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    Naked Economics Chapter 4

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    Chapter 4: World, National, Regional, and Other Organizations Case Problems 1. A popular tourist state has fallen on hard times. The state government can no longer provide adequate funds for its state park system. The governor has proposed a “group maintenance” policy for the parks. This means that all the parks in a given part of the state would be managed on a group basis. Eliminated would be all of the individual local park managers. Several million people visit these parks each year – an important

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    Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National park share a common border. Sequoia has over 400,000 acres compared to Kings Canyon's acreage which is over 460,000. The two natural attractions that are the vying for the crowning glory of Sequoia Park are Mount Whitney and the General Sherman Tree. Mount Whitney is the highest point above sea level in the United States, and the Sherman tree is the largest tree found anywhere in the entire world. Kings Canyon is managed jointly with Sequoia Park, and

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    PART 1. PHYTOPHTHORA AND Mt. WORTH STATE PARK Phytophthora which is responsible for the root rots is also known as jarrah dieback, cinnamon fungus and wildflower dieback. Most phytophthora species produces three types of spores, zoospores, oospores and chlamydospores. Among these two major types found are zoospores and chlamydospores. Zoospores are formed in sporangium. Each sporangium roughly produces 20-30 zoospores. Production of zoospores occurs normally in moist conditions and around temperature

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    west by the State of Virginia and the State of Maryland surrounds the city on the northwest, northeast and southeast. Three main rivers flow through Washington D.C., the Potomac River, the Anacostia River, and Rock Creek. Actually the major river running through the city is the Potomac, and the Rock Creek and Anacostia River are tributaries of the Potomac (meaning, they contribute water to the Potomac). Seventy percent of the land in Washington, D.C. "…is controlled by the National Park Service" and

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    GENERAL 1. For each park, find out the following important information. You might even want to create a chart for easy comparison. These factors have very important influences on the type of biota found in each park. A. state the year each area was made a national park. B. identify the average daily temperature for the time we will be there? C. identify the yearly range of temperature for this park? D. identify the annual precipitation for the area and in what form does it fall? E. describe the

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    Military Academy at West Point, and the first African-American to become the superintendent of Sequoia National Park in 1903.8 Young first served with the 9th Cavalry in Utah and Nebraska as newly commissioned second lieutenant. During the Mexican Revolution Charles Young commanded the 10th Cavalry under General Pershing in search of Pancho Villa. Young continued to have a successful in the military and was forced to retire after having high blood pressure. Young believed he could

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    Fun Facts About Colorado

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    Colorado. The state of Colorado is pretty and has a lot of national wildlife areas. The state food is Cinnamon Rolls. The state flower is Aquilegia caerulea, and their state bird is Lark Bunting. College sports played in Colorado are baseball, basketball, football, hockey, lacrosse, and volleyball. Denver, Colorado, is home to seven professional sports teams. The National Football League team is the Denver Broncos, and they play at the enormous Sports Authority Field at Mile High. They also have

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    The Grand Canyon Railway

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    GRAND CANYON RAILWAY One interesting feature of the southwestern United States is the area known as the "Four Comers." the only place in the United States where four slates meet at one point. Within the 130,000 square miles of the Colorado Plateau in this region lie many wonders of nature. The plateau contains eight national parks, twenty national monuments, as well as numerous other nationally designated areas and huge tracts of national forests. This wealth of natural features and the cultures of the

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    scholarly article. Such is the case for Alice Park’s “Why Your Job Affects How Much You Exercise” and the study Occupational Differences Among Employed Adults Who Met 2008 Federal Guidelines for Both Aerobic and Muscle-strengthening Activities: United States, 2008-2014 by Debra Blackwell and Tainya Clarke. Noticeably, the scholarly article appears to be formatted in APA format and was conducted under the supervision of two doctors. The popular article, in comparison, was written in no particular

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    According to PayScale, the cost of living in Anchorage is twenty-seven percent higher than the national average. Lower expenses for healthcare at two percent above the national average

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