Reconstruction of Fire History in the National Key Deer Refuge MDesiree Kocis, GISP
This thesis document describes Desiree Kocis's master's research reconstructing the fire history on No Name Key in the Florida Keys through analysis of macroscopic charcoal particles in sediment cores from Palmetto Pond. The research aims to better understand long-term fire regimes in the endangered pine rockland ecosystem and examine potential influences of climate change and human occupation on past fire activity. Results from the sedimentary charcoal analysis will complement ongoing tree-ring studies of fire history and inform fire management practices by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the National Key Deer Refuge.
The document discusses ways that the Mu Zeta chapter of Valdosta State University keeps its chapter active. It outlines that the chapter holds weekly professional meetings with speakers on topics like resume writing and internship skills. Members are expected to attend regional and annual meetings to be eligible for officer positions. The chapter also participates in various community service projects throughout the fall and spring, such as tutoring sessions, adopt-a-road cleanups, and financial literacy programs. Social events help engage members outside of meetings and include BBQs, ropes courses, and study sessions. As a result of these efforts, the chapter has been named a Superior Chapter for the past 6 years.
This document discusses methods for detecting and stopping malicious automated web traffic and botnets. It provides three case studies of major companies that suffered losses due to botnet attacks: a global retailer lost $25 million to gift card fraud; a major insurance website was crashed by a DDoS attack; and a major airline had data stolen when its website was attacked by a botnet. It then describes current methods for detecting automated traffic such as checking the number of requests from an IP address, or the number of times specific content has been submitted. It proposes additional methods such as analyzing differences in how humans and computers interact with websites.
Activision Blizzard is one of the largest gaming companies formed in 2008 through the merger of Vivendi Games and Activision. It owns major franchises like Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Candy Crush, and Overwatch. Recent big releases like Overwatch and Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 have generated over $500 million each in revenue. The company also owns Major League Gaming and recently opened a movie studio to expand their franchises to film and television.
The document discusses key design parameters for efficient high-rise building floor plans based on an analysis of existing buildings in a residential development project comprising 27 towers over 40 acres. The analysis identified ratios of core area to construction area, walls/core/elevational features to floor plate, and core components like passages and lift lobbies that contribute to efficient plans. Acceptable ranges were established for these ratios based on minimum standards and their impact on cost and construction. The overall shape of buildings was also found to influence structural efficiency. The outcomes provide a tool to benchmark future designs for improved efficiency.
Reconstruction of Fire History in the National Key Deer Refuge MDesiree Kocis, GISP
This thesis document describes Desiree Kocis's master's research reconstructing the fire history on No Name Key in the Florida Keys through analysis of macroscopic charcoal particles in sediment cores from Palmetto Pond. The research aims to better understand long-term fire regimes in the endangered pine rockland ecosystem and examine potential influences of climate change and human occupation on past fire activity. Results from the sedimentary charcoal analysis will complement ongoing tree-ring studies of fire history and inform fire management practices by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the National Key Deer Refuge.
The document discusses ways that the Mu Zeta chapter of Valdosta State University keeps its chapter active. It outlines that the chapter holds weekly professional meetings with speakers on topics like resume writing and internship skills. Members are expected to attend regional and annual meetings to be eligible for officer positions. The chapter also participates in various community service projects throughout the fall and spring, such as tutoring sessions, adopt-a-road cleanups, and financial literacy programs. Social events help engage members outside of meetings and include BBQs, ropes courses, and study sessions. As a result of these efforts, the chapter has been named a Superior Chapter for the past 6 years.
This document discusses methods for detecting and stopping malicious automated web traffic and botnets. It provides three case studies of major companies that suffered losses due to botnet attacks: a global retailer lost $25 million to gift card fraud; a major insurance website was crashed by a DDoS attack; and a major airline had data stolen when its website was attacked by a botnet. It then describes current methods for detecting automated traffic such as checking the number of requests from an IP address, or the number of times specific content has been submitted. It proposes additional methods such as analyzing differences in how humans and computers interact with websites.
Activision Blizzard is one of the largest gaming companies formed in 2008 through the merger of Vivendi Games and Activision. It owns major franchises like Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Candy Crush, and Overwatch. Recent big releases like Overwatch and Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 have generated over $500 million each in revenue. The company also owns Major League Gaming and recently opened a movie studio to expand their franchises to film and television.
The document discusses key design parameters for efficient high-rise building floor plans based on an analysis of existing buildings in a residential development project comprising 27 towers over 40 acres. The analysis identified ratios of core area to construction area, walls/core/elevational features to floor plate, and core components like passages and lift lobbies that contribute to efficient plans. Acceptable ranges were established for these ratios based on minimum standards and their impact on cost and construction. The overall shape of buildings was also found to influence structural efficiency. The outcomes provide a tool to benchmark future designs for improved efficiency.
Why translation should be -reassuringly- expensiveArline Lyons
The document discusses why professional, human translation is preferable to machine translation or low-cost options. It argues that translation requires deep language skills, cultural knowledge, and an understanding of different contexts and specialties. Professional translators invest continuously in their skills and maintain high standards, and their higher rates are necessary to cover costs like training and to ensure quality translation services over the long term. The document recommends having a translation strategy and finding an experienced translator to help maximize value from any budget.
This document summarizes Esri's public safety assistance program and how it has helped agencies respond to disasters. It provides examples of Esri assisting with emergencies and special events in 2014-2015, including floods, blizzards, typhoons, and more. Esri helps agencies plan for incidents by sharing data across organizations, integrating and analyzing data to provide actionable information, deploying easy-to-use applications, and disseminating information to multiple devices.
The document outlines the schedule, guidelines, and technical curriculum for the U8 North Toronto Nitros competitive soccer program, including details on indoor and outdoor training sessions, coaching qualifications, player evaluations, and protocols for practices and games. The goal of the program is to develop players both technically and cognitively through small-sided games and sessions focusing on skills like dribbling, passing, and spatial awareness.
This company has over 30 years of experience producing steel structures for offshore and onshore use, including piles, legs, towers, jackets, and floating structures. They pride themselves on first-class quality, logistics support from their highly skilled team, and high competitiveness. Their goal is to add value to the wind power industry by supplying high-quality and competitive steel equipment and solutions that meet client expectations and contribute to sustainable development.
This document summarizes diversity and inclusion data for Valdosta State University and the Mu Zeta chapter. It shows that the university population is 56% white, 31% black, and 4% Hispanic, while the chapter is 52% white, 41% black, and 7% other. The benefits of diversity are then outlined as providing new perspectives, promoting personal growth, and promoting a culture of acceptance. Finally, the document describes Mu Zeta's inclusiveness initiative which includes annual training from the VSU Office of Social Equity, attending cultural events on campus, presentations to the chapter and campus, and encouraging study abroad.
Oracle Has Continuously Innovated and Transformed in its 40 Year History - most recently moving its Infrastructure, Platform and Applications solutions to the cloud.
Why translation should be -reassuringly- expensiveArline Lyons
The document discusses why professional, human translation is preferable to machine translation or low-cost options. It argues that translation requires deep language skills, cultural knowledge, and an understanding of different contexts and specialties. Professional translators invest continuously in their skills and maintain high standards, and their higher rates are necessary to cover costs like training and to ensure quality translation services over the long term. The document recommends having a translation strategy and finding an experienced translator to help maximize value from any budget.
This document summarizes Esri's public safety assistance program and how it has helped agencies respond to disasters. It provides examples of Esri assisting with emergencies and special events in 2014-2015, including floods, blizzards, typhoons, and more. Esri helps agencies plan for incidents by sharing data across organizations, integrating and analyzing data to provide actionable information, deploying easy-to-use applications, and disseminating information to multiple devices.
The document outlines the schedule, guidelines, and technical curriculum for the U8 North Toronto Nitros competitive soccer program, including details on indoor and outdoor training sessions, coaching qualifications, player evaluations, and protocols for practices and games. The goal of the program is to develop players both technically and cognitively through small-sided games and sessions focusing on skills like dribbling, passing, and spatial awareness.
This company has over 30 years of experience producing steel structures for offshore and onshore use, including piles, legs, towers, jackets, and floating structures. They pride themselves on first-class quality, logistics support from their highly skilled team, and high competitiveness. Their goal is to add value to the wind power industry by supplying high-quality and competitive steel equipment and solutions that meet client expectations and contribute to sustainable development.
This document summarizes diversity and inclusion data for Valdosta State University and the Mu Zeta chapter. It shows that the university population is 56% white, 31% black, and 4% Hispanic, while the chapter is 52% white, 41% black, and 7% other. The benefits of diversity are then outlined as providing new perspectives, promoting personal growth, and promoting a culture of acceptance. Finally, the document describes Mu Zeta's inclusiveness initiative which includes annual training from the VSU Office of Social Equity, attending cultural events on campus, presentations to the chapter and campus, and encouraging study abroad.
Oracle Has Continuously Innovated and Transformed in its 40 Year History - most recently moving its Infrastructure, Platform and Applications solutions to the cloud.