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    This chapter spoke about food deserts‚ which is an urban area where it is difficult to buy good quality foods. In Oakland California‚ there is many liquor stores‚ fast food restaurants‚ and establishments that provide non nutritious foods. I was shocked to find out that when employment went up the prices of needs like foods and rent also went up. I think it is unfair to have these things happen because as people are trying to better themselves‚ the marketplace makes it more difficult for them to

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    Food Desert Case Study

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    low food accessibility and poor diets in low-income communities? Results: The results may lead to a decline in poor diets and in low-income communities. The results may lead to a decrease in obesity among the youth. Background: Community “Food Desert”‚ is a term that has been coined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to signify thousands of communities across the America where residents continue to live in low-income‚ low-access food insufficient areas. Unfortunately‚ Black and Hispanic

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    microeconomics situation

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    Over a hundred thousand jobs the U.S. economy has created in the past ten months. It is still below the two hundred thousand needed to drastically bring down the unemployment rate‚ which is around eight percent. The positive we have is income and consumption and GDP growth‚ but it is still growing below trend rates. The housing market still shows little to no sign of life. The high prices of oil are presenting a significant headwind in the U.S. economy. The Federal Reserve still try’s to stimulate

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    Human Interactions Over the past years the Sahara desert has changed as a result of human interactions. Such as tourism‚ mining for oil‚ military testings‚ nuclear bombings and pollution. Desertification is one of the many negative human interactions in the Sahara Desert. Desertification is caused by climatic changes‚ over-grazing‚ deforestation for fuel or materials‚ droughts and ploughing the land for agriculture‚ these all led to the soil eroding away leaving the unprotected layer drying out in

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    Erwin Rommel: The Desert Fox Erwin Rommel: Field Marshall Erwin Rommel was everything that is wanted in a general. He was highly skilled in combat along with being brave and just a touch audacious. He is considered to be a military phenomenon that was able to combine bravery and daring with brains. He brought glory to Germany and struck fear in the hearts of the enemy. Winston Churchill said that “We have in Rommel a very daring and skillful opponent against us‚

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    The Atacama Desert forms one of the major hyper-arid deserts of the world and it is known to be the driest place on Earth. The extreme aridity of the climate and unusual mineralogy of the regolith in the Atacama region is of considerable interest because of its value as an analogue to the Martian surface. The sedimentary succession in the Atacama Desert records deposition under an arid to semiarid climate from the late Jurassic (150Ma) to the present day (Hartley‚ 2005). Comparison with other long-lived

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    Moral Vs Survival

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    Does Survival affect Moral? Survival… the thing many people strive to get when a situation becomes too extreme. What is an extreme situation; however‚ that would get people like this? When survival is thrown in a picture it is not surprising to see changes in people. These changes can be good or bad. In my opinion these changes are usually good. In a situation where your life is on the line it is very likely that great leadership will emerge. In my opinion survival does not affect ones

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    day on a desert island

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    A Day In My Life On A Deserted Island. The first thing that hit me was the was the smell. Even before I opened my eyes I knew where I was. The tantalizing scent of washed up waves rolled into me‚(Smell). I felt the millions of grains of sand hot against my fingers and the cool breeze against my face(Feel)‚ a relief from the sweltering sun. I heard the sea crawling onto the sand and further away‚(Hear). As I opened my mouth to take a gulp of air‚ I tasted salt in my throat. It was a fresh

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    Yann Martel Survival

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    midst of their survival. Yann Martel’s The Life of Pi the story of Piscine Molitor Patel‚ a man who survives 227 days in the pacific with the company of a bengal tiger after a ship carrying him and his family sank. Yann Martel shows how Pi’s knowledge and unique beliefs help him meet his various needs‚ and this is the main reason he is able to survive his ordeal. In order to meet his physical needs Pi must use his knowledge and resources to the best of his advantages. The lifeboat survival kit is equipped

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    The Sonoran desert of southern Arizona is under severe threat due to a non-native species: 1 buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris). Buffelgrass‚ or African foxtail grass‚ is native to regions of Africa‚ southern Asia‚ Iran‚ and the extreme south of Europe. 2 It is a perennial grass that grows to about 50 cm tall with linear leaves. Buffelgrass was first introduced to Arizona‚ Texas‚ and Sonora‚ Mexico in the 1930’s as a means to feed cattle and prevent soil erosion. Unfortunately‚ many ranchers in Sonora

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