HUM 112 Week 1 Discussion 

“Baroque Style” Please respond to the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response: 

•Listen to one (1) composition that demonstrates the qualities of the Baroque musical style. It may be from the Explore Websites below or from this week’s Music Folder below. Identify your choice, and describe it by. Explain what you like or admire about the work. Compare it to a modern soundtrack or song that evokes a similar mood. 

Week 1 Explore:

Monteverdi and Vivaldi

•Monteverdi’s Orfeohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ll_u870PG8 (lyrics with translation: http://introtomusicdeanza.wordpress.com/class-resources/examples-baroque/)

•Vivaldi’s “Spring” from Vivaldi: A Man for All Seasons at http://www.npr.org/2011/07/18/104868631/vivaldi-a-man-for-all-seasons and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFHPRi0ZeXE (background and lyric translation at http://www.baroquemusic.org/vivaldiseasons.html)

 

Music Folder

•HUM112 Music Clips for Week 1:

This weekthere are several musical compositions mentioned.  These (or decent equivalents) can be found on YouTube.   Watch and give them a listen.   Here below is some background and description of each–and the link to the YouTube (and sometimes other helps).

1.    Gabrieli:  Ricercar a 4 del duodecimo tuono   (p. 694)selection from this at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cihvujvb_pQ

The Italian word “Ricercar” means to search out or pursue.  But, it was used as a label for an instrumental musical composition of the late 1500s and early 1600s that explored a certain tone or motif.  In this case, it was Gabrieli’s musical exploration of the 12th mode or tone, which was the key or tonic note “C” in his system. 

 

2.     Monteverdi:  “Tu se’ morta” from Orfeo.  selection of this at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ll_u870PG8(lyrics with translation: http://faculty.deanza.edu/mitchell/music1/stories/storyReader$40)

The song title means “You are dead”.  This selection is a recitativo from the opera called Orfeo, written in 1607.   The main character, Orpheus or Orfeo, has just learned of the death of his beloved Eurydice.  The story comes out of ancient Greek myth and drama.  For the whole opera from a great production in Barcelona, Spain, see   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mD16EVxNOM .       

3.   Vivaldi:  Spring, I from The Four Seasons  selection of this at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFHPRi0ZeXE(background and lyric translation at http://www.baroquemusic.org/vivaldiseasons.html)

 

This selection is from the first concerto in a set offour concertos related to the theme of the four seasons. Vivaldi composed this in 1723.He also wrote a brief poetic sonnet at the start of this first concerto.

4.   Bach: Contata BWV 78 – Jesu, der meineSeelehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIWJOKmsgLs

5.   Bach: Brandenburg Concerto 2, 3rd movementhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1BEDBsSDJw

6.   Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Part IIFugue in D minorhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbvTPW1_Yxw; Clavier originally simply meant any instrument with claves or keys.  In the early 1700s, this could include the harpischord, the clavichord, or the instrument that would eventually evolve into the modern piano. J. S. Bach (1685-1750) lived in a period when he made much use of the clavichord and eventually early forms of the piano.  The piano was invented by Cristofori in the early 1700s; it was developed as a major advance on the clavichord. Pieces like the “Well-Tempered Clavier” were probably played mostly on the clavichord by Bach, though he clearly intended it as music for a variety of instruments. Bach’s work here is baroque music at its best. 

7.   Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minorhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FXoyr_FyFw

 

 

I need this assignment done & done CORRECTLY as the assignment states in it’s directions.  If you can complete this assignment, do it correctly AND FOR THE PRICE I POSTED IT FOR, then let me know ASAP.  I need this done from the info that is posted in this assignment.

 

Post your code as an OOP example. Please pay attention here because structured programming and OOP are very different. This week we are learning about Object Oriented Programming, post pseudocode or code examples showing attributes, methods and classes. Some students will have a Java class in the future so please start writing Java examples 🙂

 

The info that you need to complete this assignment is below:

 

Table table = Database.open(new File(“MyDB.db”)).getTable(“MyTable”); // this line opens the database file and gets the table from it named “MyTable”

// Now for each row of the table, iterate thru all the rows and show the content.

for(Row row : table) 

{

System.out.println(“Column ‘a’ has value: ” + row.get(“a”));

}

 File myFile = new File( “MyFile.txt” ); // create a file object that points to the location of the file.

    if (myFile.exists() && myFile.length() != 0)  // check to see if file exists or not

        

        {

            BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader( myFile )); // create a reader object that will help in reading the data from file.

            String lastName, firstName, phoneNumber;

            // read the data line by line

   firstName = in.readLine(); 

            lastName = in.readLine();

            phoneNumber = in.readLine();

        }

How should the concept of diffusion of innovations theory be applied to effectively carry out health communication?

PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY YOU AGREE WITH MY CLASSMATE RESPONSE TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS? (A MININUM OF 150 WORDS)

                                                               CLASSMATE’S POST

Diffusion theory was originated by Everett Rogers. Rogers defined diffusion as the process by which an innovation is communicated through certain channels over time among members of a social system. Four key elements arise from this definition: innovation, communication channels, time, and the social system. Innovation is an idea, practice, or object that is perceived as new by an individual or other unit of adoption. Communication channels can be diffused through a social system via two distinct communication channels. The first channel is media. Media is a formal channel, and television, radio, Internet, and print media all serve as effective agents to convey information to people regarding a given innovation. The second channel is an interpersonal channel, which is generally a more informal channel. People’s reaction can serve as a viable mechanism for transmitting information about innovations that may lead to their ultimate adoption.  As diffusion is a process, it takes time. Innovations diffuse through populations at variable rates as a consequence of several factors. This process was described as comprising five discrete stages: knowledge, persuasion, decision, implementation, and confirmation. The fourth and final element of diffusion theory is the social system. Every social system is characterized by norms that define the social structure within the community and established patterns of communication. The social system sets the boundaries for diffusion and the communication structures spread information about the innovation. 

 

1. First, go to the “What Color is Your Parachute?” website and read “The Seven Rules to Keep in Mind about Taking Career Tests” toward the bottom of the web page. Keep these in mind when doing the assessments for this section and others we’ll do as part of the class.
2. To get a Holland-like Code, use the O*NET Interest Profiler (preferred site) or go to “RCC Holland Code” and take the online test. Record your three letter interest codes.
3. These sites use the Holland Code profile to help you explore related education and career options. Once you have your code, you can explore occupations at O*NET or try going to Career Zone and selecting “Assess Yourself.” Enter your letter code in steps on the hexagon. If you click on one of the occupations listed, information about that career is shown. If you use the University of Indiana site, you will be able to link to college majors that are often preferred by individuals with similar interests. (Also, the Self-Directed Search site has a section you can access without paying anything, but to use the whole site, you need to pay $9.95, which we do not expect you to do.)

Required for Participation Points

Each of you needs to submit a post to this Threaded Discussion in the Discussion Board on the following (Please include your code in the title of your post.):

• Summarize your own Holland Code Profile. Which set of letters seems to best describe your interest areas? What does this mean to you? How well do you feel these summary codes describe you?
• How does your Holland Code link with your academic major and possible career direction? Remember that within each major and career, typically there are a range of interests represented.
• Help others interpret their codes. What do you share in terms of similarities and differences with other students based on their interest areas? I am really looking forward to seeing what you all come up with

Understanding the characteristics of person, place, and time is crucial for the practice of descriptive epidemiology. For each of these categories, describe the key characteristics and explain why these characteristics are important for assessing variations in health and disease.

PLEASE EXPLAIN WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH MY CLASSMATE RESPONSE TO THE ABOVE QUESTION AND WHY? (A MININUM OF 125 WORDS) 

                                                             CLASSMATE’S POST

Person- Descriptive characteristics relating to age, sex/gender, marital status, race/ethnicity and religion are aspects that researchers consider when practicing descriptive epidemiology. These aspects may impact exposures to a disease through a person’s lifestyle, behavior, genetic predisposition or even access to healthcare. For instance, when it concerns age- it may impact a latency period of exposure to a disease or environmental factor then the subsequent illness’ symptoms coming forward. Age and sex/gender are usually one of the most major attributes for illness patterns.

Place- Place is considered for descriptive epidemiology due to the conditions of climate, dietary habits/food availability, cultural/religion factors as well as access to health care. Without a doubt, looking at the mapping of diseases, variations are seen across the globe. 

Time- For time trends- researchers look to see cyclic fluctuations, point epidemics, secular time trends and clustering. I did a report for my website once on the trends of fatal measles outbreaks. These “fatal” outbreaks in history could be traced to certain times/conditions when the disease would cause fatalities rather than be milder in nature. So, fluctuations in the cycle of diseases show increases and decreases depending on whether the person’s lifestyle changes, climate changes, and when certain diseases have a higher virulence of an outbreak. Clustering is when a there is an unusual grouping of “health events” or a disease outbreak within a population. If you were to point it on a map- you could see a cluster of an outbreak.