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Paper I: The Large Magellanic Clouds Introduction The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a large and diffuse galaxy that resides in the southern hemisphere of the sky, barely visible to the naked eye between the constellations of Mensa and Dorado.1,2,3 The LMC shares its namesake with the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), both named for Ferdinand Magellan, who noted their existence on his journey around the world.1,3 This pair of galaxies shares a dust lane and interacts with each other through

located on the southwest side of South America, is one of the driest places in the world. Notably,  just west of The Andes Mountains lays The Chajnantor plateau, 16,500 feet above sea level, there you will find The Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array. The Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array is also known as The ALMA. As stated on The ALMA Observatory website, “Chile is now hosting most of the most powerful astronomical ground-based observatories on Earth” (almaobservatory). It is

McFarland Desi Bradley English 101 5 February 2013 Hey! Read This Technological advances have shaped this era into what it is today. From news articles to Facebook posts, we are always reading throughout the day. In the article, “Nation Shudders at Large Block of Uninterrupted Text” by The Onion in the book Everyone’s an Author, raises questions how reading habits have changed over the past couple generations. One has to wonder what text we take the time to read and what text we do not take the time

Whenever I make these excursions, the question always arises in my head, why do people desire having so much of something? It seems like it is in the blood of Americans to want to be great and have a large quantity of something. It isn’t necessarily a superiority complex, but it very much seems like the definition of the stereotypical American dream to be able to say that “I bought 16 frozen pizzas for the price of 5!” While outrageous unless someone

prevalence of these super-sized items glaringly reflects the American culture, as well as the American Dream, and how it plays a role in the lives of many American citizens. Mustard, more specifically “super-huge mustard” is simply mustard that is put into large packaging. Largely apparent at stores such as Costco, which is mostly known for selling items in bulk and excess. There is something about “super-huge mustard” that makes the average shopper at Costco’s eyes widen with amazement at such the grandeur

Mrs. Trollope depicts her seemingly pleasurable exploration in America with caricature which grounded on the constantly comparison between the American domestic life with her own experience in Europe with pretension. I have to say that to some extent, this is good travel narrative full of exaggerated anecdotes rather than real description of Domestic manners of the Americans as the reader expected. Mrs. Trollope amused herself largely by sneering at the system of new nation America and its people

municipal elections in British Columbia, taking Surrey and Vancouver as direct examples to show that a ward system would be a much more fair and democratic way to elect city councils. Municipal elections in these two cities currently take place in an at-large system. The argument behind why this system is superior is that city councils have a more citywide approach to representation, as opposed to a regional one. Many political scientists have argued that a ward system, which splits cities into districts

Recreational Equipment Incorporated (REI) is an innovative retailer of outdoor equipment and apparel. Since 1938, the recreational retailer has strived to provide its customers with the best equipment, at reasonable prices, while supporting conservation and education initiatives. Utilizing the mission statement “We inspire, educate and outfit for a lifetime of adventure and stewardship,” REI is an exemplary example of how corporate diversity can boost a company’s productivity and innovation (REI

REI. REI carries a wide assortment of camping and hiking gear and equipment. Products include, amongst other, tents, sleeping bags, hammocks, and coolers. REI launched their ‘REI Co-op’ private label brand in 2014. It was an extremely successful launch with sales exceeding $1 million in less than 20 days (“NewsRoom”, 2015). REI also have private partnerships with several U.S. and overseas manufacturers through which they offer exclusive brands, like Novara and evrgrn. REI also carries several

Presence of big data is a very common phenomenon now days, specially when talking about medium to large size corporation. Manyika et al., in their article (James Manyika, 2011) defined the term big data as “large pools of data that can be captured, communicated, aggregated, stored, and analyzed”. To clarify they suggested that big data refers to data, whose size makes it impossible to be processed by the typical software used for database management. Gartner (Gartner, 2012)defined big data in terms