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Checklist:1. Post a 250-word minimum length essay discussing your experience while clapping out the rhythm of the person you encounter during the sense-memory aspect of the exercise (7 pt.)2. Respond with a minimum 25-word post to the Discussion Topic in the Discussion Board for the exercise (1 pt.)3. Comment on a classmates’ entry with a 25-word minimum length post in the Discussion Board for the exercise (.5 pt.)4. Comment on a classmates’ entry with a 25-word minimum length post in the Discussion Board for the exercise (.5 pt.)Discussion Topic: Describe an artist’s use of rhythm in an art form other than music.

Use the three representative, “play” objects from The Childhood Space Exercise. Record your exercise in an audio recording, post the recording and your essay in the “Discussions” link. Take time to investigate the objects with each of your senses. One of the objects has a deeper resonance’ than the others. Place the object down and sit erect and comfortably in a chair, close your eyes, and practice slow methodical breathing. Inhale on a four-count, pause for a four-count, exhale on four, and pause for four. Repeat the cycle until the mind becomes quiet. Now, follow the directions on the recorded audio guide. Begin the exercise by sitting quietly with eyes closed and only clap out the rhythms. Feel free to express any rhythms physically, they can be simple or as complex as a drum solo. After completing the exercise, remember the most powerful sense memory recollection and its accompanying emotion. What was the most distinct memory? Did you re-experience any sensation? What sense did you remember most vividly? What was the moment you re-experienced most vividly? What happened during that memory? How did you feel about that movement? Where did that memory feel strongest in your body? Write a 250-word essay on your experience and post it for class reaction. Be sure to talk about what you experienced while clapping out the rhythm of the personality.

Choose ONE story to fill in these grids to prepare for Essay 2: you have two weeks to fill these out. The goal is to prepare for Essay 2. For the section on ironies, you may just write “See Irony Worksheet.”The short stories you may choose from include the following short stories:“Paul’s Case” by Willa Cather“The Garden-Party” by Katherine Mansfield“The Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan“Everyday Use” by Alice Walker

Self-Evaluation WorksheetPlease type your answers directly onto this form and submit it to Canvas when completed.Thesis Statemen1. Does the thesis statement contain the paragraph’s controlling idea and appear as the last sentence in the introduction? Explain your answer.Basic Elements2. (a.) Does you include effective basic elements (title, introduction, single-topic paragraphs, conclusion)? Explain your answer.(b.) Does the introduction paragraph have the four necessary parts (attention-getter, problem stated, bridge, thesis statement)? Explain your answerDevelopment3. Is the essay adequately developed (thesis, specific and enough details)? Explain your answer.Unity4. Is the essay unified (topic sentences relate to thesis and sentences in paragraphs relate to topic sentences)? Explain your answer.Organization5. Is the essay organized logically (including the paragraphs within the essay)? Explain your answer.Coherence6. Do the paragraphs and sentences move smoothly and logically from one to the next? Explain your answer.

The concept of an author of vernacular fiction changes a great deal over the time period we studied in the class. What kind of relation between author and text can we impute for Feng Menglong, Li Yu, and Cao Xueqin? Here we could think about their use of prior materials, the voice of the narrator, and the question of whether the text can be read as autobiographical.

In discussing the story “The Canary Murders” we introduced the concept of “Heaven’s abacus” — the notion that there is some sort of calculation taking place on the level of heavenly design such that acts of folly engender their deserved consequences and acts of evil are ultimately met with retribution. Choosing two texts among those we have examined, describe how they put into play such a notion, such that deeds good or evil ultimately meet with their just reward. What is the relation of coincidence to Heaven’s abacus?Each question needs 250 words

Finding common ground is an important conclusion to this essay. You can usually find common ground by looking at the warrants of your argument and the opposing argument. It’s like tracing backwards in a family tree, a family tree of beliefs. Once you trace back far enough, you can unite with opponents on some level of belief. Following are some brief examples. (Your essay should make this gesture in a concluding paragraph, not just in one sentence):”Whether you believe global warming is real or not, we can all agree that a healthy environment is essential to our existence, and . . . “”Whether or not you support more gun control, we can all agree that we don’t want one more innocent person to die by a gun. . . .””Whether you believe in abortion or not, we can all agree that children need good parents and loving, stable homes. . . .””Whatever your opinion, we can all agree that this great country of ours. . . .”

1. Some consider fair access to health care a moral right, while others disagree. We have defined the term moral right as “a privilege to act in some specific, intentional manner or to obtain some specific benefit because one is a moral agent living in a community of moral agents under a shared moral standard.”Is access to health care a moral right?Why or why not?2. Stem cells are undifferentiated, primitive cells with the ability both to multiply and to differentiate into specific kinds of cells. Stem cells hold the promise of allowing researchers to grow specialized cells or tissue, which could be used to treat injuries or disease (e.g., spinal cord injuries, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, strokes, burns).” (Slevin, 2010)Choose ONE of the following issues and post to its thread with supporting evidence. Respond to two peers who wrote about issues other than the one you chose.Discuss what you feel are the potential benefits of stem cell research for Alzheimer’s patients and their families.Share your perspective on the stem cell debate regarding donation of surplus embryos to couples for “embryo adoption.”Why is the task of disposing unused frozen human embryos different from disposing of other medical tissue?Answer both questions above and all its parts. answers are simple answers with APA references.

Early European Explorationsa. What lessons did Early European Explorers though their early exploration

1. The remarkable development of technology provides comfort to us. As technology developed, there were many platforms that helped the population. We can watch television anywhere, anytime. There is a lot of information and knowledge that we can get through watching television, but there is also something that we lose from it. Although technology has brought convenience to people, it also has influenced obesity negatively. The further technology improves, people’s health suffers through obesity. Technology’s convenience is the key that affects children and adult obesity. Technology allows people to obtain whatever he or she wants on demand. With all these applications that allow people to get whatever they want or need with a touch from the screen, people naturally got lazier over time.The daily television viewing time for American children and adults. On average, children ages 8-12 in the United States spend 4-6 hours a day watching or using screens, and teens spend up to 9 hours. And Estimates suggest that in 2020 U.S. adults will spend an average of two hours and 46 minutes watching TV each day. Children and adolescents spend a lot of time watching screens, including smartphones, tablets, gaming consoles, TVs, and computers. Watching television is the third most time-consuming activity after sleep and work. Also, while people watch TV, physical activity tends to be minimal and snacking is prevalent. Our activity ceases and time for exercise is reduced significantly.Television may not be the biggest factor that correlates to increase in obesity, but it does play a part. Obesity is not just being overweight, it potentially comes with different health problems for the future.2. “I knew this whale had died due to plastic ingestion,” Marine biologist Blatchley said when he saw a young fifteen-foot-long whale floating on the water. The autopsy revealed how the whale died. More than eighty eight pounds of plastic rubbish, such as plastic bags and rice sacks, were found in the stomach of the whale. It was not the only case that plastic garbage caused the death of a whale. Throughout the years, D’ Bone Collector Museum has found fifty seven marine mammals that died from consuming plastic waste. Plastics are an indispensable material in human’s modern life, variously used from packaging to transportation, due to its ease of production and durability. However, production and management of plastics are now out of our control. Not only ingestion of waste from animals, plastic waste has shown to cause multiple problems, such as threatening human health and the ecosystem. Now, urgent action is needed. All the countries in the world should decrease their plastic production through regulations that decrease the amount of plastic production and of plastic waste dumped into nature.Plastics are not biodegradable but a number of countries keep producing plastic without any appropriate plan to get rid of plastics and just dump out waste, causing contamination of the ecosystem. The definition of ‘biodegradable’ is an ability to be decomposed by living organisms such as fungi and bacteria. If a material is non-biodegradable, it remains and may pollute an environment. Plastic is one of the most known, used non-biodegradable materials. Many scientists have tried to find a way to decompose plastics completely and have ‘almost’ found a way by incorporating them with organic compounds but plastic itself at a molecular level still remains in the environment (“Biodegradable Substances” 553). In a landfill, plastics may have multiple negative effects on soil, such as blocking waterways and causing environmental pollution, especially when plastics are not filtered in composts (Esan, Ebenezer Oluwaseun, et al e0214376). By 2015, roughly 6300 metric tons, which is equivalent to 14,000,000 pounds, of plastics have been made and only nine percent was recycled, twelve percent was burned and the rest of it is predicted to be in landfills or in a nature (Geyer, Roland, et al). Now, the size and mass of plastic rubbish floating in the Pacific Ocean is approximately the same size of Mongolia. Additionally, the World Economic Forum has predicted that the amount of plastic waste would outweigh the amount of fish in the ocean by 2050 (“Plastic waste”). As series of evidence has shown, the amount of plastic waste is difficult to overlook and will stack up quickly without proper plans to remove plastics. If littering of plastic continues, the earth will be completely covered with plastic waste.3. With many ideas and with courage I have decided that the topic I’ll write about is LGBTQ+ rights. This topic is important to me, because not only does it represent me but others as well. It’s a topic that is very sensitive to many people who don’t agree with this lifestyle. I have struggled in the past and I am still struggling to find out who I am. This essay will take part in helping me express some part of me that I would like to share.There were many topics that I would have chosen to avoid this one such as the current pandemic, Black lives matter and much more. Writing about the pandemic is a difficult but exciting topic to write because it’s new. It’s difficult because it doesn’t have enough resources to make a two page paper but it’ll make an amazing cliffhanger. After thinking of many topics that I could have chosen I realized that if I were to write about any topic I wouldn’t be writing it with passion. The reason I chose Lgbtq rights is because although we are more flexible than we were centuries back we still face discrimination.