...Nature’s Splendour Nature’s Splendour Nature has a way of unveiling its splendour and abundant beauty. This is evident in the variations of the flora and fauna found all over the World. But none compares and is as majestic as the eighth wonder of the World, “the migration of the Wildebeest in East Africa”. Tucked away in the rolling, lush savannah grassland plains of East Africa, are the Serengeti and Maasai Mara national parks. Their sheer sizes traverses, two countries of Kenya and Tanzania, Maasai Mara being in the former while Serengeti in the latter. The landscape is comprised of undulating grasslands, with the occasional hill and dotted with Acacia trees. Another amazing feature is the array of colour depending on the season, with the dry season turning the landscape to a crisp golden brown, while in the wet season, a sumptuous green carpet. Cool winds from the Great Rift Valley swoop down on the plains to provide a natural air conditioning during the hot, dry season and also bring the rains during the wet season. Two rivers, the Mara and the Grumeti, meander parallel across the plains, and are the only source of water for the wildlife in these vast lands. It is the month of August in the Mara Triangle, a name sometimes used to refer to the Maasai Mara national park. The rains have just ended, and the terrain is a blossoming green, while on opposite side in the Serengeti, the dry season is at its peak. A cloud of dust emerges at a distance from the Serengeti side...
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...very high regard and Native Americans considered bison a spiritual animal. When Native Americans hunted bison, they utilized every part of the animal so that none of the killing was in vein. The hides were used as shields, made moccasins, saddles, as well as shelter. The hair was used to stuff pillows, make robes and sturdy ropes. They also managed to use the brains, bones, and stomach lining. The brains helped to prepare the hides when constructing teepees, while the bones helped to keep the shelter sturdy. The stomach lining was used for medicinal purposes. They also used the bones to help build bows and arrows, and the hooves provided a type of glue to help hold everything together. The immigration of white settlers quickly put the bison herds in danger and soon the land turned into violent war between Whites and Indians, bison and cattle. Pioneers slowly pushed out bison to make room for their selves, and some settlers killed bison on their land to make room for their own...
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...Amer El Ghali Jghali@knights.ucf.edu Vaccination Before we can understand why it is so vital to continue to vaccinate our population, we must understand what vaccination is. The concept behind vaccination involves tricking your body into thinking it is being attacked by a foreign pathogen. By stimulating the body’s immune system macrophages begin to “gobble” up the pathogens leaving leftover antigens in its wake. “Antibodies attack the antigens left behind by the macrophages. Antibodies are produced by defensive white blood cells called B-lymphocytes (CDC,2013).” After the antibodies attack and destroy all known pathogens, a T-lymphocyte also called a memory white blood cell stores this information about the pathogen and will mobilize if the pathogen enters the body again. This is a very important process as many people do not have this key ability of fighting off Infection and cannot be administered a vaccination because their immune system is so compromised their body might elicit a response. They rely solely on what we call “herd immunity”, which is achieved when a target percentage of the population is immunized. By having most of the population immunized it prevents the disease from spreading and limits the immunocompromised individuals contact with the pathogen. Prior to vaccination microbes were the number 1,2, and 3 causes of death in the united states, and what we regard today as just a few days of the fever was considered a life threatening...
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...These supporters have three reasons they try to put on the table, children should be vaccinated, that we need to be healthy to contribute to our country, and that we don't want diseases to spread. Children do not need to be vaccinated due to herd immunity, enough of us are vaccinated so that the 10% don't need to be vaccinated, and will still be healthy.Nearly everyone in America is vaccinated, leaving no chance for our economy to collapse or any other wacky ideas about mass sickness to come true. The argument that we don't want everyone to become sick is utterly destroyed by, yet again, the power of herd...
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...better roast that can be cooked slow and low, which can turn out very flavorful. The best pulled pork is made from the Boston Butt because of its fat content which contributes to flavor. It is marbled with fat and also contains a lot of connective tissues. The Primal Butt is also a meat product that is very inexpensive, leaving it affordable for families to buy. Steers 80% Choice is a Live FOB Basis. These are steers that are ranking in the highest category of Choice. I chose these items because my family has been in the hog business for almost 20 years. Annually, we finish out around 3,000 head of hogs a year. My family is in a...
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...With the increasing technology of railroads, it has provided people with better and faster transportation, especially to and from far away places. My family is poor and the only way for me to earn money was to herd cattle from Texas to the north. It was one of the ways to earn big money. I had to herd these cattles on a route known as the long drive. Railroad and train transportation would’ve helped faster transport these, but unfortunately no direct railroad tracks were built for this route. Typically we drove roughly 2,500 cattles with seven or eight other cattle drivers along the long drive. Though this might seem very simple of a job, it has its disadvantageous sides. The cattle industry has been declining leaving many people unemployed....
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...century which saw increasing western encroachment into Kenya. This took the form of missionaries and explorers. The missionaries were keen to convert tribes to Christianity, halt slave trading and stop some of the Maasai practices which they perceived as barbaric (such as dressing almost naked and leaving their dead for wild animals to scavenge rather than having a burial ceremony). The explorers were less interested in tribal welfare and more interested in commerce, setting up a trade route from the coast through Kenya to Uganda (which took the form of a railway at the end of the nineteenth century; Nairobi was founded as head-quarters of development midway along this railway in 1899); some explorers did try negotiating land and access rights with local tribes but these were not always favourable to the native population. Arabs also headed inland attempting to widen their trading (in particular there was a busy slave-market at Zanzibar and a large demand for ivory) and unwittingly spreading the Swahili language. Already under great pressure from foreign influence and some inter-tribal warfare, the Maasai were deeply affected when rinderpest (a cattle disease) struck their herds around 1880-1890; the reduced grazing led to more woodland which encouraged breeding of the harmful Tse tse fly. The Maasai were also hit with drought, famine, smallpox and cholera. In 1910 they were forced out of even more of their homeland which had already been bisected by the Kenya/Uganda railway...
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...Graduate Finance 29 August 2012 2012 Drought Economic Impact The persistent heat and drought seem to be the only topic of discussion lately as the rain starved fields beg for some watery relief. Increasing food prices and fuel costs will soon be joining the ever important conversation as the worst drought in 50 years persists, thus having a very negative impact on the already sluggish economy. In my paper, I will discuss some of the economic impact the drought is having on consumers, farmers and ranchers; also what actions the Obama administration will take in order to ease fears for all those involved. The drought has hit corn especially hard during the ever important pollination process thus causing the growing cycle to be very much disrupted. However soybeans which mature later in the season should be better off than corn, although prices are expected to increase for both. Futures prices for corn have increased 60 percent, wheat is up to 41percent and soybeans have risen 24 percent (Lempert).Corn is the biggest U.S. crop, valued at $76.5 billion in 2011, followed by soybeans at $35.8 billion, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (Lempert). It is crisis such as this which reminds the consumers how important and fragile American’s farming industry is. In fact about 60 percent of U.S. farmland and more than one half of American counties have been affected by the drought and are currently designated drought disaster areas (Lempert)...
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...“Prevention is better than cure.” This common statement could not relate any better than it does with the controversy surrounding the morality, effectiveness, and safety of childhood immunizations. The major argument is whether or not laws should be established to declare vaccination mandatory for all children. “The US food and Drug administration (FDA) regulates all vaccines to ensure safety and effectiveness,” (ProCon.org, 2012) therefor there should not be any reason to risk the health of any child. Vaccinating our children not only ensures their safety but also that of their future to come. The first major concern parents have when it comes to childhood vaccinations is that of the health and safety of their children. Some parents believe that vaccines were developed to help the spread against dangerous transmittable diseases. Other parents are under the impression that vaccines themselves present high risk factors for their children. Both have strong arguing points in this controversy and have good reason to believe in what they do. Proponents argue and the facts clearly show that since the emergence of vaccines in the twentieth century for common life threatening diseases, such as measles and diphtheria, the related number of deaths has decreased by more than 500%. On the other side, opponents argue that childhood vaccines are responsible for the dramatic increase of autoimmune diseases. Many proponents argue that childhood vaccination is vital and should be...
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...surviving in a hostile world. This includes battling the zombie hordes, coping with casualties, and dealing with predatory human survivors. The group is led by Rick Grimes, who was a sheriff's deputy[3] before the zombie outbreak. At every turn they are faced with the horror of the walking zombies, the changing dynamic of their group, and hostility from the scattered remains of a struggling human populace who are focused on their own survival now that society's structures have collapsed. Season 1 (2010)[edit] Main article: The Walking Dead (season 1) The series begins with sheriff's deputy[3] Rick Grimes being wounded in a shootout with armed criminals. He awakens weeks later from a coma in an abandoned and badly damaged hospital. Upon leaving, Rick discovers a post-apocalyptic world overrun with zombies (or "walkers", as they are often referred to in-show). Rick also discovers his wife and son are missing, and he encounters two survivors — Morgan Jones and his son Duane — who explain the situation to him. Acting on a rumor the Joneses had heard, Rick arms himself and begins a perilous journey to Atlanta,...
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...Our Sheltie, Humphrey Bogart, likes to herd things and to protect the house. It's instinctive. Unfortunately for Humphrey, we don't keep sheep or cattle in our backyard and the squirrels and rabbits have learned to keep their distance. So what's a Sheltie to do? Chase aircraft! We live north of DFW Airport and can easily see planes flying over our house on final approach. Humphrey can see them too. He doesn't like them. Humphrey used to leap into the air trying to catch the planes, but never got close. Now, he just barks at them until they leave. As far as Humphrey's concerned, he's chasing the planes away. He knows it's happening because every time he barks at one, it goes away. Humphrey associates his barking with the plane's leaving and concludes one causes the other. In a way, he's right. The plane shows up and Humphrey barks until it leaves. Getting cause and effect wrong is all too common. Service callbacks increase. Is this the result of a lack of training, poorly designed incentives, bad products, or something else? It could be anything. The mistake is to note a correlation and draw a conclusion without understanding the relationships. In another example, a business owner hears from the media about the poor state of the economy. Nervous, he reduces expenses, cutting marketing and delaying business investment. Sure enough, business falls off, but the slide is more a result of the owner's actions than the economy. A competitor fills the void left by the...
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...also to retain them. *Increasing opportunities for carrier development. *Lifestyle choices. *Job switching. *Unbalanced work life. Which influences an individual’s decision to continue or leave? Employee retention is a process in which the employees are encouraged to remain or stay with the organization for the maximum period of time or until the completion of the project. And not leaving the job. Or, in a layman’s language it is retainment of the employees. We or the companies can’t stop an employee from leaving unless we have a plan to make them stay with us or the organization. Some of the reasons I have got to know about the switching off jobs so often -Environment or circumstances - Work culture -Relationship -Growth -Compensation I got to learn why retaining them is important The cost of turnover. They are an integral part of the organization, without them it will not grow and be able to achieve anything. Goodwill of the company. Interruption in the customer service. The loss of company’s knowledge. Maintaining the efficiency. Turnovers lead to more turnovers. Herd mentality people posses. Retention is all about:...
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...years of life. But, at least 10% of parents skip or delay some shots, and around 1% do not vaccinate at all "Vaccines-Calling the Shots". Most people have gotten at least vaccinated once in their lives. Doctors use vaccines as sort of a boot camp for immune systems from adults to small children. The way it works is by using a dead or weakened virus that would imitate the real virus if it attacks. The immune system responds by attack to virus and leaving behind white blood cells that know how to fight the virus now. Vaccines came from Dr. Edward Jenner. He was the first man to deliberately inoculate people with a mild, non-fatal disease called "cowpox" that came from a similar strain to smallpox, thus making people immune to the virus. He called his technique "vaccine” from "vacca" Latin for cow "Vaccines-Calling the Shots"....
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...Kali, a two-year-old male polar bear, was shipped in a crate from Buffalo Zoo to St. Louis Zoo by FedEx. The cage Kali was shipped in was made of wood, leaving Kali completely unaware of what was happening. However, this was not the first time Kali was shipped around and he acted like it was a normal thing when it should not be thought of in that way. Kali was given only a month before he was displayed to the public (Associated Press 1). This type of change can be very traumatizing to most animals. An animal being shipped around could be locked in a cage for not only hours but days. While in the cage, animals can only be fed by a tube because food cannot be kept in the cage with them. Animals can become distressed, and they can try to physically hurt...
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...What is Evolution? Biological evolution is genetic change in a population from one generation to another. The speed and direction of change is variable with different species lines and at different times. Continuous evolution over many generations can result in the development of new varieties and species. Likewise, failure to evolve in response to environmental changes can, and often does, lead to extinction. When scientists speak of evolution as a theory they do not mean that it is a mere speculation. It is a theory in the same sense as the propositions that the earth is round rather than flat or that our bodies are made of atoms are theories. Most people would consider such fundamental theories to be sufficiently tested by empirical evidence to conclude that they are indeed facts. As a result of the massive amount of evidence for biological evolution accumulated over the last two centuries, we can safely conclude that evolution has occurred and continues to occur. All life forms, including humans, evolved from earlier species, and all still living species of organisms continue to evolve today. They are not unchanging end-products. For those who have difficulty in accepting evolution because of what they perceive as contradictions with their fundamental religious beliefs, it may be useful to distinguish the ultimate origin of life from its later evolution. Many, if not most, biological scientists accept that primordial life on earth began as a result of chance natural...
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