Please address the following in complete sentences in a least 200 words and cite any sources used. 1.What food practices do you and/or your family follow for the Thanksgiving holiday? As a time of togetherness, have you experienced any food assimilation from friends from other cultures for this particular holiday? It is common practice, especially here in the U.S., for American families that also follow other cultural guidelines in addition to American traditions to incorporate those customs into "traditional" Thanksgiving dinner. I.e. Italian-Americans might serve pasta as a side dish along with mashed potatoes, stuffing, etc. Do you or anyone you know follow this custom, and how do you make this inclusion?”Please respond to the following in at least 200 words and cite any sources used. 2.My family does not follow certain traditional food courses during the holidays. My grandmother was German but assimilated quickly in the states to escape prejudice. Any traditions we had growing up were American like turkey and stuffing. Since I’ve gotten older my mother and I don’t typically eat the traditional turkey. We may have duck or quail. There was one Thanksgiving were we had just German food to celebrate ancestral heritage. The typical German food presented was: Kuchen (german dessert) and goose. Also, this past Thanksgiving we ate at a French ristorante. They offered traditional turkey but, I had lamb chops. The restaurant was even cleaver to change their traditional soufflé to pumpkin soufflé. My boyfriend Grant is Japanese but he was born in California. Grant and his brother grew up in a non-traditional family. Their mother grew up eating Japanese food. However, they did not eat Japanese foods like umeboshi (fermented plums). Now, as adults they like certain things like sushi or dumplings. During the holidays their family typically eats the traditional American cuisine. The only Japanese food they incorporate during Thanksgiving is inari sushi. They are rice stuffed tofu pockets and dipped in soy sauce.Please respond to the following in at least 200 words and cite any sources used.3.We have the traditional American meal that is turkey, stuffing, corn, peas, potatoes, and rolls. Our friend of many years had a Polish grandmother so we have included a cheese apple (which is 5 types of cheeses that are softened and spices are added- then chilled and used as a spread) and added deviled ham into our "deviled eggs". A girlfriend of my son was from Japan, so we added avocado to our deviled eggs at her request. Another friend of my son from Japan asked to have Kentucky Fried Chicken during the Thanksgiving meal- not that he didn't like turkey, but it was a tradition to eat KFC during the holiday back home. Apparently, it is a big deal, as I have since had several cultural diversity classes tell me the same thing. I have refused the octopus at Christmas from an Italian friend, but did humor him with some alfredo on pasta at the meal. We never eat the turkey legs, since I have found that many cultures disapprove of eating meat from the bone. This goes with the Italian Thanksgiving too as cooking a whole bird is hard for them, so usually only a breast is cooked. One thing is common of all cultures, when it comes to a holiday- there is a ton of food served.http://www.italianfoodforever.com/2013/10/celebrat...http://www.foodrepublic.com/2013/09/19/today-is-ko...

Data visualization methods offer a different landscape for explaining situations using data. Graphical representations of information, if created properly, can make vital information more intuitive, contextualized, and accessible. Visualization plays an essential part in analyzing big data and simplifying complex data-intensive scenarios. In this discussion, using the Viz of the Day webpage, select a business-focused visualization to debate in your post (you may have to toggle to more than one page to see business-specific visualizations). Consider the audience and purpose of the visualization you selected, and think about the strategy used to present the information and analysis visually. In your initial post, make sure to include the link to the visualization you selected, and address the following: Why have you selected this one? How does the author of the visualization address the audience? How is the purpose of the visualization conveyed? How does the visualization use color, ordering, layout, and hierarchy to prioritize information? In response to at least two of your peers, address the following: Can you describe ways in which data visualizations make information more accessible to their audience? What would you recommend to make key insights in visualizations more digestible to your audience? What would you avoid? Here is the #VID link just incase you can't open https://public.tableau.com/en-us/gallery/?tab=viz-...  One Peer Post: Hello All, The visualization I chose was titled, "What do Americans think about Abortion?" I selected this one because it has been the topic of the week, for several weeks in one of my online social groups and because I fully support a woman's right to choose what's right for her body. The visualization is broken down into four colors that represent the different opinions on what people think should be the case for an abortion. Red represents "Illegal in all circumstances," light blue representing "Legal in some cases," dark blue repping "Legal under any circumstances," and white, indicating "No opinion." The author uses both a bar and line graph to break down the percentages of each group's opinion. It is a simple layout that is easy to read and understand. The line graph with each opinion is next to each other, allowing the reader to compare the data simply without and real effort. Komissarova, A. (2021, September 10). Gallery: Tableau public. Gallery | Tableau Public. Retrieved September 17, 2021, from https://public.tableau.com/en-us/gallery/what-do-americans-think-about-abortion?tab=viz-of-the-day&type=viz-of-the-day.  2nd Peer Post: 3-2 Discussion: The Importance of Data Visualizations Contains unread posts Trevor Toews posted Sep 15, 2021 7:35 PM Subscribe Why have you selected this one? I chose the visualization “how common is your birthday”. I chose this for two reasons 1) I thought it was one of the best to look at and easiest to read and understand 2) It is a data set that everyone can relate to How does the author of the visualization address the audience? The author addresses the audience with a large text of the subject of the data “Birthday(s)” and then gives a small description of what the visualization is describing. Underneath that, there is a simple, yet detailed explanation of how to read the data and the anomalies. How is the purpose of the visualization conveyed? The purpose of the visualization is to plot birthdays by month and more specifically by day and show how common that day is compared to the other days of the year. How does the visualization use color, ordering, layout, and hierarchy to prioritize information? The visualization is organized by horizontal lines showing the different months vertically. Each day is then shown as a dot with the corresponding position of the day in the month vertically in the row. They then place the dot either further left (uncommon) or right (common) in the row to show the commonality. Past that, they highlight the top and bottom ten birthdays with a different color. The visualization is easy to read and labelled very well so that it is quick to understand. https://public.tableau.com/en-us/gallery/how-common-your-birthday-0?tab=viz-of-the-day&type=viz-of-the-day