I was there‚ I saw a painting that I recently researched during our library day. The painting was called “Desert Forms” created by an American artist Hughie Lee-Smith. My initial reaction to viewing the Desert Forms piece was how small the piece was. There are some very big paintings at the institute and the piece I picked was smaller than what I was expecting. I originally chose the “Desert Form” by Hughie Lee-Smith because the painting intrigued me from its unique shapes and feeling of isolation
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“Whatsoever things are true…” The Sonoran Desert is a magical place where springtime flowers bloom and die‚ but desert weeds know no end. It was there‚ in the sweltering heat of southwest Arizona‚ long before I could even comprehend the meaning of the word‚ that I had an epiphany. Eight years-old‚ immersed in the collected works of John Grisham‚ I voraciously consumed tales of common men overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds to persevere in spite of tremendous obstacles. Perhaps it was the
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Deserts‚ Glaciers‚ and Climate September 19‚ 2010 SCI/245 Deserts and Glaciers Deserts cover about one-third of the earth’s surface and have unique geologic features that cannot be found in more humid environments. The features found in deserts are mostly formed by wind and water erosion. Desserts are usually created because they are located in a dry region downwind of a mountain range caused by air losing its moisture as it passes over mountains‚ also known as a rain shadow. Rocks
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for the United States immediately afterward was Operation Desert Storm. Operation Desert Storm started out as Desert Shield due to the fact that the United States was shielding Kuwait from the armies of Iraq. Looking back the United States had been supplying Iraq with military supplies for the better part of the 80’s‚ so that they could fight the Soviets. The Iraqis’ in turn used those supplies to attack Kuwait. Desert Shield became Desert Storm by President Bush giving Saddam Hussein an ultimatum
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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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"Desert Fathers" Early in second and third century Christian history‚ violence against Christians by the Roman Empire‚ struggles against pagan ideology‚ practices that were corrupting the Church‚ and certain lax spiritual discipline had crept into many areas of the Christian faith. As some leaders attempted to control the faith by growing their personal power and influence on the political front‚ others sought escape from the spiritual darkness they perceived among the world to retain their own
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Food deserts are defined as areas of relatively poor access to healthy and affordable food. This phenomenon is thought to be a factor in the different dietary health outcomes‚ like heart disease and obesity‚ which exist between socioeconomic classes. Even though food deserts can refer to the literal dearth of food‚ most studies consider “differential accessibility to healthy and affordable food between socioeconomically advantaged and disadvantaged areas” (Beaulac‚ Kristjansson‚ Cummins‚ 2009). In
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North Central Texas may be turning to desert By Teresa Watkin In the last few years Texas has been drying up. According to NOAH weather maps show North Central Texas is need of precipitation. The summer of 2011 was so hot and dry wild fires destroyed much of North Central Texas. There as a lack of rain for 52 days straight. Most of the Possum Kingdom Lake area burnted up bad. Homes were lost and a couple of firefighters lost their lives as well. The town of Graham was lock down so no one
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The San Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert A well-known foraging community in the southwest region of Africa is the San Bushmen. These hunting and gathering bands have lived in the Kalahari Desert region for thousands of years. The men of these communities are the primary hunters‚ who provide about 20 percent of the diet from the animals they kill. The women collect a various nuts‚ tubers‚ melons‚ and berries that provide the other 80 percent of the San diet (Nowak & Laird‚ 2010). The
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Food deserts can be hazardous to your health. Living in a food desert matters a lot when it comes to a pair of serious public health issues: obesity and diabetes. As we’ve written before‚ these problems vary across communities‚ and the data show that they’re clearly related to the prevalence of food deserts. Nationally‚ according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data‚ counties with the highest percentage of households living in food deserts (10 percent or more) had rates of adult obesity in 2008
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