Applied Sciences

1. Read the article attached below from the Economist, “Water War in Bolivia”. 2. Find another reference that describes the conflict over water privatization in Bolivia in the early 2000s or elsewhere. 3. Prepare a discussion question about water privatization as a solution to fresh water shortages. 4. Submit: (1) your discussion question, and (2) a brief written response to your question. Your response must be at least 200 words, use complete sentences, proper grammar and must be free of any spelling errors. 5. Respond to a classmate’s post

***350 WORDS NOT INCLUDING THE REFERENCE PAGE****Adverse EventsChapters 10-14 identify many different adverse events that individuals, families, and groups may experience. Please use the assigned readings and use the Library to research peer-reviewed studies to support your post.Please respond to the following:Identify and discuss one adverse event you read about in Chapters 10-14.Discuss ways in which a human service professional can promote resiliency when a client or family experiences the type of adversity you identified above.

“what do you think is the most important issue in our current global environment?”.  I want you to write a short essay. Your short essay should be 3.5 pages long, double spaced with font size 12. Please use citations (literature or web sources) for essay and provide a list of your references at the end of  essay.  please collaborate with me and let’s find out a real environmental issue thats interesting to write about!!!

Please watch the following video: https://www.ted.com/talks/brenda_laurel_why_not_make_video_games_for_girls Why Not Make Video Games For Girls? While the video that you just watched offers an interesting perspective (though slightly dated) on gender and the gaming industry, it has also received a fair amount of critique. In order to develop a well-rounded understanding on the topic of gender and the gaming industry, please read the following article critiquing the TED Talk that you just viewed: Girl Games: Adventures in Lip Gloss https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3252/girl_games_adventures_in_lip_gloss.php You are also encouraged to explore the other critiques out there regarding this TED Talk. Try using search terms like “critiques of Purple Moon and Rockett” to further explore this topic. Now that you’ve had an opportunity to explore various perspectives on the topic of gender and the gaming industry, specifically in terms of the Purple Moon company, respond to the following questions. Compare and contrast your initial reactions to the TED Talk and the “Girl Games: Adventures in Lip Gloss” article. Did the article change your opinion of the TED Talk? How so? After learning a little about the gender research that Laurel performed before creating her games, do you think she asked the right questions? Did she use the feedback she received in a productive way? If you were doing research to figure out what a certain demographic (doesn’t have to be gender-based) was looking for in a video game, how would you structure your research differently? A quote from the article regarding Laurel’s research says: “This is just another example of the tawdry history of sex difference research that is driven by stereotypes and results in reinforcing those stereotypes,” says Dr. Barrie Thorne, Professor of Sociology at U.C. Berkeley and author of the definitive text Gender Play. Do you agree with this point of view? What issues do you see with the Rockett game and Laurel’s research? The way that we view and understand gender identity and gender expression has changed significantly since the TED Talk was filmed. Do you think that gender is as strong a demographic in gaming today? If so, why? If not, what are the audience categories that video game designers should be taking into consideration instead? Does your personal concept of gender (or how you view/understand gender) impact the kinds of video games that you choose? Are you more or less likely to choose a game that offers a diverse and/or broad concept of gender? Explain. Ultimately, Laurel’s company, Purple Moon, was bought out by Mattel, a company best-known for their Barbie products. What do you think that Laurel and Purple Moon could have done differently to (potentially) avoid being bought out? Explain.

This Research Paper (Assignment 4) is very standard in format. It will be an 8-10 page paper using 5 sources. Sources should (but do not HAVE to) come from the HACC Library, either books/materials from one of the physical library buildings on campus or journal articles and other sources from the Library’s electronic databases.  Again, many of you will find the database Academic Search Complete extremely useful for your project (see 6.6 for info on how to access ASC).  The previous Unit of work will have given you everything you need to begin this research process, but HACC’s wonderful librarians and I will be delighted to offer help and support as you work. Don’t hesitate to ask questions. If you can’t at first find many sources using the HACC Library, I ask that you try again using different “keyword” searches in Academic Search Complete (see Unit 6).  If, after doing this, you still cannot find adequate sources, use the Library homepage to contact a Librarian and ask for help.  If, finally, you still cannot find the five sources in the HACC library, you may supplement one or two sources from other venues.  If you do this, you are responsible for evaluating the quality of the sources.  What are the credentials of the author?  What is the reputation of the publication in which the source appears? These are the sort of questions you will need to ask of each source before using them in your essay.  Your Research Paper will be argument-driven (just as Assignment 3 was), and will focus on an event/issue in the headlines during the month and year you were born. You can focus on the event in a purely isolated or historical way, or tie it in with contemporary events by showing how an issue has developed over time or an event played out in the following decades You must offer an in-text citation whenever you: i) Quote directly from a secondary source ii) Paraphrase a secondary source iii) Use specific pieces of information (statistics, data, etc.) found in a secondary source Please use MLA format.  My topic is on the “Sega Dreamcast”, the gaming console that came out in September, 1999.  Please also include a thesis in the writing, and be sure to briefly answer your question right away.  That answer will become your thesis.  How did the Dreamcast shape the gaming world?  What is its legacy?

ASSIGNMENT #12 Assignment #12 applies content from Chapter 12, Health and Risk Communication: Super Bodies and Death Fears. Your lecture notes from the recorded lecture (Chapter 12) and Chapter 12 of the textbook (pp. 190-207) will help you complete the assignment. This assignment is worth 15 points and each question is worth 5 points. Your answer to each question should be 3-5 sentences. Make sure that you answer each part of the question. 1. Watch the You Tube video, COVID-19 and Public Health: A Message from Crash Course [13:50] 2. Using the Mechanisms Shaping Observational Learning four subfunctions (attentional processes, retention processes, behavior production processes, and motivational processes), describe and provide examples for how each of the subfunctions were demonstrated in the video. Did this video reinforce or change your current behaviors relating to COVID-19? [4 points for describing each of the subfunctions; 4 points for illustrating each of the subfunctions; 2 points for thoughtfully commenting with examples about the reinforcement or change of your current behaviors relating to COVID-19 = 10 points] 3. The purpose of this video was both entertainment-educational. Entertainment-education is “the process of purposely designing and implementing a media message to both entertain and educate, in order to increase audience members’ knowledge about an educational issue, create favorable attitudes, shift social norms, and change overt behavior” (Singhal & Rogers, 2004, p.5). Using this definition as your framework, identify and describe how the “COVID-19 and Public Health” video used two of the following elements in its storyline: reactance, psychological reactance, perceived persuasive intent, counterarguing, and transportation. Was this video effective in both educating and entertaining you about the COVID-19 virus and the desired behaviors expressed? [3 points for identifying, describing, and illustrating the elements; 2 points for commenting with examples about the entertainment-educational effectiveness of the video = 5]

Each student must develop a thesis statement that analyzes the question related to biological anthropology. Thesis statements should outline the main argument of your analysis. Your thesis is your central argument, and can contain the main points you will make. In the body, the student must address the various viewpoints on the topic of the paper (in addition to the stance you are taking). The student will also discuss the significance of the topic research (why is this topic, question, argument important to biological anthropology? The study of evolution? Society at large?) Students should include a historical, political, and cultural context in their analysis of the author’s argument. The conclusion should summarize your main argument and add concluding insight. Use at least 3 academic sources to support their analysis. All sources need to be properly and consistently cited using an established citations method (i.e. APA, AAA, Chicago, MLA) and included in a bibliography. double spaced, 12 point Times New Roman font, 1 inch margins

In this Discussion Board Reflection, you will be connecting with your classmates about the low-tech, whatever-you-have-on-hand experimental Printmaking activity. The purpose of this forum is to “talk” about the experience with your classmates.  1.  Your Post Think about what you have learned so far about the nature of art, and the purposes that art serves, then jump in and share some thoughts about the activity and your approach to creating an experimental painting. Here are some prompts to start the discussion: What was it like to do the activity?   What was your idea?  What method did you use to make your print(s)?  What materials did you use?  Did you create an image that was realistic, abstract, or nonrepresentational?  Were you most intersted in conveying thoughts?  Feelings?  What the eye sees?  How did pattern and rhythm come into your composition?  Did this activity add to your understanding of the book chapters and/or of the other Lesson content?

Elaborate on being a youth sport’s facilitator. Why does this job interest you? What is attractive about this job? Talk about how you like working with kids and how this job would be rewarding.

I need research notes done BEFORE I submit a research essay on the same topic. this assignment is to have 6 academic sources( one per page) and have similar write ups to the attached example I give. single spaced- please follow the “ research notes example” I upload, and do my assignment with the topic “ does watching professional sports benefit people? why or why not?