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What are examples of objects that were originally housed in the Hagia Sophia?consider how monuments can be impacted by history?

Purposing of the Hagia Sophia since the days of Justinian

Let’s consider the re-purposing of the Hagia Sophia since the days of Justinian the following video as they discuss this structure’s history.

From Byzantine church to mosque to museum, how does this change our reading of this space?

Using an example of another structure, consider how monuments can be impacted by history?

What are examples of objects that were originally housed in the Hagia Sophia?

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRPp3jzv1Tw

Discuss some of the economic pressures faced by zoos—namely space, capacity, and resources—that can affect their conservation efforts.

The variable effects of conservation efforts and loss of biodiversity, zoos

In response to the variable effects of conservation efforts and loss of biodiversity, zoos began to turn their attention to the conservation of endangered species and wildlife in the 1970s and 1980s. Supporting conservation efforts became an important goal for the modern zoo. A major milestone towards this goal was the Convention on Biodiversity which was signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. As the modern zoo continues to focus its efforts towards conservation, it has been seen by many as a sort of “Noah’s Ark,” primarily focused on conserving the precious few endangered species. Unfortunately, genetic, ecosystem and economic issues have created challenges for the conservation model of the modern zoo.

Read the following articles that expand on the conservation efforts of zoos and their use of technology towards this goal.

Readings

Keulartz, J. (2015). Captivity for conservation? Zoos at a crossroads. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics.Kobilinsky, D. (2016). New live cam technology might help conservation. Accessed August 13, 2016, at http://wildlife.org/new-live-cam-technology-might-help-conservation/.

Genetics

Research has shown that zoos currently hold about 15% of the endangered land animals in captivity.

There remains a continual struggle to breed these animals due to low numbers.   A zoo’s ability to maintain enough genetic variability among individual species is impossible and space limitations prevent expansion to allow the influx of more animals.

Economics

The secondary goal for many zoos, that of reintroduction to the wild, also faces challenges due to the costs involved, from financial to ecological. Animals living in captivity often lose the necessary skills to survive in the wild once released.

Ecosystems

Lastly, the ecosystems into which the captive animals are eventually released are constantly changing. Many factors may have affected their previous habitat, preventing the animal’s chance at a successful re-introduction to the wild.

Education and Technology

Technology and education have also been identified as important components in maintaining the biodiversity of the natural world. Zoos are in a unique position to educate the public about conservation issues and they are continually looking for ways to convey this information to visitors. The Metro Richmond Zoo uses video cam technology to encourage cheetah conservation by streaming live footage of cheetah litters online.

Viewers witness the day-to-day lives of the cheetah cubs without human interference or disturbance.

Answer the following questions in complete sentences using an essay format.

See the SLP Assignment Expectations for further directions on formatting and organization.

Assignment Directions:

Discuss how zoos have evolved over the past 50 years to become conservation centers.

Incorporate the role of zoos in educating the public into your response.

Discuss some of the economic pressures faced by zoos—namely space, capacity, and resources—that can affect their conservation efforts.

How does a species get on the Endangered Species List?

Take a virtual trip to the zoo using one of the links below and observe at least one of the endangered species.
Take a Virtual Visit to the Zoo You can take a virtual visit to the zoo any day of the week by tuning into anyof the following live webcams, which feature many endangered animals. The World Wildlife Fund lists many of these animals as priority species.The Houston Zoo has some of the best webcams of gorillas, rhinos, elephants, flamingos, and giraffes here: http://www.houstonzoo.org/meet-the-animals/animal-webcams/
The Reid Park Zoo in Arizona has webcams of lions, giraffes, elephants, lemurs, grizzly bears, and flamingos here: http://reidparkzoo.org/cameras/elephant-cam/
Pick an animal webcam of your choice
Make your own ethogram.

An ethogram is a graph or chart of animal behavior that is used to compare certain behaviors that can be observed while animals are in captivity.Choose one animal from the webcam links above and observe its behavior at several different times during the day or over the course of several days.

Take notes on its behavior using the ethnogram (include this chart in your essay).

Choose 4 or 5 different time points (on the hour or half hour, it does not need to be the same day or the exact time point).Give your chart a title and include it in your essay.

Ethogram Document

Did your perception of the species you watched change as a result of seeing it on the webcam? Why or why not?Do you believe technology has a positive influence on people’s feelings toward wildlife and conservation?Why or why not? SLP Assignment Expectations
Organize this essay assignment using subtitles that summarize the topic from each question above. For example, to answer Question 1, use a descriptive subtitle like the following:

The Evolution of Zoos.

Answer each question under the subtitle using complete sentences that relate back to the question. Be sure to use APA formatting throughout your essay with 1-inch margins, 12-point type, and double spacing throughout. Include a title page, introduction, answers to the questions with subtitles, and concluding paragraph. Remember to include in-text citations within the body of the essay referencing your resources (e.g., Murray, 2014). Also, be sure to include a reference section at the end of your assignment listing all required readings and any additional resources you used to complete your essay.

See the Trident guide to APA Style, 7th edition.

Direct quotes should be limited and must be designated by quotation marks. Paraphrased ideas must give credit to the original author, for example: (Murray, 2014). Direct copying from “homework help” websites will not receive credit.Once you have completed your assignment within a Word document,  upload your final version to the SLP 1 Dropbox.  also note your Turnitin originality score and make revisions as needed.  contact your instructor with any questions.

Discuss the roles played by the Classical style of Greece and Rome and the formalistic style of the East in the development of Byzantine art.

The Classical style of Greece and Rome

Discuss the roles played by the Classical style of Greece and Rome and the formalistic style of the East in the development of Byzantine art.

Complete responses should include examples to support statements made in the essay.

Provide a background of the firm, industry, economy, and outlook for the future.Analyze the short term liquidity of the firm.

Fundamental financial analysis

Description

Prepare an eight page or more fundamental financial analysis (excluding appendices, title page, abstract, and references page) that will cover each of the following broad areas based on the financial statements of your chosen company:

1. Provide a background of the firm, industry, economy, and outlook for the future.

2. Analyze the short term liquidity of the firm.

3. Analyze the operating efficiency of the firm.

4. Analyze the capital structure of the firm.

5. Analyze the profitability of the firm.

6. Conclude with recommendations for the future analysis of the company (trend analysis).

Writing the Final Paper

The paper

Eight double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style 7

Must utilize academic voice.

Provide the following for your IRP web research draft—six (6) entries each of which has the following

Paper detalis:

023-Module-2-Wr327-Su2021-ASSIGNMENT-8-IRP-Web-Research-10pts-due-Wed07Jul-at-1159PM

A

 note:

the scoring rubric for ASSIGNMENT 8 is a “Y/N” rubric—upload your draft file (doc,docx,pdf) to Canvas for full credit.

B

“023-Module-2-Wr327-Su2021-ASSIGNMENT-8-IRP-Web-Research-10pts-due-Wed07Jul-at-1159PM.”

The Assignment:

Using Canvas file #022 as a model,  provide the following for your IRP web research draft—six (6) entries each of which has the following:

a) the phrase used in your successful google search,

b) news headline, pdf title, or web site name,

c) a working, complete URL, and

d) cut-and-paste relevant content.

C

Select one of the legislative acts (other than deregulation) that, in your opinion, was instrumental in shaping the aviation industry.Explain and support your identified legislative act.

Legislative acts

For this activity, you will select one of the legislative acts (other than deregulation) that, in your opinion, was instrumental in shaping the aviation industry.

You can select any legislative act, national or international, except for deregulation.

In your blog, explain and support your identified legislative act.

Your initial posts and responses to your classmates need to be thoughtful, thorough, and comprehensive.

This means your initial post needs to be about a paragraph and thoroughly explain your answer.

Additionally, include a properly formatted in-text citation and reference to support your position.

Explain what Stevenson shows readers about one cultural aspect of Victorian society through one of his works.

Historical Analysis

1000-1500 words

12 Font, Double Spaced

Times New Roman

MLA header, title, and formatting

Source Requirements:

1 Primary source (one story or the novel)

3 Secondary Sources (three articles)

MLA in-text citations

MLA Works Cited page

Compose a well-developed historical analysis in response to the following prompt:

Explain what Stevenson shows readers about one cultural aspect of Victorian society through one of his works.

For example, you may choose to discuss Stevenson’s portrayal of human nature or Stevenson’s portrait of high class society, sexuality, morality, or any other single cultural subject.

Who is the economic agent generating the externality and who are the agents that are directly and unintentionally affected by the actions of the generating agent?

Rob Harmon discussion about markets

Step 1. watch the TED talk by Rob Harmon discussion about markets

helping keep streams in Montana flowing (Duration – 8 minutes 47 seconds)

Rob Harmon TED talk (Links to an external site.)

Step 2. Virtually explore your own neighborhood, town, or city and find an example of a negative externality.

Step 3. Tell us about it in a discussion post. Your post must include four (4) things:

Identification of your local environment negative externality.
One (1) point

An assessment of the market failure that allows the externality to occur. Why are existing markets failing?
Two (2) points

Identification of the parties involved. Who is the economic agent generating the externality and who are the agents that are directly and unintentionally affected by the actions of the generating agent?
Two (2) points

Compose a 250 word (max) discussion of if and how you could use a market-based solution (similar to the one in the video) to align incentives to correct the externality in your community.
Three (3) points

Step 4. Peer Review:

respond to one of your classmates posts and provide the following two (2) items:

An assessment of whether their externality is an issue in your community as well

A critique of their chosen market-based solution with one (1) positive aspect and one (1) aspect that needs improvement

Two (2) points for response

What role have prior strategies played in shaping the distinctive competencies of Pembina Pipeline Corporation? What has been the role of luck?

Pembina Pipeline Corporation.

Module 4:

This module deals with the competitive position of Pembina Pipeline Corporation. With the information you have at your disposal, perform the tasks and answer the questions listed:

1. Identify whether Pembina Pipeline Corporation has a competitive advantage or disadvantage in its primary industry.

2. Evaluate Pembina Pipeline Corporation against the four generic building blocks of competitive advantage: efficiency, quality, innovation and responsiveness to customers. How does this exercise help you understand the performance of Pembina Pipeline Corporation relative to its competitors?

3. What are the distinctive competencies of Pembina Pipeline Corporation?

4. What role have prior strategies played in shaping the distinctive competencies of Pembina Pipeline Corporation? What has been the role of luck?

5. Do the strategies Pembina Pipeline Corporation is pursuing now build on its distinctive competencies? Are they an attempt to build new competencies?

6. What are the barriers to imitating the distinctive competencies of Pembina Pipeline Corporation?

7. Is there any evidence that Pembina Pipeline Corporation finds it difficult to adapt to changing industry conditions? If so, why do you think that is the case
Module 5:

This module deals with the ability of Pembina Pipeline Corporation to achieve superior efficiency, quality, innovation and responsiveness to customers. With the information you have at your disposal, answer the questions and perform the tasks listed:

1. Is Pembina Pipeline Corporation pursuing any efficiency enhancing practices?

2. Is Pembina Pipeline Corporation pursuing any quality enhancing practices?

3. Is Pembina Pipeline Corporation pursuing any practices to enhance innovation?

4. Is Pembina Pipeline Corporation pursuing any practices designed to increase responsiveness to customers?

5. Evaluate the competitive position of your company in light of your answers to questions 1-4. Explain what, if anything, Pembina Pipeline Corporation needs to do to improve its competitive position.

Module 6:

This part of the project focuses on the nature of Pembina Pipeline Corporation business-level strategy. If Pembina Pipeline Corporation operates in more than one business, concentrate on either its core, or most central, business or on its most important business. Using all the information you have collected on your company so far, answer the following questions:

1. How differentiated are the products or services of Pembina Pipeline Corporation? What is the basis of their differentiated appeal?

2. What is Pembina Pipeline Corporation’s strategy toward market segmentation? If it segments its market, on what basis does it do so?

3. What distinctive competencies does Pembina Pipeline Corporation have? Is efficiency, quality, innovation or customer responsiveness, or a combination of these factors the main driving force in your company?

4. Based on these product, market, and distinctive competency choices, what generic business level strategy is Pembina Pipeline Corporation pursuing?

5. What are the advantages and disadvantages associated with Pembina Pipeline Corporation’s choice of business level strategy?

6. Is your company a member of a strategic group in an industry? If so, which one?

7. How could you improve its business level strategy to strengthen its competitive advantage?

Module 7:

This module requires you to identify how Pembina Pipeline Corporation might profit from global expansion, the strategy that your company should pursue globally, and the entry mode that it might favour.With the information that you have at your disposal, answer the questions regarding the following two situations

Your company is already doing business in other countries.

1. Is Pembina Pipeline Corporation creating value or lowering costs of value creation by realizing location economies, transferring distinctive competencies abroad, or realizing cost economies from the experience curve? If not, does it have the potential to do so?

2. How responsive is Pembina Pipeline Corporation to differences among nations?

Does it vary its product and marketing message from country to country? Should it?

3. What are the cost pressures and pressures for local responsiveness in the industry in which Pembina Pipeline Corporation is based?

4. What strategy is Pembina Pipeline Corporation pursuing to compete globally? In your opinion, is this the correct strategy?

5. What major foreign market does Pembina Pipeline Corporation serve, and what mode has it used to enter this market?

Why is Pembina Pipeline Corporation active in these markets and not others?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of using this mode?

Might another mode be preferable?

Module 8:

This module requires you to assess the vertical integration and diversification strategy being pursued by Pembina Pipeline Corporation. With the information you have at your disposal, answer the questions and

perform the following tasks:

1. Has Pembina Pipeline Corporation ever pursued a horizontal integration strategy?

What was the strategic reason for pursuing this strategy?

2. How vertically integrated is Pembina Pipeline Corporation?

3. Assess the potential for Pembina Pipeline Corporation to create value through vertical integration.

In reaching your conclusions, also consider bureaucratic costs of managing vertical integration.

4. Is Pembina Pipeline Corporation involved in any long-term cooperative arrangements with suppliers or buyers

? If so, how are these relationships structured?

Do you think that these relationships add value to the company? Why?