River Research Papers Samples For Students

In 2008, the Thames River was a polluted mess. There were many untreated sewage, industrial waste, and garbage deposits which made the river not only an environmental nightmare, but a risk to public health. The primary souce of the pollution in the Thames river was caused by thousands of gallons of untreated raw sewage, which overflowed into the river from the overwhelmed sewage treatment infrastructure in London during storms and periods of heavy rainfall. Due to inadequate funding for and development of infrastructure necessary to prevent ecological disasters like the mass expulsion of waste water into the Thames, the ...

The American civil war in the West: Grant’s River War

Introduction
The American Civil War is among the majorly discussed wars in the history of the United States. Ideally, Civil War is considered a central event in the U.S historical civilisation. While it is evident that the revolution that occurred in 1776-1783 facilitated the establishment of the United States, the American Civil War of 1861-1865 provided a suitable platform for the determination of the future of the United States (Doyle, 2014). Fundamentally, it offered the solutions to two major questions initially created by the revolution, and these included whether the United States was going to be transformed into a ...

Abstract

The Altar basin found in the north western Sonora of Mexico, is a known subsidiary basin forming the present inactive part of the Colorado River delta. The sedimentary records of this basin show how the delta upgraded over a late Miocene. A structurally distinct aquatic basin at the northern end of the Gulf of California is found. Our interpretation of outcrop data, and information from exploratory wells, as well as analog seismic lines of Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), and magnetic and gravity explorations from various sources pointed to the existence of three sedimentary sequences, which can be related at regional scale ...

The problem of water resources of the Mekong River threatens to escalate into a serious conflict between China and several Southeast Asian countries. The origins of the Mekong, which occupies the 13th place among the longest rivers in the world (about 4350 km), are located on the Tibetan Plateau. The Mekong flows through China (Tibet Autonomous Region and Yunnan Province), Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. China is already having on the Mekong (China calls it the Lancang River) two operating hydroelectric power stations and at the beginning of September 2012 announced the launch of the third one called ...

Casino: Wind River Hotel and Casino

Zip Code: 82501
Country: United States
Phone: (307) 856-3964
Website: http://www.windrivercasino.com

Toll-Free Number: (866) 657-1604

The casino has 80 rooms with their prices ranging between $109 and $139. There are 10 suites that their prices range between $250 and $300. The casino has two 24 hour restaurants and velvet parking. The games offered at the Wind River Hotel and Casino includes Slots, Video Poker, Blackjack, Poker, and Three Card Poker. The casino covers 8,000 square feet in area. The special features found at the casino include a smoke shop with 80 slot machines, and a gas station. It is approximately the ...

2009 Hudson River Mid-air Collision

Introduction

It was in 2009 on 8th August, one of the worst air accidents in the history of New York took place when a Piper airplane and a sightseeing helicopter collided over the Hudson River, killing all the 9 people on board. Thousands of people witnessed this low-altitude accident as the airplane collided into the helicopter with both of them breaking into parts and falling into the river. Though both the pilots were properly certified and trained as per with federal regulations and the aircrafts properly equipped and maintained, the accident occurred due to insufficient regulations, the ...

Environmental concerns are always addressed in stable nations like the United States, but in countries with socio-economic and political problems such as Egypt, the government never takes care of the environmental issues. Water pollution in Egypt is one of the most threatening environmental concerns of the country. Water pollution affects the people’s healthy living standards as it reduces their ability to obtain and use water. Egypt is listed among the ten countries that are threatened by water crisis by 2025 due to the rapidly increasing rate of pollution in the water of the Nile River . About 97% of ...

Kariba dam was built between 1956 and 1963 and by that time was the largest manmade lake in the world-lake kariba. It was officially opened by the queen of England, Queen Elizabeth the second on May 16th 1960. At that time it was Africa’s most ambitious project switching the first electric generators of the time. A double concrete curvature arched dam wall was standing at above 128metres above the river bed. It was also a stretch of 617metres across the gorge of kariba on Africa’s second largest river-river Zambezi (Jansen,8).
The dam created a stretching inland sea ...

Water: Threats and actions in Texas

Water is one of the world’s most wondrous and versatile resources. Water serves the needs of a diverse set of industries, from agriculture, sanitation, and household uses. It is also used to power electric power plants, crop irrigation needs, creates habitats, and satisfies the thirst of all living things on the planet. Though water such as sea water comes in abundance, it is a different story for freshwater.
Freshwater, compared to seawater or other sources of water, is extremely limited and scarce. In fact, it is one of the major challenges facing the international community. The planet is estimated ...

Ivermectin

Abstract
Ivermectin is a group of medicinal drugs under the larger group of avermectins. It was first discovered in the early 1970’s and accepted for use in the 1980’s in veterinary medicine applications and later for human conditions treatment. Biosynthesis of ivermectin is done from the primary compound avermectin and was discovered by a group of scientists who were led by Professor Satoshi Omura (Eng). The results of their research were later forwarded to the MSD research laboratories which isolated the compound avermectin from the sampled soil that was studied. Synthesis of avermectin results into eight main ...

Abstract

The Lake Moeris Quarry Road built while the Old Kingdom of Egypt between 26th and 22nd centuries B.C. is the oldest paved road of the world and is testimony to the excellent sense of planning and execution of the ancient Egyptians of that period. The 8-miles of the main road was built by placing large stone blocks that were kept on the desert sand and to facilitate passage of sledges filled with blocks of Basalt to the quay of Lake Moeris, and then on to River Nile. Those Basalt blocks were shipped downstream of Nile to construction sites in ...

Introduction

An original work of American Literature that still orders profound acclaim and still inspires discussion, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is crucial to the comprehension of the American soul. The later finding of the first 50% of Twain's original copy, long thought lost, made front-page news. What is more this exceptional release, which holds despite anything that might have happened before precluded scenes and different varieties display in the first 50% of the manually written original copy, and copy propagations of thirty composition pages, is basic to a full comprehension of the novel. The progressions, cancellations, and increases made in the ...

Introduction

This paper covers the Saratoga campaign of the Revolutionary War. The paper describes the tactics, leaders, battles, as wells the consequences of the battle. Saratoga campaign of the revolutionary war occurred in 1777. It was as a result of the British high command attempting to gain the military control of the Hudson River.
The river valley was located in North America. The British were aiming to conquer the Americans and expand their personal interests. For example, gaining economic power and showing other nations the strength of their military. The period was marked by the American Revolutionary War (Corbett 38). ...

Rome brought light to the darkest and the most barbaric places of the world, and if and when it did, these were areas that posed value to the strategic interests of the empire rather than be regions that needed civilizing. Britain was the island whose unique geography allowed founding a city serving the imperial interests well. Its conquest improved the image of the empire as a formidable force to reckon with and enhanced the reputation of the emperor. Furthermore, the introduction of religious and cultural buildings into Londinium served the ideological purpose of exposing the new subjects to the ...

The beginnings of West Point Military Academy can be traced back to the earliest days of the independent nation of The United States of America and Commander George Washington. Used as a strategically placed fort during the Revolutionary War, West Point, located along the Hudson River, demonstrated its importance during the war. Also during the pivotal and important events of the Revolutionary War, Washington was aware that the fledgling nation that had depended on foreign engineers and native ones that were of “dubious quality” for critical engineering information during the seven years of war. Washington believed that the new nation ...

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The location of Puerco River is in northwestern part of New Mexico and northeastern Arizona. It runs through the Painted Dessert. It use up an area of roughly 2,654 square miles and its length is 167 miles. Its average release is less than 70 cubic feet per second in usual years since its drainage basin is very dry. The river runs through the country of Bernalilio, Cibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Socorro and Valencia. The quality of water of Puerco River has been a worry within and outside New Mexico. For ...

ABSTRACT:

It is essential to acknowledge the fundamental reality that face engineers when subjected to conflicting interests within their performance and in offering technical expertise. It is the duty of an engineer to uphold the well-being of the public health, safety, and the welfare during the course of execution of the professional duties. As outlined below, an engineer who commits to the decision of defending his recommendations will often be faced by the risk of losing their jobs and positions. However, we must acknowledge the fact that we would be refuting our professional obligations and responsibilities, as specified by the ...

Water Problems in West Bank

Introduction
Having very low availability of water resources in comparison with the global average, Israel, Jordan and Palestine have been suffering from scarcity of water and the scarcity impacts their economic and daily lives directly mostly for the higher population in Jordan and Palestine. The continuous rapid growth in population has in the region has raised the question as to whether the basic needs of water for the whole population will ever be met in the coming future.
The resources of water in Israel, Jordan and Palestine are a mixture of groundwater and surface water sources. The major ...

- Introduction
- The Grand Canyon in the State of Arizona
- Scope of paper
- Investigative review of published literature
- Geologic Time
- Time as a Relative Measurement
- Time is experienced by humans through daily events.
- Geologic Time is a deeper scale of time, spanning millions of years.
- Formation of the Grand Canyon
- Geologists agree that the Grand Canyon was carved by the Colorado River.
- The oddities of the Colorado River
- The Colorado River did not divert its course through an uplifted ...

Water Supplies in Sun Valley, AZ

Sun Valley is located in Arizona. It is situated along interstate 40. It is 31.56 square miles. Sun Valley has different water supply options. Some of these options are groundwater, surface water and reclaimed water. Groundwater is water found beneath the ground. They are usually in rocks and pores of the soil. Sun Valley is supplied by Arizona’s water supply. Groundwaters that supply Sun Valley are aquifers and wells. Main aquifers in Arizona are stream alluvial and basins fill. Ground water can also be sourced from sedimentary rock. Basin Fills are of three type’s namely carefree formation, ...

1. Introduction
The low water crossing involves the construction of bridge when the water level is low. Once the water level increases it increases beyond the point and overflows in the bridge. This system is cheaper than the other formats. The low water crossing allows the vehicle to cross freely in the wet road. There are some constrains for getting permit to construct low water crossing. The term low water crossing means the surface is usually dry and the ford means the surface is usually wet. Culverts help in construction of cost effective water level crossing. The accurate ...

History

The Cocopah tribe, otherwise known as Kwapa meaning ‘river people’ is a group of people living along the river Colorado in Arizona. These people are collectively described as generous with no materialistic characteristics. The Cocopah tribes have tried to maintain their cultural and religious beliefs despite the changing times. They have been able to withstand political waves to remain united with their common belief and culture. The Indian tribe is a sub-tribe of the Yunan language speakers who lived and occupied the areas bordering Colorado River. The ancestors of this tribe also resided along Colorado River near the Gulf of California. ...

Corporate Social Responsibility and the Porgera Gold Mine

Introduction

More than often, many companies seek to maintain a high level of corporate social responsibility as a way of attaining sustainable growth for the future. More so, the companies who undertake corporate social responsibility acknowledge that their operations involve its employees and communities who surround its operations (Vallaster, Lindgreen & Maon, 2012. As a result, corporate social responsibility is viewed as a companies’ ability to incorporate its responsibility into the society it operates in as it seeks to develop appropriate approach towards economic, environmental and social problems'. It therefore remains relevant for businesses to assess the impact of the operations on the ...

Introduction

Industries in West Virginia have violated the state-issued permit of pollution by releasing toxic substances such as coal ash and selenium into the local water supply. In addition to the threat toxic substances like coal ash and selenium pose to the health of the community, toxic water destroys the environment and destabilizes the local ecosystem of the areas impacted by such pollution. West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) was formed as a guidance tool to aid persons to know when it is environmentally secure to withdraw water from the stream. This judgment is built on percentages of yearly ...

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Abstract
Luxor Temple in Egypt rose into prominence as the abode of various royal Egyptian dynasties. The kings honored the so-called god Amon. It became the main city of the kingdom. The Temple was managed by high military priests.
This research report summarizes the key events and historical background of Luxor Temple. It also sheds light on the building, the civilization and the culture prevalent in that period as well as the built environment. Moreover, it gives a comparison with the modern city of Luxor.

Luxor Temple in Egypt: An Introduction

The Luxor Temple was ...

Global scenario and California

Global scenario and California
Water is a precious nonrenewable resource. It is limited in quantity and serves the entire humanity, and all living beings on earth. A man can survive without water for only three days. Many problems on earth are attributed to increasing population and water scarcity is one of them. The exponential growth of the human population not only endangers other living things on earth but also deprives them of essential requirements like clean water, clean air, and a safe habitat to live. Water as a resource is under threat because it is contaminated, misused, wasted, and lost in ...

The battle of Saratoga was a defining moment in the revolutionary war. During the winter of 1776 to 1777, the government in Great Britain and its military created a plan to send any significant force down Lake Champlain. This course was designed to strike deep into the heart of the rebelling American Colonies. The goal was to isolate New England from the rest of the Colonies. To a large extent, this battle decided the fate of the American Colonies (perhaps even more so than Yorktown). Following the defeat of the British and Canadian forces at Saratoga, both the French and the Spanish ...

Introduction

The plaintiff, Marisa Bailey, respectfully moves for summary judgment. Summary judgment should be granted on count 1, her claim for violation of the Establishment Clause and on count 2, for her right to Free Exercise of Religion under the First Amendment of U.S. Constitution due to the actions of the defendant. Under the applicable constitutional tests, the undisputed facts compel a judgment as a matter of law for both counts.

Statement of Facts

For the purposes of this motion, the following facts are undisputed:
1. Marisa Bailey is a student in her senior year of attending the James River High School overseen by defendant, ...

Londinium came into existence as a town due to the Romans following the invasion of 43 AD, which was led by Emperor Claudius. Archeologists claim that Londinium came into existence as a military settlement. The city was first built by the Romans in the same location where London stands today, whereby they bridged the river Thames by constructing a road network connecting Londinium with the other region of the country. AD50 to AD410 was a period which separated Queen Elizabeth one from the present Queen, and Londinium was the biggest city in Britannia. The city was unsurpassed as a port where goods were imported ...

Introduction

“Time is the force we often think of that aids in making things better, ability to recover all wounds” (Tidwell, 2003). Mike Tidwell’s quote will always summarize a popular attitude held by a majority of people in times of despair (Tidwell, 2003). With time, there comes the ability to cope with a loved one loss, the acceptance of intellectual growth, failure and responsibility (Tidwell, 2003). What Tidwell states about time in Louisiana however, conflicts with the description of the previously quoted because in Louisiana, the opposite occurs to be true: since that day a year ago the state has lost over 17, ...

Since being published in 1884 “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” does not stop causing controversy in society as to whether this book is a story of children’s adventures, a racist manifest or an attack on society. No wonder the novel was met with different kinds of attitude: both with high praise and harsh criticism as well. The controversy was caused by several factors: M. Twain’s usage of indecent words in his characters’ speech, the way the runaway slave Jim was portrayed, the fact that the protagonist Huck Finn helped Jim to escape slavery. Almost no one seemed to understand ...

The renowned Steel Bridge is a double deck structure that has a vertical-lift and is also known as through-truss. It goes across the Willamette River in the city of Portland in the United States and was opened in 1912, so it recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. The bridge has the dual function of carrying rail and bicycle traffic on its lower deck whilst the upper deck is dedicated to road traffic. This innovative arrangement makes the bridge extremely innovative and the fact that it has an independent lift continues to emphasise its prominence as the second oldest vertical lift bridge in ...

Background/Literature Review

Nature causes all floods despite the fact that some manmade activities also contribute in flooding. The developed nations on the globe including UK and the United States do suffer from losses caused by flooding (Natural Disasters-Floods). For instance, the New Orleans Hurricane Katrina that took place between 2005 and 2009 were intensified due to manmade activities (Shrum, 2014).

Classification of Flooding

Floods can be classified into river and coastal floods. Mandych (2011) defined river floods as inundations of river valleys that are caused by high waters running downstream. This is the most frequent and widespread type of floods. He added that river ...

Battle of Columbus 16 April 1865

Battle of Columbus 16 April 1865

Introduction

The Battle of Columbus happens to be the final battle of the Civil War. On the Easter of 1865, a day after the assassination of President Lincoln by a Marylander, the Battle of Columbus took place in Columbus, Georgia. The Civil War revolved around the idea of white supremacy and privilege and the need to justify the rights of the slaves in the nation. The Union triumph in the Battle of Nashville allowed for the General George H. Thomas to order General James H. Wilson to rally forward into the Deep South and ...

The hydrodynamic power is the result of the transformation of the potential energy of water, that is, a column or height difference of water that moves a primary machine that generates mechanical energy. The mechanical energy later is transformed in electricity, thanks to the use of a generator.

Main components of the hydroelectric plants

A large dam to store water, provide a constant flow of water and accumulate potential energy in the form of hydraulic load. A large capacity of the dam gives reliability to the hydroelectric plant with a guarantee of a constant flow of water to the turbines.
An abduction which is a ...

The correlation between climate and vegetation is evident in Africa, where, despite the rapid destruction of natural vegetation by humans and animals, there are still vast areas of natural vegetation. There are two main zones in Sub-Saharan Africa.

AREAS OF EQUATORIAL FOREST

The rainforests cover just under 1000 km in latitude and approximately 2250 km from west to east, from the Cameroon coast and Gabon to the eastern borders of Congo - Kinshasa (to the mountains flanking the Rift Valley to the Ruwenzori, the Virunga Mountains and Ugoma (northwest of Lake Tanganyika). The equatorial forest has a wide variety of trees (very high ...

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION

Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR), the ecosystem under study, is situated in the foothills of the Himalayas i.e. the Shiwalik range and falls within Nainital and Pauri Garhwal districts of the state of Uttarakhand. Corbett National Park (CNP), 520.82 km2, and 301.18 km2 of adjoining Sonanadi Wildlife Sanctuary along with 466.32 sq.km of buffer zone together forms 1288.32 km2 of the tiger reserve (Barthari 12). CTR lies between 290 25’ N to 290 40’ N latitudes and 78 05’E to 790 5’E longitudes (see Fig. 1).
Figure 1: Location map of Corbett Tiger Reserve.

CLIMATE

The climate of ...

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The rich biodiversity in the Florida panhandle 3
The rich natural history 4
Other regions rich in biodiversity.... 5

Plants 5

Restoration activities in the Florida panhandle 6
Conservation efforts. 6
What next? 7

Works Cited. 8

Biodiversity in the panhandle
Introduction
The Florida Panhandle borders Alabama to the west, Georgia to the North and the Mexico Gulf to the south. The panhandle lies on a strip of land that measures approximately 320 kilometers by 160 kilometers (Blaustein et al. 784). This place is highly-regarded in the world because of its rich biodiversity. Few places can compete with the ...

The congress of the United States has put legislation in the leather industry the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) (RCRA Nonhazardous 1).This act governs the generating, storage, transportation, and the treatment procedures as regards the leather manufacturing facility. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) controls and regulates the RCRA Act in the nation (EPA Reports on Progress 1). The EPA ensures that industrial and manufacturing industries such as those that prepare the basketball adhere to the laid down procedures as regards waste. The RCRA Act stipulates environment friendly ways of handling all industrial waste in the leather industry. ...

Senegal is a country in the West that owns its name from the Sénégal River which boarders to the north and east. It also acts as one of the Senegal’s main attraction centers. The word Senegal basically means our Canoe or Pirogue which was as a misunderstanding and miscommunication between 15th century sailors from Portugal and the Wolof fishermen. Another theory that competes with the canoe one is that which claims that Senegal derives its name from a medieval town of Sanghana which holds other spellings like Isenghan, Singhana and Asengan. Senegal is externally bounded by the Atlantic Ocean ...

- Background
Several of the Asia and Pacific developing countries are located in the world’s hazard belts and are subject to occurrence of natural disasters such as floods, droughts, cyclones, earthquakes, windstorms, tidal waves and landslides, etc.
The major natural disasters that happen at times in this region are mostly due to climatic and seismic causes. Weather become increasingly unpredictable, communities and local governments are beginning to recognize the risks associated with the occurrence of increasing number of natural disasters and have begun to ask more questions.
We all need to know what we can ...

Introduction

Teck is a mining company that focuses on mining zinc, copper, energy, and steelmaking coal. Aside from their operations in Canada, Teck also operates in Peru, Chile, and the United States (Teck, n.d.). Furthermore, the goal of this paper is to determine if there have been issues with the safety performance of Teck and the measures Teck did to overcome safety issues.

Body

Teck is said to be a company devoted to the responsible development of their products, and likewise to the safety of their employees and the environment. Teck had also received multiple awards and recognition for its dedication ...

Joseph Conrad (his real name was Jozef Korzeniowski) is a classic of English literature of the twentieth century. He was born in the Russian Empire into a family of Polish patriots, who took part in anti-government protests. In 1874 he fled to Marseilles to become a cabin boy on a French merchant ship and three years later, while sailing in the Pacific Ocean, began to learn English. Over time, he became captain in the British passenger fleet. The marine experience gave Conrad the material for his literary works. After retiring, he devoted himself wholly to literature and in the mid-nineties began to publish ...

Introduction

The German Chancellor, Hitler, savaged the Jews during the mid 20th century. The Chancellor led to the emergence of the world war in Egypt. This led to the origin of the Egyptian Society. Egypt is surrounded to its north side by the Mediterranean Sea. The Libyan Desert is found on the west of Egypt. The Red Sea is located to the east of Egypt. There is a long mountain range along the Egyptian Coast running, from the north to south. The Egyptian Civilization can be explained by various elements. The basic element of the civilization process in Egypt is geography. ...

What are the impacts on Egypt if Ethiopia builds a dam on the Nile River?Socially, economically, environmentally

In the month of April 2011, Ethiopia made an announcement that it plans to put up four huge dams on River Nile. One among the four dams is the largest dam in the entire world. It is known as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam which was formerly Grand Millennium Dam or Project X. This large dam is supposed to flood 1,680 km2 of the forested area in the northwest Ethiopia, which borders Sudan and then it creates a reservoir which is nearly two times the size of Lake Tana, Ethiopia’s biggest natural lake. The entire budget, 5billion US ...

- Introduction
Onchocerciasis, or more commonly called as river blindness, is a parasitic disease, in which the parasite breeds in water. The organism causing the disease, Onchocerca volvulus, is a thin worm that can live for up to 14 years in the human body. The disease is transmitted from one person to another by the bite of a blackfly vector (WHO, 2001).
It is a debilitating skin disease particularly prevalent in poor and rural African countries. The affected person has severe itching. It affects the eyes too resulting in blindness. Blackflies, which transmit the disease from person to person, deposit infected ...

Geography of West Virginia

Introduction
West Virginia is sometimes called the “Panhandle State” attributed to the fact that it is shaped like a large pan with two handles-one in the north and the other one in the east (Hoffman & Hart, 2008). West Virginia is located in the south-eastern portion of the United States, and it is ranked forty-first in size among the fifty states (Petreycik, 2007). The location of West Virginia has played an indispensible role in delineating events that affect the state such as the civil war, space exploration, American Revolution, underground rail road, Louisiana Purchase, Gold Rush and World War II ( ...

Introduction

The doctrine of Heraclitus is not only one of the earliest specimens of Greek materialism, but also a wonderful example of Greek dialectics. He was a contemporary of the failed uprising of the Greek cities conquered by the Persians against the conquerors.
Heraclitus's contemporaries often considered him brash, arrogant man, who did not bother to explain his ideas, puzzles, mind-ciphers to others. Greeks called him the Dark. It remains unclear whether he was called the Dark, because he wrote in a poetic, is not very clear language, or because he was prone to aphorisms, sounding paradoxical, sometimes defiant. Maybe it was ...

Introduction

The Ebola virus has existed for centuries. Like all life forms and viruses, it has been changing and adapting since the beginning of time to survive. Despite this the disease did not make itself known until the twentieth century. However, once the virus revealed itself only three major outbreaks have occurred. There were two in 1976 and one which took started in 2014 (CDC, 2015). The latest outbreak has been the longest and worst, effecting numerous countries such as, Mali, Nigeria, Liberia and Senegal in West Africa (CDC, 2015). This paper will look at the scientific aspects of the ...

Benedict Arnold

Benedict Arnold was born on January 14, 1714, in Norwich, Connecticut. Throughout his life the first public library was founded, the population of colonists noticeably grew and the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776. He joined the militia of Connecticut, helping to fight against the French during the Seven Years’ War in 1763. Benedict Arnold was loved and cherished by the American public and George Washington. When Arnold was a young boy, he loved to learn about sailing and navigation. He was an intelligent boy who went to school but because of some badly made decisions ...

Punic Wars are series of wars in the III-II centuries BC between Rome and Carthage for the influence over the Mediterranean Sea. It has ended by complete victory of Rome and the destruction of Carthage State. By the mid-260's BC Roman Republic finally took control of the Apennine Peninsula. Further expansion of Roman Republic has made it inevitable war with the Carthage the a powerful state in the North Africa that has controlled a large territory of Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and major sea routes in the western Mediterranean.
Relations between Rome and Carthage for a long have been friendly. ...

Introduction

Water degradation is the contamination of water (inland water that’s not saline) with materials or substances that result in the water being unfit for human, plant or animal use. Pollution may occur from chemicals, fecal waste, pesticides, sediments, petroleum or heated substances. Water sources that have been polluted are unfit for fishing, swimming, and the water is unfit for human consumption. Water quality degradation is, as a result, diffuse contaminants at the source with the spatial as well as the temporal variability that’s associated with the sources (Intergovernmental Panel on Climatic Change, 2007). It is more difficult to ...

Introduction
Star festival in Japan is also known as Tabanata. Tabanata is a Chinese word meaning evening of the seventh; hence, its origin is traced to China. Tabanata is an important festival in Japan where Japanese value it very much and it is commemorated once a year on the seventh day in either July or august, according to the lunisolar calendar. Tabanata festival is celebrated or performed at night on 7 July in accordance to their culture (Anesaki & Ferguson, 1928).
Most people in Japan either celebrate the day at home or school depending on someone’s program on that ...

Introduction

Charles Bridge of Prague in Czech Republic and the Golden Gate Bridge in United States are two of the most renowned bridges of the world. Both of these bridges exhibit few similarities and few differences in its physical form, location, types of users, frequency and purpose of use, and materials. This paper will elucidates and compare these similarities and differences. Not only these bridges have a sheer economic significance but they have great cultural impact, as well. Both were made for the same notion of connecting communities (Brook & Cornish, 1992). Charles Bridge was made a century ago, while Golden Gate Bridge, ...

Impact of climatic change on the Great Barrier Reef

Climatic changes refer to lasting and significant changes in the weather patterns characterized by statistical distribution over a period spanning decades or hundred thousands of years. These changes may encompass extreme weather conditions and may happen due to variations in solar radiation reaching earth, biotic processes, volcanic eruptions, melting of the polar caps and plate tectonics. Certain activities undertaken by humans have also been recognized as contributing to negative climatic changes such as global warming. This climate change has threatened earth's ecosystems. The recent harsh change in the climate such as an increase in temperature takes a great toll on the ...

Abstract

Different physical and ecological events along the Gulf of Mexico allows the toxic phytoplankton – red algae to become dominant. The phosphorus-rich nutrient supply encourages phytoplankton succession. The objective of the paper is to study the background of red algae, and why the downstream red tides have only increased over the last couple of decades. The toxic red tides are seen in similar coastal habitats of the western boundary currents China, New Zealand, Japan, and South Africa.

Introduction

The Gulf of Mexico is looked at as a marginal sea as it is linked to the major oceans and the procedures that occur ...

Related Learning Experience

Although it may not seem likely, I have been able learn a great deal about important microeconomic concepts and topic throughout my professional career. Importantly, this was not always the cause as it was not until I entered the field of finance and consumer credit that I began to learn about, and understand important elements of macroeconomics, as well as the role and influence they had with the national and global economy. Perhaps the most profound professional experiential education came during the recent global financial crisis and economic downturn that began in late 2007 and lasted until nearly 2011. Following ...

Introduction

As described by Dunn (n.d.) in his article “A Short Introduction to The Pyramids of Egypt”, the well known pyramids at Giza in Egypt have been one of the most famous man-made objects for many centuries. Although they are just a few (eight in total) of more than a hundred pyramids that were built in Egypt. Most experts agree that they were built as tombs for their kings and queens, but possibly also were connected with the worship of Ra (or Re) their sun god. That idea apparently stems from the resemblance of the pyramid shape to a mound (the Benben) that ...

The Battle of Shiloh (known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing), took place from April 6th to April 7, 1862. It was one of the biggest early activities of the American Civil War of 1861 to 1865. It was majorly an engagement between National and Confederate groups. The Union forces were led by Major General Ulysses S. Grant and Major General Don Carlos Buell while the Confederations forces were led by General Albert Sidney Johnston and General P. G. T. Beauregard. The first activities that sparked the war happened early Sunday morning of April 6, when a Yankee patrol spotted ...

The major source of water in Troy is ground water, also referred to as well water, which is stored below the ground surface in large deposits. The water percolates to the surface where it is harvested. This water, however, might not be fit for human consumption, therefore, monitors on the physical and chemical compositions, and bacterial contaminants are necessary in order to ensure quality (Bungay 23-40).
The development of the Troy Water Supply System started in the early years of 1800’s. During these early stages of the project, spring water was supplied through wooden pipes. This was a ...