I choose to explore the topic of life in deep ocean environments such as the Mariana’s Trench thus the article I read was “Life in an Ocean Extreme” by Eric Epping. This article discussed the high activity of microbial life ing these deep ocean invironments. As foundation of may deep sea benthic communities depend upon algae and bacteria that grow within the photic zone of the ocean’s surface‚ finding highly active living communities so deep in the ocean was unexpectided. With only 1-2% of the organic
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FloorsA price floor is the lowest legal price a commodity can be sold at. Price floors are used by the government to prevent prices from being too low. The most common price floor is the minimum wage--the minimum price that can be payed for labor. Price floors are also used often in agriculture to try to protect farmers. For a price floor to be effective‚ it must be set above the equilibrium price. If it’s not above equilibrium‚ then the market won’t sell below equilibrium and the price floor will be irrelevant
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Hofstede cultural dimensions High Power Distance First of all‚ Power distance is the one of the important part in Hofstede’s cultural dimensions. Power distance means that “ beliefs about the appropriate distribution of power in society. Which power distance level included high power distance and low power distance”. (Steers‚ et al.‚ 2010‚ p.56). In Asia‚ normally many countries are representatives of the high power distance. Of course it also comprise Laos. In Laos‚ that high power distance
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A MEMORY FOR ALL SEASONINGS Stephen Singular Memory is one of the most important functions of the mind. Without our memories‚ we would have no identity‚ no individuality. The following article is about a mnemonist‚ a person with an extraordinary power of remembering. The title includes a pun‚ a form of humor based on a play on words. The usual phrase to describe something constant and dependable is "for all seasons"; here the phrase is changed to "for all seasonings." (Seasonings is another word
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|THE TEARDROP OF THE INDIAN OCEAN: | | | |It’s Most Valuable Cash Crop | |
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The Indian Ocean region trade had many changes and continuities between 650 and 1750 CE. Economically‚ Indian Ocean trade stayed the same with its spread of goods from region to region‚ but changed because of the ways goods were traded along this trade route. Culturally‚ the Indian Ocean trade stayed the same because of that same continuous spread of ideas and religion‚ and changed because of the diffusion of the religions already dominant in regions. Politically‚ the Indian Ocean trade stayed the
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Change Over Time: Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean trade began in 650 A.D. and lasted until 1750. When the Indian Ocean trade began it was very simple but over the years there were many changes. The desire to have more goods had increased and soon enough so did technology which made the Indian Ocean trade more efficient. The Indian Ocean trade was influenced by variation of many political power and it was the key-factor to the east-west exchange connecting non-neighboring countries and the spreading
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million sharks are killed each year. This has devastating effects on marine ecosystems due to the fact that sharks help to maintain a balance in marine ecosystems and have done so for some 400 million years. Also‚ as they are the apex predators of the oceans‚ much like wolves or lions on land‚ they help to stop some species from over populating an area. If sharks are almost completely removed from an ecosystem there is a boom in the population of the prey of those sharks‚ for example cow nose rays. Then
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can be both therapeutic and educational. Being able to understand that pollution doesn’t necessarily have to be toxic fluid or garbage. Any foreign object that is introduced until environment that was not previously there can be pollution. This is why I believe bioscience is both beneficial not only to individual that enjoys fishing in natural habitats‚ but also to the world because it can reduce the amount of influence we have on natural environments. This will ensure they will be around for many
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very interesting. All areas of the museum had parts that intrigued me‚ and in many areas I could connect what I saw to our science class. My favorite part of the trip was going into the exhibit of human origins. My least favorite was the Hall of Ocean Life. The exhibit of human origins was my favorite because I thought it was very interesting. Throughout the exhibit I saw examples of evolution‚ just like we talked about in class. What I saw in examples of human skeletons was how our bones developed
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