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For what reason do elephant seals come ashore during the spring and summer? This and many other ocean questions are asked at competitions of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl. I enjoy academic competitions like this because they allow me to share the knowledge I have accumulated over the years. In April 2016, myself and several friends travelled to Morehead City, North Carolina, to compete in the national competition of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl. Earlier, in February, we had emerged victorious in our regional “Trout Bowl” after narrowly defeating our high school’s second team. After flying from Denver to Raleigh and a three hour bus ride to the coast, we arrived at the Duke Marine Lab in Beaufort for dinner and a tour. As the biology expert on our Ocean Bowl team, I was fascinated by the strange organisms the scientists had collected—skeleton shrimp, sea squirts, and polychaetes. After the tour, we were introduced to scientists and engineers from NOAA, the state of North Carolina, and private corporations. One cetologist and her work on the strap-toothed whale particularly intrigued me. Other captivating speakers spoke about marine archaeology and fish marketing. The next day, competitors from coast to coast split into groups and departed for field trips. My group travelled to the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knolls for a behind-the-scenes tour. I was captivated by the many sea turtles that had been recently rescued. While I was there, I tried to soak up…

How might conditions for successful fossilization differ between mammals and plants? How might a fossil be formed? What is the difference between mammals and plants being fossilized? What might happen to the fossil? Many things need to happen when mammals and plants fossilize. They cannot be disturbed, it cannot be brought to the surface until completely fossilized, and it depends on where they died. These things are very important when a mammal or plant are being fossilized. The organism…

Situation analysis Centre • Type of service The centre is part of business childcare services and it is privately owned and operated by Franchisees. Each franchisees have access to the management team who contribute to the values and philosophy of the business, and the operations team that supports all operational and procedural aspects of the business, such as recruitment and retention of staff and providing opportunities for ongoing training and development. •…

Many world leaders throughout history have attempted to compose the great society, or as they believed, utopia. On these occurrences, they in some way try to subdue the creative and free thinking side of human nature. In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Mustapha Mond achieves universal stability. As we see in the New World society, stability is made the first priority at the expense of most of the people 's intrinsic human faculties. Mond explains eloquently and quite persuasively to John and…

argument using a theory of convergent evolution. This hybrid five-part inductive argument allows Coyne to explain some attributes of island species that remained puzzles for Darwin. Secondly, this hybrid…

How close is modern America’s government to controlling all, if not most, of our society today? Our current government gradually begins to take over the lives of people like that in Brave New World. Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World depicts a futuristic society that utilizes science to control the lives of mostly everybody by categorizing them into specific castes. The author’s vision of a utopian society in his novel is relatively, but not entirely, close to modern American society.…

A Response to “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas The whimsical city of Omelas is a beautifully portrayed utopia, or model of a perfect society. Everyone who is anyone would love to live in this place of joy and happiness. This futuristic society has no ruler and no laws but everything seems to work in perfect harmony. But there is one simple, yet disturbing rule. One must suffer for everyone to have this perfectly happy life. I would be one to walk away from Omelas , reason being in my eyes…

southern Atlantic ocean. It is a very unique place that few people know about, and that is why I chose to learn more about this culture. It is truly interesting to see how the people on Tristan da Cunha live their lives, and how different their way of life is from our own. There are no airports on the island of Tristan da Cunha, so the only way to get there is by boat, across some of the roughest waters on the planet. Boats from South Africa only travel to the island eight or nine times per…

Is social stability worth the price of giving up your individualism in exchange for a life filled with nothing, but joy? Is this not what everyone thrives for? In the book Brave New World the society that everyone is accustomed makes sure everyone is happy, has a role and title, and there is no crime nor religion. For a society to become a utopia in my opinion, must have these essentials: a society that everyone can be themselves without any worry, crime is a thing of the past, everyone…

Greetings Why citizens stop looking for work. Please read the complete short article(URL below) regarding unemployment statistics in Nevada. I experienced this in LA, I had tenants, in my rental units, that were on welfare that were making more tax-free money than I was making on one of my regular full time jobs. And.... They did not want to pay the rent to the white man. Oh... did George make a racist remark?... Call the PC Police... I need to seek asylum in my safe place so I do not have to…