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Personal statement Applicant
$10.00Prompt for all applicants
Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud and how does it relate to the person you are?
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Use of sociological research in pushing forward special interest group agendas
$6.50The purpose of this week’s forum is to think critically about how sociological research is used to push forward special interest group agendas and how it impacts Public Policy.
This week’s main forum includes 3 steps:
1) Read the two examples of sociology being used for special interest group agendas and public policy.
2) Start a thoughtful dialogue about the pros and cons of how sociological research has been applied in these examples. What are the ramifications/consequences/implications of how this research has been applied?
3) Identify and provide an example of another type of public policy that has been impacted by sociological research.
a. This should include proper use of APA citations.Additional Files:
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Study on The Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) (Le Corbusier) ideas
$10.00Study on The Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) (Le Corbusier) ideas – Outline
TASK:
Create an outline of the proposed research paper (Paragraph Format) taking into account information and understanding of the case study and how this will be critically assessed in terms of the ‘Idea’.This Outline is related to a research paper that you are going to write about in the near future.
This involves an in-depth research paper, in which you have to read the book and applies it to a case study building (In this case: It is going to be the Dubai International Financial Center). You need to find out the main ideas in the text and apply the ideas and arguments found there to the DIFC Building. You will explore this research question, idea or argument, in order to:
1) Analyze, interpret and explain design issues.
2) Describe the connection between existing design issues and ideas about architecture, the historical context of a site and broader trends in architecture.Required reading:
Smith, K. H. (2013). Introducing architectural theory: Debating a discipline. New York: Routledge
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History of cloves
$5.00Spice Project: Cloves
• Where did the spice originate?
• Where has the spice been popularly consumed?
• How was the spice used in history and what is it good for. Be clear about which time periods.
• What are the main reasons that spices have been important in world history? To help answer the question, must read and summarize the argument found in Paul Freedom, “Spices: How the Search for Flavors Influenced Our World” at: http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/spices-how-search-flavors-influenced-our-world.Recommend that look at Story of Spices by Andrew Dalby. The book contains trustworthy historical information about Cloves.
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Select one category and provide a personal example from your personal experience
$5.00Personal Examples of Marginal Utility Analysis
Discussions: For Week 3 you will find two categories. Select one category and provide a personal example from your personal experience. You may post to both categories, but are required to only select one. The titles to choose from are:
Personal Examples of Marginal Utility Analysis. For this Chapter 6 assignment, you will find a summary of the conditions for “rational consumer behavior” summarized, together with a personal illustration of the principle. You are asked to provide an example of your own which illustrates the same principle, taking care to explain how the new equilbrium optimizing utility is achieved.
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Article Review – IMRaD Approach
$5.00Article Review
Research Abstract – 50 pts
An article will be provided to you. Please follow the points below1. IMRaD: 10 pts
2. Purpose included
3. 300 words maximum: 5 pts
4. Grammar/spelling: 10 pts
5. Research Question/Purpose: 10 pts
6. Content: 15 ptsAdditional File:
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Veganism and the Environment
$5.001 article and 1 video. 1(one) paragraph summery each.all together (2 paragraphs)1 page.APA style
First source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xSojOscmk4&feature=youtu.be
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau: Author, Speaker, Joyful Vegan -Video
2nd source-article:Veganism and the Environment
Raising animals for food requires massive amounts of land, food, energy, and water. The byproducts of animal agriculture pollute our air and waterways. By shunning animal products, vegetarians are de facto environmentalists.
Using Up Resources
As the world’s appetite for meat increases, countries across the globe are bulldozing huge swaths of land to make more room for animals as well as crops to feed them. From tropical rain forests in Brazil to ancient pine forests in China, entire ecosystems are being destroyed to fuel humans’ addiction to meat. According to scientists at the Smithsonian Institution, seven football fields’ worth of land is bulldozed every minute to create more room for farmed animals and the crops that feed them.(1) Of all the agricultural land in the U.S., 80 percent is used to raise animals for food and grow grain to feed them—that’s almost half the total land mass of the lower 48 states.(2) In the “finishing” phase alone, in which pigs grow from 100 pounds to 240 pounds, each hog consumes more than 500 pounds of grain, corn, and soybeans; this means that across the U.S., pigs eat tens of millions of tons of feed every year.(3)
Chickens, pigs, cattle, and other animals raised for food are the primary consumers of water in the U.S.: a single pig consumes 21 gallons of drinking water per day, while a cow on a dairy farm drinks as much as 50 gallons daily.(4,5) It takes more than 2,400 gallons of water to produce 1 pound of cow flesh, whereas it takes about 180 gallons of water to make 1 pound of whole wheat flour.(6)
Polluting the Air
Carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide together cause the vast majority of global warming. Producing a little more than 2 pounds of beef causes more greenhouse-gas emissions than driving a car for three hours and uses up more energy than leaving your house lights on for the same period of time.(7) According to the United Nations, a global shift toward a vegan diet is one of the steps necessary to combat the worst effects of climate change.(8) The Worldwatch Institute estimates that at least 51 percent of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide can be attributed to “livestock and their byproducts.”(9)
Factory farms also produce massive amounts of dust and other contaminates that pollute the air. A study in Texas found that animal feedlots in that state produce more than 7,000 tons of particulate dust every year and that the dust “contains biologically active organisms such as bacteria, mold, and fungi from the feces and the feed.”(10) And when the cesspools holding tons of urine and feces get full, factory farms may circumvent water pollution limits by spraying liquid manure into the air, creating mists that are carried away by the wind and inhaled by nearby residents.(11) According to a report by the California State Senate, “Studies have shown that [animal waste] lagoons emit toxic airborne chemicals that can cause “inflammatory, immune, … and neurochemical problems in humans.”(12)
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports that roughly 80 percent of ammonia emissions in the U.S. come from animal waste.(13) A California study found that a single dairy cow “emits 19.3 pounds of volatile organic compounds per year, making dairies the largest source of the smog-making gas, surpassing trucks and passenger cars.”(14)
Polluting the Water
Each day, factory farms produce billions of pounds of manure, which ends up in lakes, rivers, and drinking water.
The one trillion pounds of waste produced by factory-farmed animals each year are usually used to fertilize crops, and they subsequently end up running off into waterways—along with the drugs and bacteria that they contain.(15) Many tons of waste end up in giant pits in the ground or on crops, polluting the air and groundwater. According to the EPA, agricultural runoff is the number one source of pollution in our waterways.(16)
It doesn’t stop there. Streams and rivers carry excrement from factory farms to the Mississippi River, which then deposits the waste in the Gulf of Mexico. The nitrogen from animal feces—and from fertilizer, which is primarily used to grow crops for farmed animals—causes algae populations to skyrocket, leaving little oxygen for other life forms. A 2006 report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found that the Gulf of Mexico’s “dead zone”—an area in which virtually all the sea animals and plants have died—is now half the size of Maryland.(17) In 2006, a separate study by Princeton University found that a shift away from meat production—as well as Americans’ adoption of vegetarian diets—would dramatically reduce the amount of nitrogen in the Gulf to levels that would make the dead zone “small or non-existent.”(18)
Cruelty to Animals
In addition to polluting the environment, factory farming strives to produce the most meat, milk, and eggs as quickly and cheaply as possible and in the smallest amount of space possible, resulting in abusive conditions for animals. Cows, calves, pigs, chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, rabbits, and other animals are kept in small cages or stalls, where they are often unable to turn around. They are deprived of exercise so that all their energy goes toward producing flesh, eggs, or milk for human consumption. They are fed drugs that fatten them more quickly, and they are genetically manipulated to grow faster or produce much more milk or eggs than they would naturally. For more industry-specific information, please see our factsheets about pigs, cows, veal, chickens, turkeys, and foie gras.
Don’t be fooled by products labeled as “organic” or “free-range.” Because definitions and enforcement of regulations are inconsistent, it’s difficult to determine which products actually come from animals who are treated decently. Since none of the labels applies to transport or slaughter and none prohibits bodily mutilations such as debeaking, tail-docking, ear-notching, or dehorning, the worst cruelty continues to be completely unregulated. For more information, please see our factsheet about these misleading labels.
What You Can Do
Switching to a vegetarian diet reduces your “ecological footprint,” allowing you to tread lightly on the planet and be compassionate to its inhabitants. With so many great vegetarian options, eating green has never been more delicious. Whether you go vegetarian for the environment, for your health, or for animals, you have the power to change the world, simply by changing what’s on your plate.
REFERENCE
Daniele Fanelli, “Meat Is Murder on the Environment,” New Scientist 18 Jul. 2007.
Robert Goodland and Jeff Anhang, “Livestock and Climate Change,” World Watch Nov/Dec 2009.1 Page
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Annotated bibliography- Study on DIFC building architectural design
$20.00The task is to write an Annotated bibliography in which you add approximately 70-140-words summary to the end of each resource text listed on their bibliography to demonstrate the key ideas contained therein (Min 10 Resources). The appended texts must demonstrate that the person has understood the resource in question.
This Annotated Bibliography is related to a research paper that you are going to write about in the near future. (Not Now)
This involves an in-depth research paper, in which you have to read the reading attached and applies it to a case study building (In this case: It is going to be the Dubai International Financial Center). You need to find out the main ideas in the text and apply the ideas and arguments found there to the DIFC Building. You will explore this research question, idea or argument, in order to:
1) Analyze, interpret and explain design issues.
2) Describe the connection between existing design issues and ideas about architecture, the historical context of a site and broader trends in architecture.Resources:
1- Denise L. , Lawrence, , & Setha M. Low, (1990). The built environment and spatial form. (Vol. 19, pp.453-505). New York: Annual Reviews.
2- Elsevier Inc. (2005). Influences of building design and site design on physical activity. American Journalof Preventive Medicine, 28(252).
3- Gensler (2010). Dubai international financial centre, dubai, united arab emirates. Retrieved fromhttp://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/difc/
4- Koch , D. (2009). Architecture re-configured. The 7th International Space Syntax Symposium, 3(15).
5- L Handy, S. (2002). How the built environment affects physical activity: Views from urban planning.American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 23(2), 64-73.
6- Mueller, M., & Cottell, F. (2009). Concrete geometries – spatial form and social behaviour. Retrievedfrom http://architectureineffect.se/projections/concrete-geometries
7- Van den Berg, A. E., Koole, S. L., & van den Wulp, N. Y. (2003). Environmentalpreference and restoration: (How) are they related? Journal of EnvironmentalPsychology, 23, 135-146.
8- Zimring,C., Dogan, F, Fuller, C, Dunne, D & Kampschroer (2005) The facilities performance evaluationworking group. W. Preiser & J Vischer (eds.) Building Performance Evaluation, New York: Wiley.4 Pages
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Eating meat and climate change
$5.00How meat eating contributes to climate change
The paper has to relate to a topic about how meat eating contributes to climate change.
Part 1: WORKING THESIS: two(2) paragraphs(half page)argumentative is about the research ( above) subject.
Part 2: OVERVIEW : two(2) paragraphs are about the research subject( above) currently what is going on with it and where I think the research is going.1 Page
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