...Outline of the Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly Betty Boatwright PRES111-1203B-23 7/30/12 American Intercontinental University The Life Cycle of the Monarch Specific purpose: To inform the audience about where the Monarch butterfly originated, and how they migrate from north to south. Central idea: Butterflies are beautiful creatures, but must go through several processing stages in order to become a Monarch butterfly. Introduction I. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder in nature. A. The flight of the Monarch butterfly can take your imagination to places it has never been before. B. Their beautiful colors can give you the feeling of joy and happiness. II. A thing of beauty can be kept on your mine for years to come. III. This is my passion because the Monarch butterflies are peaceful and their colors are hypnotizing. IV. Today I will be addressing the life cycle of the Monarch butterfly and how it progresses from stage to stage. (Transition: Let’s start at the beginning of the Monarch butterfly.) Body I. Today I will talk about the life cycle of the Monarch butterfly, what the word Monarch means, and where it evolved from. A. The Monarch butterfly is a large migratory American butterfly with orange and black wings with black veins and borders. 1. The name Monarch comes from Kesh’s buju. 2. Where did the Monarch butterfly come from? The Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is a wide spread tropical insect that ranges as far north as Canada...
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...IS THE MONARCH HEADING FOR EXTINCTION? 1 The Monarch Butterfly: Is extinction in the near future for the Monarch? Samuel O. Dean Western Governors University WGU Student ID# XXXXXXXXX IS THE MONARCH HEADING FOR EXTINCTION? 2 Is the Monarch Heading for Extinction? The monarch butterfly is well known and easily recognized, as it inhabits many islands and continents of the world (Bradley & Altizer, 2005). Most of the monarch populations are solitary; they remain in one basic geographical area throughout the year. The eastern North American monarch butterfly is a unique variant because it undertakes an incredible migration, spanning thousands of miles, crossing through three countries and requires three to four generations to complete this cycle every year. Throughout this journey, the monarchs breed, lay their eggs and die; it is their offspring which complete the journey. Starting in central Mexico in early spring, the monarchs traverse northward throughout a majority of the eastern United States and into southern Canada before returning to their overwintering grounds in the Transvolcanic Belt of central Mexico before winter sets in (Rudolf, Ely, Schaefer, Williamson, & Thill, 2006; Yoon, 1998; Williams, Stow, & Brower, 2007; Williams & Brower, 2007). Over one billion butterflies migrate southward from their one million square mile breeding range, forming densely packed colonies of up to 50 million butterflies per hectare while they...
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...not a crisis also. Succession was not always secure or consistent in Tudor times and this is underlined by Edward coming to the throne at the age of nine, as he was to young to rule he was placed under Somerset and Northumberland’s Protectorship (until he was of age to rule. This resulted in the manipulation of the young king and showed the crisis of authority Edward had in his rule with the manipulation of his device by Northumberland in an attempt to alter the legitimate line of succession and maintain power. Furthermore there is evidence to suggest that Somerset used his power to usurp royal authority and forged Edwards royal signature to pass various legislation. This shows that there was a Mid-Tudor Crisis as the authority of the monarch was in limbo until Edward became of age, which he never truly reached due to his death, which itself was manipulated in the changing of the...
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...system is absolute power and strength. In Thailand, the mythological creature Garuda symbolizes the Thai monarchy. Its various significant features serve as a powerful image of the royal families, the widespread usages of the figure as the official seals of the civil government, and its appearance in all forms of art, architecture, and even modern sculpture. Yet, besides Garuda in Thailand, Dragon is also another significant mythological creature of the Asian culture. In China, it serves as a symbol of monarchy. In the same way, its special features of a non-existing creature create an impeccable, respected image for the emperor and his royal family. Even though the Garuda and dragon share the same purpose as the ideal image of power for the monarchs, however, their appearances give evidences to their dissimilar origins. This relief sculpture is taken from the walls of Wat Prakaew, Bangkok, Thailand. According to Thai mythology, Garuda always holds snakes(naga), in the picture, Garuda is tearing the snake (a symbol of evil) into two, representing its strength, and at the same time, symbolizing sovereignty. The creature is a result of an influence from the Indian culture through Brahmanism during the Buddhist era and the Hindu mythology. It is believed to be a mode of transportation for Narai, one of the Hindu gods. Plus, the Hindus also believe in the incarnation for Narai as a king, therefore; it is now a symbol of the king, as wherever he goes he needs a Garuda, his so-called...
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...William Saroyan once said, “Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure”. This means as people fail overtime wisdom is gained by a realization of prudence, then one becomes virtuous. I agree because those who go through struggles usually learn from it and their wisdom expands. This is an accurate assessment and is evident in the novel “Hamlet” by Shakespeare. For the purpose, of revenge we see Hamlet the protagonist who takes advantage of his insanity, to get revenge on his father’s murderer. With this intention, Hamlet encounters many obstacles throughout the play. On the other hand, Ophelia is a victim that has been used by her father for reputation. Until, Laertes appear we are able to discover Ophelia’s true wisdom after all of her sufferings and experiences. This is also evident in the novel “The Little Prince” by Antoine De Saint-Exupery. Due to, The Little Prince insecurity of narrow mindedness. Given that, he is unable to detect his own narrow mindedness, about what it means to be human. .Couple with, The Little Prince’s journey is The Pilot, who finds a purpose in companionship to refrain loneliness and sorrow. Through the use of characterization and conflict, both works of literature demonstrate growth from failure. In both, The Little Prince and Hamlet, readers learn that characters are virtuous because they’ve had to work through difficulties, they learned about themselves and also about what it means to be human. Hamlet has...
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...Catherine The Great was a German princess who became Empress of Russia. Catherine was born on May 2, 1729, in Poland. She was born into the family of Christian August and Joanna Elisabeth. Her most significant achievement was her role as an absolute monarch. In 1762, Catherine claimed the Russian throne, which would become the longest reign of any female leader of Russia. During this time, she made many contributions to the economic, political, social, and religious structure of Russia. Although she experienced some problems throughout her journey, she maintained relatively strong control as a ruler, for 34 years. A major downfall that was a result of her decisions was the treatment of her subjects. The majority of the Russian people...
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...The wait for the royal baby and the future monarch ended on Monday after a day of sweltering speculation when it was announced that the Duchess of Cambridge had given birth to a boy. The baby, the third in line to the throne and the first Prince of Cambridge in 190 years, was born at 4.24pm weighing 8lbs 6oz at the private Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, west London. His father, who was present, said: "We could not be happier". The announcement of the birth by Kensington Palace shortly after 8pm ended a day of increasingly febrile media reporting after it emerged that the Duchess had gone into hospital at 6am - avoiding the massed ranks of cameras via a side entrance - while in the early stages of labour. News of the birth was posted in accordance with tradition by a royal footman on an ornate “Roccoco revival-style” easel inside the railings of Buckingham Palace as a crowd gathered outside celebrated. It was also confirmed that Catherine, 31, and her son were “doing well” and will remain in hospital overnight. In an unusually forthright statement, Prince Charles announced that he was relishing the prospect of grandfatherhood, announcing that he and Camilla were “overjoyed”. The heir to the throne said: “Grandparenthood is a unique moment in anyone’s life, as countless kind people have told me in recent months, so I am enormously proud and happy to be a grandfather for the first and we are eagerly looking foward to seeing the baby in the near future...
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...Once there was a king Reigning on a small kingdom faraway When disaster came His little kingdom faded away All his people fled, all nobles and princes Nothing was left of the kingdom where he reigns In the ruins the king roamed Tears on his eyes seeing that nothing remained Then he saw his jester coming by And asked him why he stayed The Jester answered “My king, thy servant is here to relieve your pain” With the jester’s loyalty the king was pleased So he asked the jester to build his kingdom with him “Jester if you will rebuild this kingdom of where I reign Great rewards are what you will gain In my place you will have a place In my kingdom you will have a space” Thus, the jester worked day and night Lifting stones, planting seeds with all his might To far away lands, on foot he traveled To find men and servants to rebuild the king’s towers Days passed and the kingdom was built Better, stronger and far richer than what was ruined The king then gave the jester a room The king’s castle became the jester’s home With all his heart the jester served his king Working day and night to keep his reign The king and the jester worked to make the kingdom grow Through the days they reaped what they sow The nobles and princes heard of the king’s newfound riches One by one they were back in the castle One maiden, one noble came one after the other The king welcomed them all like a father One by one the nobles came All of them, wanting...
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...Mel Pimentel May 26, 2016 Joan of Arc Joan of Arc was a story about a 17 year old farm girl who wanted to see the prince and tell him about the voices she hears, by the voices, it was god talking to her. After many times of her trying to meet the prince, she finally does so. Joan was anxious to tell the prince that the voices told her that she needed to help him get crowned as king of France as soon as possible in order to save her country from the English. She is not allowed to make any decisions at this point. Joan then convinced the prince into letting her go into battle and lead the soldiers to a victory. In the battle Joan was a smart and brave woman. Woman weren’t allowed to fight but she was eager to. She would write letters to the English dictators to just turn around and go home. They didn’t listen to her so she fought them until they turned around. Once she had France in advantage she tried to help out the prince becoming king. She went to court and she was treated like the lady in the room. She was excited for the kingdom to come and see the king get crowned, she tells them about the voices then. The king lets her do what the voices tell her. They taught she was crazy and that she was causing trouble. She was captured by the soldiers because they taught she was a witch and got locked up. She was tortured and put into a death situation. No one came to her rescue and the basically betrayed her. They kept asking her if she was a witch and she agreed to it, in order...
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... “Lady or the Tiger” Alternate Ending Grrrrr, the tiger emerged from the door with his sharp teeth, orange hair, and hungry look on his fierce face. “Help me, please,” said the man!!! The king and everyone in the crowd stood up and clapped. The princess had a red face tears coming down her face, her eyes were bulging out with tears. “Oh how could I lead him to that door,” said the princess trembling in tears. “Since he died, the lady must do as well,hahaha.”said the princess with a thought on her face. “So at 11:55 a.m I will kill the lady myself or hire an assassin,” said the princess. “I’ll hire an assassin,” said the princess. 10:22 a.m *knock knock* *ding dong* The lady was in a beautiful purple dress. Her hair was curled and golden brown. “This is a nice tall, hot pink house, i'm stealing it,” thought the princess. “Oh hello,” said the lady? “May I come in” said the princess. “Ok, come in,” said the princess. * The assassin followed in.* “Why are you all dressed up,” said the princess? “I’m dressed up because of the mascara ball,” said the lady. “Good to know and what time would this be,” said the princess. “This will be held at 12:00 o'clock,” said the lady. “ Would you like a steaming red hot cup of tea,” said the lady. “Yeah sure, thank you,” said the princess. “No problem,”said the lady. “Can I get you anything else,”said the lady “No, I’m good,” said...
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...* The Maori King Movement was the Maori saying they had been excluded from political decision-making and they wanted to determine their own destiny. * Tamihana thought up the idea of forming a Maori kingdom and electing a Maori king after coming back from England in 1851. * The 1852 constitution act had not given the Maori and power, so they were beginning to say that they needed their own political institutions. * The Maori wanted to get all tribes into a unity, but still preserve the mana of the chiefs. * The Maori chose electing a king over putting their mana under a woman because the king would hold the prestige of the people, hold the land and stop the flow of blood. * Because they wanted to parallel the European aristocrats, the Maori chose "king" as the title for their leader over various other names such as "Matua", "Taungaroa", "Kahutatara" and "Toihau". * There are some qualities that are needed in order to become king. There were: -Mana Tangata: Prestige on the human side. This is got through geological connections with the leading men of the ancestral canoes, traced through the senior male line. -Mana Whenua: Fame attached to significant landmarks within the tribal territories of the chiefs. -Mana Kai: Control over lands and waters which could provide good, plentiful foods. * The elected king turned out to be Te Wherowhero of Waikato, who took the name of Potatau. * The kotuku (White Heron) was used as...
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...Groups from 1881 were undoubtably a contributor toward the 1905 revolution but it can be argued on whether they were the main cause. The SRs were probably the biggest group fuelling the 1905 revolution. The social revolutionaries were radical in their ideology, they believed that all land should be taken from the rich and given to the peasants along with completely getting rid of the Tsar. The SR's took radical action to achieve their goals such as assassinating the Tsars uncle grand Duke sergei. The SRs would be one of the main causes of the 1905 revolution as they had such a broad appeal, which certainly made them attractive amongst the uneducated masses, whom are the peasants and the peasants were desperate for change. Peasants would want reform one way or another due to their poor standards of life. although Witte reforms seemed to be the best course of action for Russia, in the long term it was not. Witte increased tax on peasants to feel industrialisation which would have obviously increased peasants will for change since they had no money as it is. Workers in the cities will also feeling the aftermath of Wittes reforms, the economy started to slow down in the late 19th century which led to the workers real incomes falling by 20% which meant that imported goods or necessities couldn't be easily purchased when the price increased Since the workers had such bad living and working conditions on the 22nd of January a priest Father Gapon gathered 150,000 people for...
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...Monarchy In Sweden Don’t we all love glamorous parties with pretty clothes? But do we find it as exciting to pay for all of it without even being invited? That’s how it is with our royal house. A part of the taxes we pay goes to maintain our royal house with their luxurious lifestyle and giant castles. We pay for princess Victoria’s wedding dress, their cars and for all their expensive journeys they travel to represent our country. Those who support the monarchy we’re living in says that it’s a price we have to pay to be able to represent Sweden’s best side for the rest of the world. I believe we would represent Sweden in a much better way if we showed the world a head of the state as a person who’s been chosen in a democratic way by their own people instead of someone with as they call it ‘royal blood’. Sweden’s best side is our democracy in my opinion, and that’s something a royal house never will be able to represent. Actually, Sweden is a democratic country in every way possible apart from our royal house. I think the head of our country and as a symbol should be chosen in a democratic way, it’s irrelevant in my opinion if the person has any political power or not. Many of those who support our royal house state that the royal family are powerless and has no influence when it comes to politics because they are simply forbidden to say anything that has to do with politics. That is proven wrong though. Let me give you an example. In 2004 our king visited a country...
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...In the Colman’s mustard ad it is shown, that colman’s mustard is used by everyone. This is shown in multiple ways throughout the advertisment The stance and appearance of the chefs makes then look like very reputable chefs, there are some sample dishes in the corner which tell the consumer what to use it on. The colouring of the dad is bright, creating a cheery mood, which persuades the consumer. Honestly all I'm getting from it is that the mustard is good enough to be used by the royals (aka the most wealthy people) so it must be the best on the market? There is a box of the mustard In the right corner indicating that you can buy Coleman's mustard powder but the chef is using the mustard in a container in liquid form indicating that it also comes prepared Like I think they are in the royal kitchen So the coat of arms are probably those of the royal family Everything is being served on silver platters, indicating the mustard is silver platter worthy British The advertisement produced my colman’s mustared is marketing to a broad audience that is associated with the queen because the names on the wall are like whales and Holland The tin can used to hold the mustard that the chef is holding sends message that it is a fancy tin, which will influence you sublimally because you will associate it with higher quality. also i think they are trying to go with the "fancy" and "royal theme" to compete with the other mustard companies because mustard isn't a very high class condiment...
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...Monarch Butterfly’s Reign By Mario Lopez ITT Technical Institute SC4730 Environmental Science Mr. Ramirez 1/15/2015 According to National Geographic monarch butterflies travel up to 3,000 miles each fall to their wintering site in central Mexico. In 2004, an estimated 550 million completed the winter migration, while in 2003 only 33 million arrived. Further, between 2012 and 2013, there was a 43.7 percent decrease in the area occupied by the butterflies in the winter sanctuaries, the decline has numerous reasons: climate change, deforestation, and habitat loss, agricultural use of pesticides and herbicides Monarch butterflies are known for the incredible mass migration that brings millions of them to California and Mexico each winter. North American monarchs are the only butterflies that make such a massive journey, the insects must begin this journey each fall ahead of cold weather, which will kill them if they tarry too long. Monarch butterflies reflect ecosystem health and biodiversity, they are pollinators which make them very important for plan reproduction, and ecosystem sustainability. During the journey north, monarchs produce four generations, and share habitat with small birds and animals which feed larger birds and animals. Monarch butterflies begin life as eggs and hatch as larvae that eat their eggshells and, subsequently, the milkweed plants on which they were placed, short after that the larvae become juicy, colorful caterpillars, then create a hard...
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