...Red pandas can be easily identified by their unique ruddy coat color, which acts like camouflage within the canopy of fir trees where branches are covered with clumps of reddish-brown moss and white lichens. They have large, round heads and short snouts with big, pointed ears. Their faces are white with reddish-brown “tear” marks that extend from the eyes to the corner of the mouth. These markings could have evolved to help keep the sun out of their eyes. Their tails are marked with alternating red and buff rings. Red pandas have a soft, dense woolly undercoat covered by long, coarse guard hairs. Long, bushy tails help these arboreal animals maintain balance and protect them from harsh cold and winds. Dense fur completely covers their feet which have five, widely separated toes and semi-retractable claws....
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...Evidence of False Thumb Evolution Roughly 75% of all the types of mammals that have ever lived are now extinct. We tend to think of extant organisms as all there is. We know dinosaurs once lived and are now extinct. An article explored the routes of diversification taken by early mammals, only those lineages in the far right based on figure 1, in Cenozoic Era have survived to the modern day. Each era group showed how common it was in various time period. The multituberculates were very common until the early Paleocene. In history, they were the dominant group of mammals, existing in the largest numbers for the longest time and are now extinct. Their generations, the spalacotheriods and eutriconodonts, were successful in the Early Creataceous but its population declined by the end of that Period. At the root of the tree showed (figure 1) the groups of mammaliaforms, not true mammals, but have some similarities. This group first appeared in the Jurassic era and didn’t survive the Cretaceous era. The Cretaceous ended with a global extinction that wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs, and several stem-mammals suffered the same fate. Others lingered into the Paleocene Epoch only to become extinct, possibly outcompeted in the rapid radiation of the therians. We tend to think of extinct groups as more “primitive” than extant groups, but the mammals radiated rapidly and many niches occupied today were occupied by now-extinct forms in the past. In the phylogentic tree some show niches available...
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...Animals for Rent In our society today, with all our advancements and breakthroughs, life in the 21st century is noticeably better than before. However, some problems will never go away, like war and death. Aside from that, a problem which has recently plagued our society is the practice of animals-for-rent. Animals, like humans, have their own habitats, and they live in what we collectively call the wild. Some humans have decided to pull these animals out of their homes and rent them for profit through the inhumane practice of animals-for-rent. These ignorant people are very cruel; they treat the animals as objects that only serve as entertainment to the public in the form of rental books or DVDs (Animal Aid, 2007). This unsafe and exploitative practice has gradually weakened animal rights and rips deeply into human morality and conscience. It is often the case that the people involve in this practice, this so-called exotic pet markets, give no regards to the survival of these animals, which are often on the endangered list. According to Richard Farinato (in The Humane Society of the United States, www.hsus.org), wild and exotic animals are favorable vectors for diseases and parasites, often the outbreak of diseases cause the death of a mass of animals. If this situation is continue without any resolution, these animals might become extinct. Because there are no concerns to the needs of the animals, the livelihood will decrease rapidly, and eventually they might not be...
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...on they now have conservation projects, tons of info on all the different animals such as, how they survive in certain climates and environments wild vs. zoo. The zoo had many different species when they first open and now there is over one hundred species of animals from all over the world. The Pittsburgh Zoo has a variety of different exhibits for the different types of animals, such as The Tropical Forest, The African Savanna, The Asian Forest, The Kids Kingdom, The Water's Edge, The PPG Aquarium: Open Ocean, Coral Reefs,...
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...their ending is soon to become. On the contrary, the outcome of this battle is not as it was predicted. Ocean Park has gained benefit from Disneyland, it help boost the attendance, and also contribute revenues and profits. A few years later, it seems that Ocean Park has overcome the Hong Kong Disneyland, in terms of visitors and revenues. The aqua theme park, based in Hong Kong’s Aberdeen district has registered 5.4 million visitors in 2010. In comparison, Hong Kong Disneyland’s gates welcomed only 5.2 million guests. A few years ago, Ocean Park was listed as 15th most visited amusement park in the world, also ahead of HK Disneyland. And while Ocean Park enjoys HK$82 million net surplus in the previous year, Disneyland is still in the red five years after it opened, recording a net loss of HK$720 million in its last fiscal year ending October 2. The key success of their business is that they choose a co-existance strategy. Instead of face to face beating with a world class competitor from USA like Disneyland, they learn how to coexist in this competition. The coming of Hong Kong Disneyland has stimulated them to improve themselves. After self evaluating, they have realized that the renovation is needed, especially in term of brand image, Human Resource Management (HRM), and operation. To develop themselves effectively, they have analyzed themselves based on their resource and competency. According to a resource - based view, the VRIO framework could be used as a tool for...
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...Camels Camels are herbivores; they eat desert vegetation, such as grasses, herbs, and leaves. How do camels adapt to their environment? Camels have many adaptations that allow them to live successfully in desert conditions. Deserts are hot and dry. Winds blow sand all around, so a camel has long eyelashes. It has nostrils that can open and close. Why do camels have long eyelashes? The long eyelashes keep sand out of the camel's eyes. Thick eyebrows shield the eyes from the desert sun. Why does a camel have nostrils which can close? A camels nostrils can close so it doesn't get sand up its nose. Other Adaptations: 1. A camel can go a week or more without water, and they can last for several months without food. They can drink up to 32 gallons (46 litres) of water at one drinking session! 2. Camels store fat in the hump, not water. The fat can be metabolised for energy. 3. Unlike most mammals, a healthy camel's body temperature fluctuates (changes) throughout the day from 34°C to 41.7°C (93°F-107°F.) This allows the camel to conserve water by not sweating as the environmental temperature rises. 4. Camels feet are wide so they can walk on sand more easily. Their huge feet help them to walk on sand without sinking into it. 5. Camels have thick lips so they can eat the prickly desert plants with out feeling pain. 6. The colour of their bodies helps them to blend into their environment. 7. Camel's ears are covered with hair, even on the inside. The hair helps keep...
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...50 Great Advisory Ideas... Jaynellen Behre-Jenkins, Jim Burns, J. Thomas Kane Scheduling: 1. Team Based Advisory. 2. Coupling homeroom time and advisory time to gain extra minutes in your day for Advisory. 3. Advisory Length 25-30 minutes. 4. Advisor to Advisee ratio = 12 to 15. 5. Adding Encore Team members to help reduce size of Advisory Groups. 6. Previous grade level teams to develop Advisory Groups. 50 Great Advisory Ideas... Jaynellen Behre-Jenkins, Jim Burns, J. Thomas Kane Championing Advisory by Building School/Community Support 7. Begin parent introduction to Advisory with middle school orientation activities. 8. Demo Advisory Activities with parent groups like the PTA. 9. Share Advisory theme topics in principal newsletters. 10. Utilize Advisory time to address follow up topics related to school/community events. 11. Principal demo Advisory activities at faculty meetings. 12. Inclusion of Advisory training in new teacher orientation activities. 13. Principal to send Advisory ideas to faculty via email and notes in mailboxes. 14. Begin Back to School Night for Parents in Advisory. 15. Maintaining a Professional Shelf which address Middle Level and Young Adolescent themes. 50 Great Advisory Ideas Jaynellen Behre-Jenkins, Jim Burns, J. Thomas Kane Tried and True Activities for Advisory Groups Icebreakers for People and Topics 16. Birthday Line Up....students line up in order...
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...Hannah Hewes February 27, 2014 Professor Helmke Business Public Policy Endangered Species Act Extinctions have occurred throughout our planet's natural history. Some species develop as others die out, making space in the ecosystem for those best suited to any given habitat's natural conditions. Long before human beings arrived, fossil records show that populations of animals evolved, thrived, declined, and became extinct. However, the rate of extinctions in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries drastically increased to an estimated 100 to 1,000 times the normal expected rate of extinction. The majority of these accelerated extinctions can be directly traced to mankind's impact upon the natural environment in the form of hunting, fishing, agriculture, development, pollution, habitat encroachment, disease, and global climate change. Due to the increasing number of endangered species, as well as, species becoming extinct, the United States Congress decided to take action. Congress passed the Endangered Species Preservation Act in 1966, providing a means for listing native animal species as endangered and giving them limited protection. The Departments of Interior, Agriculture, and Defense were to seek to protect listed species, and, insofar as consistent with their primary purposes, preserve the habitats of such species. The Act also authorized the Service to acquire land as habitat for endangered species. In 1969, Congress amended the Act to provide additional...
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...examples should be chosen to illustrate the principles and issues that are included in the specification. This guide includes suitable examples that may be used (in italics) but others may be used if preferred eg if the candidates or teachers have particular experience or knowledge. It is anticipated that the use of carefully selected examples may reduce total teaching effort by enabling a number of issues to be covered in a single situation. This will also help candidates to appreciate the holistic, inter-connected nature of the subject and prepare them for the study of broader issues such as sustainability in A2. Case study example. Minsmere RSPB reserve, Suffolk. Issues in the Specification which could be covered: Rationale for wildlife conservation Species inter-dependence Problems caused by introduced species Eradication of competitors Legal protection of habitats and species Captive breeding and release programmes Habitat management, especially plagioclimaxes The role of Governmental and...
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...CURRICULUM VITAE Graeme Anthony CROOK June 2013 PERSONAL DETAILS NAME CROOK Graeme Anthony PRIVATE 12 Wood Cres, One Tree Hill ADDRESS South Australia, 5114 TELEPHONE Home (08) 8280 7670 Mobile 0417 805 422 EMAIL gcrook@internode.on.net DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1955 BIRTH PLACE Hampton Court, Middlesex, England Australian Resident since August 1964 MARITAL STATUS Married with two children, aged 24 & 18 EMPLOYMENT RECORD * July 2011 – present Research Manager – CRC for High Integrity Australian Pork (Pork CRC) * Manage a Portfolio of Research Projects in the Pig Industry to be valued at $138m over the eight year period - 2011-2019 * Manage the transition of 25 projects from previous CRC (2005-2011) * Develop and implement a Project evaluation process * Manage the Project evaluation and approval process for the four Research programs * Conduct an annual strategic review and Economic Impact assessment of portfolio * Develop, implement and manage a Web-based Research Project Portfolio Management system * Manage a project involving research infrastructure with eight organisations nationally * Manage a national benchmarking project * Develop and manage the Corporate website – www.porkcrc.com.au December 2007 – June 2011 ...
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...Wildlife Conservation Efforts in India Geography project [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] 2012 Nishant Aishwarya Roll Number - 26 Introduction Wildlife includes all non-domesticated plants, animals and other organisms. Domesticating wild plant and animal species for human benefit has occurred many times all over the planet, and has a major impact on the environment, both positive and negative. Wildlife can be found in all ecosystems. Deserts, forests, rain forests, plains, grasslands, and other areas including the most developed urban sites, all have distinct forms of wildlife. While the term in popular culture usually refers to animals that are untouched by human factors, most scientists agree that wildlife around the world is impacted by human activities. Humans have historically tended to separate civilization from wildlife in a number of ways including the legal, social, and moral sense. This has been a reason for debate throughout recorded history. Religions have often declared certain animals to be sacred, and in modern times concern for the natural environment has provoked activists to protest the exploitation of wildlife for human benefit or entertainment. Literature has also made use of the traditional human separation from wildlife. Foods, Pets, Traditional Medicine:...
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...Research We received a task which was to investigate science at work. This would vary from many different fields in science meaning that there are many different options which are available to us across the U.K. Due to this, we decided to narrow the search to local companies so that finding information from them was easier to attain due to them being easily accessible. So, to do narrow the companies to make it easier to find the companies and group them; 1. Firstly, before anything, sat with my peers and teachers and came up with different sectors of what companies would have aspects of sciences which are used and then we created the groups to specific aspects of sciences such as Health, Food, farming, education, manufacturing etc. We chose these types of sectors due to them being specific to a type of science which would split the companies due to the different uses of what the comp 2. .anies focus on. As we created the groups, we made sure that our groups were such of those that can be linked with each other. 3. After doing so, we then brainstormed on what the company types would fit under the categories we created. This was done on a mind map so that we could see the groups and what type of company or what the company specializes in would be visible to us after we had found the types of companies we were looking for, we could then find the companies that were close to us. We were looking for the companies that were near us due to them being easily accessible...
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...A&W – Discount varies, simply ask and have a valid military ID with you. Advance Auto – 10% off with military ID Agentsource.com – Up to 40% off standard real estate closing costs for Active duty men and women moving in the United States or Canada All State – Allstate Funding proudly offers all U.S. Military personnel a $250 credit towards the appraisal of a residential property. Ends 12/31/2010 American Airlines – Discount varies, requires military ID American Video Productions -10% off to active duty, retired, families of military and dependents. Call and ask for the discount http://www.americanvideoproductions.net/ Amtrak – 10% off Anheuser – Busch Amusement Parks – Discount varies, simply ask and have a valid military ID with you. Anna’s Linens - 10% off any purchase with Valid Military ID in store only Apple Computers - The discount varies, you need to sign up here – http://www.apple.com/r/store/government/ Applebee’s – Discount varies per location, simply ask and have a valid military ID with you Arby’s - Discount varies per location, simply ask and have a valid military ID with you. Ashford University – Discounted tuition at $250 a credit, books are covered for all required courses, waived application fee, waived technology fee and more! Benefits apply to all Active Duty, National Guard, Reservists and spouses, dependents eligible for survivor benefits, plus civilian DOD employees & separated vets/retirees still using their GI Bill. ASMBA – Armed Services...
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...MULTIPLECHOICE SECTION INSTRUCTIONS: Read all instructions carefully. Please answer all questions. Each question is worth 0.5 points. The Multiple Choice section is worth 40 points. **Do not enter your answers here.** Type in the letter you select as the best answer on the Answer Sheet provided by your instructor. 1. Which of these would be a valid hypothesis? A) Human history is determined by a series of supernatural events. B) Humans should help in the conservation of other animal species. C) Humans are controlled by forces beyond our understanding. D) Humans and bacteria share a common genetic code. 2. In the scientific method, a hypothesis . E) is a statement of fact F) can only be tested once G) is usually proven to be correct H) is a proposed explanation based on observations I) none of the above 3. What is the correct sequence of steps in the scientific method? I. State the problem II. Analyze and interpret the data III. Share the results with other scientists IV. Develop a hypothesis V. Design and perform an experiment to test the hypothesis A) I → II → III → IV → V B) III → I → V → II → IV C) V →IV → III → II → I D) I → IV → V → II → III E) V → II → I → III → IV 4. To test a hypothesis about a given variable, experimental and control groups are tested in parallel. Which of the following best explains the dual experiments...
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...What I need to find out | How I found out the information. | Did I use it and was it useful? | Source. | Introduction to Cadbury’s chocolate | website | research | Cadbury’s worldhttp://www.cadburyworld.co.uk/http://uk.ask.com/question/who-are-cadburys-main-competitorshttp://www.google.com/search?site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1440&bih=784&q=http://businesscasestudies.co.uk/cadbury-schweppes/ethical-business-practices/ethics-at-work.html#axzz2k38WIHdL | Cadbury is one of the world’s best chocolate brands they aspire to become the world best chocolate brands. Cadbury’s purpose The purpose of Cadburys is to sell chocolate and to survive by making sure they are known as the best confectionary company out there by constantly improving their chocolate and making new products they also survive by making sure their brands reaches all around the world and everyone knows about them and to satisfy’s customer’s needs by making surveys so they know what people like. Cadbury Schweppes is committed to providing a range of high quality treats, refreshments and confectionery based oral care products which are marketed truthfully, labeled clearly and meets the highest safety standards. The sectors. Cadburys operate in all the sectors because they extract coco beans from a different country Ghana then they make the coco beans into the product they need then they manufacture it. Cadbury’s aims and objectives Cadburys main aims and objectives would be to be the world’s...
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