...Sea Otters Article #1 This aquatic member of the weasel family is found along the coasts of the Pacific Ocean in North America and Asia. The sea otter spends most of its time in the water but, in some locations, comes ashore to sleep or rest. Sea otters have webbed feet, water-repellent fur to keep them dry and warm, and nostrils and ears that close in the water. Sea otters often float at the water's surface, lying on their backs in a posture of serene repose. They sleep this way, often gathered in groups. Otters sometimes float in forests of kelp, or giant seaweed, in which they entangle themselves to provide anchorage in the swirling sea. These aquatic otters do more than sleep while floating on their backs. They are often seen with a clam or mussel and a rock that has been deftly snared from the ocean floor. Otters will place the rock on their chests, and repeatedly smash the shellfish against it until it breaks open to reveal the tasty meal inside. They also dine on such aquatic creatures as sea urchins, crabs, squid, octopuses, and fish. Sea otters are the only otters to give birth in the water. Mothers nurture their young while floating on their backs. They hold infants on their chests to nurse them, and quickly teach them to swim and hunt. Sea otters are meticulously clean. After eating, they wash themselves in the ocean, cleaning their coat with their teeth and paws. They have good reason to take care of their coats—it helps them to remain waterproof...
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...ffThe Motel Pool Thesis: The author explores the simple event of children playing in a pool, to implicitly personify images of birth, apocalypse and rebirth which connect to the birth and destruction of our world. | “The plump good-natured children play in the blue pool: roll and plop, plop and roll;” * This line depicts the innocence of the children which allows you to see the images of the world when it was once pure and blue; the blue pool is the world * The roll and plop, plop and roll this describes the creation of the world and the living beings in it slide and tumble, oiled, in the slippery sun silent as otters, turning over and in, * “Oiled in the slippery sun” the sun represents happiness and brightness and the slide and tumble shows how humanity progressing in the world. It is basically a progression in age and knowledge through bright times * “Silent as otters” Here you can see a simile being used. It represents a comparison to the world being calm and peaceful. “Turning over and in” are the otter doing tricks which represents how humanity is obtaining great knowledge churning the water; or-seamstresses-cut and sew with jackknives its satins invisibly. * Churning the water shows how the children are having fun but annoyingly causing ripples and waves that they can’t take back. This shows how humanity makes objects to better their lives but have harmful effects on the earth * “or-seamstresses-cut and sew with jackknives its satins invisibly”...
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...The Long- Term Effects of oil on ecosystems: A comparison of the Exxon Valdez and the BP oil spill The Exxon Valdez was a single hull, 987-foot super tanker built by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, out of San Diego, California. The Exxon Corporation commissioned this ship into service on December 11, 1986. After the March of 1989 collision with Bligh Reef, the vessel was towed to the shipyard in San Diego and repaired in June of 1989, more than 1,600 tons of steel needed replacing, and the cost of this repair was over $30 million dollars. The Valdez is back in use owned and operated by the Hong Kong Bloom Shipping LTD., renamed the Dong Fang Ocean, and registered out of Panama. At 12:04 A.M. on March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez struck Bligh Reef, Captain Joseph Hazelwood was below decks and intoxicated, the vessel was under the control of the third mate, Gregory Cousins. It was later found that in addition to the intoxicated captain, the third mate, Gregory Cousins, did not have the proper endorsement on his coast guard license to operate a ship in the pristine waters of Prince William Sound, and on top of this Exxon failed to repair the damaged radar that could have prevented the accidental grounding of the ship. At the time of impact, the Valdez was carrying 55 million gallons of crude oil and 11 million gallons of crude was spilt into one of the most delicate, and bountiful marine ecosystems on earth, Prince William Sound. This number of 11 million...
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...Sigurd the Volsung In the Germanic/Norse myths the peoples were often analyzing the major conflicts between the forces of good and the forces of evil, often playing into what we now know as the concept of Karma. By taking a deeper look into the actions and reactions of the characters in Norse mythology we can see how their beliefs in every action having a consequence affected the way the stories represented events of their lives. Since these myths are still alive today we can further delve into how society has used and still uses myths. In looking through various theoretical viewpoints we are able analyze deeper the myth of Sigurd the Volsung to better understand a small part of history and the impact it has on today’s culture. To better understand what we are analyzing we must first understand what a myth is. Now dictionary.reference tells us that a myth is “a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature” but these ideals belong to the people of today’s society and not back in the times of the people telling these stories. So I’d like to use a broader view that a myth 1) can be most aptly defined as the meaning or context that one perceives in the phenomena one encounters, and 2) is an inescapable part of all perception and all thought – yours, mine,...
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...Leaders of each tribe had responsibilities such as: keeper of whip, keeper of knife and so on. When source of food became scarce the Stonies split many ways to hunt for Buffalo, this is why they have multiple places of living. The lived in teepees. Teepees are shelters that is structured by a large piece of wood lined with buffalo skin to provide heat and warmth. These were normally made by women. If the teepee was not made correctly it could get blown over and create harm for their families/friends in the teepee. The Assiniboine men wore what any traditional Native American man would consider traditional. A typical outfit was clothes, hip lengthed leggings and warm buffalo coats when the climate was cold and rainy. Also many men had tribal tattoos and long hair. These tribal tattoos contained many meaning. The men would be the hunters of the family. Stoney men would be soldiers and protective structures that would...
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...Personality Style Considerations in Effective Negotiation James L. Patterson, Ph.D., C.P.M. Associate Professor of Management Western Illinois University – Quad Cities 3561-60th Street Moline, IL 61265-5881 U.S.A. I. Introduction Most buyers and supply managers have been trained in the processes and mechanics of commercial negotiation and have had a significant experience in applying the tools and techniques that they have been taught. However, most commercial negotiators (buyers and suppliers alike) have not been sufficiently trained to identify and take advantage of the innate personality characteristics and tendencies that all humans have. This session will provide insight as to how the different personality styles of negotiators can affect the outcomes and process of a negotiation. Several simple models are discussed that can be used to predict and identify the different personality traits and related negotiating styles for more effective negotiation preparation and execution. It has been estimated that, even though most of us understand the basics of negotiation, 80% of us do not actually like to negotiate. In addition, we often perceive that we are better negotiators than we actually are, i.e., we tend to overestimate our personal effectiveness in achieving our desired outcomes in any given negotiation. Our supplier counterparts usually receive more negotiation training than we do, so they are better prepared and are often more effective. II. Negotiation as an Interactive...
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...http://www.eoearth.org/article/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill?topic=58075 Exxon Valdez Case Study By: Caitlin Miller Integrated Science Period: B Exxon Valdez was a horrendous catastrophe that ravaged huge areas of marine life and environment. First of all you need to know what exactly an oil spill is-it is when carelessness of the crew or equipment issues creates a problem that causes an oil tanker to leak out oil into the water. Oil spills can have other motives behind them as well such as terrorists may create an oil spill to send a message. There are also illegal oil dumpers, who will deposit their crude oil (waste) into the ocean instead of decomposing it and spending the required money to do so. Below is a picture of an oil tanker leaking out oil. [pic] Exxon Valdez was the “largest oil spill to occur in the world,”* and the crisis began on March 23, 1989. The location was in Prince William Sound in Alaskan shore. Then of course there is the question of how it happened, the people on the Exxon Valdez ship had identified icebergs and decided to take a different route to get around them. Unfortunately the oil tanker crashed into shallow water, this area is actually called the Bligh Reef, but because of the hit the tanker had about 10 million gallons of crude oil into the reef. To help you really picture how much exactly that is, visualize about “125 Olympic sized swimming pools.”* Comparing this to other American oil spills this leak was enormous. The...
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...I - Background Study EXXON VALDEZ CASE Companies would always be prone to crises and problems beyond their control. What makes a company stand; amidst all problems they are dealing with is how they deal with it. One of the greatest controversies during the 1980’s was the Exxon Valdez oil spill that happened on a reef in Alaska’s Prince William Sound. The Exxon Valdez ship had identified icebergs and decided to take a different route to get around them. Unfortunately the oil tanker crashed into shallow water, this area is actually called the Bligh Reef, but because of the hit the tanker had about 10 million gallons of crude oil into the reef.This catastrophe got the media’s attention, and Exxon’s response to the environmental damage they had caused was very unprofessional. The company completely refused to communicate openly and effectively. The CEO of the company, Lawrence Rawl even refused to be seen for almost a week. Efforts to contain the spill were slow and Exxon's response was even slower. Because of the lack of appearance from high profile personnel from Exxon and the lack of action from their company, it left the impression that the Exxon Corporation did not take this accident seriously. Exxon Valdez case became one of the classical case examples of a “not to do in handling with a crisis”. By the time, they started to do some action; their reputation is already tainted with negative comments from...
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...the phone rang and received the news regarding the spilling of crude oil into the frigid waters of Prince William Sound, just outside the harbor of Valdez, Alaska. What was about to happen was the worst environmental disaster in the history of the United States. These were the documented facts that media had portrayed across the United States and to the world: Exxon Valdez, a 978-foot tanker piloted by a captain whom later revealed to be drank, ran aground on a reef 25 miles southwest of the port of Valdez. The results caused a spill of 250,000 barrels, the largest spill ever in North America. The devastating results affects, 1,300 square miles of water, damaging some 600 miles of coastline and murdering as many as 4,000 Alaskan sea otters. The disaster also enshrined the name of Exxon in the all-time Public Relations Hall of Shame. (Seitel, 2000). According to the book, Exxon’s dilemma broke down into five categories. First was the hesitation of Mr. Rawl if he is going directly and personally to Alaska. In an interview Mr. Rawl has said, “We had concluded that there was simply too much for me to coordinate from New York. It wouldn’t have made any difference if I showed up and made a speech in the town forum. I wasn’t going to spend the summer there; I had other things to do”. Secondly, Exxon failed to establish media control. Exxon, wanted to take charge of the news flow and give the public, through the news media, a credible, concerned, and wholly committed corporate response...
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...the phone rang and received the news regarding the spilling of crude oil into the frigid waters of Prince William Sound, just outside the harbor of Valdez, Alaska. What was about to happen was the worst environmental disaster in the history of the United States. These were the documented facts that media had portrayed across the United States and to the world: Exxon Valdez, a 978-foot tanker piloted by a captain whom later revealed to be drank, ran aground on a reef 25 miles southwest of the port of Valdez. The results caused a spill of 250,000 barrels, the largest spill ever in North America. The devastating results affects, 1,300 square miles of water, damaging some 600 miles of coastline and murdering as many as 4,000 Alaskan sea otters. The disaster also enshrined the name of Exxon in the all-time Public Relations Hall of Shame. (Seitel, 2000). According to the book, Exxon’s dilemma broke down into five categories. First was the hesitation of Mr. Rawl if he is going directly and personally to Alaska. In an interview Mr. Rawl has said, “We had concluded that there was simply too much for me to coordinate from New York. It wouldn’t have made any difference if I showed up and made a speech in the town forum. I wasn’t going to spend the summer there; I had other things to do”. Secondly, Exxon failed to establish media control. Exxon, wanted to take charge of the news flow and give the public, through the news media, a credible, concerned, and wholly committed corporate...
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...J.R.R Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit follows the journey of one central hero, Bilbo Baggins, and his company of dwarves as they embark to Erebor to retake the dwarves’ homeland. This epic tale can be analyzed using a mythological, biographical, or historical critic’s point of view. There are also a few themes seen throughout the novel, including greed and the journey. From a mythological standpoint, one could mention the works of literature that Tolkien himself said has influenced his fantasies about the fabled land of Middle-earth: Iceland’s Poetic Edda and Beowulf. Some tales in Norse mythology can also be analyzed to apply to Tolkien’s novel. Based on a biographically and historically opinion, one might talk about the World Wars’ effect on Tolkien and his novels. Another approach that could be taken is one based on the archetypes seen in The Hobbit; the hero, Bilbo Baggins, and the villain, the dragon Smaug. One could connect the archetypes and events of The Hobbit to those of Beowulf. The Hobbit could also be seen as a novel of the genre bildungsroman, which means “coming-of-age” and focuses on the emotional and physical development of the main character. The use of mythological criticism in the analysis of J.R.R Tolkien’s first novel The Hobbit is by far the most popular among renowned literature critics – one of whom was CS Lewis, an author of children’s fantasy novels himself. It is easy to explain the story from a mythological point of view; many ancient texts have themes...
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...responsibilities. One should always try to take some time off with their loved ones to breath in a natural environment which is surrounded by wildlife and other animals. There is no place better to visit for an adventure than visiting Everglades in Florida. The everglades is an astonishing land covered with grass, water, mud and animals spreading across an area of 1,509,000 acres. It is the only place in the world where you can find alligators and American crocodile living side by side in harmony. Most of the people think that the area is a swamp, covered with dirt and grass, however everglades consist of a slow moving river, making it possible for boats to roam about. Why An Air boat ride is the best way to explore Everglades? The Everglades area has many mangroves tunnels, sawgrass marshes and pine flatwoods. That is why the best way to explore the everglades is through airboat rides in everglades. With most of the area covered with grass and mud, the best way to see hard to reach places is through an airboat, as the boat moves through a fan rather than a...
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...the merchant and petroleum oil business, they became fairly prominent in Boston after the Civil War. Mrs. Lootz wrote a letter of reference for Ingeborg that same year. In the letter, Mrs. Lootz says that "Ingeborg Wahl has lived with me two years, and I can cordially recommend her, as a good cook, good laundress, strictly honest, always pleasant, and willing to do what is required of her." There may be some significance to the 1880 letter of reference. Within the year, Ingeborg would travel once again. Sometime after, 2 June 1880, she moved to either Lafayette or Iowa County, in Wisconsin. To understand what brought her there requires a refresher on where Ingeborg worked when she lived in Norway. The Bratvold farm was also near the Gullen farm in Jevnaker. What is significant is that Ingeborg’s future husband was from the Masserud farm (under Gullen). Several researchers believe that the Wahl and Johansen families may have known each other quite well. Recently, it was discovered that there is a Peder J. Gulleneie listed as a baptismal sponsor for Anne Maria’s first child, born in 1875. This raises several questions, though. If they knew each other prior to coming to America, why didn’t they travel together? How did they manage to maintain contact with each other being they settled in different locations upon coming to America? Despite these questions, it’s known that Ingeborg Andersdatter Wahl and Peder Johansen Gulleneie, married in southwestern Wisconsin, on...
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...abundance wealth. We want to know why he was successful and rich. His success started with vision in mind of having his own fur business. I think vision helps one to get successful if one follows his/her goal consistently and disciplinarily. He was a man full of traits like attention to details, determination and had a great foresight. After he married Sarah Todd, he opened his own musical instrument shop in mother-in-law’s house. Now we want to know why he opened musical instrument shop instead of Fur Company. He opened the musical instrument shop from the dowry’s money. And opening a fur company requires a huge investment. But it was the beginning of building capital and starting his career. Even though he opened the musical instrument shop, he was engaged in fur trading, he left the shop in order to travel to different places to establish the relationship with fur merchants (domestic and international) while Sarah was looking after the shop. By 1788, Astor was involved in fur trading with Montreal. There he bought furs and it got shipped to London and Rotterdam and finally to New York. Here a question may arise Why not ship fur directly to New York as it would save time? Because of the British Merchant Policy that it did not allow direct shipment from Montreal to New York. But this policy was lifted after the Jay’s Treaty. This allowed direct trade to Canada. At the same time, he was also involved in fur trade with Indians. He sold the Indian goods in return for furs. He was...
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...innovative use of containers transformed overtime. This case study will draw up real world examples on logistics on a global scale. The latter half of this discussion will explore the advantages of using containers to transport goods via sea, road and rail. Containerisation Containerisation is an inter-modal system which has been used over half a century to transport the universal cargo and non-bulk products in containers which are reinforced steel boxes (ECMT, 2005). The ease of using containers allows the flexibility to use a multi-modal system to transport the containers through road, rail, sea and air (Lowe, 2005). These containers are regulated by the International Organization for Standardisation (ISO) body which sets the foundation to ensure the containers are eligible to be loaded and conserved unharmed onto container ships, railroad cars, planes and trucks. Containerisation has revolutionised the logistic industry in imports and exports, in transportation of goods to a degree that it has diminished costs to an insignificant point in the twentieth century. One of the justifications for this inter-modal system was to expand storage capacity within the steel containers so that it can maintain space for economies of scale (Wetherly & Otter, 2008). History & Change...
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