Double Consciousness and Avoiding Stigma

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Describe the concerns held by both adoptive parents and adopted children in transracial families.What other concerns would you add that were not discussed and why?Explain how the concerns you discussed in the first two questions relate to the concept of double consciousness.Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of race and ethnicity covering and passing.Address how covering and passing can be used to both cause and resolve identity conflicts for both transracial adoptees and in general.

Discuss Declining Pollinators and Other Ecosystem Services

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This week, you have learned about our living natural resources (biota), biogeochemical cycles and how our lifestyle choices have disrupted various ecosystem services, like pollination. For this discussion, please share your observations from the Week 6 – Eco Moment (Impact of Bee Losses) Xerces site you explored.  Using reliable external sites and/or information presented this week from IPBES, investigate the financial investment we need to make in our pollinators now versus the costs we will have to pay in the coming decades if we fail to do so.  Finally, compare pollination to another important ecosystem service of your choice with an emphasis on how declining biodiversity impacts your chosen service.

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Review The article is a news report about an accidental chemical spill in the science block of the Baylor The spill was immediately reported following which HazMat and fire fighters evacuated the building and neutralized the spill. A researcher working in a chemical lab of the sciences department reported accidental spilling of the chemical Isobutyl cyanide due to a break in the container. The researcher however, immediately placed the broken container under the exhaust hood and raised the chemical alarm.

This was the right move on behalf of the student as inhalation of the chemical could have caused serious problems to all those within the lab. The fire fighters and Hazardous material (Hazmat) response teams who reached the scene evacuated about 200 students from the building. It took some time for the Hazmat team to organize its decontamination set up after which they entered the building for the clean up process. The team reported that less than 1 ml of the chemical had spilled inside the lab and that the spill occurred only within the lab.

However due to the hazardous nature of the chemical it took some time for the clean up process to finish and the spill was neutralized at about 5 pm. The surrounding premises were closed for safety reasons between 3 and 5 pm and classes in the building were also cancelled. It was only after the cleanup was complete students were allowed back inside the building. The prompt reporting made by the researcher immediately after the spill was crucial for the quick rescue and cleaning up process. In addition, putting the chemical container under the exhaust hood prevented further spill and inhalation of the chemical, which could have led to serious consequences if inhaled.

These steps followed by the researcher without getting panicky are noteworthy. It would be a good example for other students to follow the procedure incase such incidents occur again. The Hazmat team also did a commendable job given the fact that the chemical was potentially hazardous if inhaled accidentally. The neutralization of the spill was carried out by careful planning by the team and only after the entire safety set up was in place in order to avert any mishap during the clean up. The entire process of the rescue operation was done in a planned and efficient manner due to which there was no injury reported.

The fact that the Hazmat team performed the set up without any hurry is an indication of their commitment and dedication to the work as any job done hastily without prior planning would not give satisfactory results. Thus the team has done a commendable job right from the beginning till the end and the hazardous effect of the chemical spill was averted successfully. Reference:Tolbert, P. (2009). Baylor science building OKed after chemical spill. Retrieved from http://www.kxxv.com/Global/story.