Gallon Essays

  • Capsim Case Study Answers

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    Introduction: This menu consist 20 Dogs, 5 Puzzles, 10 Plows, and only 2 Stars for a total of 37 different brands of Rum. For Rum itself the Total Standard cost is of $4,492 while the Total Actual Cost is $5,952. The Total Standard Revenue is of $16,703 and the Total Actual Revenue is of $12,946. The Profit Factor of Rum is of .42 and the Standard Total CM is $4,453.77, Rum has an initial category of PLOW. My primary objective for this project is to increase the Category CM &Profit Factor of Rum

  • Analysis Of Dress On The Color By Dale Gallon

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    College commissioned in 1988. Gallon is renowned for his adoration of art, history, and most importantly, his attention to detail when depicting such historical pieces of art. As a matter of fact, he is considered a pioneer for the civil war era artwork that he created in the early 1980’s (Gallon). According to Gallon’s website, the print is depicting Sergeant Berry carrying the flag of the United States of America, on his free will, as his unit conducts an attack (Gallon). In this essay, I will be

  • 30 Million Gallons Under The Sea Analysis

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    after you read it, similarly to piecing a puzzle together. Generally, the best essays make the most of their story including a meaningful title that either grabs the attention of the reader and/or foreshadows and plays with the emotions. 30 million gallons under the sea by Antonia Juhasz is a story about the BP oil spill and the disastrous effects it had on the eco system surrounding. At first glance the reader is probably expecting something about water or salt but never to the idea of a catastrophic

  • 102 Gallons Of Water In His Body By Naomi Shihab Nye Analysis

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    Analyzing Parental Relationships Have you ever watched the show “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?” In modern education, younger generations seem to be surpassing their parents very quickly. In the poem “My Son Swears he has 102 Gallons of Water in His Body” by Naomi Shihab Nye, a son argues with his parents about what the reader can only assume to be homework in the form of a mathematical problem yet still deals with them despite the knowledge gap. In this poem, the conflict first appears

  • Eight Days In The Dust Bowl

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    water. During this eight months the group of four, two males and two females, had only one cow, one bull, 500 bushels of wheat, and 500 gallons of drinkable water. This group decided that the best way to survive would be that every person would get 2.6 gallons of water to last them 5 days and after that five days pass each person would get an additional 2.6 gallons. Furthermore, the best way for the food would be to kill the bull and the cow straight away and eat 1.5 servings of meat every two days

  • Persuasive Essay On Direct Water Footprint

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    The footprints should help you understand how you can change your behaviors and approaches to your consumption. Even though my water consumption is about half of the average American’s 100 gallons per day (USGS) and about the same as Seattle’s population at 50 gallons per day (Seattle times), I still want to lower my consumption. There are many ways to do this, I personally will eat less beef and substitute it for more chicken. Saving around 70% of water per pound. I am also

  • Pros And Cons Of California Drought

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    water-intensive (Fox). In a given day, a cow consumes 140 to 150 pounds of feed and drinks 30 to 40 gallons of water a day. Moreover, one ton of beef requires 145,000 gallons of water, which is 24,000 more gallons than what is required for a ton of pork, 107,000 more gallons than one ton of root vegetables, and an incredible 133,700 more water than a ton of vegetables (Mekonnen et. al 2012). That being said, 2,500 gallons of water are required to produce only one pound of beef, which is the equivalent of showering

  • Ethanol: The Impact Of Global Climate Change At Heart

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    consumed 4 miles to the gallon on the lower end, but never above 6 miles to the gallon. It is more recent trucks that are able to reach the 6 miles per gallon range and better. It was not until after 1990 that trucks began to move higher on the scale, and today, semis are getting more than 8 to 10 miles per gallon. Now it is time for the math. (Tarantola 2013) At 60K a year, divided by 4MPG, we have 15K gallons of fuel a year per truck. At 6MPG, it is 10K. At 8MPH, it is 7500 gallons a year. At 10MPG,

  • Freezing Point Depression Lab Report

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    ice • 1- quart Ziploc bag • 1- gallon Ziploc bag • Measuring cups • Spoons • Cups Procedure: 1. Add the milk, whipping cream/ heavy cream, sugar and vanilla/ flavoring to the quart sized Ziploc bag. Seal the bag completely. 2. Put 2 cups of ice into the gallon Ziploc bag. 3. Add the salt to the bag of ice. 4. Place the closed quart

  • Animal Agriculture Research Paper

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    civilization itself, but it has always been damaging for Earth and the Atmosphere for so very long. This damage is more apparent now than ever as cattle produce methane confounding amounts of methane on a daily level the cattle release 150 billion gallons of methane a day. This is only scratching the surface just the atmospheric damage on one side not even all the damage done by animal agriculture. Grasslands trampled, forests cut, more exhausts emitted to transport things and on and on and on. These

  • Similarities Between Arthurian Legend And Morte D Arthur

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    green colored skin and, has a green horse. Everyone is confused, the green knight ask who is brave enough to play a game where you take an Ax and you get to hit someone with the Ax and a year later the knight will come back to hit you with the Ax. Sir Gallon volunteers to play because he don’t think that the king should have to play.

  • The Pros And Cons Of Gasoline

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    gallon (3.8 L) of gasoline produces 8,788 grams (19.374 lb) of carbon dioxide (2.3 kg/l), a greenhouse gas. Unburnt gasoline and evaporation from the tank, when in the atmosphere, reacts in sunlight to produce photochemical smog. Internal combustion engines

  • Pros And Cons Of Lowering Gas Prices

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    Gas Prices Should be Lowered Gas prices can be expensive most of the time and almost everywhere you go. It’s hard to find a reasonable gas price. Maybe you should blame the global demand for gas prices being so high. The global demand for gas has increased and so have the gas prices increased at the pump. Gas is important for everyday life and the cost should NOT be increasing. Big business would argue that gas prices are not the sign of a declining or struggling economy. They say that the fluctuation

  • Biographical Essay: Shinin In The South

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    pay for some things we struggled with. I started making liquor with my daddy’s still when i was 18 years old my daddy originally taught me how to make and distill it. Soon enough my brothers Forst and Howard were helpin me run and we 'd haul 200 gallons on our ole

  • Sheldon Lake State Park Case Study

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    location has more than enough land and water that is easily accessible to the Syrian refugees, which makes this place the best place to relocate them. Every day the refugees would need about 6 million gallons of water every day. Every year the refugees would need approximately 3,500,000,000 gallons of water. This water’s transportation to the refugees would consist of plastic jugs carried in wagons. Collaborating with a method of transportation would not have to occur because the water delivery would

  • Comparing The Corvette Convertible And The Ferrari

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    with overdrive transmission is an additional cost. The engine develops 300 horsepower; zero-to-sixty takes a mere 5.6 seconds. The Corvette’s fuel economy for the city is seventeen miles per gallon, whereas its fuel economy for the highway is twenty-five miles per gallon. Its fuel tank capacity is twenty gallons. The interior dimensions include the following: headroom is equivalent to 36.5 inches, shoulder room is equivalent to 54.1 inches, the hip room is equivalent to 49.3 inches, and leg room is

  • Ace Fertilizer Case Study

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    interest and favors being handed out in any business decision. With a second person checking over orders the ethical decision could be avoided because there would be no way to charge for the disposal of the 10 gallons Breeland will not use and then charge Josh’s company for the 10 gallons. This would also help Abby to make sure she is charging the correct amounts, had she sent the proposal over to Breeland before the weekend it would have been wrong and could have caused problems. With a second person

  • Veganism In The Movie What The Health By Kip Andersen

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    Veganism has long since been seen as a thing done by individuals solely for ethical reasons. But it goes farther, than animal rights, it carries into physical and mental health, environmental impacts, social economics, meat and dairy companies manipulation, and even prescription drug companies. Unfortunately we cannot focus on the many layers of veganism, instead we will be focusing on the effects a vegan diet can have on a person’s health and the impact on the environment. In the documentary “What

  • The Pros And Cons Of Diesel Engines

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    don’t offer high-speed performance, and that they need to be repaired more frequently in the short term so they are able to continue operating. Contrary to that, diesel engines are a better option because they offer a better economic mileage/price per gallon ratio, diesel engines also survive more than their gasoline counterparts, and diesel engines release a smaller amount of Carbon-Dioxide than a petrol engine. Firstly, diesel engines are a better option due to the

  • Cowboys Of A Cowboy Research Paper

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    when railroads struck Texas, it hurt their business. While riding cowboys usually liked to wear a ”ten-gallon” hat. Cowboys jobs were usually to ride animals to the North. In the early 1870’s tragedy struck for cowboys when railroads came to Texas. Joseph Glidden invented barbed wire and marked out ranches. Cowboys often wore a ”ten-gallon” hat., chaps, and a bandana. They wore the “ten-gallon” hat to protect them from the blinding sun. The chaps or leggings were to protect them from thorns and