...1. Describe the food item, where it came from (check the label or sticker) and use this calculator to determine how far it has travelled to reach your table. http://www.organiclinker.com/food-miles.cfm. 1. List the food item. The food items I have chosen are almonds. Almonds are members of the Rosaceae (rose) family, along with many other tree fruits such as peaches, apples, pears, plums, cherries, and apricots. Within the genus Prunes, almond is most closely related to the peach, and the two crops share the subgenus Amygdales. 2. Where did it come from? Almond and related species are native to the Mediterranean climate region of the Middle East (Pakistan eastward to Syria and Turkey). The almond and its close relative, the peach, probably evolved from the same ancestral species in south-central Asia. 3. How far has it travelled? Assuming the almonds seed is not wild and has traveled from its original country Syria. From Syria to the United States, California to be exact, it would take approximately 8543miles. 2. How does this vast movement of food from one nation to another benefit developing nations? Are there benefits to developed or wealthy nations? The trade for almonds across country to another country is somewhat insane since we grow almonds here in the States locally. In this case, if we were to ship almonds across country, Another country could benefit from this purchase by trading a good that is limited or scarce in their country. This develops benefits for...
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...If one were to ask any member of the general public, Japanese or otherwise, to describe the first mental image of Japan that comes to mind, and most likely that image will have been colored by the influence of Motoori Norinaga. Norinaga converted Japan from, in his eyes, a culture too heavily inveigled by Chinese ideologies to one that excluded foreign persuasions and was strictly "Japanese". His main focus was that of mono no aware; in addition, he heavily promoted the ideas of aestheticism, spontaneous virtue, and naturalism, which are still fundamental parts of Japanese culture. In Norinaga's attempt to distill the Japanese culture, he made an undeniable impact on the popular interpretation of Japan. Norinaga's most notable works were his annotations on the Kojiki and the Tale of Genji. Rather than take these works as teachings of morality, he focused on their artistic value and their cathartic properties. The Tale of Genji was primarily viewed as a story of good and evil, thought to be riddled with Buddhist and Confucian ideals. Included in this was the character's sukuse, or implications of their previous lives on their current life, which brought an appreciation for history and cause and effect. In reading the Tale of Genji, Norinaga subordinated and even criticized these foreign elements, but rather he emphasized the sensitivity that it brought to life reader's life, what he called "mono no aware". He extolled the virtues of expressing emotion and feelings, often of sadness...
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...them down 5 Loot a Burning House. Hit them when they are down. 6 Make a Feint to the East While Attacking in the West. Fake to the right; attack to the left. 7 Create Something Out of Nothing. Turn something that is not substantial into reality. 8 Secretly Utilize the Chen Cang Passage (CNC). Pretend to Advance Down One Path While Taking Another Hidden Path (LB). Pretend to care about an issue and later give it up to get what you really want. 9 Watch the Fire Burning from Across the River. Allow them to fight your other enemy while you rest and observe. Later, defeat the exhausted survivor. 10 Conceal a Dagger in a Smile. Befriend them to get their guard down, then attack their weakest point. 11 Sacrifice a Plum Tree to Save a Peach Tree (RM). Let the Plum Tree Wither in Place of the Peach Tree (TF). Trade up! Take a small loss for a large gain. 12 Take Away a Goat in Passing. Take advantage of every small opportunity. 13 Beat the Grass to Startle the Snake. Stir things up before beginning to negotiate for your true interests. 14 Raise a Corpse from the Dead (LB). Borrow a Corpse to Return the Soul (TF). Revive a dead proposal by presenting it again or in a new way. 15 Lure the Tiger out of the Mountain. Seek a neutral location. Negotiate after leading them away from a position of strength. 16 Let the Adversary off in order to Snare Him. To Capture the Enemy, First Let It Go (RM). Do not arouse their spirit to fight...
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...Plum Bun is very representative of the Harlem Renaissance not only because it is placed in that time period, but because it addresses the issues of the era. It shows the life in Harlem by the stories that Virginia tells. It addresses the gender differences using Roger and Angela’s relationship. More importantly, it focuses on the problems that arise through racism from multiple people and Anthony’s reasoning for not being with Angela. Angela and Virginia are sisters who come from a white mother and a black father whom they love dearly. Angela’s skin tone appears white whereas, Virginia’s appears black. When their parents die, Angela decides to move to New York and take her hobby of occasionally “passing as white” to a full-time gig by studying...
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...The main women in the story are Pan Jin Liang (Gold) , Li Ping Er (Vase), and Pang Chun Mei (Plum). These three women form the core of the novel, and the four way romantic escapades with Ximen Qing, along with jeolous, lust, and betrayal. All three women are Ximen’s top 3 concubines from the 13 concubines he proudly owns in his mansion! He is the legendary womanizer and pimp of China! Ximen Qing is a successful business owner of a pharmacy shop in town. No one dares to go against him, because Ximen has political and business connections with the top officials, even the police! So basically, Ximen can steal away a man’s wife or girlfriend without incident! Ximen Qing would have been the perfect man for the TV show Cheaters! Read more in Classics « Tragedies of Shakespeare: Timon of AthensRomances of Shakespeare: Cymbeline » Ximen therefore is both good and bad. Good, because he gave the young woman the best intense sex she ever experienced! Bad, because Ximen was an adulterer. In this novel, the bad outweighed the good in the long run for Ximen Qing. The English translation is long, around 2,100 pages. But if you like erotica novels, this one is a classic! The English translation is graphic with numerous sex scenes rich with pornographic details! A daring novel to write back in ancient China. That is probably why the author remained ananymous. He or she would have been executed by the Emperor at the time! Even today, Chinese people of...
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...328 CHAPTER 8 Linear Programming Modeling Applications: With Computer Analyses in Excel and QM for Windows See our Internet home page at www.prenhall.com/render homework problems 8-24 to 8-28. for additional On Monday, September 13, 1999, Mitchell Gordon, vice president of operations at Red Brand Canners, asked the controller, the sales manager, and the production manager to meet with him to discuss the ~mount of tomato products to pack that season. The tomato crop, which had been purchased at planting, was beginning to arrive at the cannery, arid packing operations would have to be started by the following Monday. Red Brand Canners is a medium-sized company that cans and distributes a variety of fruit and vegetable products under private brands in the western states. William Cooper, the controller, and Charles Myers, the sales manager; were the first to arrive in Gordon's office. Dan Tucker, the production manager, came in a few minutes later and said that he had picked up Produce Inspection's latest estimate of the quality of the incoming tomatoes. According to the report, about 20% of the crop was grade A quality and the remaining portion of the 3-million-pound crop was grade B. Gordon asked Myers about the demand fortomato products for the coming year. Myers replied that they could sell all of .the whole canned tomatoes they could produce. The expected demand for tomato juice and tomato paste, on the other hand, was limited. The sales manager then passed around...
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...The Plum Bayou culture was a prehistoric Native American culture that existed in the central Arkansas region between 650 and 1050 AD. This culture is named after the Plum Bayou site, where archaeologists have uncovered evidence of its existence. The Plum Bayou people were known for their advanced farming techniques, pottery-making skills, and complex social organization. One of the key aspects of the Plum Bayou culture was their agriculture. The people of this culture were skilled farmers who grew crops such as corn, beans, and squash. They also practiced a form of agriculture known as "raised bed gardening," where they built mounds of soil to plant their crops on. This allowed them to grow more food in a smaller area, enabling them to support...
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...“Big things come from small beginnings”, a simple overused quote that can describe the journey America has had from small colony to powerful nation. In our day and age it is so easy to forget where we have come from. We get so caught up in the problems of today and of the future that we forget to remember where we began. In the book Ordinary Courage: The Revolutionary War Adventures of Joseph Plum Martin, author Joseph Plum Martin uses his narrative of the revolutionary to remind readers of the start of our nation. Martin was a revolutionary war soldier for a majority of the war. In his narrative, Martin includes his interactions with other soldiers as well as firsthand accounts of both high and low moments of the war. Like any story there...
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...adolescent experiences of the protagonist, Plum. Lingering between the threshold of childhood and womanhood, Plum struggles for appreciation and tries desperately to fit into social stereotypes. However, her transition is constantly challenged by hardships that eventually leave her in a wreckage, but it is also these experiences that teach her the realities of life and help her to mature and accept her true identity. Plum's desire to fit into her environment leads to her insecurity and sense of disconnection from the individuals around her. She feels alienated and misunderstood by her friends, struggling desperately to form a false identity. Laying at the bottom of the social hierarchy in her...
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...Both of these poems share many similarities, consisting of similar subjects, tones, themes and imagery. “This Is Just To Say” is a short poem in words, but endless in interpretation. The imagery within this poem is so vivid. As one reads the poem, one’s mind gets flooded with images the words of the poem provide. Vivid pictures of a kitchen, an icebox, and purple plums fill one's mind. The words give the reader a chance to bring the scene to life. One of the subjects in this poem are the plums. The plums were so irresistible, that they tempted the man in the poem to steal and eat them from someone he loved. Eating the plums caused him to have serious guilt, leaving one to infer that whomever he ate them from valued the plums....
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...Chapter 18 Exercises 1.What is the difference between the scp and sftp utilities? copies file to and from a remote system SFTP is the same but is secure 2.How can you use ssh to find out who is logged in on a remote system? Assuming you have the same username on both systems, the following command might prompt you for your password on the remote system; it displays the output of who run on host: $ ssh host who 3.How would you use scp to copy your ~/.bashrc file from the system named plum to the local system? $ scp ~/.bashrc zack@plum: 4.How would you use ssh to run xterm on plum and show the display on the local system? Assuming you have the same username on both systems and an X11 server running locally, the following command runs xterm on plum and presents the display on the local system: $ ssh plum xterm You need to use the –Y option if trusted X11 forwarding is not enabled. 5.What problem can enabling compression present when you are using ssh to run remote X applications on a local display? When using compression latency is increased and the outcome is always undesirable slower speeds, and data interruption. 6.When you try to connect to a remote system using an OpenSSH client and you see a message warning you that the remote host identification has changed, what has happened?What should you do? This message indicates that the fingerprint of the remote system is not the same as the local system remembers it. Check with the remote system’s...
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... By Professor L.B. Johnson English 102.103 5 December 2011 Alicia D. Davis Professor L.B. Johnson English 102.103 5 December 2011 On the Act of Love between Mother and Child in Toni Morrison’s Sula Thesis: Eva is conflicted with the choice of putting her son, Plum, out of his misery or watching him die slowly; sacrificing herself to save her daughter, Hannah, or watching her burn; Eva is conflicted with the love she feels for grand-daughter, Sula and the contempt she also holds for her. I. Eva is left with the choice of putting her son, Plum out of his misery or watching him die slowly. A. Eva decides to remove stool from her son, Plum’s rectum to put him out of his misery. B. Eva decides to kill her son, Plum, to put him out of his misery. II. Eva is conflicted with the choice of sacrificing herself to save her daughter or watching her burn. A. Hannah’s dress caught fire and her daughter Sula watches. B. Eva jumps from a window to try and smother the fire with her own body. III. Eva is conflicted with the love she feels for Sula and the contempt she also holds for her. A. Eva criticizes Sula for remaining unmarried. B. Eva believes that Sula watched her mother, Hannah burn with interest...
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...1. Consider the financial reporting implications under (i) U.S. GAAP and (ii) IFRS for a timber company that has significant standing timber (such as Plum Creek). a. How is standing timber treated under U.S. GAAP? b. How is standing timber treated under IFRS? c. How would the income statement and balance sheets of timber firms following U.S. GAAP versus IFRS differ if the fair value of standing timber changed during the accounting period? (i.e., what accounts would be affected and how) 2. In its letter to the SEC Plum Creek concedes that fair value accounting for its timber is likely more relevant; however, it strenuously opposes the adoption of fair value accounting for timber in the U.S. and lists several reasons for this opposition. a. Identify and discuss two of the reasons related to reliability that Plum Creek uses to argue against the implementation of fair value accounting. Do you find these reasons for opposition compelling? Why or why not? b. Identify and discuss two of the reasons related to something OTHER than reliability that Plum Creek uses to argue against the implementation of fair value accounting. Do you find these reasons for opposition compelling? Why or why not? c. Why do you think Plum Creek strenuously opposes the opposition of fair value accounting while Brookfield seems to embrace its adoption? (this is purely an opinion question) ...
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...the questions if tThe man takes advantage of the free samples offered in the shop or if the shop girl is prejudiced against the old poor fellow. The short story is about an old fellow, who comes to the plum pudding store once a week. The problem is that the man does not buy any plum puddings, but he samples them. Therefore he gets the plum puddings for free and actually steals from the store (– definition as a thief). We see the story through the woman’s eyes, therefore the shop girl has the prejudice that the man is poor and cannot afford the product. Even though the man was neatly dressed, she still has the prejudice that he is poor. The good girl The shop girl is very friendly and open-minded. Even though the girl knows what the man is up to she lets him come to the store each week, and actually asks him if he wants a spoon to sample the puddings. “Well, let him come if he wants it that bad” “Would you like to sample them, sir? Here is a spoon for you to use.” The girl lets the old man sample from the store. And later she wants to buy him a pudding; it would give her such pleasure. The man samples not just one The man samples every pudding in the store, but he never buys anything, and he has done it for years. He says he is never satisfied with the plum puddings therefore he gets to sample the next one. (E.g.) ”This is not bad either, but a little too heavy.” The shop girl therefore thinks he will buy a product. But he just samples another, and another, and...
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...up in Ali’s face and bullies her by calling her and her mom sluts because of the rumors she started. This is evident as Torey states, “Your stupid sex life makes it a problem where you stay!” Renee hollered. “I didn’t cause your legendary rep, Ali! You caused it! If people think you’re a slut, that’s because you practically begged them to! My dad told me about your mother. Well, guess what? You’re no better.” (Plum- Ucci, 207) Renee also surprisingly bullies Bo Richardson. When they were at the WaWa, Renee spots Bo and gets frightened, when Bo starts making fun of how scared she looks; she says, “I’m not scared of you, you ‘tard,” she croaked” (Plum – Ucci, 208), she also threatens Bo by telling him her father’s a cop and that he should not mess with her. This is evident as Torey states, “My dad’s a cop.” Renee breathed nervously. “Don’t fuck with me.” (Plum - Ucci, 209) When Renee finds out at the WaWa that Torey was going to break up with Leandra, she gets mad, pushes Torey, and acts...
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