...Same-Sex Marriage and Heterosexual Marriage: Two Birds of a Different Feather Terrence A. Bradshaw Composition II May 29, 2014 Same-Sex Marriage and Heterosexual Marriage: Two Birds of a Different Feather Since the nineteen seventies, same-sex marriages have always been something that society, as a whole, has never really came to grips with. When Richard John 'Jack' Baker and James Michael McConnell applied for a marriage license, the two University of Minnesota students were denied the application, by Hennepin County District Court clerk Gerald Nelson, because the applicants were both men on May eighteenth, nineteen seventy. Even though the men fought for what they believed was right all the way up to the Supreme Court, the court agreed with Nelson. The Baker v. Nelson case has been used in other states as precedent to block efforts at marriage equality (Gay Marriage Timeline, 2014). Was the Supreme Court right almost fifty years ago… maybe so?! Same-sex marriage should not be viewed the same as heterosexual marriages. Although same-sex marriages may have some similarities, heterosexual marriages are completely different than same-sex marriages. Marriage has always been viewed as an institution where a union of a man and a woman are uniquely involved in the procreating and rearing of children within a family setting. Around two-thousand three, same-sex marriage once again became a “hot-button” issue in the media. More than half of Americans was not in favor of making...
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...Many bird of paradise feathers get their colors from pigments. Almost all yellow, orange, red, brown, and black colors in birds are due to pigments. Pigments are chemicals that interact with light on a molecular level, absorbing white light and emitting only certain wavelengths. We look at the emitted wavelengths as the color of the feather. The makeup of the pigment molecules determines the color that is showed. Most of the red, orange, and yellow found in birds are due to chemicals called carotenoids. Most browns and blacks come from melanins, which is the same group that colors mammalian skin and hair. Pigment molecules are deposited in an irregular pattern of granules on the walls of the translucent keratin cortex. This makes up the...
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...reproductive success greatly influenced a population and the traits that were being passed on through many generations. Charles Darwin is associated as being the father of evolution because of his advanced thinking and the breakthrough that was made about scientific theory. The Archaeopteryx was just one bird that was observed by scientists to see if evolution existed. About 150 million years ago, similarities were found in the foot, wrist, and tailbone of the Archaeopteryx that also could be found in some species of dinosaurs. This knowledge gave them great insight into where birds came from how they evolved from dinosaurs. It is remarkable how birds were able to outlive dinosaurs. If one encyclopedia was able to name 9,702 living bird species, which was ten times greater than the number of dinosaurs that were documented, evidently specialized flight feathers, powerful wings, light bones, and strong chest muscles are what caused birds to not only survive, but to be able to fly and thrive. Birds are only able to fly because of the heritable traits that were passed on to them through years of natural selection. Dinosaurs most likely did not use their feathers for the same purpose as birds (insulation and social display were suggested), but the trait of flight could’ve been passed down because it helped dinosaurs with movement and the capture...
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...Ecotoxicology (2009) 18:522–536 DOI 10.1007/s10646-009-0310-9 Assessment of environmental contamination using feathers of Bubulcus ibis L., as a biomonitor of heavy metal pollution, Pakistan Riffat Naseem Malik Æ Naila Zeb Accepted: 6 April 2009 / Published online: 6 May 2009 Ó Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009 Abstract Concentrations of metals such as Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Li, Mg, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn were analyzed in the feathers of cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) from three breeding colonies in the Punjab province, Pakistan. The mean concentrations of Ca, Cd, Fe, Pb and Mn were significantly different between the three study sites (River Chenab, River Ravi and Rawal Lake Reservoir). The mean concentrations of Ca, Cd, Fe and Mn were significantly greater at the River Chenab heronry and Cr, Co, Zn, and Pb concentrations at the River Ravi heronry. The feathers of cattle egrets collected from the Rawal Lake Reservoir heronry were least contaminated. Multivariate statistical methods viz., Factor Analysis based on Principal Component Analysis (FA/PCA); Hierarchical Cluster analyses (HACA), and Correlation Analyses identified relatively similar associations of metals and their sources of input. Metals such as Ca, Mg, and K were related with natural input from parent rock material whereas trace metals viz., Cu, Cd, Co, Pb, Ni, and Zn were associated mainly with anthropogenic processes. Metals such as Fe, Mn, and Li were either correlated with natural input or with anthropogenic...
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...CROW’S FEET SUMMARY OF THE MOVIE The investigation of four forensic chemists started two days after the homeowner was exterminated inside the tented house. The homeowner Elliot Beckman was found dead in his house. Sara, Grissom, and Greg from the crime lab investigator or the CSI, investigate the cause of death of the homeowner by entering the house of the victim and suspected that exterminators uses sulfuryl fluoride. A gas used as a structural fumigant insecticide to control dry wood termites. It can also be used to control rodents, powder post beetles, bark beetles, and bedbugs. Greg continues to investigate the other room obtaining a blue feather. Later, they found out that the feather was matched to a kind of bird called “Hyacinth Macaw”. They have 4 suspects including the two neighbors, namely Rory Kendell and Zach Alfano and the two fumigators, Ted Martin and Nate Allen. They examine the outside of the tented house by snapping photos of the tent, discovered a trail of sand leading from it and straight to the neighbor’s house. They interviewed Rory Kendell and found out that he haven’t left his place and has been laid up in his house for two days and asked for a urine sample to test if he is affected in the sulfuryl fluoride poisoning. In the laboratory, they found out that the termite fumigant enters the victim bronchioles causing his lungs to fill with fluid. They also noticed the bruise in the victim’s cheek. One of the chemist revealed...
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...Wings of birds and bats: the only two vertebrates known to fly; however, they share no close ancestor. This is known as convergent evolution in which unrelated species, such as the bird and bat, have developed similar structures in flight but their skeletal structures are very different (McGhee, 2002). The two biological and obvious differences are the bat’s wings, which are made up of a leathery skin membrane with hair and fur, while bird wings have feathers. The wingspans also differ in each species. In the Unites States, bat wingspans can be 12-16 inches in length (Neuweiler, 2000) while the wingspan of birds can range in length depending on the type of bird. For instance, condors can have a wingspan of 9 feet while the average wingspan of a hummingbird can be just 4 inches long. Bats belong to the taxonomic order, Chiroptera (Greek for hand and wing), (Neuweiler 4) and avian (winged) family. Bat wings are shaped differently as they are used for cutting through the air quickly and can dive in flight like that of birds. Bat wings have a webbed membrane, known as patagium, which is stretched between modified forelimbs to the extended digits, or chiropatagium, which is then attached to the side or the back of the bat and the lower leg (Avila-Flores & Medellin, 2004). This membrane is an extension of the skin of the body and has umbrella-like features. The formation of the patagium allows a greater surface area which is necessary for flight. The most elongated parts...
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...Feathers, Fur & Friends Animal Rescue and Sanctuary 1680 SE Virginia Road, Bend, OR 97702 541-410-8209 FOSTER/ADOPTION APPLICATION Thank you for taking the time to complete this application. The information provided will help us understand your home environment, as wel l as your qualifications and interests regarding fostering or volunteering. Please do not hesitate to call with questions or assistance in completing this form. Pleas e be as thorough and precise as possible. We will be checking veterinary referen ces, and we ask that you notify your clinic so release information to our rescue is allowed. Name: ____________________________________________ Age: _____ Signature: ___________________________________________________ Spouse/Significant Other: ______________________________________ Children's Ages: ______________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________________ City, State, Zip: ______________________________________________ Phone Home: (____) ____ - _____ Alternative Phone: (____) ____ - _____ Best time to call at what number: ________________________________ E-mail:_____________________________________________________ Occupation: _________________________________________________ Spouse's Occupation: __________________________________________ Type of Dwelling: House: ____ Condo: ____ Apartment: ____ Other: ___ Do you rent: ___ own: ___? If you rent, do you have the landlord's permission to foster a bird? _______ Does anyone...
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...Vertebrate 2 22. What are the teleostomi and why are they important? Is large group embracing the acanthodians , the bony fishes, and their tetrapod derivatives. Arising within these teleostomes are the teleosts, which today comprise most the living fishes. 32. Why are fishes major players in the vertebrate story? They outnumber all other vertebrates and one of the most successful groups of animals. Within the fish groups jaws and fins first appeared. Ray finned along with fleshy-finned fishes gave rise to land vertebrates, tetrapod's. Tetrapod's inherited paired appendages, jaws, backgrounds, and lungs from fishes. 33. Describe the features of early tetrapod's? First tetrapod's lives mostly in water but could use their formative limbs to navigate the shallow freshwater where they live and perhaps make and occasional sortie onto land. Tetrapod's underwent extensive radiation today's tetrapod's fully terrestrial vertebrates many amphibious, aquatic, and flying groups. 34. Describe labyrinthodonts? sckulls of juveniles carried the lateral line system, but absent in adults of the same species. And metamorphosis living terrestrial amphibians also lose the lateral line system of their aquatic larvae. Thus many ancient tetrapod's, like modern amphibians were probably aquatic as juveniles and terrestrial as adults. Ichthyostega, late Devonian, is a member of the ichtostedid amphibian group. The animal was about 1 cm long. Skelton of seymouria a later terrestrial anthracosaur...
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...existing breeds. (Nimbkar, et al., 2008). Reports have shown that feathers play an important role in broilers production especially during feathering processes (Omeje, et al., 1998). This is because they are made up of the same protein structure as human hair, keratin, though not uniformly distributed throughout the bird’s body as described by (Wilson et al., 2007). Rather they are arranged in rows to produce distinct feather tracts. Each tract follows a specific arrangement with distinct angles which give broilers a common pattern in feather. About 75% of a bird’s skin surface is covered with feather tracts with the uncovered areas being mostly beneath the wings and on parts of the breast. The follicles are formed during embryo development and fixed once the chick is hatched. During broilers life time each bird undergoes two molts. The first occurs during the first two weeks of age where the down feathers are mostly shed and replaced with juvenile feathers and the second at about 4-5 weeks of age where new feathers push the first set of feathers out (Bacon et al., 2005). The head and neck of broilers are the last area of the body to go through molt. It is normal to see broilers with first set of down feathers still on their neck and head area at 5-6 weeks of age. In adult birds, feathers are used for courtship displays and their pattern of structure also in sex differentiation of broilers. Contour feathers protect the broilers against the sun, wind, rain and injury in range...
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...cupido attwateri) is an endangered subspecies of the now extinct Heath Hen that historically resided throughout Texas and Louisiana. It is a ground bird, known as a grouse, and part of the North American grouse family. The Attwater’s Prairie Chicken is roughly 17-18 inches tall and is smaller than it’s lighter colored relative, the Greater Prarie-Chicken Image of a male Attwater’s Prairie Chicken showing typical habits of their mating dance: cheek sacs inflated and the longer feathers at the ears and tail erect. (Image from TDPW) This bird is a medium sized grouse heavily bands of dark brown, black and beige plumage. The male has flashy bright yellow eye combs and long...
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...David Haskell did some research on how chickadees survive in such a cold climate. He decided to take all his clothes off in the same climate that the chickadees live in, to see how long he would survive. He figured that is a small bird could do it then so could he. He thought this because he has a larger volume, more fat on his body and the fact that people consume lots of calories and so should produce more heat. He soon realised that because of his large volume he had a larger surface area and so lost more heat. That the birds are insulated with feathers. That the birds had muscles to shiver that are far greater than ours, making more heat and that the chickadees flock with other birds for safety. He says that firstly the individuals in...
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...the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is a charitable organization in the England and Wales and in Scotland. It was created as the Plumage League in 1889 by Emily Williamson. It operates to encourage conservation and protection of birds and the broader environment via public awareness campaigns, petitions and via working on the nature reserves all through the United Kingdom. The RSPB has more than 1300 employees, 18 000 volunteers and above 1 million members (including 195,000 youth members), making it the biggest wildlife conservation charity in Europe. The RSPB has various local groups and manages 200 nature reserves. Today, the RSPB works in co operation with both the civil service and the Government to counsel Government...
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...Feather girls - analysis and interpretation The short story 'feather girls' by Claire Massey, from 2010 is a very imaginary and well written story, which leaves you behind with the sensation of unknowing. I believe the text has a very deep meaning to it, which I will try to find. In the short story we meet a man called Bill. We can see from the text, that Bill is old "A collection of regulars cluttered the bar, all grey haired men similar age to him". Bill has a wife, who he does not see very often, as she has "flown off" by herself, as their children were grown. In the village, where the story unfolds it is common to give your wife a feather coat from feather girls, but Bill has fallen in love with a feather girl. The feather girl's name is unknown, but Bill and her have been seeing each other for a long time "All these years of going to meet her and yet still, every time, he felt like a lad. They have been doing the same thing over and over again, meeting each other at a local pub called the Hare and Anchor, eating vinegar crisps with salt "packet of salt and vinegar crisps. Here at the pub we are introduced to the landlady of the pub, Mary. Mary is the most interesting character in my opinion, because her curiosity about the couple is intriguing. Mary is described as stingy "Mary was stingy with the coal, still too early in the year for a fire whatever the chill in the air said". Mary is living in the past, and never throws anything away "Collections of one kind...
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...Many people don’t know how easy and inexpensive it is to raise backyard chickens? This essay will go over choosing the correct chicken for the buyers climate, how to care and feed the chickens from chick to egg layer, the coop size the buyer will need for the amount of birds and the protection required from predators, and finally what to expect from the chickens once they are egg layers. Most people think all chickens are the same, well that would be incorrect. Most backyard chickens are dual purpose breeds but very rarely are they used for meat birds. A few chickens for different environments are, for those that live in area that get really cold in the winter the Black Jersey Giant is not a wise choice, they prefer a warmer climate to live in. Say the buyer lives in a very cold climate well the perfect bird to choose would be any type of Wyandotte chicken. These birds are very cold hardy and will continue to lay eggs during extremely cold months. There are also birds that can live in eitherType to enter text Type to enter text very hot climates or very cold climates. One type of bird that can live in these environments are any breed type of the Orpington. Once the buyer chooses the correct bird for there area the buyer will need to know how to care for them from chick to egg laying hen. A good temperature for chicks as what Jenna Woginrich wrote in “Mother Earth News” “You must keep chicks warm. Ninety to 95 degrees fahrenheit is the magic temperature range,...
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...Ruffled Feathers — An Analysis Nabeel Jaitapker Seton Hall University MASCL Comm 8523 March 4, 2011 Hateley and Schmidt’s (2008) Ruffled Feathers story which showcases issues discussed by penguin executives, is an accurate representation of how leadership teams behave when facing a change in diversity. The “Very Important Penguins” team realizes its mistake at the story’s conclusion, of not including diverse individuals in its conversation while discussing the subject of diversity. The use of metaphors in the story definitely raised my awareness, and the following is my analysis of the story and how it compares to my professional experience. UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY The arrival of new birds labeled as “exotic” or “different” and their impact on existing culture, is what causes the penguins to immediately call for a review (Hateley & Schmidt, 2008). They groan about how the new birds go about their daily business, and even the penguins that are accepting of the new birds, are intimidated by the notion of interacting with the new additions. I experienced this first hand as a manager at Apple, Inc. where I came into a leadership role at 27, and was working directly with other leaders who averaged 40 years of age. Needless to say, it was quite an educational experience for all parties involved. While most talked about how things were done a certain way since they had been there, I always questioned why it was done that way and how we could be more efficient using the...
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