Urban agriculture

Keystone species are the main primary driver for diversity. Keystone species are species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically. They cause biodiversity for 3 reasons. First, the keystone species causes the different animals from all around that area to come to where the keystone species is located because the keystone species has what the other species need to survive, a working ecosystem . These animals then…

Montana, the state where winter seems to never go away and spring seems to be only a few weeks and suddenly it is summer and seems even when naked your body is boiling and no matter the amount of ice filled cold water you can’t stay cool enough. Don’t get me wrong I love winters and wouldn’t trade Montana winters for anything in the world but at the same I also am an individual whose moods are highly dependent on the weather and so when the cloudy skies and freezing cold temperatures finally…

The Pueblo Indians are named for the Spanish word for town. This is because they lived in a permanent housing settlement and did not move around much. The Pueblo Indians made their houses out of stone, adobe, and wood and built them with flat roofs that could sometimes be higher then the usual one story living quarters of Indians at the time. One of the things that benefited them in being able to build permanent settlements and not need to move around is the fact that they had developed…

Based on the descriptions by Caesar and Poseidonius, the Gauls share a few characteristics with the Scythians. Caesar describes the Gauls as warlike and also states that they have a fondness for wine and occasionally “offer, or vow to offer, human sacrifices” (141). Poseidonius describes a custom of the Gauls in which they “hang the heads of their enemies from the necks of their horses” and upon returning home nail the heads to their homes (247). All of these features match Herodotus’…

small group of people were needed for hunting and picking food from nearby forests. This paleolithic lifestyle lasted until about 12,000 years ago when agriculture was introduced and helped fuel the Neolithic revolution(The Development). The art of growing and picking crops impacted the lives of almost every human on the face of the planet. Agriculture eventually pushed a male run society forward and away from women by males holding the most power, the introduction of more male gods, and the…

In another scene, shortly after taking inventory of the limited food supply in the HAB, Watney exclaims, “Luckily, I’m a botanist!” Leadership researchers call this attitude self-confidence, which is the ability to be certain about one’s competencies and skills” (p. 24). Amazingly, Watney proceeds to use his competence as a botanist to halt starvation by cultivating enough potatoes to sustain him for some time. In another scene, Watney displays a surpassing level of technical skill, which is…

such as ammonium nitrate, is a main ingredient in farmer’s fertilizer. One fact or example that supports the main idea is after world war two, the government found a huge surplus of ammonium nitrate left over. Scientists in the department of agriculture had an idea to spread the ammonium nitrate on farmland as fertilizer, thus the government helped launch the chemical fertilizer industry. Another fact or example that supports the main point is chemical fertilizer was needed to grow hybrid…

Dear Members of the Royal Court and Parliament, As a staff member in the Ministry of Colonial Affairs, I am writing to you to about the threat of war with France and how New England’s colonies available assets can be used as well as the potential challenges of the region as we prepare for the possibility of war. On the subject of the geography and climate of the region, the climate of the New England colonies is harsh because it has long, cold winters which would make…

Overbey v Poteat The following is the Case Summary of Overbey v Poteat. In 1960, the petitioner Overbey commenced this suit in the Sessions Court of Williamson County against the respondent Poteat to recover damages to his automobile, resulting from a collision between the plaintiff's automobile and a black Angus steer owned by the defendant which was loose on the highway. There was a judgment in favor of the defendant in the Sessions Court, the Circuit Court and in the Court of Appeals…

The Georgetown Phase is from about AD 600-700 and represents a more sedentary Mimbres that was more dependent on agriculture. It is thought that towards the end of the Georgetown Phase was the introduction of the maize de ocho- a strand with bigger kernels that are more easily processed. This led to an explosion in polulation and a greater emergence of ceramics. Around…