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Skin color is determined by five main pigments; melanin, keratin, melanoid, hemoglobin, and oxyhemoglobin. According to most researchers skin color first evolved from the Africans when they migrated to Asia and Europe. Human skin color is very diverse; it ranges all the way from dark brown to white. The Human Genome Project is one of the most known experiments to help scientists map the genome both physically and functionally. Human skin acts as a physical barrier that protects chemical and…

With the victors who would receive a pottery vase, that had been filled with Athenian olive oil. The vase a terracotta panathenaic amphora, with it typically featuring an armed Athena on the main side, with a event placed on the other. The vase or amphora was a jar with two handles and a narrow neck, with the amphora remained unchanged over…

Gothic literature has been around for centuries (starting roughly around the 1760’s). They consist of darker elements, typically incorporating the supernatural, grotesque violence and the madness of others. As well as using the imagination to create a very vivid and lively story that grips the reader. Its elements can be seen in present day novels. In the works “The Devil and Tom Walker” and Miss Peregrines home for peculiar children, a common gothic element within the two stories is…

dirty clothes and placed them into the box that stood upon the cart. Her mother packed her some food and also a bottle of olive oil to apply onto her skin after bathing. After finishing the laundry, food and lathering the oil over their bodies, the girls played near the shore. Nausikaa kicked the ball into the water and awoke a rough looking naked man who fetched for an olive branch in attempt to cover himself. This strange man was Odysseus, but the girls were unaware of his identity. So,…

War, ashes, and devastation and the city of hopeless reconstruction. Pompeii illustrates destruction in order to show nobody is safe from danger at any time. The purpose of the telling of Pompeii is to present the world with history from a former city that was once prosperous. The thought of people having to look death in the face is a thought that would be found terrifying. People were suffocated by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and ¨For eighteen hours the ash and rock kept falling¨ (O'Connor…

I am someone who takes this quote metaphorically and believe to see us is really asking if his and Penelope's love still stands as strong as their bed stands in their room or has someone taken her love. I think Homer intentionally uses the olive trunk metaphor to represent Penelope's and Odysseus' foundation of marriage. It is as unmovable as a tree trunk that no suitor, unless he tears the roots out, will be able to move it. Once again his curiosity of whether someone else has Penelope's…

The Greeks are an influential civilization, although the group does believe in some strange superstitions, such as not eating beans, for that fact that they believed beans contain souls of the dead (10 Facts About the Ancient Greeks)! Greece is a peninsula containing numerous islands, surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea on one side and the Aegean Sea on the other (Sakoulas “Introduction”). Its location is significant in helping create the Greek lifestyle, which highly depends on trade and…

Santanu Majumdar is a professor at Georgia Southern University. Mr. Majumdar teaches graphic design and exhibition design. Mr. Majumdar began teaching a course that teach students the importance of working with professional team designers, learning how to handle real life projects, and exploring cultural diversification. Mr. Santanu Majumdar also goes around to different colleges/ universities and host critical thinking conference for students and teachers to attend. Santanu Majumdar also…

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Grilled Fish Tacos Preparation - 35 minutes *** Cook - 9 minutes *** Ready In - 9 hours 44 minutes Servings - 6 To make the marinade, whisk together 1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil, 2 table- spoons of distilled white vinegar, 2 tablespoons of fresh lime juice, 2 teaspoons of lime zest, 1 1/2 teaspoons of honey, 2 cloves of minced garlic, 1/2 teaspoon of cumin, 1/2 teaspoon of chili powder, 1 teaspoon of seafood seasoning, 1/2 tea- spoon of ground black pepper, and 1 teaspoon of hot…