...Operant conditioning is a way to conditionally train a person or even an animal to make a set behavior you [Eliminate second person (you, your) in academic documents and avoid addressing the reader directly. Prefer third-person pronouns (he, she, they, it)] want completed. This proved to be possible by giving a positive or negative response to the set behavior wanted until the tested subject gets the intended behavior correct. In summary this manipulates the subject for a specific result. B.F Skinner also known as the creator of this study “believed that the mechanisms of learning are the same for all species” (Kiernan, fall 2013) [The citation for a direct quote needs the page number] . Skinner’s taught us [Use "we," "us," or "our" to mean yourself and coauthors, not general humanity (or yourself and the reader)] that any behavior can be accomplished if presented and taught properly through the rules of operant conditioning by simply punishing or reinforcing. Although Skinner was seen [The passive voice is a form of "be" (was) and a participle (seen). Over-use of the passive voice can make paragraphs officious and tedious to read. Prefer the active voice. For example, passive voice = The paper was completed on time. Active voice = the student completed the paper on time.] as the primary figure in this theory, he wouldn’t [Contractions are inappropriate in academic writing--write it out] have been able to [Wordiness: this phrase can be simplified to one word--"could"] accomplish...
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...Sea world Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Part A 2.1 The history of Sea World 2.2 Management performance evaluation 2.3 Roles of competing value framework within Sea World 2.3.1 Co-Ordinator 2.3.2 Monitor 2.3.3 Mentor 2.3.4 Facilitator 2.3.5 Innovator 2.3.6 Broker 2.3.7 Producer 2.3.8 Director 3 Part B 3.1 External pressures 3.2 Recommendations to the management of Sea World 4 Conclusion 5 References 1 Introduction The objective of this report is to review the historical development of Sea World from management perspective and to evaluate management’s performance against the competing values framework. Secondly, based on the findings, recommendations will be made to Sea Worlds management to address shortfalls. 2 Part A 2.1 The history of Sea World In 1958, Australian businessman, Keith Williams bought a large tract of land along the Nerang River in Surfers Paradise and established the Water Ski Gardens. Williams’ primary objective of the venture was to attract tourists to Australia from abroad. Due to the expanding tourist numbers, the attraction was moved in 1971 to Split, Main Beach as 'Ski Land Australia'. (Tomar, 2012) SeaWorld took a giant step forward in 1973 when its main competitor, Marine land, was purchased by Williams. The famous aquatic performers were transferred to SeaWorld, strengthening the quality of its employees (A Short History of Sea World on the Gold Coast, 2012). To differentiate...
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...Hollywood Walk of Fame * TCL Chinese Theatre * Hollywood Sign 8/14/14-Thursday * Beverly Hills * China Town * Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels * Little Tokyo * Drop off Ting and Yuqing at hotel * Omni Los Angeles Hotel 251 South Olive St * Drop off rental car Other * Six Flags Magic Mountain * Outlet Mall * Beach * Buy drinks/water/milk for breakfast * Bring hat, swimsuit, and sunscreen Southern California CityPASS SeaWorld * General admission to the world-famous aquatic theme park including all rides and shows. * The voyage begins at SeaWorld. Connect with the sea like never before. Be awed by Shamu in the One Ocean show or laugh at the comical antics of Clyde and Seamore’s sea lion and otter show. Feed and touch dolphins and bat rays, and get up-close to beluga whales. Soar, dive, and twist like a ray on our Manta coaster or take a plunge on Journey to Atlantis. * 500 Sea World Drive, San Diego, CA 92109 * 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. * Parking: $16/day San Diego Zoo * The San Diego...
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...The Study Aims to Know Whether Flooding Affects Student’s Interest in Attending Classes of the University of Cebu-Maritime Education and Training Center. Carlyle Allen M. Pono Margallo University of Cebu Maritime Education and Training Center Submitted to: Ms. Belinda N. Escandallo March 2011 9:00- 10:30 Rationale of the Study The use of this study is to know the effects of flooding to student’s mindset during heavy rain fall that results to flooding. Flooding is common to the land area of UC-Maritime Education and Training Center, water sometimes rises from below knee level which is a hustle for the students. This concerns not much of the course but everyone in the campus who works and studies. This is an eternal issue that couldn’t be prevented because it is a natural calamity, though won’t be prevented, there’s still a good remedy for it. A better way of going to school would be proposed when the problem is totally learned and understood. Students maybe listened more to have an additional credits in school rules during floods. This problem should be given much attention for it happens often and should have a solution earlier to hand down any new school laws to generations to come in the next following years. Theoretical Background Flood geology (also creation geology or diluvial geology)...
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...“There’s nothing natural about a lion, or tiger, or killer whale, jumping through a hoop or standing vertically to obtain a food reward.” (“Welcome Progress on captive wildlife” 1). When I was a little girl, I loved to see animals doing tricks. After doing some research, now I know some shows are wrong. Animal captivity is wrong because it’s dangerous for people and for the animals, and it’s not natural. Animals such as orcas should never be in captivity. Having animals in captivity can be dangerous for people. “There is no established record of orcas killing human being in the wild… In captivity, however, it’s a different story. Since the 1970’s killer whales in captivity have attacked 24 people around the world, and some of these encounters have been fatal… so why do they attack people in captivity when they don’t in the wild? The answer seems to be captivity-related stress.” (Should We Be Keeping” 1, 2). When animals in captivity get stressed,...
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...Research Paper on Maritime Technology and Environmental Regulations 1-0: Introduction Two vessels collided on august 1990 near Gibraltar in Spain resulting in a sea disaster and oil spill. Sea Spirit along with the Norwegian gas tanker collided head on causing a spill of about 8000Tons of oil. Oil contamination in the marine spread far, even reaching the Moroccan coast in form of cakes, tar balls, and oil packs. Similar to this disaster is the major oil spill that occurred on July in 1979 near Trinidad and Tobago caused by the Atlantic Empress. The spill allegedly resulted in the largest oil spill of 287,000Metric tons of oil ever to be recorded. The disaster was never totally remedied since during pull away from the scene, the tanker continued to spill an additional substantial amount of oil. Conversely, the Aegean Captain also leaked large amount of oil. Some moments later on, Atlantic Empress sank deeply with its cargo remaining solidified. However, the spill from the two ships never reached the shores of the ocean. 2-0: Similarities 2-1: Similarities in environmental effects In terms of ecological contamination, Both Sea Spirit and Atlantic Empress caused major impacts on sea animal and plant life. Sea birds became highly affected dipping the insulating capacity among such animals. Birds became highly vulnerable to temperature changes and less buoyant in water. The two oil spills contributed to huge impairments and disabilities related to flight in aquatic birds (Horn...
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...which is a non-profit organization. Leadership is leading by way of exemplary examples and instilling confidence in the audience. Leaders are working for the good of the Company. Leaders are good trainers since they want to pass the information on to trainees to avoid mishaps. Leaders change things like conventional believes and practices. Leaders are knowledgeable in their field. The Zoological Society of San Diego has existed 90 years. It is now referred to as Global Zoo. There many leaders at the zoo. There is a Board of Directors with 12 members. The leaders at this level are concerned with the Zoo’s mission which is conservation, education, and recreation organization dedicated to the reproduction, protection and exhibition animals, plants, and their habitats (Mission Statement). These are the leaders that stay abreast of environmental changes. At the administrative level leadership may not be so strong or evident to all zoo employees since there is rarely direct contact with them (Halogen). In 2006, the Society brought in approximately 100 million dollars for the first time. This level of revenue drove the society to re-evaluate its old practices and to create a new strategic plan that would modernize their way of doing business. One of the key elements of the new plan was a focus on employee accountability. To achieve accountability the Society made use of a new program to revolutionize and reorganize the organization (Halogen). In this case the software...
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...channeling that tribal feeling in this new line in stores. Buyers can pick up one of springs hottest trends and help support a good cause! For ever item purchased, they were giving 10% back to The Samburu Project until 2013, with a minimum donation of $10,000 USD. HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES- ANIMAL RESCUE HSUS is the nation's largest and most effective animal protection organization. Forever 21 lended their helping hand by coming up with a line of fashion forward clothes. Through the collection, they were able to raise $32,773. With the purchase of every shirt, Forever 21 will make a $1 donation to the HSUS. UNDER THE ENVIROMENTAL POLICY Forever 21 will continue to transport their products via sea in order to help reduce carbon emissions. However, what customers do not know is that this is an easy way for f21 to save cost in transporting their products via air freight. Airlines bill you by what is called a chargeable weight. Sea carriers charge per container rates for shipping in standard size containers. If you are shipping less than a container load, your price is often determined by cubic meter. With larger and heavier shipments, it is often much cheaper to ship by sea. HIRING ILLEGAL WORKERS The five workers, one of whom began working at Forever 21 aged only 16, say that they were made to work through their scheduled (and legally mandated) breaks, and that when they finished their shifts, they couldn't leave upon clocking out. First, they had to wait to be put...
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...260 species of mammals. When you think of an animal it is likely to be a mammal. People are mammals. Cats and dogs are mammals. So are such farm animals as cattle, goats, hogs, and horses. Mammals also include such fascinating animals as porcupines, gorillas, giraffes, rhinoceroses and kangaroos. Mammals are found to exist all over the world in all different climates. Mammals such as chimpanzees and elephants dwell in tropical regions. Arctic foxes, polar bears and many other mammals make their home near the North Pole. Camels and coyotes live in deserts. Some mammals even live in the sea such as dolphins, seals and whales. One group of mammals, the bats, can fly. | | Characteristics of a MammalThese characteristics are common to all mammals: | Mammals nurse their babies. They feed them on the mother's milk. Mammals have to eat a lot of food to maintain their high body temperature. | | Most mammals give their young more protection and training than do other animals. | | Only mammals have hair. All mammals have hair at some time in their life, though in certain whales it is present only before birth. | | Mammals are warm-blooded. Their body temperature remains about the same all the time, even though the temperature of their surroundings may change. Birds are also warm-blooded, but animal groups such as fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians are not. | | Mammals have a larger, more well-developed brain than do other animals. Some mammals, such as chimpanzees, dolphins...
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...Business Idea 2 3. Target Markets 3 3.1. Market Needs 3 4. Classification of Business 3 5. The Experience 4 6. Experiences 5 6.1. Educational Zone 5 6.2. Marine Educational Lecture Theatre 5 6.3. Poisonous Creatures 5 6.4. Touch Rock Pool 5 6.6. Open Water Viewing Tunnel 5 6.7. Kelp Forest 5 6.8. Sea Jellies 5 6.9. The Great Barrier Reef Exhibit 6 6.10. Our Fragile Waters 6 7. The Risks 6 8. Risk Mitigation 7 9. Aquarium Design 7 10. Future Trends 8 10.1. Social 8 10.2. Environmental 8 10.3. Political 8 11. Conclusion 8 table of figures Figure 1 Kurrawa Underwater Discovery Centre Design 10 1. Introduction This report is based on designing a tourism product, finding a market, explaining the experience and the risks involved. The report also contains concepts of the impacts of political, social and environmental issues. The tourism product designed is the Kurrawa Underwater Discovery Centre. This product is intended to provide an underwater adventure for the target market of families whilst the main concept through entertainment is to educate individuals about the importance of the world’s oceans and the animals which reside in this delicate...
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...Chris Clarke on how Disney's treatment of animals has altered our sense of the wild and cleared the way for environmental decline. As the close of the twentieth century approaches and our world becomes more and more urban our knowledge of nature is increasingly second-hand. Those of us in cities, whose non-human neighbors tend toward rats, pigeons and dandelions, are dependent on the media for our understanding of the natural world – or at least that part of it not adapted to urban life. It is from movies, television and packaged tourism that we derive our sense of nature. For the last half century, it has been Walt Disney and his corporate estate that have provided that sense. In doing so Disney has instilled an appreciation of nature in generations of media consumers. Many environmentalists and animal-rights activists credit Disney with awaking their concern for the environment. But this appreciation has not been delivered in a value-free package. From the outset Disney’s nature films have supported the notion that the natural world’s chief value lies in the profit that industrial society can extract from it. At first this support took the form of simple paeans to the righteousness of logging, mining and urban development. Now, amidst the increasing commodification of everything from tribal myth to basmati rice, the value extracted from nature is the right to define nature. Disney covets that right and will gain it at our peril. Not much besides hindsight distinguishes...
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...Unit 2 Critical Thinking Chapter One 1. When Darwin was young, his family wanted him to assume their role and become a doctor but he never wanted to. Darwin was always interested in exploring new horizons and trying to figure out the world. One of the most important things that persuaded Darwin to travel was when Henslow persuaded Darwin to read the seven volume book about someone’s traveling experiences and viewing the new world. The training that Darwin did with Sedgwick prepared him for his voyage and geological experience. 2. Darwin witnessed the corals and the band of shells above sea level and started to wonder if the water has always been at that level. When he finally arrived on the islands, he noticed how the same animals adapted to different environments. 3. When Darwin arrived in the Galapagos Islands, he noticed that there were various types of animals and species. He observed that although some of the animals looked similar they had distinctive traits. After comparing his findings in the Galapagos to other islands he visited, he concluded that the animals adapted to their environments. 4. Thomas Malthus had the idea that there were different checks in the world such as famine, and disease to control the population. Malthus called it the Principles of Population and Darwin agreed with his principles but wanted to expand and go deeper into his principles, thus creating the “species theory.” 5. Darwin delayed publishing his theory because he thought...
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...Part-1 (About Sundarban) The Sundarbans | | The Sundarbans ('Forest of Sundari trees') are one of the largest remaining areas of mangroves in the world. It also has exceptional biodiversity, notably about 400 Bengali tigers. Its ever changing landscape is shaped by tidal shifts, rivers and creeks. Brief Description The Sundarbans mangrove forest, one of the largest such forests in the world (140,000 ha), lies on the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers on the Bay of Bengal. It is adjacent to the border of India’s Sundarbans World Heritage site inscribed in 1987. The site is intersected by a complex network of tidal waterways, mudflats and small islands of salt-tolerant mangrove forests, and presents an excellent example of ongoing ecological processes. The area is known for its wide range of fauna, including 260 bird species, the Bengal tiger and other threatened species such as the estuarine crocodile and the Indian python. Justification for Inscription The Committee inscribed the site under criteria (ix) and (x) as one of the largest remaining areas of mangroves in the world, which supports an exceptional biodiversity with a wide range of flora and fauna, including the Bengal Tiger and provides a significant example of on-going ecological processes (monsoon rains, flooding, delta formation, tidal influence and plant colonisation). Long Description The Sundarbans consist of three wildlife sanctuaries (Sundarbans West, East and...
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...Free Orcas How much do you really know about whales in captivity? Do you think the whales at sea world enjoy being there? Imagine you're walking down the street with your family when out of nowhere you're trapped in a net and being taken away from them. This happens to young whales almost everyday and is very unnecessary. Orcas should not be kept in captivity because it causes premature death, anxiety, and violent behavior. Many people would consider these results to be animal abuse. It has been confirmed that whales in captivity have higher mortality rates than those in the wild and these rates have only worsened over the years. According to the report “Killer Controversy: Why Orcas Should No Longer Be Kept in Captivity,” "Captive female orcas give birth too young and too often, leading to both high adult and high infant mortality." Also, the chronic stress of being confined weakens their immune system which leads to infection. This is the most common cause of death for captive orcas. The average life expectancy of a wild orca is 30-50 years. Orcas who have died at Sea World have an average age of death of 13 years old. The shocking fact is that over 161 whales have died in captivity, and it can easily be prevented by leaving them in the wild where they belong. Another outcome of the confinement is anxiety. Orcas who are not compatible with one another are placed in relatively small tanks which results in anxiety and tension. This tension often leads to brutal fights...
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...will focus to serve sea foods in a fresh, delicious and affordable meal that will meet the taste of our beloved customer. The ambiance will be really relaxing, amazing and entertaining because in every wall of the restaurant we decide to put aquariums as they wonder that they really in the deep blue sea. We assure that our future customers will be satisfied to our food and in our service. In this proposed business, Mara Chelo Ysabel Veloria will give Php3,000,000 owner a three Grocery Store in Valenzuela. Camille Ramos will give Php 2,500,000 from her Hacienda in Batangaswhile Abigeal Mirasol will give Php3,500,000 from her Condo property as her contribution. II -History of the study: Seafood is any form of sea life regarded as food by humans, it is prominently includes fish and shellfish. Sea plants, such as some sea weeds and microalgae, are widely eaten as seafood around the world, especially in Asia. In North America, although not generally in the United Kingdom, the term "seafood" is extended to fresh water organisms eaten by humans, so all edible aquatic life may be referred to it. The harvesting of wild seafood is known as fishing and the cultivation and farming of seafood is known as aquaculture, mariculture, or in the case of fish, fish farming. Seafood is often distinguished from meat, although it is still animal and is excluded in a strict vegetarian diet. Seafood is an important source of protein in many diets around the world, especially in coastal...
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