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July 5th, 2020 Computer science and IT assignments, Undergraduate Comments Off on Basic Game Development in Python

Basic Game Development in Python

Requirements:

For this assignment, you are tasked to develop a game called Guess the Word, which allows two players to participate in turn. The game should contain the following key elements of play:

1.    The game should start by prompting Player 1 to enter a word of their choice via the Python console screen for Player 2 to guess (assume that Player 2 looks away and does not see).
2.    The Python console should then be cleared so as to hide the word from Player 2.
3.    Player 2 must now guess the word by typing one letter into the Python console following a suitable prompt.
4.    For each guess, the game needs to determine if the guessed letter is present in the word that has been set by Player 1. If the guess is incorrect, one element of an ambulance should be drawn onto the game/Turtle screen (see video for example of how elements may be drawn and further detail below).
5.    The process then repeats from Step 3 (i.e. Player 2 is asked to enter another letter, assuming they have not used up their total number of guesses, as below).
6.    Player 2 is allowed a total of 8 incorrect guesses, and hence will lose the game if all 8 attempts have been used.
7.    As consistent with the above, the drawing of the ambulance should take 8 strokes in total to complete on the game/Turtle screen. Therefore, if the picture of the ambulance is fully drawn, this means Player 2 loses the game, and a message is displayed on the screen to confirm.
8.    The game should provide a suitable graphical interface to enhance the users experience and increase the games appeal.

July 5th, 2020 APA (edition "APA 6"), Humanities Comments Off on peer review disney

peer review disney

Write a peer conversation post to the following discussion to look at Disney as an example of the more general messages that pervade our culture and instruct girls and women (and boys and men) about normative gender.

Including one direct quote from the reading attached.

Disney plays a major part of setting standards for children, due to their high popularity. The stories told in movies are commonly known among most children. This gives Disney the responsibility and power to teach children the standards of society. Although Disney gives positive messages in their movies, it subtly sets sexist gender standards.

Most Disney princess movies follow the same storyline: a young girl is in a situation in which she is misunderstood, she sees a handsome prince and falls in love with him, she sacrifices major aspects of her life in order to be with him, and she ends up happily with him, and leaves her life behind. Although Disney princesses share positive messages such as being kind, courageous, etc., it tells young girls that they are unable to live a happy life until they are rescued by their prince. This often comes with major sacrifices.

When Ariel in The Little Mermaid sees Prince Eric, she sacrifices her voice to the evil queen, Ursula in exchange for a pair of legs. This allows her to live on land, Prince Erics world, and make him fall in love with her. It is quite suspicious that Eric was able to fall in love with Ariel, despite her lack of ability to communicate with him. This may suggest that men will fall in love with women with no voice, not literally. Men want a woman who does not voice their opinion, or fight against them, but instead silence themselves in a masculinist society (Umble & Smith 407).

However, there are positive messages for young girls in The Little Mermaid. Ariels father, Triton, is famously known to be overprotective of Ariel and sets rules that prevent her from being her true self. But, Ariel disobeys these rules in order to find her own identity. Ariel, unlike her sisters, is curious and adventure seeking. She wants a life of her own, and is determined to achieve it.

Overall, Ariel remained relatively submissive to the patriarchy throughout the whole movie. Ariel chooses to actively turn her life around once she sees Prince Eric, and sacrifices her voice and mutilates her body. At the end of the movie, Ariel seeks permission from her dad to live her life with Prince Eric. The control over Ariels life passes over from Triton to Prince Eric, because she goes off to live in his world.

Next, Disney creates heteronormativity of appearance standards for both male and female characters. This sets the idea for young children of how they should look when they are older. Female characters often have cleavage, bare stomachs, and bare legs, and male characters are often depicted without their shirts. (Martin & Kazyak 329). This oversexualizes these characters, although most Disney princesses are often still young teenagers. The sexualization of women of color is also very popular. They set women of color such as Jasmine from Aladdin, with an hourglass figure and a sensual personality.

https://medium.com/@nerdypoc/the-flower-and-the-jewel-disneys-sexualisation-of-brown-women-3266233bfbf2 (Links to an external site.)

Creating such oversexualized characters creates the notion of what is desired in society, whether it is desired in ones self or in another person. Those that do not fit the standards that these characters set may not be seen as attractive or desired. This can lead to many self esteem issues.

The heteronormativity of the patriarchy and oversexualized characters is socialized within Disney movies. Disneys popularity and power is able to construct the notions of what femininity is. This is dangerous because children are taught that these standards are normal, and grow up thinking it is okay. Although these movies are fiction, children apply it to their own life. For example, a study shows that when young girls were talking about their future, they aspired to have a similar fairytale-like life: the girls viewed Cinderellas experience as one that might someday happen to them (Baker-Sperry 722). This shows how Disneys impact on childrens lives and aspirations.

Gender roles have evolved throughout time, and it can be seen throughout Disney princess movies. In Snow White (1938), the first Disney princess, Snow White reflects the standards of a woman during that time period. She cleans, cooks, and takes care of the seven dwarves- essentially a housewife, and is of course saved by a prince. New princesses from the past decade reign on their own, are outspoken, adventurous, and self dependent. In Moana (2016), one of the newest princesses, Moana does not have a love interest. She saves the entire island on her own, and reigns as queen- without a king. Disney is also making an effort to empower young girls of color after criticism of being a mostly eurocentric princess franchise. The new, live action The Little Mermaid, movie will be played by an African-American actress. This is a breakthrough for black women, because they have been severely underrepresented in the Disney franchise.

Disney plays a major part of setting standards for children, due to their high popularity. The stories told in movies are commonly known among most children. This gives Disney the responsibility and power to teach children the standards of society. Although Disney gives positive messages in their movies, it subtly sets sexist gender standards.

Most Disney princess movies follow the same storyline: a young girl is in a situation in which she is misunderstood, she sees a handsome prince and falls in love with him, she sacrifices major aspects of her life in order to be with him, and she ends up happily with him, and leaves her life behind. Although Disney princesses share positive messages such as being kind, courageous, etc., it tells young girls that they are unable to live a happy life until they are rescued by their prince. This often comes with major sacrifices.

When Ariel in The Little Mermaid sees Prince Eric, she sacrifices her voice to the evil queen, Ursula in exchange for a pair of legs. This allows her to live on land, Prince Erics world, and make him fall in love with her. It is quite suspicious that Eric was able to fall in love with Ariel, despite her lack of ability to communicate with him. This may suggest that men will fall in love with women with no voice, not literally. Men want a woman who does not voice their opinion, or fight against them, but instead silence themselves in a masculinist society (Umble & Smith 407).

However, there are positive messages for young girls in The Little Mermaid. Ariels father, Triton, is famously known to be overprotective of Ariel and sets rules that prevent her from being her true self. But, Ariel disobeys these rules in order to find her own identity. Ariel, unlike her sisters, is curious and adventure seeking. She wants a life of her own, and is determined to achieve it.

Overall, Ariel remained relatively submissive to the patriarchy throughout the whole movie. Ariel chooses to actively turn her life around once she sees Prince Eric, and sacrifices her voice and mutilates her body. At the end of the movie, Ariel seeks permission from her dad to live her life with Prince Eric. The control over Ariels life passes over from Triton to Prince Eric, because she goes off to live in his world.

Next, Disney creates heteronormativity of appearance standards for both male and female characters. This sets the idea for young children of how they should look when they are older. Female characters often have cleavage, bare stomachs, and bare legs, and male characters are often depicted without their shirts. (Martin & Kazyak 329). This oversexualizes these characters, although most Disney princesses are often still young teenagers. The sexualization of women of color is also very popular. They set women of color such as Jasmine from Aladdin, with an hourglass figure and a sensual personality.

https://medium.com/@nerdypoc/the-flower-and-the-jewel-disneys-sexualisation-of-brown-women-3266233bfbf2 (Links to an external site.)

Creating such oversexualized characters creates the notion of what is desired in society, whether it is desired in ones self or in another person. Those that do not fit the standards that these characters set may not be seen as attractive or desired. This can lead to many self esteem issues.

The heteronormativity of the patriarchy and oversexualized characters is socialized within Disney movies. Disneys popularity and power is able to construct the notions of what femininity is. This is dangerous because children are taught that these standards are normal, and grow up thinking it is okay. Although these movies are fiction, children apply it to their own life. For example, a study shows that when young girls were talking about their future, they aspired to have a similar fairytale-like life: the girls viewed Cinderellas experience as one that might someday happen to them (Baker-Sperry 722). This shows how Disneys impact on childrens lives and aspirations.

Gender roles have evolved throughout time, and it can be seen throughout Disney princess movies. In Snow White (1938), the first Disney princess, Snow White reflects the standards of a woman during that time period. She cleans, cooks, and takes care of the seven dwarves- essentially a housewife, and is of course saved by a prince. New princesses from the past decade reign on their own, are outspoken, adventurous, and self dependent. In Moana (2016), one of the newest princesses, Moana does not have a love interest. She saves the entire island on her own, and reigns as queen- without a king. Disney is also making an effort to empower young girls of color after criticism of being a mostly eurocentric princess franchise. The new, live action The Little Mermaid, movie will be played by an African-American actress. This is a breakthrough for black women, because they have been severely underrepresented in the Disney franchise.

July 5th, 2020 APA (edition "APA 6"), Health Care and Life Sciences Comments Off on Implementing Policy in the Health Care Delivery System

Implementing Policy in the Health Care Delivery System

In this LearnScape, the student is the Director of Quality Improvement for Bright Road Health Care System. The students team is in the process of establishing policies and procedures to ensure health law compliance. The student must work with team members to create policies and procedures that address the requirements, determine who the changes impact the most, and work with those people to develop a comprehensive communication strategy.

When new healthcare laws are passes this results in the new regulations. It is the responsibility of healthcare leaders to ensure that their in-house policies are in alignment with the regulations. Sometimes this only requires minor revisions to existing policies and slight adjustments to internal procedures. Other times, the regulations require a major overhaul or the creation of entirely new policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the laws. This scenario accurately demonstrates the processes that take place with new regulations are imposed on healthcare entities. A common problem within industry, including healthcare is the phenomenon referred to as asymmetric information or knowledge. This is a situation in which one party to a transaction has better information about it than another. The intent of implementing policies and procedures at the organizational level is to ensure that impacted stakeholders are keenly aware of the performance expectations associated with the new regulations at the institutional level. As you can see, the development and implementation of local policies and procedures will serve to minimize asymmetric knowledge and subsequently diminish opportunistic behaviors by those who are better informed. You probably have noticed that the government is frequently offering financial incentives to providers and provider organizations to implement institutional level policies and procedures that align with regulatory initiatives and requirements. For example, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, made available financial incentives to those providers who voluntarily agreed to purchase a certified electronic health record system, and then the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), following the passage of the Hitech Act of 2009, made available a reimbursement incentive for those providers who agreed to participate in meaningful use incentive program. There are also instances whereby organizations provide incentives to personnel in order to promote new programs or overcome concerns regarding the implementation of new policies and procedures.

Directions
Initial Posting

Students are to complete the LearnScape for Health Policy: Episode 3: Implementing Policy in the Health Care Delivery System (Scenario). Based on the information provided in the scenario and an outside review of the relevant literature, the student, functioning as the Director of Quality Improvement, for Bright Road Health Care System, will prepare a written recommendation that includes policy points that will serve as the basis for a new system policy that will address the provisions within the new healthcare law. The recommendation needs to be well-supported, logically presented, and thoroughly vetted.
This analysis should be prepared as a Microsoft Word document, and then attached to the unit discussion thread. There is no minimum or maximum in terms of the word count; however, the response should explicitly address all required components of this discussion assignment. The document should be prepared consistent with the APA writing style (6th edition) and reflect higher level cognitive processing (analysis, synthesis, and or evaluation). 
Use the Discussion Template to write out the paper and also use 3 references

July 5th, 2020 English and Literature, MLA Comments Off on Sony Blue Essay

Sony Blue Essay

Write a five-paragraph Analysis Essay on “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin. Remember that to analyze is to make a thoughtful and detailed study of something. An analysis is the end result of analyzing–in this case, the short story. Your job is to examine or analyze the topic (prompt) and then provide your own perspective on it. For this essay, you will include an introductory paragraph with thesis, three body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph.

Purpose: Music is a powerful language which speaks to us, moves us, and helps us to heal. For this essay, please respond to this prompt: What role does music play in the relationship between Sonny and his older brother, the narrator? The answer to this question will provide the basis for your thesis statement. The most important part of this assignment will be your ability to use specific details from the story to “prove” your thesis to the reader.

Audience:  Please write this essay as if your audience has not read the short story. Do not retell the story, but provide enough background information and detail as needed to help the audience understand the point you are trying to make through your thesis.

Some Tips:

Use the third-person point of view to write this essay. In other words, use the avoid the first person (“I” and “me”) and the second-person (“you” and “your).
Use the “Literary Present Tense” to write your essay. Literary works, such as Baldwin’s short story, are assumed to exist in an eternal present. Therefore, when you write about such works, you use the present tense (“I live”) not the past tense (“I lived”).
Use proper quotation marks to define quotes from the story.

July 5th, 2020 APA, English and Literature Comments Off on Chemical and fire safety

Chemical and fire safety

1-chemical hazards and fire safety chapters summary, two short paragraphs, you may write them from the book and find any story of any accident from life or from internet without changing any part of it. Copy paste the accident as a true story of a real accident story.
2-    A simple (example) scenario is shown with a photo  you need to summarize main chemical safety points plus fire safety point, two paragraphs only and write an accident story like in the example given but make it longer using the net, no need to photos unless you got one.

July 5th, 2020 English and Literature, MLA Comments Off on alice walker

alice walker

Pro Richie my instructor needs this information from the research paper you wrote for me.
can you please help me. every day use. alice walker
Chanta,

Before I can determine if your idea follows the directions, I need additional information. Rather than one sentence/phrase responses, I need for you to elaborate. Just like your essays, your ideas are not clear. Please explain your ideas more by sending me a message in the message area. Also, it is not clear where your sources came from. Did you find them through a database or somewhere else? You need to provide more information for them. You can do that in the same message area.

You have until 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, April 26, to make changes, but I discourage you from waiting that long just in case you need to change your topic altogether after addressing my topic or make additional revisions.

July 5th, 2020 Business and Management, MLA Comments Off on Any topic (writer’s choice)

Any topic (writer’s choice)

The research topic is “Super(Big-Box) store has a NET POSITIVE impact on the STAKEHOLDERS”.
1) Be sure to focus on the keyword “Net positive impact” and “stakeholders”;
2) Be clear on who are the stakeholders: owners, customers, environment, etc, and how the big-box stores positively impact them.
3) Do the research and use examples as much as possible, such as Walmart superstore, and Costco, use CASE STUDY would be helpful.
4) Don’t use many fancy words, be simple;
5) use clear structure:introduction-body paragraph-conclusion; in the body paragraph also use clear structure: topic sentences-quote(example)-analysis
6) at some point in the paper, mention the corporate social responsibility, for example, how do big-box stores take their corporate social responsibility?

July 5th, 2020 APA (edition "APA 6"), English and Literature Comments Off on Formal analytical report

Formal analytical report

Complete the formal analytical report that you described in Project 1 Proposal. The report must do the following:

define a problem,
analyze the criteria for a satisfactory solution,
propose one or more alternative solutions, and
argue for the solution that satisfies the criteria best.
The problem may involve an institutional, technical, or public policy issue that you are working on or have worked on in your other courses; or it may be something related to an organization to which you belong; or it may be related to a job that you’ve held or now hold; or it may be a new area that you are interested in.

The solution to the problem may involve coming up with an original design, choosing between available alternatives, or providing needed information.

Details

The Rhetorical Situation

For the purposes of this report, you should find a real situation in which you are writing the report to a primary reader who has the authority to reject or use your work. So the primary goal of your report is to convince this reader to adopt your recommended solution(s). The report may also have secondary audiences as well; for example, it may serve as a plan for the technical staff who will implement the solution and as an historical record of the decision-making process for future readers.

The problem situation should be real. A real situation is one that you have actually encountered: it might involve a current or former employer, a specific office or department within the University, or a service group to which you belong.

Audience and Style

Your report should be written directly to a person within your real situation who has the authority to decide whether to accept your recommendations. Your tone should be appropriate to the situation–in most cases it will be fairly formal.

Body of Report

All reports should introduce a problem, analyze criteria for a solution, evaluate several solutions against the criteria, and recommend the best solution(s).

July 5th, 2020 APA (edition "APA 6"), Health Care and Life Sciences Comments Off on nursing

nursing

** Make sure you give yourself enough time to complete this case study as it will take at about 2 hours****

Case studies are designed to help you work through caring for a patient and putting the pieces of the puzzle together to help increase your understanding of a particular condition. Remember, it’s not just enough to know that you have to do something, but you also need to understand why you are doing it.

Expectations for Pharmacology Case Study

Complete the case study in detail
You will need to look up information to help you formulate your answers.
Include a reference list for the material that you used to support your answers (you may upload this as a separate page) Please use APA format.
You need to use correct medical terminology and spelling.
Answers must be in your own words—You can not copy and paste someone else’s work as this is plagiarism, which includes only changing a few words. If the assignment is plagiarized, you will receive a zero for the assignment.
The Pharmacology Case Study will be attached below. You will need to download the case study and complete it. Once you have completed it, you will need to upload a copy to the assignment dropbox. 

Just an FYI…. labs listed in the case study are always relevant Diagnostic Data (that’s a hint for you when you get into the case study). Another tip…. I am looking for more than one-word answers. I want you to explain your answers and thoughts.

July 5th, 2020 APA (edition "APA 6"), Law Comments Off on Anthropology 3241 -Myth,ritual And Mysticism

Anthropology 3241 -Myth,ritual And Mysticism

This essay should be about four to six pages long (without including title page and list of cited references).  This essay prompt asks that you engage in a reflection about the course’s contents (no library research is needed; engaging only with the textbook’s contents and other course materials is required).  You must:

a] Read the New York Times article, In Narrow Decision, Supreme Court Sides With Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple (see the folder Recent Press Articles of Interest at the Student Resources link). Briefly summarize the case.

b] Read the New York Times article, British Jury Delivers First Conviction for Female Genital Cutting (see the folder Recent Press Articles of Interest at the Student Resources link). Briefly summarize the case.

c] Use as many specific concepts and contents (no vague reference accepted) from this course to develop a sophisticated discussion of the significance of these two cases when considered together.  Indeed, they contrast meaningfully: the first case is decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of a religious perspective and at the detriment, perhaps, of “individual sexual rights,” while the second could be seen as promoting individual rights by limiting the reach of religious and cultural traditions–some of which are criminalized by law (female genital cutting).  In this section of your essay, you should engage in a discussion of all aspects of the contrast made by the two cases (two NYT articles) you find most relevant in the development of your sophisticated argument.  That argument should make as many references to the course’s contents as possible and relevant.  This section of your essay may not focus on one of the articles only.  It must focus instead on the significance of the contrast between both cases, vis–vis human rights and religious rights.

Your accurate utilization of course contents in the development of a well-constructed argument will be the major criteria used to evaluate your essay.

You must use the Author-Date Chicago Manual of Style (see the Student Resources link) to cite your written sources (including the textbook) and list your references cited at the end of your essay.

YOU MAY NOT QUOTE.  YOU SHOULD PARAPHRASE INSTEAD.  THE PROFESSOR WANTS TO HEAR YOUR OWN VOICE.

The three specific questions asked (a, b, and c) must be answered separately in that order, following the mention a, b or c).

Your essay must have a brief introduction, your answer to a), your answer to b), and your answer to c).  It ends with the list of cited references.

You must submit your essay as a Word file.

This assignment is graded according to your ability to identify and articulate an argument about the central focus of the essay (the significance of the contrast between the two cases referred to in the two NYT articles, marshal evidence from the course’s materials to support the sophisticated argument you develop, as well as to show your ability to follow directions, present accurate information and cite examples from the texts that you paraphrase. Finally, this assignment will be graded on your demonstrated ability to adequately understand  anthropological explanations and adhere to the rules of English grammar.  For this assignment, I look for whether you have developed a sound argument and whether you have constructed logical paragraphs that explain how the examples you have chosen support your statement about the question’s focus/target.