The Dead Sea Scrolls In 1947 in a cave near the Dead sea in the Jordan Desert‚ a fifteen year old boy chased after one of his goats that wandered off. This boy’s name was Muhammad adh-Dhib. While going after his goat‚ the boy stumbled upon perhaps the greatest religious discovery of the modern era. Inside the cave‚ he found broken jars that contained scrolls written in a strange language‚ wrapped in linen cloth and leather. These scrolls would later become known as the Dead Sea Scrolls. This first
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The Bering Sea shelf break is the dominant driver of primary productivity in the Bering Sea.[5] This zone‚ where the shallower continental shelf drops off into the North Aleutians Basin is also known as the “Greenbelt”. Nutrient upwelling from the cold waters of the Aleutian basin flowing up the slope and mixing with shallower waters of the shelf provide for constant production of phytoplankton. The second driver of productivity in the Bering Sea is seasonal sea ice that‚ in part‚ triggers the spring
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EK115008S The Deep Sea (2012) It is odd that a planet with 65% of its surface covered by ocean and 57% by 1000+m of deep-sea is called the ‘Earth’. Some 49% of the globe’s surface is 3-6 km below the ocean waves and the average ocean depth is 3.8 km. The deep sea is dark‚ devoid of plants but home to many animals which have been collected on hooks and lines‚ in nets‚ from the stomachs of other deep-sea beasts‚ viewed and photographed from tethered cameras‚ ROVs and deep-sea submersibles. Yet
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The Old Man and the Sea was written by Ernest Hemingway. Some people may think it is a very basic book or easy reading. The book had deeper meaning and a lot depth. Hemingway used lots of symbolism‚ the theme of loneness‚ and the imagery of the lions on the beach to write his book. There are certain symbols we can detect and are foreshadowed throughout the book. The bird symbolized the little boy‚ Manolin‚ visiting the old man and gave him comfort. The narrator says “The bird made the stern of the
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The sea in The Awakening represents not only Edna’s self-awakening‚ evolution and growth‚ but also the combination of freedom and death. In her search for freedom‚ the sea plays a part in the realization that the only way to achieve freedom is through death: her true awakening. We go as far as to say that throughout the novel‚ Edna is aware of this dark truth‚ but only on a subconscious level‚ which is why she only sees the sea as place of self-expression and freedom‚ but nothing deeper until the
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Social Research 10/6/13 All over the world‚ from the Bering Sea to the Sea of Japan‚ from the Mediterranean to the Gulf of Mexico‚ from China to the Chesapeake‚ any place oceans are in trouble‚ jellyfish are taking over. Jellyfish do well in warmer waters. Our carbon dioxide emissions are both warming the water and causing it to become corrosive. Warmer water -- even a fraction of a degree -- holds less oxygen than cooler water and shifts the balance of who survives and
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Sea shells by the sea shore “She sells sea shells by the sea shore” ~ A tongue twister. I was at the beach today. It was a family picnic and my husband‚ his cousins‚ their children‚ their friends‚ their children‚ were all in attendance. Unlike the last one‚ there was less tension in the air‚ but that is another story. The real story is about a seashell. I picked up a seashell by the edge of the waters‚ i.e. ‘by the sea shore’. The picnic was actually a business meeting in disguise but I felt
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Mayer/1 Unusual Animal Report SEA CUCUMBER The ubiquitous holothurian‚ or the sea cucumber‚ is an echinoderm‚ a species like sea urchins and starfish. The sea cucumber has about 1‚500 species worldwide. Some species are less than an inch‚ and some are longer than six feet. The sea cucumber usually lives from five to ten years. The sea cucumber’s body is like a cucumber‚ but some look spiky and have lots of different colors and patterns on their skin. Sea cucumbers live on the ocean
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Inhabitants on the islands of the Galapagos Archipelago‚ the Galapagos Sea Lion is an intriguing marine mammal whose looks may deceive you because despite its amiable countenance it is truly a fierce predator and protector. The Galapagos Sea Lion‚ also known as the Pagos Sea Lion‚ spends a great majority of its day in the water hunting for prey‚ however it does not venture out very far from its territory due to the fact that their main predators tend to be there. Their prey is primarily fish‚ squid
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be conducted through facial expressions‚ tone of voice‚ body language‚ and through written communication. Throughout the paper‚ how the styles of communication is sent and received and the effects of the communication will be discussed. II. Discussing Demonstrative Communication with Facial Expressions b. The positive and negative communication styles with facial expressions c.
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