...From a cryptic diary found among his possessions, it appeared that McCandless had been dead for nineteen days. A driver’s license issued eight months before he perished indicated that he was twenty-four years old and weighed a hundred and forty pounds. After his body was flown out of the wilderness, an autopsy determined that it weighed sixty-seven pounds and lacked discernible subcutaneous fat. The probable cause of death, according to the coroner’s report, was starvation. In “Into the Wild,” the book I wrote about McCandless’s brief, confounding life, I came to a different conclusion. I speculated that he had inadvertently poisoned himself by eating seeds from a plant commonly called wild potato, known to botanists as Hedysarum alpinum. According to my hypothesis, a toxic alkaloid in the seeds weakened McCandless to such a degree that it became impossible for him to hike out to the highway or hunt effectively, leading to starvation. Because Hedysarum alpinum is described as a nontoxic species in both the scientific literature and in popular books about edible plants, my conjecture was met with no small amount of derision, especially in Alaska....
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...Layne Hazam English 101 Prof. Anderson Aug 7, 2010 Attack of the Clones I recall sitting around the dinner table with my family as a teenager and engaging in riveting debates about the numerous possibilities cloning had for our world. In recent years, due to sports injuries and other battle wounds, these possibilities have become increasingly personal for me, even as the technology and the debates have rapidly advanced. It seems that since the discovery of fire humanity has attempted to imitate and manipulate phenomena that nature has had billions of years to develop and perfect. Cloning is a perfect example of such attempts. In nature, cloning is the process by which genetically identical organisms are produced by way of asexual reproduction. With some success, scientists have been working on ways to reproduce this phenomenon through biotechnology, in a laboratory setting. In biotechnology, cloning refers to the process used to create copies of DNA, cells, or entire organisms. Each of these forms of cloning will be described in this paper, which will then explore the issues surrounding cloning from biological, technological and public health standpoints. Molecular cloning, or DNA cloning, is the process of making multiple copies of an isolated sequence of DNA fragments (Strachan & Read, 1999). This form of cloning is most often used in biological research, but is also used in more practical applications such as genetic profiling and protein production. In practice, techniques such as this are often used ...
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...hundreds of thousands of Protestant Irish immigrated in these early years. This is contrary to the urban myth of the Irish Catholic American origins (Meagher, 2009). The next big migration of Irish to America was in the 1700s to 1820s. These immigrants assimilated easily into the American way of life as most prospered at a rate that could not have been conceived in Ireland. “Nearly half of General Washington’s continental arm, including 1492 officers and 22 generals, were of Irish descent” (American Immigration law Foundation, 2001, p. 1). Even with the influx of Irish throughout early history of America, the peck of Irish migration to America came in the mid-1800’s. This time in Ireland is known as ‘The Great Potato Famine’ when in 1845 a fungus decimated the potato crop; thus, forcing many poor farmers to leave their homes and venture out into the world and leading them to America. The Irish who came in the mid-1800’s were mostly Catholic, and when they landed, they had no money or jobs...
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...Following the discovery, the entire world had been influenced from the Columbian Exchange where a new trade route started between the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. From the exchange, the chance to explore new cultures, foods and crops became a major opportunity. Though many people believe Columbus was a hero, there were some negative aspects about his voyages. Native American’s lifestyles changed drastically once the Spanish stepped foot on their territory. African and Native Americans were slaves that were forced to change their religion and culture. Also, the spread of diseases, no one thought existed, disrupted the population all over the world. Christopher Columbus is a controversial figure that impacted Modern World History. Many people debate if he is a hero or a villain. Whether people believe that this impact was positive or negative, Columbus is viewed as the courageous and dedicated explorer who made an impression by his voyages all over the globe. Without Christopher Columbus’s ambitions, the discovery of the Americas and the dedication to keep his settlement there may have never happened. It was difficult for Columbus to start his voyages because the Portuguese...
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...this great democratic country has had bleak periods in its economic history timeline because political, money, and wars through-out time. However, Americans recuperate their path back to brilliant and fascinating rich economy. It is not easy to do so, to get back into good economical shape, however it is feasible. In the 20th century, ending of the 1920’s a severe worldwide economic depression ever experienced in the industrialized force. Although the Great Depression commenced in the United States, it spread over to 15 countries to say the least. Causing gargantuan unemployment rates ever recorded in America and Europe. Moreover, it stroked partially Japan and Latin America. The devastating economy deficiency went on to reach its peak point until 1933, which marked the year that America started to recovery, but went on for almost 7 more years. Approximately lasting till 1939. After this awful period, another, but not as large compared to the Great Depression. In the early 1980’s the country experienced another recession causing yet again employment lack and GDP (gross domestic price) to rise, causing stuff to be more expensive and with jobs being cut down, Americans were struggling once again to brighter times. Following through on America’s economic timeline, there is one more recession in economy. This particular recession even has alias names like; Lesser Depression, the Long Recession, or the global recession of 2009. However it’s more commonly known name is the Great Recession...
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...Changes in international development: An assessment of trilateral development cooperation. Introduction In a time span of the last 10 years, the scene has changed rapidly in international development studies. A number of new actors have appeared on the scene and are changing the attitudes towards and the setting of development, in particularly in Africa. To argue that changes on this scene is a novelty would be obscene, with possible references to the plethora of different development paths followed by individual states, the widely differing politics of international development and in particular the big shifts in the international paradigms surrounding aid and governance. The reasons for the current change on the international scene are many. First, and most relevant to this paper, there is the entry of “new” states on the scene. These are states that most often have risen to a middle-income level (e.g. China, Brazil, South Africa), and now are looking to either widen their altruistic reach, look out for geopolitical interest, gain political influence or to secure access to future growth markets and scarce resources – or maybe all of the above. It is worth to note, that they have all been present for a long time, but just recently have attained the interior economic welfare to increase their aid support (Rampa et al., 2012; Dreher et al., 2011; Wouters et al., 2012). Another very big driver of change is the entry of private financing into the field of development. Private...
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...service but the system of pricing products as an indicator of value is a necessary action in a world with scarce resources. The question of value has resonated within thought numerous times. What does it mean when value matches its price? The two terms "price" and "value" hold two very different meanings - price being a quantified measure of how much someone would give in exchange for an item. Value is the degree to which someone feels an item is of personal importance. Shopping at Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club, and Dollar Tree asserts that price is not necessarily a reflection of value. Wal-Mart where shopping is a pleasure, is that a true statement? Now there are some items in Wal-Mart like cereal, meat, and beverages that are good in price and great in value. Name brand cereals cost four to five dollars a box whereas you can buy the bag cereals at the same price and get a better buy. When one feels that the product is very valuable and is willing to pay an agreed sum of money in exchange for it, which is an instance where price may be a reflection of value. Meat products are okay at Wal-Mart. Sometimes the presentation is not pleasing and the...
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...as it lasts about three months but it is great while it lasts. Even though fall is about three months long, so much happens within that time. Fall is the...
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...Position Essay Addicted to electronics, and its side effects Today technology is evolving rapidly and shows no sign of slowing anytime. While this is happening many people are starting to adopt the new technology and this affects their kids. There are debates that currently say that kids are using too much technology which relates to a number of different issues. Figuring out what problems are occurring from too much of this electronic use can do to a person is what I tend to find in this essay. Many people believe that electronics are great learning tools, as with many electronics this is true however there is still a gaming or addictive side of this. There are also the electronics that have no educational aspect to them what so ever. So, should kids be limited to the amount of daily electronic use? The average kid sponges in 2.5 hours of music each day, almost five hours of TV and movies, three hours of Internet and video games, and just 38 minutes of old-fashioned reading, according to a new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation. That adds up to 75 hours of media every week. And that doesn't even include the hour and a half spent text messaging each day, and the half hour kids talk on the cell phone. “The cell phone or smart phone is a common fad now days, everywhere you go more and more kids are getting them. This is the device that is causing all these issues with kids. Studies have shown that the more a student is involved in their electronics...
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...are benefits being speculated and tested as of now to future speculation on what this science can bring us. There are other ways that GMOs are able to increase the overall bounty of a crops harvest, such as resisting dangerous diseases and being able to sustain the plant with less water or less nutrients. There have also been attempts to create plants resistant to more untamable forces of nature rather than pests, such as the temperature. There have been many speculations that cold-resistant crops, mainly corn and other fruits and vegetable, could be created by taking the DNA of cold-tolerant fish in the Arctic and splicing it with these foods. “An antifreeze gene from cold water fish has been introduced into plants such as tobacco and potato. With this antifreeze gene, these plants are able to tolerate cold temperatures that normally would kill unmodified seedlings,” (Whitman). One benefit in particular that has seemed to have caught the eye of retailers especially adding more nutritional benefits to foods, such as rice with built-in Vitamin A that can help prevent blindness in 100 million children suffering from Vitamin A deficiency.” (Sakko) The practice promises to increase chemical reactions within plants in order to overproduce the vitamins and minerals which plants possess. There has also been more speculation that, along with nutritional benefits, new fruits especially can be injected with modified vaccines, which are already given out as a public standard....
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...INTRODUCTION Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are a fact of modern agriculture, and are here to stay. GMOs are also a fact of public preoccupation and opinion, which politicians must takeinto account. FAO recognizes the great potential and the complications of these new technologies. We need to move carefully, with a full understanding of all the factors involved.In particular, we need to assess GMOs is terms of their impact on food security, poverty,biosafety, and the sustainability of agriculture. Will GMOs increase the amount of food in theworld, and make more food accessible to the hungry? Clearly, GMOs should be seen not inisolation as technical achievements. Hence, I will discuss not the specifics of GMOtechnology, but the context in which they are developed and deployed, and about how public opinion and government policy on GMOs are formed. The public in many countries distrusts GMOs. They are often seen in the context of globalization and of privatization and even as “antidemocratic” or “meddling with evolution”. There are as yet few perceived advantages for the public, because GMO applications to date have concentrated on reducing costs for producers without direct consumer benefits. In particular, it has been a tactical error of the industry to concentrate on pesticide-resistance as one of the earliest applications, as this has stimulated environmental concerns. The public often confuses the industry with the science. And consumers worry about risk, not about...
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...Case Challenge Bingo! Mad Angles July 2012 Instructions: Registered Teams will submit a case analysis document comprising no more than 5 pages of single spaced, 12-point font (including illustrations and excluding TOC, Cover page). Along with the word document each team must submit a 10-slide presentation of the case analysis/solution suggested. There is no pre-determined structure to analyse the case. Participants are free to use any format which best illustrates and provides convincing arguments for their idea. Wherever necessary, the participants must make references to the sources of information and data. Case presentations will be judged based on identified criteria – the originality, creativity and uniqueness of the idea will receive the highest weightage; the implementability, sustainability and scalability of the idea; its fit with ITC’s vision and the manner in which it can leverage ITC’s strengths; the thoroughness of research, analytics and economic logic used to defend viability and execution of the idea. Last date for submission of case solutions is 7th August 2012. Teams must send their entries to the email ID provided for the campus. For full details please refer to the Interrobang Season 2 Case Challenge Brochure available with your Campus Point of Contact or contact interrobang@itc.in ITC Interrobang Season 2 Case Challenge : Bingo! Mad Angles Bingo! Mad Angles ITC Interrobang Case Challenge 20121 The early 2000’s at ITC Limited Headquarters,...
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...US has been a very attractive place for the immigrants ever since its early history. But these reasons have kept on changing from time to time. Initially the main reason for immigration during the early periods 1830-1890 was the fact that land remained plentiful, and fairly cheap. There were plenty of jobs available for everyone. The labor was rare in those days just as today which attracted huge inflows of immigrants from all around the world. Remember, remember always, that all of us... are descended from immigrants and revolutionists. [Franklin D. Roosevelt] Other factors that increased and reinforced this inflow were the decline in the birthrate as well as an increase in industry and urbanization in the United States. The United States, in the 19th Century, remained a strong magnet to immigrants, with offers of jobs and land for farms. Earlier immigrants considered that in America, the streets were, "paved with gold," and at the same time as well as offerings of religious and political freedom. A German immigrant to Missouri wrote home about: "[The] abundance of overbearing soldiers, haughty clergymen, and inquisitive tax collectors..." During the years 1890-1924 the reasons for the immigration had a change from the past trends. The kinds of immigrants also changed. Jews came for religious freedom, Italians and Asians came for work and Russians came to escape persecution from the powers in their home country. The reason that America had jobs was still prevalent in this...
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... Everyday across the country, children practice unhealthy eating habits. Throughout the day they indulge in fatty foods that greatly affect their health, especially during school lunch. Schools lunches normally consist of quick and easy options like pizza, chips, soda, etc., all foods that when eaten regularly can lead to serious health problems. Children are prone to these eating habits everywhere and have learned from school. It’s for reasons like this that obesity in children has doubled in the last 25 years. What was once known, as Adult-Onset Diabetes is now common within our youth and caused from childhood obesity. An article from USATOADAY titled “Unhealthy Risks for Kids Tip Scale” explains this, also going into detail about the debate between enforcing healthy lunches for students and keeping junk food in schools. Though fattening foods may be easily prepared, is the timing really worth the lives of our kids? Could a healthier diet at school make for a healthier lifestyle? These questions need answers. Let us begin. In order to get something accomplished, you must involve the government. An article from the Washington Post titled “Junk Food Widely Available at U.S Elementary Schools Despite Anti- Obesity Push” explains this and how federal regulation is necessary in order to enforce healthier school lunches. With childhood obesity increasing, more people are witnessing the epidemic and wanting an end to it. A study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation highlights this...
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