Finally, the project outcome will be measured according to its affect upon the participants in the long-term, the outcomes ultimately affect as a result of the project and the outcome's ultimate affect to the community in the long-term resulting from the project.
8. Risk Management: Risk measure will be carefully considered and monitored during this event. Risks have been identified to include the possibility of a sculpture falling and causing someone injury, this is considered to be a mid-level risk and the control measure applied has been to involve a logistics company to ensure the all sculptures are properly secured. Another risk is the possible damage to sculptures by the environmental factors such as wind or rain and while this risk is a low-level risk, the control measure has been applied to designate suitable locations for minimization of impact. There is a high-level risk that artists may not hand in…...
aising awareness about the presence of the disease amongst amphibian owners is essential, so they do not dispose of unwanted pets and infect wild populations. It is also essential that hikers and casual outdoor observers do not move frogs from one area to another, for fear of spreading the illness. Signs of the sickness in the frogs include discolored, peeling, or rough skin; lethargy, and lack of appetite. However, people should be aware that many frogs initially show no sign of the illness. Additionally, campers and hikers should "clean and dry all equipment and wet or muddy footwear before and between visiting frog sites. This may include cleaning the tires of your vehicle before visiting known high-risk sites where threatened frog species may live" (Frog, 2008, DECC). Zoos should also be made aware of the need to carefully monitor their amphibians, particularly because captive populations can be treated for…...
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References
Borrell, Brian. (2009). Is the frog-killing chytrid fungus fueled by climate fluctuations?
Biodiversity Defined
Biodiversity is a term which refers to the amount and degree of diversity found within living biology. Biodiversity is likely best measured as the sum total of the number of existent creatures, systems, and variety of creatures found within the world at large (National Geographic, 2016). In order to best understand the significance of this statement, it is necessary to codify biodiversity into three different varieties. There are ecosystems, species, and genes which comprise all of the variety found within the notion of biodiversity (National Wildlife Federation, 2016). Therefore, all that is needed to determine biodiversity is to simply add the number of each ecosystem, species, and gene variation found.
The importance and benefits of biodiversity
Biodiversity is important because of the way that different living systems found within it interact with one another. Oftentimes there is a degree of dependence between those systems. It is worth noting that the term…...
Even if giant salamanders may feed more individuals, they too are not sustainable sources of food because of their scarcity. However, turtles may not pose such sustainability or scarcity issues, and turtle soup has been popular throughout the ages. The popularity of turtle meat in Cajun cuisine, combined with the hardiness of turtles might make turtle meat a likely candidate for more widespread consumption: "Turtle soup is a great delicacy in Louisiana. The flavor of the turtle meat is both delicate and intense; there are supposedly seven distinct flavors of meat within the turtle (Turtle Soup, 2010, Gumbo). The fact that turtles are larger and have a wider variety of culinary applications than frogs makes them potentially superior as a food source. However, turtles raised in captivity have also been implicated in environmental problems: "turtles regularly escape or are purposely set free into the wild. They establish populations and…...
It was used by Michael Faraday in the 1800s in his experiments on electromagnetism. Other inventors improved on the battery's original design and these improvements produced telegraphs and doorbells. Napoleon onaparte was so impressed with the invention that he recommended honors for Volta, including making him a count in 1810 (CIRL, Rubin, Scratch, Corrosion Doctors).
From this first and crude battery evolved electrochemistry, electromagnetism, and modern applications of electricity (CIRL, 2011; Rubin, 2011; Scratch, 2011; Corrosion Doctors, 2011). Even the defeated principles of Galvani on animal electricity served as the initiative to the development of electrophysiology and modern biology. From Volta's name came the unit of electromotive force, called volt, while from Galvani's name was coined the galvanometer, the instrument for detecting and measuring small electric currents (CIRL, Rubin, Scratch, Corrosion Doctors).
Significance and Influence during the Industrial Revolution
It is when power is cut off that ancient means of illumination, such…...
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
CIRL. Alexander Volta Center for Integrating Research & Learning: National High
These calls are done in a rapid series of low-pitched throaty notes (Great1 pp).
A study titled, "A Comparative Analysis of Plasticity in Larval Development in Three Species of Spadefoot Toads," reported by David Reznick in the June 01, 2000 issue of Ecology, evaluated four salient features of the ilbur and Collins (1973) model for amphibian metamorphosis (Reznick pp) H.M. ilbur and J.P. Collins offered an evolutionary explanation for the labile nature of amphibian metamorphosis (Reznick pp). Their model has provided the most important framework for interpreting phenotypic plasticity in age and size at metamorphosis (Reznick pp). This model is attractive due to its simplicity, and the fact that it focuses on selection at the larval life stage, is time invariant, and ignores complex relationships between larvae and their predators (Reznick pp).
Reznick study performed an experiment on three species of spadefoot toads derived from environments that differ in their degree…...
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Works Cited
Aidem, Patricia Farrell. "Wildlife Shields Proposed Protected Areas May Expand." Daily
News. February 04, 2001. Retrieved October 08, 2005 from HighBeam Research Library Web site.
This level of disagreement was never reached, although there was some debate as to what constituted private and public traits and societal rules, for instance, in determining whether the different group's traits of dominance or subservience counted as societal rules.
Lack of clarity about group remark
There was some difficulty in defining what constituted a sociocultural rule, versus a personality characteristic. It was clear amongst all group members that the frogs were in the middle and subservient to mammals, and that the fish were prey, but just how this worked out in the society in terms of rules and laws was open to debate.
Lack of clarity about own message
Because I did not really emerge as a dominating and defining group force, in terms of the beginnings of the discussion that set the terms for the society, I did not feel that I was misunderstood, although I do feel that…...
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The frog's fear is rendered into physical action. This gives 'respect' to the frog, as Dillard does not describe the frog's feelings, which she cannot really know, as she just is observing the creature. Her metaphors are clearly in the language of a human being and the vocabulary reference of a human being. A frog would not describe himself like "a deflating football" or "a pricked balloon."
Dillard, still not sure of what is happening: "watched the taut, glistening skin on his shoulders ruck, and rumple, and fall." Ruck and rumple uses alliteration to create a sense of hard, consonant violence. The frog's fear and its physical effect upon the frog affect the interior life of the observer. Her similes begin to take on an ugliness, as the frog's skin "lay in floating folds like bright scum on top of the water," evoking both filth and the frog's natural environment. Nature…...
And for good reason: it's still one of the most effective, affordable and trusted products in agriculture today.
(Syngenta)
The company points out that this herbicide is 'safe' and that it is essential for increased crop production at a time of critical demand in the United States and the world. Syngenta also refers to the fact that in 2006 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency "…re-registered atrazine in 2006, based on the overwhelming evidence of safety from nearly 6,000 studies" (Syngenta).
While the main reason for the EU ban on this product was the indication of contaminated drinking water supplies, Syngenta denies this claim. It supports this view by referring to a 2008 study in which 122 Community Water Systems monitored in 10 states were monitored. This study found that the federal standards set for Atrazine were not exceeded in any of the states.
One should however bear in mind that Syngenta has a…...
Vertebrates
It is common knowledge that the human body consists of about 65% water. People cannot live any longer than five days without H20. Individuals of all ages love to sail the oceans, swim in the sea and soar under or speed across the waves. It comes as no surprise, then, that some part of the human psyche remembers millions and millions of years ago before animals came on shore. What is still questionable is how or why these animals made the move from water to land. The journal articles discussed below give some of the latest findings on this topic.
Early in the Devonian Era, close to 400 million years ago, all the continents were grouped closely together and surrounded by the seas. The climate ranged from dry weather to torrential rains as some tropical areas do today. Even flowers had not yet evolved on land, let alone vertebrates. Many of…...
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References Cited
Clack, J.A. "An Early Tetrapod from Romer's Gap." Nature (2002) 418: 72-76. [electronic version]
Clack, J.A. "From Fins to Fingers." Science 304.5667 (2004): 57-59. [electronic version]
Coates, M.I, and J.A. Clack. "Polydactyly in the Earliest Known Tetrapod Limbs"
Osmoregulation is the process, by which the body adjusts to a change in an environment of different water volume and amount of solutes in a cells and body fluid of organisms including vertebrates. Vertebrates are animals, which have a backbone, and can be warm either blooded or cold blooded. The body of such organisms adjusts in order to maintain the body balance both inside and outside their bodies in mild and harsh environments ranging from seawater, fresh water, and terrestrial habitats to very hostile environments. Endocrine glands found in such organisms play a major role in constant and persistent regulation of body balance, which secretes hormones directly into the blood whenever the body witnesses any environmental change (Bentley 45).
Endocrine glands present in vertebrates play a major role in controlling the level of water and salt in vertebrate's bodies. Hormones produced in vertebrates play a major role in controlling the…...
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References
Bentley, P., 2002. Comparative Vertabrate Endocrinology. chicago: Cambridge university press.
Bentley, P., 2002. Endocrines and Osmoregulation. chicago: springer publishers.
Crvendish, M., 2006. Growing up with Science.. london: marshall carvendish publishers.
Kaiser, G., 2007. The Inner Bird.. New York: UBC press.
Caldecott Medal
Each year, the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) awards the renowned Caldecott Medal to one artist. The organization is a division of the American Library Association, and this artist has created what they deem to be the most distinguished American picture book for children. hile only one children's book can be selected to receive the award each year, several others are still eligible to be runners-up, receiving an award now know as the Caldecott Honor. The committee that chooses these books is comprised of 15 members. The collective members of the ALSC select eight of these members. The other seven, including the committee's chairperson, are selected by the president of the ALSC.
This committee is faced with some rather selective criteria in their process of choosing a worthy artist for the Caldecott Medal. In order to be eligible for the award, the book must be published by…...
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Works Cited
1. Wiesner, David. Tuesday. New York: Clarion, 1991. Print.
2. Martin, Jacqueline Briggs., and Mary Azarian. Snowflake Bentley. Boston: Houghton Mifflin,
1998. Print.
3. Priceman, Marjorie. Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride. New York: Atheneum for Young Readers, 2005. Print.
Pseudacris Regilla
The Pseudacris (or Hyla) Regilla is more commonly known as the Pacific Tree Frog. It is quite small, between three quarters to two inches in length. Its coloration varies greatly, and may be brown, green, red, gray, black, or some mixture of these colors.
A dark eye strip differentiates the Pacific Tree from other frogs. Ventral coloration is cream colored with yellow or white on the hindquarters. Adult males have a dark gray or black throat. Tadpoles are dark above and light colored below. Their eyes are laterally positioned and protrude beyond the margin of the head when viewed from above. The Pacific Tree Frog's cartilage located between its fingers provides maneuverability for climbing. Its limbs are slender in proportion to the rest of its body and its hind feet are webbed. Interestingly, female Pacific Tree Frogs are larger than male ones.
The Pacific Tree Frog breeds in ponds, shallow vegetated…...
Magnolia
Paul Thomas Anderson's 1999 film Magnolia depicts a complex web of interlocking events, people, and relationships. The three-hour masterpiece proves that long cinematic journeys need not be tedious, tiresome, products of an overly ambitious producer. The movie is a delightful, rambling, and decidedly human production. The cast combines an array of famous and not-so-famous actors who all deliver star performances. However, its scriptural and cinematographic elements: strong character development, mood, and symbolism, are what makes Magnolia stand out. The movie depicts nearly a dozen different characters whose lives either already are or will become intertwined by chance or coincidence. Chance and coincidence are focal points of Magnolia, as are family ties and especially the father-child relationship. Many of the characters eventually heal troubled ties with dad by the end, thereby reaching another level of self-fulfillment and self-realization as well. Forgiveness and coming to terms with the truths of the past…...
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Works Cited
Anderson, Paul Thomas. Magnolia. Ghoulardi Film Company and New Line Cinema, 1999.
A deep and horrifying malaise hangs over
the images described here. To be sure, it seems that there is something
more than just the changing of the seasons which affects the speaker and
which afflicts his perspective so dramatically. He tells that "Then one
hot day when fields were rank / ith cowdung in the grass the angry frogs /
Invaded the flax-dam; I ducked through hedges / To a coarse croaking that I
had not heard / Before." (Heaney, 1)
This is a moment of ominous dread. The optimistic cycle where death
had given way to life in the first stanza-a decidedly naturalist embrace of
the wonder that is life-is now described as a threatening and mysterious
force somewhat beyond the comprehension or experience of the young speaker.
The language becomes decidedly more aggressive and far bleaker, describing
'gross-bellied frogs,' with a 'slap and plop' like 'obscene threats.' He
describes them as 'poised like mud grenades, their blunt heads farting.'
In all…...
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Works Cited:
Forbes, C. (2005). Seamus Heaney. Poetry Archive. Online at
1. The Amazon: A Symphony of Life Amidst the Heartbeat of the Earth This title evokes the vibrant biodiversity of the Amazon and its vital role in the global ecosystem.
2. Guardians of the Emerald Canopy: The Intricate Interplay of Species in the Amazon Rainforest This title highlights the interconnectedness of species within the Amazon and their collective role as custodians of the rainforest.
3. The Amazon Labyrinth: Unraveling the Secrets of a Diverse and Thriving Ecosystem This title piques curiosity by presenting the Amazon as a complex and enigmatic ecosystem full of hidden wonders.
Part 2: Titles Emphasizing Ecological Significance
The Snake River Ecosystem: A Lifeline for Diverse Wildlife
The Snake River is a major tributary of the Columbia River, stretching over 1000 miles across the western United States. Its diverse ecosystem supports a rich array of wildlife species, including many threatened and endangered species. Human activities have impacted the river and its ecosystem, but efforts are underway to maintain ecological balance and support the diverse wildlife that depends on it.
Diverse Wildlife Species
The Snake River ecosystem is home to a wide variety of wildlife species, including:
Fish: Over 50 fish species, including salmon, steelhead trout, and white sturgeon. Birds: Over 300....
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