Many of the characters we see in the film selection have a "sacred vocation" during the festival. how does religious ritual provide a sense of purpose for participants? do you think power and hierarchy might be involved? how might that manifest itself? the boats built for the procession are purely symbolic, they are never meant to enter the water. can you think of other religious symbols that are purely symbolic? what sort of meaning do they convey? how do they convey it? certain elements of the celebration have clear connections to the past, such as the procession of boats. how does ritual preserve continuity with the past? can you think of other religious rituals that maintain historical connections?

Aresearcher conducting behavioral research collects individually identifiable sensitive information about illicit drug use and other illegal behaviors by surveying college students. the data are stored on a laptop computer without encryption, and the laptop computer is stolen from the researcher’s car on the way home from work. this is an unanticipated problem that must be reported because the incident was (a) unexpected (i.e., the researchers did not anticipate the theft); (b) related to participation in the research; and (c) placed the subjects at a greater risk of psychological and social harm from the breach in confidentiality of the study data than was previously known or recognized. according to ohrp, this unanticipated problem must be reported to the irb in which timeframe? promptlywithin 48 hourswithin 24 hourswithin two weeks