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Desert rain.
Includes bibliographical references.
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Blame, Desert, And Termination
This dissertation concerns the ethics of responding to transgressors of morality through means available to us as members of society (as opposed to the question of how the state ought to respond to wrongdoers). I focus on the question of how firms should respond when an employee is the subject of …
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Drinking up the desert
… in Tucson sparked the creation of the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan. The plan aims to preserve biodiversity in Tucson and surrounding Pima County by limiting development in biologically sensitive areas of the desert. In addition, Pima County is applying for a county-wide Section 10 Permit …
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Oasis in the Desert
… instance. Las Vegas, an oasis within the Mojave desert, originated due to its strategic location in the Southwest US that provided spring water for westward travelers. The area currently known as downtown Las Vegas, one of the first areas to be developed, is depressed due to economic downturn. An …
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Desert bighorn sheep in Mexico
… review to determine published information on desert bighorn sheep in Mexico. Most information on bighorn sheep was published prior to 1983 and focused on population size and structure. We concluded that desert bighorn sheep in Mexico are in need of further research. To provide better …
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Where the desert ghost roams
… in Southwest Arizona. There in the Sonoran Desert, a passionate recovery team has dedicated significant efforts and investments to sustaining the approximately 200 remaining Sonoran pronghorns left in the U.S. The team face s two enormous obstacles that mo st endangered species rescue …
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A Camp in the Desert
A house is pulled apart into its separate rooms and joined in the out-of-doors. This collection of rooms is recognized as a camp. This move is in agreement with the site of the house, which is the foothills of the Rincon Mountains, twenty miles east of Tucson, Arizona, and bordering along Saguaro …
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Life under the desert sun : dust storms, steam baths and outhouses for the unencumbered desert dweller
Yesterday's desert is today your new home, is tomorrow's strip mall. The West remains the American 'way out' a chance to reinvent oneself, 'to make it'. Yet, the desert landscape is fraught with the politics of displacement, exploitation, and imposition, carrying with it a socio-political …
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Building an equilibrium with the desert.
Thesis. 1978. M.Arch.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.
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Desert design : re-thinking the adobe
The focus of this thesis is the relationship between the natural landscape and the architecture of northern New Mexico. Through the design of a home and work-related out-buildings elements of reference are used to preserve an interplay between the landscape and the architecture. A dialogue between …
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An examination of facilitative interactions between shrubs and local desert organisms within the desert ecosystems of southern California
… abundance, specifically within grassland and desert ecosystems. I conducted a greenhouse experiment to examine the effects of temperature on native and invasive plant species germination (Chapter 3). Temperatures were manipulated to simulate cooler microclimates and high temperature extremes. …
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Seasonal Variation in Desert Tortoise Immune Function
Threatened Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) populations may be negatively impacted by upper respiratory tract disease. To more fully understand the general impact of diseases in wild populations, a more complete knowledge of the factors that contribute to immunocompetence in this species …
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BEYOND DESERT AND MORAL RESPONSIBILITY: RETHINKING JUSTICE
Questo lavoro si propone di svolgere un’analisi critica del concetto di giustizia retributiva, intesa pragmaticamente come sistema per affrontare i problemi sociali legati alla violenza reciproca. A partire da un’indagine sulle modalità di gestione della violenza nelle società pre-statuali, in …
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Ten Percent to Light a Desert Sky
Ten Percent to Light a Desert Sky is a collection of poems written during my four year residency in Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection is tied together through prevailing themes of communication and a collage of the desert imagery scattered throughout the work. My many influences include W. S. …
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