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    TODAY MANY JUDGE USE HOUSE ARREST AND OTHER ELECTRIC MONITORING UNITS. HERE WE CAN LOOK INTO A FEW OF THESE. Different Forms of House Arrest Debra Taylor CCJ1020-12_Week9 There are several forms of house arrest; one I am more familiar with would be with an ankle monitor this is used usually with a low level offender. When released the inmate is fitted with the global positing system and this devise will alert the police if and when this individual violates his or her house arrest conditions

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    ECOSYSTEMS BIODIVERSITY- the variety of life on Earth and the essential interdependence of all living things. Three components of biodiversity; 1. Genetic- variety within species 2. Species- all different species 3. Ecosystems- can support diversity Advantages of biodiversity Oxygen Food Clean water Medicine Aesthetics Intrinsic vs Utilitarian value Intrinsic value is something that has value in and of itself Utilitarian value is the value something has‚ as a means

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    Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg should be considered in the top 100 most influential people of all time because he has shown many qualities of service and internationalism. Since he invented the movable type printing press‚ people brought newspapers and bibles into our life. Many people learned how to read because many more books were printed. Gutenberg benefited many people because people didn’t have to keep writing books over and over again‚ they could just print it and spend their

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    Biodiversity is the degree of variation of life forms within a given ecosystem‚ biome‚ or an entire planet. Biodiversity is one measure of the health of ecosystems. Life on Earth today consists of many millions of distinct biological species. The United Nations declared the year 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity. Biodiversity is not consistent across the Earth. In the terrestrial context for example‚ tropical regions are typically rich whereas polar regions support fewer species. Rapid

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    plurals-------------------------------------------------------------------------------7 Irregular plurals from Latin and Greek------------------------------------------------7 Words better known in the plural-----------------------------------------------------10 Plurals of numbers-----------------------------------------------------------------------11 Plurals and units of measure----------------------------------------------------------11 Plurals of headless nouns--------------------------------------------------------------11

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    antibiotics. For this reason‚ it is important to test and observe unknown organisms in the lab to continually improve the health and well being of society. The objective of this report was to first isolate a single colony of an unknown culture on a LB agar plate. From here‚ a slant was made and used for multiple types of testing in order to determine the identity of the unknown organism. The tests performed to identify the unknown organism included Gram Staining‚ Fluid thioglycollate/aero-tolerance test

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    Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) Nature‚ Science and Moral Autonomy Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and genetically modified foods (GM foods) have become a highly contested topic in public debate. The controversies are the result of differing views from scientists‚ philosophers‚ economists‚ and even politicians concerning the products of “new biotechnology” in particular with regard to recombinant DNA (rDNA) technology. rDNA technology has allowed scientists to move genes across species’

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    What is the Marine Ecosystem? Marine ecosystems are among the largest of Earth’s aquatic ecosystems. It covers almost 70% of the earth’s surface. They include oceans‚ salt marsh and intertidal ecology‚ estuaries and lagoons‚ mangroves and coral reefs‚ the deep sea and the sea floor. They can be contrasted with freshwater ecosystems‚ which have a lower salt content.   Why is the Marine Ecosystem important? Marine ecosystems are very important in to the overall health of both marine and terrestrial

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    Food Web Diagram Shatavia Hunt BIO/101 December 8‚ 2014 Michael Shunk Food Web Diagram The Everglades Ecosystem There are many types of organism‚ plants and animals that live in Everglades which makes up that ecosystem. Organisms like Algae‚ Swamp Lily and Saw Grass that are producers. Then there are the Primary Consumers Florida Apple Snails‚ White Tail Deers‚ Mosquitofish and Green Sea Turtles. Next‚ there are the secondary consumers Snail Kite‚ Great Blue Heron‚ Opossum and Raccoon. The

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    ORGANISM PHYSIOLOGY PAPER Organism Physiology Paper DeAndrea Wheeler July 31‚ 2013 BIO/101 Hildegrade Selig Kingdom: Animalia‚ Phylum: Chordatra‚ Superclass: Tetrapoda‚ Class: Reptilia‚ Subclass: Diapsida‚ Order: Squamata‚ Suborder: Lacertilia. Family: Agamidae‚ Genus: Chlamydosaurus. Lizards are widespread groups with more than 4000 species ranging across all continents expect Antarctica‚ as well as most oceanic island chains. This paper

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