...“Eating Green” Margaret Lundberg author of “Eating Green” is a vegetarian herself. As a child her mother would always feed her children healthy meals. For Lundberg it was easy to transition her diet into a vegetarian diet because she had grown up accustomed to that type of lifestyle. As a grandmother she began to realize that not only does she worry about her family members but that the benefits that contribute to being a vegan can certainly be a huge help on saving the planet we live on. There are many consequences that America may face if they continue to eat the way they eat, is what Lundberg is trying to argue. The purpose of her argument is to get others to consider a vegetarian diet in their life to potentially eliminate problems that arise from their meat intake. Her argument was weak due to not having a strong support to her evidence, losing that confidence by asking rhetorical questions, and not taking advantage of her resources. A reason why her argument was not that effective was because instead of making her argument strong she weakened it by asking rhetorical questions. Those questions in which she did not have the answers to it. Or let alone her answers to it weren’t well supported. Once the rhetorical question have been asked the reader should not have to stop and try to think of the right answer to her question. They can also skip the question and not think much about it, that’s when her argument became weak because some parts were missing which could have...
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...Understanding the Operational Environment in Mosul, Iraq SFC Leclerc, Silas Master Leaders Course 005-18 Understanding the Operational Environment in Mosul, Iraq In today?s modern battlefield, it takes a unique understanding of the operational environment and all the aspects that go along with it. As stated by Thomas Ricks in his book on Major General David Petraeus? leadership, ?The first and foremost task of a commander is to understand, with a steady head, the nature of the conflict in which he is engaged? (Knowlton, 2010 p. 5). On 6 February 2003, he got orders to deploy and by 21 March 2003, he was crossing the border from Kuwait to Iraq with 18,000 troops (Lundberg, 2006 p.1). By April 2003, MG Petraeus was in Nineveh...
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...changed Jakes’s decision from helping the humans to helping and living with the Na’vi. The aim of this essay is to explore enthinocentrism and its three areas: the primitive lives of the Na’vi, Na’vi’s romanticism with nature, and the exoticism of Pandora’s features and its inhabitants. Ethnocentrism is the view of one’s own culture to be superior and normal over the other culture (Lundberg, 2013). To the humans, they view the Na’vi as “blue monkey” (Cameron & Laudau, 2009), and are disrespectful towards their culture. The Na’vi also show the same attitude towards humans, where Eytukan, the clan leader, said that Jake has an “alien smell” (Cameron & Laudau, 2009). The humans view the trees as merely just an obstacle, whereas the Na’vi valued the trees deeply, where they believe that the trees are sacred, and were used to communicate and worship their mother goddess, Eywa. In turn, both sides think of each other as inferior and uncultured creatures from their contrast of their own beliefs. Primitivism is the view of another culture that is less developed, evolutionary and technologically (Lundberg, 2013). A scene where the Na’vi gives the impression that they are irrational and savage, was when Jake first landed on Pandora, arrows were stuck on the wheels of a huge truck passing by, which show that the Na’vi still attacked the highly developed technologically humans who owns machine guns and giant walking machines, with only their bows and arrows, as the Na’vi did not think that...
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...Technology in Restaurants Julio Olla COM/172 April 5th, 2012 Davine Jones Technology in Restaurants Technology is impacting the restaurant industry because dependency on computers is the remarkable key to run the business. Computers in restaurants are the key to create the experience that experts want to introduce to guests, to support the changes of a modern society and the information technology that is constantly changing; we are the consumers of a competitive world of technology. The technology that is being used in the business has become innovative and to take a look back on how restaurants ran before technology hit the industry is remarkable. Computers The biggest change in the restaurant business since the creation and introduction of the stove controlled by gas and the electric refrigerator is the implementation of computers (Mandabach, Blanch, Van Leeuwen, & Waters, 2006) “The restaurant industry is no longer a business of cigar boxes and order pads. In most cases restaurant managers use more technology than we used to send men to the moon” (Hamilton, 2004). The transcendental innovation of technology has created a competitive system between experts in the field and the philosophy to avoid looking back in time when restaurants used to run with just a kitchen and a few tables. Comparing the experience of a visit to a modern eating establishment with the same basic hospitality atmosphere versus a more typical restaurant, the chances are that thanks to the...
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...Information System Literature Review Team A University of Phoenix Information System Literature Review Paper Over the last 10-15 years, the gaming industry has come an extraordinary long ways in development and growth. This particular industry continues to grow and improve from year to year. The newest generations have come from board games, to video games, and finally computer games. The computer games have developed from two dimensional (2-D), three dimensional (3-D), and virtual environments. Gamers get to experience revolutionary virtual realities known as massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG). To understand the growth into MMORPG’s, a game developer must research the history, theory, some negative implementations, and contemporary best practices of networking, the opportunities, and innovation with the field of MMORPG’s. Historical development of the field The first computer game produced was 2-D in 1962 (Thomson, 2008). This was just a simple game where two players controlled his or her spaceship and attempted to destroy the opposing player. This was the lead into an ever-evolving world of gaming. The gaming industry has evolved into virtual world environments. This type of gaming has unleashed a world where players create an avatar in which can look anyway they want. This has allowed the gamers of today a way to communicate in a new way. It has even gone as far as allowing people a new way of learning (Barnett, 2010). Colleges are...
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...Calorie s (kcal) Simply Orange Juice (237 mL)1 Cheerios – Regular (24g)2 Apple (I Apple)2 Tuna (75g)2 Whole Wheat Bread (1 slice)2 Campbell’s Garden Market Vegetable Soup (250ml)3 Banana (I Banana)2 Pistachios, Shelled, Roasted, Salted (31g)2 Chicken Breast, No skin (75g)2 Lundberg Wild Rice Blend (45g)4 Broccoli (82g)2 Source Vanilla Greek Yogurt (100g)5 Salmon Fillet (75g)2 Quinoa (73g)2 Quaker Maple Brown Sugar Oatmeal (43g)6 Chocolate Milk - 2% (250ml)2 Adams Natural Peanut Butter (32g)7 Pork Loin Chop (75g)2 McCain French Fries (85g)8 Almond Milk - Original Unsweetened (240mL)9 Triscuits - Rosemary and Olive Oil (28g)10 110 95 72 87 93 140 105 177 161 160 29 50 155 70 160 190 200 208 120 30 120 Fat (g) 0 2 0 1 1 2.5 0 14 2 1 0 0 9 1 2 5 16 12 4 3 4 Protein (g) 2 3 0 19 3 3 1 7 25 4 2 8 17 2 4 8 7 22 2 1 3 Sugar (g) 33 1 14 0 2 10 14 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 12 26 2 0 0 0 1 Sodium (mg) 15 219 1 254 238 480 1 126 56 0 34 30 46 4 260 158 110 60 170 180 130 Iron (mg) 0 3.2 0.2 1.1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 Calcium (mg) 20 44 8 8 53 40 6 34 10 0 33 80 11 11 80 301 0 0 0 450 0 Fibre (g) 0 2.2 2.6 0 1 4 1 3 0 3 2 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 1 3 Carbs (g) 37 18 19 0 18 26 27 8 0 34 6 6 0 13 32 27 6 0 21 1 20 Cholesterol (mg) 0 0 0 23 0 5 0 0 64 0 0 5 47 0 0 18 0 69 0 0 0 Vitamin C (mg) 108 8 6 0 0 2 13 0 8 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 Potassium (mg) 640 78 148 178` 35 690 422 325 301 0 241 0 288 138 180 446 200 319 260 170 110 1Nutritional 2 information obtained...
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...Statistical Analysis Results for The Finer Diner Sales Proposal Introduction Cost, time and prospect is the tools used to base effective business decisions. Calculating time cost, money cost, and return on forecast, all are based on data mining, marketing research, information analysis and findings. Statistics is way to finding the answer. Statistics – The Method of Organizing Data Generally, statistics is a set of disciplines to analyze quantitative information. Statistics entails all aspects of information: comprehending, collecting, communicating, organizing, and interpreting. All of these are the key reference for forecasting consequences or decision making. Thus, it permits us to estimate the extent of our errors. Purchasing a Business It is not an easy task or decision to purchase a business. Before the final decision is made there are many things to consider. To start with, what exactly do you want to achieve? For whatever reason, you must be sure that it is something that you are ready to devote a large amount of time and energy too. Otherwise, you might be trapped into doing something that you loathe. You must ask yourself how far you are ready to commit. How much of your own time, energy, and money are you willing to sacrifice? Finer Diner Sales Proposal The owner of the Finer Diner submitted a proposal to you in hopes of selling the business to you. His asking price is $250,000. Your...
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...Walmart: E-business Analysis Dustin Cooper Intro to Information Systems Professor Young Bao Choi August 29, 2011 An E-Business Analysis of Walmart Walmart is the world’s largest company and quite possibly the most powerful retailer. Walmart began as strictly a brick and mortar store but has advanced into click and mortar over the last five decades. Walmart may soon become a major competition for huge online only retailers like Amazon. The recent acquisitions by Walmart are sure to be placing this retailer in place for an online invasion of epic proportions. Walmart was started by Sam Walton in rural Arkansas in 1962. Sam Walton had previously owned a franchise in the Ben Franklin stores since 1944 and also opened a small chain of stores called Walton’s 5 & 10. Sam Walton was extremely industrious and had a knack for increasing sales in businesses. His ability to find ways to slash prices to the lowest bottom line is the reason for the success of Walmart. (Sam Walton, 2009) Walmart stores have been geared toward the low-income customer segment. The concept of frugality is the central tenet of the company. Even the Walmart headquarters is a drab and plain building in a small town in central Arkansas. There are no luxuries at the headquarters and it is not based in a fancy big city. During the recent downturn of the world economy when other businesses were going under, Walmart had reported sales growth of 11%, amounting to $6.4 billion. Walmart has also made some...
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...Travelling Along the Third Way. A Swedish Model of Stabilisation, Equity and Growth* Lennart Erixon ♣ (December, 2005) Department of Economics, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden _____________________________________________________________________ Abstract The Swedish economic policy to combine full employment and equity with price stability and economic growth was developed by two trade union economists shortly after World War II. Through the use of extensive employment policy measures, a tight fiscal policy and a wage policy of solidarity, the Rehn-Meidner model represents a unique third way between Keynesianism and monetarism. This essay analyses the application and performance of the Rehn-Meidner model in Sweden. Although never consistently applied, it is possible to distinguish a golden age for the model from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. In the 1970s and the 1980s, governments abandoned the restrictive macroeconomic means of the model and were thus unable to combine low rates of unemployment with low inflation and high economic growth. Since the early 1990s, Sweden has not met the requirement of full employment in the Rehn-Meidner model. Recent declarations by the EU to prioritise full employment once again but without giving up the objectives of price stability and growth legitimise a renewed interest in the model. __________________ JEL classification: E24; E31; E62; J23; J31; J62; O23 Keywords: Swedish model; Rehn-Meidner...
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...Understanding Standing Our Patient Educational Needs When Cultural Diversity Meets Healthcare MA Excelsior College Health Science Author Note This paper was prepared for HSC434: Health Literacy Issues and Solutions September 28, 2014, taught by Professor Linda Rozell-Shannon. Abstract Improving provider-patient communication to overcome cultural diversity, healthcare literacy, and improve quality healthcare for all patients. Through good communication, understanding and positive feedback. Dialogue communication is like a two-way street given and taken of information to help improve provider-patient relationship, services and knowledge. Keywords: Cultural diversity, Healthcare literacy, Communication Understanding Standing Our Patient Educational Needs When Cultural Diversity Meets Healthcare Cross Walk Content My patient is a 22-year-old Vietnamese female named Khanh Ly 9 months pregnant with her first child. Khanh Ly is new to our country and unable to speak or understand the English language her husband is an oversea oilfield worker currently working out of state. Patient currently has no family or friends to help guide her. Khanh Ly is coming to the clinic for a checkup after having sharp pains throughout the night. Not knowing anyone in the city, she picked the first clinic in the phone book. Khanh Ly enters the clinic and welcomed by Nurses Mary. Mary is the clinics nurse educator. Assessment: Mary: Hello, My name is Mary your Nurse Educator, (Point...
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...Seminar 4: Electrolux AB: Managing Innovation. Problem Essay Group 10: Victoria Gruener, Christophe Vigier , Jiamei Chen, Xavier Cordova, Maria Isabel Durá, Marta Pérez 1. Problem definition: Electrolux AB is the second largest kitchen and home appliances company worldwide. Anton Lundberg and Joakim Rask, the Vice presidents of this company, clearly layout two main areas of concern for the company concerning innovation. They must find a manner to foster collaboration across continents and functions to improve the innovation method and create a culture of innovation wherein change is perceived by everyone in the company as an opportunity rather than a threat. The history of Electrolux is comprised of many mergers with and acquisitions of numerous companies. As such, the company has not only to compete in an evolving market, but it is also forced to address many internal organizational issues as well. 2. Diagnosis: In order to achieve innovation as a strategic source of differentiation, it was necessary to foster collaboration across geographies and functions, which was a challenging task for Electrolux AB because of its organizational structure based on a productcentric approach and the presence of silos in the whole organization. It was also necessary to create an innovation culture within the company, ...
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...Organisational Culture Assignment 1 Organisational Climate and Culture: Untangling the nomological net Within recent decades, the study of previously well documented organisational conditions has become somewhat less transparent. Particularly, the research documenting organisational culture and organisational climate seem to contradict earlier methods and findings regarding these concepts, thereby creating an apparent similarity between two previously distinct notions (Denison, 1996). This paper aims to assess the concepts of culture and climate while addressing the similarities and differences between the two. Secondly, it will be determined whether these two concepts are fundamentally different or inherently the same, and the implications of this determination will be discussed. Throughout the documentation of early cultural perspectives, the distinction between organisational climate and culture was seemingly quite distinct (Denison, 1996). This was confirmed by Schwartz and Davis (1981, p. 32) when they explained that, “whatever culture is, it is not climate.” A clear distinction was found in the methodology used to assess each domain. In order to study culture, researchers employed qualitative research methods, while maintaining the view that cultures were subjective and distinctive within each organisational setting (Denison, 1996). Comparatively, the dominant method of studying organisational climate was quantitatively based with the primary purpose of generalising...
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...Mission, Vision, and You Gregory D. Lundberg BUS/475 06/13/2016 Juan Salazar Mission, Vision, and You In my current position with my company, we strive on safety and self-responsibility daily that everyone makes it home safe each night. As a whole, we come together and highlight the qualities that have contributed to our success in the past and will be critical to our success in the future. Mission Statement Every day, we are striving to improve life with energy in ways that keep the community informed of changes and our responsibility to each customer. As a company we produce and provide an excellent product, market on the fair open market and ultimately deliver the acquired electricity, coal, oil, and natural gas to our customers daily. Our efforts daily from everyone at our company utilizing our products and services so we are able to publicly share our energy while strengthening our communities with support, growth, and development within. Vision Statement Striving to be the energy partner that current customers and potential customers choose to fulfill their needs for energy. Our customers that are aided by our regulated or non-regulated businesses, we value everyone and want them helping us build a business relationship day in and day out to create comradery. Business Operations Everyone here at our company is proud of what...
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...An E-Business Analysis of Walmart Patricia Brandon-Garst E-Business Professor Victor Olufeso August 29, 2011 An E-Business Analysis of Walmart Walmart is the world’s largest company and quite possibly the most powerful retailer. Walmart began as strictly a brick and mortar store but has advanced into click and mortar over the last five decades. Walmart may soon become a major competition for huge online only retailers like Amazon. The recent acquisitions by Walmart are sure to be placing this retailer in place for an online invasion of epic proportions. Walmart was started by Sam Walton in rural Arkansas in 1962. Sam Walton had previously owned a franchise in the Ben Franklin stores since 1944 and also opened a small chain of stores called Walton’s 5 & 10. Sam Walton was extremely industrious and had a knack for increasing sales in businesses. His ability to find ways to slash prices to the lowest bottom line is the reason for the success of Walmart. (Sam Walton, 2009) Walmart stores have been geared toward the low-income customer segment. The concept of frugality is the central tenet of the company. Even the Walmart headquarters is a drab and plain building in a small town in central Arkansas. There are no luxuries at the headquarters and it is not based in a fancy big city. During the recent downturn of the world economy when other businesses were going under, Walmart had reported sales growth of 11%, amounting...
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...ARTICLE IN PRESS International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics 34 (2004) 535–541 www.elsevier.com/locate/ergon Short Communication Survey of ergonomic features of supermarket cash registers$ Aviva Shinnara,Ã, Joseph Indelicatoa, Michael Altimaria, Shlomo Shinnarb a Touro College School of Health Sciences, NewYork, NY, USA Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, NY, USA b Received 5 January 2004; received in revised form 25 May 2004; accepted 26 May 2004 Available online 11 August 2004 Abstract This research was conducted to examine the biomechanical features of currently used cash register designs in New York State. Comparisons and conclusions about the designs are based on the current Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards regarding supermarket cash registers. A total of 15 supermarkets were included in the study representing a cross-section of neighborhoods. Stores were measured for heights of the various work surfaces and reach distances to the commonly used components. Results revealed that none of the stores utilized biomechanically correct designs. Disregard for certain biomechanical aspects of the register design, specifically surface heights and reach distance may contribute significantly to a high risk for injury present in the modern day job of cashiers. Relevance to industry This study highlights problems in the supermarket industry regarding compliance with ergonomic guidelines...
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