Dr. Justin Schmidt‚ an entomologist who came up with the Schmidt Sting pain Index describes the pain of being stung by a bullet ant as a local pain reaction that is characterized by crescendo of searing pain that lasts up to 24 hours. Their sting is rated a "4_+" in the Schmidt Sting Pain Index. The excruciating pain‚ he describes‚ comes in waves that recede and peak causing untold misery to the afflicted party. Bullet ants also known as Conga ants claim their fame form the searing pain they inflict
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This article talks about the importance of using Big Data which companies are easily able to collect from their businesses‚ customers and employees. It explains the numerous advantages of using the data collected by companies effectively so that it can be used by the company in improving its efficiencies‚ sales‚ faster and quicker turnaround which in turn would lead to increase revenues and finally increased profits (which is what the stakeholders of the company are looking for).It illustrates the
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dollars invested in or benchmarked to capitalizationweighted market indexes such as the S&P 500 Index or the Russell 1000 Index. Many academic papers‚ however‚ have rejected the idea that cap-weighted indexes are good CAPM market proxies‚ which is equivalent to rejecting the mean–variance efficiency of those indexes.1 It also suggests that more efficient indexes exist. The effort to identify a better index may be moot‚ however‚ if ex ante identification is impossible or if cap-weighted equity market
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In the novel " The Big Sleep "‚ there’s a character by the name of Philip Marlowe. Philip Marlowe is a private investigator who is hired to work for a wealthy man named General Strenwood‚ in the month of october. General Sternwood wants Marlowe to deal with a blackmail on his wild young daughter Carmen . Carmen is being blackmailed by a book seller named Arthur Geiger she was also previously blackmailed by Joe Brody. Carmen is clearly the femme fatal who killed her brother in law Rusty because he
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“Big Fish in Small Pond” An Argumentative Essay on Big City v.s Small City __________________________________ Introduction They say that it is always better to be a small fish in a big pond than being a big fish in a small pond. While this brief discourse is certainly not on the topic of either fishing or ponds‚ it is similar in the way that the experiences of being somebody in an unknown town and being a “nobody” in a big town mirror this proverb. While there certainly
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of America has Moved Again? The 2015 Tampa Bay Times article proposes the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America’s (BBBSA) move is good for Tampa because it will bring jobs‚ visits by board members‚ and it promotes the career of one of their hometown leaders‚ Pam Iorio (Thalji‚ 2015). Two headquarters moves and six CEO’s (between 2009 and 2014) creates significant organizational stress‚ add in a Department of Justice investigation and anyone would expect massive changes at
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The Big Bang theory is the prevailing cosmological model for the early development of the universe.[1] The key idea is that the universe is expanding. Consequently‚ the universe was denser and hotter in the past. Moreover‚ the Big Bang model suggests that at some moment all matter in the universe was contained in a single point‚ which is considered the beginning of the universe. Modern measurements place this moment at approximately 13.8 billion years ago‚ which is thus considered the age of the
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Summer AP World History The Case for Big History “Big History” should be the prevailing way of to how we view history. “Big History” includes more than just human history‚ but also ranges from the creation of earth (the big bang theory) to how history has an effect on us today. It includes information about our world‚ universe and all things leading up to this very day. History is a crucial must‚ if we are to understand our world. If we know things of the past on a larger time scale‚ we may
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Big Bang or Bigbang (Korean: 빅뱅; stylized as BIGBANG) is a South Korean male group under the management of YG Entertainment. Formed in 2006‚ the group consists of G-Dragon‚ T.O.P‚ Taeyang‚ Daesung‚ and Seungri. Big Bang is known for their unique urban-originated music and fashion style. The members’ involvement in composing and producing their own music‚ most notably leader G-Dragon‚ has earned the group respect and praise from music industry experts. The group’s popularity grew with their hit song
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Case 3-1: Iowa Elevators Name: Ying-Tsung Cheng‚ Corey Hutchins‚ Hsuan-Tzu Yu‚ Ting-Yu Lin‚ Kai-Hsiang Ho Date: September 22‚ 2011 SITUATION Scott McBride‚ director of purchasing at Iowa Elevators‚ prepared for a meeting with the executive management team to present a five-year plan for the purchasing department. Iowa was a large grain-handling company in the U.S. with annual revenues of $2.3 billion and more than 2‚500 employees. Its two business units were the grain-handling
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