In the story "Leiningen Versus the Ants" Leiningen the main character in the story is described as a positive and negative person feeling toward the ants but is also two of his bad flaws that gets him to work harder to defeat the ants and save his four hundred workers and plantation. This story was published in 1938 by Carl Stephenson who wrote of a plantation owner who has gone though plague‚ drought‚ and famine and now an army of ants’.You can imagine him as some tall‚ muscular man always puffing
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Many believe that interactions produce knowledge. This is seen in Cathy Davidson’s “Project Classroom Makeover” and in Steven Johnson’s “The Myth of the Ant Queen.” Davidson discusses the importance of working collaboratively. Johnson explores different systems and the interactions within them. The system is made of many individuals that need to communicate to solve certain problems. Both authors discuss the hierarchies and how it limits individuals from collectively working together. Without a hierarchy
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3. The subsystem of English consonantal phonemes Characterized with regards to: 1) The type of blockage the air stream must overcome 2) The contact of the articulatory organs Criteria: a) Place of articulation b) Manner of articulation c) Acoustic impression d) Position of the soft palate A) Place of articulation (place) a. Bilabial – p‚ b w‚ m b. Labio-dental – f‚ v c. Dental – (th) d. Alveoral – t‚ d‚ tš‚ dž‚ s‚ z‚ š‚ ž‚ n‚ l‚ r e. Palatal – j f. Velar – k‚ g‚ nasal: n g. Glottal
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Btsisi Kinship Trevan Davis Ashford University Anthropology 101 Instructor Jorge Garcia-Herreros April 12‚ 2013 Btsisi Kinship The society I have decided to write about are the Btsisi people. The Btsisi way of life and Kinship system is very similar to modern society worldwide. Btsisi are Horticultural people meaning they cultivate and produce their own food and they typically live close to water to provide them with another food source besides what’s cultivated. For this assignment‚
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Kinship systems in Foraging and Horticultural based societies provide support for people in all stages of their life. Address the following in a two- to three-page paper: a. Identify and describe the kinship system of one of the cultures listed below. These cultures are found in Chapters 3 and 4 of Cultural Anthropology. o Australian Aborigines o Btsisi o Inuit of the Artic o Iroquois o San o Yanomamo b. Briefly describe the culture
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The Large Ant as an Ineffectual Critique of Human Moral Nature What is “human nature”? Do a natural set of behavioral paradigms govern our morals at the most basic level? And more importantly‚ are those prescribed behaviors inherently good‚ or naturally evil? The Large Ant by Howard Fast depicts human nature as leaning toward the latter. Many other artistic and literary works seem to take this position‚ arguing that because humans have the capacity to commit evil deeds‚ they must themselves be
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Leiningen versus the Ants In any story‚ characters are made from an author‚ but they actually living in the story. They have their own particular traits that human has. People can be describe as many type of people by the traits they has‚ and just like the characters in the story can be describe as a type of person. In story “Leiningen versus the Ants” by Carl Stephenson was an example of shown that Leiningen a characters could be describe as a intelligent‚ respectable leader and a brave person
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University of Applied Sciences‚ 415 Chien-Kung Road‚ Kaohsiung 807‚ Taiwan‚ R.O.C. Abstract. Swarm intelligence (SI) is based on collective behavior of selforganized systems. Typical swarm intelligence schemes include Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO)‚ Ant Colony System (ACS)‚ Stochastic Diffusion Search (SDS)‚ Bacteria Foraging (BF)‚ the Artificial Bee Colony (ABC)‚ and so on. Besides the applications to conventional optimization problems‚ SI can be used in controlling robots and unmanned vehicles
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The text can be divided into several parts: • The exposition‚ in which we learn about little Nicholas‚ his cousins and his strict aunt. Nicholas got into his aunt’s disgrace. So his cousins were to be taken to Jagborough sands that afternoon and he was to stay at home. The Aunt was absolutely sure that the boy was determined to get into the gooseberry garden because I have told him he is not to. • The complication‚ when Nicholas got into an unknown land of lumber-room. Forbidden fruit is sweet
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A hero is “one that shows great courage” according to Webster’s Dictionary. In Leiningen versus the Ants by Carl Stephenson‚ the protagonist Leiningen can be considered a hero. Not only does he risk his life to save his peon workers and farm‚ but he is respected by all in every way‚ shape‚ and form. Although he has many advantageous characteristics‚ he also has some that are quite dubious‚ making a slight dent in his bold delineation. In total‚ Leiningen has both positive and problematic attributes
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