...1. Define the terms gene, homologous chromosome and allele. How are they related to each other? (10 pts) 2. What are the evolutionary advancements associated with land plants? (5 pts) 3. In the taxonomic hierarchy there are many ranks. What are the two terms called that make up species name? Who came up with this idea of a binomial name? Give an example. (10 pts) 4. What is taxonomy? What is the three-fold purpose of taxonomy? Briefly explain your answer. (10 pts) 5. What are the main groups of land plants outlined by your text and this commentary? Which of the algal groups is believed to be the progenitor of these groups? (10 pts) 6. What are some of the major groups of algal? Describe one of the groups’ ecological and economic significance. (25 pts) 7. To liven things up a bit, complete the following “Language of Flowers” exercise. Using flowers to send messages was a popular Victorian practice. Use the table in your text along with the table below (taken from www.languageofflowers.com and the Kate Greenway book) to construct a bouquet to send a message to someone you know, knew or would like to know. Write a short essay or letter (one to two pages should do) with the message you wish to send and construct a verbal bouquet that expresses your sentiments. Use your imagination: you are not restricted to sending a “love letter”. It is up to you what sentiments you wish to express. Please make sure your answer is legible (either print it or type it). Keep it clean...
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...developing a new strategy as following: Step 1: Strategic Analysis. City Flowers should analysis external and internal environment and first. By collecting and reviewing of information about firm’s internal processes and resources and external marketplace factors, firm can understand the situation and position well. By using PESTLE to analysis external environment and SWOT to analysis internal environment are efficient. City Flowers currently meet the 40% customer needs as the standing order from commercial clients for company reception and executive offices. 30% from individual purchasing, another 30% are orders to be delivered. Resources of City Flowers are telephone order to suppliers and visiting sales representatives to replenish supplies of soft toys and relevant gift products. Study the macro-environmental by PESTLE analysis. Such as Political factors i.e. the tax for small middleman like City Flowers will be influenced; Economic factor i.e. the GDP of country; Society factors i.e. education background and norms etc.; Technology factors i.e. the technology of keeping flowers fresh etc.; Legal and ethical factors i.e. laws for transporting flowers; Environmental factors i.e. regulations of environmental protection. Study the micro-environmental by using SWOT to analysis the flower shop’s strengths, weakness, opportunities and threatens. By learning the above-mentioned information, the flowers shop owner should be clear about customer’s needs & wants, resources and...
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...SISTER FLOWERS Questions for close reading (pgs.144-145) 1. Maya Angelou states her dominant impression in sentences 1 and 2, first paragraph. “For nearly a year [after I was raped], I sopped around the house, the store, the school and the church, like an old biscuit, dirty and inedible. Then I met, or rather got to know, the lady who threw me my first life line.” Angelou is letting the readers know that this story is about using something or someone as a inspiration to overcome your hardships and conquer your fears. 2. Angelou admires Mrs. Flowers because, to Angelou, she represented something elegant and new, proven in the sentence “She appealed to me because she was like people I had never met personally”. 3. Maya Angelou was ashamed of her mother in the presence of Mrs. Flowers because her mother did not speak proper English and was not as poised as Mrs. Flowers. Mrs. Flowers and momma behaved as if they were sisters, only separated by their dialect. 4. The lessons in living taught to Maya by Mrs. Flowers, were the importance of understanding people and the way they speak to one another. In layman’s terms, do not judge a book by its cover. I believe that this influenced Angelou in a way that made her want to become a writer, and she wanted to be able to communicate with various groups of people through her writings. 5. The definition of Taut is stretched or pulled tight; not slack. The definition of Voile is soft sheer fabric, usually 100%...
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...Essay on intercultural communication Gabriel Spargur 10/30/2013 For my interview I decided to simply go to lunch at a Chinese restaurant. I chose this because I spent two years working in a restaurant located on the Chowan River in North Carolina for two years. The culture down there consisted of what the community referred to as river rats (folks who lived near the river and frequented such activities as fishing and boating). I wanted to contrast the two cultures and learn how differently the businesses operated. The restaurant I visited was the Golden China in the town of Franklin Virginia. When I walked in the first thing I noticed was the music. They played American style music with Chinese instrumentation, giving off a familiar atmosphere with the same effect of setting the Chinese mood. As I ate I looked around for artifacts and symbols. I noticed many hanging decorations as well as flowers and religious symbols. There was a small statue of Buddha on the checkout counter as well as a crucifix on the far wall. The food areas were also decorated with flowers which I thought might be flowers with significant meaning in their culture. After I finished and paid I explained to the young lady who was waiting on me that I was a student and was interested in interviewing anyone who worked there for a class. She spoke little English and told me that it would be difficult because of this and I noted that her body language was saying that she was not interested. She touched...
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...race, and the human race is filled with passion. Poetry, beauty, romance, love -- these are what we stay alive for Let poetry work its magic We didn’t just read poetry, we let it drip from our tongues like honey; spirits soared, women swooned, and gods were created. Language was developed for one endeavor and that is to woo women A man isn’t very tired, he is exhausted; don’t say very sad, say morose We must constantly look at things in a different way When you read, don’t just consider what the author thinks, consider what you think Strive to find your own voice; dare to strike out and find new ground Sometimes the most beautiful poetry can be about simple things – a cat or a flower or rain Poetry can come from anything with the stuff of revelation in it Don’t let your poems be ordinary Say the first thing that pops into your mind even if it’s total gibberish; describe what you see, now give it an action Mr. Keating: I always thought the purpose of education was to teach one to think for himself Mr. Nolan: No John, tradition, discipline, prepare them for college and the rest will take care of itself Will the rest take care of itself? Should teachers be concerned with “the rest” – developing independent thinkers There is a time for daring and there is a time for caution; a wise man understands which is called for ESSAY & DISCUSSION IDEAS * Teenagers – some things never change (Holden 1948-50; Dead Poets guys...
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...Sister Flowers vs. Fish Cheeks Lakisha M. Couch English 121: Composition I January, 10 2014 Instructor: Brad Trolly The story of Sister Flowers by Maya Angelou and Fish Cheeks by Amy Tan gives us two different examples of how two young ladies manage to overcome embarrassment and cultural differences. Although both have labeled their situation as “embarrassing”, it is clear that both situations are coming from two different aspects. The story Sisters Flowers depicts educational differences, whereas Fish Cheeks describes a young lady facing the embarrassment of pride and cultural differences. According to our text book, the idea of descriptive writing is the kind of writing that describes person, place or thing in such a way that is forms a picture in the readers head. In order for one to capture such an event one would have to pay close attention to each detail by using their five senses. As I read the story of Sister Flowers, I felt as though this story definitely follows the guidelines of a good descriptive story. For example: Sisters Flower by Maya Angelou discloses a revelation of an important mentor in the life of Marguerite. The character, Sister Flowers, is painted as an individual who was kind, respectful, educated, and inspirational. She was an aristocratic and highly cultivated person who had the ability to reach out and bring forth a positive impact on the lives of those that resided in her community. Marguerite was a young girl who was trapped in her...
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...connection between the novel and the personal experience of the author. And they did not find the profound social significance behind...
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...English essay Judith beverage’s reverence for nature in her poetry is powerful as she uses the beauty of nature to create imagery and through her use of other figurative devices, she intricately analyses micro details and juxtaposes these ideas with macro details. The poems Orb Spider and Fox in a Tree Stump are juxtaposed in the way she conveys her reverence for nature, as fox in a tree stump subtly communicates the idea of her reverence for nature through guilt and remorse as opposed to orb spider giving direct references towards the beauty of nature. Beveridge creates a reverence for nature through the way she describes in detail the simple beauty of creatures often seen as insignificant. The quote “she was so beautiful spinning her web” adds to the beauty of the spider through her deliberate use of referring to the spider as a female. This is effective as beauty is often associated with femininity and often seen as graceful and elegant. This quote displays the harmony of nature. The reference to “spinning her web” relates also to domestic toil, the idea that the spider is doing what is known as her everyday chores. The persona can then relate to this creating a feeling of empathy and admiration towards the spider. However, fox in a tree stump displays reverence for nature though not through the same way as orb spider. The quote “prayed not to waken another animal from the wheat” creates a rather remorseful tone through guilt, Beveridge shows that there is still a reverence...
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...ART 2 • MUSEUM – BASED ESSAY • DUE: MAY 4/5 Suggested Locations* L.A. Country Museum of Art (LACMA) • lacma.org for info. The Getty Center (Santa Monica) or Getty Villa (Malibu) • getty.edu for info. The assignment is to write an expository essay that focuses on an interpretation of one artwork using a specific symbol or theme (see examples below). Your interpretation must include an analysis of the subject & style of artwork in relation to the function of the object, as we do in class. (Remember the 4 Steps of Interpretation). Also, you should identify the style characteristics of the period-culture to which it belongs. In the paper you will provide “proof” for identifying style and/or meaning by comparing it to objects in your textbook. This assignment is NOT a “report.” That is, you will not find much information about the artwork at the museum. The point of this paper is to interpret the object based on similarities to other objects that are more “known.” Your interpretation should be made primarily of your own observations in relation to the information provided by the textbook and research you conduct about the artworks’ style, symbolism, cultural context, etc. You must support your observations with facts. Also you must properly cite your sources of information in a works cited list. Consult the articles on writing available on our MyECC teamsite in the Writing Resources folder. Examples of Symbols: sun, moon, star, flower, halo, cross, tree, horn, offering...
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...clothing and it did not take long for people to start switching to this method. To add on, in the past, lye was a popular soap product. However, standard and lye based soaps were found to be too harsh on washing machines and thus ended the use of lye. Unfortunately, this does not mean that laundry detergents are no longer harmful. Laundry detergents impact the environment and clean water standards making them much worse for us than they were in the past. It is incredibly difficult to control the impact that laundry detergents have on the environment with all the chemicals that are in the bottle. Plus, most people have no way of knowing what is in their laundry detergent because it is not legally required that the ingredients be listed on the label. Thus, it is very difficult to try and help the environment when people cannot be sure what is affecting it. In the present time, people in general are so absorbed by the modern technology that they seem to forget about our environment. Our environment is getting worse day by day, and we are suffering for other people's and our mistakes. It's getting harder and harder for our families to stay healthy...
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...ANALYSIS | | | JHB CAMPUSDATE : 08 SEPTEMBER 2015LECTURER : GERDA LEROUX | | | Table of contents Page 1. Introduction ………………………………………………………………… 3 2. What are semiotics? …………………………………………………….. 4 3. The three orders of significations ……………………………………… 4 4. Advertisement analysis ………………………………………………….. 5 - 9 4.1. Pleasures by Estee Lauder image ……………………………. 5 4.2. Connotation ……………………………………………………… 7 4.3. Denotation ………………………………………………………... 7 - 8 4.4. Myth ……………………………………………………………….. 8 5. Conclusion ………………………………………………………………… 9 6. Reference list ……………………………………………………………… 10 In this essay one will discuss the analysis of semiotics of the perfume Pleasures by Estee Lauder advertisement touching on the connotation, denotation and the myths that are employed in the advertisement presented to the viewer or the person that the advertisement is intended for. One will examine the advertisement in terms of their status as signs, whose subordinate meanings not only give an impression that is positive to the product, but will also be compatible with, and harmonizing to the feminine context in which they were situated. Although the advertisement may not physically represent the product, it provides an important iconic representation of both the product and what the product should stand for. The examination will strongly focus upon the advertisements’ photographic imagery, and the ways in which this imagery generates the appropriate...
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...Fiction Essay Thesis and Outline ENGL 102-B06 LUO 201340 Fall 2013 Kevin Prohaska ID# 25391876 Writing style used: MLA Kevin Prohaska Dr. Suzanne Penner 201340 Fall 2013 ENGL 102-B06 LUO 20 August 2013 Comparison of the Lottery and the Destructors: Settings * Compare the settings of each story to each other. * Could the settings have been changed and the punch of the story still be there? * The symbolism of the settings * How does the settings affect the story? The significance of setting is it sets the mental time or place in a story. Setting plays an important role in the success of stories. The settings in of each of these stories could not be more different. The exploration of each of these scenarios is worth exploring in likeness to each other. What if the settings were changed? Could the same dynamic be achieved if the settings were different? What if any type of symbolism is deeply rooted in the setting? Is it made to make us think or feel a certain way or is it just there for the stories’ sake? What is achieved by the settings? How do we feel? Does it lead to the shocking end or sad comment at the prologue of the story? The Lottery The setting set forth by Shirley Jackson in the beginning of The Lottery creates a mood of peacefulness and tranquility. This setting also creates an image in the mind of the reader, the image of a typical town on a normal summer day. Furthermore, Shirley Jackson uses the setting in The Lottery...
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...years. Although several Asian nations were decolonised by the European powers and Japan after World War II, the wounds of the war were too serious; millions of people died and women raped and killed. Survived people still have suffered permanent injury from disease, psychological trauma of the war and social ostracism. Now, today’s Asian cinemas have been portrayed as traumatic memories of military terror to remind the history. This essay shed light on the significance of trauma in both films; The Flowers of War and The White Silk Dress in connection with the history of Korea. The Flowers of War In 1937, Nanking (today more commonly called Nanjing) Massacre was enforced for 6 weeks by Japanese troops. Millions of Chinese people cruelly died regardless of age or sex. It is also called as The Rape of Nanking, because the Japanese troops raped and killed a great number of Chinese women (Chambers 2010). The Chinese movie, the Flowers of War shows the bald historical fact of Nanjing Massacre in 1937. It is a remake of the Chinese novella, 13 Flowers of Nanjing. Then China’s Nationalist party developed friendly relations with the Nazi Germany in order to be provided military assistance (Hiromichi 2008). As a result, the Chinese military’s equipments such as weapons, helmets, uniforms and boots were the same as the Nazi had which were well defined in the movie. With German equipments and tactics, Chinese military invaded Shanghai in August 1937 and resisted the Japanese military...
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...measly caterpillar that could get swept off its feet in just one breath. This year specifically, I have seen significant growth in my abilities, and have begun to grow my wings to fly to the next level of writing. Although I have written my essays to the best of my abilities, there are still some things I need to work on. I’m not perfect and never will be, but I hope that I can expand my strengths and minimize my weaknesses. By viewing my strong and weak points in my writing this year, I can make goals for next year and better myself in the art of writing. Strengths Heading towards Honors SLC next year, I can expand my growth as a writer by looking at my strengths and weaknesses. Throughout the year, I have noticed...
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...Due to being a Special Education major, I would utilize this book when one of my student’s with an intellectual, or developmental disability who is facing difficulties by possessing qualities that might not by identical to their peers. Madeline inspires young readers with the courage to embrace difference. When using this book in relation to students, I would point out specific parts of the book where she is rewarded for going against the mainstream in what was expected for young girls, and above all, holding true to herself. Throughout the story, Madeline shows remarkable acts of bravery, by encountering the tiger at the zoo without a single bit of fear in her body and at the end, influencing her fellow peers to be more like her. This children’s book has the potential to provide students holding...
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