Make Non-toxic Dry Ice Smoke or Fog

Make Non-harmful Dry Ice Smoke or Fog All you need is dry ice and water to make cool, creepy haze or smoke. Its simple and happens quickly. Heres how to make dry ice mist and how to shading it. What You Need for Dry Ice Smoke Search for dry ice in supermarkets (you may need to request it) or strength gas stores. Its additionally conceivable to make natively constructed dry ice. The materials required for this venture are: Dry Ice (Carbon Dioxide)Hot WaterInsulated Container Step by step instructions to Make Fog This is so natural! Include lumps of dry ice (strong carbon dioxide) to high temp water in a styrofoam or other protected container.The mist will sink to the ground. You may utilize a fan on a low setting to move your smoke.The water will cool, so you should invigorate the boiling water to keep up the effect.Room temperature matters. You will get the most haze in a cool room. Have some good times! Instructions to Make Colored Smoke The fume that falls off of dry ice is white. In the long run, carbon dioxide gas blends into the air and vanishes. While you cannot color the smoke to create hues, its extremely simple to cause it to seem shaded. Simply include a hued light beneath the haze. It will enlighten it and cause it to seem to sparkle. Helpful Tips Dry ice is sufficiently cold to give frostbite. Wear defensive gloves when taking care of it.Larger pieces of dry ice will last longer than littler ones. This is on the grounds that the littler pieces have increasingly surface zone, so they disintegrate more readily.Be mindful that additional carbon dioxide is being added to the air. Under certain conditions, this can introduce a suffocation peril. Cool carbon dioxide fume sinks before blending in with air, so the most noteworthy fixation will be close to the floor.Sometimes reasonable dry ice machines are accessible. Something else, check party gracefully stores and transportation organizations for availability.Keep dry ice away from youngsters, pets, and numb-skulls! Grown-up oversight is required.

Essentials of Working Capital Management

Question: Examine about the Essentials of Working Capital Management. Answer: Presentation The current report expects to give exhortation to a customer to putting resources into Woolworths Limited bookkeeper at WCP Accountants Investment Advisers. For this reason, the report gives a portrayal in regards to its center business, vital needs and issues rising up out of its yearly and corporate social duty report. Likewise, the report investigated the money related situation of the organization by computing its key monetary proportions and a general assessment of the worth creation by executing six capital coordinated report. Finally, proposal is accommodated the motivation behind putting resources into the organization. Portrayal of the center business of the organization Woolworths Limited is an Australian organization built up in the year 1924, headquartered in Sydney. It is perceived as the biggest grocery store chain of the nation with working around 961 stores the nation over. The organization workers around 111,000 individuals in its retail locations, dissemination focuses and bolster workplaces and give the clients excellent administrations as far as worth, range and comfort. The organization underscores on the creation of best quality items for the clients by working in relationship with Australian cultivators and ranchers. It acquires 96% of new foods grown from the ground and 100% of new meat from the countrys ranchers and cultivators. Woolworths is being arranged as Fresh Food People as it expects to give its clients all normally sourced new items (Woolworths Supermarkets, 2012). Woolworths is second biggest organization in Australia as far as income and furthermore in New Zealand. Moreover, it is likewise accepted to be biggest alcohol retailer in Australia. The primary key destinations of the organization are to give high caliber and lower value items to its clients. The center business of the organization incorporates giving food, alcohol, petroleum, general product, home upgrades and lodgings to the clients. The organization underscores on accomplishing the accompanying four key targets in present: Grow its initiative in food and alcohol Boost investor esteem Proceed with its past record of building up new development organizations Create and keep up another time of development Woolworths plans to meet the changing needs and desires for the clients by setting up another period of development and opportunity. The organization has solidly perceived that retailing area is quickly advancing and as such the organization needs to make high an incentive for the clients through recognizing inventive methods of development (Mc Arthur, 2013). Conversation on the companys progress against its vital needs The organization has built up its key destinations referenced over three years back and from that point forward are consistently gaining ground in achieving its distinguished key goals. The organization has started its More Savings Everyday program that has empowered it to lessen its costs by about 2.9% so as to meet its first key target. Additionally, it has likewise propelled direct from ranchers activity and new pastry kitchens so as to convey new and top notch items to the clients. These activities of the organization have upgraded its market deals and income age (Mc Arthur, 2013). Woolworths has additionally made its spate Shopping Centers Australasia Property Group in Australia Stock Exchange (ASX: SCP) that offices it to secures about $500 million capital that improved its business execution for meeting its second vital goal. The organization so as to meet its third vital goal is unequivocally contributing for setting up the different stores for Home Improvement and has likewise put resources into upgrading its online deals through building up its Ezibuy securing. The organization has likewise put resources into world class flexibly chain by setting up its dissemination place at Hoxton Park that intends to improve its administrations the Home Improvement and Big W divisions. It has additionally procured half in an information organization that permits it to secure data about its clients propensities (Mc Arthur, 2013). Conversation on noteworthy issues rising up out of the Chairmans Report The chairmans report on Woolworths has mirrored that the organization has rolled out noteworthy improvements in its senior supervisory group for successfully meeting the clients needs. The Chairman report mirrored that after the retirement of its CEO in 2015, the organization led a worldwide CEO look for naming its new executive. Brad Banducci was named as Managing Director in 2015 through the assistance of worldwide CEO search. Brad was then supplanted as the overseeing chief of Woolworths alcohol bunch by Martin Smith. The organization is additionally leading its quest procedure for naming new official executives to build up a skillful senior supervisory crew. The executive report mirrored that money related year 2015 is perceived as a time of critical changes for the organization. The organization has embraced new retail challenges and executed new techniques, for example, extending its lean retail model for meeting them properly. The primary issue as found from the administrator report of the organization is leaving of its numerous official and non-official executives before the year's over 2015. The organization needs to build up an uncommon enlistment plan for recruiting and choosing the empty situations in its senior supervisory group for meeting its vital targets later on bearing (Chairmans Report, 2015). Conversation on critical issues rising up out of the Managing Directors Report The overseeing executives report in companys execution mirrors that Woolworths is endeavoring to upgrade is development ceaselessly yet its income age has not been expanded from the previous year. This is a noteworthy issue for the organization that it needs to put center for making an incentive for every one of its partners. As reflected from the overseeing chiefs report. The organization is underlining on restoring its client center system for accomplishing consumer loyalty. For this reason, the organization is endeavoring to give best items to the clients at scaled down costs. In any case, for accomplishing consumer loyalty the primary test that exists before the organization is to recapture energy in Australian general stores. The expansion of rivalry in the retail segment has affected the companys execution in most recent couple of years. The organization need to re-imagine its lean retail model for remaining serious in its outside business condition. The companys deals have dec lined huge in the previous barely any years for the most part determined by the decrease in fuel costs and its disillusioning exchanging result Australian Food and Liquor and General Merchandise (Annual Report, 2015). The organization had stripped its center business into claiming gas stations, bars and equipment that has not worked out positively for its presentation. The principle explanation behind the decrease in companys deals as anticipated by experts is its drawn out procedure for putting resources into opening huge number of retail locations around the nation. The organization has loosed its attention on its center business region, for example, new food by putting resources into enormous number of organizations. Accordingly, it has released its confidence in clients answerable for its consistently declining deals. Subsequently, the overseeing chiefs report has announced a decrease in the companys benefit in the course of recent years that should be improved by reestablishing its client procedure. The organization need to move its concentrate again to its principle center business that is giving new food items to the clients for upgrading its deals and recapture its market initiative in Australias retail division (Grath, 2015). Conversation on critical issues rising up out of the Corporate Responsibility Report Woolworths has propelled its Sustainability Strategy eight years hole for guaranteeing the usage and reception of feasible practices in its business tasks. The system of the organization centers around improving its operational effectiveness through limiting waste age by capable sourcing. Notwithstanding, as reflected from its corporate maintainability report that the organization has still not accomplished the desire of creating zero food squander. The organization generally centers around accomplishing supportability through limiting its carbon age by 42% and executing compelling strategies for moral sourcing, timber, paper and creature government assistance. The fundamental test that is available before the organization as broke down from its CSR report is to accomplishing zero waste age by ideal use of its assets. It despite everything needs to extemporize on its supportability issues by growing further procedures for lessening waste age. The organization despite everything needs to decrease its carbon impression and waste age to landfill for achieving maintainability (Corporate duty report, 2015). Key Financial Ratios of Woolworth Limited for year 2015 Money related proportions are the key pointers for the monetary exhibition of the organization. Proportions are viewed as significant on the grounds that they help to think about the money related execution of one year with one more year inside same organization just as with other organization. In this fragment key proportions identified with Woolworth Limited will be assessed and suggestions will be given on whether to put resources into the organization or not. Liquidity proportions (All figures shows beneath are in million dollars) Liquidity proportions are known as momentary money related proportions and it advise about the organization capacity to pay obligation commitments. It is determined utilizing proportions like current proportion, fast proportion and so on. Current Ratio Current proportion tells the momentary obligation position of the organization and it is the proportion of current resources for current liabilities (Sagner, 2010). Current proportion of year 2015: Current resources/current liabilities = (7661/9169) = 0.84 occasions On taking a gander at the proportion it very well may be said that obligation position of the Woolworth was bad in year 2015 as estimation of current resource is low from the liabilities that have

The Way We Live

The Way We Live Do you ever feel like you cant do just one thing at a time? These days, I cant watch TV (a real TV) without internet on my lap. I cant read or sometimes even sleep without doing errands around the web every once in a while. OK I may be an Internet addict, but I am not alone. According to a recent New York Times blog titled The Rise of the Toilet Texter, 91 percent of people between 28-35 have used their mobile devices while on the toilet. Blame it on all those apps for everything you can think of. As our Internet culture continues to mature, words such as social media fatigue are becoming legitimate concerns. I wasnt fully aware of this problem in my life until our trip to Seoul in my last week of IAP in Korea. South Korea may be the Starcraft capital in the world (with its own serious Internet addiction problem to tackle), but it is also a country with such distinct and concentrated culture that upon exposure, inspires many thoughts about the differences in the ways we live our lives.  One such distinction is the ??? (jimjilbang), which refers to a Korean bathhouse. And it is my encounter with the jimjilbang that showed meit might be time to pencil in some downtime. Although the first public bath house opened in Korea in the 1920s, the Korean bathhouse has a history dating back to the 15th century. The most traditional element in these jimjilbangs are the hut-shaped charcoal kilns with varying temperatures. (I remember going into one that was 50 degrees Celsius or 122 degrees Fahrenheit, which isnt even high in sauna standards; but I was nevertheless taken aback by the number.) The New York Times ran an article last summer on jimjilbangs, and for visual reference, heres a photo from that story. (Photo credit:  Woohae Cho for the International Herald Tribune) While todays bathhouses boast restaurants, spa services, arcades, Internet cafes, movie rooms, etc., the focal point of the jimjilbangs are still the heated kilns that allow hardworking Korean men and women, young and old, to escape the fast-paced demands of modern life. That night in Seoul, our group of MIT students were among the many locals who retreated to the jimjilbang, happy to be sheltered from the brutal winds of winter at the very least. Admission was just 10,000 won, which is a little less than 10 dollars. The entrance fee also came with a set of cotton t-shirt, shorts, and two towels. The bathhouse is open all 24 hours of the day, but signs specify that you can only stay for 12 continuous hours each visit. Thats still pretty darn long. We wondered if and how the Korean bathhouses filter out the homeless population. I wondered if and how similar jimjilbangs can work into American culture. Its also interesting that while many Americans pride on going to the gym regularly, the Koreans go to the bathhouse just as often to relax and sweat toxins out. Americans are notorious workaholics we get 10 vacation days with an additional 10-15 days for full-time employees, which is still almost 10 days fewer than the 34 that South Koreans get. And its not like the American economy is performing extra stellar. We had arrived at 10:30 PM, and there were still families trickling in. Grandmothers, mothers, granddaughters. Young men. Old working men. Another foreigner looking for an authentic Korean experience. We laid inside the kilns, napping, chatting about economic theories (I was just a listener to that conversation), eating hard-boiled eggs, comparing our temporary dwelling to summertime in Las Vegas. We moved from kiln to kiln that escalated in temperature until it was too much to handle. I also clumsily tripped a little on the way out and brushed my forearm against the inner surface of the kiln. Of course a mark appeared soon enough; it would be my souvenir of the night. During the whole experience, I felt like a baked pig. Ive never paid to go somewhere to relax, sweat, and frankly, do nothing. Paying to relax and get pampered may be on the calendar for the affluent or grown-ups working in the real world, but for a student like me, this seemed nonsense. We should be on the go! All the time! Multi-tasking! Weaving in and out of the constantly refreshing feed of life. I closed my eyes and tried to adjust to this mode of doing nothing. Soon I found myself thinking Dear jimjilbang, I respect you for being a time-honored cultural tradition that not only sustains an impact on an entire nation, but also challenges the frenetic way of life were accustomed to today.

The Domestication of the Apple Gift from Central Asia

The domestic apple (Malus domestica Borkh and sometimes known as M. pumila) is one of the most important fruit crops grown in temperate regions worldwide, used for cooking, eating fresh, and cider production. There are 35 species in the genus Malus, part of the Rosaceae family which includes several temperate fruit trees. Apples are one of the most widely distributed of any perennial crop and one of the top 20 most productive crops in the world. A total of 80.8 million tons of apples are produced annually worldwide. The apples domestication history starts in the Tien Shan mountains of Central Asia, at least 4,000 years ago, and probably closer to 10,000. Domestication History Modern apples were domesticated from wild apples, called crabapples. The Old English word crabbe means bitter or sharp-tasting, and that certainly describes them. There were likely three main stages in the use of apples and their eventual domestication, widely separated in time: cider production, domestication and spread, and apple breeding. Crabapple seed remains likely from cider production have been found in numerous Neolithic and Bronze age sites across Eurasia. Apples were first domesticated from the crabapple Malus sieversii Roem somewhere in the Tien Shan mountains of Central Asia (most likely Kazakhstan) between 4,000–10,000 years ago. M. sieversii grows at intermediate elevations between 900–1,600 meters above sea level (3,000–5,200 feet) and is variable in growth habit, height, fruit quality, and fruit size. Domesticated Characteristics There are thousands of apple cultivars today with a wide range of fruit sizes and flavors. The small, sour crabapple was turned into large and sweet apples, as humans selected for large fruits, firm flesh texture, longer shelf life, better post-harvest disease resistance, and reduced bruising during harvest and transportation. Flavor in apples is created by a balance between sugars and acids, both of which have been altered depending on the variety. The domestic apple also has a comparatively lengthy juvenile phase (it takes 5–7 years for apples to begin producing fruit), and the fruit hangs longer on the tree. Unlike crabapples, domesticated apples are self-incompatible, that is to say, they cant self-fertilize, so if you plant the seeds from an apple the resulting tree frequently does not resemble the parent tree. Instead, apples are propagated by grafting rootstocks. The use of dwarfed apple trees as rootstocks allows for the selection and propagation of superior genotypes. Crossing into Europe Apples were spread outside of central Asia by steppe society nomads, who traveled in caravans along ancient trade routes predating the Silk Road. Wild stands along the route were created by seed germination in horse droppings. According to several sources, a 3,800-year-old cuneiform tablet in Mesopotamia illustrates grapevine grafting, and it may well be that grafting technology helped to spread apples into Europe. The tablet itself has not yet been published. As the traders moved the apples outside of central Asia, the apples were crossed with local crabapples such as Malus baccata in Siberia; M. orientalis in the Caucasus, and M. sylvestris in Europe. Evidence of that westward movement from central Asia includes isolated patches of large sweet apples in the Caucasus mountains, Afghanistan, Turkey, Iran, and the Kursk region of European Russia. The earliest evidence for M. domestica in Europe is from the Sammardenchia-Cueis site in northeastern Italy. There a fruit from M. domestica was recovered from a context dated between 6570–5684 RCYBP (cited in Rottoli and Pessina listed below). A 3,000-year-old apple at Navan Fort in Ireland may also be evidence of early apple seedling imports from central Asia. Sweet apple production—grafting, cultivation, harvesting, storage, and the use of dwarf apple trees—is reported in ancient Greece by the 9th century BCE. The Romans learned about apples from the Greeks and then spread the new fruit throughout their empire. Modern Apple Breeding The last step in apple domestication took place only in the last few hundred years when apple breeding became popular. Current apple production worldwide is limited to a few dozen ornamental and edible cultivars, which are treated with high levels of chemical inputs: however, there are many thousands of named domestic apple varieties. Modern breeding practices start with the small set of cultivars and then create new varieties by selecting for a range of qualities: fruit quality (including flavor, taste, and texture), higher productivity, how well they keep over the winter, shorter growing seasons and synchronicity in blooming or fruit ripening, length of cold requirement and cold tolerance, drought tolerance, fruit tenacity, and disease resistance. Apples occupy a central position in folklore, culture, and art in several myths from many western societies (Johnny Appleseed, fairytales featuring witches and poisoned apples, and of course the stories of untrustworthy snakes). Unlike many other crops, new apple types are released and embraced by the marketplace—Zestar and Honeycrisp are a couple of new and successful varieties. In comparison, new grape cultivars are very rare and typically fail to gain new markets. Crabapples Crabapples are still important as sources of variation for apple breeding and food for wildlife and as hedges in agricultural landscapes. There are four extant crabapple species in the old world: M. sieversii in the Tien Shan forests; M. baccata in Siberia; M. orientalis in the Caucasus, and M. sylvestris in Europe. These four wild apple species are distributed across temperate zones in Europe, usually in small low-density patches. Only M. sieversii grows in large forests. Native North American crabapples include M. fusca, M. coronaria, M. angustifolia, and M. ioensis. All of the extant crabapples are edible and were likely used before the spread of cultivated apple, but compared with sweet apples, their fruit are tiny and sour. M. sylvestris fruit are between 1-3 centimeters (.25-1 inches) in diameter; M. baccata are 1 cm, M. orientalis are 2-4 cm (.5-1.5 in). Only M. sieversii, the progenitor fruit for our modern domesticate, can grow up to 8 cm (3 in): sweet apple varieties typically range less than 6 cm (2.5 in) in diameter. Sources Alonso, Natà  lia, Ferran Antolà ­n, and Helena Kirchner. Novelties and Legacies in Crops of the Islamic Period in the Northeast Iberian Peninsula: The Archaeobotanical Evidence in Madà ®na Balagà ®, Madà ®na Là ¢rida, and Madà ®na Turtà »Ã… ¡a. Quaternary International 346 (2014): 149-61. Print.Cornille, Amandine, et al. The Domestication and Evolutionary Ecology of Apples. Trends in Genetics 30.2 (2014): 57–65. Print.Cornille, Amandine, et al. New Insight into the History of Domesticated Apple: Secondary Contribution of the European Wild Apple to the Genome of Cultivated Varieties. PLOS Genetics 8.5 (2012): e1002703. Print.Duan, Naibin, et al. Genome Re-Sequencing Reveals the History of Apple and Supports a Two-Stage Model for Fruit Enlargement. Nature Communications 8.1 (2017): 249. Print.Gaut, Brandon S., Concepcià ³n M. Dà ­ez, and Peter L. Morrell. Genomics and the Contrasting Dynamics of Annual and Perennial Domestication. Trends in Genetics 31.12 (2015): 709à ¢â‚¬â€œ719. Print.Gharghani, A., et al. The Role of Iran (Persia) in Apple (Malus Ãâ€" Domestica Borkh.) Domestication, Evolution and Migration Via the Silk Trade Route. ISHS Acta Horticulturae. International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), 2010. Print.Gross, Briana L., et al. Genetic Diversity in Malus Ãâ€"Domestica (Rosaceae) through Time in Response to Domestication. American Journal of Botany 101.10 (2014): 1770–1779. Print.Li, L. F., and K. M. Olsen. Chapter Three: To Have and to Hold: Selection for Seed and Fruit Retention During Crop Domestication. Current Topics in Developmental Biology. Ed. Orgogozo, Virginie. Vol. 119: Academic Press, 2016. 63–109. Print.Ma, Baiquan, et al. Comparative Assessment of Sugar and Malic Acid Composition in Cultivated and Wild Apples. Food Chemistry 172 (2015): 86–91. Print.Ma, Baiquan, et al. Reduced Representation Genome Sequencing Reveals Patterns of Genetic Diversity and Selection in Apple. Journal of Integra tive Plant Biology 59.3 (2017): 190–204. Print.Ma, X., et al. Identification, Genealogical Structure and Population Genetics of S-Alleles in Malus Sieversii, the Wild Ancestor of Domesticated Apple. Heredity 119 (2017): 185. Print.Rottoli, Mauro, and Andrea Pessina. Neolithic Agriculure in Italy: An Update of Archaeobotanical Data with Particular Emphassis on Northern Settlements. The Origin and Spread of Domestic Plants in Southwest Asia and Europe. Eds. Colledge, Susan and James Conolly. Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press, Inc. 2007. 141–154. Print.

The Health Care System Of America Essay - 2157 Words

The health care system in America is unlike any other. Many Americans go into debt every day because of medical bills and costs. America is the one of the only countries in the world that has its citizens falling into bankruptcy due to healthcare costs. Not only is the healthcare expensive and doesn’t extend care to everyone, the system treats those of different races differently. Health disparities has been a big issue in America’s history since slavery and continues to resonate here to this day. In the film, John Q, it is evident how income and race affect a young child’s ranking in the medical field. Young Mikey needs a new heart but due to racial health disparity and his father’s insurance plan, the hospital board will not put his name on the donor list. In films such as, Sick Around the World and Sick Around America, the health care system in America is shown to be one of the most expensive but least effective. This healthcare system leaves thousands in debt and without medical care. In the book, An American Heath Dilemma, it states, â€Å"wherein nearly 50 percent of the population reported it was having difficulty paying for health care.† (569, Byrd) The book talks about Americans constant struggle of needing health care but not being able to afford it, just like John Archibald in John Q. The American healthcare system needs some major changes and policies for equality before it can be as productive as those in other countries. â€Å"We must limit our generosity.† (John Q)Show MoreRelatedThe Health Care System Of America Essay2131 Words   |  9 PagesThe health care system in America has continued to fail many Americans until date. Although the government continues to try and improve it, America still has one of the most expensive yet worst health care systems in the developed world (Hellman, 2014). 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Greek Life the Negative College Experience Free Essays

Rachael Susco Mr. Rose ENGL 1302. 13 6 November 2012 Greek Life: The Negative College Experience? Most people do not have the ability to think of college without thinking of some sort of Greek life organization. We will write a custom essay sample on Greek Life: the Negative College Experience or any similar topic only for you Order Now Whether that thought is negative or positive may vary, but it is rare to think of any time in a college of any sort without thinking of a fraternity or a sorority at all. This is to be expected because most of these groups have somewhat dominated their campuses for hundreds of years, or since their particular chapters were formed. Supporters of Greek life, especially of fraternities, argue that being involved in Greek life organizations encourages brotherhood, the development of leadership skills, and the participation in philanthropic organizations throughout the students’ collegiate career. The bonds of brotherhood within fraternities have proven to be some of the strongest bonds among young men across the country. When it comes to supporting each other, it appears that the young men of collegiate fraternities are masters in the field. Whatever problems are faced by one brother can easily be backed up or even repaired completely by another, and the massive amount of time that the members are required to spend with each other due to meetings or rituals or any other function for the particular fraternity does nothing but strengthen the bond that was already set by initiation into the group. It is rare among college campuses, especially at Sam Houston State University, to see a member of a fraternity walking alone or spending any amount of downtime doing anything but socializing with the other members of their organization. This type of bonding can most certainly be considered to be a very positive aspect of participating in a fraternity, especially when the ability build relationships and work together as members of a team is one of the main concepts behind the organizations in the first place. These organizations may seem harmless enough in the settings that are viewed by the public, but if a closer look is taken at specific time periods of brotherhood, especially pledgeship for the newest members of the fraternity, it is obvious that these groups are anything but innocuous. There have been many reports of underage binge drinking at the parties for all different fraternities and requirements of the pledges to consume extremely large and ultimately unsafe amounts of alcohol, all in the hopes of acceptance into the organization and done out of fear of rejection. For example, it has been observed for many years that the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity at Sam Houston State University requires their pledges to finish an entire handle of Jagermeister liquor among themselves within a small window of time, and if they fail to do it properly, they are handed a new bottle and forced to start again. This activity is done on Bid Day, the very first day that the young men announce their desire to join the fraternity. Another example of this type of encouragement of binge drinking would be the two deaths of the pledges of completely different fraternities and two different college campuses during 1997. The first, Scott Krueger, an â€Å"18-year-old Massachusetts Institute of Technology freshman honors student† who died after a party that was thrown off-campus by the â€Å"Phi Gamma Delta fraternity† that Krueger was in the process of pledging (Scrivo 1). His blood alcohol level was a determined to be a â€Å". 1,† which is â€Å"more than five times the legal limit† (Scrivo 1). The second is Benjamin Wynne, a pledge of the â€Å"Sigma Alpha Epsilon† fraternity at Louisiana State University (Scrivo 1). His blood alcohol level after death was reported to be â€Å". 58,† a level that is â€Å"nearly six times the legal limit† (Scrivo 1) . This type of strict enforcement and fear of rejection by the pledges must be taken into account when discussing what constitutes â€Å"brotherhood. † The definition of the word itself is â€Å"the feeling of kinship with and closeness to a group of people or all people. One could easily question how the requirement of new members to binge drink to the point of alcohol poisoning or potentially even death equates what is described so often as â€Å"brotherhood. † Another aspect that must be taken into consideration when defining â€Å"brotherhood† is the racial profiling that has gone into choosing and accepting members into fraternities in the past and how it has translated into today. Many different fraternities were originally founded as specifically one race organizations, such as â€Å"Pi Kappa Alpha,† which was rimarily an â€Å"all-white fraternity† (Black, White 1). Now, there are laws set into place that prohibit â€Å"membership bias an d exclusion based upon race† in both United States educational institutions as well as in the â€Å"corresponding fraternities and sororities† of the institutions, but this brings up the question of whether or not the organizations would be any different in modern times than they were when originally founded (Black, White 1). Are these organizations only accepting racially different members because they are required to by law? This question is very difficult to answer, but is something to consider once again when determining whether or not the term â€Å"brotherhood† is used genuinely or if it should be replaced by something a little more truthful: forced acceptance. Focusing again on the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and their lack of true brotherhood, there was a reported case of a student member of the PKA fraternity at the University of Tennessee being sent to the hospital during the month of September, 2012, with a blood alcohol level â€Å"well over a . ,† induced by the alcohol ingesting practice called â€Å"butt chugging† (Jacobs 1). This practice is more formally known as an â€Å"alcohol enema† and is essentially when an individual ingests alcohol into his or her system through the rectum, where it is then directly absorbed in the intestines (Jacobs 1). By consuming mass amounts of alcohol in this manner, the effects of the liquor â€Å"come quickly and potently† a nd are extremely dangerous for the individual partaking in the practice (Jacobs 1). Also, when members of this particular fraternity are asked about their experiences in the organization so far, all of their answers are overwhelmingly positive and many of them wholeheartedly support the claim that there is absolutely no negative aspect that comes with being involved in a Greek organization. How can a situation so incredibly terrible for the members such as the one that occurred at the University of Tennessee be encourage among the members and still be seen as â€Å"positive† in any way? Anyone with any amount logic or concern for the young men who join these organizations must take situations like this one into account when deciding on whether or not these groups are a positive aspect of the collegiate experience. Although all fraternities across the country are run in different manners and have different sets of rules that, all of them have some sort of executive board or positions that are deemed the leaders of the organization. They tend to have jobs, such as running the meetings, managing the money for the fraternity, filling out necessary paperwork for every different type of function, or taking care of matters of law breaking within the fraternity. Holding this type of position is considered to be prestigious because it means that that particular member is an excellent example of leadership towards their peers, and by being voted into a position of executive power, these leadership qualities are refined by the work required of that position. Refining leadership qualities can be used later on in life in the setting of the adult work environment, which can ultimately lead to better paying jobs and a more impressive, well-respected position in life. Again, this is a nice enough concept, but not necessarily as true as it seems if examined in the actual fraternities. Personal interviews with the members of Tau Kappa Epsilon at Sam Houston State University have revealed that even though a member is elected into position by his peers, his position is not necessarily respected, especially if the elected member is young in both age and amount of years they have been involved in the organization. The amount of time that a member spends within the fraternity ultimately equals the amount of power he holds in comparison to his peers, and according to the members of the TKE fraternity, this type of power tends to overrule the executive position holders regardless of the title that they may hold. This type of thought process will not always be functional or acceptable out in the workforce of the country, and many times if executive position rulings are ignored, the result is a loss of a job or even jail time. If the development of leadership skills is supposed to be a positive aspect of Greek life, then the type of leadership qualities and the acceptance of them should be modified to reflect more real world attributes. Another positive feature of Greek life is that each organization has a particular philanthropy that they participate in and donate funds to every year. This annual participation with so many different organization is in fact one of the most positive aspects that all Greek life organizations have to offer, especially because of all the constructive repercussions that occur because of it. Not only do the fraternities and sororities donate to their particular philanthropic organizations unrelentingly, but they also raise awareness about the many different types of charity groups in the surrounding communities and in the world altogether among the other students of the universities. Each Greek life organization usually has a minimum time span, usually a week or a month, where they try to recruit the help of the students around the university in supporting their particular charity. By having a particular time span, such as â€Å"Movember† for the Delta Tau Delta fraternity which encompasses the whole month of November every year and encourages male students across campus to not shave their facial hair in order to raise awareness about testicular cancer, the organizations are able to plan events and different types of advertising in order to maximize the amount of awareness about their patronage. With all of these differing types of events for the philanthropic organizations, it truly helps to make such types of charitable work more approachable and even more exciting to an entirely new group of unknowing people, such as the non-Greek affiliated students on the campus. It would seem that fraternities and sororities helping out with charitable organizations would be somewhat difficult to undermine and find any negative aspect with, but it most certainly is not that difficult when you consider that most of the Greek life establishments are only participating with these charities because they are forced to by University rule. If the Greek groups were not required by their Universities to participate in at least one philanthropic event every year, it presents the question of whether or not these groups are participating with pure intentions, or if they are only doing it because they are forced to. Something that should also be taken into consideration when comparing the positive aspects against the negative ones is again whether these patronage events are done with purely wholesome intentions of helping out the less fortunate, or if these events are done simply to add on to their future resumes in the hopes of again increasing their potential for better job opportunities. On the surface, it appears that fraternities and Greek life organizations as a whole have many positive aspects, until further inspected and genuinely analyzed. When the majority of an organization’s positive features are required by law or chapter by-laws and the members willingly participating in such dangerous or negative activities, the question of how constructive the organization truly is comes into context and has the ability to destroy any positive reputation that the establishment had to offer in the first place. If the laws and by-laws monitoring and ruling the fraternities were made stronger, or if more people spoke out about all of the negative aspects of the organizations in a more public manner, then the opportunity for such harmful results to come out of such groups that play such a major role in the collegiate experience could be greatly reduced or eliminated overall. Works Cited Arriaga, Robert. Personal interview. 5 Nov. 2012. â€Å"Fraternity Not Allowed on Campus Next Fall Due to Hazing Activities. Houstonianonline. com. Independent Student Newspaper of Sam Houston State University, 3 May 2010. Web. 6 Dec. 2012. Huchting, Karie K. , et al. â€Å"Comparing Greek-affiliated students and student athletes: an examination of the behavior-intention link, reasons for drinking, and alcohol-related consequences. †Ã‚  Journal of Alcohol Drug Education  55. 3 (2011): 61+. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 6 Dec. 2012. Hughey, Matthew W. â€Å"Black, White, Greek †¦ li ke who? Howard University student perceptions of a white fraternity on campus. †Ã‚  Educational Foundations  20. 1-2 (2006): 9+. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 6 Dec. 2012. Jacobs, Don. â€Å"Charges Stemming from Butt-Chugging Night at UT Frat Heard in City Court. † Knoxville News Sentinel. Knoxville: Knoxville News Sentinel Co. , 2012. Knoxnews. com. Web. 6 Dec. 2012. Scrivo, Karen Lee. â€Å"How Colleges Have Responded to Teenage Drinking. †Ã‚  Teen Alcoholism. Ed. Laura K. Egendorf. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2001. Contemporary Issues Companion. Rpt. from â€Å"Drinking on Campus. †Ã‚  CQ Researcher  (20 Mar. 1998). Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 6 Dec. 2012. Stevens, Ashlei N. â€Å"Greek Members Are More Likely to Binge Drink and Use Drugs. â€Å"Student Life. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2010. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from â€Å"Report: Fraternity, Sorority Members More Likely to Drink, Use Drugs than Non-Greeks. †Ã‚  Spartanburg Herald-Journal  18 Feb. 2008: A1. 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This protocol use the RFB protocol to transferring the information between the devices. VMC system requires the two types system to do appreciate work and the appl ication of sever is used for machine. This machine is controlled by the client and controller and it is used for supervising the devices by using the android devices. In this paper [2], the remote machine control system is the one of best software tool. This application is used to user access the desktop through the internet and also do the following tasks like checking the users, checking the hardware and accessing the program. The remote machine control system is used to connect the more than one network from the different locations. The frame work engineers are basically depends on the middleware stages to increase the efficiency. The application, proper frame works and middleware frameworks are gives the some reflection to avoid the application designers with the information that is create the circulated programming. Consider the some example like synchronizing, arrange correspondence primitives, heterogeneity, information un-marshalling and marshalling, failure handling and administration query. The java RMI is well known the middle ware stages. This paper [3] describes about the desktop access through mobile phones. It is completely based on the Virtual Network computing. It requires to install the VNC server in the computer or desktop with wireless access. In wireless access the clients can access the platform without any difficulties. The desktop picture should be compacted before it is transmitted to the mobile. It has some additional capabilities based on the survey of the mobiles. It has some alternate options to instantly access the solutions. The current key have the responsibility to manage the network. Twin view helps the clients to view the two locations at the same time. The model is installed using java and it is checked in the java based mobile. It also helps to view the assessments. It also helps to exchange the network management files in the wireless location. The internet system application is implemented at the next level. To exchange the information RFB convention is used. It requires the main structure o f the VNC for implementation process. Because the android applications are used in the world wide level and the framework is created for all the portable gadgets including tablets. They have the ability to access the client desktop through internet. In this paper stated that [4], the users are control and access the remote sever by using the remote desktop protocol. The remote desktop protocol is the powerful protocol. It gives the variety of useful purposes. Remote desktop protocol is developed by Microsoft Corporation and it gives the user with the graphical interface to connect the computer through the network. This protocol provides the desktop control capacities and login. The remote desktop protocol is enforced by the Microsoft Corporation from the protocol families. The remote desktop design has the various benefits compared to other remote desktop design such as ideally transferring the graphic device interface data, and complete the bitmap images. This paper also suggest that the remote collaborating system because that system is actualized and planned the remote desktop protocol structure. The remote collaborating system frame work is used to transport the re encryption design. For example Remote control. The remote co ntrol using the application approach to transferring the all remote desktop protocol users and it provides the replaying and recording the plan to the remote desktop protocol packets. It shows the execution and it gives the system demonstrates. This paper [5] describes about the mobile phones which are connected with the remote desktop. The mobile phones performance is based on the java program execution. The results of the execution method is based on the read and writing of web pages and email. Based on this paper the current trend is based on android applications. In this situation the mobile is used as a remote access computer. The desktop sharing system is used for the remote control access through the network. It has control functions with graphical screens of keyboard, mouse and it has capturing facility by using the device controllers. The entire system is based on the RFB protocol. This protocols is mainly used to share the information within the connected devices. To transmit the information from one port to another, it uses TCP/IP protocol. It has the range from 5900 to 5906. Two types of applications are used in the VNC system for the proper work. The server application is used by the machine and client and cont roller is used to manage this application. This server application is also used to supervise the device. The client side is called as viewer and it is based on the performance. The controlled machine has the main response to monitor the desktop and shared information. It is also used to capture and convert the activities of the user desktop through the RFB protocols messages. In the other side, the server brakes the data and events collected from the client and send it to the self-system. The server is responsible to update the screens with graphics and it must be sent to the desktop view of the client. The users who are having mobile phones can access the desktops directly and it will work well. If the user wants to make a call from the mobile then the connection should be terminated from the network. Critical Thinking To establishing the system connection, the system administrator handle the various problems on the remote desktop protocol [6]. The Remote desktop protocol connecting the remote computer. If remote desktop is disconnected and it show the error message. The error message is, it does not support the Microsoft product. To connect a remote computer, it has some problems are occurred by a system administrator. These are listed below. Misinterpretation of the terminologies and settings. End user unauthorized access Port assignment Setting for Misconfiguration Misinterpretation of the Terminologies and Settings To install a remote computer, first install an aka terminal licensing server on the system. Establishing the remote connection is used to install an aka terminal server or remote desktop session host. The remote connection first establishing the both servers. In out of network, the remote computer is support more than one network concurrently [7]. End user Unauthorized Access To access a remote desktop, the end user has the proper permission but the user groups does not have the proper permission to access the remote system [8]. To user group access the remote computer with the help of the server. The server local security policy provides the facility to allow the user to login. Port assignment In remote desktop access, the port assignment is the main issues. This problem blocking the port number or port assignment on the systems. To solve this problem by using the default port for RDP. The default port number is necessary to ensure the port assignments. The port assignments based on port numbers. The port numbers are based on the three ranges such as user ports, dynamic port and user ports. Commonly all the ports are based on default logical switch. If you want create the new logical switches and it does not have the ports so assign the ports to newly created logical switches. Setting for Misconfiguration Another main problem is limited number of the end user. The limited number of end users are access the remote desktop services [9]. It has the some connection problem. This connection problems are handled by, To enabling the unlimited connections. Setup the Network adapter. The end users are associated with Centre and help desk. First establishing the help desk, it does not need the information to implementation. More than nineteen years ago, the help desk was accepted and established. Then it is difficult to contact colleagues and friends with the help desk assistance. But now, help desk has the some critical issues and it analyzed by the managers. It use the telephonic communication. The help desk technology is the best technology and it manages the various communication type. It also called as service desk. The communication between the people using the non-voice or voice like message and emailing [10]. Source Support The user support strategy must evaluated by the end users based on cost and value. In organization, third party organization outsourcing and support worker are very important. But it is very critical process [11]. The end user support strategy is used for our sourcing and supporting process. In organization, the technical work support the out sourcing process by using the help desks and this process suitable for all the information technologies managements. The managers are resolving this issues in IT industries and the solution is provided by the people. In this problem, the main challenges is to get and find the help desk workers for the out sourcing process and automated products. So analyzing this problem the out sourcing in business industry. The business strategy providing the customer support system and services [12]. Method Support The main decision is depends on the source and it provided by the support given to outsource. The end users contacts are helping the people by using the dedicated help desk [13]. This problem handled by the end user application. The major issue is end user providing the incomplete, inaccurate and obscure information from the help desk because the help desk should support the end user and it leads to the technical support method. The outsourcing support help desk is used to gives the facility to ask the clearing method by the people [14]. Every people contact the support workers through the telephone contact. Telephone contact is used to gives the best solution for the end users and it preferred for the interaction between the support specialist and end user [15]. It is the best opportunity to clarify the issue information to the end users. This telephonic method is used for support process. The support specialist are needs to improve the application confidence and access the resource s [16]. References [1] K. Bhandari, V. Mandole, A. Munde and S. Takmare, "Remote Desktop Access through Android Mobiles and Android Mobiles Access through Web Browser",International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology Research, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. pp: (369-373), 2015. [2] R. Kumar and A. 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There are also many famous organizations such as World Tourism Organization (WTO)à £Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ United Nations Environmental Programmers (UNEP)à £Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ The International Ecotourism Society (TIES). It is considered that that is the reason why ecotourism can develop so fast that it can affect the world and our planet Earth greatly. (Transitions abroad, n.d.) The Dominican Republic, as the name Natural Isle of the Caribbean goes, the country which is an island nation in the Caribbean Sea. As well as having many mountainous rainforestsà £Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ it is home to many rare plantsà £Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ birds and animals in its limited 754  square kilometers. This is the reason that led to the Dominican Republic becoming an ecotourism island. Many people still believe that the lack of terrain and development funding is the other key why many people and global organizations claim that the Dominican Republic is well-known for its ecotourism industry. Although the Dominican Republic has many different cultures and customs like French cultureà £Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ Spanish custom and local culture, for example, traditional Aztec culture and traditional Indian culture ,these different cultural phenomenon did not affect the natural system .Otherwise, natural ecotourism plays an important part in the Dominican Republics economy. All in all, people can learn more about Ecotourism in Dominican Republic. This research paper will examine four main aspects of ecotourism in the Dominican Republic: International and national organizations supportà £Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ Advantages Disadvantagesà £Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ the success of Ecotourism programmes and Future developments. With the remarkable improvement of peoples living standards ¼Ã…’ecotourism has aroused wide public concern. USAID ¼Ã…’an American organization, has put a lot of efforts into developing ecotourism. USAID programs brought the public and personal sectors together, in order to support sustainable ecotourism development. USAID also gave a helping hand to creating a vision and seeking a key to ecotourism in the Dominican republics future. Laying emphasis on increasing leadership roles of local small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), increasing the communication of society à £Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ developing marketing toolsà £Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ reopening the local airport ,and strengthening the quality of the services of ecotourism while using natural resources.(USAID ¼Ã…’2009) The Tourism Sector Development Program, funded by the European Special Framework of Assistance ¼Ã‹â€ SFA,2006 ¼Ã¢â‚¬ °is an ecotourism program which is two years old, being implemented by the Ministry of Tourism and Legal Affairs (MT LA). Improving on the competitiveness of the tourism sector  in the Dominican Republic is an important part of this program. Another aim of this program is to seek to build the main connection of the society and ecotourism between tourism and the agricultural and rural parts. Furthermore, it aims to improve the Dominican Republics position in the market place through increased marketing and promotions. The Tourism Sector Development Programme focuses on society tourism products development in the Dominican Republic. Help is given to these communities in the areas of foundation development; human resources development and business planning; package and tour development and marketing. The main developing marketing is in the key markets of Europe and Caribbean and a range of additional materials to aid in the marketing of the ecotourism in the Dominican Republic. (ODT, n.d.) In many peoples opinion, ecotourism is the symbol of ecosystem and ecology. It cannot be denied that ecotourism benefits not only our society, but also the nature system. Firstly, people who have ecotourism in some natural places can educate others by teaching them about plants and animals, which promotes conservation of natural assets. Secondly, ecotourism can give people a deeper understanding of the local nature, and many professors predict that ecotourism can bring people closer to nature. Ecotourism can enhance the cultural integrity of the local people. Thirdly, it is considered that ecotourism can open peoples minds and broaden their horizons. Furthermore, countries and governments also get finical achievements. Many people think that visitors may become more aware of the surrounding environmental wealth. With the emphasis laid by governments, ecotourism will attract many people from home and abroad, so local people and visitors have to spend money during the activities in ecotourism. Money can go back into the country through this cycle, the more energy governments put on it, the better this system will go back to the country. Moreover, this cycle system can provide employment. In addition, this cycle system provides financial incentives to encourage local people to protect their environment.(Heritage, n.d.) One of the extra ecotourism industries is called ecotourism business. Human beings have little or no adverse impact on environment. Just what is mentioned in the financial ecotourism cycle system, ecotourism business provides local employment. It is thought that little waste is generated. In the end, ecotourism business provides human beings with educational and enlightening experiences. Ecotourism is a responsible tourism to the natural environments. Although ecotourism is one of the fastest growing additions to the tourism industry, some people predict that ecotourism has a large number of disadvantages, such as costs to the peopleà £Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ community and the ecological balance. Many local people firmly believe that how to protect the ecotourism system is the largest problems in the environmental development. It is undeniable that there are also many other elements affecting this system. Another major element is the increasing human activity. People like jogging and relaxing in the natural environment, which means agricultural clearance. That is the reason why so many professors think the ecotourism are the production waste and effluent pollution. Ecotourism tends to Imaging if a place became an ecotourism tourist attractions, many businessmen want to attract many people, so the environment may be damaged. Increasing use of environmental resources by the humans leads to pollution, even in the smallest places, causing environment problems. Different places have different cultures. There may be competition for ecotourism income between various groups leading to social disharmony. The bar graph has drawn great public attention in the Dominican Republic, which has compared the economic freedom and world average. Thanks to the Dominican Ecological Corridor Network, developed in 1995 ,as a key to connect the paradigm of the new trends for the recovery of the ecological balanceà £Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ the natural resources and the sustainable production of these materials. Although the figure of economic freedom vs. world average looks very large, the figure is decreasing day by day. In fact, many figures is closer to world average like property rightsà £Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ .corruptionà £Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ labor freedom and monetary freedom. To peoples amazement, there are also many figures surpassing world average. For example, investment freedoms has surpassed at roughly 5%;government size has surpassed about 28%;others like facial freedom has surpassed about 6% ,and trade freedom has surpassed 2%. No matter how closer the economic freedom to the world average, how larger the declining of the Dominican republics economic freedom to the world average, people always see the distance not only between economic freedom and world average, but also between ecotourism and peoples According to the WTO line graph for the period between 1989 and 1998, there was a stable growth of international tourism arrivals at 10% and international tourism receipts at 9%. (Weaver, 2001) This tabular data compares tourist arrival numbers in the different parts of the world from 1995 to 2020. Annual percentage increases a significant declining in all markets during 1995 to 2020 in the whole world. In fact, international arrivals are forecasted that the growth from 673 million in 2000 to 1.05 billion in 2010, and 1.6 billion in 2020. Factually, these projections are based on increasing figures rates every year of 4.2% to the end of the 1990s and the figures will at between 4% and 5% during first decade of the 21st century. Europe was the first since 1995. According to the research, the tourist arrivals in Europe will still higher than other places, such as Pacificà £Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ Americaà £Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ Africa and Middle East. People in the Dominican Republic are serious about making the country into a model of ecotourism in the Caribbean areas. It is necessary for human beings to further understand the expectations and behavior of visitors to natural areas and features. People can gain further experience from their trips without bringing about any negative effects on the tourist attractions that they visit, so people must be prepared to try their best to educate people in handling the issue of sustainable development and conservation as the relations to the specific sites. People have the potential to take on the challenge and realization of the chances that ecotourism is the way forward. ¼Ã‹â€ Xavier ¼Ã…’n.d. ¼Ã¢â‚¬ ° Ecotourism attracts ecological professors and socialists, focusing on individual growthà £Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ volunteering and environmental responsibility. Responsible ecotourism means minimizing the negative aspects of traditional tourism on the environment and improving cultural integrity of local people. Furthermore, environmental evaluationà £Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ cultural factors and promotion of recycling are also playing important roles in ecotourism. Ecotourism allows the government to have more chance to preserve the natural environment. It is obvious that ecotourism has a high sense of responsibility when it comes to promoting harmony between human beings and nature.

Artifact Speech Essay

4-H is a program set up by the United States Department of Agriculture originally in rural areas to help young people become productive citizens by instructing them in useful skills, community service, and personal development. To me 4-h is not only that, but it is a lifestyle. 4h is not something a person can just chose to do one day and become the best, they would have to have the passion and commitment for the lifestyle. The 4h clover is the main symbol for 4-H. The four H’s represent the words head, heart, hands, and health. This coincides with the 4h pledge which states, â€Å"I pledge my head to clearer thinking, my heart to greater loyalty, my hands to larger service, and my health to better living, for my club, my community, my country and my world.† This pledge is a constant reminder in my life that everything I do is affecting everyone around me. I have participated in 4-h since I was nine, being part of such an amazing program has made me who I am today. 4-H taught me how to become responsible, independent, and a leader. 4h has helped me form bonds with people that will last a lifetime. Responsibility is something every parent wants their child to learn, through 4-h I learned how to take care of an animal, I had to make sure my animal was properly fed and always had water, I was to make sure the environment he was living in was clean and kept the way a human would want it. That animal was my child for the 6 months I had him. As a nine year old, I was not able to do everything I needed to do to keep my animal alive on my own, but as the years went on and I grew older I was able to become independent and eventually teach younger members of 4-h how to take care of their animals and become independent as well. 4-h has a lot of opportunities that can help you grow, one opportunity that is offered is Junior Fair Board. JFB is a group for 4-h members between the ages of 15-18 who come together as one and run all of the shows and activities that happen during the week of the County Fair. Learning how to run livestock shows and trying to meet the needs of every person that attends the Hartford Fair is just the beginning of this wonderful opportunity. Putting in countless hours and losing nights of sleep with some of your best friends is all worth it in the end. This program is something that has taught me how to grow as a person and given me countless options to better my future. Throughout these 10 years I have found confidence, independence, and leadership within myself. 4h is not just an organization that allows me to take care of animals, it is a lifestyle

Antamina Case

In what way is the development of Antamina mine a real option? Compare it to a financial option. The Antamina mine case can be modeled as a real option. An option in financial terms is the right to buy/sell something, it is not mandatory to buy/sell, is a choice that the owner can do. If you can earn with the exercise of the option, you use your right, but if it is not the case you simply do not utilize it. In this way the return derived from an option is asymmetric.In real term an option is defined as the flexibility a manager has to take decisions. For example if he can choose if take the decision to invest or not in a project, if develop or not a product, if expand or not the variety of services offered. They are â€Å"real† because concern the project and are in project in the sense that design the element of the system, but the characteristics of asymmetric returns, choice of use and sunk costs are the same of financial option.The Net Present Value analysis not considers these options and believes that it is not possible to take decisions but they are predetermined. Instead the Real Options analysis takes in account of these flexibilities and evaluate their effect on the value of the project. The characteristics of a real option are mainly three: Timing Uncertainty Irreversibility In the Antamina case the characteristic of timing is two years, in fact is not necessary to take decision to develop or not the mine immediately.The uncertainty concerns the value of the mine, the costs of the opening and the price of the metal that will extract. The irreversibility is about the option premium that is a cost not recoverable, if it is exercised or not the option you have to pay it. The option used is a call-like option (right to buy something to a predetermined price), so it is possible compare a common financial call option with the Antamina real one.In a typical financial option the underlying asset is a stock, instead in the Antamina case it is the value of the mine, the value of the reserves of metal contained in it. The exercise price of a financial option is the strike price, the price at which you can buy/sell the option, instead in the case analyzed is the development cost of the mine. Comparing the maturities in the financial case is the time of the option, the time at which the option can be exercised, and in the real case is two years from now.The volatility concern the stock price in financial option, in Antamina mine is the volatility of metal price and the volatility of reserve value. The main differences between a financial option and the real option in general are: the period (years) that is much longer than a financial option (three-six months), and the difficulty to model the future value of the asset that cannot be forecasted basing on the past observations. It is very important to take in account these considerations in the valuation of a project.

The Man Who Changed Our World - 3426 Words

THE MAN WHO CHANGED OUR WORLD When Muhammad was visited by the Archangel Gabriel in 610 C.E., this event would set in motion an idea which would grow to have a dominating affect on nearly one-third of the world s future population, affecting how they live, marry, eat, and their proclivity for war. It is very rare that a single individual would put forth an idea so foundational to the very life of the world that grew in its and his wake, and an idea whose impact would be felt in world affairs for centuries to follow. Arguably, it has happened only once before, and that was 600 years before the time of Muhammad, which is the time of the preachings of a man called Jesus Christ. Muhammad was born around 570 C.E. His father died before†¦show more content†¦Shortly after Muhammad s death, the messages given to him by the angel, which his followers accepted to be the words of God, were written down in a book called the Qur an. By the time of Muhammad s death, Islam had become the primary religion of most of the Arabian Peninsula (Gordon 16). But it s real influence, and his phenomenal legacy, was just beginning. While many believe Islam initially spread because it was forced on those who lost the many wars of conquest, others argue that the conquered people willingly accepted what they believed were the benefits of worshiping a stronger, more victorious God. Islam also spread peacefully into areas where local rulers made alliances with caliphs, the chief Muslim civil and religious rulers, who, rather than his adopted son, are regarded as the successors of Muhammad (Wilkins 22). All of Muhammad s natural sons are believed to have died in early childhood. Some followers thought his adopted son should be the natural leader of Islam upon the death of Muhammad, but that leadership was assumed by the caliphs with the strongest armies. Some might see this as an omen for this religion s famous thirst for war. 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