We’ve examined the tradition of gothic literature which is primarily responsible for widespread popularity of the vampire in American culture. Our image of the vampire can be traced back to these stories, and in particular to Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula, which has been adapted into film and television dozens of times. 

But as we saw in Carmilla, vampire stories in this tradition have often centered around the victimization of young women in ways that some scholars have worried reflect rape culture, and Dracula may be a particularly potent example of this. So let’s take a closer look at how that famous nineteenth-century vampire story has influenced our cultural conception of the vampire, adding another layer to our discussion of the cultural significance of vampire stories.

Complete the following 4 parts:

1

???? Watch Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992).

You can find the complete film available on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/M1eEE3-kgVY

BUT for the purposes of this assignment, you don’t need to watch the entire film if you don’t want to. The following scenes provide an effective example of how vampire narratives tend to bleed together sex and violence:

https://youtu.be/M1eEE3-kgVY?start=2401 (watch through 43:39)

AND

https://youtu.be/M1eEE3-kgVY?start=3447 (watch through 1:01:00)

(The video is age-restricted, so it can’t be embedded here, and needs to be watched on YouTube.)

2

????Write a brief paragraph (75 word minimum) noting your observations about the depiction of vampires in the scenes above (and the rest of the film, if you choose to watch it), and how it compares to other examples of vampires we’ve studied in our course. Be sure to include specific details from the film.

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Post your response to the forum below.

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????Watch the talk by Prof. Trevor Holmes on rape culture and vampire stories:

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKhAESVEnn4&feature=emb_title&ab_channel=UniversityofWaterlooFacultyofArts

Post a reply (75-word minimum) to your original response discussing something specific you learned from the talk, and whether/how it supports the observations in your initial response to the film, or whether it adds something new and/or causes you to reevaluate your initial reaction to the film. Conversely, you might argue that your viewing of the film leads you to different conclusions than Prof. Holmes.

Gothic fiction popularized the vampire, but it in turn took up and developed figures from multiple folkloric and mythological traditions from Europe and the US.

???? Read the background info on vampire lore (attached below).

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Consider the following to help you read carefully and critically:

• When you think of “vampire”, what characteristics do you associate with this figure? What do the versions from the reading have in common with this popular image? What differences do you notice?
• Who/what are the following figures? How/why did each become associated with vampirism? Why do you think the vampire figure is envisioned a little differently each time? How does the significance of the vampire figure change from story to story?
  • Lilith in Jewish mythology
  • Lamia in Greek mythology
  • Nosferatu in Transylvanian folklore
  • Mara in Eastern European folklore
• Which versions of the vampire legend were you familiar with before? Which new ones did you discover in the reading? How do these depictions of vampires compare to the others we have learned about so far or others you are familiar with?

???? Write a paragraph (100-300 words) in which you trace a characteristic motif of vampire stories from the folktales to the later works they inspired. Identify a trope or motif of the vampire you notice in one or more of the folklore figures discussed in the reading. Then explain if and how that same trope or motif appears in at least one other vampire story.

 Be sure to engage with specific details from the reading. You’re free to include details from Carmilla or any other vampire stories you’re familiar with, to help support your analysis

Be sure to follow the following steps before starting the assignment:

A. Project needs to be completed on Excel or Word doc.

B. Read and use both PDF files that are attached in below “Financial Formulas” and “MAR 4231 Retail Jargon” for support to answer the 3 questions that I have pasted below.

Question # 1:

A retailer has yearly sales of $650,000.  Inventory on January 1 is $250,000 (at cost).  During the year, $500,000 of merchandise (at cost) is purchased.  The ending inventory is $275,000 (at cost).  Operating costs are $90,000.

• a. Calculate the cost of goods sold
• b. Calculate the net profit
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Question # 2:

A retailer has a beginning monthly inventory valued at $60,000 at retail and $35,000 at cost.  Net purchases during the month are $150,000 at retail and $70,000 at cost.  Transportation charges are $17,000.  Sales are $150,000.  Markdowns and discounts equal $20,000.  A physical inventory at the end of the month shows merchandise valued at $10,000 (at retail) on hand.  Compute the following:

• a. Total merchandise available for sale – at cost and at retail
• b. Cost complement
• c. Ending retail book value of inventory
• d. Stock shortages
• e. Adjusted ending retail book value
• f. Gross profit

Question # 3:

A car dealer purchased multiple –disc CD players for $1185 each and desires a 40% markup (at retail).  What retail price should be charged?

ITS-699

Need 2/3 pages write-up for the following points to elaborate below topic:

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Cloud Computing (with IoT) and It’s Benefits to The Corporate World

Paradigm and Conduct of the Researcher

Research Design

Participants and Sampling

Instruments

Research Procedures

Based on the readings and videos this week, reflect on the reasons the young workers were injured or killed. Discuss the following:

• What role does the employer play in keeping workers safe and what role does the worker play in keeping himself or herself safe at work?
• If you have had or currently have a job, have you every thought about the potential hazards of your job? Do you recognize any potential hazards?
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• Have you ever had any health and safety training?
• What strategies could you use to keep yourself safe at work?
• Did you get any education about health and safety hazards you might encounter at work or about what rights to a safety and healthy workplace you have in school or from any employer?
• Talking Safety – after reviewing the core competencies
• Links to an external site.
• and the program overview
• Download program overview
• Do you think your 8th to 12th grade self would have benefited from this information?

Read/SOURCES

1. Young Workers: You Have Rights – OSHA
2. Links to an external site.
3. . Review the material on the website, including reading the tabs about your rights, employer responsibilities and the hazards young workers face at common jobs.
4. Young Worker Safety and Health – NIOSH
5. Links to an external site.
6. . Review the material on the website and specifically read:
   • Foundational workplace safety and health competencies for the emerging workforce
   • Links to an external site.
   • CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report – Nonfatal Occupational Injuries to Younger Workers — United States, 2012–2018
   • Links to an external site.
7. Teen Injuries at Work
8. Links to an external site.
9. . Once on the page, read and review the content under the tabs: Stats and Stories, Hazards, What to do if you get hurt on the job.
10. Skilled. Ready Workforce Program – NIOSH
11. Links to an external site.
12. – read program description, vision and mission, and foundational OSH Competencies. The NIOSH Competencies may be delivered to young workers and other high-risk groups through a free, fun, and interactive curriculum, Youth@Work—Talking Safety
13. Links to an external site.