...Slow lorises are primates native to South and Southeast Asia. There are five species of slow loris but the Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) and the pygmy slow loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus) are the ones most often found in Cambodia. The slow loris has a round head with short ears and large, forward-facing eyes, which reflect light, giving off a brilliant orange-red “eyeshine” at night. These shy nocturnal animals live in trees, and are the only existing venomous primate. They produce a toxin in glands located on their elbows, which when mixed with their saliva, produces a toxic bite. Omnivorous creatures, slow lorises feed on fruit, tree gum, insects, eggs, lizards, birds, and even small mammals. While they may look slow, they are actually capable of short bursts of speed, often springing forward to catch insects with both hands. The primate, whose big eyes and timid demeanor has garnered it internet fame and media attention, is now threatened with extinction as they become increasingly popular as pets. Listed by the IUCN Red List as Vulnerable, their populations are expected to decline another 30% in the next 22 years. When captured by poachers and traders, they are often stuffed in crowded cages and exposed to hours of daylight; their teeth are painfully clipped off using nail cutters, a procedure that more than 90% of the time leads to infection and death. Used as medicine, their bodies are then spread into a crucifiction position and smoked. Wildlife Alliance’s Wildlife...
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...Dr. Lori Alvord’s is a part of two worlds where in one she is a surgeon and in the other, she is a member of the Navajo Nation. Despite a scalpel being some tool surgeons use, Alvord’s “surgeon world” is represented by the scalpel because she had to cut and sew pieces of her identity together for her worlds to co-exist. As it is stated in the introduction, “the words “Navajo” and “surgeon is not often seen together. (1)” Alvord had to perform an incision on her identity to give herself a functioning reality of her dreams and desires. Her Navajo Culture is represented as a silver bear because Alvord wears a trinket on a necklace which represents her Navajo heritage. Alvord stated, "The scalpel is my tool...but may 'Silver Bear', my Navajo beliefs...
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...Lori Greiner is an American entrepreneur, inventor, investor, and television personality. Lori is a well-known investor on ABC’s Shark Tank where she helps turn dreams into realities. Forbes writer David Williams states “Lori Greiner, one of the nation’s (and the world’s) most prolific inventors of retail products, has developed more than 350 products and holds more than 112 U.S. and international patents. She is widely acclaimed as “The Queen of QVC” due to her out-of-the-ballpark success in launching new products on QVC”. Lori became an entrepreneur by accident; her degree was in Journalism and Communications. She would often come up with ideas for children’s books that she would put on hold. Lori’s husband Dan inspired her to pursue her dreams of writing a children’s book after seeing a bestseller book similar to her original idea. From this moment she realized that she would not miss an opportunity such as this again. Lori’s next entrepreneurial feat was an earring organizer. After a $300,000 loan, she managed to first get her...
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...primate I chose is the Slow Loris. The slow Loris, which belongs to the Lorisidae family (Gron). And are part of the Strepsirhines primates and are located in Asia and tropical Africa (Stanford 170). They all range in size and weight, with an approximate life span of 25 years--in captivity (Gron). The slow Loris is completely covered in fur, which hides their ears and their short stump like tail (Gron). They have small round heads with large round eyes (Gron). Since they are primarily nocturnal their large eyes help with visibility (Gron). During the daytime the slow Loris can be found curled up on a nest--usually a tree cavity (Stanford 170). Starting from their small forehead up to their pink nose the slow Loris has a light colored strip...
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...As John Keats said, “Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity, it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.” The beauty of poetry is that everyone can have their own interpretation. The poem Girl Crush by Liz Rose and Lori McKenna has had two main interpretations from the audience. An envious girl who has lost her man to another girl describes her feelings so others who have been through the same thing can relate. The authors develops a resentful tone and a theme of jealousy through the diction and use of repetition. The diction found in the poem Girl Crush has a double effect on the reader. At first she uses “girl crush”, and “heart rush” to describe her feelings towards a girl, which makes the reader think she is referring to a girl lover. Then she continues with using other phrases such as, “I wanna taste her lips, yeah, ‘cause they taste like you” (5) and “…maybe then you’d want me just as much” (8). At this point in the poem the reader can realize it is not about a girl lover but an obsession of wanting to be like the girl that her loved man is with. Also, the phrase “Yeah, ‘cause maybe then you’d love me just as much” (8) helps set a tone of resent the speaker has toward the man because she wishes she could be like the girl he is with....
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...{Both are in a hotel room that Lori has reserved just for a weekend of partying with Zach an old boyfriend that she will never forgive} Zach: Girl you are just too sexy to me. Lori: Well thank you Zach {while trying on lipstick} Zach: Why do you even wear make-up because you are so beautiful without all that caked upon your face Lori: I just have to have my make-up on its makes me feel much more glamorous. Zach: So how are you enjoying the fast-paced Vegas life? Lori: I just love it, way more exciting than Louisiana. I miss nothing about that place. Zach: I know what you mean; I’ve wanted to move here ever since the first time I visited. You and I always have so much fun together and I really miss you, miss being with you. Lori: Let’s not go there what you I can never forget. Zach: That’s been so long ago and besides I have apologized so many times for my mistake. Why don’t you forgive and forget? Lori: Because what you did was too horrible to forgive and definitely too hard to forget about. The shit you did was gross, sneaky, and embarrassing. Zach: {Shaking his head in regret} that night I was way too wasted and I can hardly remember what really happened. Lori: {stands up with hands in a fist} well let me remind you then. You left with my first cousin after a block party that I didn’t even attend and you had sex with her and now as a the result of that you two have twins!!! Zach: Those twins may not even be mine; I mean hell I never even met them. She wants nothing...
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...What are the key problem(s) Lori and Doug are facing? Enjoyed ownership and working with staff Desire for more free time Wanted to stay involved in community Options: Looking for new opportunities within the existing business Stratford Waterfront Development (New Beanz) Sell Beanz to the Highest Bidder Focus on a Management Buyout (Gradual ownership transfer method) Work with an Angel Investor (150,000 for 50% ownership) Considering their commitment to producing fresh and consistent homemade food, loyal staff base and a strong sense of community, to ensure its continued growth and presence Which option(s) should they pursue to address the problem(s) you’ve identified? Please be sure your recommendation(s) explicitly address the problem(s) you’ve identified and are based on your strategic analyses of the situation. How should Doug and Lori go about implementing the recommended strategy(s)? Discuss how the plan you’ve suggested is specific, measurable, actionable, realistic, and timely. Lori and Doug opened Beanz, a cafe in downtown Charlottetown that focused on offering homemade food and coffee beverages, in 1996. During the next 16 years, they saw 11 coffee shops open in the area, as well as many restaurants close, or change ownership. One of these, was Starbucks. Although they didn't see a change in sales because of it, they wondered if they should consider Starbucks a competitor. Areas of opportunity for Beanz include communicating the...
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..." Warm ... Yuki's ... Warm Yuki smiled a faint smile and Alma smiled. Yuki looked up and witnessed the fight. She thought if she could study Maka's fighting style she could learn from it. Lori spun the hammer and Maka spun the scythe and got in their stances. The girl got up. " your picking on me too ? " The girl then jump toward Maka and Maka blocked her attack easily. Lu then did Infernal resonance, but it didn't cut through Soul. Yuki was amazed to see such strength. Then Lori appeared behind her and hit her with her soul wavelength. The girl suffered great damage which led her to far back towards the church window, She got back up and went to Lori, Lori hit the girl with the hammer and hit her with her soul wavelength which blew out her stomach and Maka kicked her outside. The girl then started squirming and yelling in pain and agony, and blood seeped through and levitated around Maka and Lori. Maka nodded to Lori, then Lori started to spin the hammer. The blood particle's moved around and then she slowed down, they turned into needles and Lori smacked the hammer down on the floor and a giant force field spirit taking in the blood particle's. Until one of them scratched Lori's eye's. ( but thank god I didn't hit her eye it just scratched it ) And then Maka went for the...
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...A Novice Manager’s Tale of Woe Synopsis: Tricia Monet is 23 years old with a Bachelor’s degree in accounting. Due to her fiancé’s job, she was relocated to Sioux City, Iowa. Prior to her move Tricia had spent almost a year working for an accounting firm but later decided that she wanted to make a career change. After her relocation, she applied for an assistant director position with a company called Personal Reflections and was offered the position just hours after her interview. She accepted the job offer and received a two week training which was extremely helpful for her, being that she had no experience in a managerial role. Tricia began her role in her new position on August 1. It started off rocky, almost immediately, and in a matter of months things took a drastic turn with her new job. The store that Tricia worked for was apart of a National Chain. Each location was ranked on a level 1-4 based on its sale revenue with one being the highest. The Sioux City location was a level 3 store under the direction of Heather Munson. Before Tricia even began her position, Munson had already felt disgruntle at the fact that she was never included in the selection process for hiring the three assistant directors for her store. Munson and Tricia’s work relationship started off on a bad note. Every encounter that Tricia had with Heather made her feel as though she was being questioned. Tricia made an effort to bring some structure to the disorderly, messy store and was reprimanded...
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...Accessory S... 1120 · Inventory As... 5000 · Cost of Goo... 4030 · Equipment S... 2200 · Sales Tax P... 6130 · Sales Discou... 1,034.64 750.00 362.50 362.50 214.70 69.94 1,397.14 55 Invoice 1/2/2011 4 Hammar, Azar Hammar, Azar Hammar, Azar Hammar, Azar State Board of Equ... Invoice 1/2/2011 5 Palm Springs Scho... Palm Springs Scho... Palm Springs Scho... Palm Springs Scho... Palm Springs Scho... State Board of Equ... Palm Springs Scho... 1,836.00 400.00 400.00 133.11 Payment 1/2/2011 102-33 Tokumoto, Russ Tokumoto, Russ 12000 · Undeposite... 1200 · Accounts Re... 299.95 750.00 750.00 799.95 71.77 109.99 Invoice 1/3/2011 6 Sweeney, Lori Sweeney, Lori Sweeney, Lori Sweeney, Lori State Board of Equ......
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...through the two true stories of Jeannette Walls, author of The Glass Castle, and Albert DeMeo, author of For The Sins Of My Father, and how their parents raised each kid. It is shown through the parents impact of Debra and Albert DeMeo, and Lori, Jeannette, Brian, and Maureen Walls’s life. A good parent will strive for the success of their children. In the case of Rex and Rosemary Walls in the true story of The Glass Castle, they don’t do as such. Rex focused more on alcohol and himself than his children while his wife focused more on her sugar addiction and her artwork than anyone's welfare. Due to these dire situations, Lori, Jeanette, and Brian Walls had no support to rely on but their own. Though it seemed like a horrible situation to be in, for this dysfunctional family, it was the perfect solution. “Was...
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...twenty percent equity in his company. He explained to the panel that he wants to expand his business to cities other than just New York. The investors gave him helpful advice on how to go about the expansion and all recommended to first saturate his current market, New York City, and then go on to other destinations. Three of the “sharks” simply told him they don't see the need for that amount of money because the company isn't worth that much. Laurie was very interested but was wanting a bigger piece of the pie, because she felt like she could show him how to move the business into extreme success. Out of the last three investors, they all decided to give him a portion of what he was asking with thirty three percent of the business. Lori and Kevin decided to partner giving him $50,000 for thirty three percent and loaning the rest when he needed it....
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...Amy owes her loyalty to Lori, Steven and the company. Amy owes her loyalty to Lori - her best friend – more than she does to Steven and the company. As Amy mentioned in her article: the loyalty and commitment that investment bankers, particularly analysts, feel toward their employers is difficult for many to understand. She lived, ate and breathed her work. And there exists almost a cult mentality in the company and loyalty is even more important than one’s health, family and friends. Personally I have never worked at an investment bank so I cannot even imagine the mentality, but I do understand them and I do think that is a very important reason why there are so many successful investment banks in the U.S., more than any other country in the world. I do understand it, but I do not agree with it. Does this mentality even sound right? Is it the right standard to begin with? I know there are people who do not put their friends, family, and their loved ones first, but, for a noble reason, like saving lives, freedom, etc. Though the loyalty and commitment to the company is crucial, is it really more important than the loyalty you have to your best friend? A best friend who would do anything for you? Amy mentioned the loyalty to career and employer was, with few exceptions, the first priority. If in this case, Lori could not be the exception, then what could be? Where to draw the line in the future and where is the turning back if Amy loses her loyalty to Lori this time? People might...
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...She did not move with Lori, Jeannette because she was too young. Mom and Dad called Jeannette and Lori all the time with a problem. The biggest problem that happened was when Maureen fell of the porch and gashed her head. “When Lori heard that she declared it was time for Maureen to move to New York” (251). Maureen was only twelve and arrived in early winter. Maureen graduated from high school and enrolled in a city college but she did not apply herself so she ended up living with Mom and Dad. Ever since she was little she looked for someone to take care of her. She got boyfriends but those never lasted long. The more she stayed with Mom and Dad the more she became lost. Her and Dad got into fights. Maureen would call him a “worthless drunk” and Dad would call Maureen a “sick puppy” and that “ she was the runt of the litter and she should have been drowned at...
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...Walls Parenting Style Rex and Rosemary Walls are permissive parents to their four children in Jeanette Walls’ memoir The Glass Castle, “These parents rarely discipline their children” (Cherry, “The Four Styles of Parenting”). Lori pulls a gun on Billy when he threatens Jeanette and shoots at them with a BB gun. “Lori wasn’t as good of a shot as me, but she pointed the gun in Billy’s general direction and pulled the trigger.” (88). The after math of this event did not lead into Lori being punished for what she did after Jeanette tells Rex it was self-defense, instead the family moves in the middle of the night. The parents are more of a friend status to their children (Cherry). When asked and sober Rex plays and spends time with his kids. “My...
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