...Bhanupriya Chettiar 806 Ms. Berry Ecosystems Issues Assignment Introduced Species - The Red fox Introduction The vulpes vulpes or other words known as the red fox, was introduced to Australia in the early 1870s for recreational hunting purposes. The spread of the red foxes were closely followed by the distribution of other pests for example, rabbits. Today, these vicious creatures are found in most mainland areas South of the tropics and, unfortunately, are even believed to have been deliberately distributed to Tasmania. (Animal Control Technologies, 2013) Biology Introducing red foxes into Australia increased the biodiversity of the animals. They helped keep the population of some pests intact. The red fox is important in the energy flow...
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...Jackalyn C. Majors American Intercontinental University Unit 1 Individual Project MKT640 – A Managerial Approach to Marketing Abstract This paper will follow two specific products and services that have come to development for the global marketplace in the last few years. This paper will discuss the product launch, and the impact of technology on the product along with the legal and ethical implications and how they were handled. The companies being discussed in this paper are Red Box and eHarmony. Understanding a Successful Launch Introduction These two companies discussed in this paper are Red Box movie DVD rental, and eHarmony online dating service. It will be it is important to understand these challenges in today global economy these two strong successful companies endured. Understanding these challenges can teach what is examined in launching new products along with the impact of technology on these products, along with the legal and ethical implication of launch of these products and services. Challenges in New Product Launches When Red box first evolved it was owned and placed in McDonalds fast food restaurants as a subsidiary of McDonalds and soon was sold to Coinstar who quickly moved Red box to grocery stores, drugstores and others including Walmart, Walgreens and 7-Elevens increasing Red box location to over 28000 kiosks in the United States (Augustine, C 2011). In the late 1990’s after 35 years of work as a psychologist and marrage counselor...
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...The relation between geology and medicine is quite intriguing and can be dated back to the times of Hippocrates and Aristotle. For centuries man has looked up to Earth for the numerous answers he seeks concerning his own body, an amalgamation of elements once sheathed in Earth. To his surprise man has found that geology is both a poison and remedy to his health. In my paper I present the two sides of the geologic coin in the world of medicine. The rocks below our feet can be deemed culprit for a number of health related issues. How many times have we heard that, ‘We are what we eat’? The source of human nutrition is cultivated from the soil. Farmers throughout the globe consider the soil as the source of their family’s bread, however dissolved material, both beneficial and harmful, get incorporated into the ground. Bunnell’s article, ‘Medical Geology: a globally emerging discipline’, discusses the “Endemic diseases correlative with soil deficiencies in selenium, the juvenile cardiomyopathy “Keshan Disease”, and the iodine deficiency disorders including goiter and myxedematous cretinism.” (Bunnell) Another area of geology I would be focusing on is groundwater; groundwater as we know is the largest reserve of fresh water to humans. So how can water something essential to human life be harmful? The answer is contamination. Contaminants in water, even present in trace amounts, can be deemed culprit for delayed brain growth, cancer and many other problems. As stated in Robert...
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...Dave Madsen JGRD 915: Mass Communication Theory Dr. Linda Shipley Final Paper Dec. 14, 2009 Discovering Methods of Communication Use in Ord, Nebraska In a recent editorial opinion column in the Sioux City (Iowa) Journal, Editor Mitch Pugh wrote “We are becoming a nation that only wants to consume news that perpetuates or supports our own tightly held beliefs. I’m not sure I quite understand how that line of thinking contributes anything to a society that used to value open and fair-minded debate and learned from absorbing diverse viewpoints.” (Pugh) If you actually asked people about their news consumption practices, would they agree with that sentiment? Would the residents of a particular small town in Nebraska be able to determine if any commonly held beliefs might be determined by the selection of a specific type or style of media? These are just some of the questions that arise when evaluating the results of just such a research project. During the month of October, 2009, students of Dr. Linda Shipley’s Mass Communication Theory class at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, conducted interviews with 33 residents of the small town of Ord, Nebraska. The purposes of the survey were: 1) To measure the use of media by the people of Ord. Specifically, how do they gather information about Ord and how do they disseminate information about Ord? 2) To measure their opinions about living in Ord. The interviews were conducted by telephone, with each of the eleven...
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...Despite that throughout history it has always been shown in films from A Nation Reborn to literature To Kill a Mockingbird. Racism has always been questioned if it has played an effect in the court system. Because its is become more popular discussed in today society i feel it is important to get rid of it all together. While writing this essay on racism I found myself re questioning myself countless times as I did not wish to either contradict myself or come off as “strong left wing liberal” as some of the kids from our composition class would say. Throughout this essay I was doing countless research from the documentary on racism that we viewed in class to statistics regarding racism in the court system. I find that research in essay allows for us to gain knowledge in order to support our own ideas in the paper and to better grasp the realism of the pigeonholes that are present in our society today. The most valuable piece of evidence in my essay would be the interview I had with one of my former professors from high school who was a law teacher and was my mock trial coach. We read some Iowa court cases that were deemed to be racist primarily from the early fifties and late sixties when prejugdism and racism were much alive and well in the...
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...away from Great Britain on July 4, 1776 it was from then on known as, “The land of the free and the home of the brave”, but moreover was a place where entrepreneurs could come and make a life for themselves without being oppressed, also known as the ‘American Dream.’ For hundreds of years this country has lived up to the standards of what the ‘American Dream’ conveys, but as we move further into the 21st century the businessman is becoming increasingly more oppressed, especially in California. Since the 90’s, Business’s have deemed California as the least best place to do business and have since started moving out at an increasing rate for a variety of reasons including, rising taxes, litigation costs, and regulations. The rest of this research paper will go through those three main causes of why “California is Not a good Place to do Business,” as well as what effect it has on the people. (And when done reading ask yourself if you would start up a business in California.) Cause: Taxes Its common sense that to improve the health and profitability of a business certain measures must be taken, for instance doing the math on what kind of taxes the business is subject too depending on the state of establishment. According to CalTax.org, “California is the third worst state business tax climate in the nation!” Broken down California has the highest sales tax, gasoline tax, and personal income tax in the nation; as well as the 15th highest property tax and the highest corporate income...
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...Generic Prescription Drug Costs Prescription drugs have been causing problems in the United States for a very long time. Pharmaceutical companies are one of the largest profiting global industries. It was in 2009 when drug shortages increased with numbers reaching what many have termed crisis level which raised all prices of generic prescription drugs significantly (Fox, Sweet, & Jensen, 2014). This increase was and still is leaving patients with a life threatening decision; either go on paying for their prescriptions which they cannot afford or stop their treatment all together and risk their illness progressing and leading to possible death. Some have chosen to end their treatment altogether, while other patients have confessed to taking dangerous measures to ensure their refills last longer like cutting their pills in half or skipping doses. The United States drug manufacturers are raising prices endlessly without regulation. Instead of generic brand medication being affordable, they are creating their own monopolies and setting their prices just as competitively as name brands. Instead of buying and stocking manufacturers with raw materials from within the United States, they source raw materials from overseas creating delays and a huge shortage in raw materials has surfaced. Instead of keeping the FDA in the loop as to what is going on in the production process, manufacturers wait until the very last minute to report a problem which goes against all rules, regulations...
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...belong to the Ojibwe Indians: White Earth, Leech Lake, Red Lake, Bois Fort, Grand Portage, Fond du Lac, and Mille Lacs (Guise). The other four reservations belong to the Dakota Sioux Indians: Upper Sioux, Lower Sioux, Shakopee Mdewakanton and Prairie Island (Guise). The Ojibwe (or Anishinaabe) Indians are one of the largest Native American groups in North America (Treuer, 2010, p.5). I decided to focus my paper on learning more about the history, traditions, education and language of the Ojibwe people. History Ojibwe people originally lived in the northeastern part of North America, where their ancestors were known as the...
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...Aimée L. Arcoraci-Davies Professor Maria Evangelatou HAVC 155 Research Paper 4 June 2013 Cleopatra in Cosmetics: Iconography and the Journey to Attaining Flawless Beauty How has Cleopatra been used as an apparatus manipulated through capitalist- consumerism under the guise of attaining ultimate beauty? How has the exoticization and romanticism of beauty products, such as Palmolive soap, result in the products becoming more appealing to female consumers? This essay examines the problematic ideology of Cleopatra as the beautiful queen with the “flawless” complexion used in beauty advertisements of the 1920s addressed towards the post-World War I “modern woman” as a source of sociopolitical embodied power to entice men. This essay also explores concepts of femininity, modernity, and ideals of female beauty that have been constructed through a historically patriarchal framework which involves emphasizing the ‘seductive power’ of women, and revolves around the obsession for preserving a youthful girlish beauty and perpetuating women’s place in the home as the ‘pretty little wife’, in juxtaposition with George Bernard Shaw’s ‘pretty little queen’ caricature of Cleopatra. By invalidating or distorting her power, these expectations and gender based stereotypes impact society today in the same ways by advertising flawless skin with no visible pores or wrinkles as one of the many unrealistic sociocultural standards for females. For thousands of years, Cleopatra has been used as a...
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...1. Digital Curation Centre (DCC) Lifecycle Model 2. Ellyn Montgomery, USGS, Data Lifecycle Diagram 3. FGDC Stages of the Geospatial Data Lifecycle pursuant to OMB Circular A–16 4. University of Oxford Research Data Management Chart 5. NOAA Environmental Data Life Cycle Functions 6. Open Archival Information System (OAIS) Framework 7. USGS Scientific Information Management Workshop Vocabulary 8. Peter Fox Lifecycle Diagrams 9. National Science Foundation 10. NDIIPP Preserving Our Digital Heritage 11. What Researchers Want 12. EPA Project Life Cycle 13. IWGDD’s Digital Data Life Cycle Model 14. Scientific Data Management Plan Guidance 15. Linear Data Life Cycle 16. Generic Science Data Lifecycle 17. Cassandra Ladino Hybrid Data Lifecycle Model 18. Ray Obuch Data Management – A Lifecycle Approach 19. USGS Data Management Plan Framework (DMPf) – Smith, Tessler, and McHale 20. BLM Data Management Handbook 21. ARL Joint Task Force on Library Support for E-Science 22. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Key Components 23. ICPSR Preservation over the Data Life Cycle 24. William Michener DataONE: Data Life Cycle Management 25. IBM Aspects of Lifecycle Management - Research 26. University of California San Diego Digital Curation Program 27. University of Miami Scientific Data Lifecycle 28. Managing...
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...DX Cancri Zach Moon University of Arizona; (Insert Prof Name) (Insert class name) 20 October 2014 Author Note This paper was prepared for (Insert Class name), (insert course number), taught by professor (insert prof name). Abstract Our universe is filled with millions of objects that can be seen at different times throughout the duration of a 24-hour period. Many different stars help make up the 88-recorded constellations that can be seen around the world. Of those 88 configurations, are 12 constellations that are part of what is known as the Greek Zodiac. Each constellation in the Zodiac has a mythological story that some believe explains their existence. This paper will explain the history of the constellation Cancer,...
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...Three Little Pigs: Four Interpretations - An Exercise in Paraphrasing By The Walden University Writing Center Staff This exercise is designed to help you improve your paraphrasing skills. You'll also get practice at writing a compare-and-contrast interpretive paper, which will help you with the process used in KAMs and other course papers. Three interpretations of the classic tale of the Three Little Pigs appear here, along with a mini-research study about wolves and pigs. To help you improve your writing skills, you can approach these pages in two ways: First, read the assigned questions below. Then read through the four short interpretive texts. Next, take some time to write a brief paper in which you answer the questions posed at the beginning. Were you able to easily summarize using your own words? Were you able to write without having the original source open in front of you? Did you include proper in-text citations? Assigned Questions 1. In no more than four paragraphs, summarize the story of the three pigs. (Refer to either the Higley or Ashliman version for direct quotes.) 2. Compare and contrast these four interpretations of the story, using direct quotes and paraphrases as appropriate. Try not to be judgmental; use the author's evidence for support. 3. Offer a brief critical analysis of the interpretations. What were the strengths and weaknesses, if any, of each? Three Little Pigs: Four Interpretations Gomez (1999) Literature...
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...affluent. This is happening because of the long life expectancy and increase exposure to substances that causes cancer. Determining the cause of cancer can be complex, even though more advanced technology have made it much better now to diagnose the disease. Studies have shown that obesity, tobacco use, environmental pollutants, certain diet increases the risk for cancer (National Cancer Institute, 2014). The symptoms of cancer can vary depending on where the cancer is formed, where it has spread and the size of the tumor. The fear of dealing with the disease causes stress and depression for the patient. Understanding the prognosis of cancer is important when planning a variety of options for treatment (National Cancer Institute, 2014). This paper will focus on the stages of cancer, side effects from treatment such as chemotherapy and radiation, how to lessen physiologic and psychological effects for patients with cancer. Cancer is diagnosed by experts who study a cell or tissue under the microscope. Medical exams such as ultrasound, endoscopy, blood draws for cancer marker test, and biopsies, computed tomography (CT), pap smears, mammograms...
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...Three Little Pigs: Four Interpretations - An Exercise in Paraphrasing By The Walden University Writing Center Staff This exercise is designed to help you improve your paraphrasing skills. You will also get practice at writing a compare-and-contrast interpretive paper, which will help you with the process used in your doctoral study and other course papers. Three interpretations of the classic tale of the Three Little Pigs appear here, along with a mini-research study about wolves and pigs. To help you improve your writing skills, you can approach these pages in two ways: First, read the assigned questions below. Then read the four short interpretive texts. Next, take some time to write a brief paper in which you answer the questions posed at the beginning. Were you able to summarize easily using your own words? Were you able to write without having the original source open in front of you? Did you include proper in-text citations? Assigned Questions 1. In no more than four paragraphs, summarize the story of the three pigs. (Refer to any of the four interpretations for direct quotes.) 2. Compare and contrast these four interpretations of the story, using direct quotes and paraphrases as appropriate. Try not to be judgmental; use the author's evidence for support. 3. Offer a brief critical analysis of the interpretations. What were the strengths and weaknesses, if any, of each? Three Little Pigs: Four Interpretations Gomez (1999) ...
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...categorized as countries with low–to-middle per capita income and often considered the world’s fastest growing economies. Countries in Asia, Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe are seeing a growth in local business activities as well as international business activities, both of which are stemming from multinational firms primarly located in North America or Europe. Understanding the best ways to work with individuals from these emerging markets can be valuable during negotiations. There are five cultural factors that most often affect negotiations among cultures: 1. use of time; 2. individualism versus collectivism; 3. role orderliness and conformity 4. patterns of communication; (Acuff, 2008) and 5. corruption. The goal of this research paper is to discuss cultural factors that affect negotiation and find examples from different regions on how those factors affected business negotiations and to conclude by providing ideas to deal with those challenges faced during negotiations. Use of time Individuals in different countries perceive time and use time in different ways. There are two major ways that cultures understand time: monochronic perception and polychronic perception of time. Monochronic countries conceive of time as inflexible. In monochronic cultures, time can be divided easily and schedules are adhered to closely. Polychronic countries conceive of time as flexible. In polychronic cultures, time cannot easily be divided and schedules are not closely followed. (Silkenat...
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