Category: Education

1) choose a pseudoscience ( fake science)
claim : vaccines are harmful to human health
2) use 1 source that makes this claim ( cite the source ) – use direct quotes and details from this source
3)outline the argument ( outline which elements of the sources argument are not supported )
3a) how does the source persuade its argument and establish credibility ?
4) find and cite contrary evidence from peer- reviewed scientific sources that help disapprove the first original source
4a) use 3 MINIMUM scientific sources to provide contrary evidence to the claim being made
5) explain using scientific reasoning why the claim is an example of pseudoscience

Sunjata

Form: Fiction
Genre: Epic
Country of Origin: Mali
Date: oral traditions date to around the 13th century. First written down early 20th.
Key Themes: Supernatural, Gender, Physicality, Immigration
Summary: The epic narrates the great expectations surrounding the birth of Sunjata, whose heroism has long been foretold. Foreigners come to defeat a wild buffalo that has been decimating Made lands, and their first achievement is to recognize the buffalo woman Dò Kamissa as the culprit. When Sunjata is finally born, into a world full of sorcery and treachery, he barely escapes the many plots against him and is eventually driven into exile by the jealousy of his stepbrother. Then, he liberates Manden.
Key Passages:
“She is very ugly. She’s the ‘Short Sogolon’ you’ve heard about, the one who is so very ugly.”
“This will be mentioned in Ma’an Sunjata’s praise song.” (And he was right! Though we sing, “Head-breaking Mari Jata,” it was Fakoli who broke Sumaroworo’s head.)
Some Bits to Get You Thinking:
Like most of the epics we’ve read so far, Sunjata was originally orally transmitted as a myth or legend. What stylistic elements does this epic rely on upon in order to make it easier to transmit orally?
Think of some of the tropes we’ve seen all semester long!
Supernatural elements, like the unusual circumstances surrounding Sunjata’s birth, are everywhere in this story. Not only was his mother pregnant with him for eight years, but as a child he earned the title “Lion of Manding” due to his ability to transform into a lion. As with other traditional epic heroes, Sunjata is able to perform all sorts of superhuman feats, like resurrecting the dead, interacting with animals, and defeating demon kings before conquering and ruling what will eventually become an empire.
And, of course, all sorts of special tools and weapons play important roles as well.
Consider the role women play in this text’s society. It’s important to think of Mali from a contemporary perspective – currently, the Republic of Mali offers little to no protection for women: female genital cutting/mutilation is still practiced, girls can be married with a judge’s permission as young as nine years old, husbands govern households and limit where a woman can work or live.
The contemporary Republic of Mali is governed by Islamic Sharia law, which prevents a woman from inheriting an equal or quality amount of land after her spouse’s or parent’s deaths. These facts offer a very interesting comparison to the treatment and view of women in Sunjata.
Think about the ways in which women act as divinities, mothers, assistants, and laborers for the men and how their roles are reversed throughout the text.
The chorus in ancient dramas often act as a voice of conscience or chants in order to add dynamics to the performance. In Sunjata, the naamu-sayers (nammu and its varients are translated as “I hear you”) interject as the griot recalls a tale, in order to encourage further recapitulation of the events, as a kind of line call-and-response.
It’s easy to see the similarities here and the choruses of ancient Greek tragedies – both often act as the voice of reason, offering cues and clues to the viewer as to which person or thing should be supported or condemned.

Write a Graduate-level research paper on what makes an expatriate manager successful.

The four movies to choose from are:
Thirteen Days (2000), Dr. Strangelove: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), Eye in the Sky (2015) and Hairspray (2007)

1. Provide a summary of the movie (a paragraph or 2 max). Use a summary that will help you match the film to your IR theory.
2. You must provide a summary of ONE of the IR theories you are exploring (a paragraph or 2 max).
3. Defend why your film and your theory match
a. Who are the main actors in the film? (Are they states, individuals, IOs?)
b. What is the conflict which engages your main actors?
c. What tools do your main actors prefer? Why?
d. What IR logic does your film use (logic of consequences or logic of appropriateness)?
4. What does this film say about I.R? Is it still “the relations between states” or do you need to update this definition?

Write about the role of women in one of these societies: Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome. Include the everyday and, by today’s standards, famous. Include icons that some may consider fictitious. What have the women from that period, especially the well-known icons, come to represent today? Write about some of the cultural aspects of the period you selected that are specifically connected to women.

As my career has progressed I started when certifications didn’t exist to the introduction of certifications to more certifications then even I can achieve.
At some point education became more important and I added graduate degree to my list of certifications.
Now the choice is between certification and education is in conflict. Certifications such as A+, MCT are being upgraded to CCNP and changed to management certs like CISSP and ITIL.
It’s always important to plan for the future but adjust as it becomes the present.
So what is your plan for your career?
1. Find three job ads and descriptions that you are looking for when you graduate. In a table compare the educational and certification requirements asked for in the ads.
2. Find three job ads and descriptions that you are looking for in 10 years. In a table compare the educational and certification requirements asked for in the ads.
3. Describe how your goals have changed from the graduate plan to the 10 year plan.

After reviewing the PowerPoint presentation on Social Control that will be provided, pick one example of social control of a social movement and discuss a type of repression that was used and how it was used. Indicate whether it would be considered “hard” or “soft” repression. You can choose a movement that was introduced in the presentation or select your own.

1. Develop a U.S. intelligence policy to address the mounting concern over the revolution in Iran. Also address regional intelligence requirements and policies, and the impact on others (Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Israel) should Iran become nuclear.