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Describe what you learned and/or what stood out the most regarding the topic of Speciation in the video lecture? You must describe at least two pieces of information from video lecture. You can include additional information from the module and/or textbook, but two should be from lecture.

Hermine has two children—Julia and Earl. Julia, an undergraduate, just finished her third year at college. Earl, a graduate student, just finished his second year of graduate school (overall, sixth year of college). Hermine paid for Julia’s and Earl’s tuition and course materials as follows.     Julia Earl Tuition and required enrollment fees $3,300 $8,400 Course materials (not paid to the institution) $600 $900   [question 2 of 2] How much can Hermine claim this year in educational credits for Earl? (assume any applicable phase-outs do not apply)

This year, Hermine paid $13,000 of investment interest expense. She also earned $4,500 in qualified dividends, $5,400 in interest income, and had a short-term capital gain (STCG) of $1,000 and a long-term capital gain (LTCG) of $2,200. The capital gains resulted from the sale of stock held as investments. She has no other investment expenses.   [question 2 of 2] Assuming Hermine does make an election to have her LTCG and qualified dividends taxed at ordinary tax rates, how much investment interest expense may she deduct?

This year, Gaston recorded the following donations:   $500 in cash to a family in needStock purchased many years ago for $2,000, but now worth $14,000, to a church$300 in cash to a political campaignHousehold items that originally cost $1,200, but are now worth $100, to a public charity   What is Gaston’s maximum allowable charitable contribution before any AGI limitations?

This year, Alex had expenditures for medical expenses as follows:   Emergency room visit $8,000Dental work paid to an orthodontist$3,000Hearing aids$1,000Prescription medications$700   Alex has $60,000 of AGI and the AGI floor in effect for the current year is 7.5 percent. After any AGI limitations, what amount of medical expenses may Alex deduct as an itemized deduction?

Immediately following a sales meeting with a prospective client this year, Martin took the client to a Tampa Bay Rays game. Food and drinks were served in the stadium suite. Business was discussed at the baseball game. On separate bills, Martin paid $200 for the food and drinks and $300 for seats at the baseball game. What amount of these expenditures may Martin deduct as a business expense?

What type of receptors, present on phagocytes, attach them to to foreign microorganisms? 

A bacterium that cause Meningitis, Neisseria meningitidis, initially colonizes the _______. 

If a person who has never been infected with or vaccinated against the varicella-zoster virus comes in contact with a person who has shingles, they can come down with:

Which two hormones continue to be studied for their interactions on how the body uses the food we consume?