In Google Earth:

1. Go to each of the major landform regions of Latin America listed below:
2. For each, identify the climate and the natural vegetation at the location. Describe the possible human activities and how the natural vegetation has been impacted. Your answer must indicate the name of country and name of region of your examples. Include names of vegetation types (e.g., Amazon rainforest, Atlantic rainforest, Cerrado, etc.). Describe/Explain the human-environment impact and/or connection.
3. Save your map upload it into the word document with your explanation.

Eastern Highlands: find ONE location indicative of E. Highlands Land form. Identify the climate and the natural vegetation at this location. Describe the possible human activities, how has the natural vegetation been impacted. Your answer must indicate the name of country and name of region of your examples. Include names of vegetation types (eg., Amazon rainforest, Atlantic rainforest, Cerrado, etc.). Describe/Explain the connection. 

Central Lowlands: find ONE location indicative of Central Lowlands Land form. Identify the climate and the natural vegetation at this location. Describe the possible human activities, how has the natural vegetation been impacted. Your answer must indicate the name of country and name of region of your examples. Include names of vegetation types (eg., Amazon rainforest, Atlantic rainforest, Cerrado, etc.). Describe/Explain the connection.

Western Alpine System: find ONE location indicative of Western Alpine System Land form. Identify the climate and the natural vegetation at this location. Describe the possible human activities, how has the natural vegetation been impacted. Your answer must indicate the name of country and name of region of your examples. Include names of vegetation types (eg., Amazon rainforest, Atlantic rainforest, Cerrado, etc.). Describe/Explain the connection in ~300 words or less.

Central America: find ONE location in Central America. Identify the landform, climate and the natural vegetation at this location. Describe the possible human activities, how has the natural vegetation been impacted. Your answer must indicate the name of country and name of region of your examples. Include names of vegetation types (eg., Amazon rainforest, Atlantic rainforest, Cerrado, etc.). Describe/Explain the connection.

Mexico: find ONE location in Mexico. Identify the landform, climate and the natural vegetation at this location. Describe the possible human activities, how has the natural vegetation been impacted. Your answer must indicate the name of country and name of region of your examples. Include names of vegetation types (eg., Amazon rainforest, Atlantic rainforest, Cerrado, etc.). Describe/Explain the connection.

Caribbean: find ONE location in Caribbean. Identify the landform, climate and the natural vegetation at this location. Describe the possible human activities, how has the natural vegetation been impacted. Your answer must indicate the name of country and name of region of your examples. Include names of vegetation types (eg., Amazon rainforest, Atlantic rainforest, Cerrado, etc.). Describe/Explain the connection.

 

For this assignment, you will create an external CSS style sheet and link it into the HTML page that you created in Assignment 1. Remember that you are continuing to build on the website you created during Week 1. After completing this assignment, you will create another zip archive containing your HTML file from last week (with the link tag added to it), the CSS file you will create in this assignment, and all image files that are part of your website.

Before proceeding with this assignment, make sure you have read the Week 2 module in the Content area, where the basics of CSS are explained to you. Note that although the Week 2 Content also briefly covers inline CSS and internal style sheets, this assignment only requires you to create an external style sheet. The other methods of incorporating CSS into your website are covered in the content for your information only and are not required to be used in this class.

Complete the following steps for this week’s assignment:

1) Open the HTML file that you created and add the following line of code to the head section of the file, replacing “mystyle.css” with the name you will be giving to your own CSS file, which should be in the form of LastFirstStylesheet.css (Ex.: John Smith’s style sheet would be named SmithJohnStylesheet.css).

<link rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” href=”mystyle.css”>

Save your HTML file and then upload it to the HTML validator and check to make sure it still passes validation.

2) Create a new file in your text editor (Notepad++ for PC users, and TextEdit for Mac users). Name your new file LastFirstStylesheet.css replacing Last with your last name and replacing First with your first name (Ex.: John Smith’s style sheet would be named SmithJohnStylesheet.css).

3) Copy the following text into your file:

body {
background-color: lightblue;
}

h1 {
color: darkblue;
text-align: center;
}

Save your file and then upload it to the CSS Validator and make sure it passes validation.

Open your HTML file in the browser and see how it looks with this new stylesheet linked in. If you have properly created your CSS file and properly linked it into your HTML file, your webpage should now have a light blue background and your main <h1> heading should be dark blue and centered.

Open your CSS file in the text editor again to proceed with editing and writing more code.

4) Change the page background color to another color of your choice besides light blue and change the color of your main heading to another color of your choice besides dark blue. You can find additional color names here. Save your CSS file, and re-validate your file here. Also view your page in the browser to see the results of your changes.

5) In your CSS file, create a declaration block for the paragraph <p> element and set the font-family and font-size properties. You can choose the font family and font size that you want for your website. Hint: An example of these properties is shown in the Week 2 module in the Content area of the classroom.

6) In your CSS file, create a CSS class called “boldtext” which can only be applied to the <span> element. In the declaration block for this CSS class, set the font-weight to bold. Hint: An example of this class is shown in the Week 2 module in the Content area of the classroom.

7) In your CSS file, create a CSS class called “italictext” which can only be applied to the <span> element. In the declaration block for this CSS class, set the font-style to italic. Hint: An example of this class is shown in the Week 2 module in the Content area of the classroom.

Save your CSS file, and re-validate your CSS file here.

8) Open your HTML file for editing. Using the <span> element with the class attribute, apply the “boldtext” and “italictext” classes that you created in your CSS file to a few words of text. Apply “boldtext” only to some text, apply “italictext” only to some other text, and apply both classes to yet some other text on your page. Note that “boldtext” should not be applied inside of headings because they are already formatted in bold text by default. Hint: An example of the HTML code you need for this is shown in the Week 2 module in the Content area of the classroom.

Save your HTML file, and re-validate your HTML file here.

Validation Requirements:

Before submitting your web site:

1. Validate your HTML file here, using the “Validate by File Upload” option, and fix any errors that the validator identifies before submitting your web site for grading.
2. Validate your CSS file here, using the “Validate by File Upload” option, and fix any errors that the validator identifies before submitting your web site for grading.

Note: It is critical that you debug and fix ALL errors identified by these two code validators before submitting your assignments. Contact your instructor for assistance if you are having difficulty debugging and fixing your errors because it is imperative that your code files pass validation.

Submission Instructions: Create a zip file containing all files related to your web page (.html file, .css file, image files, etc). Make sure you maintain the necessary directory structure in your zip file so that your webpages will view correctly when unzipped. In other words, if your images are in a sub-folder on your computer, in relation to the folder containing your .html file, then you need to maintain that same directory structure in your zip file, too. Submit only the zip file for grading.

 

ou work as a communication specialist at Warby Parker, reporting to co-CEO David Gilboa. Using the skills you’ve been practicing in this course, respond to this challenge:

You’re helping Gilboa prepare a report about the company. Gilboa characterizes the report as a “public business plan,” in that it will discuss the company and its objectives, strategies, and operations without disclosing the sort of confidential information that a typical business plan includes. The secondary audience includes potential investors, employees, and business partners.

To help overcome shoppers’ reluctance to buy eyewear online, Warby Parker has been test marketing the concept called Home Try-On, in which people in the South Florida test market can order five pairs of frames, keep them for five days at no cost, then decide which pair they would like to order, and which they will send back. This gives shoppers lots of time to try on the frames they are considering and get the opinions of family and friends.

On the job (Internal, Unsolicited Proposal)

Write a 2-3 page (2 if single-spaced, 3 or more if double-spaced) internal proposal, in memo form, to Mr. Gilboa, with your evaluation of the test market results and your recommendation how the company should proceed with this concept based on that test. Remember to include headings or sub-headings for each section in the proposal that explain this program-e.g. Executive Summary, Background, Solution, Recommendation, etc. Make sure to correctly identify and analyze your audience, as well as any possible secondary audiences. Remember, Mr. Gilboa, the person to whom you submit your proposal, is in a position to order the implementation of the change recommended.

It is important that you develop this memo with your own thoughts and input. You can make the test market experience good or bad, and base your recommendation on that. Make up any information you wish to bolster your case; in the real world, you would have this kind of data and information before you would write this memo.

 

Here is an example: A rough outline for a favorable recommendation:

Subject: Home Try-On Market Concept Test

Executive Summary: A brief summary (2-3 sentences) of all the information provided in the rest of the report. Although this should be the first subheading and paragraph in your proposal, it will be written last – after you’ve written the rest of the report. 

Background: As you know…profits down, store rents rising, we are seen as an old-fashion, undynamic company by the general public. Question: is the internet the answer? Marketing came

up with concept of Home Try-On, and began test marketing it in South Florida in November of last year.

Perceived Risks Prior to Test Market: Concept too confusing for public? What if customers did not return the 4 pair of frames they did not want? What sort of breakage might be expected? Would postage and handling be too costly?

Test Market Results: Public seemed to love the concept. Orders very high. 98% return rate on 4 pairs they did not want. Virtually no breakage. Minimal shipping and handling costs, because customer had to agree beforehand to absorb these costs.

Recommendation: Expand test market to entire East Coast for an additional 4 months. Prepare to go nationwide if results from that test equally encouraging.

As you have learned from this week’s readings, a cause-effect chain argues that one thing leads to another (e.g., “Increasing levels of acidity in sea water are harming the oceans’ coral reefs.”). A causal cause and effect chain links causal claims together as links in a chain. Remember your argument is only as strong as the weakest link in your chain.

Summarize the causal cause and effect chain used by the writer in the article from The New York Times. Was the argument persuasive? Why or why not?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/29/world/europe/black-market-for-body-parts-spreads-in-europe.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

• What has caused the growth of the illegal sale of human organs in some countries, a concept unthinkable 100 years ago?
• What has caused the growth of selling human organs on the black market?
• What are the causes you have identified and will write about in your draft?
• What are the effects you have identified and will write about in your draft?

Question Two

There is common wisdom that states, “Correlation is not causation.” Explain in your own words what this phrase means. Now, read the current draft of your cause and effect essay. Consider how you might revise your essay in light of this saying. Describe what revisions you might need to make to your essay to ensure that your argument is logical, plausible, and realistic and does not present an argument that is illogical, far-reaching, or unrealistic.

Attached is a copy of my draft so that question two can be answered. Thank you!