...Have you every wondered why that bird is blue, why that dog has short legs, Or why that fish has such long fins? If you answered yes to any of those questions I would continue reading if I were you... Animals evolve and adapt to their surroundings constantly. One reason is climate change. As pollution fills the air because of factories and other ozone damaging instruments it changes the climate and environment in many different ways. As the ozone deteriorates it allows more harmful rays from the sun to reach the surface of the earth and raise the climate. As the climate climbs, penguins and other snow dwelling animals. Ice and snow begin to perish as water floods the area, the creatures have no where to retreat to and are trapped in the small...
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...UNIT1 Possible Essay Questions HOW ESSAY QUESTIONS ARE GRADED: The essay questions do not necessarily have "right" and "wrong" answers. You are graded on your ability to USE the information you have learned in class. There may be multiple ways of answering the questions. To earn full credit, the information you present from class must be accurate, you may not ignore major concepts which contradict your argument, and your reasoning must be sound. WARNING: Do NOT get your answers from the internet ‐ these answers are usually WRONG because the responder is not in this class. They are providing answers using different information. 1. Some political figures have dismissed Evolution or Climate Change as "just a theory." Explain why this phrase is inaccurate. Because it is a scientific theory---strongest explanation supported by a large body of scientific research with minimal influence of humans. There is evidence to prove it. 2. Some people argue that extinction is normal and happens with or without humans (which is accurate). So why are scientists so concerned with extinction? [ Be specific. Give at least 2 reasons with empirical evidence.] Extinction is normal but we are currently in the Holocene extinction period and 100-1000 times as man species are going extinct every year than the normal “background” extinction. We are at a period where 10,000-100,000 species go extinct every year. The normal is 10-100 species per year. 3. Damian eats a bowl...
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...fertilizers in the water, aquaponics uses fish to fertilize the plants. This is helpful because the fish help the garden stay maintained at a certain rate or more sustainable. The aquaponic gardening system is the most modern growing technology in gardening today. This essay will outline how aquaponics work, the uses of aquaponics, and the future of modern gardening. The beauty of aquaponics is that the system is relatively simple to understand. There are three main parts to an aquaponic system, the growing media, the siphon system, and the fish tank. The growing medium usually consists of hydroponic expanded clay rocks. The specific rocks one uses should be based off the plant species (Silcox, 2013). For example, using smaller rocks means less oxygen to the plants. On the other hand, using bigger rocks means less surface area. Aquaponic gardeners typically use rocks between 8mm-16mm in diameter. Around the growing medium of an aquaponic system, one may see pipes releasing water onto the rocks. The pipes are apart of a simple siphon system. The system starts in the fish tank and literally pulls water from the fish tank up to the growing medium where the plants are located. Typically for ebb and flow systems, the most popular form aquaponic systems, one will use bell siphons. Bell siphons make it possible to regulate the water in the growing bed so the plants never get flooded with water but they also never get too little water. The fish tank...
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...Submitted Fulfillment of the Requirements for SC300 Big Ideas in Science: From Methods to Mutation California Family Foods only uses the finest grade of Non-GMO (California rice Industry against Liberty Link GMO contamination) medium and short grain paddy rice from local growers in the Sacramento Valley, California. They offer seed financing and competitive green freight rates in order to attract premium raw product. This company produces and specializes in Medium and short grain milled and brown rice. The company package and label their products. They work together with PG&E to implement energy plans through their operations. They are active participants in the PG&E’s ClimateSmartTM program, balancing their entire facility’s greenhouse emissions through energy and environmental conservation, restoration and protection projects to address climate change and reduce their carbon footprint. In addition, they work with local agricultural by-product agencies to make sure that all the rice produce at the mill enter the supply chain to be used also as livestock feed to fuel co-generation utility plants. (California Family Foods) The rice is transferred to the processing plant after being harvest where foreign objects (tree stomps, dirt, and stones) are removed; the husk (outer shell of the grain) is removed and the produce is called brown rice and it is ready for the milling process. This process removes the bran layer of rice turning it from brown to...
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...Letter Sample - SPM English Essay Writing SPM Directed Writing: Informal Letter You recently went an expedition with your classmates to Langkawi. You have been asked to write a letterto your cousin about your visit to Langkawi Island. Rosni Alias No.3,Jalan Sutera, Taman Cempaka, 43600 Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor. 12 March 2012. Dear Zarina, How's life? I hope you are in the best of health. How's my beloved Uncle Johari? I miss him too.The reason I write this letter is to tell you about my expedition to Langkawi. Guess what? We just came back from Langkawi . I went there with 25 of my classmates and my class teacher. Mr, Zaid had kindlly accompanied us for the 3 day-trip. You should have joined us. It was such an awesome experience! Well, on the first day, we arrived at Langkawi in morning after a short flight. Then, we were taken to Langkawi Geopark, a UNESCO World Heriatage Site where we could see magnificent rock formations. We were taught the history of the place and some fossils of fish could also be sighted. This is a wonderful opportunity to understand geogical aspect of the island at the Geopark. After visiting Geopark, we were taken to Pulau Dayang Bunting which about an hour boat ride. I forgot to mention that the boat ride itself was so exciting and adventurous. Upon arrival at the island, we were greeted by monkeys and soon, we saw a breathtakinng lake, with its gree clear water. Not forgetting the fish spa where thousands of...
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...Stenohaline fish are fish that can only survive in one type of water, which is salt or freshwater. Euryhaline fish can survive in both salt and freshwater because they can maintain a certain concentration of water in its body even when its outside environment or a certain level of salinity in their bloodstream to survive, salinity is the total amount of solid material that is dissolved in water; this process at which this balance occurs is called osmoregulation (Macdonald Jessica, Jun. 9, 2015). So, Euryhaline species are adapted to balance out the amount of salt and water in their bodies. And with that being said, Stenohaline species are unable to maintain a certain level of salinity in their bloodstream, they can’t survive (Melina Rema, Sep, 28, 2012). Lower concentration of water and a higher concentration of solutes, which is a hypertonic solution; keeps most organisms usually in freshwater environments limited to salt water because the net movement of the water will cause it to shrink (Saucedo, Jarod, Jan. 5, 2012). Bull sharks do this in brackish water, which is found where fresh freshwater and seawater mix and low salinity of hypersaline water, which is found in waters that experience high evaporation rates and low ocean circulation (‘HOW BULL SHARKS CAN LIVE IN BOTH OCEAN AND FRESH WATER’)....
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...Essay Topic: Are the economic, social and environmental implications of the Coral Sea Commonwealth Marine Reserve Management Plan 2014 – 2024 on local communities and the fishing industry justifiable? Next year, on July 1, the world's largest marine reserve will come into effect. The Coral Sea Commonwealth Marine Reserve Management Plan 2014 -2024 is the culmination of more than a decade of campaigning by conservationists, consultation by the Federal Government and vehement opposition by industries and regional communities affected by the decision. On one hand, conservationists believe the nearly one million km² of ocean inside the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone will protect forever the pristine marine ecosystems of the Coral Sea - an iconic statement by the Australian government and its people that it's serious about marine conservation. However, the closure of some of Australia's richest fishing grounds will directly impact on commercial fishers and game charter operators, seafood distributors and wholesalers and other shore-based industries in regional ports such as Cairns. Many of these people claim the outcome has been achieved by the government based on emotive scaremongering campaign driven by a cashed-up environmental lobby without scientific basis. So, who is right? In a community where the local economy has become so reliant on the dominant tourism industry, isn't the marine park sending the right message to the rest of the world about its iconic natural wonders...
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...EVALUATION ESSAY EVALUATION ESSAY Most people do not realize that aquariums are not only beautiful additions to your home that can bring a room to life, but they are also therapeutic. Over the last decade many studies have been conducted that proven aquariums can really change your mental state in ways many we never thought could be possible. With all of the stress brought about by daily activities, everyone needs to unwind and find peaceful distractions. Thousands of people suffer from high blood pressure, lack of sleep and malnutrition due to stress. If you are having a difficulty managing your stress levels, maybe the time has come to purchase an aquarium and dive into the hobby of fishkeeping. Researchers have been searching for cures for stress related problems and have found that medication is not the only way to help treat stress and stress related issues. Analysts have found that owning or being around aquariums is one of the best methods to help cure these issues. There are many more benefits of owning an aquarium than just easing stress levels and treating a busy mind. Studies going back as far as three decades reveal that gazing at an aquarium is one of the safest ways to lower high blood pressure, which is the leading cause of many illnesses and even death. Tests concluding that aquariums promote beneficial effects on the human mind started from conducting test with people where they would observe aquariums with no fish versus aquariums that were filled with fish. Studies...
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...18 3.2. Main destinations 20 3.3. Imports 21 3.4. Value addition in Africa 21 4. Studies where value chain analysis has been used 22 4.1. Revenue distribution through the seafood value chain 23 4.2. Lake Victoria Nile perch fishery, Tanzania 25 4.3. Pelagic fishery in Morocco 32 4.4. Value addition opportunities in the Namibian seafood industry 38 4.5. Ugandan Nile perch quality management and certification 41 4.6. The Kenya capture fisheries value chain 45 4.7. Nigerian domestic catfish production 50 4.8. Gender analysis of aquaculture value chain in Nigeria and Vietnam 54 4.9. Private sector applications of value chain analysis 60 5. On-going value chain analysis studies 68 5.1. Value chain analysis of international fish trade and food security 68 5.2. Ghana: Value Chain and Cost Earnings Analysis 69 6. Example from Asia: Analysis of the fishery sector in Sri Lanka 70 6.1. Value chain summary 71 6.2. Production 71 6.3. Ownership and collective action 72 6.4. Fisheries value chain structure and dynamics 74 6.5. Value chain participants 76 6.6. Supporting markets 77 6.7. Inter-firm linkages 78 6.8. Value chain governance and power relations 79 7. Conclusions 81 References 82 Executive summary Executive summary The Trade Working Group of the Partnership for African Fisheries (a NEPAD programme) is...
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...the Cold War was at its height and the United Kingdom had just clawed its way out of recession. Perhaps those factors explain why, this week in 1982, when 119 government delegations chose to sign the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the UK was not among them. According to Donald Rumsfeld, Britain’s then-prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, declared UNCLOS to be “nothing less than the international nationalization of roughly two-thirds of the Earth’s surface.” Fifteen years later, when the UK finally acceded to UNCLOS under a Labour government, the convention was applying, for the first time in history, an internationally agreed legal framework to the majority of coastal waters around the world. Countries’ rights to fish, minerals, and other resources were enshrined in law, with recourse to international adjudication should disputes arise. The right of free passage on the high seas was assured. Britain and other countries must now learn from, rather than repeat, the Thatcher government’s mistake. A new debate is emerging about how we govern and exercise stewardship over the high seas – the 45% of the Earth’s surface that lies beyond national jurisdictions. We know that a resource crunch of unprecedented scale is coming. Non-oil commodity prices have risen precipitously in the last decade. The high seas can provide food, minerals, and novel resources for technology and medicine. But the weaknesses of the current governance regime, epitomized by rampant...
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...Dustin King Professor Dark English 2301 April 2, 2012 Culture The culture values are very different in the poems that Han-Shan wrote and the story of Jonah that came out of the bible. They both believe that there is a higher being that will judge us but they both go about there life in many different ways. Fore the story from the bible they understand that we are going to sin and that we must do what God says. In the Buddhist poems it is more a sense of never do wrong and all that you do that is going to measure up to all of your faults . The cultural values that are visible in Han-Shan’s poems was that he was a firm believer in Buddhism but he was a follower of the southern branch of the Ch’an or Zen sect, which placed great emphasis upon individual effort and was less wary of emotionalism than earlier Buddhism had been. Watson states, “… as a result Han-Shan’s poetry has little of the tone of dry bland understatement that we see in other poets of Buddhism background. (Watson) Han-Shan’s poems are mostly about a place he supposedly lived which was called Cold Mountain. Buddhist’s try to be one with everything around them and to not fault anything. He speaks of nature and speaks fully in metaphor. “The valleys are long and strewn with stones.’ Han- Shan goes on to say “Who can break from the snares of the world and sit with me among the white clouds.” (Han-Shan) Han-Shan is translated as Cold Mountain, which is also his key point in his poems. Zen Buddhism is...
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...California $4.95 Crab Stick, Avocado, and Cucumber. California Salad $5.45 Crab Salad, Avocado, and Cucumber. Crunchy $7.95 Crab Stick, Cream Cheese, Avocado, Cucumber, Jalapeno, Crunch Batter, and Fried Onion. Crunchy California $5.95 Crab Stick, Avocado, Cucumber, and Fried Onion. Dragon $8.95 Crab Stick, Cucumber, Avocado, Topped with Shrimp or Eel. Jersey Roll $8.95 Tempura Shrimp, Crab Stick, Avocado, Cucumber, Crunch Batter, and Fried onion. New York $7.95 Crab Salad, Kani Crab, Cucumber, Avocado, and Fried onion. Philly $5.95 Crab Stick, Cream Cheese, and Avocado. Samurai Roll $8.95 Tempura Shrimp, Crab Stick, Crab Salad, Carrot, Avocado, and Spicy Mayo Sauce. Shaggy Dog$8.95 Tempura Shrimp, Crab Salad, Crab Stick, Crunch Batter, and Fried Onion. Smoked Salmon $6.95 Smoked Salmon, Cream Cheese, and Avocado. Spicy California $5.45 Crab Stick, Avocado, Cucumber, Spicy Mayo Sauce, Sriracha Sauce, and Shichimi. Spicy Shrimp $6.95 Spicy Shrimp Salad, Avocado, Cucumber, and Shichimi. Spring Roll $5.45 Rice Paper, Shrimp, Lettuce, Cucumber, Carrot, Cilantro, and Glass Noodle. Temptation $8.45 Tempura Crab, Cream Cheese, Cucumber, Jalapeno, Crunch Batter, and Fried Onion. Tempura $6.95 Tempura Shrimp, Crab Salad, Avocado, Lettuce, and Fried Onion. Vegas Roll $8.95 Spicy Shrimp, Crab Stick, Avocado, Wasabi Cream Sauce, and Fried Onion. Vegetable $4.95 Carrot, Cucumber, and Avocado. Volcano $8.45 Smoked Salmon, Shrimp, Cream Cheese, Spicy Crab...
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...such an extent that they will no longer support a sufficient quantity of fish for sport or commercial harvest. Atlantic Bluefin tuna, the most valuable fish among the fish market is in danger of becoming extinct within the next couple of years due to over fishing. Part of the problem is that they are being caught as early as four years old, and don’t start to reproduce till around eight years of age; many are caught before they can even reproduce. This has lead to a ninety percent drop in the species from 1970. Location of the Problem Atlantic Bluefin tuna live in open water mainly around the eastern and western part of the Atlantic Ocean. The tuna spawn in the Gulf of Mexico where quota (in tones) is much lower then along the east side of the Atlantic. The largest yield of Atlantic Bluefin tuna is in the Mediterranean Sea. History Overfishing started in the 1970’s with the introduction to bigger and more effective vessels that were able to catch more fish more effectively. The Atlantic Bluefin tuna gained popularity in the 1970’s with the introduction of the international sushi market. Possible Solutions Measures are being taken right now to try to stop overfishing by making stricter quotas and setting up aquacultures. The 2009 Atlantic Bluefin Tuna quota is 22,000 tones, a twenty percent decrease from the previous year. Yet despite the quota many more Tuna will be caught. When a fish like this is so prized people are willing to break rules to satisfy their...
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...bring surprises with it. “The Fish” is a poem written by Elizabeth Bishop about her own story when she catches a huge fish while she is in a rented boat. After she catches the fish, she holds it up half out of the water. The fish looks pretty ugly, tired, and old with “shapes like full-blown roses, stained and lost through age” (lines 14-15). Algae is growing on it, and she realizes that the fish has five fishing hooks with the lines still partially attached hanging from its jaw. The speaker start to think how tough this fish must be and how much the fish probably fought through his life to survive. She begins to respect the fish. The story takes a final turn when she lets the fish go. The Theme of the poem is that great lessons can be learned from simple situations in life like a normal day fishing in the ocean. At first the speaker says “I caught a tremendous fish” (1). That is a simple description, then the speaker gives some detail about the fish and how it looks “his brown skin hung like strips like ancient wall-paper”. At this point, the fish is nothing special. After that, the speaker begins to examine the fish more closely, and she imagines the inside of the fish “dramatic reds and blacks,”(30) and a “pink swim-bladder.”(32) The fact that she is using her imagination in connection with the fish implied that the fish has a meaning behind simply being caught. The narrator learned from the persistence and dedication that the fish has. The fish has been caught five time as...
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...English Coursework The sands were pearly white. I was memorised by the sea, as sapphire blue as my dear wife’s eyes. It was peaceful. Tranquil. The sun starred it’s raze down on the razor sharp sand. The aroma of hot dogs and filled my nostrils, permeating through the air. Just like the busy streets of New York, but the calm morning breeze of amity island was all I could feel around me. Not a single cloud in the sky, the day seemed as though it was going to be a perfect day, but what is perfect? Then like a flock of birds, they started to arrive, propelling and fighting over the best spots of the beach they could find. I gaze over like an eagle stalking its prey. Piercing screams, high-pitched laughter, children splashing, squishing, and shouting with joy. Beads of sweat trickled down my face as the sun, a gold coin in sky, effervescent, piercing through my skin like the diamond encrusted sand on the soles of my feet. I felt as though I was in paradise. I begin to notice the smiling shore ripple with force, accompanied by piercing screams and shouting. I emerge from my deck chair in alertness. Suddenly, a slim figure is swallowed by the gaping mouth of the Pacific Ocean. My heart begins to beat, race and pulsate, almost like the prey running away from the predator. In relief, she emerged, like a moth cradled in its cocoon, cradled on the shoulders of a friend. I declined back into the embracing arms of my chair feeling composed. I am still on edge, it almost seemed that...
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