Introduction
World Regional Geography
What is Geography?Geography is the study of…. the earth, its features (physical and human-made) and the interaction between these featuresGeographers ask…WHERE are things located? and-WHY are things where they are? Geography is a multidisciplinary discipline
What is World Regional Geography?The study of the world by breaking it down into realms and regionsA realm is…The largest unit the inhabited world can be dividedThe result of the interaction between human societies and natural environmentsA representation of the great population clusters of humankindA changing entity over timeMarked by transition zones at its boundaries with other realms
We will be studying the world by realms and regions. For example, one of the realms we will be studying is North America. North America is a realm and is also broken down into regions that we will also study: The Maritime Northeast, The South, etc.
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What is World Regional Geography?A region is…An area on the earth’s surface marked by specific criteria that we establishSpecific criteria in this class focus on four themes: physical, cultural, economic, and historical geographyAll regions have…Area BoundariesLocationAbsolute location – specific measurable point on the earth’s surfaceRelative location – location with respect to other regions
What is World Regional Geography?All regions include statesA state is…a politically organized territory that is administered by a sovereign government and is recognized by a significant portion of the international communityA state must contain:a permanent resident populationan organized economya functioning internal circulation system
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Your book and geographers- refer to countries as states.
How would you divide the world?
Think about what kind of criteria you would use to divide the world and try to come up with a division scheme on your own. The book divides the world based on geographic similarities that include physical (the natural environment), cultural, economic, historical, and political (in some cases).
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Themes of the Course:
Physical GeographyPhysical Geography…The study of the earth’s natural landscapes (the array of landforms and physical features that constitute the earth’s surfaceWhat are some examples of natural landscapes?Physiography – synonymous with physical geography; literally means landscape description
Themes of the Course:
Physical GeographyQuestion 1: Why do we have mountains, earthquakes and volcanoes in some places and not others?Enter the Theory of Plate TectonicsThe Theory of Plate Tectonics states that…the world is divided into large slabs of rock called tectonic plates that move slowly over the earth’s surfacethe movement of these tectonic plates create mountains and cause earthquakes and volcanoes along their boundariesTypes of tectonic plate boundaries:Convergent – two plates collide, one plate dips below another plate (subduction), creating mountains and causing e.
There are three main types of plate boundaries:
1. Divergent boundaries - Where new crust is formed as plates move apart, such as at mid-ocean ridges. Volcanism and faulting are common at these boundaries.
2. Convergent boundaries - Where plates collide and one plate overrides the other, such as at subduction zones. Volcanism, earthquakes and mountain building occur at these boundaries.
3. Transform boundaries - Where plates slide past each other laterally with no change in the total plate area. Earthquakes are common along these plate boundaries.
So in summary, the three main types of plate boundaries are divergent boundaries, convergent boundaries, and transform boundaries, each with different
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1) The lesson plan covers topics related to geology including physiographic features of Earth, plate tectonics theory, definitions of key concepts, and physical properties of minerals.
2) Major physiographic features discussed are continents, mountains, oceans, rivers, lakes and volcanoes. Plate tectonics theory explains the movement of tectonic plates and three types of plate boundaries.
3) Key definitions provided are lithosphere, tectonic plates, and the three types of plate boundaries. Physical properties of minerals described are color, streak, luster, hardness, cleavage and more.
This document summarizes the theory of plate tectonics. It explains that the Earth's lithosphere is broken into plates that move over the asthenosphere. Where plates meet, their motion determines the type of boundary, such as divergent or convergent boundaries. At convergent boundaries, one plate subducts under the other, leading to volcanism and earthquakes. Hotspots are thought to be fed by anomalously hot mantle and may be located near or far from plate boundaries. Alfred Wegener first proposed the idea of continental drift in 1912. The movement of plates has caused the formation and breakup of supercontinents over geologic time.
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Physical geography is the study of natural landscapes, weather, climate and natural resources. It examines the interactions between the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and lithosphere. The discipline has a long history dating back thousands of years to early explorations and maps. It later developed with Greek philosophers studying the form and size of the Earth. Today, physical geography includes diverse topics like landforms, climate, ecosystems and geology. It has many sub-branches focusing on specific Earth systems and processes.
The document discusses theories of isostasy and plate tectonics. The theory of isostasy explains how mountains maintain their elevation despite erosion, through vertical movements that restore equilibrium as the crust adjusts to changes at the surface. Plate tectonic theory unified earlier concepts by proposing that the outer shell of the Earth is made of rigid plates that move due to convection currents, interacting at plate boundaries through divergence, convergence, or sliding. This causes geological phenomena like earthquakes, mountain building, and volcanic activity as plates adjust to maintain isostatic balance.
Geomorphology is the study of landforms and the processes that shape the Earth's surface. Some key concepts in geomorphology include:
- The present is key to understanding the past, as the same surface processes have operated over geologic time.
- Geological structure influences landform evolution and is reflected in landforms.
- Geomorphic processes each develop characteristic landforms.
- Landforms evolve in an orderly sequence as erosional processes act over time.
- Geomorphic systems dominate large areas and landscapes can be summarized in physiographic maps.
This document provides an overview of geomorphology and the structure of the Earth. It begins with definitions of geography and geomorphology. Geomorphology is defined as the study of landforms and the processes that create them. The document then discusses the internal structure of the Earth, including the crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core. It describes each layer in terms of its composition, thickness, density, and other characteristics. The document also discusses theories on the origin and age of the Earth and explains methods for classifying the internal structure based on composition and mechanical behavior.
There are three main types of plate boundaries:
1. Divergent boundaries - Where new crust is formed as plates move apart, such as at mid-ocean ridges. Volcanism and faulting are common at these boundaries.
2. Convergent boundaries - Where plates collide and one plate overrides the other, such as at subduction zones. Volcanism, earthquakes and mountain building occur at these boundaries.
3. Transform boundaries - Where plates slide past each other laterally with no change in the total plate area. Earthquakes are common along these plate boundaries.
So in summary, the three main types of plate boundaries are divergent boundaries, convergent boundaries, and transform boundaries, each with different
3a .Physiographic Features Of Earth.docxAzazAlamKhan
1) The lesson plan covers topics related to geology including physiographic features of Earth, plate tectonics theory, definitions of key concepts, and physical properties of minerals.
2) Major physiographic features discussed are continents, mountains, oceans, rivers, lakes and volcanoes. Plate tectonics theory explains the movement of tectonic plates and three types of plate boundaries.
3) Key definitions provided are lithosphere, tectonic plates, and the three types of plate boundaries. Physical properties of minerals described are color, streak, luster, hardness, cleavage and more.
This document summarizes the theory of plate tectonics. It explains that the Earth's lithosphere is broken into plates that move over the asthenosphere. Where plates meet, their motion determines the type of boundary, such as divergent or convergent boundaries. At convergent boundaries, one plate subducts under the other, leading to volcanism and earthquakes. Hotspots are thought to be fed by anomalously hot mantle and may be located near or far from plate boundaries. Alfred Wegener first proposed the idea of continental drift in 1912. The movement of plates has caused the formation and breakup of supercontinents over geologic time.
This document discusses whether geography can still be considered a science. While physical geography was once emphasized to establish geography as a legitimate academic subject, the document argues geography has shifted more towards social aspects due to changes in thinking and rapid population growth since the Industrial Revolution. Examples provided are historical, developmental, and globalization geographies, which all relate to social aspects of the world. The document concludes that while geography was once based in natural sciences, it has evolved more towards studying human circles and social interests over the latter half of the 20th century.
Week 2_Introduction to Physical Geography.pptxRalphNavelino2
Physical geography is the study of natural landscapes, weather, climate and natural resources. It examines the interactions between the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and lithosphere. The discipline has a long history dating back thousands of years to early explorations and maps. It later developed with Greek philosophers studying the form and size of the Earth. Today, physical geography includes diverse topics like landforms, climate, ecosystems and geology. It has many sub-branches focusing on specific Earth systems and processes.
The document discusses theories of isostasy and plate tectonics. The theory of isostasy explains how mountains maintain their elevation despite erosion, through vertical movements that restore equilibrium as the crust adjusts to changes at the surface. Plate tectonic theory unified earlier concepts by proposing that the outer shell of the Earth is made of rigid plates that move due to convection currents, interacting at plate boundaries through divergence, convergence, or sliding. This causes geological phenomena like earthquakes, mountain building, and volcanic activity as plates adjust to maintain isostatic balance.
Geomorphology is the study of landforms and the processes that shape the Earth's surface. Some key concepts in geomorphology include:
- The present is key to understanding the past, as the same surface processes have operated over geologic time.
- Geological structure influences landform evolution and is reflected in landforms.
- Geomorphic processes each develop characteristic landforms.
- Landforms evolve in an orderly sequence as erosional processes act over time.
- Geomorphic systems dominate large areas and landscapes can be summarized in physiographic maps.
This document provides an overview of geomorphology and the structure of the Earth. It begins with definitions of geography and geomorphology. Geomorphology is defined as the study of landforms and the processes that create them. The document then discusses the internal structure of the Earth, including the crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core. It describes each layer in terms of its composition, thickness, density, and other characteristics. The document also discusses theories on the origin and age of the Earth and explains methods for classifying the internal structure based on composition and mechanical behavior.
The document provides information about the author Tishani Doshi and summarizes her journey to Antarctica. It discusses how Antarctica can be studied to learn about the Earth's past when India and Antarctica were part of the same landmass. It also touches on the impact of climate change and humanity's responsibility to protect the environment for future generations. The summary highlights key lessons about geology, climate change, and the importance of safeguarding the planet.
The document provides information on the formation and anatomy of the Earth. It begins with a summary of the Big Bang theory and steady state theory of the origin of the universe. It then discusses the formation of the early Earth through accretion and differentiation of layers. It provides details on the structure of the Earth, including the lithosphere, mantle, outer core, and inner core. It also discusses plate tectonics, including plate boundaries, faulting, folding, volcanoes, and earthquakes. Additional topics covered include the water cycle, denudation processes, and natural landscapes.
F5 Geography Unit 1_ Introducing our Physical and Human World.pptxMartaRodrigues74839
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This document provides an overview of the key areas within the field of geography. It discusses the main branches of geography, including physical geography, human geography, geographic techniques, and regional geography. Physical geography involves the study of the natural environment and processes, while human geography examines human-environment interactions and patterns of culture and society. Geographic techniques include cartography and methods of spatial analysis. Regional geography entails the study of specific places and regions.
There are few places left on the planet where the impact of people has not been felt. We have explored and left our footprint on nearly every corner of the globe. As our population and needs grow, we are leaving less and less room for wildlife.
Wildlife are under threat from many different kinds of human activities, from directly destroying habitat to spreading invasive species and disease. Most ecosystems are facing multiple threats. Each new threat puts additional stress on already weakened ecosystems and their wildlife.
Geography is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments. It integrates knowledge from natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Geography is divided into three branches: physical geography studies natural environments; human geography examines human communities and interactions with space/place; regional geography analyzes characteristics of world regions. Physical geography sub-branches include biogeography, water resources, climate, geomorphology, lithology, and oceanography. Geography uses tools like statistics, cartography, digital cartography, remote sensing, and geographic information systems.
The document summarizes information about the interior structure of the Earth and plate tectonics. It describes how the lithosphere is made up of tectonic plates that move relative to each other at plate boundaries. Major plates include the African, Antarctic, Australian, Eurasian, Indian, North American, Pacific, and South American plates. Plate tectonics explains the formation and breakup of continents over time, including the assembly and breakup of supercontinents like Pangaea. Earthquakes and volcanoes occur at plate boundaries as a result of the plate movements.
The document discusses the theory of continental drift proposed by Alfred Wegener in 1912. It explains that continents have been drifting for hundreds of millions of years, as evidenced by matching continental shapes and matching plant and animal fossils found around different continents. It describes Pangaea, the supercontinent that existed 300 million years ago before breaking apart. Tectonic plates and processes like erosion, transportation, and deposition shape the Earth's relief over time. External forces like temperature, water, wind and human activity also change relief through erosion, sedimentation, and the formation of features like canyons, deltas, cliffs, and sand dunes.
The topic of plate tectonics is largely based on Alfred Wegner's theory of continental drift, which became accepted with the discovery of seafloor spreading in the Atlantic Ocean, and after fossil, flora, and geological studies in Africa and South America. In this lesson, students will learn about Earth’s structure, differences between various types of tectonic plate boundaries, their outcomes, and their connection to locations of volcanoes and earthquake activity.
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The document discusses evidence that supports the theory of continental drift, which states that the continents were once joined together and have since drifted apart. It outlines several key pieces of evidence, including: the matching coastline shapes of Africa and South America, matching fossil finds in these continents, matching rock formations, and glacial deposits found in currently non-glaciated areas. The document also discusses how the theory of plate tectonics and evidence of seafloor spreading provided the mechanism to explain continental drift.
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The document discusses evidence that supports the continental drift theory. It describes how the continents were once joined together in a supercontinent called Pangaea before drifting apart. Key lines of evidence include fossil matches between continents, matching coastline shapes, identical rock formations, glacial deposits found in incompatible climates, and magnetic striping in ocean floors that indicates plate movement. The theory was initially rejected but was later proven correct by the discovery of seafloor spreading.
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IRM 3305 Risk Management Theory and PracticeFall 2014Proje.docxmariuse18nolet
IRM 3305 Risk Management Theory and Practice
Fall 2014
Project Requirements:
I. Teams
a. 16 Students split into 3 teams .
II. Weighting
a. The Project is 30% of your grade.
i. The presentation will be attended by Dr. Braniff as well as industry professionals and representatives of the National Alliance.
ii. Start divvying up duties now – last minute work shows during the presentation.
iii. Practice! Practice! Practice! - part of your grade has to do with the presentation having been rehearsed.
iv. This is a PROFESSIONAL presentation – since we’ll most likely have outsiders joining us, presenters must dress in a professional manner (no jeans, proper professional attire).
v. This presentation should mimic what you would be comfortable presenting to your board of directors and your CFO, etc.
vi. You will be graded on the information presented, as well as the professionalism of your presentation and your team assessment.
III. Project Components:
a. Executive Summary of your findings. The purpose of the executive summary is to summarize key points.
i. Should include bulleted key points
ii. Should include 1-3 graphs for visualization
iii. No more than 3 pages (including graphs)
iv. Make the summary part of the Power Point Presentation
b. Power Point Presentation
i. A visual presentation of the questions given to you for the project.
ii. Needs to show application of information learned in class, not just a regurgitation of the questions and answers, I want to see critical thinking.
iii. Presentations will occur on Monday, Nov 30 No exceptions, you MUST be present. Each group will present during this time (up to 30 minutes per group, at least 15).
iv. ALL team members must present a portion of the project.
c. All of the presentation documents need to be submitted to me. If you did not answer all
of the questions in your power point presentation, I need to receive the answers in a document.
IRM 3305 Risk Management Theory and Practice
Group Project
October 16, 2015
The Pebbles, Inc.
GENERAL
The Pebbles, Inc. (the “Company) is a casino & resort operating company based in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The Company’s resorts feature high-end accommodations, gaming and entertainment, convention and exhibition facilities, celebrity chef restaurants, and clubs. In the past several years, the Company has decided to add a couple of other types of businesses, the most profitable being the Spinout School of Racing in Monte Carlo and the Big Shark Surfing School in Sydney. The current primary properties are listed below:
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
The Big Gambler Resort-Hotel-Casino
- 05/03/1999
Non-Gambler Expo & Convention Ctr.
- 02/01/2002
Pebbles Resort-Hotel-Casino
- 12/30/2007
MONTE CARLO, MONACO
Pebbles, Monte Carlo – Resort-Hotel-Casino
- 05/18/2004
Spinout School of Racing
- 06/14/2009
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Pebbles, Sydney – ResortHotel-Casino
- 04/27/2010
Big Shark Surfing School
- 04/27/2014
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.
Ironwood Company manufactures cast-iron barbeque cookware. During .docxmariuse18nolet
Ironwood Company manufactures cast-iron barbeque cookware. During a recent windstorm, it lost some of its accounting records. Ironwood has managed to reconstruct portions of its standard cost system database but is still missing a few pieces of information.
Required:
Use the information in the table to determine the unknown amounts. You may assume that Ironwood does not keep any raw material on hand.
2. Lamp Light Limited (LLL) manufactures lampshades. It applies variable overhead on the basis of directlabor hours. Information from LLL's standard cost card follows:
During August, LLL had the following actual results:
Units produced and sold 24,800
Actual variable overhead $9,470
Actual direct labor hours 15,800
Required:
Compute LLL's variable overhead rate variance, variable overhead efficiency variance, and over or under applied variable overhead.
Variable Overhead Rate Variance
Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance
Variable Overhead Spending Variance
3. Olive Company makes silver belt buckles. The company's master budget appears in the first column of the table.
Required:
Complete the table by preparing Olive's flexible budget for Rs.5,700, 7,700 and 8,700 units.
Ironwood Company manufactures cast
-
iron barbeque cookware. During a recent w
indstorm, it lost
some of its accounting records. Ironwood has managed to reconstruct portions of its standard cost
system database but is still missing a few pieces of information.
Required:
Use the information in the table to dete
r
mine the unknown amount
s. You may assume that Ironwood
does not keep any raw material on hand.
2.
Lamp Light Limited (LLL) manufactures lampshades. It applies variable overhead on the basis of
directlabor hours. Information from LLL's standard cost card follows:
During August, L
LL had the following actual results:
Units produced and sold 24,800
Actual variable overhead $9,470
Actual direct labor hours 15,800
Required:
Compute LLL's variable overhead rate variance, variable overhead efficiency variance, and over or under
a
pplied variable overhead.
Variable Overhead Rate Variance
Variable Overhead
Efficiency
Variance
Variable Overhead
Spending
Variance
3.
Olive Company makes silver belt buckles. The company's master budget appears in the first column of
the table.
Required:
Ironwood Company manufactures cast-iron barbeque cookware. During a recent windstorm, it lost
some of its accounting records. Ironwood has managed to reconstruct portions of its standard cost
system database but is still missing a few pieces of information.
Required:
Use the information in the table to determine the unknown amounts. You may assume that Ironwood
does not keep any raw material on hand.
2. Lamp Light Limited (LLL) manufactures lampshades. It applies variable overhead on the basis of
directlabor hours. Information from LLL's standard cost card follows:
During August, LLL had the following actual results:
Units prod.
IRM 3305 Risk Management Theory and PracticeGroup Project.docxmariuse18nolet
IRM 3305 Risk Management Theory and Practice
Group Project
October 16, 2015
The Pebbles, Inc.
GENERAL
The Pebbles, Inc. (the “Company) is a casino & resort operating company based in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The Company’s resorts feature high-end accommodations, gaming and entertainment, convention and exhibition facilities, celebrity chef restaurants, and clubs. In the past several years, the Company has decided to add a couple of other types of businesses, the most profitable being the Spinout School of Racing in Monte Carlo and the Big Shark Surfing School in Sydney. The current primary properties are listed below:
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
The Big Gambler Resort-Hotel-Casino
- 05/03/1999
Non-Gambler Expo & Convention Ctr.
- 02/01/2002
Pebbles Resort-Hotel-Casino
- 12/30/2007
MONTE CARLO, MONACO
Pebbles, Monte Carlo – Resort-Hotel-Casino
- 05/18/2004
Spinout School of Racing
- 06/14/2009
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Pebbles, Sydney – ResortHotel-Casino
- 04/27/2010
Big Shark Surfing School
- 04/27/2014
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
The Big Gambler Resort, Hotel & Casino is the pride and joy of Pebbles, Inc. There are over seven thousand spacious suites, designer shopping, world-class dining, and incredible entertainment. The location also includes a theatre where very well-known acts perform year round. The venue has an estimated seating capacity of 5,000. Typically, the theatre books a resident performer for 9-12 months at a time. Most recently, they signed on Brianne Smalle – a chart topping twenty-five year old pop sensation – to begin performing in the next 30 days. Unfortunately, Brianne has just been arrested after a multi-state car chase. To make matters worse, when she was finally stopped, the police found proof of major involvement in an international drug ring. In addition to her charges of DUI, she is now being accused of various charges related to the drug ring including money laundering, drug trafficking, human trafficking, kidnap and murder.
The Non-Gambler Expo & Convention Center was opened in 2002 to respond to the demands of the city. The Expo & Convention Center boasts over 2 million square feet with exhibit space of 1.5 million square feet. The location is central and is walking distance from over 100,000 guest rooms. The Convention Center is in the process of undergoing major renovations in order to accommodate the technology needs and desires of their guests and vendors. The intention was to complete the renovations by the end of the summer. Unfortunately, the main contractor, Trust Us Construction, is three months behind schedule due to the main project manager’s recent problems with gambling addiction. The convention center has a major exposition scheduled in two weeks for Fine China and Crystal of The World. The owner of the Center is convinced that the expo will go on as planned, confident that spare boards, exposed cords, drilling, hammering and multiple construction workers walking through the ex.
Iranian Women and GenderRelations in Los AngelesNAYEREH .docxmariuse18nolet
Iranian Women and Gender
Relations in Los Angeles
NAYEREH TOHIDI
In California, the popular face of immigration tends to be either Latin American or
Asian, but large numbers of immigrants who come from other regions in the world,
especially the Near East, have been quietly reshaping California demography. In this
study, Nayereh Tohidi focuses on the Iranians who have come to Los Angeles in the
wake of the 1979 Iranian revolution, largely middle- and upper-middle-class Tehrani-
ans who have fled the repressive policies of the current post-Shah, fundamentalist
regime. But American freedoms have offered particular challenges to Iranian immi-
grants, especially women, who tend to have "more egalitarian views of marital roles
than Iranian men," in Tohidi's words, a "discrepancy" that has led to "new conflicts
between the sexes." Thus, Iranian women immigrants are at once freer than their
sisters in Iran, more conflicted, and more in need of a "new identity acceptable to
their ethnic community and appropriate to the realities of their host country." Tohidi
is an associate professor of women's studies at California State University, Northridge.
She directs a new program in Islamic Community Studies at CSUN and is also a re-
search associate at the Center for Near Eastern Studies at the University of Califor-
nia, Los Angeles. Tohidi's publications include Feminism, Democracy, and Islamism in
Iran (1996), Women in Muslim Societies: Diversity within Unity (1998), and Global-
ization, Gender, and Religion: The Politics of Women's Rights in Catholic and Muslim
Contexts (2001).
I mmigration is a major life change, and the process of adapting to a newsociety can be extremely stressful, especially when the new environ-
ment is drastically different from the old. There is evidence that the im-
pact of migration on women and their roles differs from the impact of
the same process on men (Espin 1987; Salgado de Snyder 1987). The mi-
gration literature is not conclusive, however, about whether the overall
effect is positive or negative. Despite all the trauma and stress associated
with migration, some people perceive it as emancipatory, especially for
women coming from environments where adherence to traditional gen-
der roles is of primary importance. As [one researcher] said, "When the
traditional organization of society breaks down as a result of contact and
collision .. . the effect is, so to speak, to emancipate the individual man.
Energies that were formerly controlled by custom and tradition are re-
leased" (Furio 1979, 18).
My own observations of Iranians in Los Angeles over the past eight
years, as well as survey research I carried out in 1990,1 reveal that Iranian
1 This article draws on a survey of a sample of 134 Iranian immigrants in Los Angeles, 83
females and 51 males, and on interviews with a smaller sample of women and men.
149
1 50 The Great Migration: Immigrants in California History
women immigrants in Los Angeles are a homogeneou.
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There are few places left on the planet where the impact of people has not been felt. We have explored and left our footprint on nearly every corner of the globe. As our population and needs grow, we are leaving less and less room for wildlife.
Wildlife are under threat from many different kinds of human activities, from directly destroying habitat to spreading invasive species and disease. Most ecosystems are facing multiple threats. Each new threat puts additional stress on already weakened ecosystems and their wildlife.
Geography is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments. It integrates knowledge from natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Geography is divided into three branches: physical geography studies natural environments; human geography examines human communities and interactions with space/place; regional geography analyzes characteristics of world regions. Physical geography sub-branches include biogeography, water resources, climate, geomorphology, lithology, and oceanography. Geography uses tools like statistics, cartography, digital cartography, remote sensing, and geographic information systems.
The document summarizes information about the interior structure of the Earth and plate tectonics. It describes how the lithosphere is made up of tectonic plates that move relative to each other at plate boundaries. Major plates include the African, Antarctic, Australian, Eurasian, Indian, North American, Pacific, and South American plates. Plate tectonics explains the formation and breakup of continents over time, including the assembly and breakup of supercontinents like Pangaea. Earthquakes and volcanoes occur at plate boundaries as a result of the plate movements.
The document discusses the theory of continental drift proposed by Alfred Wegener in 1912. It explains that continents have been drifting for hundreds of millions of years, as evidenced by matching continental shapes and matching plant and animal fossils found around different continents. It describes Pangaea, the supercontinent that existed 300 million years ago before breaking apart. Tectonic plates and processes like erosion, transportation, and deposition shape the Earth's relief over time. External forces like temperature, water, wind and human activity also change relief through erosion, sedimentation, and the formation of features like canyons, deltas, cliffs, and sand dunes.
The topic of plate tectonics is largely based on Alfred Wegner's theory of continental drift, which became accepted with the discovery of seafloor spreading in the Atlantic Ocean, and after fossil, flora, and geological studies in Africa and South America. In this lesson, students will learn about Earth’s structure, differences between various types of tectonic plate boundaries, their outcomes, and their connection to locations of volcanoes and earthquake activity.
This document discusses the theory of continental drift and plate tectonics. It explains that continental drift is the movement of continents across Earth's surface over geologic time. The theory was first proposed in the early 20th century by Alfred Wegener and helped explain the formation of supercontinents like Pangaea and the matching of continental margins. It also introduced the concept of plates and how their movement causes geologic phenomena like earthquakes and volcanoes.
PPT Science10_Lesson 8_Evidences that Support Plate Movements FINALupdated.pptxSibolAhji
The document discusses evidence that supports the theory of continental drift, which states that the continents were once joined together and have since drifted apart. It outlines several key pieces of evidence, including: the matching coastline shapes of Africa and South America, matching fossil finds in these continents, matching rock formations, and glacial deposits found in currently non-glaciated areas. The document also discusses how the theory of plate tectonics and evidence of seafloor spreading provided the mechanism to explain continental drift.
PPT Science10_Lesson 8_Evidences that Support Plate Movements FINAL.pptxSibolAhji
The document discusses evidence that supports the continental drift theory. It describes how the continents were once joined together in a supercontinent called Pangaea before drifting apart. Key lines of evidence include fossil matches between continents, matching coastline shapes, identical rock formations, glacial deposits found in incompatible climates, and magnetic striping in ocean floors that indicates plate movement. The theory was initially rejected but was later proven correct by the discovery of seafloor spreading.
The document discusses the theory of plate tectonics, including what plates are made of, how they move at boundaries, and the evidence that supports plate tectonics. The lithosphere comprises the crust and rigid upper mantle, floating on the asthenosphere. Plates move at boundaries in three types - divergent, convergent, and transform - which are associated with volcanoes, earthquakes, and other surface phenomena. Evidence like matching continents, widespread fossil distributions, and matching rock formations support plate tectonics and the past connection of continents.
hope it can help ya! i and my groupmates work hard just to present a simple but eye pleasing presentation just to make our classmates and teacher satisfied
This document discusses the theory of plate tectonics and the movement of tectonic plates. It describes how early theories like catastrophism were replaced by uniformitarianism. It then explains how the theory of continental drift was proposed and how evidence from paleomagnetism supported it. It discusses how seafloor spreading was discovered through mapping of the seafloor and analysis of magnetic properties in the rocks. This led to the modern theory of plate tectonics, where lithospheric plates move through divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries. The movement of plates has shaped continents over geologic time.
This document provides an overview of plate tectonics and types of plate boundaries. It defines plates as large, rigid slabs that move slowly over the asthenosphere. There are 6 major and 20 minor tectonic plates. Plates interact along boundaries where they converge, diverge, or move past each other, causing seismic and volcanic activity. The three main types of plate boundaries are divergence boundaries where plates move apart, convergence boundaries where they move together, and transform boundaries where they slide past each other.
This document provides an overview of geography concepts through a presentation template. It begins with an introduction to geography, defining it as the scientific study of the physical characteristics of the world. It then outlines the two main branches of geography - physical geography, which examines the structure of the Earth, and human geography, which studies human interaction with the environment. The rest of the presentation template provides examples and information about key geography topics like continents, regions, human-environment interaction and movement across different slides.
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IRM 3305 Risk Management Theory and PracticeFall 2014Proje.docxmariuse18nolet
IRM 3305 Risk Management Theory and Practice
Fall 2014
Project Requirements:
I. Teams
a. 16 Students split into 3 teams .
II. Weighting
a. The Project is 30% of your grade.
i. The presentation will be attended by Dr. Braniff as well as industry professionals and representatives of the National Alliance.
ii. Start divvying up duties now – last minute work shows during the presentation.
iii. Practice! Practice! Practice! - part of your grade has to do with the presentation having been rehearsed.
iv. This is a PROFESSIONAL presentation – since we’ll most likely have outsiders joining us, presenters must dress in a professional manner (no jeans, proper professional attire).
v. This presentation should mimic what you would be comfortable presenting to your board of directors and your CFO, etc.
vi. You will be graded on the information presented, as well as the professionalism of your presentation and your team assessment.
III. Project Components:
a. Executive Summary of your findings. The purpose of the executive summary is to summarize key points.
i. Should include bulleted key points
ii. Should include 1-3 graphs for visualization
iii. No more than 3 pages (including graphs)
iv. Make the summary part of the Power Point Presentation
b. Power Point Presentation
i. A visual presentation of the questions given to you for the project.
ii. Needs to show application of information learned in class, not just a regurgitation of the questions and answers, I want to see critical thinking.
iii. Presentations will occur on Monday, Nov 30 No exceptions, you MUST be present. Each group will present during this time (up to 30 minutes per group, at least 15).
iv. ALL team members must present a portion of the project.
c. All of the presentation documents need to be submitted to me. If you did not answer all
of the questions in your power point presentation, I need to receive the answers in a document.
IRM 3305 Risk Management Theory and Practice
Group Project
October 16, 2015
The Pebbles, Inc.
GENERAL
The Pebbles, Inc. (the “Company) is a casino & resort operating company based in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The Company’s resorts feature high-end accommodations, gaming and entertainment, convention and exhibition facilities, celebrity chef restaurants, and clubs. In the past several years, the Company has decided to add a couple of other types of businesses, the most profitable being the Spinout School of Racing in Monte Carlo and the Big Shark Surfing School in Sydney. The current primary properties are listed below:
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
The Big Gambler Resort-Hotel-Casino
- 05/03/1999
Non-Gambler Expo & Convention Ctr.
- 02/01/2002
Pebbles Resort-Hotel-Casino
- 12/30/2007
MONTE CARLO, MONACO
Pebbles, Monte Carlo – Resort-Hotel-Casino
- 05/18/2004
Spinout School of Racing
- 06/14/2009
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Pebbles, Sydney – ResortHotel-Casino
- 04/27/2010
Big Shark Surfing School
- 04/27/2014
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.
Ironwood Company manufactures cast-iron barbeque cookware. During .docxmariuse18nolet
Ironwood Company manufactures cast-iron barbeque cookware. During a recent windstorm, it lost some of its accounting records. Ironwood has managed to reconstruct portions of its standard cost system database but is still missing a few pieces of information.
Required:
Use the information in the table to determine the unknown amounts. You may assume that Ironwood does not keep any raw material on hand.
2. Lamp Light Limited (LLL) manufactures lampshades. It applies variable overhead on the basis of directlabor hours. Information from LLL's standard cost card follows:
During August, LLL had the following actual results:
Units produced and sold 24,800
Actual variable overhead $9,470
Actual direct labor hours 15,800
Required:
Compute LLL's variable overhead rate variance, variable overhead efficiency variance, and over or under applied variable overhead.
Variable Overhead Rate Variance
Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance
Variable Overhead Spending Variance
3. Olive Company makes silver belt buckles. The company's master budget appears in the first column of the table.
Required:
Complete the table by preparing Olive's flexible budget for Rs.5,700, 7,700 and 8,700 units.
Ironwood Company manufactures cast
-
iron barbeque cookware. During a recent w
indstorm, it lost
some of its accounting records. Ironwood has managed to reconstruct portions of its standard cost
system database but is still missing a few pieces of information.
Required:
Use the information in the table to dete
r
mine the unknown amount
s. You may assume that Ironwood
does not keep any raw material on hand.
2.
Lamp Light Limited (LLL) manufactures lampshades. It applies variable overhead on the basis of
directlabor hours. Information from LLL's standard cost card follows:
During August, L
LL had the following actual results:
Units produced and sold 24,800
Actual variable overhead $9,470
Actual direct labor hours 15,800
Required:
Compute LLL's variable overhead rate variance, variable overhead efficiency variance, and over or under
a
pplied variable overhead.
Variable Overhead Rate Variance
Variable Overhead
Efficiency
Variance
Variable Overhead
Spending
Variance
3.
Olive Company makes silver belt buckles. The company's master budget appears in the first column of
the table.
Required:
Ironwood Company manufactures cast-iron barbeque cookware. During a recent windstorm, it lost
some of its accounting records. Ironwood has managed to reconstruct portions of its standard cost
system database but is still missing a few pieces of information.
Required:
Use the information in the table to determine the unknown amounts. You may assume that Ironwood
does not keep any raw material on hand.
2. Lamp Light Limited (LLL) manufactures lampshades. It applies variable overhead on the basis of
directlabor hours. Information from LLL's standard cost card follows:
During August, LLL had the following actual results:
Units prod.
IRM 3305 Risk Management Theory and PracticeGroup Project.docxmariuse18nolet
IRM 3305 Risk Management Theory and Practice
Group Project
October 16, 2015
The Pebbles, Inc.
GENERAL
The Pebbles, Inc. (the “Company) is a casino & resort operating company based in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The Company’s resorts feature high-end accommodations, gaming and entertainment, convention and exhibition facilities, celebrity chef restaurants, and clubs. In the past several years, the Company has decided to add a couple of other types of businesses, the most profitable being the Spinout School of Racing in Monte Carlo and the Big Shark Surfing School in Sydney. The current primary properties are listed below:
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
The Big Gambler Resort-Hotel-Casino
- 05/03/1999
Non-Gambler Expo & Convention Ctr.
- 02/01/2002
Pebbles Resort-Hotel-Casino
- 12/30/2007
MONTE CARLO, MONACO
Pebbles, Monte Carlo – Resort-Hotel-Casino
- 05/18/2004
Spinout School of Racing
- 06/14/2009
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Pebbles, Sydney – ResortHotel-Casino
- 04/27/2010
Big Shark Surfing School
- 04/27/2014
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
The Big Gambler Resort, Hotel & Casino is the pride and joy of Pebbles, Inc. There are over seven thousand spacious suites, designer shopping, world-class dining, and incredible entertainment. The location also includes a theatre where very well-known acts perform year round. The venue has an estimated seating capacity of 5,000. Typically, the theatre books a resident performer for 9-12 months at a time. Most recently, they signed on Brianne Smalle – a chart topping twenty-five year old pop sensation – to begin performing in the next 30 days. Unfortunately, Brianne has just been arrested after a multi-state car chase. To make matters worse, when she was finally stopped, the police found proof of major involvement in an international drug ring. In addition to her charges of DUI, she is now being accused of various charges related to the drug ring including money laundering, drug trafficking, human trafficking, kidnap and murder.
The Non-Gambler Expo & Convention Center was opened in 2002 to respond to the demands of the city. The Expo & Convention Center boasts over 2 million square feet with exhibit space of 1.5 million square feet. The location is central and is walking distance from over 100,000 guest rooms. The Convention Center is in the process of undergoing major renovations in order to accommodate the technology needs and desires of their guests and vendors. The intention was to complete the renovations by the end of the summer. Unfortunately, the main contractor, Trust Us Construction, is three months behind schedule due to the main project manager’s recent problems with gambling addiction. The convention center has a major exposition scheduled in two weeks for Fine China and Crystal of The World. The owner of the Center is convinced that the expo will go on as planned, confident that spare boards, exposed cords, drilling, hammering and multiple construction workers walking through the ex.
Iranian Women and GenderRelations in Los AngelesNAYEREH .docxmariuse18nolet
Iranian Women and Gender
Relations in Los Angeles
NAYEREH TOHIDI
In California, the popular face of immigration tends to be either Latin American or
Asian, but large numbers of immigrants who come from other regions in the world,
especially the Near East, have been quietly reshaping California demography. In this
study, Nayereh Tohidi focuses on the Iranians who have come to Los Angeles in the
wake of the 1979 Iranian revolution, largely middle- and upper-middle-class Tehrani-
ans who have fled the repressive policies of the current post-Shah, fundamentalist
regime. But American freedoms have offered particular challenges to Iranian immi-
grants, especially women, who tend to have "more egalitarian views of marital roles
than Iranian men," in Tohidi's words, a "discrepancy" that has led to "new conflicts
between the sexes." Thus, Iranian women immigrants are at once freer than their
sisters in Iran, more conflicted, and more in need of a "new identity acceptable to
their ethnic community and appropriate to the realities of their host country." Tohidi
is an associate professor of women's studies at California State University, Northridge.
She directs a new program in Islamic Community Studies at CSUN and is also a re-
search associate at the Center for Near Eastern Studies at the University of Califor-
nia, Los Angeles. Tohidi's publications include Feminism, Democracy, and Islamism in
Iran (1996), Women in Muslim Societies: Diversity within Unity (1998), and Global-
ization, Gender, and Religion: The Politics of Women's Rights in Catholic and Muslim
Contexts (2001).
I mmigration is a major life change, and the process of adapting to a newsociety can be extremely stressful, especially when the new environ-
ment is drastically different from the old. There is evidence that the im-
pact of migration on women and their roles differs from the impact of
the same process on men (Espin 1987; Salgado de Snyder 1987). The mi-
gration literature is not conclusive, however, about whether the overall
effect is positive or negative. Despite all the trauma and stress associated
with migration, some people perceive it as emancipatory, especially for
women coming from environments where adherence to traditional gen-
der roles is of primary importance. As [one researcher] said, "When the
traditional organization of society breaks down as a result of contact and
collision .. . the effect is, so to speak, to emancipate the individual man.
Energies that were formerly controlled by custom and tradition are re-
leased" (Furio 1979, 18).
My own observations of Iranians in Los Angeles over the past eight
years, as well as survey research I carried out in 1990,1 reveal that Iranian
1 This article draws on a survey of a sample of 134 Iranian immigrants in Los Angeles, 83
females and 51 males, and on interviews with a smaller sample of women and men.
149
1 50 The Great Migration: Immigrants in California History
women immigrants in Los Angeles are a homogeneou.
IRB HANDBOOK
IRB A-Z Handbook
Effective September 16, 2013
Capella University
225 South Sixth Street, Ninth Floor
Minneapolis, MN 55402
1
IRB HANDBOOK
Table of Contents
Introduction to the IRB A to Z Handbook ................................................................................ 3
Preparation for IRB Review ...................................................................................................... 4
Developing a Human Research Protection Plan 5
Documenting the Plan in Your IRB Submission Materials 5
Determining Submission Requirements ......................................................................... 5
Selecting the IRB Application 6
Selecting the Informed Consent or Assent Form Templates 7
Identifying Instrument Requirement(s) 8
Identifying Other Supporting Documents 8
Completing Application Forms, Letters, and Templates .................................................... 8
Completing the IRB Application 9
Drafting the Informed Consent or Assent Form(s) 10
Drafting the Recruitment Material(s) 10
Obtaining Research Site Permissions 10
What if I can’t get permission before IRB review? 11
Assessing and Revising Submission Materials ............................................................... 12
Assessing IRB Submission Materials 12
Revising IRB Submission Materials 12
IRB Submission and Review .................................................................................................. 13
Submitting Your IRB Application ................................................................................. 13
Registering and Activating an Account 13
Starting an application 13
Sending your application to your mentor 14
Completing IRB Office Screening Process .................................................................... 14
Undergoing IRB Review ............................................................................................. 15
Introduction to the Levels of Review 15
Receiving the IRB Decision Letter 16
IRB Decisions 16
Revising Your Study in Response to IRB Decision 17
Obtaining IRB Approval or Exemption ......................................................................... 18
Reviewing the IRB Approval Letter 19
Post-IRB Approval Procedures .............................................................................................. 20
Ensuring Ongoing Compliance .................................................................................... 20
Requesting Modifications to IRB-approved Studies........................................................ 20
Submitting a Modification Request Package ................................................................. 20
Implementing the Modification 21
Undergoing Continuing Review ................................................................................... 21
Submitting a Continuing Review Package 21
Reporting Adverse Events or Unanticipated Problems .....
IQuiz # II-Emerson QuizGeneral For Emerson, truth (or.docxmariuse18nolet
I
Quiz # II-Emerson Quiz
General: For Emerson, truth (or Spirit) is indwelling in the Universe, expressed through
nature and man and perceived through Reason (or Intuition) rather than just
understanding (reason, logic). All things are potentially microcosms, containing the
germs of all Truth, and so are not to be read as logical arguments
Here are some quotes from "Self Reliance," Choose one and explain what Emerson
means in your own words in 500 words. Due at our next meeting-Oct. 31, 2013
1. "Speak your latent conviction, and it shall be the universal sense"
2. We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of
us represents."
3. "Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of everyone of its
members."
4. "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind."
5. "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin oflittle minds, [famous Emersonism]
adored by little statements and philosophers and divines. With consistency a
great soul has simply nothing to do."
6. "The centuries are conspirators against the sanity and authority of the soul."
7. "Life only avails, not the having lived. Power ceases in the instant of repose."
[another famous Emersonism]
8. "Just as men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their creeds a disease of the
intellect. "
9. 10. "In the Will work and acquire, and thou has chained the wheel of Chance, and
shalt sit thereafter out of fear from her rotations .... Nothing can bring you peace
but yourself." .
------ --
.
This document provides a summary of the Python 2 For Beginners Only document in 3 sentences:
The document is a beginner's guide to Python programming derived from Think Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist and is released under the GNU Free Documentation License to allow copying, distribution, and modification of the document. It includes information on copyright and permissions for copying and distributing the document. The GNU Free Documentation License is designed to make manuals and documents free to copy, distribute, and modify while allowing authors and publishers to get credit for their work.
Iranian Journal of Military Medicine Spring 2011, Volume 13, .docxmariuse18nolet
Iranian Journal of Military Medicine Spring 2011, Volume 13, Issue 1; 11-16
* Correspondence; Email: [email protected] Received 2010/09/08; Accepted 2010/12/14
Personality traits, management styles & conflict management in a
military unit
Salimi S. H.
1
PhD, Karaminia R.
2
PhD, Esmaeili A. A.
*
MSc
*
Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;
1
Sport Physiology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;
2
Department of Clinical Psychology, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Aims: Personality of managers affects their managerial style and their conflict management method. This study was
performed with the aim of investigating the relation between personality traits, leadership styles and conflict management
methods in a military unit.
Methods: This cross-sectional correlation study was performed on 200 senior managers of a military unit in Qom who were
selected by available sampling method. The leadership style was investigated by leadership styles questionnaire and
managers’ personality traits were investigated by NEO questionnaire and their conflict management method was studied by
Robbins questionnaire. Data was analyzed by SPSS 16 using descriptive and inferential statistical methods.
Results: The benevolence-consolatory imperative leadership style was the most frequent style (65.5%) and compatible
personality was the most observed characteristic (19.5%). The extrovert personality had positive relation with participatory
management style. There was a significant positive relationship between the extrovert personality and management style
score. In addition, there was a significant positive relationship between neuroticism and incompatible style.
Conclusion: The benevolence-consolatory imperative leadership style is the most frequent style and compatible personality
is the most observed characteristic among the studied unit’s senior managers. There is a significant positive relationship
between solution-seeking and controller methods of managing conflict and management style score and there is a significant
negative relationship between neuroticism and management style score.
Keywords: Personal Traits, Management Styles, Conflict Management, NEO Questionnaire
Introduction
In the current era, understanding the personality of
individuals is necessary in many situations of life.
Managers' personality is effective in the process and
choice of conflict resolution method and management
style. Research shows that there is a significant
correlation between personality traits and style of
conflict management. An indifferent or impassive
manager passes the issue and ignores it, while another
manager shows serious reactions [1]. Therefore, for
achieving organizational go.
IoT References:
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-secure-your-iot-devices-from-botnets-and-other-threats/
https://www.peerbits.com/blog/biggest-iot-security-challenges.html
https://www.bankinfosecurity.asia/securing-iot-devices-challenges-a-11138
https://www.sumologic.com/blog/iot-security/
https://news.ihsmarkit.com/press-release/number-connected-iot-devices-will-surge-125-billion-2030-ihs-markit-says
https://cdn.ihs.com/www/pdf/IoT_ebook.pdf
https://go.armis.com/hubfs/Buyers%E2%80%99%20Guide%20to%20IoT%20Security%20-Final.pdf
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/smart-farming-how-iot-robotics-and-ai-are-tackling-one-of-the-biggest-problems-of-the-century/
Video Resources:What is the Internet of Things (IoT) and how can we secure it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_X6IP1-NDc
What is the problem with IoT security? - Gary explains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3yrk4TaIQQ
Final Research Project - Securing IoT Devices: What are the Challenges?
Internet security, in general, is a challenge that we have been dealing with for decades. It is a regular topic of discussion and concern, but a relatively new segment of internet security is getting most attention—internet of things (IoT). So why is internet of things security so important?
The high growth rate of IoT should get the attention of cybersecurity professionals. The rate at which new technology goes to market is inversely proportional to the amount of security that gets designed into the product. According to IHS Markit, “The number of connected IoT devices worldwide will jump 12 percent on average annually, from nearly 27 billion in 2017 to 125 billion in 2030.”
IoT devices are quite a bit different from other internet-connected devices such as laptops and servers. They are designed with a single purpose in mind, usually running minimal software with minimal resources to serve that purpose. Adding the capability to run and update security software is often not taken into consideration.
Due to the lack of security integrated into IoT devices, they present significant risks that must be addressed. IoT security is the practice of understanding and mitigating these risks. Let’s consider the challenges of IoT security and how we can address them.
Some security practitioners suggest that key IoT security steps include:
1. Make people aware that there is a threat to security;
2. Design a technical solution to reduce security vulnerabilities;
3. Align the legal and regulatory frameworks; and
4. Develop a workforce with the skills to handle IoT security.
Final Assignment - Project Plan (Deliverables):
1) Address each of the FOURIoT security steps listed above in terms of IoT devices.
2) Explain in detail, in a step-by-step guide, how to make people more aware of the problems associated with the use of IoT devices.
Bottom of Form
Top of Form
Bottom of Form
Personal data breaches and securing IoT devices
· By Damon Culbert (2019)
The Internet of Things (IoT) is taking the world b.
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The document summarizes Anthony Lewis's book "Gideon's Trumpet", which details Clarence Earl Gideon's struggle for justice and freedom. Gideon, an indigent man accused of a crime, demanded counsel be appointed to him but was denied. He took his case to the Supreme Court, arguing this violated his civil rights. Ultimately, the Court ruled in Gideon's favor, establishing the precedent that states must provide legal counsel to criminal defendants who cannot afford private attorneys. The book examines Gideon's case and its impact in establishing this important civil liberty. It demonstrates how even a poor individual can challenge unjust laws and effect meaningful change through the legal system.
Iran:
Ayatollah
Theocracy
Twelver Shiism
Vilayat-e Faghih (jurist's guardianship)
Imam
Shari’a
Dual Society
Constitutional Revolution
White Revolution
Islamic Revolution
Iranian Revolutionary Guard (Pasdaran)
Rentier state
Resource curse
Maslahat
Green Movement
reformers vs. conservatives
Majmu’eh (Society of the Militant Clergy) vs. Jam’eh (Association of the Militant Clergy)
Iman Jum'ehs
Hojjat al-Islams
Powers and roles of Guardian Council, Supreme Leader, Majles, President, Expediency Council and Assembly of Religious Experts
1. Discuss the source of the legitimacy problem associated with “earthly” regimes in Shia Islam prior to Khomeini’s book, Vilayat-e Faghih. How does Khomeini’s revision of this allow for the establishment of a theocracy within this country?
2. Describe in detail how Iran combines theocracy with democracy in its governmental system. Assess the relative balance between these two forces.
3. What are some of the ways in which the oil industry has advanced or distorted development in Iran?
4. List the steps in the electoral process used to elect the Iranian president. What is considered to be the main obstacle to fair elections in Iran?
5. What are the powers and limitations of Iran’s parliament?
6. What are the most important political challenges that now face Iran?
Mexico:
Mestizo
Ejidos
maquiladoras
import substituting industrialization (ISI)
parastatal
clientelism
state capitalism
Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
National Action Party (PAN)
Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD)
NAFTA
el dedazo
sexenio
amparos
1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act
Corporatist state
Anticlericalism
Porfiriato
Accommodation
1. What is the PRI? Describe how it has traditionally dominated the Mexican political system. List the other main political parties and briefly discuss their general platforms and typical supporters.
2. Describe the process of el dedazo. Describe two reasons why this process is no longer utilized in Mexico.
3. Mexico’s political system was traditionally characterized as a “hyper-presidential” system. What formed the basis for this characterization? Is this characterization still true? (Make sure to support your argument here.)
4. Are state institutions like the military and the judiciary truly independent of the executive branch of government? In what ways have these institutions promoted or hindered the growth of democracy in recent years?
5. What are the power bases of the main political parties in Mexican politics? What factors made it possible for the PAN to unseat the long-dominant PRI in 2000? What accounts for the continuing viability of the PRI as a political force?
6. What challenges does the process of globalization pose to Mexican’s strong sense of national identity?
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ipopulation monitoring in radiation emergencies a gui.docxmariuse18nolet
i
population monitoring in radiation emergencies: a guide for state and local public health planners
Developed by the
Radiation Studies Branch
Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects
National Center for Environmental Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
August 2007
PREDECiSioNal DRaft
this planning guide is provided as a predecisional draft. Please send your comments
and suggestions to the Radiation Studies Branch at CDC via e-mail ([email protected])
or mail them to:
Radiation Studies Branch
Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects
National Center for Environmental Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Rd, NE (MS-E39)
atlanta, Ga 30333
Electronic copies of this document can be downloaded from
http://emergency.cdc.gov/radiation/pdf/population-monitoring-guide.pdf
population monitoring in radiation emergencies:
a guide for state and local public health planners
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population monitoring in radiation emergencies: a guide for state and local public health planners
acknowledgments
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) thanks the many individuals and
organizations that provided input to this document, including the office of the Secretary,
Department of Health and Human Services, and the Population Monitoring interagency Working
Group.
Representatives from the following agencies and organizations participated in the CDC
roundtable on population monitoring on January 11–12, 2005, and many provided comments on
initial drafts of this document:
American Red Cross (ARC)
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI)
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc. (CRCPD)
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network
Pennsylvania State University, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Indian Health Services
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
New York City Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)
State of Arkansas Department of Health
State of California Department of Public Health
State of Georgia Division of Public Health, Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
State of Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA)
State of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory Department of Health
State of Maine Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory
State of Washington Department of Health
Texas A&M University, Department of Nuclear Engineering
University of Alabama-Birmingham, School of Public Health
University of Georgia, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Department of Radiology
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population monitoring in radiation emergen.
In Innovation as Usual How to Help Your People Bring Great Ideas .docxmariuse18nolet
In Innovation as Usual: How to Help Your People Bring Great Ideas to Life (2013), Miller and Wedell-Wedellsborg discuss the importance of establishing systems within organizations that promote not only the creativity that results in innovation, but also make it possible for employees to bring innovative ideas to fruition. Miller and Wedell-Wedellsborg argue that a leader’s primary job “is not to innovate; it is to become an innovation architect, creating a work environment that helps . . . people engage in the key innovation behaviors as part of their daily work” (p. 4). Such a work environment must be reinforced by innovation architecture—the structures within an organization that support an innovation, from the brainstorming phase to final realization. The more well developed the architecture and the simpler the processes involved, the more likely employees are to be innovators.
For this assignment, you will research the innovation architecture of at least three companies that are well-known for successfully supporting a culture of innovation. Write a 1,500-word paper that addresses the following:
1. What particular elements of each organization’s culture, processes, and management systems and styles work well to support innovation?
2. Why do you think these organizations have been able to capitalize on innovation and intrapreneurship while others have not?
3. Based on what you have learned, what processes and systems might actually stifle innovation and intrapreneurship?
4. Imagine yourself as an innovation architect. What structures or processes would you put in place to foster a culture of innovation within your own organization?
Include in-text citations to at least four reputable secondary sources (such as trade journals, academic journals, and professional or industry websites) in your paper.
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Investor’s Business Daily – Investors.comBloomberg Business – Blo.docxmariuse18nolet
Investor’s Business Daily – Investors.com
Bloomberg Business – Bloomberg.com
Bonds Online – Bondsonline.com
CBOE – CBOE.com
Yahoo Finance – Finance.Yahoo.com
SEC GOV EDGAR – sec.gov/edgar
Barron’s – barrons.com
CNBC – cnbc.com/pro
Treasury Direct – treasurydirect.gov
Goldman Sachs – goldmansachs.com
YouTube – Portfolio Management
Motley Fool
Morning Star – Morningstar.com
FI360 – fi360.com
Value Line – valueline.com
Earnings Cast – earningcast.com
WEEK 1
CHAPTER 1
DISCUSSION:
1. Briefly discuss each of the eight steps in the investment planning process. (p. 1)
2. Explain the importance of client assessment and capital markets assessment. (pp. 1-2)
3. Describe the three types of investments that can be included within a portfolio. (p. 2)
4. Discuss the importance of continuous monitoring of portfolios. (p. 3)
CHAPTER 2
DISCUSSION:
1. Describe some of the debt instruments that may be included in a money market fund and the nature of these type instruments. (p. 5)
2. Explain how an investor might manage interest rate risk through the use of CDs. (p. 7, item #8)
3. Briefly discuss the nature of fees associated with the purchase of CDs as they relate to (a) banking institutions and (b) brokerage firms. (p. 9)
CHAPTER 3
DISCUSSION:
1. Describe why a risk adverse investor would be inclined to favor a direct issue of Treasury Department over a corporate issue of similar length to maturity. (pp. 13-14)
2. Discuss the tax ramifications of purchasing a T-bill on the open market prior to its maturity. (pp. 14-15)
3. Briefly discuss, if all government securities with like maturites have the same risk/reward characteristics, WHY an investor might be selective in the type of security he purchases? (p. 16)
CHAPTER 4
DISCUSSION:
1. Explain the rationale behind why an investor might choose NOT to sell bonds. (pp.20-21)
2. Discuss how interest income is usually received and the tax ramifications to an investor who receives such income in a taxable account. (pp. 21-22)
3. Briefly explain what the affect of interest rate movements are on the price of corporate bonds, especially as it relates to their term to maturity. (p. 24)
Chapter 5
CHAPTER DISCUSSION:
1. Briefly discuss how a convertible security can offer a “floor” value below which an investor can protect his investment (pp. 27-28)
2. Explain why the rates offered by convertible securities are generally lower than those available on nonconvertible issues of similar quality (p. 29)
3. Tell how profits and losses on a preferred stock are treated (p. 29)
4. Discuss the major advantages of an investor who buys a “stock purchase warrant” and a nonconvertible bond (pp. 27-28)
CHAPTER 6
DISCUSSION:
1. Distinguish between the three types of municipal bonds presented in the introduction, and decide when investors might find these financial instruments to be a useful “tool” in their portfolios (p. 35)
2. Explain why a risk averse investor might prefer investing in a “general obligation’ bond, rather th.
Invitation to Public Speaking, Fifth EditionChapter 8 Introdu.docxmariuse18nolet
Invitation to Public Speaking, Fifth Edition
Chapter 8: Introductions and Conclusions
By Cindy L. Griffin
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Introduction
The speaker’s first contact with the audience
Introductions are like first impressions:
Important
Lasting
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Introduction
Catch the audience’s attention
Reveal the topic to the audience
Establish credibility with the audience
Preview the speech for the audience
Prepare a Compelling Introduction
Ask a Question
Tell a story
Recite a quotation or a poem
Give a demonstration
Make an intriguing or startling statement
Prepare a Compelling Introduction
State importance of topic
Share expertise
State what’s to come
Tips for the Introduction
Look for introductory materials as you do your research
Prepare and practice the full introduction in detail
Be brief
Be creative
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Conclusions
The speaker’s final contact with the audience
The conclusion represents your last impression:
Lingers with your listeners long after your speech is over
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The Conclusion
Bring your speech to an end
Reinforce your thesis statement
Prepare a Compelling Conclusion
Summarize main points
Answer introductory question
Refer back to the introduction
Recite a quotation
Tips for the Conclusion
Look for concluding materials
Be creative
Be brief
Don’t leave the conclusion to chance
Speech Introduction and Conclusion
Watch Mike deliver a speech introduction and conclusion.
Discuss if and how Mike Piel met the objectives of a speech introduction and conclusion.
Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen Degeneres Commencement Speech
Listen to the first 2 minutes of Ellen DeGeneres and identify how she remains audience-centered
There is more to citing sources than merely the accurate transcription or recitation of someone’s words.
Invitation to Public Speaking, Fifth Edition
Chapter 7: Organizing and Outlining your Speech
By Cindy L. Griffin
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Organize for Clarity
Organization: the systematic arrangement of ideas into a coherent whole, makes speeches listenable
Main Points
Main points; the most important, comprehensive ideas you address in your speech.
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Main Points
Identify main points
Use an appropriate number of main points
Order main points
Ordering Main Points
Chronological – Good for when the idea about which you are speaking extend over a period of time.
Spatial – An arrangement of ideas by location or direction.
Causal – A pattern that describes cause-and-effect relationships between ideas and events.
Problem-
Solution
– Identifies first a problem, then a solution.
Topical – Allows you to divide your topic into sub-topics and even sub-sub-topics.
Tips for Preparing Main Points
Keep each main point separate and distinc.
Invitation to the Life SpanRead chapters 13 and 14.Objectives.docxmariuse18nolet
Invitation to the Life Span
Read chapters 13 and 14.
Objectives:
Describe psychosocial changes in adulthood.
Describe and analyze personality theories that apply to adulthood.
Analyze the physical and cognitive changes that occur during late adulthood.
Adulthood and Late Adulthood
Introduction
The last module began an examination of adulthood. This module will finish the study of adulthood and begin a look at late adulthood.
Psychosocial Development in Adulthood
Erikson's seventh stage of generativity vs. stagnation occurs during this stage. Being generative means truly caring about the next generation (e.g., being a parent, teacher, coach, or conservationist) (Boeree, 2006b). The idea of a mid-life crisis has been a popular notion since the 1970s (see Berger's description of Levinson's research on page 459), but very little evidence for it exists. Modern personality theorists have backed off the word crisis, which implies a do-or-die decision point, and instead have started using terms like marker events, turning points, or passages (Sheehy, 1976).
Abraham Maslow created another prominent theory of personality development (examine his five stages of the hierarchy of needs in Berger, 2010, Figure 13.1, p. 457). The lowest level, physiological needs, must be satisfied first, followed by the others in ascending order. Because people spend so much time satisfying the four lowest needs, very few reach the highest stage of self-actualization, where people live up to their potential; at one point, Maslow estimated the percentage of self-actualizers to be around 2% (Boeree, 2006a). Numerous longitudinal studies have shown evidence of considerable stability and continuity in personality across the adult years (see Berger's discussion of Costa and McCrae's research).
Robert Havighurst (cited in Newman & Newman, 2010) states that adults in their 20s and 30s must face four developmental tasks. Tasks 1 and 2, marriage and childbearing, are affected by societal expectations (called the social clock). The probability of divorce hits its peak 2 to 4 years after marriage. Qualities for a successful marriage include similarity in personal characteristics, trust, sensitivity, and adjustment (including a mutually satisfying sexual relationship, economic factors, sleep patterns, food patterns, and toilet habits) (Kimmel, cited in Newman & Newman, 2010). Task 3 involves work, and includes four components: having technical skills, handling authority relationships, coping with unique demands of the job, and establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships. Task 4 involves establishing a lifestyle that is compatible for both spouses (as well as dealing with constraints placed on the marriage by the children) (Newman & Newman, 2010).
For adults in their 40s and 50s, Havighurst (cited in Newman and Newman, 2010) discusses three crucial developmental tasks. Task 1 involves managing a household, including the following sub-tasks: 1) decision-making (about fina.
IOBOARD Week 2 Lab BPage 2 of 4Name _________________ Gr.docxmariuse18nolet
This document provides instructions for an ARM project to control LEDs on an I/O board from corresponding pushbuttons. The procedure involves setting up a While loop in LabVIEW to read input from the pushbuttons on the I/O board and write the corresponding output to light the LEDs. Data is read from the pushbuttons using one IOBOARD VI, passed to a second IOBOARD VI to write to the LEDs, with a half second delay in the loop. Running the VI allows testing to verify that pressing a pushbutton turns on its corresponding LED.
INVITATION TO Computer Science 1 1 Chapter 17 Making .docxmariuse18nolet
INVITATION TO
Computer Science 1 1
Chapter 17
Making Decisions about Computers,
Information, and Society
Objectives
After studying this chapter, students will be able to:
• Use ethical reasoning to evaluate social issues
related to computing
• Describe the viewpoints of music users and music
publishers about the issue of music file sharing
• Apply utilitarian arguments to ethical issues
• Explain the social tradeoffs involved in lawful
intercept laws and their opposition
• Explain the purpose of a dialectic process
• Use analogies to evaluate ethical issues
Invitation to Computer Science, 6th Edition 2
Objectives (continued)
After studying this chapter, students will be able to:
• Provide arguments that support and oppose
hackers who claim to be performing a social good
• Perform deontological analysis of the duties and
responsibilities of parties in an ethical issue
• Describe cyberbullying and why legal remedies are
difficult to apply
• Explain the potential downsides of sexting for those
engaged in it
• Explain why information online may not be private
Invitation to Computer Science, 6th Edition 3
Introduction
• Social and ethical issues related to information
technology are unavoidable
• Develop skills to reason about such issues
• Case studies introduce important ethical issues
– Describe arguments for and against certain positions
– Evaluate arguments in terms of ethics
Invitation to Computer Science, 6th Edition 4
Case Studies
Case 1: The Story of MP3—Compression Codes,
Musicians, and Money
• MP3 standard for compressing sound developed in
1987
• Patented and worldwide by early 1990s
• Computer-based MP3 playback in 1997
• WinAmp application free on the Internet in 1998
• Users began transmitting and sharing MP3 music
• Napster file-sharing system developed, 1999
• Peer-to-peer file sharing:
– Software introduces users to each other
– Sharing happens directly between users
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Invitation to Computer Science, 6th Edition 6
Case Studies
Case 1: The Story of MP3—Compression Codes,
Musicians, and Money (continued)
• Recording companies filed suit against Napster,
1999
• Lawsuit claimed Napster was a conspiracy to
encourage mass infringement of copyright
• Facts:
– Most shared music was copyrighted
– Many artists opposed sharing---no revenue for them
– Some artists supported sharing
Invitation to Computer Science, 6th Edition 7
Case Studies
Case 1: The Story of MP3—Compression Codes,
Musicians, and Money (continued)
• Napster claims:
– Napster was just a “common carrier”
– Napster reported song locations, was not involved in
actual sharing
– They were not responsible for users’ behaviors
– Swapping files this was should be “fair use” under
copyright law
• Napster lost the case and appeals, and closed in
2001
Invitation to Computer Science, 6th Edition 8
C.
Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management AD 717 OLHomework E.docxmariuse18nolet
Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management
AD 717 OL
Homework Exercise 7 - Derivatives
1) On June 21, 2011, the GE’s stock closed at $18.81 per share. The accompanying table lists the prices for GE’s exchange-traded options. Using this data, calculate the payoff and the profit for each of the following September expiration options, assuming that at the September expiration the value of the stock was $17.72.
a) Call option X = $17
b) Put option x = $17
c) Call option x = $19
d) Put option x = $19
e) Call option x = $15
f) Put option x = $21
2. It is mid July. You believe that Walmart stock which is currently priced at $53.00 will appreciate significantly over the next several months. A long-term equity call option (LEAPS) with an expiry in mid January and a strike price of $52.50 is available at a price of $2.50. You have $10,600 to invest. You consider 4 alternatives:
a) Use your entire amount of funds to buy the stock outright
b) Use the entire amount to purchase the stock on margin. Assume that the minimum margin requirement is 50% and that you will pay 7% (annually) on borrowed funds.
c) Use the entire amount of funds to buy LEAPS call options with the January expiry date.
d) Buy options for 200 shares and use the rest of the money to buy government bills paying 1% per year. (hence figure on 6 months of interest).
For simplicity ignore any brokerage charges Calculate the net gain or loss from each strategy as of mid January assuming that the price of stock is:
Gain / Loss from Investment in Walmart
Investment Strategy
Stock Price in Mid January
$45
$50
$55
$60
Stock Outright
Stock on Margin
All Options
Options & Bills
3) One of the financial instruments that attracted so much hostile fire in the analysis of the recent financial crisis were “Synthetic Collateralized Debt Obligations” (synthetic cdos) which used “synthetic debt” as its collateral. Describe how you could use a combination of risk free investments and derivatives to create the same pay-off / risk profile as if you were holding a corporate bond, say for IBM. Explain how the pay-off / risk profile is the same (a) if the company remains afloat and pays all of its debt obligations on time or (b) if the company defaults on its debt obligations.
4) A stock is currently priced at $50. The risk free interest rate is 10% per year. What is the value of a call option on the stock with a strike price of $45 due in one year?
a) Using the Binomial valuation approach, assume that at the end of one year the value of the stock could either have increased to $60 or decreased to $40.
b) Using the Black-Scholes model, assume that the annual volatility (standard deviation) of the stock price is 25%.
5) On June 29, 2010 the S&P 500 stood at 1308.44. The one year futures price on the index was 1278.7. The 1 year risk free rate was 0.238%. Using the Spot-Futures Parity relationship, calculate the annualized expected.
Investment BAFI 1042 Kevin Dorr 3195598 GOODMAN .docxmariuse18nolet
Investment BAFI 1042
Kevin Dorr 3195598
GOODMAN FIELDER LIMITED (GFF)
COMPANY VALUATION REPORT
1
GOODMAN FIELDER
LIMITED
COMPANY VALUATION REPORT
Scope
• The report looks at all publicly available data about the company via
the annual reports and publications
• An analyses of the company’s weakness and strength has been
conducted with detailed look at the fundamentals impacting the company
• The report outlines the ratios in relation to probability, return on
equity, using several modelling techniques
• There are charts and information used form the cash flow statement,
balance sheet and historical data sourced from the ASX
• The analysis of the company is compared to its competitors, industry,
sector and market it operates in.
• The report looks at stock price movement and all assumptions are
made available and are explained.
• Expert opinion and copyrighted material is used in the report and has
been appropriately
referenced.
REPORT
OUTLINE
This report attempt to
provide an analytical
evaluation of
Goodman fielder,
every attempt has
been made to make all
data accessible and
complete. This report
contains financial data,
historical analysis,
forecasts and
estimates based on
best available and
most up to date
information. The aim is
for the reader to be
able to make an
informed decision
about the fair value of
GFF stock and
compare it to GFF
peers in the industry. It
should give reader the
ability to form an
opinion on Goodman
fielder as an
investment based on
financial information
analytics.
2
Executive summary
Goodman fielder is one of the largest producers of food in Australia and it supplies product in many categories,
however it is first or second in every food category it participates in. It owns brands such as such as Nature's
Fresh, Helga's, Praise, Wonder White, Quality Bakers, White Wings, and Meadow Lea with offerings in consumer
brands such as Fresh milk, Meadow White Wings cake mixes, Praise salad dressings, and Leaning Tower frozen
pizza (Yahoo Finance 2012). It reaches over 30000 outlets in and around Australia. There are several major
shareholders of the company such as J. P. Morgan Nominees Australia Limited which owns 19%, HSBC Custody
Nominees (Australia) Limited that owns 17% and National Nominees Limited the owners of 22% of the
company(ASX 2012.)
On 19 August 2011 Goodman Fielder announced a net loss of $166.7 million for the year ended 30 June 2011,
this was attributable to a non-cash impairment charge of $300 million. Revenues from ordinary activities were
$2.56 billion, which is down 3.9% from the year before The New CEO of Goodman Fielder Limited Chris Delaney
is going to implement a strategic review which is focused on improving the performance of the company. There
are significant opportunities to increase efficiency, improve supply chain structure and inno.
Executive Directors Chat Leveraging AI for Diversity, Equity, and InclusionTechSoup
Let’s explore the intersection of technology and equity in the final session of our DEI series. Discover how AI tools, like ChatGPT, can be used to support and enhance your nonprofit's DEI initiatives. Participants will gain insights into practical AI applications and get tips for leveraging technology to advance their DEI goals.
This slide is special for master students (MIBS & MIFB) in UUM. Also useful for readers who are interested in the topic of contemporary Islamic banking.
LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
environment for investigating the changes in vegetation cover dynamics. Our study utilizes
advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
these activities. As the most crucial natural resource, its utilization by humans results in different
'Land uses,' which are determined by both human activities and the physical characteristics of the
land.
The utilization of land is impacted by human needs and environmental factors. In countries
like India, rapid population growth and the emphasis on extensive resource exploitation can lead
to significant land degradation, adversely affecting the region's land cover.
Therefore, human intervention has significantly influenced land use patterns over many
centuries, evolving its structure over time and space. In the present era, these changes have
accelerated due to factors such as agriculture and urbanization. Information regarding land use and
cover is essential for various planning and management tasks related to the Earth's surface,
providing crucial environmental data for scientific, resource management, policy purposes, and
diverse human activities.
Accurate understanding of land use and cover is imperative for the development planning
of any area. Consequently, a wide range of professionals, including earth system scientists, land
and water managers, and urban planners, are interested in obtaining data on land use and cover
changes, conversion trends, and other related patterns. The spatial dimensions of land use and
cover support policymakers and scientists in making well-informed decisions, as alterations in
these patterns indicate shifts in economic and social conditions. Monitoring such changes with the
help of Advanced technologies like Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems is
crucial for coordinated efforts across different administrative levels. Advanced technologies like
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
9
Changes in vegetation cover refer to variations in the distribution, composition, and overall
structure of plant communities across different temporal and spatial scales. These changes can
occur natural.
A review of the growth of the Israel Genealogy Research Association Database Collection for the last 12 months. Our collection is now passed the 3 million mark and still growing. See which archives have contributed the most. See the different types of records we have, and which years have had records added. You can also see what we have for the future.
How to Fix the Import Error in the Odoo 17Celine George
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How to Setup Warehouse & Location in Odoo 17 Inventory
IntroductionWorld Regional GeographyWhat is Geog.docx
1. Introduction
World Regional Geography
What is Geography?Geography is the study of…. the earth, its
features (physical and human-made) and the interaction between
these featuresGeographers ask…WHERE are things located?
and-WHY are things where they are? Geography is a
multidisciplinary discipline
What is World Regional Geography?The study of the world by
breaking it down into realms and regionsA realm is…The
largest unit the inhabited world can be dividedThe result of the
interaction between human societies and natural environmentsA
representation of the great population clusters of humankindA
changing entity over timeMarked by transition zones at its
boundaries with other realms
We will be studying the world by realms and regions. For
example, one of the realms we will be studying is North
America. North America is a realm and is also broken down into
regions that we will also study: The Maritime Northeast, The
South, etc.
*
2. What is World Regional Geography?A region is…An area on
the earth’s surface marked by specific criteria that we
establishSpecific criteria in this class focus on four themes:
physical, cultural, economic, and historical geographyAll
regions have…Area BoundariesLocationAbsolute location –
specific measurable point on the earth’s surfaceRelative
location – location with respect to other regions
What is World Regional Geography?All regions include statesA
state is…a politically organized territory that is administered by
a sovereign government and is recognized by a significant
portion of the international communityA state must contain:a
permanent resident populationan organized economya
functioning internal circulation system
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Your book and geographers- refer to countries as states.
How would you divide the world?
Think about what kind of criteria you would use to divide the
world and try to come up with a division scheme on your own.
The book divides the world based on geographic similarities
that include physical (the natural environment), cultural,
economic, historical, and political (in some cases).
*
3. Themes of the Course:
Physical GeographyPhysical Geography…The study of the
earth’s natural landscapes (the array of landforms and physical
features that constitute the earth’s surfaceWhat are some
examples of natural landscapes?Physiography – synonymous
with physical geography; literally means landscape description
Themes of the Course:
Physical GeographyQuestion 1: Why do we have mountains,
earthquakes and volcanoes in some places and not others?Enter
the Theory of Plate TectonicsThe Theory of Plate Tectonics
states that…the world is divided into large slabs of rock called
tectonic plates that move slowly over the earth’s surfacethe
movement of these tectonic plates create mountains and cause
earthquakes and volcanoes along their boundariesTypes of
tectonic plate boundaries:Convergent – two plates collide, one
plate dips below another plate (subduction), creating mountains
and causing earthquakes and volcanoes (ex.
Himalayas)Divergent – two plates spread apart (ex. Great
African Rift Valley) Transform – two plates slide past one
another (ex. San Andreas Fault)Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’
Why do we have mountains, volcanoes, and earthquakes in some
place and not others?Plate tectonics is one of the major theories
of our time.Look at the map of lithospheric plates and the map
of volcano/earthquake distribution. Do you see any
similarities?Hint: Take the Nazca plate near South America as
an example. Notice how volcanoes and earthquakes form the
outline of the Nazca plate. Now look at some more plates and
then look at volcano/earthquake distribution. Most volcanoes
4. and earthquakes occur along plate boundaries.Now look at the
Pacific plate on the volcano/earthquake distribution map. Why
do you think the Pacific plate is called the ‘Ring of Fire’?
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Tectonic Plates
Where are the continents located and why are they there? Be
able to explain this based on the information you are given
about continental drift and Pangaea.
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What do you notice about the distribution of
earthquakes/volcanoes
and tectonic plates?
Convergent
Boundary
Divergent
Boundary
5. Transform
Boundary
The San Andreas Fault
Pacific Plate
North
American
Plate
Themes of the Course:
Physical GeographyQuestion 2: Where are continents located
and why are they there? Earth’s continents are located where
they are because of plate tectonicsEarth’s continents rest upon
tectonic platesContinental Drift – the theory that the continents
have moved throughout geologic timePangaea – supercontinent
that existed 225 million years ago
Where are the continents located and why are they there? Be
able to explain this based on the information you are given
about continental drift and Pangaea.
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6. The Big Picture…in a nutshell
Try to find the different boundaries on this map so you can see
what is going on at each.
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Themes of the Course:
Physical GeographyQuestion 3: How can the world be divided
up by climate?Koppen-Geiger Climatic RegionsA climates –
humid, tropical (monsoon, rainforest, savanna)B climates – dry
(desert, steppe)C climates – humid, temperate (mid-latitude)D
climates – humid, cold (continental)E climates – cold, polar
(tundra, icecap)H climates – highland (most like E climates –
why?)
World Climatic Regions
Look at the climatic categories. How do the climates change as
you move from the equator toward the poles (this is a way to
remember these categories and where they are located)?
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Themes of the Course:
Physical GeographyAn aside…Climate ChangeClimates change
7. over timeIce Age – a stretch of geologic time during which the
earth gradually coolsGlaciation – a period of lowered
temperatures, ice surges, and dropping sea levelsLast glaciation
ended 10,000 years ago…many features we know today are
remnants if this glaciationInterglaciation – relatively warm
spells that separate periods of glaciationWhy was the ‘Fertile
Crescent’ so fertile 10,000 years ago? What has happened
since?What is going on with climatic change now?
What I want you to understand about climate change is that the
climate on the earth has changed throughout earth’s history. The
earth has experienced warm periods and cold periods
intermittently over the course of millions/billions of years.
What are we experiencing now?Why was the ‘Fertile Crescent’
so fertile 10,000 years ago? What has happened since?Look in
your book for this chapter and read the section under “Decline
and Decay” of the Fertile Crescent civilizations. Climate change
affects civilizations. The advent of agriculture is thought to
have occurred in the Fertile Crescent because the climate in this
area was more temperate 10,000 years ago than it is today.
Large ice sheets covered much of Europe and moderated the
climate in the Fertile Crescent. When the ice sheets retreated,
this area became drier and drier until it became what we see
today, very dry and desert-like.
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Themes of the Course
Cultural GeographyQuestion 1:How can the world’s peoples be
divided up?Culture – the sum total of the knowledge, attitudes,
and habitual behavior patterns shared and transmitted by
members of a societyWhat are some characteristics of American
culture? Other cultures?Geographers are concerned with how
8. culture is imprinted on the landscapeCultural Landscape – the
composite of human imprints on the earth’s surfaceWhat are
some differences between the U.S. west coast and east coast?
Between a U.S. city and European city?
Think about some of the characteristics that distinguish one
culture from another and make a list.
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Themes of the Course
Cultural GeographyComponents of culture…Ethnicity – the
combination of a people’s culture and racial ancestryOthers
components?
Themes of the Course
Cultural GeographyQuestion 2: How are people distributed
across the surface of the earth? Do you see clusters?
Themes of the Course
Cultural GeographyWorld Population Clusters:East Asia South
AsiaEuropeEastern North America
Clusters of populationEast Asia centers on ChinaSouth Asia
centers on IndiaEuropeEastern North America – interesting that
9. we in Maryland are in one of the four major population clusters
in the world!
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Themes of the Course
Cultural GeographyQuestion 3: Where do people cluster?Near
coastsAlong rivers or other freshwater sourcesOn flat terrainIn
temperate climates (what climatic classification is this?___)In
places with fertile soil (river valleys, volcanic soils
etc)Question 4: Why do people cluster in these areas?
Think about what people need in order to survive and then look
at where people cluster. It should make sense.
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Themes of the Course
Cultural GeographyBasic Terminology…Population Distribution
– the way people have arranged themselves in geographic
spacePopulation Density – number of people per unit
areaCartogram – a map where the area of a country does not
reflect territorial area but population numbers
Themes of the Course
10. Cultural GeographyAn Aside…Population Growth
(Overpopulation)The J-curve
Just by looking at the J-curve, why would population growth –
or overpopulation- be considered an issue?
Just by looking at the J-curve, why would population growth –
or overpopulation- be considered an issue?Hint: For 7000 years,
the human population has increased very slowly. What has
happened within the past couple hundred years in terms of
human population growth?
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Themes of the Course
Economic GeographyEconomic Geography – the study of the
spatial aspects of how people make a living and the subsequent
patterns of production, distribution, and consumption of goods
and servicesQuestion 1: How can the world be divided
economically? World Bank division of countries/states…High-
incomeUpper-Middle-IncomeLower-Middle-IncomeLow-Income
World Bank Economic
11. Division of the World
Themes of the Course
Economic Geography
Other Methods of Dividing the World…HavesCore
AreasAdvantagedDevelopedFirst World Have
NotsPeripheriesDisadvantagedUnderdevelopedSecond, Third,
Fourth, Fifth World
Themes of the Course
Economic GeographyMeasures of Economic
Development…GNP per capitaGNP (Gross National Product) –
the total value of all goods and services produced in a country
(including citizens’ foreign investment and other external
sources) in a given year GNP per capita means the gross
domestic product per personExample: India has a GNP of $336
billion while Switzerland has a GNP of $288 billion – which
state is economically more well off?
*Measure of Economic DevelopmentGNP per capitaIndia’s GNP
is $336 billion and Switzerland’s GNP is $288 billion – which
state is more advanced?Switzerland because of GNP per
capitaIndia’s GNP per capita is $340 while Switzerland’s GNP
per capita is $40,630Population growth – in general, what is the
economic condition of states with high population growth? Low
population growth?Occupational structure of the labor force –
in an ‘underdeveloped’ country, what is the predominant way to
12. make a living?Urbanization – in general, a high urbanization
rate correlates with what kind of state – developed or
underdeveloped?Consumption per capita – think about access to
technology (cell phones, computers, TV etc) and energy
useInfrastructure – roadways, railways, waterways etc.
Themes of the Course
Economic GeographyMeasures of Economic Development
cont…Population growthIn general, poorer countries have more
rapid rates of population growthPopulation growth rates (or
natural increase percent) usually range from (-)1%-(+)4% - what
does this mean?The Rule of 70If a country has a population
growth rate of 1% its population will double in 70 years (i.e. the
rule of 70)How long will it take a country’s population to
double with a population growth rate of 2%? 3%? 4%?Look at
Table G-1 at the back of the Introduction chapterWhat countries
have the highest population growth rates?What countries have
the lowest population growth rates?
Divide 70 by 2 and that is the number of years it will take a
country’s population to double if that country has a natural rate
of increase of 2% annually. What about 3%? 4%? All you need
to do is 70/3 and 70/4 to find the answers.
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World Population Growth Rates
Image obtained from www.worldbank.org
Where are population growth rates the highest? The lowest?
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Themes of the Course
Economic GeographyMeasures of Economic Development
cont…Occupational structure of the labor forceWhat do we
mean by occupational structure? Think about what type of jobs
predominate in poorer countries vs. richer countries.
Urbanization – percentage of a country’s population living in
urban areasWhich countries would Consumption per capita – of
what?Infrastructure – the foundations of a society: urban
centers, transport networks, communications, energy
distribution systems, farms, factories, mines and social services
such as schools, hospitals, postal services, police and armed
forces
Consumption per capitaThink about technology. What do we
have/use in the U.S. that people in other
countries/regions/realms might not have access to? If you still
can’t figure it out, then think about how you are taking this
class. Do all people in all countries have the ability to take a
class like you are right now?
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Themes of the Course
Economic GeographyMeasures of Economic Development
cont…Social conditionsHuman Development Index (HDI): life
expectancy, education (adult literacy), and GNP per
capitaAddresses the failings of merely using GNP to measure
the ‘success’ or ‘wealth’ of a country
14. This is a more widely used index because it includes the well-
being of human beings as opposed to merely how much money a
country accumulates. Look at the map in the next slide.
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Human Development Index
by Country
Dark Green = highest HDI
Dark Red = lowest HDI
Where are the highest HDI’s located? The lowest? Are you
getting a picture here of what areas are well-off and what areas
are not well-off?
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Themes of the Course
Economic GeographyAn Aside…Globalization (pp.20-
21)Globalization – the gradual reduction of regional contrasts at
the world scale, resulting from increasing international cultural,
economic, and political exchangeWhat are some indications of
globalization?Is globalization a positive or a negative thing?
How do the authors of your book view globalization? How do
YOU view globalization?
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15. Globalization
McDonald’s in Saudi Arabia (upper left), Kazakhstan (upper
right), and Nigeria (bottom right). Ronald McDonald in
Thailand (bottom, center).
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Themes of the Course
Economic GeographyAn Aside…Globalization cont…The World
Trade Organization – “the only global international organization
dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are
the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the
world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. The
goal is to help producers of goods and services, exporters, and
importers conduct their business”Who does the WTO favor? To
join the WTO, countries must: agree to open their economies to
foreign trade and investment and to adhere to a set of economic
rules. What are the problems with the WTO?
The WTO favors the developed countries of the world. Problems
with the WTO: Many developed countries subsidize their
products, especially farm products. Subsidize - to aid or
promote (as a private enterprise) with public money…meaning
the U.S. gives farmers money so they can sell their products
more cheaply. What happens, however, is that once a country
opens their economy and starts competing on the world market,
they find they are at a disadvantage against those countries that
subsidize their products. So, for example Mexico cannot
compete on the world market with the U.S. in terms of corn
because the U.S. subsidizes corn. This makes American corn
cheaper and Mexican corn more expensive. Is any country going
to buy the more expensive corn? Certainly not. Extra credit: you
16. look up some more problems with the WTO and email me your
answers in an email for extra credit.
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Themes of the Course
Historical GeographyQuestion 1: What is the history of the
human race?Culture Hearths – a place of origin of a major
culture; a heartland, source area, and innovation centerMajor
Culture Hearths:Mesopotamia Nile Valley Indus Valley Wei-
Huang Valley Ganges Valley Mesoamerica West Africa Andean
America
Themes of the Course
Historical Geography
Image obtained from
http://www.harpercollege.edu/mhealy/geogres/maps/othergif/he
arthgr.gif
Themes of the Course
Historical GeographyQuestion 2: Other than wars, what events
have significantly impacted the geography of the world today?
Colonialism – rule by an autonomous power over a subordinate
and alien people and placeImperialism – the drive toward the
creation and expansion of a colonial empire and, once
established, its perpetuationEarly
17. Empires:GreeksRomansChineseArab-IslamicOttomanOthers?
Colonialism is blamed for many of the problems countries face
today. The extent of the blame goes back and forth (in terms of
colonialism being totally to blame or colonialism being
somewhat to blame etc) as the years progress. However, one
thing is certain; colonialism significantly changed the shape and
course of most of the world’s countries. Much of what is going
on now in the world can be understood under the framework of
colonialism. We will be looking at this throughout the semester,
especially during the first two modules.
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Themes of the Course
Historical GeographyEuropean ColonizationEuropean control of
the earth’s land:1500: 9% 1800: 35% 1878: 67% 1914: 85%
Two waves of colonization:First wave: 1415-1825Western
Hemisphere mainly settlement colonies/immigrants major
powers: Spain and Portugal conquest, plunder, slavery,
annihilation of indigenous peoplesSecond wave: since the
1800’sAsia, Africa, and the Pacific colonies of occupation
rather than settlement major powers: Great Britain and France
colonies seen as sources of cheap resources
Themes of the Course
Historical GeographyEuropean colonization cont…Whom was
involved?United Kingdom (controlled 24% of land surface)
France Portuguese Spain Germany Italy Denmark the
Netherlands Belgium Others United States Russia China Japan
18. What were the effects?
Themes of the Course
Historical GeographyAn
Aside….NeocolonialismNeocolonialism – the idea that the past
colonial system of international exchange and capital flow has
not changed in the postcolonial era (the entrenchment of the old
colonial system under a new guise)Is neocolonialism a reality?
Many of the world’s less developed countries accuse the more
developed countries of perpetuating colonialism in a different
guise. Much of the world’s trade and economy is controlled by
the more developed countries. Less developed countries argue
that they cannot compete with more developed countries for
various reasons and that they are forced to play by the more
developed countries’ rules if they want to develop, hence
neocolonialism. What do you think about this argument?Many
people argue that things like the WTO create colonial
conditions where one country is dependent on another.
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INDICES ASSIGNMENT
BACKGROUND: All countries are not economically equal.
According to the World Bank, countries can be divided up into
four categories (see the Introduction PowerPoint for a map of
which countries are classified in which categories):
1. High Income Economies
2. Upper Middle Income Economies
3. Lower Middle Income Economies, and
19. 4. Lower Income Economies
You might also see the use of the terms More Developed
Countries (MDC’s) and Less Developed Countries (LDC’s) to
differentiate between countries and their level of economic
development (this is more politically correct). More Developed
Countries are countries like the United States. Less Developed
Countries are countries like Somalia.
GOAL: In this assignment I want you to understand the
difference in economic development between countries by
looking at the indices that measure economic development.
DIRECTIONS: Re-read the part of the Introduction Powerpoint
on ‘Measuring Economic Development’. Along with the United
States, choose four more countries (one from each of the World
Bank’s categories) and fill out the table below. Use the links
provided to find the data. When you are done filling out the
table, answer the questions below.
LINK- http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-and-lending-
groups
World Bank Country Rank by Income
P.S. You will need to calculate the doubling time on your own.
Remember the “Rule of 70”. If you do not remember, or know,
what this rule is then re-read the Introduction presentation. The
urbanization rate can be found in the table at the back of the
Introduction chapter.
Economic Development Indices Table
World Bank Category
High Income
Upper Middle Income
Lower Middle Income
Lower Income
20. Country
United States
Population (in millions)
Natural Increase Rate (%)
Population Doubling Time (years)
Life Expectancy (years)
Infant Mortality Rate (number of deaths/1000 live births)
21. Literacy (% population)
GDP per capita
Labor Force Structure (put in farming, forestry, and fishing %)
Urbanization Rate (%)
Unemployment Rate (%)
Population Below Poverty Line (%)
22. Electricity Consumption (kWh)
Oil Consumption (bbl/day)
World Bank Category
High Income
Upper Middle Income
Lower Middle Income
Lower Income
Country
United States
Telephones – Mobile Cellular
Internet
Users
23. Airports (number in general)
Railways (total number in km)
Roadways (total number in km)
Waterways (total number in km)
Questions
Directions: Compare/contrast all the data in the table above and
answer the following questions. Put all of your answers in
BOLD.
Population Stats
1. What country has the:
a. highest population growth rate?
b. shortest doubling time?
24. c. highest infant mortality rate?
d. lowest life expectancy?
e. lowest literacy rate?
2. How does the World Bank classify this country?
3. Would you classify this country as an MDC or an LDC?
Economic Development
4. What country is:
4a. the richest?
4b. the poorest?
4c. What development indice did you use to determine this?
5. The labor structure of a country can indicate its level of
economic development.
a. What country has the lowest percentage of people in the
farming, forestry and fishing (agriculture) sector and what is
this country’s World Bank category?
b. What country has the highest percentage of people in the
farming, forestry, and fishing sector and what is this country’s
World Bank category?
c. Look at the labor structure category and finish the following
sentence: In general, countries that have a smaller percentage of
the population employed in the farming, forestry, and fishing
sector are more/less developed countries.
d. Look the urbanization rate and compare it to the percentage
of people employed in the farming, fishing, and forestry sector.
Is there a correlation between the urbanization rate and the
percentage of people employed in the farming, forestry and
fishing sector? Why?
6. What country has the
6a. highest percentage of people below the poverty line?
25. 6b. lowest percentage of people below the poverty line?
7. What country has the
6a. highest unemployment rate?
6b. lowest unemployment rate?
Consumption
8. What countries would you consider consumer countries and
what countries would you consider non-consumer countries?
Justify your answer by using the indices data in the table above
(i.e. prove your point with hard numbers and facts).
Infrastructure. Infrastructure usually includes miles of roads,
railroads, and waterways and the number of airports.
9. What countries would you consider to have good
infrastructure and which countries have poor infrastructure?
Again, justify your answer by using hard numbers from the
indices data in the table above.
Economic Classification
10. What countries would you classify as MDC’s and what
countries would you classify as LDC’s? Use the answers you
gave to the questions above to justify your answer.
11. Develop a list of five generalizations you can make about an
LDC vs. an MDC. (For example: An LDC generally has a high
population growth rate – DO NOT USE THIS ONE!).
12. Look at each country’s indices data again. Find two
examples of an indice that does not coincide with the World
Bank category in which the country has been classified. (For
example, a low income country with a low population growth
rate would be considered an example). List the country and
explain why the indice does not match up with the World Bank
category.
13. Many people have been critical of the World Bank’s
26. classification system because it relies too heavily on income (in
particular GDP) and does not look at the overall health and
well-being of a country’s people. The argument is that a country
that has a large income (GDP) might have a very unhealthy and
unhappy population (maybe most people are living below the
poverty line and all of that wealth is going into the hands of a
few). Devise a new method of categorizing the countries that
you have chosen for this assignment. Describe each category,
list the country that would go into that category, and explain
what indice(s) you used to determine each category. Finally,
justify why your categorization is better than the World Bank’s
categorization. Full points will only be given to those who do a
superior job of describing, explaining and justifying their
categorization. (200 words atleast)