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“That Gentleman,” 1960, tempera on panel by Andrew Wyeth Describe in detail the use of color in this painting. What hues are
present (primary, secondary, and/or tertiary)? Refer to the color wheel on page 94 for assistance. How intense are these individual colors?
What are their individual values? What are their temperatures? How has the artist used color to communicate mood?

Choose one specific technology and do an ethical matrix for it. Use the template given below respect to well- being autonomy fairness EXAMPLE GIVEN BELOW: (Evaluation of ethical use of growth hormones in cattle) Respect for: Well-being Autonomy Fairness Cattle farmers The use of hormones Cattle farmers should There should be equal provide satisfactory have the choice of access to the use of income and working using hormones on hormones. conditions cattle. Consumes Products derived from The consumers should Products derived from hormone-fed cattle be aware of the use of hormones-fed cattle should be safe for hormones in cattle. should be affordable human consumption. and available. The cattles Hormones should not The cattles should not The use hormones be harmful to cattle be subjected to should also benefit the health. behavioral restrictions. cattles. Other animal and Other animal and plant The use of hormones The production and plant life life are not exposed to should not affect use of hormones hormones. biodiversity. should be ecologically sustainable. THUMBS UP IF IT IS CORRECT

UNV 104 T7- Self-Reflection Essay
Assessment Description
Create five-paragraph self-reflection that includes: an introduction with a mapped thesis statement, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
The following sub-topics should be the basis of your thesis statement and three body paragraphs:
Explain how you can apply the knowledge learned in this course towards effective communication within your field of study.
Explain areas of strengths in communication you feel you will bring to your field of study.
Explain areas of opportunity that you can work on in regards to communication within your field of study and why developing these communication skills will be important to you personally.
You may use
First Person
point of view in the writing, as it is a personal reflection.

Coordinate adjectives, non-coordinate adjectives and compound modifiers: Where are hyphens and commas needed in these sentences?
1.The story about the old stone wall is an ancient one.
2.She is a part time worker. He works part time.
3.The 6 month old baby drowned Wednesday.
4.Although the short term problems of the drought could be corrected with a few inches
of rain, the extension agent said long term problems would be more serious.
5.He’s a short stout but pleasant fellow.

Communicative Learning Activity:
Writing an Application Letter A friend of yours who works in Starbucks Philippines informs you of a job vacancy in the company. The store manager is in need of a student assistant for clerical and other administrative tasks, and you are interested in applying. Knowing the job requirements of the position, you want to pass an application letter to Mr. Juan Lorenzo Flojo, who handles several branches in the province, but you want to be assigned to SM Batangas City branch.
With these information as background, write-a sample application letter.

Greed, Cancer, and Pink KFC Buckets
John Robbins
1 We live in a world of profound contradictions. Some things are just unbelievably strange. At times I feel like I’ve found a way to adapt to the weirdness of the world, and then along comes something that just boggles my mind. It is ironic that the largest grassroots breast cancer advocacy group in the world, a group called “Susan G. Komen for the Cure,” has now partnered with the fast food chain KFC, known for its high-fat foods and questionable treatment of its chickens, in a national “Buckets for the Cure” campaign. The program began last month and runs through the end of May.
grassroots involving ordinary people at a local or community level
2 KFC is taking every chance it can manufacture to trumpet the fact that it will donate 50 cents to Komen for every pink bucket of chicken sold. For its part, Komen is announcing on its website that “KFC and Susan G. Komen for the Cure are teaming up . . . to . . . spread educational messaging via a major national campaign which will reach thousands of communities served by nearly 5,000 KFC restaurants.”
3 Educational messaging, indeed. How often do you think this “messaging” provides information about the critical importance a healthy diet plays in maintaining a healthy weight and preventing cancer? How often do you think it refers in any way to the many studies that, according to the National Cancer Institute’s website, “have shown that an increased risk of developing colorectal, pancreatic, and breast cancer is associated with high intakes of well-done, fried or barbecued meats”? If you guessed zero, you’re right.
4 Meanwhile, the American Institute for Cancer Research reports that 60 to 70 percent of all cancers can be prevented with lifestyle changes. Their number one dietary recommendation is to: “Choose predominantly plant-based diets rich in a variety of vegetables and fruits, legumes and minimally processed starchy staple foods.” Does that sound like pink buckets of fried chicken?
5 Pardon me for being cynical, but I have to ask, if Komen is going to partner with KFC, why not take it a step further and partner with a cigarette company? They could sell pink packages of cigarettes, donating a few cents from each pack while claiming “each pack you smoke brings us closer to the day cancer is vanquished forever.”
6 Whose brilliant idea was it that buying fried chicken by the bucket is an effective way to fight breast cancer? One breast cancer advocacy group, Breast Cancer Action, thinks the Komen/KFC campaign is so egregious that they call it “pinkwashing,” another sad example of commercialism draped in pink ribbons. “Make no mistake,” they say, “every pink bucket purchase will do more to benefit KFC’s bottom line than it will to cure breast cancer.”
egregious outrageously bad
pinkwashing using support for breast cancer research to sell products, especially products that can be linked with cancer
7 One thing is hard to dispute. In partnering with KFC, Susan G. Komen for the Cure has shown itself to be numbingly oblivious to the role of diet in cancer prevention. Of course it’s not hard to understand KFC’s motives. They want to look good. But recent publicity the company has been getting hasn’t been helping. For one thing, the company keeps taking hits for the unhealthiness of its food. Just last month, when KFC came out with its new Double Down sandwiches, the products were derided by just about every public health organization for their staggering levels of salt, calories and artery-clogging fat.
8 Then there’s the squeamish matter of the treatment of the birds who end up in KFC’s buckets, pink or otherwise. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has an entire website devoted to what it calls Kentucky Fried Cruelty, but you don’t have to be an animal activist to be horrified by how the company treats chickens, if you lift the veil of the company’s PR and see what actually takes place.
9 When PETA sent investigators with hidden cameras into a KFC “Supplier of the Year” slaughterhouse in Moorefield, West Virginia, what they found was enough to make KFC choke on its own pink publicity stunts. Workers were caught on video stomping on chickens, kicking them and violently slamming them against floors and walls. Workers were also filmed ripping the animals’ beaks off, twisting their heads off, spitting tobacco into their eyes and mouths, spray-painting their faces, and squeezing their bodies so hard that the birds expelled feces—all while the chickens were still alive.
10 KFC, naturally, did everything they could to keep the footage from being aired, but their efforts failed. In fact, the video from the investigation ended up being broadcast by TV stations around the world, as well as on all three national evening news shows, Good Morning America, and every one of the major cable news networks. Plus, more than a million people subsequently watched the footage on PETA’s website.
11 It wasn’t just animal activists who condemned the fast food chain for the level of animal cruelty displayed at KFC’s “Supplier of the Year” slaughterhouse. Dr. Temple Grandin, perhaps the meat industry’s leading farmed-animal welfare expert, said, “The behavior of the plant employees was atrocious.” Dr. Ian Duncan, a University of Guelph professor of applied ethology and an original member of KFC’s own animal-welfare advisory council, wrote, “This tape depicts scenes of the worst cruelty I have ever witnessed against chickens . . . and it is extremely hard to accept that this is occurring in the United States of America.”
ethology the branch of zoology that studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats
12 KFC claims, on its website, that its animal-welfare advisory council “has been a key factor in formulating our animal welfare program.” But Dr. Duncan, along with five other former members of this advisory council, say otherwise. They all resigned in disgust over the company’s refusal to take animal welfare seriously. Adele Douglass, one of those who resigned, said in an SEC filing reported on by the Chicago Tribune that KFC “never had any meetings. They never asked any advice, and then they touted to the press that they had this animal-welfare advisory committee. I felt like I was being used.”
13 You can see why KFC would be eager to jump on any chance to improve its public image, and why the company would want to capitalize on any opportunity to associate itself in the public mind with the fight against breast cancer. What’s far more mystifying is why an organization with as much public trust as Susan G. Komen for the Cure would jeopardize public confidence in its authenticity. As someone once said, it takes a lifetime to build a reputation, but only 15 minutes to lose it.
Examining a Paragraph
Read the following paragraph from “Cancer, Greed, and Pink KFC Buckets,” noticing how all the details relate to one point and explain the topic sentence, which is highlighted. The topic sentence identifies the topic as animal welfare and states that KFC claims its animal welfare advisory council is key to its animal welfare program.
KFC claims, on its website, that its animal-welfare advisory council “has been a key factor in formulating our animal welfare program.” But Dr. Duncan, along with five other former members of this advisory council, say otherwise. They all resigned in disgust over the company’s refusal to take animal welfare seriously. Adele Douglass, one of those who resigned, said in an SEC filing reported on by the Chicago Tribune that KFC “never had any meetings. They never asked any advice, and then they touted to the press that they had this animal-welfare advisory committee. I felt like I was being used.”
After reviewing the key details in the reading “Greed, Cancer and Pink KFC Buckets” in Chapter 3 of your textbook, what do you think is the author’s main point in this essay?
What is he trying to convey to you, the reader, and what makes him effective or ineffective
?

You will be reading “Help Me Follow My Sister Into The Land Of The Dead” by Carmen Maria Machado and then will be answering some questions at the end.
Reading:
Help Me Follow My Sister into the Land of the Dead by Ursula Ruiz
19 Backers $1,395 Pledged of $5,229 28 days to go
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The project will only be funded if at least $5,229 is pledged by July 24, 2015 3:41am EDT.
Aid & abet a heartwarming sibling reunion–albeit under grievous circumstances — in a terrifying place where no mortal has any business treading.
Help Me Follow My Sister into the Land of the Dead
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This is the thing about my sister and I: we’ve never gotten along, even when we’ve gotten along. This is what happens when you have parents who fetishize family, and the viscosity of blood relative to water: you resent the force with which they push you together with this person who is, genetics aside, a stranger. And that’s what my sister is: a stranger.
Not to mention a strange girl. Even when we were children, she had a weird fixation on contradicting everything I said, just because. She would pick a phrase to scream at the top of her lungs and do so over and over, like a computer glitch, until I ran out of the room. Whatever. It’s not important now. But she’s always been trouble. Our moments of connection have always been purely artificial, forged by necessity, by parental birthdays and holiday travel plans.
When I tell you that my sister has absconded to the land of the dead, do not mistake me. She hasn’t died. She just did what she always does-i.e., go to a place where she isn’t welcome and crash the party just because she feels like it. She heard that there was some “cool stuff” happening on the other side of the veil, and went. I only know where she is because I managed to sober up her stoned-out roommate vis-à-vis a cold bucket of water to the face just long enough to get access to their Wi-Fi. I found her search history, her bus ticket to Bethlehem (the nearest portal), her texts to her friends about how it’s going to be “so amazing,” etc.
(in the interest of full disclosure, I also searched her email for my name, but aside from an occasional ping regarding the aforementioned birthdays and travel, there was nothing.)
I am sorry and embarrassed that I have to even ask you for money for this endeavor. The truth is while I’m doing pretty well, all things considered, I don’t have the liquidity necessary for this.
Olive will be embarrassed that I put all of this online, but maybe a dose of shame will do her some goddamned good.
If you sense a tone of resentment to this entire project, that’s because I have to go chasing after my wretchedly ungrateful sister into another dimension to tell her that our parents are dead.
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Stretch Goals
Anything over $5,229 is welcome and will be donated to a TBD mental health charity.
How Will I Spend the Money?
Here’s how the costs will break down:
$36.95: Bus ticket to Bethlehem. $176.05: Cost of ingredients (salt, sage, cypress branch, matches, mandrake, yew, chalk) to summon the necessary portal. $16: The cheapest bottle of whiskey that I can force myself to drink. $5,000: A one-time fee, for crossing.
Risks and Challenges
The land of the dead is the land of the dead. Sometimes people don’t come back.
FAQ
Do you remember when Olive was born? I remember the time my mother had Braxton-Hicks contractions — the fake kind–and I went to the hospital with her and my father, and the doctor informed her that she wasn’t really in labor. As we left the hospital, I went into hysterics, because I’d been promised a baby sister and one had not been delivered to me. We walked past a woman who was holding her own baby, and I lunged toward her howling “THAT one! I want THAT one!” My parents had to carry me out as I screamed. But of Olive’s actual birth, I remember nothing.
How did your parents die? You know how there was that SUV recall recently, because the brakes in some of their cars were failing for no reason, causing a series of high-profile, deadly accidents? I wish that was how they died. No, my father shot my mother through her left eye and then turned the gun on himself. Nobody knows why.
Who found their bodies? I came over for dinner. Olive had been invited, too, but she backed out at the last minute. She said she had “stuff to do.” Which honestly is better than her arriving two hours late with a weird dude in tow. Anyway, thank God she wasn’t there.
When was the last time you spoke to Olive? I don’t remember.
When was the first time you spoke to Olive? I don’t remember.
What is your biggest regret? In order from greatest to least: being born, having a little sister, not being adopted, caring at all.
What is your biggest fear?
Genetics.
Pledge $5 or more
9 backers A thank-you email from Olive, which I will make her deliver.
Pledge $20 or more
52 backers a small gift from the land of the dead-a pebble or a twig or a finger or something which I will deliver in a small, sealed jar.
KEEP IT IN THE JAR.
Pledge $50 or more
1 backer I will send you salt from my personal tears, in crystal form (hand evaporated). Grinder optional.
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CARMEN MARIA MACHADO Pledge $100 or more
1 backer I will drive my sister to your house, where you can ask her any question. Limited to the contiguous United States.
Pledge $500 or more
0 backers You will receive an exclusive copy of my and Olive’s life story, written with my own hands, and complete with a happy, narratively satisfying ending detailing the success of our journey.
Update #1 · Jun 26, 2015
Starting Out I know I haven’t hit my funding goal yet, but I’m just going to put it on a credit card and pray. I’m on a bus to Bethlehem, which has a pretty decent Wi-Fi connection but, weirdly, no toilets. At least three drug deals have happened in the seat next to me, and in between deals the guy is singing this one part of a song out loud that I recognize from somewhere. I think it might be Paula Cole?
Update #2 Jun 26, 2015
Still Here Oh, yeah, it’s definitely Paula Cole. It’s that weird chanting part of “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?” Just that part. Over and over. This is why I don’t do drugs.
I’m assuming Olive has no idea I’m coming because there’s no reception in the land of the dead, but I have been texting her every hour on the hour anyway, just to cover my bases. I haven’t told her why I’m coming, because I can’t tell her that our parents are dead via text message. I mean, I could, but despite what she thinks about me I’m not a monster. I just keep writing “Need to talk to you, v. important.” But Olive has no sense of what’s important and what isn’t. Even if she got the messages, she’s probably all “Oh man, Ursula’s just having one of those days,” which is something I overheard her telling our mother once, just because I was upset that she didn’t want to be my maid of honor. Not that it mattered in the end, with the wedding being called off, but it was upsetting nonetheless.
I’m so fucking tired.
Update #3 • Jun 27, 2015
Past Midnight I wake up and the bus is parked at the depot. I’ve probably been here for hours. I’d been dreaming about Olive. While I was sleeping my face had been pressed against the window, with my mouth hanging open.
I walk two miles to the elementary school playground. I get a blister and do the last half-mile limping and barefoot. Then I have to pee, and since I don’t know what the restroom situation is in the land of the dead, I squat in some bushes. As I do so, I wonder if my sister is also peeing in a semipublic place. (If the land of the dead can be considered public at all, I guess.)
There is another woman standing here, burning her sage and drawing sigils on the pavement. She doesn’t look like she’s chasing a wayward family member; she looks like she’s ready to party. She has a lot of eyeliner on. I feel angry at her, like she’s Olive. She says something and the portal slides open, like the door of a minivan wreathed in smoke. I look away–it feels rude to stare. When she’s gone, and it’s dark once again. I draw the sigil and arrange the ingredients according to my notes. I say the spell, the unfamiliar syllables catching behind my teeth.
When my portal opens, a faceless creature is standing there. All and roughly shaped, like a dust storm or a swarm of gnats. There are dimples where its eyes should be, but I feel like it’s looking at me anyway. It takes my credit card, holds it for a moment, and then hands it back.
Backers, please keep in mind that I’m still paying off my student loans.
I also got a comment on this page from Olive. Three comments.

DC:0-5™ Training Handout CASE REPORT: TURNER Turner, an 18-month-old Caucasian boy of European descent, was referred to the program by his child welfare worker. Turner, the only son of a single parent mother, was placed in foster care after the death of his mother due to drug overdose when he was 12 months old. Because none of the mother’s family were able to care for him, and the father, who had been estranged, could not be located, this was an emergency placement to a temporary foster home for 4 weeks. Turner was then placed with a set of foster parents who were interested in longer placement and possible foster/adoption arrangements. Turner’s new foster parents agreed to take Turner after observing him together with his first foster parents for 45 minutes at the child welfare visiting playroom and being told about the death of his mother. By report they felt an immediate chemistry with him and felt they could provide him with a loving, caring home. Turner went to live with the foster family 1 week after this meeting. There was no other transitional process for the new placement. Reasons for referral were Turner’s incessant crying, poor appetite, and his having little interest in his surroundings. When not crying, he often stared silently. He often cried for “Mama” and would go to the window or door looking out longingly. He seldom smiled and had very little speech for expressing himself. He showed little joy or interest in photos placed in a life book of himself with his mother. The worker reported that this child’s foster parents had been considering adoption when Turner was placed with them, but were expressing reservations as a result of Turner’s emotional and behavioral patterns. The foster mother was especially concerned that Turner might be developmentally delayed or otherwise “damaged.” They requested a thorough diagnostic assessment to rule out chronic disabilities which would preclude their adoption of Turner. Assessment Process: Assessment occurred over five sessions: (1) detailed interview with child welfare worker, (2) a review by the worker and the assessor of Turner’s child welfare chart; (3&4) Two subsequent sessions involving home visits to observe Turner with foster parents and to elicit impressions and feeling toward him, and (5) administering the Bayley Scales of Infant Development. Assessment Findings: Turner had been exposed to cocaine prenatally and as a newborn had some tremors. He was difficult to console. By 3 months old, he had become a quieter baby who smiled often and liked to be held. Turner’s developmental milestones had been met on schedule. All descriptions of Turner’s early life provided by physician records and extended family report indicated that Turner was developing along expectable lines even when placed in first foster home. There were signs of grief that were expressed when first placed, including calling for “Mama” and difficulty sleeping. However, the intense and prolonged behaviors began to emerge after the removal/transition to second foster family. Cognitive Functioning: Bayley Scales of Infant Development results reinforced finding of adequate developmental course (MDI+98, age-appropriate distribution of items passed and failed.) Turner vocalized little, but receptive language appeared adequate. While performing adequately, Turner showed little pleasure in experimenting with the test items and expressed protest only when an object was removed. His facial expression was attentive, but sober. Turner looked to the assessor to monitor her movements but with no sign of social engagement (detached). For a very young child, there was an oddly business-like quality to his behavior, he behaved as expected, but seemed emotionally detached from the experience. Home Observations: Turner’s behavior at the foster home was quite different from his demeanor during the administration of the Bayley Scales. At home he seemed like a younger baby, prone to wailing at the slightest frustration. When the foster mother picked him up to soothe him, he held himself stiffly in her arms, arching away from her and avoiding eye contact. He cried inconsolably. Nothing seemed to help him (singing, rocking, patting, etc.). He had trouble falling asleep at night, and he vehemently protested bedtime rituals. The foster father appeared to have more patience and more success in calming Turner after bouts of crying or protest. Frustrated and angry, his foster mother eventually resorted to leaving him alone in his crib to cry it out. Foster mother and child were quite detached from one another. The foster father had two grown children from a previous marriage, but the foster mother married later (late 30s) and had deeply wanted children. She sought spiritual meaning in the situation of foster/adoption and saw it as a duty to give love and economic resources to a child who did not have a home. Unfortunately, Turner had not reciprocated the foster parents’ eagerness to form an attachment. From the beginning, Turner’s foster mother felt disappointed that Turner was not the cuddly responsive baby she had hoped for. She found herself irritated by his lack of joy and failure to respond to her positively. She often found herself suppressing the wish to shake him to make him stop crying. Turner’s foster father was affectionate and supportive and felt that Turner just needed time to get used to them and begin to love them. Turner’s foster father was patient with him and able to use his sense of humor and empathic response to calm Turner’s crying. Turner’s responsiveness to his foster father made the foster mother feel patronized and angry with the foster father. She felt guilty about not being more patient with both Turner and her husband. Part 2: Answer the following questions in the discussion forum. 1.What attachment style is Turner exhibiting towards his foster parents? 2.After reading the Circle of Security this semester, how might you support Turner’s foster mother in her relationship with Turner? 3.What strengths do you see in this family unit? How can you help the family draw upon these strengths to support the socialization of Turner? 4.What resources might you seek for Turner’s family as the Early Head Start Parent Advocate? How would you include Turner in your classroom as an Early Head Start teacher?

. Question 1
The following abstract appeared in
PLOS Medicine:
Background: Observational epidemiological studies have shown that high body mass index (BMI) is associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer in premenopausal women but an increased risk in postmenopausal women. It is unclear whether this association is mediated through shared genetic or environmental factors.
Methods: We applied Mendelian randomization to evaluate the association between BMI and risk of breast cancer occurrence using data from two large breast cancer consortia. We created a weighted BMI genetic score comprising 84 BMI-associated genetic variants to predicted BMI. We evaluated genetically predicted BMI in association with breast cancer risk using individual-level data from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC) (cases = 46,325, controls = 42,482). We further evaluated the association between genetically predicted BMI and breast cancer risk using summary statistics from 16,003 cases and 41,335 controls from the Discovery, Biology, and Risk of Inherited Variants in Breast Cancer (DRIVE) Project. Because most studies measured BMI after cancer diagnosis, we could not conduct a parallel analysis to adequately evaluate the association of measured BMI with breast cancer risk prospectively.
Results: In the BCAC data, genetically predicted BMI was found to be inversely associated with breast cancer risk (odds ratio [OR] = 0.65 per 5 kg/m2 increase, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.56-0.75, p = 3.32?×?10-10). The associations were similar for both premenopausal (OR = 0.44, 95% CI:0.31-0.62, p = 9.91?×?10-8) and postmenopausal breast cancer (OR = 0.57, 95%?CI: 0.46-0.71, p = 1.88?×?10-8). This association was replicated in the data from the DRIVE consortium (OR = 0.72, 95%?CI: 0.60-0.84, p = 1.64?×?10-7). Single marker analyses identified 17 of the 84 BMI-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in association with breast cancer risk at p?
Conclusions: BMI predicted by genome-wide association studies (GWAS)-identified variants is inversely associated with the risk of both pre- and postmenopausal breast cancer. The reduced risk of postmenopausal breast cancer associated with genetically predicted BMI observed in this study differs from the positive association reported from studies using measured adult BMI. Understanding the reasons for this discrepancy may reveal insights into the complex relationship of genetic determinants of body weight in the etiology of breast cancer.
When summarizing this research for a lay audience, which THREE details should you OMIT?
*Other studies have found that being overweight is associated with a lower risk of breast cancer in premenopausal women but a higher risk in postmenopausal women.
*This type of study is called a Mendelian randomization study.
*The p-value associated with the main effect was p = 3.32?×?10-10.
*Women who were genetically predisposed to being overweight were less likely to develop breast cancer.
The data came from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium .
. Question 2
Questions 2-6 use excerpts from science news stories that appeared in:
The New York Times
, Stanford news,
Stanford
magazine,
Science News
, and
Science
magazine.
One person’s risky bet is another’s exciting opportunity.
This excerpt is most likely an example of which part of the science news story?
*Lead
*Nut graf
*First quote
. Question 3
“Like most people, I used to look at plants as passive,” says lead author Efrat Dener, a master’s student in environmental sciences at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba, Israel.
This excerpt is most likely an example of which part of the science news story?
*Lead
*Nut graf
*First quote
4. Question 4
“Being able to look at selection in action is exciting,” says Molly Przeworski, an evolutionary biologist at Columbia University. The studies show how the human genome quickly responds to new conditions in subtle but meaningful ways, she says. “It’s a game-changer in terms of understanding evolution.”
This excerpt is most likely an example of which part of the science news story?
*Lead
*Nut graf
*First quote
5. Question 5
Geckos are the envy of rock climbers. Without glue, suction, or claws, these lizards scamper up walls and hang from ceilings.
This excerpt is most likely an example of which part of the science news story?
*Lead
*Nut graf
*First quote
Question 6
Snakes generally aren’t well suited for flight. So, scientists had assumed that snakes that move through air are merely parachuting from tall trees. However, a new study demonstrates that at least one species of flying snake does glide, and it does so nearly as well as other gliding animals.
This excerpt is most likely an example of which part of the science news story?
*Lead
*Nut graf
*First quote
Questions 7
have more than one possible answer. Grading is based on completion only. After submission, you should compare your answer to the model answer provided.
Rewrite the following sentence to make it more appropriate for a lay audience:
“It is worth noting that in addition to intertumor genetic heterogeneity, variability between cells within individual tumors has been observed.”
Questions 8
This excerpt comes from the transcript of an interview with a scientist.
“The opposite can also happen, that is that during REM sleep and during nightmare, for example, the motor inhibition is lost, and the person can act out their dreams, which is usually violent.”
Edit this excerpt as you would for a Q+A piece.
Questions 9
The following is an excerpt from a paper in
Nature
:
“Here we leverage the wide usage of smartphones with built-in accelerometry to measure physical activity at the global scale. We study a dataset consisting of 68 million days of physical activity for 717,527 people, giving us a window into activity in 111 countries across the globe. We find inequality in how activity is distributed within countries and that this inequality is a better predictor of obesity prevalence in the population than average activity volume.”
Write a brief summary of the design and results of this study for a lay audience. (Do not simply edit or paraphase the original; rather, write a new summary as you would for a news story.)
Questions 10
The following is an abstract from a paper in
Nature
:
“DNA is an excellent medium for archiving data. Recent efforts have illustrated the potential for information storage in DNA using synthesized oligonucleotides assembled
in vitro
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. A relatively unexplored avenue of information storage in DNA is the ability to write information into the genome of a living cell by the addition of nucleotides over time. Using the Cas1-Cas2 integrase, the CRISPR-Cas microbial immune system stores the nucleotide content of invading viruses to confer adaptive immunity7. When harnessed, this system has the potential to write arbitrary information into the genome8. Here we use the CRISPR-Cas system to encode the pixel values of black and white images and a short movie into the genomes of a population of living bacteria. In doing so, we push the technical limits of this information storage system and optimize strategies to minimize those limitations. We also uncover underlying principles of the CRISPR-Cas adaptation system, including sequence determinants of spacer acquisition that are relevant for understanding both the basic biology of bacterial adaptation and its technological applications. This work demonstrates that this system can capture and stably store practical amounts of real data within the genomes of populations of living cells.”
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Nature
: http://go.nature.com/2vd8tUB

please compare the Pyxis of al-Mughira with another art work listed below:
#43.
Augustus of Prima Porta
#162.
All-T’oqapu tunic
#169.
Wall plaque, from Oba’s palace
#212.
Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan
please describe the content of the Pyxis of al-Mughira and one of the artworks you picked above
Please use specific visual evidence from both works, explain at least one similarity and at least one difference in how the works exemplify propagandistic agendas.
please explain at least one similarity or difference in how the works exemplify propagandistic agendas within their respective cultures. Use specific contextual evidence about both Pyxis of al-Mughira and your selected work in your explanation above