...species due to habitat loss from open range to citrus groves, residential development and petroleum production. Other human effects are off-road activity, trash dumping and gravel mining. Competition from other grasses as well (exotics) is affecting this prickly pear. There is a recovery plan in place (1998) and we can wait and see what will happen with this pain-inducing species. Southeast region: The Ozark Hellbender: The clear fast moving waters of the Ozarks can be lots of fun from fishing to kayaking. The story of the Ozark hellbender’s decline is an all too familiar one just like many of the other endangered species– increased siltation, water quality degradation, and increased human interference to their habitat. To add insult to injury, a highly infectious chytrid fungus is proving fatal to an ever-increasing number of amphibians throughout the world. Over 75 percent of hellbender deaths that occurred in the St. Louis Zoo’s captive population from March 2006 through April 2007 were due to this disease. This prompted the testing of Missouri’s wild Ozark hellbenders, and they found that 100% of the population was infected. Global endangered species: Panamanian Golden frog ((Atelopus zeteki), Considered lucky by the Panamanians, A. zeteki was first listed under the ESA in 1976. It too is undergoing a rapid decline through human interventions. Factors affecting A. zeteki include illegal collecting for the pet trade as well as legal collecting for hotels...
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...Acting Locally Paper Crystal Dillon-Reeves BIO/289 February 25,2013 Dennis Kostac Acting Locally Paper The Shut-In Mountain Fen has some of the wettest and the driest habitats that are founf in the state of Missouri. This particular wetland fen has the most diverse ecological community and habitats found in the state. The Shut-In Mountain Fens preserve features of more than 15 types of fen communities ("Missouri Shut-In Fens", 2010). It is located in the Ozark Mountains in the southern central part of the state. In 2010, researchers found the rare carnivorous palnt called the Small Bladderwort growing here. The plant is an aquatic plant species that floats on the ponds, lakes and marshes with almost no root system. This animal eating plant feeds off of aquatic invertebrates, such as mosquito larvae, protozoans and tiny crustaceans. That is not the only thing that has been found in the plants traps though. Small tadpoles and newly hatched fish have also been found to fall prey to this carnivorous plant. The Small Bladderwort is Missouri’s only carnivorous plant. A plant eating animals is a rare quality, so to find one around where you live is an exciting thing. The plant does not really have an intrinsic value. It is mainly just about what they are and what they are about. It is not thought that this plant has any beneficial use to humans, other than the plant is hughly unique. The Shut-In Mountain fen is also the only home to the Current River Saddled Darter. This fish species...
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...story, Billy learns a lot of life lessons that help him to become a man. The story takes place on a farm in the Ozark Mountains of northeastern Oklahoma. At the beginning of the book, Billy buys two coon hounds puppies for .25 cent each. Soon after he gets the dogs he wants to train them to become great hunting dogs, which is where the story really begins. Billy is eager to teach his brand new puppies hunting techniques so he asked his Grandfather for a raccoon hide. The training for the dogs began when his grandfather gave him a raccoon hide. Billy used the hide by dragging it over a certain path, then he turned lose the hounds and they tracked the hide by the scent. Soon after Billy is finished hunting each day he goes to his Grandfather’s store and talks to some of the more experienced hunters. He learned a great deal of tips and tricks from these more experienced hunters. Autumn comes and Billy is ready to take his young dogs for their first hunt. On this first hunt Old Dan and Little Ann trap a raccoon in one of the biggest trees in the forest. This goes on for a couple of months; they catch a lot of raccoons. Everyday, Billy went to his Grandfathers store were he would trade stories with the older and more experienced hunters. Little did Billy know that he was getting a reputation for having great pair of skilled Coonhounds. Soon all of the Ozark Mountains knew about Billy and his two awesome Coonhounds. The conflict in the story begins when two of the meanest...
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...The Buffalo National River The Buffalo National River begins as a trickle in the Boston Mountains, where it flows north and then eastward through the Ozark Mountains until it merges 150 miles later with the White River at Buffalo City. The upper Buffalo offers the river’s finest scenic beauty. With its massive, towering bluffs, countless waterfalls, watchable wildlife, ties to both historic and prehistoric cultures, and remote, unspoiled location, the upper Buffalo National River wilderness is surely mid-America’s finest outdoor destination. In fact, the entire river is such a special place that in 1972, Congress designated it as America’s first national river. This unique status protects the Buffalo from commercial or residential development, along with other destructive operations such as damming and gravel mining, thus preserving its scenic beauty and natural wild state forever. Floating Season The floating season on the upper Buffalo (Ponca to Pruitt) is March through June, with early July floating a possibility on occasion. The Buffalo is primarily dependent upon rainfall for its water level, so once the rains of spring and early summer have passed, so has the chance to float the upper section. (Hiking, however, is great year-round, as is trail riding!) SPECIAL NOTE: As a river preservation measure, the National Park Service limits the number of rental boats that can be launched on any given day. Therefore, if you are planning a weekend float, it is wise to reserve...
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...We have a new city, this city is large, fast, clean, efficient, beautiful, and more! Our new city, Edgewood is in the beautiful state of Alaska, located in the United States of America. In the city we have all sorts of new technology to keep Edgewood clean and safe. In our city we have a controlled climate that usually stays at an average of 21 degrees F (in winter) to 88 degrees F (in summer). There are rarely ever any storms but a shower every other week; there are also very few to no natural disasters, thanks to its surrounding mountain exterior. This is the perfect temperature range for being active and outside. Our city, behind its beautiful mountains, has massive, wide, open fields, that are great for farming. On the opposite side, there is a beach; the beach is warm and nice with fishing area’s, cabins, barbecue's, and many, many, lifeguard posts. Also the area in the city is flat and calm with occasional hills. The flat land in the city is good for transportation and building; the mountains around provide a natural barrier for the city, protecting it at all times. The beach, of course, is good for transportation and fun! Our city is very warm, clean, and has inexpensive innovations; we have a small beach and even mountains, we reduce, reuse, recycle, (and rot) everything we can. The terrain and climate are a beautiful experience for you and your family, so do not miss out! Edgewood is the city of the future, so obviously it has many special features, innovations, and...
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...Ozark Furniture Company Ashford University MAT 221 “Maple rockers. Ozark Furniture Company can obtain at most 3000 board feet of maple lumber for making its classic and modern maple rocking chairs. A classic maple rocker requires 15 board feet of maple, and a modern rocker requires 12 board feet of maple. Write an inequality that limits the possible number of maple rockers of each type that can be made, and graph the inequality in the first quadrant.” Ozark Furniture Company In this paper we will discuss a linear inequality word problem. We will discuss and determine the regions which are safe and unsafe. From there we will know what lies in the safe region and we will produce an understanding of the safe region to solve the linear inequality. The first step is much like any other step; we must attain a understanding of what we are working with. The text states that “Ozark Furniture Company can obtain at most 3,000 board feet of maple lumber for making its classic and modern maple rocking chairs. A maple classic rocker requires 15 board feet of maple, and a maple modern rocker requires 12 board feet of maple. Write an inequality that limits the possible number of maple rockers of each type that can be made, and graph the inequality in the first quadrant.” With the information from the text we can easily make the maple classic rocking chairs as the variable labeled “x” and the maple modern rocking chairs will be labeled as the variable of “y”. Now we must look to...
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...Ozark Furniture Lori Pope MAT221: Introduction to Algebra Instructor: Kemba Chambers December 2, 2013 Ozark Furniture Ozark furniture has 3000 board feet of maple lumber in stock. In order to make classic maple rockers they need 15 board feet of maple lumber. In order to make a modern rocker they need 12 board feet of maple lumber. So we need to process an inequality and graph it in order to be sure that we have enough of the maple lumber in stock to prepare orders. The first step is to define what variables that I will be using in my inequality. So let’s say c = the number of classic maple rockers and let m= the number of modern rockers. Because each of the classic maple rockers require 15 board feet, I will use 15c, and because each modern rocker requires 12 board feet, I will use 12m. Remember I am limited to the amount of maple lumber which is 3000 board feet. My inequality that I will use will look like this: 15c+12m< 3000. Next, we will call c the independent variable on my horizontal axis and m the dependent variable on the vertical axis. By doing this we can graph the equation using the intercepts. The C-intercept is found when m=0 15c< 3000 c< 200 So what we are saying is that the C-intercept is (200, 0) The M-intercept is found when c=0 12< 3000 m< 250 So what we are saying here is that the M-intercept is (0, 250) I will be using a solid line because of the “less than or equal to” inequality...
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...Ozark Mutts & Meows Marketing Plan Ozark Mutts & Meows Marketing Plan 1.0 Executive Summary Ozark Mutts & Meow is a start-up company entering a new market of mobile veterinary services and in-home pet sitting services. The pet service industry in 2011 spent $50.96 billion (APPA). In 2012, APPA estimates pet service spending to increase to $52.87 billion. Mobile veterinary services and in-home pet services will change the way pet owners will receive services for their pets. Pets will be allowed to remain in the comfort of their own environment (home or property) which in turn creates less stress on the pet. Pet owners will benefit from these services because they will not need to travel to a stationary location in order to receive veterinary services or pet sitting services. There were 72.9 million homes in the United States with pet in 2011 (APPA). Ozark Mutts & Meow will be creating a unique service to the market with minimal competition from competitors in other markets. The company will achieve fast market penetration through use of online and offline advertisement, building of customer loyalty and brand awareness, and outstanding customer service. 2.0 Section Analysis Ozark Mutts & Meow is entering its initial year of operation. According to the 2011-2012 American Pet Products Association (APPA) National Pet Owners Survey, 62% of United States households own a pet, which equates to 72.9 million homes. The APPA survey shows there were $13...
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...50*50 airline view business necessity. The business necessity here is an evidence record to show that an individual’s ability to operate all the instruments in the cockpit and reach the design eye reference point. Individual’s height is important to the safe and efficient operation of a plane. The criteria for hiring – five-foot-seven-inch minimum height requirement is not a sexually discriminatory issue. Anybody (male or female) that meet this requirement could be hired. In a prima facie case of sex discrimination – because the number of male with five-foot-seven-inch outnumber the female hence it could be regarded that pilots are exclusive for male hiring. In my opinion and to ensure hiring of female pilot entry, the Court had to tell Ozark to reduce the minimum height to five-foot-five-inch. An individual who fails to meet certain requirement for hiring, does not mean that ‘the employer’s general policy and practice concerning hiring should be amended to suit him/her. The criteria is job-related (cf. 29 C.F.R. §1607.5(c)(2)(iii). “The job of airline flight officer is clearly such a job”. So, the trial Court did not err in its ruling. Ref: Twomey, D (2013). Labor and employment law: Text and cases (15th ed). Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage...
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...Communication Problems at Ozark Corporation Sam Case and Paul Banks both work at Ozark Corporation and Sam is the lead supervisor for both Section A and B and Paul is the new supervisor for section A. These two men have to communicate on a daily bases to get both of their work done. When there is a problem Sam has to figure out how to deal with the situation, in this case Sam asked his section A supervisor Paul to take care of the problem in his section. Sam needs to communicate exactly what he wants done in the problem section to help the supervisors under him know what need to happen. Sam should have been more specific on what needs to happen to get the work done, where if it is preventive maintenance, first then later after shift replacing and putting a new unit in. If Sam does not be specific than Paul the supervisor in that section would have to guess like he did to fix the problem. This problem could have been prevented if Paul would have asked Sam exactly what to do after he found out what the problem was instead of just putting in a new control unit to fix the problem. Even though Sam said to fix the problem without helping instead of just saying fine after assigning him a duty. Both Sam and Paul need to be more open when it comes to listening to each other and not just agree or start and argument. In this case, the instructions were not as clear as they could have been and both Paul and Sam should have asked question like ” if the understood task” to...
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...Lake of the ozarks My grandpa owns a cabin at the Lake of the Ozarks. I go there three or four times a year it is a lot of fun up there. When I am up there I like to do a lot of things like, go boating, jump off a rope swing, fishing, hunting snakes, eating, and shoot off a bunch of fireworks. But one of the the best things to do up there is to hang out with my grandpa. I love to go to the lake but I hate the drive there it is about 7 hours long. My grandpa and I usually leave at 6:00 am and we get there around 1-2:00. On the way there we stop at mcdonalds and get a bunch of burritos and two coffees. But after that we only stop if we need to get gas or use the restroom. Also my grandpa and I have a rule we listen to his music there and mine...
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...The term project is focused on building a database management system for the telematics company: Ozark Inc. which provides telematics software as a service. Ozark Inc. has run into challenges around maintaining and organizing its data since the company has been growing rapidly, and expanding its customer base. As a result, we will be building a database management system for Ozark Inc. which will help them create efficient business processes by identifying key pieces of information, which includes customer data and metadata, sales information, employee information and details regarding the products Ozark Inc. sells. Database design is being driven by information provided by key stakeholders in the business, who have also provided details of current business workflow and process, sales policies, and specific constraints the business has around resources to allocate to the aforementioned. Company employees have documented, and shared what they believe is important and which should be addressed by a database system. The data model requires a relational database which will use multiple tables to store, and manage the data needed by the company. The software which will be utilized in the project is MS Access, because of its ease of use in manipulating data, and the relatively intuitive user interface it offers makes it an appropriate platform to develop the database system for Ozark Inc. The database will contain the following tables: * Customer_Information, Customer_Sales_Detail...
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...Penitentiary. Once released, he left for Illinois where he committed more robberies. With the law on his trail in Illinois, he made his way to the Ozark area. Together with two other men, Lewis continued to rob and steal. His two companions were later captured, and bonded out of jail but Lewis avoided arrest and continued his robbing spree. On a tip, Sheriff Newt Mapes set up an ambush near cave 12 miles west of Ava where he had heard Lewis was hiding his plunder. The tip paid off. Along with Deputy Lige Reed, Deputy Otis Bush of Billings, Sheriff W. F. Givens and his Deputy Raymond Ridenhour, they waited for Lewis. “I think he’s coming down the trail Newt!” said deputy Lige. It was dusk and the woods were about to turn dark. “Quiet! I see him!”. As the 25-year-old who they believed to be George Lewis neared the cave, Sheriff Mapes hollered from his ambush point. “George Lewis this is Sheriff Mapes! I have you surrounded! Lay down your weapon and raise your hands high above you head!” “BAM! BAM! BAM!”. George Lewis had told his comrades he wouldn’t be taken alive and he meant it! Lewis began firing at the Sheriff’s and his Deputies. The lawmen fired back. Less than a...
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...Two Variable Inequalities This week we are challenged to complete 3 steps for the problem 46 located on 240 of our textbook. The steps to completing this assignment are as follows: Assign a variable to each type of rocker that the Ozark Furniture Company makes, write a linear inequality which incorporates the given information of the total board feet and feet required for each type of rocker they make, and draw a graph on paper of the inequality to aid in the writing of the paper. Problem number 46 on page 240 of Elementary and Intermediate Algebra is as follows: “The Ozark Furniture Company can obtain at most 3000 board feet of maple lumber for making its classic and modern maple rocking chairs. A classic maple rocker requires 15 board feet of maple, and a modern rocker requires 12 feet of maple. Write an inequality that limits the possible number of maple rockers of each type that can be made, and graph the inequality in the first quadrant”(Dugopolski,2012). c=classic maple rocker m= modern maple rocker The classic maple rocker, or c, requires 15 board feet of maple so I will use 15c to illustrate. The modern maple rocker, or m, requires 12 board feet of maple so I will illustrate with 12m. The total number of lumber required or obtained to complete both of the modern and classic rockers totals 3000 board feet of maple. The inequality shown: 15c+12m≤3000 In order to graph the equation I will use the following intercepts. The horizontal intercept I will incorporate...
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...Top and Led Zeppelin with his parents, and play southern gospel harmonica with his grandpa. Corbans grandma plays the big grand piano at his church. Corban also likes to listen to the Rhett Walker Band. Last year for Christmas, Corban said he got a bullet mic and said his “mini amp has a pretty nice tone”. Corban likes to watch drag racing, his other passion besides harmonicas. One of his favorites is a 50 Cal rocket/jet car. He also likes a yellow ’63 Corvette that races at Ozark Raceway Park in Rogersville. Shawn Belt, who drives the Metal Mafia car, gave Corban a piston connecting rod from his motor. Corban likes to watch Nitro Mike’s wheelie standing PT Cruiser which will lift the front end and run the whole length of track. His favorite car is the blue “Blown Income” and his favorite local driver is Don Erwin from Willard. Corban especially likes visiting with Mitch Chance from Ozark Raceway Park. Recently, at the Ozark Raceway Park, local racers, Mitch Chance, Al Schoenwetter and the staff at Ozark Raceway Park hosted a “Go Fund Me” to help cover a new wheelchair and expenses due to Corban’s cerebral palsy. Corban hung out at the tower at the raceway where Al interviewed Corban’s parents, Wade and Joetta. The amazing generosity of “ORP Nation” made it possible for him to get his new chair. After going to the race, Corban had some time adjusting back to the regular grind of daily life. He got into trouble at school for popping wheelies with is walker and racing in the...
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