...Before we leave the Beagle Channel in Argentina for Antarctica, I make sure my dresser and table in my cabin are cleared off. I shove some things into my drawer and secure it closed with Duct tape; Other items I know I’ll use in the next two days I put on the floor. This is what we call “Drake Proofing.” The Drake Passage is an infamous 600-mile stretch of ocean, known for being some of the roughest seas in the world. It is the shortest way to get to Antarctica by boat, taking us about two days to cross it. On Drake days I enjoy standing up at the Bridge, watching. I become completely mesmerized by the crashing waves, like staring into a campfire. The dark swells slam against the side of the ship dispersing white splashes into the air and spreading a beautiful turquoise whitewash behind it. The ship rolls back and forth relentlessly with slight jolts breaking up the rolls as the waves crash into the ship, causing me to hold onto the counter as I watch. It is hard to believe, while in the rough seas of the Drake, that I will soon be in Antarctica, with glassy calm conditions, stand up...
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...The well known American Author William Faulkner was born on September 25, 1897 in the city of New Albany, Mississippi. This remarkable writer, became famous for his writings inspired on the American South: In center Yoknapatawpha County. Top novels he had written at the time included: The Sound and the Fury, As I lay dying and Absalom, Absalom!, Sanctuary, and The Story of Temple Drake. His story Sanctuary was controversial, it was written in 1931. His story of Temple Drake was made as one of his projects. He was awarded in 1949, he received a Nobel Prize in Literature, and even was awarded two in each Pulitzers and National Books Awards. Throughout his life, he worked as a railroad financier, politician, soldier, farmer, businessman, lawyer,...
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...Francis Drake, born in Devonshire, England, was a British privateer (a pirate working for the government). No birth records exist for Drake but historians believe he was born anywhere between the years 1540-1544 and died of dysentery in 1596. Sir Francis was the oldest of 12 sons born to Edmund Drake, tenant farmer, and Mary Drake (Benson 4). Not only was Drake a British privateer but he was also an explorer, slave trader, and politician of the Elizabethan era. He was involved in piracy and, in his early years, the slave trade. In 1581 he was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth I for carrying out the second circumnavigation of the world. Drake was very well-known and respected among fellow Englishmen and was feared by the Spanish....
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...Sir Francis Drake I was born around in the year 1540, My nationality is English. I am the son of a farmer and a preacher. I thought myself at a young age how to navigate a merchant ship, and soon after became a pirate. In 1567 my cousin John Hawkins and I sailed the Caribbean Sea to the Gulf of Mexico. On our way there, we where attacked by Spaniards. We barley survived. After that horrifying day I had very strong hatred for Spaniards. On December 13th, 1577 I pursued my exploration. I set sail with 3 ships, two of them where for supplies, and the other one was for me and my crew. Thomas Doughty, my friend and Queen's Courtesan, sailed with me on my exploration. We reached our destination on the West Coast of...
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...of Malls Near Schools to the Study Habits of 4th Year High School Students in St. Louis School-Catherina Cittadini in the School Year 10-11” St. Paul University Dumaguete High School Department School year 2010-2011 “The Effects Of Malls Near Schools To The Study Habits Of 4th Year High School Students in St. Louis School-Catherina Cittadini In The School Year 10-11” A Research Presented to Ms. Toni Rachelle Lajato St. Paul University Dumaguete In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in English IV By John Drake B. Cempron January, 2011 Approval Sheet In partial fulfillment of the requirement to graduate from high school a research paper in titled “The Effects Of Malls Near Schools To The Study Habits Of 4th Year High School Students in St. Louis School-Catherina Cittadini In The School Year 10-11” has been prepared and submitted by John Drake B. Cempron who is herby certified for oral defense ___________________ Research Adviser Board of Panelist _____________ __________ Member Member ___________ Chairman ________________ Research Teacher _________________ Principal CHAPTER I A. INTRODUCTION A shopping mall, shopping centre or shopping precinct is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area – a modern, indoor version of the traditional marketplace. Now...
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...increase their quality of care, and make this care affordable. Unfortunately, despite the ACA’s good intent, its scope was far reaching, glossed over current problems within health care, and created more issues. It is filled with contradictory verbiage that required multiple teams of lawyers to decipher (with many different interpretations), and changed health care reimbursement with unknown consequences. Description of Policy and the Legislation The ACA attempts to solve the reimbursement problems in several ways. The act established the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which is responsible for overseeing voluntary pilot reimbursement models (Guterman, Davis, Stremikis, & Drake, 2010) . The pilot models include: patient-centered medical homes, accountable care organizations (ACO)(Goldsmith, 2011), temporary 2013/2014 increases in the reimbursement rates for Medicaid to Medicare levels, fattening the existing fee-for-service program with monthly per member case management fee of $4-8, and quality-based...
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...Current Events in Business Research Drake Schreiter RES/351 Amarjit Singh Current Events in Business Research Conducting research nowadays can be as easy as a click of a button. People collect research for numerous types of reasons in this world. The reason that individuals gather information is to either fix a current problem, enhance an idea, or to gain knowledge about a certain subject. Businesses all around the world hire individuals to collect research to help the organization in their weaknesses, enhance a certain area in the company or just to gain knowledge about the competitors in the world. Business research is more significant than people understand it to be. For instance, if a business owner does not do the correct research for location, demographics, etcetera then the company is not going to be in the place it wants to be and the potential for the company would be lost. The functional area that is being addressed in this paper is the restaurant industry. The functional area that I work in is the restaurant business. I do see myself to continue my career in the restaurant industry so I thought that it would be fitting to write the paper with that in mind. Restaurants are always going to be a part of our daily lives. The reason for this is because everybody has to eat and not everyone...
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...Running head: PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING Problem-Based Learning: Its Application and Role in Education Joe Student Austin Peay State University PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING 2 Abstract What is Problem-Based Learning? Problem-Based Learning (PBL) began in the medical field; however, it has been applied to disciplines at colleges and universities, different subjects in the K-12 education system, and a variety of other professions as well. This paper will focus on the usefulness of Problem-Based Learning in the role of education, the driving motivation, and how it will impact the future of educators. PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING 3 Problem-Based Learning: Its Application and Role in Education Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is a student driven, teacher guided method of instruction which weaves the ideas and theories of Bloom, Piaget, Vygotsky, and Gardner, into a cooperative learning process in which students receive and process information about ideas they have found interesting. The students then apply the knowledge gathered through the research phase to real-life situations (Bell, 2010; Levin, 2001). PBL, which began in the medical field, was used primarily as a way for medical students to improve their own problem solving abilities (Levin, 2001). Levin (2001) re-emphasized from previous studies that PBL serves as a foundation for many teacher education programs because it is consistent with constructivist theories of learning. Kauchak and Eggen (2011) define constructivism as a...
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...Yet, the USDA or the FDA has not proved genetically modified organisms harmful or dangerous nor have any major studies conducted in the United States found them to be dangerous or harmful. However, there are studies that have shown that genetically modified organisms are producing “super” weeds and “super” bugs. The major advantage to using these genetically modified foods though, is they could possibly end world hunger in the future by the assumption that they increase crop yields. Although the long term health, environmental, and economical effects of genetically modified organisms is not fully understood, the majority of people from around the world are leery and therefore opposed to the use of genetically modified organisms. This research paper will attempt to analyze the health, environmental and economical issues surrounding genetically modified organisms. According to Dictionary.com, “A GMO is an organism whose genome has been altered by the techniques of genetic engineering so that its DNA contains one or more genes not normally found there.” Genetically Modified Organisms are most commonly used in the agricultural business, where companies like Monsanto have genetically engineered “hybrid” seeds. For example, Round-up Ready corn that is corn that has had its DNA modified to withstand the herbicide Round Up. Also, another example is strawberries and tomatoes that have had their DNA injected with fish genes to protect the fruit from freezing. Genetically Modified...
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...Introduction One of the remarkable transitions in Cambodia began in 1993. It was the economic reform switching from planned-economic to open-free economic market. Since ever, Cambodia gradually boosts the national economy by allowing private possessions and foreign investment. This is a signal of democracy in the nation. To be a democratic country, such rights and freedom must be given to the masses. It is well-known that people want to be equal before the laws and live in a happy life. However, one barrier to newly democratic country—Cambodia—is the citizens. More than half of the Cambodian population is under a poverty line, meaning they are insufficient not only in property but also in education. This situation is not good enough for Cambodians to get influence from the world. Being connected with globalization, Cambodia demands a higher standard and a good quality of production. Among those marketing competition, the most attractive and popular product is high-tech materials. Again, the other half of population might be able to afford such materials in order to live in the society. The society is affected by materialism, which considers possessions more important than values, and its effects range from psychological to economic. Materialism is sometimes used as a status symbol, causing people to purchase items they cannot afford, simply to fit in with an affluent crowd, or to keep up with the people around them. Materialism, although a motivating force in today's world...
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...Programming Fundamentals Paper PRG/211 January 25, 2014 Reusability Recyclable codes are used to diminish the amount of time taken to create new coding projects. This also in many cases can decrease the amount of funding used by a corporation to create its products. Reusing codes in a sense is the taking of code from one product and trying to use it in another. The hope is that the person or persons creating the code will not have to heavily modify the code so as to save time and to keep the process simple. In this research paper we will discuss security within the realm of hiding code and how object-oriented programming and procedural programming methods are similar. We will also discuss code reusability and encapsulation. Object-Oriented Programming Object-Oriented programming is program writing that is designed around objects instead of actions and logic. These objects can be encoded and tried independently and then later amassed and composed to create a full program. Also incorporated in object-oriented programming is a technique termed data hiding. Programmers use data hiding to hide data inside the program. This makes it harder for hackers and other unwanted entities to gain entry to the information. This type of security comes at a cost. Programmers need be able to use additional code to hide the data. In object-oriented programming the code is made up of objects. These objects are then encoded into capsules. This gives each...
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...Alcatraz is a prison that is based on an island in the San Francisco Bay in California. The prison was named an inescapable prison because it was surrounded by fifty to fifty four degree water. The island was first discovered by land in 1755 by Lt. don Juan Manuel de Ayala but had been seen by Sir Francis Drake when he docked in San Francisco bay. The prison is known for having some of the deadliest and most deceiving inmates out of any other prison. The prison has had many escape attempts but most have failed, except for one which was made by Frank Lee Morris and three fellow inmates. The island's history dates back a long time ago, but became a military institution in 1850, when president Millard Fillmore signed an order and fortified the island to protect the San Francisco Bay. The island first caught attention when Lt. don Juan Manuel de Ayala first discovered it and mapped it out in 1755. In the late 1850s the U.S. army began holding military prisoners on the island. They held the prisoners on the island because it is totally isolated and surrounded by water....
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...Frontiers in leadership research Spring 2010 Final paper Sofia Nilsson Altafi TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN THE INDIAN MICROFINANCE ORGANIZATION Introduction During the last two decades, microfinance has received considerable public and institutional attention – accumulating in the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 – and is today presented as the “magic bullet” for fighting global poverty. A country with a particularly interesting microfinance sector is India; in 2008, the total outstanding microfinance loans amounted to USD 8 billion, and more than 50% of all low-income households are covered by some form of microfinance product (Srinivasan, 2009). Yet, while Indian MFOs are assumed to help bring the country’s poor out of poverty, and thereby contribute to reaching the Millennium Development Goals, private capital is pouring into the sector and supporters have started to ask for financial returns on their funds. MFOs are hence expected to balance between having a social mission on the one hand, and running a profitable operation on the other. A first natural question is to ask whether the corporatized MFO manages to stay on track and deliver both on the social and on the financial side, if it is “mission drifting” or not. “Mission drift” is related to the performance of the MFO, mainly measured in how well the organization succeeds in reaching poor borrowers who lack access to formal financial institutions (Copestake, 2007). With an increased pressure from...
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...GM 591: LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR COURSE PROJECT A. INTRODUCTION In Honduras, one of the 3 largest private companies is SABMiller, and it’s also one of the largest brewing companies in the world with a wide portfolio of premium beer brands and leading local brands. It is also one of the world’s largest Coca-Cola product bottlers. My role within the company is within the Marketing Department, in the Market Research division. In the marketing department we have a team made up brand managers, budget analysts, media planners, market research, innovation, sponsorship, public relations, events coordination, etc * In this research-based paper, I will be focusing on the company’s reward system for employees and the relationship this has with motivation. Currently, the company’s award system for the marketing department is based on each brand’s trimester performance, and the awards are given to the brand managers. The awards consist of recognition and a cash prize. * According to the Organizational Culture Inventory, SABMiller’s primary culture style is self-actualizing which indicates that the company values creativity, encourages employees to develop their skills, improve themselves and enjoy their work. The secondary culture style is Achievement, which indicates that the company encourages employees to set and accomplish goals (see figure 1.1). Organizational Culture Inventory Circumplex Figure 1.1 B. PROBLEM STATEMENT * SABMiller’s...
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...Monte Carlo Statistical Analysis Name Course Instructor Date The Monte Carlo method is a mathematical method used for problem solving through the generation of random numbers and then observing a fraction of these numbers and the properties they obey. It is useful in obtaining numerical solutions to problems that are too complicated for analytical solutions. It is a form of probability used to understand the impact of risk and uncertainty in various areas such as financial and cost forecasting. It involves computation of the likelihood of given events occurring or not occurring, without taking into account the interaction of the elements involved in influencing the occurrence. The mathematical method was invented by Stanislaw Ulam in 1946 and named by Nicholas Metropolis after a classy gambling resort in Monaco, where a relative of Ulam frequently gambled [ (Fishman, 1996) ]. Concepts of the Monte Carlo method Uncertainty Being a forecasting model, there are assumptions that need to be made due to the uncertainty of various factors. One therefore needs to be able to make estimations of the expected results as they cannot predict with certainty what the end value will be. Important factors such as historical data and past experiences in the field can be helpful in making an accurate estimate. Estimation In some cases, estimation may be possible but in others it is not. In situations where estimation is possible, it is wise to use a wide range of possible values instead...
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