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    energy. When the camel is starving the hump shrinks. They are large animals that are able to survive in the hot, dry climate of the desert in the Middle East. They are a very important animal to the Bedouin people of the desert. They mostly live in the Middle East. The Bedouin people are Arab people who use camels as their transportation. They travel across the deserts in Africa. They are also nomadic herders. The Bedouin people have used camels for trade for over three millennia's. They use camels

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    A one night changed santiago whole life. Imagine Sleeping near the church at night after working so hard to feed almost 60 sheeps! What a person can get rather than a snorting and a dream! A dream can be different can make you scared, can bring hints or even happiness. This is the same story took place at midnight with a young shepherd named Santiago. Lets Begin! It was a dark gloomy night and Santiago was in the fields of andalusia for his 60 sheeps to digest themselves. During the dream, Santiago

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    Pablo's Life Story

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    he found out that that map was going to lead to a legendary taco shack in the middle of nowhere. Then he met a man that knew where to go. He told Pablo that he needed to cross the forest of the sneaky snakes, the farm of the smelly cows, the driest desert in the world and what we’ve

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    where shepherds and their sheep slept. In my dream, there was a sycamore growing out of the ruins of the sacristy, and I was told that, if I dug at the roots of the sycamore, I would find a hidden treasure. But I'm not so stupid as to cross an entire desert just because of a recurrent dream." And they disappeared. The boy stood up shakily, and looked once more at the Pyramids. They seemed to laugh at him, and he laughed back, his heart bursting with joy” At this point Santiago has realized that his journey

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    Question: What management strategies have been implemented in response to the resilience and vulnerability of a selected ecosystem? The Mojave Desert is a world famous desert that occupies a significant amount of California and smaller parts in surrounding states. Covering thousands of square kilometers, the ecosystems can range from 100 meters below sea level up to 2000 meters above sea level. The biophysical interactions within these ecosystems such as earth movements, soil formation, weather and

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    tells the tragic story of a group of Mexican immigrants who try to cross the U.S border. Although many Mexicans have died in the desert trying to cross the border previously with this particular story is unique in that it was such a large group that traveled and so many of them died. The title of the book “Devils Highway” is the name of the part of the desert these men crossed which is known to be one of the most “deadliest regions on the continent” and has claimed the lives of many

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    The Long Side Of Deserts

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    When people think of deserts, they usually think, how long will I be able to survive? Usually, that time is very short because the wind is constantly moving sand dunes and covering landmarks. People also underestimate the weather in deserts. They either don’t wear enough clothes or they wear too many clothes. Although this extreme heat means there is not a ton of water or food, many people in the world actually like and prefer to live their entire lives in deserts all around the world. These

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    some regions (central and north Sudan, the Eastern Desert and Sinai). These regions have a rainfall that feed the aquifer during the current dry climate. The groundwater source ranges between paleowater of the glacial wet climate to paleowater mixed with precipitation of warm and dry climates and/or Nile water, in addition to the modern groundwater of evaporated flash flood or precipitation in the shallow alluvial aquifers. Central Sudan, Eastern Desert and Sinai have a wide range of isotopic signatures

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    The Japanese-American author, Julie Otsuka, wrote the book When the Emperor was Divine. She shares her relative and all Japanese Americans life story while suffering during World War II, in internment camps. She shares with us how her family lived before, during, and after the war. She also shares how the government took away six years of Japanese-American lives, falsely accusing them of helping the enemy. She explains in great detail their lives during the internment camp, the barbed wired fences

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    Searching for Identity In a Virtual World In Ready Player One, the creation of a virtual identity, or avatar, unleashes one’s true self. In this cyberworld game, one can create their character to be their ideal person; physically, intellectually, and emotionally. The virtual reality creates the backdrop against which the action takes place and the characters play out their roles. Interestingly, the gamers who control their respective avatar have within themselves some of the same characteristics

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