How Business Sustainability changed me: Taking Business Sustainability course has changed me on a personal level. I’ve never had a deep connection with nature. As a kid I have spent many family vacations in the middle of a forest because of my father’s fascination with his job (He is a retired forest engineer/carried out forestry research). To be honest‚ I never really understood his relationship with trees and nature. Now I value nature more. I appreciate environment more. I acknowledge that
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Professor Ziad Munson Social Origins of Terrorism November 14‚ 2014 The Weather Underground Review During the Vietnam War‚ a radical protest group rose up on the campus of the University of Michigan. Weathermen‚ as they became called in everyday vernacular‚ were actually nothing like weathermen at all – they protested‚ rioted‚ bombed‚ and broke people out of jail‚ to mention a few of their actions. The name was formally changed to Weather Underground Organization a year after the founding‚ and their acts
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How weather effect your mood? Weather can have more than a little impact on your mood. Researchers in Germany branched out beyond just sunny and cloudy and looked at temperature‚ wind‚ sunlight‚ rain and snow‚ air pressure‚ and how long the days were. The study was led by Jaap Denissen of Humboldt University in Berlin. The study had 1‚233 participants‚ all living in Germany at the time. Most of the participants were women‚ the average age was 28‚ with ages spanning from 13 to 68 years old. Study
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Why study weather and climate: Influences our daily activities Influences agriculture‚ energy use‚ weather resources‚ transportation‚ and industry Understand and predict severe weather Understand‚ predict‚ and mitigate long term changes Hurricane Irene: one of the top 10 hurricanes since 1980. Definitions: Meteorology: The scientific study of the atmosphere * Weather: Climate: Long term trend (average‚ high and low extremes)‚ temperature‚ wind‚ humidity‚ rainfall‚ etc. Basic components:
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the ways in which soldiers fill their time when they are not fighting. Yet Hemingway’s realistic approach to his subject does not rule out the use of many time-honored literary devices. For instance‚ weather is to this day a fundamental component of the war experience. Hemingway depicts weather realistically in A Farewell to Arms‚ but he uses it for symbolic purposes as well. Rain‚ often equated with life and growth‚ stands for death in this novel‚ and snow symbolizes hope: an entirely original
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Weather Unit-Mid Unit Test Study Sheet 1. What are the four elements of weather? The four elements of Weather are Wind‚ Temperature‚ Moisture and Air Pressure. 2. What are the three states of water? The three states of water are solid‚ liquid and Gas. 3. Explain the differences between solid‚ liquid‚ gas- how much energy is being used? What are the particles doing? The difference between solid‚ liquid and gas is Solid has low energy and is cold‚ liquid is medium energy and is warm and gas has
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Case summary – Enron Corporation’s Weather Derivatives Steve Haik‚ Dan Sleker and Bas van Bellegem – March 2003 Background In October Mary Watts‚ CFO of Pacific Northwest Electric (PNW) reviewed the forward plan for PNW’s 200-2001 season. PNW’s has been experiencing nearly no EPS growth since 1995 due to deregulation and warmer-than-average winter climate. The stock price had suffered accordingly‚ but there maybe a way to hedge the weather risk via a new “weather derivative” being proposed by Enron’s
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My Little Bit of Country Every person has a special connection to the place he or she grew up. In addition‚ all people are wonderfully different‚ so everyone has different opinions about where they would rather grow up. For Susan Cheever‚ this was in New York near Central Park. “My Little Bit of Country” is an essay from 2012 written by Susan Cheever‚ where she writes about her life from her childhood until she had kids herself who also grew up. In western culture‚ industrialization was the main
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In the Country We Love: My Family Divided On a crisp night in Boston‚ all seemed well as Diane enjoyed a nice meal with her family‚ and the next day‚ her mom‚ dad‚ and brother were stolen by US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement‚ and she was stranded. The book In the Country We Love: My Family Divided‚ tells us the life story of Diane Guerrero‚ a Colombian girl who was born in the United States‚ unlike her parents and brother who were both born in Colombia. The author tells a heartbreaking story
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