...rid of it. Farmers are decreasing the variety of flowers by using herbicides for their own profit. In her speech, Spivak said, “Many of these weeds are flowering plants that bees require for their survival”. In addition, the narrator said, “Like humans, bees do best when they eat a balanced diet from many different sources” (qtd. in It’s okay to be smart). When bees are starved of pollen, or receive from a single plant source, their lifespan and immune functions decrease. In addition, the monoculture of California almond tree leaves the bees few choices of flowers....
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...Rogerian Speech – To Bee or not to be? That is the question – and the Answer! Could you ever imagine a world without food? Life for us would not exist if it weren’t for bees. These amazing, sometimes feared insects are one of our most important keys to life. We should all consider becoming beekeepers. I know many of you are going to think this is a crazy idea. Perhaps it is. I know you may be worried too – perhaps even scared of these little flying sometimes-annoying pests. I can understand your fear. I too have allergies. All it takes for some is just one bite or sting and it’s a matter of life or death. But, with a little beekeeping know-how and some proper equipment close at hand, you too could be helping save our world from possible extinction! I am sure many of you have heard that we have lost millions of our bees from what experts call colony collapse. Monsanto, Bayer and DuPont have been developing special hybrid seeds that will grow “super corn”, but in the meantime have managed to kill off large numbers of our bees. It made national news at least once, but I don’t think too many people took notice. We tend to mistake bees for wasps or think of “killer bees”. You might not realize that without these amazing little creatures, we have no fruits or vegetables not to mention flowers. The easiest way to become a beekeeper is simply looking on the Internet. There are many starter kits available and for as little as $300, you can help with our sustainability. A kit...
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... Being from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds, we all have been exposed to honey bees and their products in unique ways. Despite our differences, collectively, we share great interest in the application of honey, bee venom (BV) and propolis in contemporary medicinal practices. In the following paragraphs each member shares their personal exposure with bees and why they have an interest in the medicinal use of BV. Mai As a young boy, my father intentionally interfered with bees in order to get stung. Now, being an adult, he is immune to bee stings, showing no signs of inflammation after a bee sting. The first time I got stung by a bee I was 7 years old. It hurt so badly and one thing was sure: “I would not walk in my father’s footsteps, when it comes to the subject bee stings.” In university, a classmate mentioned that BV contains certain chemicals which are beneficial to multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Although my first experience was unpleasant, I started to believe that bees can be useful. Good story: it reveals the sources of your curiosities and it draws out social issues. Morayo “They sting! Keep away!” this was my initial perception of bees. Later on, I learned that bees can be useful. As a child, my parents gave me lime and honey to alleviate tonsillitis (inflammation of the tonsils). Eventually, I started using honey to exfoliate my skin. My interest in bees was greatly influenced by modern biology classes in high school where I realized how organized...
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...Beyond the Veil: Their Eyes Were Watching God Research Paper In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, the main character Janie experiences three different marriages during the 1930’s that affect her free will in different ways. Her first two marriages limited and influenced her self-image, her speech, and her ideal relationship within the marriage. However, the marriage that most negatively affected all three of these aspects, and lasted the longest, was her second marriage to Joe Starks. The first aspect, Janie’s self-image, is dealt with in several ways. When Joe Starks first meets Janie, he flatters her by remarking upon her appearance. “You behind a plow! You ain’t got no mo’ business wid uh plow than uh hog is got wid uh holiday! You...
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...to its ability to share the author's opinion and understanding about life and human experiences. It is impossible to tell a story without letting out one's views and attitudes toward a subject of the story. By sharing these views, it helps someone distinguish or open up to new ways of thinking and feeling. To demonstrate, the theme in Raymond Carver's short story "What We Talk When We Talk About Love" portrays multiple themes, which are love, language and communication, marriage, drugs and alcohol, and violence. Although themes are not directly presented, you can derive an idea or the evidence of what the theme may be from the characters, actions, and settings that formulate the story. For example, based on the what the characters of What We Talk About When We Talk About Love are trying to define as love, you can formulate that one of the themes are the elusive nature of love. For instance, Mel says, " I was going to tell you something. I mean, I was going to prove a point. You see, this happened a few months ago, but it's still going on right now, and it ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk about love like we know what we're talking about when we talk about love" (p. 729). He is saying that even though they speak on the meaning of love like they really know what it is, he is pretty sure none of the couples actually know what they are trying to say. He tries to precisely define love by telling a story about an elderly couple that almost died in a car accident. The ending...
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...( C HA P TE R S F O R I S L 1 ) CHAPTER 1 – THE ORIGINS OF LANGUAGE The divine source: Bible: Adam gave names to the things Hindu: wife of the creator of the universe created the language Several experiments to find the “original” language: Psammetichus: two babies grew up only for the company of goats children have uttered “bekos” – (Phrygian word for “bread”) could be the sound of the goats “be” (Greek suffix “-kos”) King James the Fourth: Children should have started speaking Hebrew Other experiments: children whit no access to human language grow up with no language at all The natural sound source: Language as a result of onomatopoeia and/or natural cries of emotion (e.g. splash, bang, boom, ouch, ooh, wow,…) What about soundless and abstract things? The social interaction source: Language as a result of communication between earliest groups of humans, who used hums, grunts and groans -> language as a progress of this Apes and other primates also have grunts and groans for communication, but no language The physical adaption source: Evolution factors which have made humans able to develop language: o Teeth are upright and even in height o Lips have more intricate muscle interlacing than other primates o Mouth is smaller an can be opened and closed rapidly o Tongue is smaller, thicker and more muscular o Larynx (containing the vocal cords) is much lower than the position of other primates o Pharynx (above vocal cords) acts as a resonator The tool-making...
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...Abstract Entitlement, as defined by The American Heritage Dictionary (1985), is "to furnish with a right or claim to something." The legal definition of entitlement as defined by Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2007), is “an individual’s right to benefits by law or contract.” “Entitlement Mentality” as defined by our textbook is the general belief that someone is owed something (for example, a job, an education, a living wage, or health care) just because she or he is a member of society (Carroll & Buchholtz, 2008). In this paper we will discuss the entitlement mentality of various demographic groups along with the other generations we have labeled, and how the idea of Pluralism plays a part in the Entitlement way of thinking as well. Along with how this mentality is perceived, why and how it’s been acquired by our new generation and how other generations played a part in this new mind set and the potential effect and how or what we can do to remedy the situation. Introduction I would like to explain my background as I feel this will lay the groundwork for this paper and portray my personal beliefs as to why the various generations have played a part in my life and others lives as well. I myself was born in 1964 in Chicago the last year of the “Baby Boomer Generation” (1946-1965) one year before “Generation X’ (1965-1981) and from parents of the “Silent Generation” (1928-1945) and I now have children from the “Millennial” (1982-2009) or “Generation Y” (Pew, 2010). ...
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...him of my woe." Whitman's "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" contains assonantal "I's" in the following lines: "How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick, / Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself." Character An imaginary person that inhabits a literary work. Literary characters may be major or minor, static (unchanging) or dynamic (capable of change). In Shakespeare's Othello, Desdemona is a major character, but one who is static, like the minor character Bianca. Othello is a major character who is dynamic, exhibiting an ability to change. Characterization The means by which writers present and reveal character. Although techniques of characterization are complex, writers typically reveal characters through their speech, dress, manner, and actions. Readers come to understand the character Miss Emily in Faulkner's story "A Rose for Emily" through what she...
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...LEG 500 WK 5 MIDTERM EXAM To purchase this visit here: http://www.activitymode.com/product/leg-500-wk-5-midterm-exam/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM LEG 500 WK 5 MIDTERM EXAM LEG 500 WK 5 Midterm Exam Questions 1. Select the best definition of ethics: a. a fairly clear cut set of guides for decision making. b. a set of relatively unclear principles regarding what we must do. c. a set of relatively unclear principles regarding what we should do. d. religious views about the world. 2. Laws must be static and unyielding in order to provide stability for a society. a. True b. False 3. Choose the statement regarding duty to rescue that is false: a. There is no general duty to rescue an individual. b. One basis for not imposing individual rescue liability is: An individual should have a right of freedom of action, privacy and personal autonomy not to intervene and perform rescue. c. Under a liberal–communitarian approach, citizens owe a duty to the state to rescue other citizens based on reciprocal rights and duties. d. When one taunts another person who then puts themselves in danger in response to the teasing, the teaser has a duty to rescue the other. 4. All of the following are considered exceptions to the general rule that there is no duty to rescue except: a. Contract – lifeguards, for example, have signed contracts agreeing to rescue people in exchange for pay and benefits. b. Witnessing an accident – this creates a duty to step in and help...
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...'confidentially' which suggests that he lowers his tone, and is about to say something shocking. For the audience, having Mr Birling lower his voice, and speak to Gerald in a confidential manner creates a tense mood and atmosphere, as the audience feel that they are being privy to something that should be contempt from knowing. The fact that Mr Birling speaks to Gerald in a confidential manner shows the audience that he is trying to be dissumulative from the women in the household, which in turn creates a tense mood and atmosphere. A few lines down, this tense mood and atmoshphere is reinforced when Mr Birling blatently belittles Gerald and undermines his social standing. He informs Gerald that his mother, "Lady Croft", feels that Gerald has, "done better for himself socially." We know that Gerald feels embarassed by this, as the stage directions state that Gerald feels "RATHER EMBARRASSED". The reaction from the audience at this point in the play would be one of sympathy for Gerald and contempt for Mr Birling, which will be further reinforced later on in Mr Birlings speech, when he states that he is recieving "just a knighthood." The fact that Mr Birling talks about a knighthood in such a blasé manner suggest that he feels that a knighthood is something very common, or even below his current social standings. Priestley uses a litote here in Mr Birlings speech to reveal more about Mr Birlings character. The fact that he shows off about the fact that he will be recieving "just a knighthood"...
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...alleviation. * For all intended purposes, the DataVerse would be on a Google Docs Spreadsheet for extensive view for all. b. Marky: Your Marketing Phone * The organization uses a marketing phone, Marky for brevity, for sponsor callings, corporate apprenticeships and the like. The Finance and Properties Committee is responsible for the irregular loading of Marky. * This year, we aim to concretely have an org marketing phone, not owned by anyone but by everyone. c. Marketing 101: Seminar on Marketing Process * We want to produce not just academically-challenged students but also externally-involved citizens. This goals to teach those applicants to learn how to market properly, through hand-outs, speech tutorials and situational analyses. d. Three Months Rule: Marketing Time Frame * The committee is responsible for the marketing strategy by the organization, with the help of the assigned ad-hoc head. We would like to fix an efficient time frame for the marketing process: that is minimum of two months until the event and maximum of three months. e. What Happens After: Corporate Post-Evaluation * Every after an event, wherein a corporate sponsor or the like helped the organization in one way or another, a post-evaluation or feedback will be requested from them to fully...
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...A Historic Inauguration Chaquita Johnson ENG 121 Composition I Instructor Ginger Marcinkowski December 20, 2015 A Historic Inauguration I remember it like it was yesterday, feeling honored, excited and staring in awe among millions of people who were just as excited as me. I could not begin to comprehend how much this event would affect my life because I had a first-hand account of experiencing history. January 20, 2009, will forever be among the most remarkable events in my life. Witnessing the inauguration of our nation's’ first African American president holds a momentous place in my heart and mind. Two a.m. Sunday morning before Barack Obamas’ inauguration ceremony, many of my family and friends loaded a crowded charter bus for the historic journey to our Nations’ Capital to witness this life changing event. As we traveled 10 hours by bus to Washington D.C, you could hear women laugh like hyenas and gallant voices of men telling tales of when they encountered instances of racism and injustice. As I sat inaudible in my bucket seat wrapped in a patchwork chevron quilt, I immersed myself in the cultural conversations around me while acquiring knowledge of the struggles my elders endured during the Civil Rights Movement. One common facet in every conversation was the fact that they never thought they would live to see a black president. Oh, how it made me proud to see how our nation has evolved and that my elders lived to experience it too! Further down...
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... Anina overheard her father talking to the kingdom's chief priestess. The priestess was frantic about a report that they could not find a single maiden who was unblemished. Later, Anina asked her father what it was all about, and the king finally broke down. There had long been a seven-headed dragon threatening the kingdom, and the monster could only be appeased if an unblemished maiden was sacrificed to it. In fear, all the women in the kingdom had cut themselves to disqualify themselves from the sacrifice. Parents cut their own baby girls so as to spare the infants from the sacrifice. But the king and the queen couldn't bring themselves to mar their daughter's beauty, and so Anina was the only remaining unscarred female in the kingdom. Anina did not weep. Instead, she willingly offered herself for the sacrifice. Fortuitously, on the day she was to be brought to the mountain where the dragon lived, a man calling himself Khan Laon appeared. (Khan in his language meant a noble lord.) He said he came from a kingdom far away in order to slay the dragon and spare Anina's life. No one believed the dragon could be killed, but Khan Laon insisted that his ability to talk to animals would help him. He asked the help of the ants, the bees and the eagles. The ants swarmed over the dragon's body and crept under its scales to bite its soft, unprotected flesh, while the bees stung the fourteen eyes of the dragon till it was blind. The largest eagle carried Khan Laon to...
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...heroic protagonist that desires structure and rules even in an isolated setting. His need for civilization on the island can be attributed to his childhood experiences. Ralph often reminisces about his childhood days when he felt safe and secure. In chapter 7, Ralph daydreams about his life before the island, “Mummy had still been with them and Daddy had come home everyday. Wild ponies came to the stonewall at the bottom of the garden, and it had snowed. . . Everything was all right; everything was good-humored and friendly” (Golding 114). Golding’s word choice of “Mummy” conveys Ralph’s affectionate tone towards his mother, an adult that cared for him, showing his desire for security. Ralph’s past experiences with civilization had impacted him in a positive way causing him to associate structure and rules with a secure feeling. He tries to recreate this structured system on the island and expects to retain those feelings of safety and views civilization as a way to survive. Although the Lord of the Flies is simply a fictitious novel, the theory that behavior is linked with childhood experiences can be proven in the real world. Psychological studies over child development has been linked to behavior later in life. Catherine DuCharme, a professor at California State University, infers about human nature, “The objective, scientific study of children suggested that the child was neither good nor bad, and that the child's development was dependent upon nature and the environment.”...
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...Examples of Ethos: When I am the nominee, I will offer a clear choice. John McCain won't be able to say that I ever supported this war in Iraq, because I opposed it from the beginning. Senator McCain said the other day that we might be mired for a hundred years in Iraq, which is reason enough to not give him four years in the White House. If we had chosen a different path, the right path, we could have finished the job in Afghanistan, and put more resources into the fight against bin Laden; and instead of spending hundreds of billions of dollars in Baghdad, we could have put that money into our schools and hospitals, our road and bridges – and that's what the American people need us to do right now. Barack Obama Potomac Primary Night Speech February 12, 2008 "I have pledged myself and my colleagues in the cabinet to a continuous encouragement of initiative, responsibility and energy in serving the public interest. Let every public servant know, whether his post is high or low, that a man's rank and reputation in this Administration will be determined by the size of the job he does, and not by the size of his staff, his office or his budget. Let it be clear that this Administration recognizes the value of dissent and daring -- that we greet healthy controversy as the hallmark of healthy change. Let the public service be a proud and lively career. And let every man and woman who works in any area of our national government, in any branch, at any level, be able to say with...
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