Tropics

Australian culture is broad and varied like Australia’s landscape. It is a multicultural country and this is reflected in the food, lifestyle, daily practices and experience. Australia's has an important heritage from its original landowners the aboriginal people which continuously plays an important role in the country's landscape. Approximately 70 percent of Australia is semi arid or desert. It is a country that has been inhabited for 50,000 years, but it is considered a young country. Its…

He became the minister of a Boston parish in 1803. Cultured, eloquent, and a persuasive writer, he became famed throughout New England for his oratorical gifts and as a theologian. In seriousness of purpose and in purity of character, Channing represented the strength and virtue of the old Puritan stock. His portrait, presenting him in the conventional black gown of the clergyman with the white bands at the neck, shows a face highly intellectual and refined, with features delicate, spiritual,…

laws in place. The act with regards to deforestation includes U.S. Lacey Act. This act bans illegal wildlife trafficking. In an informative article by Patricia Elias, Logging and the Law: How the U.S. Lacey Act Helps Reduce Illegal Logging in the Tropics, she discusses the Lacey Act. This act, if implemented correctly, “reduces illegal logging and its costly impacts, helps ensure that businesses know where their wood is coming from, protect the legal forestry industry in the United States,…

The Book Wild Company: The Untold Story of Banana Republic was published on October 2, 2012. The book is about 195 pages long. It was written by Mel and Patricia Ziegler, the founders of Banana Republic. Within each chapter, Mel and Patricia’s voices are alternated, each telling the story from their own perspective. The tone of the book is honest, funny, and personal. The story is a biography which recounts the seemingly impossible startup of Banana Republic. The book discusses managing and…

Since humans made the first illustrations upon cave walls, animals have been included in artwork and have represented a variety of ideas, stories, characteristics, and morals. Each individual animal carries their own symbolism, such as a lion representing royalty, a trickster fox, and a dragon for courage, and characteristics such as these may instantly come to mind when thinking of a particular animal. These symbolisms may be shown in a multitude of ways, by carving the animals into statues,…

small fish. Secondary consumers in the community will feed on the primary consumers and usually include larger reef fish and sea turtles. The fourth trophic level consists of the tertiary consumers, which include larger predators such as reef sharks (Tropic Structure,…

Barry talks about the male need to compete in pointless challenges he writes, “Not long ago I was sitting in my office at the Miami Herald 's Sunday magazine, Tropic, reading my fan mail when I heard several of my guy coworkers in the hallway talking about how fast they could run the forty-¬yard dash” (918). He proceeds to talk about how they even went as far as actually competing in a race to see whom the fastest…

An analysis on the importance of biodiversity in an ecosystem as shown by the gray wolf extirpation and reintroduction in Yellowstone Park The extirpation of the grey wolf (Canis lupus) in Yellowstone Pak is a prime example of the impact of biodiversity loss, specifically a keystone species, on a terrestrial ecosystem. Biodiversity can be explained by breaking down the two words combined to form the word. Bio is a Greek word used as a prefix meaning life. Diversity can be used in many…

Marlow, the narrator, and the other men on the boat consider the early Romans to have tamed their land Marlow enjoys reasoning through analogy — “The Director of Companies was our captain and our host…He resembled a pilot, which to a seaman is trustworthiness personified.” (Conrad, 3) Brief description of Marlow: “ sunken cheeks, a yellow complexion, a straight back, an ascetic aspect” (Conrad, 4) The following description is given by the unknown narrator Marlow remarks, “has been one of the…

It all began with the Olmecs. To this day, Mexico is home to the largest population of Spanish speakers. Mexico is best known for their bright colors, Mexican cuisine, as well as their celebrations. As early as 30,000 years ago, the Olmecs settled in North America and Mexico. They were most likely hunters and gatherers. These villages eventually grew into cities. To this day, the term Mesoamerica is used to describe the areas these cities were located. The Olmecs are also known for the giant…