A Piece of Eden
Cal Poly Swine Unit sits atop a hill at the end of Sports Complex road on fifteen acres of Cal Poly land that stretches along the railroad tracks, past the baseball and softball diamonds, the intramural soccer field for miles, and the rodeo arena where cowboys and cowgirls on horseback lasso and barrel race. The grounds of the swine unit looks like a piece of Eden. Fruit trees grow on a patch of cool green grass, and a pond that attracts birds and vegetation and is used for irrigation and sanitation purposes. The pond is there to recycle the runoff water and house the waste created by the pigs. Ducks love the reservoir because of the manure, plants and bugs it attracts. The pig barns surround this little oasis in a semicircle and house between twenty and thirty sows (females) and three boars (males). The barns look ancient on the outside, but inside they boast state of the art technology and equipment for feeding and caring for the swine. This technology is used by students who are involved in the department of Animal Science to take care of the pigs.
The Cal Poly Swine Unit was created to provide a “hands on, learn by doing” way of studying and raising pigs for the purposes of breeding, showing, and for meat sales. Within this program, students are taught management skills in the healthcare,
reproduction, nutrition, and marketing of pigs. The students are trained to manage the
farm from start to finish so they can prepare for a career in the livestock industry. Non-animal science students are welcomed to get involved with the swine department by raising a pig for show and/or meat sales as an extra source of income. Students in the swine department of animal science are required to take two introductory courses. The first is ASCI 222: systems of swine production. This class teaches students about the husbandry systems, management skills, feeding methods, evaluation of brood stock and progeny (breeding), and health management. The second is ASCI 350: applied nutrition. This course covers meat production, consumption patterns of the pigs, and feeding management in the commercial raising of swine. These specialized courses have given Cal Poly the reputation of having one of the best animal science departments in the nation.
In “A Place for all That is Lost” Ron Rash’s One Foot in Eden is a story of desperation, longing, murder, and a disappearing way of life. It took place in South Carolina in the 1950s. The story is told from five character’s points of view. It begins with Sheriff Alexander trying to solve a murder, while at the same time coming to grips with his own feelings about the mountain community and people he has left behind. He also has to contend with the exploitation of the community by the Carolina Power Company, who is eager to flood the area.
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With Target handling the security breach as best as they could, investigators and the Department of Justice are trying to figure out how the security breach happened. Upon investigation, it is believed that “the data was obtained via software installed on machines that customers use to swipe magnetic strips on their cards when paying merchandise…”(Reuters, 2013. p.1). Even though investigators provided the theory above, they are still unsure of how the cyber criminals were able to take so many card numbers from almost all the Target stores. The investigators and feds are still looking into how and who stol...
She realized that choice and accountability were not the answer, but that curriculum and instruction were more viable solutions to America’s educational dilemma. Ravitch suggests that to abandon public schools is to abandon the institution that supports our concepts of democracy and citizenship and to the promise of American life (Ravitch, 2011, p. 12-14). The idea of school choice is rooted in Milton Friedman’s essay concerning the government’s role in education. Friedman asserted that society should support and contribute to the maximum freedom of the individual or the family. He maintained that the government should provide vouchers to help support parents financially on their children’s education, which parents could use at the school of their choosing; so long as the school met set standards. Therefore, this creation of choice would stimulate competition, which Friedman believed would increase the development and improvement of nonpublic schools, as well as, create a variety of school options (Ravitch, 2011, p. 115). As a result of the choice movement, the public received three versions of school choice: voucher schools, private schools, and charter schools. Each of these schools receives public funding, but do not operate as traditional public schools, and are not managed by a government agency (Ravitch, 2011, p. 121). Charter schools became the most popular choice of this new
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The Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy defines a leader as “…someone who influences others to achieve a goal.” (CF02, FRLD, p. 9, 2012) Thomas Jefferson was a visionary and ethical leader that fought for and ensured that a group of colonies in a new land achieved the ultimate goal of creating the United States of America. While he was the third President of our nation, one could argue that his most influential work came years before his Presidency. Jefferson’s visionary and transformational leadership was crucial to inciting the Colonists and his passion was evident in the words he used to declare our independence from British tyranny. His ethical character was also prominently displayed when, while serving as Vice President, he went behind President Adam’s back to author the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions to save our young Constitution. His visionary and ethical leadership have greatly influenced my character and I often use his example when dealing with difficult situations. Thomas Jefferson envisioned the great potential a government could have when led by ordinary people and he risked everything to ensure that our nation remained true to the Founding Fathers’ vision of the United States. It all began when he decided he could no longer stand by in the face of tyranny.
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In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the author includes many different animals, some of which show more intelligence and cunning than the others. These are the pigs represented by Old Major, Snowball, and Squealer. While the other animals live on the farm toiling for their masters, who are often cruel. The pigs are different. They demonstrate their genus by being able to by inspiring the animals, to make a set of laws, promote propaganda, and spread the philosophy of animalism. All of these traits show how each of the pigs is intelligent in their own way.
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As charter schools throughout the nation struggle to compete academically with the traditional public school system, the general consensus is that they continue to fall short. While many of these charter schools were established upon promises to improve student learning and aimed to fill the achievement gap that traditional public schools could not, many of them were unable to meet or surpass public school achievements. As a result, many charter schools are continuing to fall by the wayside. In the state of Florida, over the past five years, an estimated number of 56 charter schools have been closed. The termination of these schools has left thousands of students distressing over the fate of their education as they are seemingly forced to seek out other educational avenues. Unfortunately for these students, the termination of their school has resulted in severe academic setbacks. In a study conducted by Tulane University’s Department of Economics Chairman, Matthew F. Larson, which focused on a group of high school students in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that experienced the termination of their school, it was concluded that the closure of these schools decreased the student graduation rate by as much as 10 percent. Lawson’s research revealed that while the majority of these students went on to continue their education at other establishments, some being even better than prior, this decreased graduation rate still remained.
Eating voraciously, more than they need to, shoving others out of the way, and rolling around dirty mud, pigs carry the aspects of greed and selfishness, like humans. What makes us different from humans? Imagine a cafeteria line where students are all lined up for lunch. Pushing others to get their lunch first, asking for more food than they will eat, and leaving trash around their table. These actions can all be connected to the actions of a pig. Through the pig’s actions, the true nature of human beings which are greed, stubbornness, and only wanting benefits for themselves are shown.
Now the eighth-leading cause of death overall in the U.S. and the third-leading cause of death for young people between the ages of 15 and 24 years, suicide has become the subject of much recent focus. U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher, for instance, recently announced his Call to Action to Prevent Suicide, 1999, an initiative intended to increase public awareness, promote intervention strategies, and enhance research. The media, too, has been paying very close attention to the subject of suicide, writing articles and books and running news stories. Suicide among our nation’s youth, a population very vulnerable to self-destructive emotions, has perhaps received the most discussion of late. Maybe this is because teenage suicide seems the most tragic—lives lost before they’ve even started. Yet, while all of this recent focus is good, it’s only the beginning. We cannot continue to lose so many lives unnecessarily.
Again, as with sheep, Body condition scoring is an essential tool when formulating and controlling nutritional requirements of pigs. Both boars and sows need to be fit and healthy to achieve an optimum of 2.5 production cycles per year.