged! — but should be in addition to, not in place of, other formal source material and own content.

Analyzing Curriculum Design

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For this assignment, you will develop a PowerPoint presentation analyzing curriculum design. This presentation should be developed so you could present it to a group of colleagues who have limited knowledge and experience involving curriculum design. In this presentation, you will address the following:

1. What are the determinants of an educational philosophy?

2. What are the five educational philosophies?

3. What is involved in the learning environment?

4. How do school philosophies shape curriculum design? Incorporate appropriate images, animations, transitions, and graphics as well as speaker notes for each slide. If you are able to find an appropriate video to insert into the presentation, please do so. If not, please embed audio in the presentation.

The speaker notes may be comprised of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists. Be sure to include citations for quotations and paraphrases with references in APA format and style where appropriate. Be sure to include citations and references for images and video. Save the file as PPT with the correct course code information. Length: 12–15 slides, not including the reference slides Notes Length: 100–150 words for each slide References: Minimum of three scholarly resources Your presentation should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your presentation should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.

Influence of Health Policies on Access to Services

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Policies serve a number of purposes in health care, and they can have wide-ranging effect on what care can be offered and how it is carried out. In this discussion you will research health policies and analyze their influence on the way and degree to which populations have access to health care.

In your initial post, address the following. Be sure to follow the requirements for initial postings found in the Faculty Expectations Message (FEM). Identify a minimum of two health care policies that have an influence on access to services. Examples of Web sites to use include the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, The Joint Commission, et cetera.

For each health care policy you identified, complete the following: Explain how the policy influences the way in which care is accessed. Explain how the policy influences the amount of access that is available. Suggest one way in which the policy could be adjusted to improve access.

Trending Toward Collectivism

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Trending Toward Collectivism

Read the introduction to Part II in The American Intellectual Tradition (p. 123) Read four of the following Authors in Part II (read the entire section assigned per author). Note: You will be responding to Wilson and Dewey so you may want to make those two part of your four. Thorstein Veblen (p. 132-146) http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3406400996.html (not required reading) Woodrow Wilson (p. 147-154) http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Woodrow_Wilson.aspx#5-1G2:3406401039-full (not required reading) W.E.B. Du Bois (p. 155-160) http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/W_E_B_Du_Bois.aspx#5-1G2:3045000322-full (not required reading) William James (p. 161-171) http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/William_James.aspx#5-1E1:JamesWi-full (not required reading) John Dewey (p. 208-216) http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/d/dewey.htm (not required reading) John Crowe Ransom (p. 233-244) http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/John_Crowe_Ransom.aspx#1-1G2:3404705363-full (not required reading) 1)What aspects of collectivism (against an individualist orientation) are expressed by the authors you read in The American Intellectual Tradition? 2)Given what you have read in other classes and in the facilitator forum, how did this trend toward the larger group – the collective — affect American culture between 1890 & 1940?

Tracks Novel by Louise Erdrich

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Tracks (Novel) by Louise Erdrich

 

Paper details:

Make an argument examining how two or more of the characters in Tracks wield power in their lives. How do race/ethnicity, class, gender, and social/historical/cultural contexts shape the ways they rebel against (or conform to) assigned roles? To what extent do these characters have agency (the ability to act or to do; power/control; role of subject rather than object)? How do they move from object to subject? Do they? How is their ability to do so constrained by specific contexts, and what are some of the effects of these constraints? Consider their experiences in the context of both European (white) culture and Native American culture