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What are the most distinctive landmarks of African culture?

What are the most distinctive landmarks of African culture? DIRECTIONS Write a response of two or three well-developed paragraphs. Aim for a posting of 150 to 250 words when answering the following question. What are the most distinctive landmarks of African culture? How do these reflect the preservation of cultural values? Answer preview: word limit:250

The Diamond-Water Paradox

The Diamond-Water Paradox Subject: Re: Critical Thinking 1: The diamond-water paradox In “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations” published in 1776, Adam Smith wrote: “Nothing is more useful than water: but it will purchase scarcely anything… A diamond, on the contrary . Answer preview: word limit:830

Marie Curie and Liese Meitner discussion.

Marie Curie and Liese Meitner discussion. Both Marie Curie and Liese Meitner were important women to radioactivity research. Given that, what do you think were their common challenges they had during their careers in science? Why did Marie achieve international recognition and Liese Meitner did not receive as much? Read the suggested article listed below … Read more

Reflection in the Early Family Lives Cultivation of Integration and Differentiation

Reflection in the Early Family Lives Cultivation of Integration and Differentiation please read the article “The Early Family Lives of Highly Creative Persons: The Influence of the Complex Family” by Gute, Gute, Nakamura, and Csikszentmihalyi (2008). Drawing from a subset of the participants who provided the sample for the study reported in Csikszentmihalyi’s book Creativity: Flow … Read more

Homo Specific Adaptations

Homo Specific Adaptations Homo: The Humans During the Pliocene-Pleistocene transition the Homo genus appeared in the fossil record. The Homo genus is a a continuation of the Gracile Australopithecines. Like those that came before, Homo is an obligate biped, but unlike its precursors Homo displays a unique set of physical adaptations along with behaviors that … Read more

Discuss Mid to Late Pleistocene Homo

Discuss Mid to Late Pleistocene Homo For this week’s discussion board I would like you to research your choice of the following Human species (remember that in this context, human is a reference to the genus Homo): Homo naledi, Homo floresiensis, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo luzonensis and Homo denisova. You will have to provide the following … Read more

Writing a Paragraph: A Barrier in My Education

Writing a Paragraph: A Barrier in My Education OVERVIEW: Write a 300 – word narrative paragraph about a specific barrier or border that had an important influence on your education. The experience you choose should be one that you struggled to overcome or taught you a lesson. It could be an external barrier such as an experience … Read more

Analyzing an art: Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II

Analyzing an art: Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II In 1972 the artist Wadsworth Jarrell created an artwork called Revolutionary due to some race riots in Chicago in 1964. This work is a screen print on paper, and its dimensions are 34×26.5”. The picture is currently located at the Brooklyn Museum in New York. Attached is a … Read more

Reflection: The white Privileges’

Reflection: The white Privileges’ What is White Privilege? Peggy McIntosh first identified the concept of White Privilege in the 1970s. She noted, “As a white person, I realized I had been taught about racism as something that puts others at a disadvantage, but had been taught not to see white privilege, which puts me at … Read more