...Wild Fires and Life Lessons Going on summer vacation is meant to be enjoyable, fun and relaxing. Summer vacations are intended to create long lasting memories. The last thing I could have imagined experiencing was a wildfire while being hundreds of miles away from home. Living thru a wildfire was not the memory I wanted to create. I wanted to experience fun in the sun. I did not want to experience unknowns, uncertainty or even panic. The Summer of 2012 thought me the value of my family. Materialistic items are not essential; they are only things and stuff, they can be rebuilt and be replaced, but family is irreplaceable. Creating Memories Summer vacation of 2012 began just like any other traditional American family summer vacation, a two-weeks away from all the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Having moved into our new home less than two weeks before, we were ready for a little relaxation and sun soaking, my son and I were off to Galveston, TX. We arrived at our vacation beach house on Friday, June 22 and decided we would simply relax on the beach enjoying the warm sun and ocean breeze. We began our Saturday morning by bike riding up and down the ocean front for miles on miles soaking up the sun yet being cooled by the sea breeze. That afternoon, we decided we would take the boat out for a few...
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...Research Essay Federal Lands in Idaho Should be Managed by Idaho This year the federal government spent a billion dollars fighting wild fires. The Prepare Act, currently under consideration in Congress, would give funds to local governments for wild fire mitigation. FEMA would provide oversight for any funds directed to the states as the recent fire season was considered a disaster. Prepare, Ready, Equip, and Prevent Areas at Risk of Emergency Wildfires Act of 2013 or the PREPARE Act of 2013, was authored in part by Idaho’s own Senator Crapo and Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado (The Library of Congress, S.1428, .IS, 2013-2014). The federal government is aware that our forests have been mismanaged and this act, in a small way, helps to make up for previous management practices. It does not do enough to mitigate the effects of pests and wildfires that endanger our forests in Idaho. Some of you may know a little about the ownership of federal lands in Idaho. This paper will help you to learn more about this. Some of you may know a lot about ownership of federal lands in Idaho. Perhaps you know someone personally who has dealt with land issues in Idaho. Hopefully, you will learn something new about this topic that persuade you that the State of Idaho needs to assume ownership and oversight of these public lands. I was employed by the timber industry for several years and spent time lobbying on their behalf to keep public lands open for logging. I have researched...
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...Deforestation Jason Hennessee Axia College of University of Phoenix Deforestation “Dad! Dad! It’s opening day! Can we please go to the forest to watch the boats race?” Junior, age 10, was very excited about the idea of watching the boats race from the relative quiet and shade of one of the forests to border the river. “Sissy already has the car packed for the trip, and I think she even remembered to grab the charcoal this time!” Dean opened one eye. Seven in the morning was a bit early to leave for the boat races thirty minutes away when they started at nine. But, such was Junior’s excitement that Dean forced himself out of his bed earlier than he planned on. “Ok, son. Let’s check Renee’s packing and we’ll see about weather and conditions. Does Mom have her work finished yet?” Anne appeared framed in the bedroom door. “Yeah. I have some more reading to do, but I can do it at the site. The races are not my favorite thing, but you’ll need my help if the kids want to get wet. However, there is something I need to talk to you about. Junior, honey, please go make sure you have a cooler full of water and juice for us today.” Off like a shot, Junior dashed out of the room and Anne went in, closing the door behind her and lifting Dean’s laptop to the bed. “Dean, I think the forest is gone. Check this out.” Dean read the headlines and cutlines of the pictures and articles that Anne showed him. He shook his head as one by one they all told a devastating...
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...into a DJ booth at Club Centers, located in the heart of Rochester, New York, my nerves start going crazy and butterflies hit my stomach so fast it feels like I have to puke. Just the sight of three turntables and an eight-channel mixer in front of my face is like sending a little kid into a candy store. While standing in front of my tables, I look to my right and I see my soundboard. This high-tech, silver plated sound machine stands about seven feet tall with about three hundred switches and knobs that control high pitches, low pitches, medium pitches and all of the digital effects. This soundboard is used when I put a shiny new record on one of the turntables. This will distort the sound quality of the song. The music sounds like a fire alarm, starting with a deep sound then rising to a high pitch screaming noise. As I look to my left, you see my beautiful blonde light girl working my light board. While the music is playing really loud, she will hit certain buttons that will make multi-colored lasers go in different directions and make many different shapes. Also, while the music is jamming, a common light known by many people as a strobe light will flash non-stop constantly. This light makes you see people dancing like robots and distorts the vision of that person Behind me sits all my records on a dark colored, sturdy wooden shelf. This shelf contains about six hundred records of all types of music. Some of the records are old and beat up and they look like they are...
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...Purina Petcare Company is a leading company in the pet products industry. Purina Petcare Company is truly dedicated to improving the lives of cats and dogs through quality nutrition and care. Core philosophies include promoting responsible pet care, humane education, community involvement, and the positive bond between people and their pets. PURINA Petcare Company was formed when Friskies PetCare Company and Ralston Purina merged in December 2001. The new organization combines their rich histories, diverse resources and complementary strengths, offering pets and their owners a wide variety of innovative, high-quality and nutritious products. Competitors of the Company: * Iams Proactive Original ( www.iams.com ) * Hills Pet ( www.hillspet.com ) * Whiskas ( www.Whiskas.com ) Suppliers: * Shouguang Xincheng Food Co., Ltd. (supplies raw materials for manufacturing) * Qingdao Odenry Pet Product Co., Ltd (supplies raw materials for manufacturing) * Pet Center Inc. China Co., Ltd. (supplies raw materials for manufacturing) Intermediaries: * Hileytech Sdn Bhd (reseller of pet food and other services) * Pet Lovers Centre (retailer of certain cat food products and vet services) * Qian Hu The Pet Family Sdn Bhd (seller of certain cat food products and services) Customers: * Pet-specific customers (those who only look for specialty store that caters their own specific pet. For example, cat enthusiasts only visit stores that only specializes in...
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...Final Research Paper Animal rights to freedom Steven McFarlane DeVry University Advanced Composition Professor Christopher Drew August 27, 2013 Animal Rights To freedom Since the beginning of time animals had rights to do as they please in their own habitat. As time accumulated, these rights slowly faded with entertainment usage of animals. Animals do not belong in a zoo for personal visual enjoyment. Almost every child has taken a trip to the zoo. At the zoo we see different animals in created habitats eating prepared food. A variety of different animals are either captured or born to amuse humans for a profit. The rights of freedom stripped from animals to make us smile are not essential to our survival. Animal’s that are raised outside their natural habitat cannot survive among their fellow species in the wild. The Zoo and the circus are prime examples of animals misuse and abuse. Animals from the zoo and circus would not be able to coexist due the difference in freedom. Less animal attacks would occur as well. Zoo’s and Circus’s argue that they save endangered species and educate the public, but I strongly believe the costs outweigh the benefits, and individual animal’s rights are violated and unjust. Zoos define themselves as bringing people and animals together, as well as educate the public with the appreciation of the animals. This exposure and education motivates people to protect the animals as they believe. Zoos save endangered species by bringing them...
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...Operation Research: Davao Immersion Trip Relation to Course A Paper Submitted to MSBMW in Partial Fulfillment of the Course Requirement in OR Submitted by: GREMMARIE U. CASTILLO February 7, 2013 Our group was assigned to be at the second plane which is the departure time is 5 o’clock in the morning. We departed in Manila (Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3) at exactly 5:15 am and we arrived at Davao (Francisco Bangoy International Airport) around 6:45 am. Outside the airport we were welcomed by the travel group showing a tarpaulin saying “Evaluate, Energize, Enhance – Davao City”; it is the Immersion trip’s theme for this year. My friends and I was on the bus number 4 with our very jolly tour guide, Kuya . Day 1 is for city tour. Our first destination is Wild Safari Grill. It is where we ate our buffet breakfast for us to be fueled and full-tanked for the fun and tiring itineraries of the day. Based on my research Wild Safari Grill is owned by Kenneth Yap of Ranch and Reef. Our second destination was the Davao Museum is situated inside the Insular Subdivision. We didn’t stay long inside because the place is only small and you can finish viewing in a short period of time. After Davao Museum we proceeded to the Davao Central 911. The Davao Central 911 is a emergency response team that helps to maintain peace and order in the city. Davao city is the first in the Philippines that has an emergency response system. It can respond to various kinds of emergency...
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...we live in. However with the cooperation of people worldwide this process can be drastically slowed down and even stopped. Forests are cut down for various reasons, but are almost always related to money in some way or another. The most common reasons are Urbanization, logging, large-scale agriculture, mining and urbanization. Deforestation can occur naturally and is caused by lighting, which then triggers forest fires. On average in U.S. 4 million to 5 million acres are lost due to forest fires, but in recent years more than 9 million acres have burn. Scientist believe the reason for the drastic increase is because global warming making summer season longer and dryer which is inductive to forest fires (Wildfires). Healthy forests help absorb greenhouse gasses and carbon emissions that are caused by human civilization and contribute to global warming. Without trees, more carbon and greenhouse gasses enter the atmosphere. To make matters worse, trees actually become carbon sources when they are cut, burned, or otherwise removed. According to the World Wild Life organization 15 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions are the result of deforestation. This number might be hard to wrap your head around, but compared 14 percent motor vehicles produce; it’s easy to conclude that deforestation has a radically negative impact on our climate (WWF Deforestation). Soil erosion occurs naturally however it accelerates this process. Tree roots act as anchors, which help prevent the...
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...Hemp, Hemp. For many years, Hemp served as an industrial sourcing of filament and oilseed. It has been utilized everywhere on the planet to make a mixture of modern and customer like items. Starting today, around 30 nations develop mechanical hemp as an agrarian product, and for exceptional reason for why it does. It is then sold on the planet’s business sector. However in the states, the handling of hemp is strictly viewed by pill authorization laws. Consequently there is no proper viable domestic production and the states, more often, import it instead of processing it on its own ground. Yet there has been an act called the mechanical Hemp Farming Act of 2013 that picked up major consideration in the past couple of months starting this paper, which might prompt the entryway opening of business growth of hemp in the states. Hemp is a greatly flexible plant and is apparently the most adaptable farming product in the known universe. It ought to be learned about fittingly, completely lawful and developed all over the place. Hemp is a subordinate of the old English word “hænep”. The produces and limbs of the plant are all usually termed hemp, some of which incorporate the produces of strand, oil and even seed. Hemp has experienced phases of refinement to make items like hemp seed nourishments, hemp oil, wax, sap, rope, material, mash and even fuel. Historically speaking, Hemp is one of the oldest homebred plants that humankind ever utilized. It has been developed by numerous...
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...CASE STUDIES ON ATTACHMENT By Dr. Mark Beischel CONTENTS Introduction Case 1 Secure vs. Insecure Attachment: the Story of the Boy and the Crow Case 2 Signs and Symptoms of the Insecurely Attached: the birth of a Giraffe Case 3 Continuous Lies: the Peanut Butter Boy Case 4 Curiosity and the Setting of Fires: Burn, Baby, Burn Case 5 Avoidant Attachment: Run for Your Life Case 6 Attachment and Security: a Death Row Tale Case 7 Brain Development and A ffect Regulation: Classroom Back Stabbing Case 8 Parenting at Night: “2 x 10” Tale Case 9 Disorganized Attachment: Confusion in the Kitchen Case 10 Eating Problems: the First Supper Case 11 Regulating Stimulation: Disneyland, Here We Come Case 12 Executive Function Deficits: the Paper Clip and Fire Tale Case 13 Inhibitory Control of Responses: Jelly, Jelly, All Over the Wall Case 14 It is All about Survival: Gang Pressure and destruction Case 15 Working Memory Deficits: the TV Thief Case 16 Ado lescent Brain Development: the Cell Phone Caper Case 17 Adolescent Identity and Escape Behavior: a Fantasy from the Wild, Wild West Case 18 Resilience and Temperament: No Free Drugs Case 19 Reasoning and Affect Regulation: the Orphan Card Case 20 Families Evolve Slowly: How Many Babies? Case 21 Changing the Meaning of a Stimulus: the “Dorky” shoes boy Case 22 Displacing the Rage: Slipping into Psychosis Case 23 Distract Yourself with Other Things: Playing with Mud Case 24 Paranoid Belief Systems: the Tree...
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...Directions for Essay Two Step One: Understand the Assignment Before writing the essay, read the following documents in “Resources for Writing Assignments” in the course Content: How to Write a Literary Analysis Instructions for Doing Research Rubric for Grading Essays Guidelines for Using MLA Style Example of a Works Cited Page Sample Student Essays A Word of Caution: if you do not read/ understand the documents listed above, you will not fully understand the assignment and may not make a passing grade. Many of you did not read all of these instructions for Paper One. Step Two: Understand the Requirements (see Rubric for Grading Essays) Each Essay is required to have/contain the following: 3 – 4 typed pages, not counting Works Cited page Times New Roman, 12 point font A Works Cited page, even if only a primary source is used A critical argument, a thesis, based on one of the questions provided (see questions in Step Three) Essay’s thesis is supported with quotes/examples from the primary source; remember to always introduce quotes and then explain them after you have correctly cited them. Put your quotes into context for the reader. Essay’s thesis is supported with at least one secondary source – more than one source is not required, but strongly encouraged. However, do NOT use unreliable online sources, such as Wikipedia or Sparknotes Logical organization that flows, using clear transitions between sentences and paragraphs Grammatically/mechanically...
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...Synthesis This part of the research provides different facts and studies that will help the research be more informative and truthful. This part was laid by different people who had undergone a related study. Filipinos are very much aware of the negative traits that were passed on by our folks. It is the students who are the affected and influenced on their studies. It is so hard for us to take away the traits we have since birth because it is already running through our blood. Mañana Habit First let us define what Mañana Habit is..Mañana is a Spanish word meaning “Tomorrow” or “At an specified future time”. In short, it is exactly described as “Procrastination”. In Filipino terms, Mañana Habit means “Mamayana” or “Do it Later”. Which results in a very unorganized way of doing things, specifically for office tasks because it affects the overall performance of an employee. Skipping deadlines, stress and anxiety are just some effects of that habit. Why am I sharing this? Simply because I couldn’t get rid of that problem. I’ve realized that this malpractice is hard to remove. Based from my experience, this really affects my overall performance in work. Many of my colleagues says “magalingkakwing, tamadkalang”, meaning I’ve got a talent but it’s just I’m too lazy to do things. Why? Simply because I am easily distracted by my surroundings, events, ideas that pops out of my mind. Leaving the work pending and my mind is wandering all over. The sad part is, you can prolong...
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...Select an organization with which you are familiar, and identify an issue within that organization that would have both organizational and societal implications. In this essay I will identify what Crude oil Fracking is provide some issue/s within the fracing community on how certain societal implications where certain groups are protesting these organizations. That as any industry were the environment such as land, water, and mostly wild life is being disturb all for global oil domination. What is fracing? It is a relatively new type very new began in Ohio in 2011(OEC.org 2011). High capacity drilling were the main ingredients are sand, water and various potent chemicals. This concoction is infused at high pressures shale rock to break it open and release the highly volatile natural gas. So drilling companies can use a certain drilling process called “Horizontal drilling” to mine the oil pockets underneath. This this new type of drilling involves an enormous supply of fresh water and chemicals in which these fracing companies will not divulge what these chemicals are. All of this new technology is effecting nearby communities and small towns with at times toxic air discharges, water contamination and ecological concerns related to the disposal of the waste. With those concerns the Ohio Environmental Council (2011) temporarily stopping the fracing crews to do test on the public health risk. Soon after the U.S. EPA sent a study that the EPA conducted in December...
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...found in the continent of Australia, and few parts in Africa as well. The wood from eucalyptus trees are very hard and they are used to make furniture, fences, canoe boats and picture frames. These trees can grow really tall usually over 80 meters in height towering into the sky with wide spread leaves. Because of its large geographic range the genus exhibits many habits, from tall trees to multistemmed, shrubby species called mallees. The mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans) of Victoria and Tasmania is the tallest hardwood in the world, reaching heights over 330 ft (100 m); only the coast redwoods of California are taller. Having epicormic buds in branches and stems, and lignotubers in the roots, many species are well adapted for surviving fire and drought. Some species have smooth bark, in which case they are referred to as gum-barked, while others have rough bark.1 To begin, the scientific name for the eucalyptus plant is Eucalyptus Globules. The Eucalyptus originated from the continent of Australia and they make up about 75% of the tree population in Australia.2 Many have wondered why they originated from Australia but it was discovered that they were a major source of food for the Kuala Bear which are mostly found in Australia. They are also found in other areas such as Africa, California and Southern areas of Europe....
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...Wildlife Conservation Efforts in India Geography project [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] 2012 Nishant Aishwarya Roll Number - 26 Introduction Wildlife includes all non-domesticated plants, animals and other organisms. Domesticating wild plant and animal species for human benefit has occurred many times all over the planet, and has a major impact on the environment, both positive and negative. Wildlife can be found in all ecosystems. Deserts, forests, rain forests, plains, grasslands, and other areas including the most developed urban sites, all have distinct forms of wildlife. While the term in popular culture usually refers to animals that are untouched by human factors, most scientists agree that wildlife around the world is impacted by human activities. Humans have historically tended to separate civilization from wildlife in a number of ways including the legal, social, and moral sense. This has been a reason for debate throughout recorded history. Religions have often declared certain animals to be sacred, and in modern times concern for the natural environment has provoked activists to protest the exploitation of wildlife for human benefit or entertainment. Literature has also made use of the traditional human separation from wildlife. Foods, Pets, Traditional Medicine:...
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