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Opportunity cost is defined as what must be given up in order to do or obtain something; the highest-valued alternative that must be foregone; for example, the opportunity cost of taking the final exam may be missing out on a trip to Bermuda (Getzen, 2013). The New Oxford American Dictionary defines it as "the loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen." Opportunity cost is a key concept in economics, and has been described as expressing "the basic…

The Holocaust was an event that created the persecution and murder of six million Jews by Adolf Hitler and his collaborators. There was an addition five million non-Jewish victims, a total of eleven victims killed. About one million who were killed, were Jewish children.The greek root word “Holo” means whole and “caust” means burnt, Holocaust overall means sacrifice by fire. It all took place in Germany.About 42,500 facilities were used in German territories to concentrate and kill Jews and…

Katherine C.G. Johnson was born August 26, 1918 in White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia to Joshua Coleman, a blacksmith and farmer, and Joylette Coleman, a teacher, Katherine Johnson experienced childhood in a family unit that esteemed the significance of instruction. The Coleman’s set elevated requirement for their four offspring and did everything they could to support their most youthful little girl's conspicuous ability for math. As there was no Negro secondary school in White Sulfur…

Though humans and dolphins share intrinsically complex fission-fusion social systems, the scientific studies on their social networks differ. This is because researchers have a different focus when conducting their studies. For humans, researchers are focused on clinical outcomes: lower rates of morbidity and lower rates of mortality involving cardiovascular disease. For dolphins, researchers are focused on the reproduction and survival outcomes. Margaret A. Stanton and Janet Mann, both from the…

Aaminah Azhar Astrobiology Spring 2015 Test 1 1. Name and describe five important steps in the formation of planets based on our current scientific understanding. a) Star and planet formation starts inside a collapsing cloud of gas and dust inside a bigger cloud called a nebula. Because of gravity pulling materials in the collapsing cloud closer together, the center of the cloud gets increasingly more compressed and because of this get hotter. The dense hot core of this collapsing cloud becomes…

that held 500 new settlers for the new colony of Jamestown. During the journey a hurricane blew them off course and destroyed the ship near the Bermudas. Luckily, all of the people aboard safely reached the island and retained most of the supplies from the wreckage. The ten month stay on the island led to the birth of Rolfe’s first daughter named Bermuda. Due to sickness within the island his wife and daughter died. In 1610 the survivors made two small ships from trees and wreckage from the…

Characterization is significant in this section. It goes on to evaluate and describe characters’ actions in a story, such as Muriel Glass’s egocentricity. This can be seen in the quotation “her self-interest seems to overshadow what should be her wifely concern for her troubled husband” (“A Perfect Day for Bananafish” 1). Salinger is illustrating the image that Muriel is more concerned about herself than her husband, who is clearly mentally ill. Salinger’s addition of “she was a girl who for a…

Expanding an Opportunity Globally During the mid- 1930s two brother changed how a small town drive-in restaurant can expand nationally and international. The McDonald brothers, Richard and Maurice founded the McDonald’s restaurant. The McDonald “brothers developed food processing and assembly line techniques” which in later years expanded globally (Vignali, 2001). The innovative way of preparing, serving, and selling food began in California. Since the 1920’s, California has been known as a…

“She stripped and flogged me long and severely with the cow- skin; as long as she had strength to use the lash” (Salih, Pg. 16). This was the life of Mary Prince, who grew up as a slave; mistreated for years. This punishment was the result of a jar accidently slipping from Mary’s hands, causing it to shatter. Sympathy was rarely given to slaves when mistakes were made, and usually resulted in cruel punishment. Have you ever thought about how a slave felt during the slavery period? The…

Places like the Ukraine, the Bermuda Islands, and Singapore have outlawed more than ten entire breeds. They claim that these breeds are dangerous and need to be outlawed to "prevent injuries and deaths from dog 's bites" ("List of Banned Dogs). However, entire dog breeds should not be…