Sahara Desert The Sahara Desert is the world’s largest desert area. The word Sahara comes from the Arabic word sahra’‚ meaning desert. It extends from the Africa’s Atlantic Ocean side to the Red Sea and consists of the countries of Morocco‚ Algeria‚ Tunisia‚ Libya‚ Egypt‚ Mauritania‚ Mali‚ Niger‚ Chad‚ and Sudan. It is about 5‚200 miles long. Overall‚ the Sahara Desert covers 3‚500‚000 square miles. The geography of the desert is varied. In the west‚ the Sahara is rocky with varied elevation
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Food Deserts There is growing trend of cities across the United States that do not have access to food such as places in Buffalo‚ Baltimore‚ or Detroit. According to the USDA‚ a food desert is to qualify as a “low-access community‚” at least 500 people and/or at least 33 percent of the census tract ’s population must reside more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store (for rural census tracts‚ the distance is more than 10 miles). You can even look up a food desert locater
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authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cjcc20 May 4th and June 4th compared: A sociological study of Chinese social movements Zhidong Hao a a Assistant Professor of Sociology‚ Department of Sociology‚ Anthropology and Social Work‚ Whittier College‚ Whittier‚ CA‚ 90608‚ USA E-mail: Published online: 27 Apr 2007. To cite this article: Zhidong Hao (1997): May 4th and June 4th compared: A sociological study of Chinese social movements‚ Journal of Contemporary
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The journey into the 4th Dimension 4/19/12 Nature of Math The world we live in today is a world of 3-dimensions filled with objects that are zero‚ one and two dimensions. We all walk around in our 3-dimensional world thinking there could be no other dimensions. But would you believe me if I were to tell you that there is a 4th dimension that lies past our daily experience? The truth is that there is a 4th dimension and it’s not that far away‚ the crazy thing is that there could
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to a just desert. The just desert theory is a practical concept that purports a punishment is needed to preserve the social equity disturbed by crime; however‚ the level of punishment should be fitting with the crime. The Just desert model suggests that retribution justifies punishment because individuals deserve what they received for past deeds‚ but punishment based on deterrence is wrong because it involves an offender’s future actions‚ which cannot be predicted. Under the just desert theory the
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been decades since I last visited the Gobi Desert. Back in then‚ I was still a secondary student who was amazed by this Asia "endless sea". Time flies‚ I am now studying the mysterious Gobi Desert as a geologist. By comparing my research data collected recently with my previous knowledge and memories about the desert‚ I am shocked by its external and internal change. Stretching from South Mongolia to China‚ Gobi Desert is the world fifth-largest desert. With wonders like the Silk Road‚ the remote
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The Arctic Tundra ecosystem Arctic tundra is located in the northern hemisphere‚ encircling the North Pole and extending south to the coniferous forests of the taiga. The arctic is known for its cold‚ desert-like conditions. All of the plants are adapted to sweeping winds and disturbances of the soil. Plants are short and group together to resist the cold temperatures and are protected by the snow during the winter. They can carry out photosynthesis at low temperatures and low light intensities
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Topic 1: Ecosystems at Risk A. Ecosystems and Their Management 2. Vulnerability and Resilience of Ecosystems * Vunerability is the sensitivity of an ecosystem to cope with stress. * Resilience is the ability of an ecosystem (or a component of an ecosystem) to adapt to a changing environment and to restore function and structure following an episode of natural or human-induced stress. * All ecosystems function in a state of dynamic equilibrium or a continual state of balanced change
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vehicle searches don’t occur because police have probable cause. They occur because people get tricked or intimidated into consenting to search requests. Consenting to a search request automatically makes the search legal in the eyes of the law. And the 4th Amendment doesn’t require officers to tell you about your right to refuse. So if you’re pulled over‚ don’t try to figure out whether or not the officer has probable cause to legally search you. You always have the right to refuse search requests by
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The Fourth of July* Being born in the USA gave me the advantage to celebrate lots of holidays. One of my favorite events was the independence day. Were America got its freedom from the United Kingdome of Britain. In the morning of 4th of July‚ my mom woke me up early and said: "get up and be ready for the barbeque at your uncle’s house". I wanted to dose off more but the thought of the fireworks later at night made me jump out of my bed and rushed to put my clothes on. After everyone
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