...scheduled for Wednesday, June 18 Exam format: 175 Multiple choice questions Chapter 3: Systems 1. Know the nutrient cycle diagrams Section 4 2. Know the layers of the earth 3. Properties of water and the water cycle 4. Know the spheres of the earth. 5. Macromolecules in section 2. 6. What is nitrogen fixation? 7. How does nitrogen fixation occur? 8. Importance of limiting factors….examples Chapter 6: Biomes and Aquatic ecosystems 1. What is a biome? 2. How are they classified? 3. Choose a biome and know characteristic about that biome. 4. Know how to create a climatogram – know how to plot the temperature and precipitation 5. What is Net Primary Production? What is Gross primary production? How do these terms differ? 6. What effects Net Primary production? Chapter 9: Environmental Health and Video Discussions 1. What are the differnet environmental health hazards? 2. Impacts of fossil fuels on our environment? 3. What is Biomagnification? 4. Difference between primary and secondary air pollutants 5. What is causing the ozone hole? Chapter 17 covers our video Oil Discussions. Chapter 18 Video discussions on Renewable Energy Chapter 19 Discussions on Pollution. What is Eutrophication? What are endochrine disruptors This is included in your study guide. The issues brought up during this discussion will be included on the exam. Frontline: Poisoned Waters 1. When was the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formed...
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...Zox by Susan Photos he s from t Excerpt With de ion GNuLiINE Broadcast DiscussPBS FRO T Welcome to POISONED WATERS This discussion guide and DVD are drawn from the PBS FRONTLINE investigative report, POISONED WATERS with Hedrick Smith as correspondent. In that program, we showed the kinds of pollution now contaminating America’s waterways, political obstacles blocking restoration of great estuaries like Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound, and some local strategies that have scored successes. We have designed this kit to stimulate public discussion of effective techniques and crucial issues of educational reform. It is intended for teachers, parents, principals, administrators and anyone interested in improving public schools. Photo by: Susan Zox How To Use This Guide This guide can be used either with a DVD of the two-hour documentary, POISONED WATERS, or with the special DVD clip reel of program excerpts. The guide is broken into several sections. On pages 1 and 22, you’ll find a description of the main elements of the program. Pages 2-21 set out ten topics for discussion, selected to highlight important issues in protecting our waters. For example, stormwater runoff, agricultural pollution, new chemical contaminants, how grass-roots action can force a Superfund cleanup or control development. Each topic is covered by a two-page write-up and suggested questions. A matching video segment illustrates the issue. Select a topic and read the summary. Watch the matching segment on the...
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...Applying Problem Solving Luis Santiago PHL/251 April 23, 2013 Professor Mirta Sanchez APPLYING PROBLEM SOLVING There are so many problems in the world today, personal as much as in society as a whole. The question is, how can we solve them? The answer is, soft skills such as critical thinking and problem solving. These are arguably the most effective weapons we have against combatting these problems. Let’s explore two examples of real-world scenarios: Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and Gun Violence. A recent study confirmed a direct link between tumors and Genetically Modified Organisms (Food Chem Toxicol, 2012). The scientific method was used to observe, hypothesize, experiment, and verify this conclusion, via a controlled experiment with rats over the course of two years. That’s not to say that all tumors are caused solely by GMOs, but rather that at least one of the causes for tumors have been identified. As a result of this study, many countries have banned the importing, development, and sales of GMOs, including (but not limited to) Italy, Switzerland, and New Zealand (for confirmation, search “GMO Ban” from the University of Phoenix Library). The scientific method has also been used to study the toxicity of chem trails in the air, fluoride in the water, and preservatives in food products. So why has President Obama signed into law the Monsanto Protection Act, which protects Monsanto (a large American GMO company) from federal courts? With so much evidence, one...
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...General Psychology Movie Reaction Write-up Disney’s Pixar’s Inside Out Born in the 21th century, I was blessed enough to grow up in the luxury that is modern animation in entertainment. I remember the first animated movie I saw was DreamWorks’ Prince of Egypt. From then on, my fascination over animation and cartoons ran like water. I was five years-old when my mother let me watch my first Pixar film which was “Toy Story”. From that moment on, Pixar never failed to fascinate me. Last Wednesday, cinemas nationwide premiered Pixar’s latest work, Inside Out. I already saw the movie trailer before I went to watch the movie itself. The movie teaser was very intriguing. In the 4 minute video, they showcased all of their classic movies and the emotions that they threw towards the audience. After the memory montage, they introduced five characters each symbolizing the five root emotions of man; Joy; shown as a yellow figure that resembles the shape of a star, Sadness; shown as a blue character that resembles the shape of a tear-drop, Anger; the red fellow in the shape of a box, Fear; the purple figure that resembles the shape of a question-mark & Disgust; shown as a green character that resembles the shape of a broccoli. The plot of the story was as simple as it was intricate. It was about the struggle of a young girl, named Riley Andersen, as her emotions meet a dilemma that almost dealt her her biggest disaster. The conflict started when Riley’s Family...
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...In 1986 members of the environmental activist group, London Greenpeace (unrelated to Greenpeace International), published a leaflet entitled “What’s wrong with McDonald’s: Everything they don’t want you to know”. The publication made critical allegations of global fast-food chain McDonald’s. Distributed to the public by hand and online, the leaflet was received by a global audience.The publication made the following allegations, stating that McDonald’s: • was complicit in Third World starvation; • bought from greedy rulers and elites and practices economic imperialism; • wasted vast quantities of grain and water; • destroyed rainforests with poisons and colonial invasions; • sold unhealthy, addictive fast food; • altered its food with artificial chemistry; • exploited children with its advertising; • was responsible for torture and murder of animals; • poisoned customers with contaminated meat; • exploited its workers and banned unions; • hid its malfeasance (Wolfson, 1999, p. 21). McDonald’s deemed the publication defamatory of their reputation. Defamation is the publication of an untrue statement which reflects a person’s reputation and tends to lower him in the opinion of right-thinking members of society generally (Finch, 2007, p. 168). Initially, the multinational corporation threatened various broadcasters and five active members of London Greenpeace withlegal action if they did not withdraw the allegations. Under s.2 of The Defamation Act 1996 the publisher...
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...Objectives 1. Define human relations and determine why its study is important. 2. Summarize early studies that laid the groundwork for understanding employee motivation. 3. Compare and contrast the human-relations theories of Abraham Maslow and Frederick Herzberg. 4. Investigate various theories of motivation, including Theories X, Y, and Z; equity theory; and expectancy theory. 5. Describe some of the strategies that managers use to motivate employees. 6. Critique a business’s program for motivating its sales force. Key Terms and Definitions |behavior modification |Changing behavior and encouraging appropriate actions by relating the consequences of behavior to | | |behavior itself. | |classical theory of motivation |A theory that suggests that money is the sole motivator for workers. | |compressed workweek |A four-day (or shorter) period in which an employee works 40 hours. | |equity theory |An assumption that how much people are willing to contribute to an organization depends on their | | |assessment of the fairness, or equity, of the rewards they will receive in exchange. | |esteem needs |The need for respect—both self-respect and respect...
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...Introduction Nowadays, more and more companies pay attention to achieve social responsibility in order to increase their public image. One of the ways that is adopted by many companies to become more socially is green management which is referred to using various policies to reduce much of environmental problems when the managers woke up to and concerned for the impact of their organization on the natural environment. The environmental problems of various pollutions, global warming, solid waste, ozone layer depletion and so on arise and endanger sustainability of economic along with the rapid development of industries. Therefore, the practices of green management are needed as soon as possible. Green management practices can not only be done by large organizations, but even for small organizations since it can increase the public image of the companies and thus will affect people’s perspectives and the investors’ behavior. In short-term, going green means that the management assists in saving the natural environment, however in long-term, the costs will be reduced and thus the profits can be increased as well as they will try to achieve green management through waste minimization, and improving energy efficiency. That will make a “win-win” complexion. By contrast, those companies that always cause pollutions would be criticized as companies of social irresponsibility, their public image will be damaged, even affect sales amount of their products. To study the green management...
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...entertainment and information center, offering a picture-in-a-picture window on the televised world. Since nature doesn't always call at the best times, soon you won't have to miss any of those great Super Bowl commercials. The sink mirror goes hand in hand with the flexible pullout mirror, featuring a magnifying camera lens attached to a flexible arm for correct positioning and that complete hands-free body inspection we've all been missing. Under the mirror there's a recharge shelf and container, not only for electric shavers and toothbrushes, but also for the special "wands". These programmable remote controls will be used to store individual preset preferences for background music, television selection, room lighting, heating, and water temperature for the shower, bath or bidet. The bathroom of the future also eliminates the need for a...
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...TeA M YYe PG Digitally signed by TeAM YYePG DN: cn=TeAM YYePG, c=US, o=TeAM YYePG, ou=TeAM YYePG, email=yyepg@msn .com Reason: I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Date: 2005.07.04 23:45:43 +08'00' ������������ Want to learn more? We hope you enjoy this McGraw-Hill eBook! If you’d like more information about this book, its author, or related books and websites, please click here. HOW TO ACE THE BRAINTEASER INTERVIEW JOHN KADOR M C G R AW- H I L L N E W YO R K MADRID C H I C AG O SAN FRANCISCO MILAN SYDNEY LISBON TO RO N TO LONDON S A N J UA N MEXICO CITY SEOUL NEW DELHI SINGAPORE Copyright © 2005 by John Kador. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. 0-07-144606-0 The material in this eBook also appears in the print version of this title: 0-07-144001-1. All trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Rather than put a trademark symbol after every occurrence of a trademarked name, we use names in an editorial fashion only, and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. Where such designations appear in this book, they have been printed with initial caps. McGraw-Hill eBooks are available at special...
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...Sex and advertising: Retail therapy | The Economist 18/10/2012 22:28 Log in Register Subscribe Digital & mobile Events Topics A-Z Newsletters Jobs Thursday October 18th 2012 Search Multimedia Print edition World politics Business & finance Economics Science & technology Culture Blogs Debate The World in 2013 We use cookies to support features like login and allow trusted media partners to analyse aggregated site usage. Keep cookies enabled to enjoy the full site experience. By browsing our site with cookies enabled, you are agreeing to their use. Review our cookies information for more details. Sex and advertising Comment (28) E-mail Print Reprints & permissions Retail therapy How Ernest Dichter, an acolyte of Sigmund Freud, revolutionised marketing Dec 17th 2011 | from the print edition Like 1.7k Tweet 874 Advertisement THESE are thrilling days for behavioural research. Every week seems to yield a new discovery about how bad people are at making decisions. Humans, it turns out, are impressionable, emotional and irrational. We buy things we don't need, often at arbitrary prices and for silly reasons. Studies show that when a store plays soothing music, shoppers will linger for longer and often spend more. If customers are in a good mood, they are more susceptible to persuasion. We believe price tends to indicate the value of things, not the other way around. And many people will squander valuable time...
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...the working life span of slaves and indentured servants in an attempt to conserve the limited human resource. It was in the 19th and 20th centuries that the concept of the company obligation to protect the workers really evolved from abuses of workers during the great depression, and the rise of organized labor. Consequently changes in the safety health field are often motivated by great tragedies that focus public attention on risks in the workplace. The Goals of this unit: * Identify the historic trends in industrial safety * Identify events that have impacted industrial safety To complete this unit you must 1. Read the chapter in the book 2. Review the PowerPoint slides 3. Look into the Bhopal accident using the video and searching the Internet to answer the following under the "Assignment tab" for : Session 2: History of Safety. 1. How many died as a result of the accident? 2. What has been the long term effects of the accident on residents 3. Look at the total number of injuries and deaths over for any 2 years on the BLS web site for (Take a look at data from Osha) Use the BLS link to find the data tutorials for: * Manufacturing * Construction * Mining * Agriculture en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster Bhopal disaster From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search | The neutrality of this article is disputed. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please...
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...Promotion and Microfinance of Kanchan™ Arsenic Filter in Rural Terai Region of Nepal Water is the most precious of all the elements, Just as gold is the most valuable of all goods, And just as the sun shines brighter than any star. (Greek poet Pindar) Final Report July 2005 Majka Serafini Abbreviations and Acronyms ADBN Agricultural Development Bank of Nepal CMF Centre for Microfinance CRM Cause Related Marketing GBB Grameen Bikas Bank GBR Grameen Bank Replicator GNP Gross National Product H/H Household INGO International non governmental organization KAF™ Kanchan Arsenic Filter NRCS Nepal Red Cross Society NDM 2005 Nepal Development Marketplace 2005 NGO Non-government Organization RMDC Rural Microfinance Development Centre Ltd. RDB Rural Development Bank SACCO Savings and Credit Cooperative Society SFCL Small Farmer Cooperative Ltd. SFDP Small Farmer Development Program SOS Share Our Strength organization SROI Social Return on Investment TP Total Population TW Tube Well UC User Committee VDC Village Development Committee Country Profile Economic and Social Context Average GNP per capita Population Population density Literacy Rate % Approx. $240 25.3 million (est.) 172 inhab/km2 (est.) 53.74 (est.) Inflation 2004 2005 4.0% 5.5% 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS A. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................5 POVERTY IN NEPAL ................................................
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...caribbean studies notes MODULE ONE LOCATION AND DEFINITION OF THE CARIBBEAN REGION Definition of the Caribbean Region Geographical This describes the area washed by the Caribbean Sea and is often described as the Caribbean Basin. It would therefore include most of the islands of the Lesser Antilles, Greater Antilles as well as the mainland territories in Central America (Costa Rica, Belize, Panama, Honduras) and Northern South America such as Columbia and Venezuela. The common link here is the Caribbean Sea. Geological There are deep seated structural features of Caribbean geology which also identifies commonalities. It is the area that is defined by the Caribbean Plate and which experiences similar tectonic, seismic and volcanic features and processes. Historical It describes the area that saw the impact of European colonization, slavery, indentureship and the plantation system. this refers to all the territories so that one way of defining the Caribbean is to identify those countries that experienced the rule of specific European countries. Thus the Caribbean may be defined as being broken up into the English, French, Dutch and Spanish speaking countries and territories. Political In the Caribbean at least three types of governmental systems are found. They include Independent States, Associated States and Colonial Dependencies. CHARACTERISTICS OF SOCIETY Society Society is a collection of people occupying a defined geographical...
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...ALSO BY JOHN GREEN Looking for Alaska An Abundance of Katherines Paper Towns Will Grayson, Will Grayson W ITH DAVID LEVITHAN DUTTON BOOKS | An imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. DUTTON BOOKS A MEMBER O F PENGUIN GRO UP (USA ) INC . Published by the Penguin Group | Penguin Group (USA ) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A . | Penguin Group (C anada), 90 Eglinton A v enue East, Suite 700, Toronto, O ntario M4P 2Y3, C anada (a div ision of Pearson Penguin C anada Inc.) | Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC 2R 0RL, England | Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a div ision of Penguin Books Ltd) | Penguin Group (A ustralia), 250 C amberw ell Road, C amberw ell, V ictoria 3124, A ustralia (a div ision of Pearson A ustralia Group Pty Ltd) | Penguin Books India Pv t Ltd, 11 C ommunity C entre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi - 110 017, India | Penguin Group (NZ), 67 A pollo Driv e, Rosedale, A uckland 0632, New Zealand (a div ision of Pearson New Zealand Ltd) | Penguin Books (South A frica) (Pty ) Ltd, 24 Sturdee A v enue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South A frica | Penguin Books Ltd, Registered O ffices: 80 Strand, London WC 2R 0RL, England This book is a w ork of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously , and any resemblance to actual persons, liv ing or dead, business establishments, ev ents, or locales is entirely coincidental. C opy right ©...
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...ALSO BY JOHN GREEN Looking for Alaska An Abundance of Katherines Paper Towns Will Grayson, Will Grayson W ITH DAVID LEVITHAN DUTTON BOOKS | An imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. DUTTON BOOKS A MEMBER O F PENGUIN GRO UP (USA ) INC . Published by the Penguin Group | Penguin Group (USA ) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A . | Penguin Group (C anada), 90 Eglinton A v enue East, Suite 700, Toronto, O ntario M4P 2Y3, C anada (a div ision of Pearson Penguin C anada Inc.) | Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC 2R 0RL, England | Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a div ision of Penguin Books Ltd) | Penguin Group (A ustralia), 250 C amberw ell Road, C amberw ell, V ictoria 3124, A ustralia (a div ision of Pearson A ustralia Group Pty Ltd) | Penguin Books India Pv t Ltd, 11 C ommunity C entre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi - 110 017, India | Penguin Group (NZ), 67 A pollo Driv e, Rosedale, A uckland 0632, New Zealand (a div ision of Pearson New Zealand Ltd) | Penguin Books (South A frica) (Pty ) Ltd, 24 Sturdee A v enue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South A frica | Penguin Books Ltd, Registered O ffices: 80 Strand, London WC 2R 0RL, England This book is a w ork of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously , and any resemblance to actual persons, liv ing or dead, business establishments, ev ents, or locales is entirely coincidental. C opy right ©...
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