Everyday Survival

In our second unit in class Entrepreneurship. For the second AP, we had to create a business plan for a business we wanted to create. The business that I have created is called Everyday Survival. Everyday Survival is a business that teaches people ways to survive in the outdoors and urban areas. Everyday Survival will give you the tools in which you can survive in dangerous situations. In this AP I will write a business plan for my business. What I have done well for this ap is creating a business that I love and being able to make a profit off of it. What I could have done better was making the math part smoother.

In class, we learned about the Hedgehog Concept, which is part of a business plan that has three main questions to it. What is your business best at in the world? What is your business passionate about? What is your business economic engine? 

Entrepreneurship

Throughout history, the teachers would always teach the students but never the other way around. In the last class called Entrepreneurship, the students had to be the teacher and give a lesson to the class.

In order to prepare for this, we had to separate into groups of two. With our partner, we then had to do research about a topic; my group’s topic was managing. While researching about managers, I found what it means to be a good and a bad manager. Bad; managers play favorites, they also micromanage. Good; managers act like a good coach, they also have a positive attitude. At the end of the lesson, we had to rate ourselves and our partners on how well we participated in the research and giving the lesson. In order to get ready for our main Action Project (which is a project we have to do around every 3 weeks), we had to create 10 questions and put all of them in a google doc. The 10 questions would involve what the class has done so far in class. After we created the questions, our teacher chose the 10 best questions and create a test for it. We took the test home and we had to do 5 out of the 10 questions for a take-home test. It was really interesting getting all of the slides ready so that I can teach the class. I had never really taught a full lesson to a class before. I really enjoyed preparing for it and actually teaching it. My teaching philosophy to get the point across was to make the lesson enjoyable and fun to learn the topic. I wanted the class to be engaged with the lesson and I wanted the class to actually want to learn the lesson. I wanted the class to participate in the discussion and the activity that was planned. There are a couple of things that if I were to do it twice that I would change. For one I would make sure that everything is all clear with the slides and no technical difficulties. I would also change some of the last activities we did. I would make them different and a little longer. I do think that my teaching was effective. I could tell that everyone understood what the information was saying. I also could tell that the information that was put out there that they were able to keep in their memory.

Throughout this whole process, I was able to take the role as a teacher. This experience I was able to see a new perspective that I would not normally see and I enjoyed it. At times, it was a little difficult but I think it was worth it. I thought that I could work more on creating hard questions. This can help me for next year in college by teaching me what being a good manager is, this will also help with internship interviews.

Homework

In our last unit in our third term called Systems and models, we learned about I-O Psychology and what it does. One of the major things we learned during Maslow’s Hierarchy which is a five-step pyramid. Physiological needs, Safety needs, Love and belongingness needs, Esteem needs, and Self-actualization needs. For our AP we had to find something in our school and in all schools and write about it whether you agree with it or not. Whether there should be more of it or not. I created my project on homework and why we don't need it. What I could have done better for this project was to interview more people. What I love about this project was learning more about why people like or dislike homework.

Investing

For our first Economics, we learned about the market and how to buy and sell stock. We also learned about how a company can make money or lose it through their stock. For our action project, we had to get an app called rapunzl a training stock app. We had to invest in some stock and record our data. We had to estimate what our future percent would be if he would gain money or of lost money. My favorite part of this project was actually learning about real stocks. I made a mistake which cost me some money, at first I only had Tesla as my stock. When Tesla stock started to go down a lot, I lost money.

Star Wars In School Stage

This class is called Stage Chemistry; the unit is called Below & Above. Stage Chemistry is about finding new ways to see things. What I mean is when you go to a play you are not really interested in how and what happens backstage. We learned about what goes on behind the stage. The FE that we went to was to the Steppenwolf Theatre. We got to see two stages. One was being taken down from a play a couple months back the other one was being set up for a new play. What we had to do for our AP was create a design of the stage we made a blueprint from our last Action Project (if you would like to see it, click on here). We needed to create a model that is around the size of a shoe box. We had to make safety protocols for two motions on our stage. This means we had to make two things that could move on the stage. What I liked about my project was turning the blueprint we had made into a model and make a design out of it. What I had trouble with was the scale part of it. At the end, I just used the scale I used in my blueprint for the model as well. I overcame the struggle with scale by cutting out pieces of cardboard in different scales and putting them together and deciding which one I liked best.

The picture to the left is the blueprint of my stage. It shows where the stage is and a lobby. The picture to the right is my design of my stage. It shows the door and the trapdoor which is in the back. This was made out of cardboard.

The Death Star, AA, 2017

Here is a video of a trapdoor working in Star Wars, which is what I based my play on. This clip is from Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi when one of Jabba's slaves fell through the trap door. This shows how it looked in the movie, and I am going to do the same scene in my play on my stage.



Here is my version of the Star Wars trapdoor. How this works is that when a person is on the trap door, the door will not do anything. There is a person in back pressing a button to open it.

Man falling, AA, 2017

Here are some things that can go wrong with the trapdoor.
TRAP DOOR: A person could get stuck, a person could fall too hard, the door could close too early, the door could open and close rapidly all at once.
TRAP DOOR FEATURE: Trapdoor will open, a person or figure will fall, then the trap door will close.

Here is a sign that shows what to watch out for.

Trapdoor Warning. AA. 2017.

Here is the force diagram for the trapdoor that shows what forces are acting on it. It works by having pressure on it and a button.

Trapdoor man, AA, 2017

Here is the mathematical formula equation for the trapdoor. There is a trap door and a person is on it who weighs 140 lbs. One pound is equal to 4.44822 Newtons, so you multiply 140 X 4.44822 then get x in newtons which is 622.7508 N. To get the F_Net , you see what can hold the 140 lbs body weight up, it would be 140 lbs (or 622.7508 N). The F_Net is the F_up - F_down. It would be 140 lbs - 140 lbs which is 0. The F_Net is 0 for this equation. Let's also show this in straightforward mathematics:

Fnet = Fup - Fdown

0 N = 622.7508 N - 622.7508 N

Here are the doors. The actors will use the doors to enter and exit the stage but audience members will not be allowed to use these. This is my animated version of doors opening and closing. How it works is when a person goes to the first door the pull it, whereas for the second door, they push it. 

Man Walking Through Door. AA. 2017.

Here are some things that can go wrong with the doors.

THE FOUR DOORS: The door won’t open, the door won’t close, the door could break, the door handle could break off.
THE FOUR DOORS FEATURE: The 4 front doors will open so a person or figure can go through them.

Here is a sign that shows what to watch out for.

Notice. AA. 2017.

Overall, the building process was fun. At times, it was hard and frustrating but, in the end, it was a nice process. For the animation or GIFs, I found that process was really annoying and I had to remake my picture over and over again. One of my last times taking the picture, I lost them on my computer but after a while, I found them and put them together as a GIF. While physically making my stage, I learned really important rules about using X-Acto knives. One of the rules I learned was to not put the knife down if the blade is out. I don't want to do that because someone could get cut.

Star Wars In School

This class is called Stage Chemistry, the unit is called Behind. Stage Chemistry is about finding news ways to see things. What I mean when you go to a play you are not really interested in how and what happens in the backstage. We learned about what goes on behind the curtain of plays. The FE that we went to was to the Goodman. Before we watched Uncle Vanya, we saw what they did behind the curtains and how people make blueprints for it. What we had to do for our AP was to turn a non-theatre place and turn it into a place where you could have plays there. We needed to make a blueprint of a place where we want to have a play. I decided my place would be at GCE Lab School in a room called The Death Star.(See photos below to see the layout of the room.) We call it that because of how it looks. There is a light thing that is made up of C.D.s. What I liked about my project was turning that space into a theater. What I had trouble with was trying to think of good ideas to do for my theater. I overcame that by drawing it out and trying to find a good scale I ended up choosing 0.8 Inches = 2 Feet.

The transformation of it was easy and hard. Overall the theater I created could fit about 20 to 30 people. The parts that I hated for the transformation was the calculations and measuring. The parts I liked about the transformation was how it ended up as and the whole space overall. A few things that I wish I could still change is the size of the space and how big the stage and trap door is.

                                       The Death Star, AA,(2017)

                                   The Death Star, AA,(2017)



The Death Star Stage, AA,(2017)

For my stage there are three places where you can watch it. You can watch it on the left and right of the stage and in front of the doors. There are two stages in the Death Star. The main stage and a small but longer stage going down the middle of the audience. This is why this stage is called a Thrust stage.

My Stage Vs Albert

My Stage	Albert	% Compare
23 Seats	856 Seats	My seating is 2.6% of the seating at Goodman's Albert stage
Fly Space (above the stage above the height of the proscenium): 0 ft	Fly Space (above the stage above the height of the proscenium): 76.5 ft	My fly space is 0% of Albert
4 toilets	18 toilets	I have 22.2% of Alberts toilets
Center of stage that is removable 3 ft x 3.8 ft:	Center of stage that is removable: 34 ft x 40 ft	I have 0.83% of Albert center stage
4 sinks	7 sinks	I have 57.1% of Alberts sinks
4 Bathrooms	2 Bathrooms	I have 200% bathrooms of Albert.

How Bad Is An Outbreak Of HIV/AIDS

This course was called Disease which is a STEAM the unit was called World. In this unit, we learned about R-Naught and how a disease can spread. We also learned about the categorizing of an outbreaking disease. For this AP, we had to find a disease and do research about it and make a Newspaper about it. What I had fun when doing this project was making the newspaper. what I had trouble with was finding what the R-Naught and other research items. I overcome that by asking for help and doing more research. Overall I thought this project was fun to make.

                        

   Fodey, Newspaper,(2017).                                             Blogger, Map,(October, 10, 2015) .

My disease that I am researching is HIV/AIDS. I found an outbreak in Africa in 1990s-2000s. “1990 Jonathan Mann resigned as the head of the WHO AIDS programmed, to protest against the failure of the UN and governments worldwide to respond adequately to the exploding pandemic, and to protest against the actions of the then WHO director-general Dr. Hiroshi Nakajima. During Jonathan Mann's leadership, the AIDS programmed became the largest single programmed in the organization’s history.”

HIV symptoms include fever, sore throat, and fatigue can occur. AIDS symptoms include weight loss, fever or night sweats, fatigue, and recurrent infections. The R-Naught is 2-5. It means 2-5 of new cases from one person. Two risk factors are having unprotected sex and having another STD.

91% of HIV cases in Africa are caused by sexual transmission and virtually all is heterosexual. “So says the World Health Organization, with other agencies toeing the line. Some massive condom airdrops accompanied by a persuasive propaganda campaign would practically make the epidemic vanish overnight. Or would it?” In Africa, the HIV outbreak is epidemic because epidemic means, “a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.” In Africa, there are a lot of communities that have HIV/AIDS. “69% live in sub-Saharan Africa. There are roughly 23.8 million infected persons in all of Africa. 91% of the world's HIV-positive children live in Africa.”

There is no Vaccine for HIV yet but here is an Evaluation of: Liu J, O’Brien KL, Lynch DM et al.: Immune control of an SIV challenge by a T-cell-based vaccine in rhesus monkeys. Nature 457(7225), 87–91 (2009), of it. It says that we don’t have a vaccine but what you can do is have safer sex. For the decline of HIV, it was nearly declined over 20% overall during the past decade. Is happened because people had safer sex.

Here is a list of things to avoid a future outbreak of HIV/AIDS:

1. Use a new condom every time you have sex:

2. Consider the drug Truvada:

3. Tell your sexual partners if you have HIV:

4. Use a clean needle:

5. If you're pregnant, get medical care right away:

6. Consider male circumcision:

Work Cited 

"A Timeline of HIV/AIDS." AIDS.gov. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2017.

"Can the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in New York City be Stopped?" Can the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in New York City be Stopped? N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2017.

Devarajan, Shanta “What caused the HIV epidemic in Africa?” 27 Jan. 2011, Web.

Fumento, M. Michael Fumento: Why is HIV so prevalent in Africa? Retrieved February 24, 2017.

ΚΟΣΜΟ, ΝΕΚΡΟΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΟΝ, and Προβολή πλήρους προφίλ. The history of AIDS in Africa. Oct. 1980. Web. 24 Feb. 2017.

sahoboss. HIV/aids in South Africa. 20 May 2011. Web. 24 Feb. 2017.

"Symptoms of HIV." AIDS.gov. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2017.

"Timeline: AIDS moments to remember." CNN. Cable News Network, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2017.

OCD In You!

This course was called Disease which is a STEAM the unit was called Mind. In this unit, we learned about mental disease. We learned about what mental diseases there are and how to diagnose them. We learned about the brain waves and how each can work or not work with some mental diseases or disorders. For this AP, we had to find a disease and make a video, and a simulation of it. The disease I did was OCD. We had to present out project on Wednesday February 8. The thing that I excelled at was the video and presenting part. The part that I had trouble with the most was trying to find and create a simulation. I overcame that by looking up case studies and examples of OCD simulations. Overall this Action Project was great I learned some many things about OCD and how it gets diagnose. Watching the videos of the simulation really helped me think of ways to make the class feel what people with OCD feel everyday. Also by reading some articles about kids who have OCD and watching a video about Howie Mandel and his life with OCD helped a lot too. Look below to see my project!

Work Cited:

ABCNews. "Howie Mandel Talks About Living With OCD | 20/20 | ABC News." YouTube. YouTube, 28 Nov. 2009. Web. 07 Feb. 2017.

"Facts About OCD." Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Spectrum Disorders Resource. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Feb. 2017.

Gluck, Samantha. "OCD Diagnosis: OCD Criteria and Characteristics in DSM 5." HealthyPlace. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Feb. 2017. 

"Howie Mandel." IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. Web. 08 Feb. 2017.

"Psychology Today." Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder | Psychology Today. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Feb. 2017.

"Region in Brain Is Linked to Obsessive Disorder." The New York Times. The New York Times, 07 Mar. 1988. Web. 08 Feb. 2017.

Sarah. "UOCD: Facts& Statistics on OCD." UOCD: Facts& Statistics on OCD. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Feb. 2017.

"What Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is all about." Mentally Aware Nigeria Initiative. N.p., 13 Jan. 2017. Web. 08 Feb. 2017.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Disease!

This class was called Disease the unit was called Body. In this unit, we learned about diseases and what they do or how they affect your body. We learned about the eleven body systems and how diseases affect them. For this AP, we had to interview someone who has a disease. The patient that I interviewed has a disease called Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. We had to draw a human body and include at least two body systems that the disease affects. The thing that I excelled at was the interview part because I like to ask questions and find out new information about people. The part that I had trouble with the most was drawing the picture. I overcame that by drawing slowly and carefully, and if I made a mistake I would correct the mistake and learn from it.

AA,(2017), Muscular and Skeletal system  

AA,(2017), Nervous System

    AA,(2017), Body                

My patient's name is Ben. His disease is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. He first started to see signs of this when he was in his 30’s. It affected his life as the condition worsened because it restricted the use of his hands. The main three Body Systems it affects are the Nervous System, the Muscular System, and the Skeletal System. Ben says, “As it started to get worse and worse over time, I started to wake up in the middle of the night. I would not have any feeling in my hands or fingers at all or only have feeling in three of my fingers.” What he learned to do was lay in a way so that he could keep his hands flat. He went to a doctor to take some tests and the tests determined that he had Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. The doctor wanted him to start exercises so that the inflammation would go down a little bit. The doctors also prescribed him hand braces. After that, the only way it would affect his life is if he did not wear this hand brace when in bed. He would wake up in the middle of the night with his hand hurting and his fingers being numb. Some of the symptoms of this disease are pain in hand, finger numbness, tingling in hand and arm, and weakness in hand, arm, or fingers. Some common causes of CTS are repetitive motion (such as working in a meat processing factory) or typing many hours a day (such as a writer). Inflammation means a swollen condition when an organ, tissue or muscle is bigger than normal. Numbness is when the person cannot feel anything when touching an object or being touched by another person or object. For Ben, it occurs when he does not put the hand braces on before he goes to bed. Some of the treatments are rest, ice, cortisone injections, and surgery. Ben did not want to take cortisone injections or undergo surgery so he tried exercise and putting ice on his wrists to reduce the inflammation. It did work a little, but he was still having pain. Next, he went to a medical supply store to purchase hand braces. He would put them on before he would go to sleep. It kept his wrists immobile during the night and kept them straight. The Hand brace helps people with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. It will keep the hand straight and in one position. This disease can be classified as genetic and environmental. It is genetic because you could have a predisposition from your family. It is environmental because you normally get it in an environment where you are doing motion that is repetitive. An example is in meat package factories where the workers cut meat over and over again the same way, and they do it all day long. Another example is typing at a computer for many hours. That is how Ben's developed CTS. Other risk factors are health problems or illnesses that can cause arm pain or swelling in the joints and soft tissues in the arm, or that reduce the blood flow to the hands. There is not a geography for the frequency of the disease and the cause is primarily environmental from repetitive motion and genetic predisposition inherited from the mother and father. For the patient, it normally happens in the thumb and index finger or middle finger, ring finger, and pinky. This disease affects the Nervous System by tingling, numbness, or pain in the nerves that go to your hand. The thumb, index, and middle fingers can be affected by it too. It can affect the Muscular System by causing weakness of the flexor pollicis brevis, opponens pollicis, and abductor pollicis brevis. It can affect the Skeletal System by displacing the bones in your hand potentially causing injury.

WORK CITED:

"Carpal Tunnel Syndrome-SportsMed." Carpal Tunnel Syndrome-SportsMed. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2017.

"Carpal Tunnel Syndrome." Interview by Ben Tomson. n.d.Web.15 Jan.2017.

"Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Risks: Repetitive Motion, Smoking, and More." WebMD. WebMD, n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2017.

"SYMPTOM GEOGRAPHY IN CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME." SYMPTOM GEOGRAPHY IN CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME | Orthopaedic Proceedings. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2017.

"The American Association of Neurological Surgeons." Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2017.

Wood Bison Are They Good Or Not?

For the first class for the year, for STEAM we are in the last Population unit. In unit 3, we went through a journey to learn about our population and how it is growing. We examined the evidence for our population and other species. Seeing how much their population had years ago compare to now. We went to a cemetery to examine what year people die and what year people were born. We had to compare the dates of when people were born and see how many people died for a specific year. The last AP was about finding an organism and compare it to humans population. I chose Bisons for my organism. The thing that I had the most trouble with was the recording because I am self-conscious of my voice and when I record, I always talk faster than I normally do. What I did to overcome it was read clearly and not to speak quickly. The thing that I was most proud of was the math part, graph and finding the facts of the Action Project because I could understand that part and do a good job on it.
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Year	Bison Population	Human Population
1988	25	5,138,214,688
1989	45	5,230,452,409
1990	48	5,320,816,667
1991	55	5,408,908,724
1992	102	5,494,899,570
1993	175	5,578.865,109
1994	150	5,661,086,412
1995	160	5,741,822,412
1996	205	5,821,016,750
1997	253	5,898,688,337

My graph shows the population of Bisons and humans from 1988 to 1997

The math for both of the math statements are geometric

Bisons

a1= 205

a2= 253

a3= 311

253/205= 1.23

253+1.23=

311 for 1998

Humans

b1= 5,821,016,750

b2= 5,898,688,337

b3= 5,898,688,338

5,898,688,337/5,821,016,750=1.01

5989688337+1.01= 

5,898,688,338 for 1998

Works Cited

"Bison Today - American Bison." American Bison. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.

"Benefits of Bison." NBA. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.

Dfg.webmaster@alaska.gov. "Plains Bison Species Profile, Alaska Department of Fish and Game." Plains Bison Species Profile, Alaska Department of Fish and Game. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.

Hays, Brooks. "DNA Study Reveals Unique Bison Species Depicted in Cave Art." UPI. N.p., 18 Oct. 2016. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.

@Interior. "15 Facts About Our National Mammal: The American Bison." U.S. Department of the Interior. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.

@KTOOpubmedia. "First Wood Bison Calves Spotted near Bethel." KTOO. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.

"Population of the Entire World, Yearly, 1950 - 2100." GeoHive. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.

"Wood Bison in Northwestern Canada ." BisonHomePage:. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.

The North Pole

For the first class for the year, for STEAM we are in the second population unit. In unit 2, we went through a journey to learn where we were from. This unit introduces Darwin and his theories on Natural Selection as a mechanism for evolution. We examined the evidence for Evolution and came to understand how changes are selected. The thing that I had the most trouble with was the recording because I am self-conscious of my voice and when I record, I always talk faster than I normally do. What I did to overcome it was read clearly and not to speak fast. The thing that I was most proud of was the math part of the Action Project because I could understand that part and do a good job on it.

DOGS

The following is a list of ten dogs I choose that will be released into the North Pole. I have put them in order from lightest to heaviest and marked the Minimum, 1st Quartile, Median, 3rd Quartile and maximum.

Pagoda 8 lbs MIN
Gummy 10 lbs
Hawk 12 lbs Q1
Unitas 17 lbs
Hayden 19 lbs
19.52 lbs MEDIAN
Dorsett 20.06 lbs
Jarvis 22.81 lbs
Kuzco 40 lbs Q3
Pelican 42.12 lbs
Chiarina 46.5 lbs MAX

MAX: 46.5

MIN: 8

RANGE: 38.5

MEAN: 22.748

MEDIAN: 19.52

MODE: NO MODE

AA, "Pirsquared." Box-and-Whisker Plot Generator, (2016)

X	x̄	(X-x̄)	(X-x̄)2
8	23.74	-15.74	247.74
10	23.74	-13.74	188.78
12	23.74	-11.74	137.82
17	23.74	-6.74	45.42
19	23.74	-4.74	22.46
20.06	23.74	-3.68	13.54
22.8	23.74	-0.94	0.88
40	23.74	16.26	264.38
42.12	23.74	18.38	337.82
46.5	23.74	22.76	518.01

247.74 + 188.78 + 137.82 + 45.42 + 22.46 + 13.54 + 0.88 + 264.38 +3 37.82 + 518.01 = 1776.85
1776.85 / 9 = 197.42
√197.42

Standard Deviation= 14.05

Since this set of animals has a standard deviation of around 14, this means that the whole group is 14.05.

When we choose animals from a group, I choose dogs for my animal. We had to choose 3 out of 10 who we think will survive in the new environment and pass on their genetic traits. The are two ways for choosing them for the North Pole. The first is Combination. A combination is where order does not matter. Another way is Permutation, which is where order does matter.

10 C 3

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

                                                                                                                                                              

7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1

 10, 5, 9, 3, 8

3, 2, 1

5x3x8= 120

This means that there are 120 way they can go in no matter what order.

10 P 3

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

10x9x8= 720

This means that there are 720 they can go in where order does matter.

For my animals being put in the North Pole, it will be a combination because it doesn't matter how or where you put them in, there will still be a group of three out of ten. 

Work Cited

By Joining PetMD, You Agree to the Privacy Policy. "PetMD, LLC." Nutritional Differences for Small, Toy, and Large Breed Dogs. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2016.

"Home Page | PAWS Chicago." PAWS Chicago. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2016.

Pirsquared. "Pirsquared." Box-and-Whisker Plot Generator. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2016.