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For many years, there have been disagreements between the linguistic community about the role of allophones in distinctive feature theory. Many claim that the addition of allophones to feature theory would help further the investigation of language rules; others claim that they would be superfluous and unwieldy to work with. It is my opinion that allophones should be added to the distinctive feature theory models as a method of creating a deeper analysis of the formalization of phonological…

a few passages, highlights some lines, types something. The Odyssey is a heavy and thick book, both context and size-wise, the paper is a fine yellowed, buckled and dog eared thing with splashes of highlighters and ink scribbled in the margins, asterisks and notes and arrows flying across its papery expanse. Xander was never the one to keep his books pristine and as unblemished as the form they were purchased, he didn't see what the whole fucking fuss was about anyway, as long as the words were…

Analytical Essay 1: Natural Selection and the Struggle for Existence by J. G. Lennox and B. E. Wilson Lennox and Wilson begin their article with the assertion that the concept of a “struggle for existence” is crucial to Darwin’s conception of natural selection. They develop their argument in light of Lewontin’s example , where two bacterial strains of varying division rates grow logarithmically in a medium with a surplus of nutrients. In time, the faster dividing strain starts to compose…

This weeks readings focused on revolution and decolonization. Tuck and Yang’s piece ‘Decolonization Is Not A Metaphor,’ focused on how decolonization at its core is about the repatriation of Indigenous land and life, and cannot be simply used as a metaphor to acknowledge and address other social issues that call for a reversal in our standing social fabric due to the complex and intertwined issues between ‘settler-native-slave’ (2012). They also state that in using decolonization as a metaphor…

Results Yasumuro and Ikeda (2011) discovered statistically significant differences between the poor and enriched environments through exploratory behavior, various body patterns, and reactions to stimulus. The duration of exploratory behavior witnessed in the octopuses in the poor environment were notably less frequent than the standard or enriched environments, while the enriched environments displayed the most exploration of all three environments. Variations of exploratory behavior were seen…

Initial Goals: My initial goals for the program was to take in an equation like 5*(4/3+2^(3-1)) and return the answer to it (26.666667 in this case). I intended it to work with simple arithmetic (multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, exponents, and parentheses). My initial brainstorming resulted in an iterative action. The program would follow the order of operations and begin with the contents of innermost parentheses and replace that portion of the input with the answer before…

The use of steroids, also known as performance enhancing drugs (PEDs), in baseball has been illegal in Major League Baseball since 1991, even though they did not start league wide testing until 2003. And even though they are outlawed, many still use steroids and get away with it. This gives them an unfair advantage and if not used properly can ruin not only their careers, but their lives. I believe that steroids should become legal in the MLB to level the playing field. Many people cheat and get…

When I was growing up, Woodrow Wilson was a great progressive hero. As a founder of the League of Nations and a champion of global democracy, he was a model of enlightened statesmanship. As president of the United States, he introduced a host of sweeping reforms, including an income tax and women’s right to vote. He was the most forward-looking leader before the New Deal came along. But now, they want to chisel his name off buildings. Woodrow Wilson was also a deep-dyed racist. Even in the…

Basic Worksheet Questions: These questions/tasks are to be completed prior to class for each scheduled reading marked with an asterisk (*). When quoting or paraphrasing directly from the article, be sure to include the paragraph citation for easy reference during class discussion. 1.Quote a sentence (or two) from the article that best indicates the author’s main argument. In Adrian Mack’s and Miranda Nelson’s article, “Vancouver Hockey Riot Is a Symptom of a Larger Problem” the authors…

not so. The passwords are just for the machines to input inside, process the bold characters or asterisks if it is true or not, then finally provide us with the rights to our valuables. But for any other human being, it can be a source of money or information that is valuables. No…