The domestic cat was first classified as Felis catus by Carolus Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae in 1758.[1][3] However‚ because of modern phylogenetics‚ domestic cats are now usually regarded as another subspecies of the wildcat‚ F. silvestris.[1][4][33] This has resulted in mixed usage of the terms‚ as the domestic cat can be called by its subspecies name‚ Felis silvestris catus.[1][4][33] Wildcats have also been referred to as various subspecies of F. catus‚[33] but in 2003
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Will Carnes Into to Education My thesis statement was developed after reading Herbert Kohl’s book‚ Stupidity and Tears. Mr. Kohl wrote this book after years in the education field. He reflects on his experience as a young teacher in the inner city systems of New York‚ his sabbatical year in Italy stretching himself to write about his experiences‚ many of them about students that he had taught. He then describes his current efforts to create a new kind of teaching program associated
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life though his novel‚ Cat’s Cradle. Consequently‚ it was banned by the Ohio School Board in 1972‚ but “without stating an official reason”(Indianapolis Monthly). The debunking of the validity of religious and scientific beliefs‚ along with the harsh truth embedded within his work has earned Vonnegut a spot on the controversial “Banned Books” list. He addresses the ongoing war between science and religion by blatantly stating that both are faulty. Throughout Cat’s Cradle‚ the author claims that religion
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“Cat’s Cradle‚” Jonah exposes many examples of why he does not believe in Christianity or any other religion besides the one religion he established‚ Bokononism. I personally see where Jonah is coming from‚ the fact that there are statements in the old testament that we do not follow even though they may be stated more that once. Although‚ there are a couple of things that I agree on with Jonah and Bokononism; I concur with Liana Price’s Essay on “Understanding Religion Through Cat’s Cradle.”
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The Importance of stupidity in Scientific Research This essay talk about how two students from graduate school reunited with each other after many years for the first time. They were both Ph. D students at the same time and they were also studying science. One of the friends later dropped out of graduate school. The reason why she dropped out of the school was because she felted stupid in the program. After feeling stupid for a couple of year she decided that it was time for a change. After
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In the article “Artificial Stupidity” linguist Geoffrey Pullum states his opinions on artificial intelligence and how his every day interactions with simple technology affect his opinions on this. He starts his article by reciting a log of the redundancies of specific user-interfaces that he encounters throughout a five day period. Most of these interactions are with simple appliances such as a projector giving a notification that it will go to standby mode in “one minutes” or a self-checkout machine
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Students: finish reading Cat’s Cradle before reading this article. I say this because the article gives away the ending of the book! For Tuesday‚ write a reader response (your reaction) to this article. Your response should include specific examples and explanations as to why you agree or disagree with Liana Price’s view of the book. If you choose‚ you can write this as a reflection on how Price’s ideas have helped you understand Vonnegut’s book. The paper should show that you have thought about
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volunteer at Cradles to Crayons. At Cradles to Crayons it is seasonal switch‚ which means the agency was switches all their spring/summer supplies to their fall/winter supplies. It was a lot of heavy lifting and organizing the clothes by gender and sizes. I worked with the volunteers and workers at Cradles to Crayons to complete the seasonal switch. I got to see how much is donated to this agency‚ which is a lot. It was a nice experience because I got to meet a lot of the people that work at Cradles to Crayons
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In Cat’s Cradle‚ the author Kurt Vonnegut talks about religion. The main religion written about was Bokononism. Bokononism is established by the government of San Lorenzo to make the people forget about their underprivileged quality of lives. Vonnegut’s novel sees ordinary people become deified and manipulated to become spokespeople for some greater human force. Vonnegut expresses his distrust of technology‚ opposition to religion and fear of a rapidly evolving society. The theme in Vonnegut’s novel
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symbol is something that represents something else. In Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle‚ a reoccurring symbol is – unbelievably - the cat’s cradle‚ which is represented in three different ways. There’s the “literal cat’s cradle‚ which is where this symbol comes from‚ and there’s an image of the cradle. But the most interesting way the cat’s cradle is represented is when it’s used as a metaphor in different situations. The cats’ cradle is used as a symbol to signify the difference between the world as it seems
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