Addressbthe themes of friendship and camaraderie found in Beowulf.

You are trying to open up a restaurant / coffee shop that will become a social gathering place for your friends and peers. You want this place to be really cool — but also a place where people can relax and get comfortable. What kind of establishment will you open? How will you get people in the doors? What will they do once they get there? How will you keep them there for long periods of time and keep them coming back? Write a description or story of your ideal social meeting place. You’re addressing the themes of friendship and camaraderie found in Beowulf. A good rule of thumb is to fully address the prompt as it’s worded.This is an informal writing assignment, so feel free to get creative and have fun with this assignment, or to get personal and expressive. ).

Negative Racial Stereotypes and Their Effect on Attitudes Toward African-Americans

AT LEAST ONE QUOTATION FROM EACH TEXT USED. Must use at least one of the following readings. -Patricia Hill Collins. “Mammies, Matriarchs & Other Controlling Images.” In Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness & the Politics of Empowerment. New York: Routledge, 1991-Davis, Angela. “Rape, Racism & The Myth of the Black Rapist.” In Women, Race and Class. New York: Vintage, 1983.-Majors, Richard and Janet Mancini Billson. “Introduction.” In Cool Pose: The Dilemmas Of Black Manhood In America . New York : Lexington Books, 1992

Can We Feed the World and Sustain the Planet?

. How is this tertiary paper different from the primary paper we read on the 6th mass extinction?2. Highlight one thing from this paper that stood out to you.3. Is it enough for us to solve today’s problems of poverty and access to food? In other words, is a short-term solution also a long-term one? 4. Why is agriculture the planet’s dominant environmental threat?5. What are the three major challenges faced by the world’s food system? (Obs. The author considers this to be humanity’s biggest challenge yet. “It is fair to say that our response will determine the fate of our civilization.”)6. The author argues that the solution to growing more food is not as simple as “expanding farmland and improving yield (the amount of edible crops harvest per hectare)”. Why not?7. Where does the food that we grow currently go?8. If we ultimately consume animal products, why does Foley separate agricultural crops that are directed to humans vs. crops directed to animals? In other words, what is the ecological difference?9. What are the five solutions proposed by Foley?10. What does it mean to close the yield gap?11. What are your thoughts on these five solutions? Are they reasonable? Do you think it’s possible to apply them? Justify.

Who is an audience for this topic/who would you be trying to persuade with your speech?

1. (ie. “Today I will persuade/convince you…..”2. Why did you select this topic/what makes this a good persuasive research topic?3. Who is an audience for this topic/who would you be trying to persuade with your speech?4. Which of the 3 identified structures are you planning to use for your persuasive speech? What makes that a strong/good structure for this topic & speech5. Depending on your structure, identify 3-5 discussion/main points that can be developed for this particular topic? (Develop clear points)Explain/Describe why each is a good topic and what can be discussed in each point MP

Do you notice a difference from an ‘everyday’ state of mind?

You may prefer to leave the video on or to listen first and follow afterwards.As you sit down to meditate: the explanations on the body posture will vary slightly, but it is best if you can sit up straight with your legs crossed, your palms resting on your knees (see first image below) or resting folded below the navel (second image): Khentrul Lodro Thaye R.jpgAjahn-Chah-4ab11.gifYou may look downwards and keep your eyes slightly opened or meditate with your eyes closed. If you like one meditation in particular, if you feel at home with it, you don’t have to change to a different meditation the following week. Simply indicate this in the beginning of the journal entry. As soon as you finish your meditation session, write down your impressions in ca. 100-150 words. Do not wait too long or else you may forget your experiences. You can record your reactions to the specific instructions (for example “I like the way the instructor talks about breathing…”/ “The explanations about suffering made me feel uncomfortable”..). You can also record any experiences, emotions, memories, any of your inner reflections on how your body and your minds feels when you practice Buddhist meditation. Do you notice a difference from an ‘everyday’ state of mind?As you proceed from week to week and from instruction to instruction, you may also want to reflect on differences between the meditation techniques. Those of you who may already know Buddhist or other meditation traditions are welcome to include their experiences into their responses. If you find it difficult to start writing, you can use the following-or similar- prompts:-If my body could talk, it would say