Essays on Tap

Thesis

Drinking tap water is more healthy and economical as compared to drinking bottled water.

Introduction

Water is the basis of all life because every animal and plant depends on it for survival. The human body composes of 60% water, which makes it necessary for people to drink large volume of water daily. People prefer drinking clean water because it is healthy and quenches thirst more effectively. Clean drinking water is not abundant, but people have tried many ways of providing clean water to the community.

The limited availability of water in some areas has resulted into companies coming up with ...

Bottled water should not be sold or must be properly regulated since tap water is better in most ramifications. This is simply because of the associated merits in terms of costs, environmental benefits and health benefits. The need for safer water, environment with less hazardous material, and economic benefits makes tap water the best choice if we considered the option between tap water and bottled water. There have been several issues with the production & sales of bottled water. These are in terms of cost, environmental effects, and health concerns. Despite those issues, big multinational companies such as ...

Abstract

This report delineates the water quality and contamination of groundwater based on different water samples in three experiments. The water quality was monitored by adding laundry detergent, oil and vinegar in one experiment. The effectiveness of filtered water was evaluated in the second experiment by passing the contaminated water through filter layers containing sand, gravels and charcoal. The filtrate showed clear water compared to raw water. The third experiment was conducted to make a comparative analysis of water samples obtained from tap water with two types of bottled water samples. The samples obtained from Dasani and Fiji bottled showed good ...

Introduction

Fiji Water Company has experienced several challenges especially in 2008. The company struggled in achieving a carbon reduction in its emission levels at its production plant. Further, there were carbon emission levels that were experienced in its transportation of products. This made it difficult for the company to convince the consumers and stakeholders of its dedication in reducing its carbon production. The company’s title as a leading company, in environmental concerns involving activities such as carbon footprint disclosure created doubts among its consumers and stakeholders alike. The company has also faced environmental protests in several markets it has tried ...

Providing access to clean water is the major priority for UNICEF. The UNICEF Tap Project is currently a unique international campaign, which provides access to clean water and sanitation to children nationwide. Its work is very efficient: merely with $5, UNICEF is able to provide 200-day water for a single child. Thanks to UNICEF, since 1990 more than 2.1 billion now have access to clean water. In 2007 only the ad campaign of tap project was carried out in New York State. The campaign gave incentives to diners of more than 300 restaurants to donate $1. The dollar was donated ...

SCENARIO ONE

EXPERIMENT TO INVESTIGATE THE SUDDEN FLOW OF WATER IN THE TAPS AT HOME

This study is going to investigate the sudden floor of water in my house. Water running from the tap is usually enabled by many factors such as shortage in the reservoir tanks, absence of power to pump it up and down the reservoirs among other factors.

In my house, there is a massive water reservoir located at the top of the building. Water is pumped from the public water lines to the dam at the reservoir tank by use of electricity. Once the water is pumped, and the tanks are full, it flows by some force whether gravity or not ...

Water is considered as one of the basic needs of men and occurs in abundance due to its extensive supply on the planet. The rise of technology, however, caused many known pollutions to environmental elements, such as water. This paved the way for innovation of clean waters to be accessible to most of the world, hence, the advent of bottled waters. Though clean water is deemed a necessity and must be made available to people, Tom Standage’s “Bad to the Last Drop” argues that clean water is more advantageous to be acquired in tap water, especially in developed countries, ...

Bottled water is the world's fastest growing beverage, but customers prefer turning on the tap. Water Bottlers generally take advantage of consumer concerns regarding municipal water supplies, hence increasing demand for their product. A number of bottled waters, nonetheless, differ from tap water simply because it is distributed by bottles rather than through pipes (Mark, 2012) Tap and Bottled water come from basically the same sources: springs, aquifers and lakes, to list a few. Actually, a considerable fraction of the bottled water products on store shelves are tap water although treated and filtered with extra steps to perk up taste ( ...

Introduction

This is well documented that the chemical composition of water affects the taste, color, odor, and so forth. Some of these salts also pose a threat to human health. The chemical composition of water is based on different dissolved solids. Total dissolved solids are referred to matters in tap water or water bodies that left in a container as residue after evaporation and drying of a water sample. WHO and EPA recommended that it should be below 500 mg/L (Broséus et al., 2009; EPA, 2013).

Classification of Dissolved Solids

The dissolved solids comprised of various salt contents present in the water as well as other ...

- Executive Summary Quench is a brand leader in the bottled water sector. The company was founded in 1998 and has steadily expanded operations to become a global multi million pound company. Its main strengths have been competitive pricing, strong advertising campaigns and a positive brand image. Their main market sector consists primarily of customers with sporty, healthy, clean-living lifestyle aspirations. It sponsors several sporting events not only in Britain but worldwide. The Quench brand is associated with trust and reliability. With increased competition and economic recession, the company has registered low sales volumes and reduced profit margins. This report provides ...

Business

A Personal Business Plan: Verizon and Verizon’s TAP

My personal business plan takes into account the dreams I have for the future based on goals I have set for myself concerning my education and work experience. Focusing on a personal business plan has given me an opportunity to explore the opportunities that the Verizon Company offers for employees. I am particularly interested in Verizon because the company offers not only tuition payment assistance but also a career path that allows promotions from the lower level to the highest level. This is the way I can move from an entrance position ...

Abstract

Water is one of the fundamental requirements for any form of living thing on earth. It is known for the many vital roles that it plays in the continued survival of animals and growth of plants. In animals, water plays an essential role in maintaining many processes that take place both in the system of the animal and the outside world as well. Water acts as a medium through which most chemical reactions take place within the body system of all animals. In plants, it plays several roles, mainly by allowing the absorption of dissolved nutrients and mineral salts present ...

Water Quality and Contamination

Introduction Water is one of the basic needs of living organisms. Without water, life would be impossible. Humanity is dependent on water for their day to day activities. Basically, the foremost use of water is for drinking. Living organisms like humans have to take in water for their bodies to survive and sustain the various cellular activities. Aside from drinking, man use water for cooking, washing, recreation, cleaning, and keeping plants alive. Water used for drinking needs to be essentially clean. It must be free from germs and chemicals for the good health of man. Contaminated water ...

1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Quench remains a brand leader in the sector of bottled water. Founded in 1998, the company has expanded its operations to all segments of the world. To date, the company boasts of being among the multibillion companies in the globe. Some of the strengths behind the success of Quench are robust advertisements, competitive pricing and image that is positive. The major market segments of the company are sporty individuals who aspire to leave a healthy life. Quench’s initiatives to fund various activities like sports have also received a warm welcome in the community. The reliable and trusted ...

What are strengths and weaknesses of whole foods?

Whole Foods Market inc. has various strengths that continuously stamp its authority as a market leader in retail of natural and organic food items. It also has weaknesses that have made it susceptible to competition and comparative disadvantage in the global market. The company, nevertheless, has taken to its stride to capitalize on its strengths and mitigate on its weaknesses in order to retain its competitive edge in the global market.

Strengths

The company has several strengths that explain why it has enjoyed the position of market leader for years in the food industry. The first strength is noted to be ...

Short title- Effects of Groundwater Contamination

Full title- Effects of Groundwater contamination on water quality utilized for drinking purposes Lab 2 - Experiment 1: Effects of Groundwater Contamination Hypothesis: Laundry detergent is responsible for causing maximum groundwater contamination due to the presence of components like, surfactants containing Alkylbenzenesulphonates and bleaches containing Sodium hypochlorite, and bleach activators containing Tetraacetylethylenediamine.

Post-Lab Questions

- Restate your hypothesis. Was it confirmed or denied? How do you know?

As per our hypothesis, laundry detergent is responsible for causing maximum groundwater contamination.

Yes, our hypothesis was confirmed. This was because of the physical presence of foam and soapy and grassy smell in the water which was mixed with laundry detergent and passed ...

The poster and flyer is specifically intended for the purpose of enhancing the awareness of people in Champaign that a Water Campus Event is about to commence. During the event, tap water would be distributed for free, in eco-friendly containers. The goal is to provide the local community members the chance to taste tap water, deemed ultimately safe for human consumption. Since the poster and flyer would be used to invite people to try and taste tap water, the design should be attractive and should contain crucial information in carefully selected texts that would rationalize choosing tap water. As seen ...

The immune system has an immune arsenal that help in the combat of infections including the challenging viral infections (Iannello 2006). Upon infection by a virus, the host invariably reacts by activating its line of defenses. These immune defenses can fall into two main groups: the innate immune system (first line of defense) and adaptive immune response. The innate immune system is non-specific in nature, but the adaptive immune system is acquired following previous infections or vaccinations (Iannello 2006). However, viruses continue to undergo an evolution and have engineered strategies that evade the hosts’ immune antiviral responses. This paper examines ...

INTRODUCTION

Water is an essential element of the ecosystem. In fact, it controls all processes related to the ecosystem. It acts as a base upon which all human, animal and plant life survives. The food consumed and the habitats of all animals and humans are all part and parcel of the positive impacts this natural resource holds over life. However, there have not been significant measures designed to protect this natural resource so as to keep it in its original form without placing an undue imbalance within the ecosystem (National Resources Defense Council, 2014). Environmental activists have come out several times ...

WATER QUALITY AND CONTAMINATION REPORT

ABSTRACT The process of water filtration systems is to remove impurities from a water source to create potable water in sufficient quantities to supply a municipality. In order to do this water is filtered by several different processes to remove different types of impurities. To test the efficacy of these different processes, a series of laboratory experiments was set up using the same type of materials and processes, but on a smaller scale. The data suggests that these processes are effective in removing most impurities and contaminants, However there is room for improvement and a higher quality of drinking water could be obtained ...

TAP 21 Competencies: A Tall Order for an Addiction Counselor

Addiction is dependence on a particular substance which a person believes is necessary for his daily functioning ability. Addiction may take different forms. One of which is dependence on substance, categorically taken to mean illegal drugs and alcoholic beverages. The cause of such abuse is oftentimes rooted in psychological disorders that prevent the person from functioning without external crutches, in the form of substances. A potential treatment modality for such a case is individual counseling with the use of the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. For a counselor to effectively use this treatment, professional competencies are needed. And among the 123 competencies that TAP 21 ...

Question 1:

The term stakeholders are defined as and related with those people, organizations or groups that pose some concerns and interests in the company or organization. The organizations have the potential and tendency to affect the stakeholders and also get affected from them (Bourne, & Walker, 2005). Both the parties get influence of each other from the objectives, actions, policies and procedures they acquire and practice. For an organization, there are many stakeholders who have concerns with it. These stakeholders include internal and external stakeholders. Internal includes the directors, shareholders (which are the owners of the organization), and employees of the ...

Rhetorical Analysis: Plastic Water Bottles Causing Flood of Harm to Our Environment

Our environment, unfortunately, is not safe from harm and pollution today. It comes from emissions, non recyclable materials and so on. The text analyzed below concerns this problem, in particular, plastic water bottles causing flood of harm to our environment. Author of the publication raises several important points in it, describes water bottles manufacturing process, quality of the water we get when buying the product, impact water bottles cause to our environment. The name of the speaker is Norm Schriever, he is “best-selling author, pro blogger, cultural mad scientist, and enemy of the comfort zone” and addresses not a particular ...

Introduction

The video contain a lot of lessons. Just to begin with, it can shade light to someone who is fully addicted to bottled water. It is quite clear that people spend a lot of money on bottled water and others don’t even have access to it. It cannot not be disputed that bottled water cost 2000 times more than tapped water. The truth is tap water is easily accessible to many people and it is point less spending a lot of money on bottled water while tap water can serve the same purpose. What I think about this video is ...

Jack Cole (1911-1974)

Jack Cole is known as the Father of Jazz Dance Technique and Father of Theater Dance. Cole started out as a modern dancer but during the Great Depression he switched to the jazz style of dancing. He is famous for combining jazz steps with modern and ethnic dances. Some of his famous choreographies include “Man of La Mancha”, “There´s No Business Like Show Busines” and “Les Girls”.

Eugene Louis “Luigi” Faccuito (1925-2015)

Luigi is a dancer whose physical handicap from a car accident made him create a new style of jazz dance. He improvised the jazz steps by incorporating warm-up and stretching exercises into dance routines. He ...

Introduction

Nike and Adidas are the two top companies in the sports apparel industry. The two have aggressively put in place strategies to ensure they each attain great market share. Their promotional and advertising strategies employ creativity, innovation, and technology, which essentially explains why the two firms are market leaders in the sports apparel industry. The two companies also have continued to tap effectively into their key competencies in their effort to topple each other from the market leader in the sports apparel industry (Anthony, 2011). The promotional strategies have notable similarities and differences, which will be discussed in this ...

1.0 Introduction Only 2% of the water on earth is fresh water (Symons, 2001). The rest is primarily saline and hence cannot be used for consumption, or other applications in the home (e.g., cleaning or washing). Most households rely on piped water from municipalities (Kahramaa), whereas others are sourced from independent water purifications plants, private wells or even from rain water. With a growing global population there are increasing pressures on the world’s fresh water supply. As such, water conservation has become critically important, particularly in regions where the water table is low, and other fresh water sources ...

Abstract

Labor supply – a country’s population – and human capital – the skills and capabilities of the workforce – are two of the main drivers of economic growth and development. Hence, most developed countries with high GDP rates are those with large populations and highly skilled human capital. Governments build human capital through increased educational opportunities and high quality education. Furthermore, developed countries has implemented systems in place to take advantage of both male and female workers. Nonetheless, in patriarchal societies such as Arab states, culture and religion hinders countries from taking advantage of women’s economic contributions. The research focuses on the ...

Technology 101

Re-locatable Power Taps Re-locatable power taps are also commonly known as power outlet strips. They consist of an attachment plug on one side that plugs directly to a permanent power receptacle and multiple power receptacles terminated in a single enclosure on the other side. A flexible power cord joins the two sides together. The rule of thumb that needs careful observation is that power taps must always connect to a permanently installed circuit receptacle. For safety reasons, they should never at any one time connect to another power tap, an action commonly referred to as daisy-chaining. Power taps are only suitable ...

Module/course Name

General Electric Healthcare with worth of $17 billion was a separate division of General Electrics. It was recognized for its high end medical instruments and medical solutions for developed countries. GE Healthcare entered into a joint venture with Wipro operating in India to realize the benefits of low cost, educated and talented technical staff available in India and to overcome the regulatory limitations and operational complexities. This essay will analyze the strategic shift taken by GE Healthcare to exploit mass market opportunity available in emerging countries. It also entails the challenges GE Healthcare faced while operating in the emerging markets and ...

Introduction

The quest to bring justice in highly democratic and constitutional societies like the US is on many occasions a double-edged sword. While many people and indeed the constitution provides for privacy and freedoms under the Fourth Amendment and other related sections; increased complexity of crime calls for a certain level of intrusion into people’s privacy in order to ensure a safe and just society. The Federal Wiretap Act (1986) is a delicate Act that is premised on fighting crime through eavesdropping of communications. Scope of a wiretap order and possible constitutional violations of extending an original court order The Federal Wiretap Act ...

A better understanding of memory consolidation and contributory factors is necessary to determine how it applies to the field of education. The following is a review of three studies on memory consolidation in the performance of different motor skill tasks by different population groups using a variety of independent variables.

Study #1

Purpose of the Study Terpening et al. (2012) aimed to investigate the relationship between certain characteristics of sleep and the ability to learn and correctly perform a motor skill, namely sequential finger-tapping. The researchers recognized the limited number of studies done thus far on the neurological disturbances that occur in patients ...

- The problem of population does not lie fully with the third world countries, since the consumption of developed world is increasing quicker than its population growth, for instance, China and India. Studies indicate that rising consumption causes a larger problem to the environment than growing population. This is attributable to, although an increasing population will finally hit its growth limits, no theoretical or hypothetical limit exist to consumption. - Resistance to pesticides is probable over time if they are utilized in agriculture. Within a population of pest there exists genetic variation within their pesticides resistance. When pests have never ...

Executive Summary

With upwards of $48,077 in 2012 revenues and more than $862 in operating profits during the same period, Amazon.com is easily a major player in the online retail industry. The company’s internet operations, coupled by the wide range of products gives Amazon.com a critical advantage in the industry. Amazon.com caters for four separate markets including sellers, content creators, enterprises and final consumers through its retail websites, which are designed to have technical capacity to handle millions. In addition, the company’s extensive online infrastructure and immense R&D resources give it a particular advantage in facilitating the Kindle product extension. ...

Reflection on Tennyson’s Tap

Tennyson's Tap is a locals-owned group live songs pub along with a recording studio and art collection. Motivated by the good old days and dedicated to the success of today's successful artistry and enjoyment scene in historic Berkeley Highlands. The Tap is a part of a group who has for a century been has united by an attraction with art, songs, lifestyle and happy times. It's all about the songs, and we are dedicated to Colorado-born brews and spirits. I love how the ambiance relaxed my body and mind. This has been one of the most exciting experiences that I have attended so ...

RE: Interfamilial wiretapping

Question Presented Whether the wife of the man who recorded calls between his wife and their son, who is at boarding school, and between his wife and the school headmaster has sufficient claim against the husband

Brief Answer

No, the woman do not have sufficient claim against the husband as Title III has some exemptions that can be used to clear a man involved in intercepting calls designated to his wife or any member of his family. Even though Article III is not clear about the exceptions related to familial affiliations, most courts have been able to demonstrate that such exceptions ...

Introduction

Cross-cultural decision making skills have been recognized to be increasingly vital to military and defense operations (Johnson & Friedland, 2009). The day-to-day operations of international military forces, in their interaction with different cultures as they work overseas, require intercultural competence to make decisions that are both appropriate and culturally sensitive (Johnson & Friedland, 2009). Cross cultural competency (3C) is accomplished through three unique steps: Cultural self-awareness, suspension of judgments and biases, and the development of skills that fit within domains of a new culture (Selmeski, 2009). Already, educational measures are being implemented by military colleges to promote 3C in military ...

Cross-cultural decision making skills have been recognized to be increasingly vital to military and defense operations (Johnson &Friedland, 2009). The day-to-day operations of international military forces, in their interaction with different cultures as they work overseas, require intercultural competence to make decisions that are both appropriate and culturally sensitive (Johnson & Friedland, 2009). Cross cultural competency (3C) is accomplished through three unique steps: Cultural self-awareness, suspension of judgments and biases, and the development of skills that fit within domains of a new culture (Selmeski, 2009). Already, educational measures are being implemented by military colleges to promote 3C in military ...

Abstract

The present paper examined water quality and contamination. The three experiments were conducted to find the effects of different pollutants on groundwater, processes of water treatment, and quality of bottled water. The contamination of groundwater was observed to evaluate the result of vitiating environment that has to be protected to ensure a safe future for the progeny. Water treatment processes have to be effective as well as economical, so that people in general worldwide can be benefitted. Treatment method like filtration has researched out for the benefit of people at large. Bottled water was analyzed considering safe for drinking. The ...

Internet Privacy:

In this essay I will discuss about two main administrative bodies of United States, namely, the

The National Security Agency (NSA) has Head Quarters in Fort Meade, Maryland. It is responsible to collect, process, decode and translate intelligence information gathered from electronic foreign sources for intelligence purpose and to support internal military operations. The concept of NSA came in picture in war against Germany during World War I where it was used to gather information, which helped the army to prepare adequately before the war. NSA is also aligned to prevent foreign entities to ...

INTRODUCTION

Wireless Communication is a much discussed science in the recent times. A lot of research activities have been carried out in this field due to high demand of low-power & interference free communication technologies. Secondly, the humongous developments in VLSI technologies have enabled low-power & low-area implementation of unique DSP algorithms. Many low-end communication technologies have been introduced so far to cater the requirement of short range & secure communication between endpoints for communication, data exchange and automated commands execution . Near-field Communication (NFC) is basically a Bluetooth-like short-range wireless communication technology for smartphones and other mobile devices to communicate with each other by ...

Introduction

Background Established in 1941 as a small family-owned business, Coach morphed into a fashion brand over time, providing superior quality fashion goods of modern and classic style. It started operating its own exclusive retail stores in 1980 (Coach Inc., 2014). The Coach brand was sold to Sarah Lee in 1985, and since then, the company has undergone a rapid expansion. The product portfolio of Coach included luggage, briefcases and other fashion accessories, apart from its original men’s and women’s leather bags. Until 2000, Coach mainly operated its stores in the USA before starting to expand into international markets like ...

Blue Ocean Strategy is a book authored by Renee Mauborgne and W. Chan Kim that dwells on strategic business moves companies can make to tap into uncontested markets. The book, published in 2005, embodies the emergence of rapid change and innovation in recent years while at the same time injecting dynamism in business strategy. The book classifies businesses into two groups; Red Oceans and Blue Oceans. The former group, Kim and Mauborgne note comprises of static businesses that dwell on battling competitors. A strategy that is highly unlikely to bring forth a prospect of profit growth to companies that practice it. ...

Indoor Skydiving Marketing

Executive Summary Skydiving is among the considered extreme and adventurous sports. Over the reviewed period, it has studied that only a small portion of our population is engaged in skydiving, and the number of skydivers grow slowly every year. This research aimed to study the most effective marketing strategies to help the skydiving industry, particularly the indoor skydiving, experience a tremendous growth. Among the identified marketing strategies are partnership with travel and tourism key players and ministry of health, maximizing the advantage and cost benefits of the social networking and online reservations, rewarding recruitment, niche marketing, and health and safety ...

- What type of channel conflict is likely to be caused by dual distribution, and what type of conflict can be reduced by direct distribution? Why? (10 points) Often, multiple locations compete to meet market demand, although the basic product, service or price is quite similar. It may also affect the channel choice of a customer. On the other hand, it allows firms to gain access to different customer segments, creating an opportunity for an increase in market demand and size of the market share. Market segmentation conflicts can be reduced by direct distribution, where a larger market ...

Introduction

Water is an amenity and indeed a necessity of the human being. Different epidemic waterborne diseases are due to scarcity of safe drinking water in the world. Water being essentially associated with the earth’s ecosystems can be studied in the context of its relative terms. The human rights emphasis on implementation of global environmental justice and force to adopt such approach that make sure the universal access of people to safe and potable water. That means water should free from contaminations including chemicals and hydrocarbon as detergents, oil and so forth. Ground water contamination is usually found in arid ...

Adventure Brewing Company is one of the corporations that are in the competitive beer market. The corporation is located in Fredericksburg, Virginia and it has played a key role in providing jobs for the people (Adventure brewing Co., 2013). Despite many competitive brands of beer in the market, Adventure Brewing Company markets itself in the country through good use of media services for advertisement. In addition, Adventure Brewing Company is known for hosting beer festivals and contributing in other event to enrich the culture of the state as a whole (Love on Tap, 2013). Through these activities, the company gains both ...

The first video; the story of bottled water by Annie Leonard, discusses how what the author calls the manufactured demand pushes people to go for what they need and destroys what they require most. Annie in this video gives a story about the world being obsessed with stuff, a system in crisis. She asserts that humans are busy thrashing the planet and each other, and no one is happy about it. Efforts to understand the system are advantageous as they open up ways of resolving these problems. This video forces one to realize and think about what he or she is ...

The Story about a Bottle of Water

This is the story of how bottled water companies seduce, mislead, and pollutes our minds, saying that drinking tap water may harm our health. The fact of the matter is, billions of dollars are being spent by these bottled water companies just to promote their products and in return, people around the globe also spends millions of dollars just to avoid drinking tap water as a result of false marketing and wrong information that is being given to consumers. I think these bottled water companies are up to gaining more profit than providing what are really the facts behind ...

Consonants Chart

Consonant phonemes /m/ is a bilabial nasal consonant, as in /kup/ ‘house‘ (cf /rup/ ‘eye’). /p/ is voiceless bilabial plosive, as in /kyp/ ‘house’ (cf /kyb/ ‘roof’). It is represented by allophones [p] and voiceless bilabial fricative [ɸ], the latter pronounced in an intervocalic position: /kypyɾ/ ‘house’ [ky’ɸyɾ] ‘referring to a house’. /b/ is a voiced bilabial plosive, as in /kyb/ ‘roof’ (cf /Byb/ ‘child’). It is represented by allophones [b] and voiced bilabial fricative [β], the latter pronounced in an intervocalic position: /tɔ:b/ ‘water’ [tɔ:b], but /tɔ:byɾ/ ‘wet’ [tɔ: ‘βyɾ]. / B/ is a bilabial ...

Essay outline

Thesis: Bottled water should not be sold since tap water is equally as good and less processed. The idea of bottling water is rather repugnant as it is simply packaging safe water only to increase the prices. Instead, water should just be tapped and distributed to the population at a cheaper price. Introduction statement: Bottled water is business ran by huge conglomerates such a Coca Cola, Pepsi and Nestlé. These organizations have since realized that there exists a huge market for bottled water and took steps to make the most of the presenting opportunity. To this end, bottled water has become a ...

Introduction

Selective permeability is a function and a feature of the cell membrane, which is crucial to regulate homeostasis. According to Turksen (132), the plasma membrane function by controlling specific passing of some substances and at the same time hinders entry of some substances into the cell. As high school students, we were curious of a cell membrane could do this function. We, therefore, performed an experiment to test how a chicken eggshell membrane could allow some substances to pass through it while hinders the passage of some substances. We dissolved the eggshell in vinegar. After a thorough reading, the book by Turksen (143), we ...

In these recollections from his two years living in Botswana, Sher recounts moments and describes images from the daily life in a remote village there. His message that comes through from his writings is that although he clearly loved the “timeless” nature of life there, he was always an outsider in his adopted village of Bobonong. Though he says that he almost never felt homesick for his family home and birthplace in Montreal, Canada, and loved the village where he says “I could have stayed forever”, he describes himself as perceived by the villagers to be “someone in the audience, a ...

Business

Corporate branding is the use of a company’s name and already-built reputation and general perception to market oneself. This usually happens when a company has many branches to tap different markets, or when a company franchises its brand and name to interested companies. From the case study, Lilypad’s Hotels Company has been in business for two decades, and has branched out in the USA, Middle East and recently in San Francisco, South America, and has 12 boutique hotels worldwide. When a company spreads out its wings to branch into many sub-units, there is always the temptation to break out into ...

In physics, energy is loosely defined as the ability to do work. This definition often takes into assumption that energy can’t be directly observed but only its effects can be observed. Therefore, energy can only be defined by what it does not what it is. From this definition, it is clear that energy is used to do some work. From the definition of work, it is also clear that energy is the ability to exert a certain force on a body or particle of mass. Sources of energy can be broadly divided into two categories. The major categories ...

- Certification in Industrial Technology Learning is a very crucial process in the life of an individual because it facilitates one to survive the harsh conditions of nature. The capacity to learn is part of our genes. It is inherited. And the process is never ending. An instructional design technologist’s task is broken down in designing and developing technological processes and resources that are employed for a better learning process (i.e. better assimilation of information). Thus, an IDT's role is crucial in the formative years of an individual. In this particular instance alone, the IDT has leverage among ...

Introduction to Research on Linguistic Diversity and Learning

Home environment plays a significant role in shaping the linguistic and culture development of the children. Wessels S. (2013) argues that every family, including the native-born and foreign families, have varying cultural linguistic backgrounds. As such, every learner in a classroom setting possesses a unique experience, values, and beliefs. In this regards, educator researchers suggest that teachers need to understand and appreciate the linguistic and cultural diversity of their learners. In order to tap the benefits associated with linguistic diversity in the classroom, educators need to develop strategies that provide opportunities for learners, the community, and the elders to showcases their experience. ...

Introduction

Images embody cultural meanings or symbolisms in their very nature, color, text and other elements. These meanings are drawn, created or extended from a wide sociocultural context. Advertising communications seek to inform, persuade and identify their products with symbols that would give their products or brands approval in the eyes of the consumers. In order to achieve this, advertising must establish a dialogue and create a relationship with a consumer, which in turn means that they must draw on numerous ways of creating meaning or modes of communications. Create meaning/relationships draws is heavily influenced by culture. This paper argues that the Fiat Panda ...

International Business; Global Marketing

The Wal-Mart history and operational experience is the perfect explanation for the disadvantages and the advantages of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China (Roberts, 2013) and the investment climate scenario. The Wal-Mart is the biggest retail chain worldwide, and it has sales of approximately 374.5 million dollars and in China, the sales offered by Wal-Mart are diversified with the wide range of products it offers. The Wal-Mart in China is known as Sam’s club with over seventy branches in the country. Wal-Mart has diversified and expanded over the years since it has been favored by the regulatory ...

Art and architecture

As an art form, surrealism was an art form that was invented in the 20th century to release the creative potential of the artist’s subconscious mind. Surrealism used many forms of Freudian Psychoanalytic Theory, a theory that was made up by Sigmund Fred. This theory was centered on three main facts; the structure of the personality, defense mechanisms and stages of psychosexual development.

Freudian Psychoanalytic Theories influenced surrealist artists largely. One of the artists that were greatly influenced by these theories was Clifford Bayliss. Clifford Bayliss was an Australian artist whose works and acknowledgement comes from the Australian Art ...