...CORN AND CULTURE: THE INFLUENCE OF ZEA MAYS ACROSS CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL BOUNDARIES BY GINNY MARIE MUELLER Undergraduate Thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the University Scholar distinction The University of Montana Missoula, MT May 2011 Approved by: James C. McKusick, Dean The Davidson Honors College Kathleen Kane, Faculty Mentor English David Moore, Faculty Reader English 1 Mueller, Ginny, B.A., May 2011 English Literature Corn and Culture: The Influence of Zea mays across Cultural and Historical Boundaries Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Kane Second Faculty Reader: David Moore Corn's status as a critical food crop, and its location within indigenous new world cosmographies, illustrate the important sociocultural role the plant has played for millennia. However, modern society has elevated Zea mays far above the status of mere plant, fashioning it into a commodity intimately connected to systems of control and capitalism. Consequently, corn has played an essential role in colonization, industrialization, and the advent of overproduction. The beliefs and literature of numerous new world cultures, along with the literatures of modern Western cultures, offer a striking analysis of corn's current position in western society. The far-reaching impacts that corn has on our socioeconomic and subsistence systems reveal a great deal about globalization, commodification, and dominance. This paper examines corn through a cultural studies lens, documenting...
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...CONFLICT MANAGEMENT READING NOTE Conflict is a clash of interests, values, actions, views or directions (De Bono, 1985). Conflict refers to the existence of that clash. Conflict is initiated the instant clash occurs. Generally, there are diverse interests and contrary views behind a conflict, which are revealed when people look at a problem from their viewpoint alone. Conflict is an outcome of organizational intricacies, interactions and disagreements. It can be settled by identifying and neutralizing the etiological factors. Once conflict is concluded it can provoke a positive change in the organization. When we recognize the potential for conflict, we implicitly indicate that there is already a conflict of direction, even though it may not have yet manifested itself as a clash. Confliction is the process of setting up, promoting, encouraging or designing conflict. It is a wilful process and refers to the real effort put into generating and instituting conflict. Deconfliction is the annihilation of conflict. It does not refer to negotiation or bargaining, or even to resolution of conflict: it is the effort required to eliminate the conflict. Why conflicts arise In most organizations, conflicts increase as employees assert their demands for an increased share in organizational rewards, such as position, acknowledgment, appreciation, monetary benefits and independence. Even management faces conflicts with many forces from outside the organization, such as government, unions...
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...Lesson 6 Reecent studies have suggested a revision of the primate taxonomy – genetic markers Original Branching: New Branching: Infraorder Prosimii: Infraorder: Lemuriformes * Lemuriformes Superfamily: * Lorisiformes - Lemuroidea * Tarsiiformes - Lorisoidea Primate General trends * Locomotion * Diet * Sensory adaptations * Life histories (growth stages, social behavior) Not all primates made the same Prosimians are more primitive than monkeys and apes. Anthrpoids derived toward more complex lifestyle * Prosmians separated from main primate line 40 to 45 million years ago * New world monkeys split around 38 to 40 * Old world monkeys and apes split around 25 * Chimpanzee split from human line around 10 Primate locomotion Four Main traits * Pentadactyly = five fingers and toes on each limb * High degree of prehesnsitlity (grasp)and opposability (Opposable thumb) * Retention of the clavicle ( allows shoulder to roll and arms to swing in circle) * Erect upper body Four types of locomotion patterns * Quadrupedalism ( walking on all fours) * Vertical Clinging and leaping * Knuckle walking * Brachiation ( swinging through trees) * Bipedalism us Diet Gerealized – almost anything All four tooth types (Incisors, canines, premolars, molars) Differences between primates...
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...Investment Analysis Summer 2013 – Class Notes Investments: Background and Issues Investment - the current commitment of money or other resources in the expectation of reaping future benefits. Real Assets versus Financial Assets Real Assets – Assets used to produce goods and services. Real assets are tangible assets that determine the productive capacity of an economy, that is, the goods and services its members can create. These include land, buildings, machines, and knowledge that can be used to produce goods and services. Other common examples of investments in Real Assets are paintings, antiques, precious metals and stones, classic cars etc. Higher carrying and storage costs, increased transaction fees and lower liquidity, are some common drawbacks of real assets in relation to financial assets. – i.e. - land, buildings, equipment & knowledge – Functions to contribute directly to the productive capacity of the economy – Generate net income to the economy – Individual portfolios may include real assets, real estate and commodities (precious metals or agricultural products), through direct investment. • Financial Assets – Claims on real assets or the income generated by them. Financial Assets, or more commonly known as Securities, include stocks, bonds, unit trusts etc. In essence, financial assets or securities represent legal claim on future financial benefits. These are no more than sheets of paper...
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...02/03/14 Marriage Divorce $28,800 19,500 65,000 95,000 175,000 200,000 02/12/14 Lack of Communications Personal quality employees ( Job Lookout ) 1. Ability to verbily communicate with persons inside and outside organization. 2. Ability to work in team structure. 3. Ability to make decisions and solve problems 4. Ability to plan, organize, prioritize 5. Ability to obtain and process & informative statisics - 20% 7% men 12%women Because interpersonal relationships. Negative emotions 80% of mens succeeds in suicide 02/05/14 Types of Communication Intrapersonal communication =Public Communication Intrapersonal communication= Mass communication Aka Dyadic communication Small Group Communication=Each Level of communication has its own characterics Intrapersonal-self Intrapersonal dyadic-two people Group- 3 to 8ish Ex. Movies with large group –Unmanagable Public speaking -10ish to 40ish Mass- 50+ Lack of Communication Relation termination is because of not listening to one another. Engage in a conflict. Argumentation solves conflicts not focused on the issues/expressions. How to handle the relationship. Cant argue a win- win try to compromise 02/24/2014 Not Listening means no empathy Typology of verbally aggressive messages and the effects of those messages 1. Character attacks Damaged selft-concepts 2. competence attacks Hurt feelings 3. Insults Anger 4. Teasing irritation 5. Ridicule Embarrassment ...
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...PRINTED BY: Norman Puga . Printing is for personal, private use only. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted without publisher's prior permission. Violators will be prosecuted. Essential Linux Administration: A Comprehensive Guide for Beginners Page 1 of 4 PRINTED BY: Norman Puga . Printing is for personal, private use only. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted without publisher's prior permission. Violators will be prosecuted. ESSENTIAL LINUX ® ADMINISTRATION: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS i CHUCK EASTTOM WITH SERGE PALLADINO Course Technology PTR A part of Cengage Learning 9781133795308 i ii Essential Linux Administration: A Comprehensive Guide for Beginners Chuck Easttom with Serge Palladino Publisher and General Manager, Course Technology PTR: Stacy L. Hiquet Associate Director of Marketing: Sarah Panella Manager of Editorial Services: Heather Talbot Marketing Manager: Mark Hughes Acquisitions Editor: Heather Hurley Project and Copy Editor: Marta Justak Technical Reviewer: Danielle Shaw Interior Layout Tech: MPS Limited, a Macmillan Company Cover Designer: Mike Tanamachi Indexer: Sharon Shock Proofreader: Kelly Talbot © 2012 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright herein may be reproduced, transmitted, stored, or used in any form or by any means graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including but not limited to photocopying, recording...
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...10/29/13 Data encryption is the only thing that will secure data transmission. Powerpoint: Confidentiality: Keeps information secret from all but authorized people Integrity: Can enforce integrity with hashes Authentication: Provides a way to authenticate entities Non-repudiation: Prevents a party from denying a previous statement or action Cryptology in Business • Increasing concern about the security of data. • More sophisticated attacks • Tremendous growth of computer-related fraud and data theft • Data protection as a business priority Intrabusiness Security: Privacy, integrity, authorization, and access control. Interbusienss Security: Message authentication, signature, receipt and conformation, and non-repudiation Extrabusiness Security: Anonymity, time stamping, revocation, and ownership Applications and Uses • Cryptography uses can be found in categories, such as: o Anti-malware o Compliance or auditing o Forensics o Transaction security o Wireless security Symmetric Key Crypto Standards Triple DES (Data Encryption Standard): Consists of three passes of DES using multiple keys IDEA (International Data Encryption Algorithm): Uses a 128-but key and runs faster than DES Blowfish: Faster than DES or IDEA AES (Advanced Encryption Standard): Strong and fast. Defacto standard today. RC2: Designed by Ronald Rivest RC4: Used in Internet browsers Symmetric Key Principles • The same key encrypts and decrypts • Symmetric Algorithms...
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...* **X^T means not on the exam!!** * System components: * These are NOT CONSTANT! They VARY. Time Space Measurement * Data are the facts and figures collected, summarized, analyzed, and interpreted * The data collected in a particular study are referred to as the data set * The elements are the entities on which data are collected * A variable is a characteristic of interest for the elements * The set of measurements collected for a particular element is called an observation * A data set with n elements contains n observations * The total number of data values in a complete data set is the number of elements multiplied by the number of variables. * Ordinal * The data have the properties of nominal data and the order of rank of the data is meaningful. * The nonnumeric label or numeric code may be used. * Sorting provided additional MEANING BETWEEN one element and another. * Interval * The data have the properties of ordinal data, and the interval between observations is expressed in terms of a fixed unit of measure. * Interval data are always numeric * The ZERO POINT is arbitrary. * Ratio * The data have all the properties of interval data and the ratio of two values is meaningful * Variables such as distance, height, weight, and time use the ratio scale * This scale must contain a zero value that indicates that nothing exists for the variable at the zero...
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...Fraud Examination Notes 3.11.14 The Securities Act of 1933 came after Krueger case The primary function of the SEC is to protect investors * Requires that publicly traded companies need to publish financial documents and other information * Audited financial statements came about later * They get reported to SEC through EDGAR * 10-K – annual report on financial information * 10-Q – quarterly report on financial information * 8-K – annual report on financial information plus other important information (mergers, change of auditors, etc.) * So much regulation b/c effects can lead to loss of faith in system, finances, etc. * Prevented insider trading * Prohibited manipulating market price of securities * Cannot steal funds from brokers * Cannot steal securities without registration from SEC * Disgorgement – return of any illegal profits through civil prosecution * Rule 10(b)5 – It shall be unlawful for any person directly or indirectly, by the use of any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce, or of the mails or any facility of national securities exchange, * To employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud, * To make any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or * To engage in any act, practice, or course of business which...
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...Anthropology of Religion Week 6 Things What is a thing? How do the readings this week suggest we can differentiate between something material and something immaterial? Does a “thing” have to be material? Do the apostolics fetishize honey? people invest significantly in certain kinds of understanding in the material properties of objects. pebbles and water are mundane therefore easier to slip in to the fetish. For them nothing less interesting than a pebble, they make this a clear point. honey endowed with healing properties, but when he eats it different semiotic ideas. The guy in the car treated honey as pure presence, but ocontaining the spirit- he comes really close to fetishizing. As long as you know that it is wrong you are not fetishing. fetish is an unsettling presence, innate inalienable power to it. Overestimation of value, not able to draw the line. Pure vision of the power of the object that Is fetishized. Is fetishism an inevitable part of social practice? Semiotic ideology: what does this term mean? How is it useful for an understanding of the religious approach to things? Semiotic forms-“social categories” which are “recognizable as something knowable”. “They must, that is, have some material manifestation that makes them available to, interpretable by, and, in most cases, replicable by other people: bodily actions, speech, the treatment of objects, and so forth.” “Semiotic forms are public entities…” they are “objects for the senses…”...
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...both reading and writing never was interesting to me. I found myself struggling throughout the years I’ve been in school to pass an English or composition class. I did, however, find one subject that I could connect with those subjects that helped me understand and progress as a reader and a writer ¾ Music class. As a kid in elementary school, we had basic music classes, and my first memory in a music class was learning to play the recorder. Our teacher taught the class how to hold, and position each finger over the holes of the recorder to make different sounds. At this age, is was hard to harmonize, considering it was our first year learning an instrument. There was no reading or writing when it came to playing the instruments, but with music, a story can be made. For example, half the class would play our recorders in sync with one another, and other students in the class would play percussion. With the rhythm of the music combined, the feel and sound of the music gives the audience a feel of a different environment, such as feeling as though you are taking a journey through an Indian village, or celebrating the first fourth of July in America. As I progressed through the year, music classes turned into singing as well. In order to know the words that we were singing, we had paperback music, which had music lines, notes, and words for us to...
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...paper earlier meant that I could spend the rest of my time checking through the paper. Halfway through the paper, I saw my friend John suspiciously looking at the class. My instincts told me that something was wrong. As a result, I began to keep an eye on John. Suddenly, I saw John taking notes out from his pencil case! My mouth hung wide open and I gasped in shock. How could John do that! I thought should I report him? The devil in my mind said that I should not care about this thing after all, he is still my best friend while the angel said that I should be honest and report him. After thinking for a while, I decided to report him. I raised my hand and told the teacher “ Mr Tan, John is cheating by using notes from his pencil case.” The teacher nodded his head and walked towards John’s table. Mr Tan said “John! Why are you cheating?” John shook his head to deny that he did not cheat. Mr Tan confiscated his pencil case and dumped the contents out. Out came pencils, erasers and pens. But there was no notes inside! John let out a smirk from his mouth. I was shocked! I thought that there was a note? Just when I thought all hope was lost, Mr Tan found another zip at the pencil case and he opened it. Suddenly, John’s smirk began to vanish. Waves of panic overwhelmed him. The hidden note was found there! Mr Tan looked at John sternly. He brought John to the principal’s office to explain what had happened. On the next day, the fiery-tempered Discipline...
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...Improving Your Note Taking ▪ Effective note taking is one of the keys to succeeding in school. Students should devote a considerable amount of time reviewing information discussed during classroom lectures. It is very difficult remembering specific details from classroom lectures without good notes. These note taking strategies will help you to take better notes: ▪ Make clear and accurate notes Make sure to take legible and accurate notes since it is not uncommon to forget key details discussed in class after it has ended. Frequently, students comprehend the teacher's lecture, so they'll neglect to jot down specific details only to forget them later. Students who keep accurate notes can review them later to fully grasp key concepts during personal study time. Additionally, since during classroom lectures teachers frequently cover many topics, effective notes enable students to concentrate on specific topics. ▪ Come to class prepared Students properly prepared for class usually take better notes. Proper preparation includes completing assigned reading prior to class and reviewing notes from previous lectures. Students who do this can ask questions about confusing concepts and be prepared for new topics. ▪ Compare your notes To ensure your notes are as accurate and detailed as possible, compare them with the notes of other students after class is over. This is useful because your colleagues will frequently write down lecture details that you...
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...Dean Helton Note-Taking Assignment 1. Why did you choose Cornell, Outline, or Visual Map? I chose the visual map way of taking my notes this morning at church. I have actuallynever taken my notes that way before, but I really enjoyed it. I am a kinesthetic learner and seeing maps and graphs help me understand things a lot better than just simple notes. I was nervous at first to take my notes this way but I very quickly got the hang of it. After the sermon it was much easier for me to look over my notes and understand what the message and sub nots were pointing out. I will now take all of my sermon notes this way. 2. What did you like about the style of note taking you chose? I enjoyed using this style for many reasons. One of the main reasons was because it gave me the opportunity to listen more to the sermon wrather than focusing on writing down the notes that we were given. It also was a huge help to me after when I was looking over the notes. It gave me a clearer picture of what the sermon was about. 3. What did you dislike about the style of note taking you chose? I think the only thing I disliked about it is that it is almost like an outline,a nd if you are not careful you could miss an important long point that need sto be recorded just for the sake of making your picture graph look good. I added a few take away points at the bottom of my notes that I felt like I needed to add so that I could better understand the over all message. 4. How do you plan...
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