Analyze Five credibly, reported articles, essays or interviews to explore a specific, current controversy related to cultural identity.

Analyze and discuss how the reporting and writing on the issue reinforces and/or challenges societal norms and sociopolitical power. You must carefully consider the effects and implications of the use of images, sources, references, and vocabulary in the reporting on this controversy. How do the pieces views on cultural identity complement or contradict? What do the various pieces assume or take for granted about cultural identity? What does the reporting seem to miss out? What theory on cultural identity might offer a more nuanced understanding of the issue?

After “attending a live play”, be sure to discuss all production elements: Scenery, Costumes, Lighting, Sound, Acting, Directing. Give your opinion of each element along with your supporting statement telling me “why”. Be sure to give examples to support your opinion.

Also, be sure to include in your introduction the play’s genre and duration. Your paper should be between 2 to 3 pages, double spaced using either Times New Roman or Courier New font. Please include a title page and if needed, a works cited pageIt is not mandatory that you attend the play. As long as it meets all the requirements above.

Conduct a literature search to identify at least ONE original paper that illustrates the practical application of the concepts we discussed in class. The paper(s) you chose should be data papers not reviews, and they should be published within the last 10 years.

The goal of this assignment is to find examples of the practical application of the evolutionary principles we have been studying in class. There is a nice synthesis of the basic evolutionary processes we have covered in a review paper by Andrew Hendry and colleagues. This paper, Evolutionary Principles and their Practical Application is a good jumping of point for finding a paper(s) that demonstrate the relevance of the concepts in evolutionary biology to real world challenges.
Identify an area where evolutionary thinking is relevant to human or environmental health and well-being. There are many possibilities ranging from understanding the dynamics of infectious pathogens to multi-drug resistance in bacteria. Cancer Biology and research on human genetic disorders have benefited from an evolutionary perspective. Evolutionary principles are useful in trying to understand the consequences of environmental change which may have a large impact on the health and function of natural communities and the species in them. There are also many applications in agriculture, harvesting and pharmaceutical development. The list is long and not limited to the areas mentioned above!

In your paper cover the following points and questions:
Summarize the area of practical concern where understanding evolutionary processes and principles can have a large impact.
Explain the relevance of the paper(s) you chose to this area.
How do these studies help us resolve a pressing issue in human or environmental health.
What future research do you think should be done to further advance our understanding in this area?
Guidelines: Length: Two page limit.
Submission: Submit your paper electronically via email.
Include appropriate in text citations to papers (e.g., Hendry et al. 2011) and a reference list at the end in this format:
Hendry, A. P., M. T. Kinnison, M. Heino, T. Day, T. B. Smith, G. Fitt, C. T. Bergstrom, J. Okeshott, P. S. Jorgensen, M. P. Zalucki, G. Gilchrist, S. Southerton, A. Sih, S. Strauss, R. F. Denison, S. P. Carroll. 2011. Evolutionary principles their practical application. Evolutionary Applications 4:159-183.

Sympathy, altruism, and lovethese are unique human emotions and faculties. It is because human persons are created in the image of God that we are able to know and follow the golden rule, As ye would that men should do to you, do ye to them likewise.

Choose one of the above statements and develop a thesis that explains how Karl Marx and Pope Francis would likely respond. You dont know exactly what they would saybut based on what youve read of them in The Communist Manifesto, in Louis Menand, on the one hand, and in Pope Francis Laudito Si, state the extent to which Marx and Francis would likely agree and the extent to which they would disagree. How would Marx want to alter quotes I, II, or III above? What key words from your quote would he want to change or substitute so that the statement more closely resembled his views? What changes would Pope Francis make? Do not be over-general about this: Marx would not agree with any of the statements, for example, or Pope Francis would totally agree with number II are the kinds of over-generalization that will not help you discuss the interesting similarities and differences between these two thinkers.

What do you think are strategic benefits of BI system? Enter www.visualmining.com and explore the relationship between visualization and business intelligence.

What is a dashboard? Discuss how you think BI is related to dashboard? Access http://www.softwareadvice.com/ca/bi/ and check few of the software and choose the one you like then indicate as to why you like it. Visit www.mapinfo.com and discuss some of the important capability this tool has. What is location intelligence? Visit www.fico.com and find products for fraud detection and risk analysis. What capability does it have? What is predictive analytics?

How have you prepared for presentations in terms of slide design and performance?

The Reflective Essay
Due via email on 12/13:This essay will be an opportunity to reflect on your work this semester, articulate your strengths and weaknesses, and describe your writing and revision processes. This should describe how the work your have done this semester relates to the goals of the course (refer to our class syllabus). You may also want to discuss how your writing and presentation skills have changed or stayed the same throughout the semester and why. Also, you might want to discuss how you plan to tackle issues and build off of the strengths in your work outside of this class. Requirements:-A minimum of 800 word discussion of your work this semester, how it relates to the goals of the course, and how it has developed
-Use of personal experience, course content, and specific examples from your writing and presentations Suggested questions to reflect on during your writing process: What has your writing process been like this semester?

What research and citation skills have you developed this semester? How have they changed over time?
What techniques have you used this semester to generate ideas?
What steps have you taken to fulfill assignment requirements?
How have informal writing assignments and discussion board posts informed or helped your writing this semester?
What rhetorical elements have you struggled with? Why?
What rhetorical elements have been consistently strong this semester? Why?
How has peer review informed or helped your writing process?
What are some specific ways in which you have taken peer and instructor feedback into account when revising?
How have you prepared for presentations?
How has revision factored into your writing process? How were you able to achieve substantial revision (versus just editing)?
How do you expect the skills you have developed in our class this semester to transfer to your future academic and work endeavors?
What writing and presentation skills do you think you will still need to work on in the future?
How have the skills you have developed connect to the course content (i.e. lectures, activities, and readings)?
Evaluation Criteria:-Organization and development
-Use of specific examples and personal experience
-Meaningful reflection on your work
-Spelling, grammar, other stylistic concerns.

What conclusions can be drawn from the results in the figure? Do your conclusions agree or disagree with the author? Explain why.

Bio 212L- Journal Results Presentation For the Journal Club next week you are to answer the following questions for one of the figures in the provided article. You may work in groups, but your answers must be in your own words. The assigned figure is the following article: Pleiotrophin regulates serine phosphorylation and the cellular distribution of B-adducin through activation of protein kinase C. From the assigned figure your group will: 1. State clearly the question(s) that are being addressed in the figure. 2. Describe, in detail, the experimental technique used. (What reagents and probes were used) 3. Describe the controls. Both negative and positive in the figure. 4. Explain the results of the experimental condition(s) in the figure.

Describe why you have chosen this, including what is significant about this choice in relationship to the play.

For this assignment you will need to read the script of Macbeth by William Shakespeare. It can be accessed for free online: https://www.folgerdigitaltexts.org/html/Mac.htmlFully answer 3 of 3 questions/prompts belowMacbeth Design Concept description:
After reading Shakespeares Macbeth, devise a concept for a production of Macbeth that you would like to see.The idea is as if you were directing/designing a production of this play, at a local theatre perhaps, and want to bring in your own unique way of communicating the work through interpretation of time and place. So the script/words would stay exactly the same, but the setting, including place, costumes, etc. would be dictated by your design concept.For instance, one of my favorite productions of Shakespeare’s “Merry Wives of Windsor” took place in a 1960’s trailer park. The “wives” wore polyester pant suits (with extra thigh padding), and often talked while holding coffee cups in front of their trailers. Again, lines exactly as written, but the theme/plot/message of the play (as the producing company had determined) was clearly communicated using this time and place.So Macbeth is written as taking place in Scotland, 1600’s, but you might choose to update it and do it in modern times; Washington D.C., or New York-Wall Street for instance, or at a high school, or perhaps set it in Chicago in the 1940’s, etc, etc. Maybe there is a place and/or time in history (or present) that you are particularly interested in, and you can see a similarity to this story and characters, and see this story taking place there. Prompts:
1.Choose a time and place for the production. (Not the theatre it is playing at, but the setting and action of the play.) Be specific. 18th century France is not specific enough. July 14th 1784, the streets of Paris, France is. You may choose any location or time between 1606 when the play was first performed and today. 2.Brief (one or two short paragraphs) of the themes and ideas in the play that you want to emphasize, including one or more “active verbs” that will drive your concept. (for instance: “ambition”, “manipulate”, “power-hungry”)3.Choose one or more design elements on which to focus: scenery, lighting, costumes, props, hair/makeup.
–Assemble the following: historical research for your design element(s) in the chosen time period: images, either found or created that show your vision of the design element and statement of how the choices you are making in your area support the overall concept.
–Images may be from any sources EXCEPT actual designs for other productions of Macbeth. You may create original drawings, sketches or artwork of any kind and submit photos of it.