Leave It to Beaver

Hunting has existed since before recorded history. It has been a key part of shared culture throughout the world since the first animals went in search of food. President Theodore Roosevelt is often considered a great hunting icon, having founded the Boone and Crockett Club, one of the most prominent organizations behind creating the rules and regulations of hunting, in 1887. There was once a time when the most common interaction between man and animal was the hunt, whereas now animals have a…

Macroinvertebrates, generally insects, depend on the leaf litter as a food source and decompose it. The insects then feed the fish, and other wildlife in turn eat the fish. Reforestation also provides a food source and shelter for wildlife species including beavers, otters, birds, bats, reptiles, and amphibians, and vertical cover is critical for species like deer and bobcats. Thus, reforestation creates a chain effect in reestablishing microhabitats. (Kelly,…

There is a study that done by Harvard students in which they observed pregnant women who were exposed to high levels of pollution. The effect that the children that were born were exposed to getting autism. Autism is an disorder that can affect brain development, cause abnormals behavior in a social environment, and cause speech impairments. Pollution also causes a lot of problems within the body such as heart disease, lung cancer, and asthma. Raising awareness for both of these problems can be…

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It is inserted into the equation simply to give a positive solution at the origin; we are artificially creating a solution: 2x1 + 4x2 - s1 + A1 = 16 2(0) + 4(0) - 0 + A1 = 16 A1 = 16 The artificial variable is somewhat analogous to a booster rocket—its purpose is to get us off the ground; but once we get started, it has no real use and thus is discarded. The artificial solution helps get the simplex process started, but we do not want it to end up in the optimal solution, because it has no real…