Essays on Trees

Herbicides play a significant role in ensuring healthy growth of plants. In Canada, approximately seventy herbicides are utilized in the forestry sector. They have been used since the nineteen forties. The herbicides assisted in rapid clearance of weeds leading to increased production in the forest sector. However, utilization of these herbicides has adverse effects on wildlife and environment. It is essential to ensure these effects are minimized. This paper gives a summary on the utilization of glyphosate herbicide (Vision). Additionally, it discusses various adverse effects resulting in its utilization. It also provides an examination of the benefits of herbicide ...

The human race has harmed the very planet that they live on, through their activities, since the very start of civilization. Using the resources provided by nature to fulfill the needs of the human beings is not something that is the cause of concern, but the indirect intent of incriminating damage to the environment is what the main source of concern is. Some of the impacts of human activity involve the disruption of carbon cycle, the disruption of hydro (water) cycle, and the reduction of species diversity. The major impacts of human activity on the carbon cycle include the ...

Abiotic factors which include climate are known to affect plant growth. Elevation which influences the climatic conditions can directly affect the tree height. The trees in higher elevation are thought to be shorter than trees in lower elevation because of the low temperatures which directly affects the height of trees. The experiment was done to ascertain tree height difference and to fulfil the deadline. The hypothesis for the experiment was that trees in lower elevation grow taller than trees at a higher elevation. The methodology for the experiment included measuring tree height in high and low elevations. Tree height ...

The countries and the world at large are facing many different crises currently. Different experts have come up with ways to predict the occurrence of different crisis in the near future. These predictions are important as they may give out information on how to prevent or overcome the crises, which mostly have adverse effects such as loss of lives or affect other crucial phenomena. I am going to cover predictions about climate change.

Summary

Climate change refers to the increment in global temperatures. There are several factors that lead to climate change such as natural events and human induced activities. ...

Flagstaff is a city that is situate in the northern part of the State of Arizona within the Southwest region of the United States. My initial experience in Flagstaff having come from Kuwait is one to behold. The city has various features that are rare to come across and which I have never experienced before in my native country of Kuwait. Some of the features present in Flagstaff include a pine forest that to the West of the city, significantly different weather from that of Kuwait, the attitude of the Flagstaff community, the seemingly superior resources and economic trends. ...

Humanity has developed and flourished over the span of centuries. As civilizations grew and develop, humans learn many things about nature. Ancient people realized the benefits of nature to humanity and began using it for hunting food, acquiring resources to build homes and to protect them from numerous threats from the environment. As humans learned other benefits of nature, they started to interfere with the environment and greatly change the way it was used. People started to change the structures of land and to remove trees from the forest in order to build farm lands and cities. People continue ...

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Proposal Peculiar historical, cultural and philosophical foundations of East Asian states have facilitated relative homogeneity in local artistic endeavors, though certain peculiar details of art in such countries as China, Korea and Japan might alter greatly. Also, in light of historical trends and events, China became an Sesshū Tōyō a source inspiration for many Japanese artists, as it is shown by the body of research. However, it is still interesting to take a closer look at influences Chinese culture and representational conventions produce on Japanese art in relation to a certain period of time and certain variety of ...

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Summary Report 1

What factors contributed to the problem? Volcanic activity is a major contributing factor to the issue of climate change. The eruption of volcanoes leads to the release of large quantities of water vapor, ash, dust, carbon dioxide, and sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere. In the atmosphere, these sulfur dioxide molecules will react with water vapor leading to the formation of sulfuric acid, which is then spread all over the world through winds. The sulfuric acid formed in the atmosphere can significantly affect the amount of solar radiation entering the Earth’s surface and thereby the ...

An ecosystem shapes the kind of species of animals and plants that lives within it in some ways. For instance, a Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem is one perfect example of an ecosystem inhabited by various kinds of animals and plants (Ewers et al., 2015). In particular, the tropical rainforest ecosystem is in the tropical regions of the globe mostly associated with warm and at times hot climate. Animals that are adaptive to this climate and as well as adaptive plants and vegetation characterize the ecosystem (Gagic et al., 2015). The tropical rainforest ecosystem has influenced the environment in some ways. ...

It is one of the ironies of history that the “old west” was actually the last area of the north American continent to be settled. By 1860, for example, San Francisco, California was a booming city of 56,802 persons making it the 15th largest city in the nation (San Francisco Population). Kansas City, meanwhile, had a population of 4,418 (U.S. Census Bureau). Denver, Colorado was already the “Queen City of the Plains” with a population of 4,749 (Population of Denver, CO). These three communities are important since Denver and Kansas City represent the western and eastern ...

Engagement

Being one of the attendees to the Conference in Turkey, dubbed “Combating climate change, and the private sector” and hosted by the Turkey Industry and Business Association (TUSIAD). The topic for the conference is as mentioned above, and it had an array of issues to address about the political as well as the economic climate of the country (Moss et al. 750). Therefore, the paper involves a combination of the issues relating to the engagement and the research-based inferences relating to the effects of the climate change in Turkey to both business and political temperatures within the nation. It ...

Urban Parks in Central Business District

Vegetation is a key element in the continuation of life. It provides clean air, ground cover, and food for living things. Moreover, it plays the role of balancing the earth’s atmospheric temperatures. However, the urbanization of nations brought about depletion in forests as the workforce required more energy and fuel resources to propel its activities. In other places, the presence of arid areas made it hard for its inhabitants to reclaim lost land and improve. In the last one decade, there are concerns raised by different environmental bodies showing their concern towards depleting inhibitive conditions on earth, prompting ...

Introduction

Risk assessment is an intensive process that involves defining the nature of the risks, their location, and ways of mitigating the risks recognized to allow smooth operation of the organization. The risk assessor must identify every system, process, and individual included. In addition, he/she should identify the relevant vulnerabilities and threats (Pompon, 2016). Risk assessment considers every aspect of information security that entails the environmental and physical, management and administrative, in addition to the technical measure.

Risk Assessment methodologies

Asset Audit The approach considers the assets that are part of an organization and establishes if every asset is being safeguarded sufficiently. This ...

The Collins Companies is a family-owned company based in Portland Oregon, in the United States of America, and it deals with the processing of forest products. The company owns and a run sawmills hardware, lumber yards, and several retail hardware. The company also owns both hardwood and softwood forests certified by the Forests Stewardship Council. Due to the nature of the companies’ businesses, Collins has committed to upholding responsibility in environmental conservation especially about land and resource management. As a result, therefore, the company has sound sustainability strategies and policies that are aligned towards ensuring adherence to the company’ ...

I placed myself on a smooth rock in a crop of trees in order to become more in touch with nature. Disconnecting myself from everything around me other than my senses and the location I began to take in my surroundings. A few birds chirped in the distance; the sound was hollow against the trees around me. A dog barked, further away than the birds. Gray-blue clouds across the horizon from the east, lighting up pink, purple, and red as the sun began to set beyond the rolling green hills in front of me. Nearby I could hear what ...

Introduction

Certain factors such as the need to conserve environmental purity as well as the increasing pressure on fossil fuels have prompted the increased use of alternative sources of fuel, renewable energy to be precise. Renewable energy has been cited as not only cheap to exploit but also the most environmentally friendly sources of energy due to the reduced instances of environmental pollution associated with such energy (Pasqualetti 204). Solar energy, for instance, has been largely exploited globally due to its free availability, especially along the tropics where it is abundant throughout the year. Despite the increased preference of solar ...

Abstract

Decision situations can be analyzed using different methods out which decision trees are useful to analyze complex situations. Frequently, decision situation is complicated because the payoffs are not only dependent on the initial decision but also dependent on the additional decisions are taken in the sequential step process. Decision trees can identify the best initial as well as the best subsequent actions. The decision criterion that a decision tree satisfies the Bayesian expected payoff criterion. The present case has multiple alternatives and multiple probabilities; decision tree is the best method for solving this. The resulting decision tree has three ...

Discussion of Banyan Tree Green Homes Program

Banyan Tree Green Homes Program 3 Introduction 3 Concepts and Theories of Sustainability 3 Analysis of Banyan Tree Green Homes Program 5 Sustainability Motivations 6 Sustainable Business Practices 7 Benefits of Adopting Sustainable Business Practices 8 Challenges Facing Sustainable Business Practices 9 Recommendations 10 Conclusion 10

References 12

Banyan Tree Green Homes Program Introduction The hospitality industry is an important part of social, economic and environmental development given its role in leisure services and tourism throughout the world. Given the rapid changes observed in the industry, it is important to understand the potential threats that the various activities undertaken in hospitality ...

Victorian Era Love in

In Wuthering Heights love comes in many forms. There are various examples of it throughout the novel. Most people think first and perhaps only, of Heathcliff and Catherine. There love was obsessive and destructive. It burned them both with a fire so big it could not be put out even by death. Heathcliff loved and hated Catherine, cursed her soul that she would have no peace, and then begged her to haunt him so he could have none either (Bronte 201). But there is much love to be found in Bronte’s 1847 novel. Consider for example Lockwood. Lockwood ...

Abstract

A sandstorm is characterized as one that whips up extraordinary loads of sand into the air, forming a dense cloud above the ground in the process. While most of the sand will rise higher than 50 cm, some sand particles can even ascend to the height of 2 meters. According to Wikipedia, the average diameter of the particles carried by such dust storm winds will vary between 0.15 and 0.30 mm. Wind speeds such during sandstorms have been recorded at up to 16 km per hour and more, while most storms continue to blow for between three hours to ...

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Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 Discussion 4 Conclusion 7

References 10

Executive Summary Quality education is not always equals to a higher budget. This kind of education can be achieved by maximizing the readily available resources and optimizing human resource skills, and using modern technology at human advantage. When environment and human resources, and modern technology are properly used, an excellent quality of education is possible without the fear of workers’ strike and student protests. This study wants to present a possibility of a cost less quality education among the leaders and administrators of St. Vincent Community College. It is a ...

One of the issues in contentions in this era is that of global warming with some political and environmental commentators making it harder to appreciate that it is an issue of great concern. An integral attribute that ought to be considered now is the fact that the detrimental effects of global warming are bringing to the limelight effects such as massive flooding, raging cyclones and droughts across the world at a rate not experienced before. Nonetheless, countries such as Brazil considered some of the growing nations with huge potential across their population, face even more dangers as the continued ...

Tropical Rain Forests

They are located near wet tropical lowlands and uplands nearby the equator. A good example is the Amazon River rainforest found in Peru. The structure of the tropical rain forest can be described as full of ferns and shrubs and other plants that require less light. Tall trees forming canopies are common and hence the floor of the forest is dark and damp. It has many layers of decomposing animals and leaves. The biotic components include bamboo and rubber trees, lemurs, poison dart frogs, and anteaters. On the other hand, abiotic components comprise of water, light, rocks, and soil.

Function of the tropical rainforest

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Discussion Board 1

Discussion Board 1

Living things have specific superior characterizes that distinguish them from nonliving items. Living things are characterized by their internal organization, which is composed of cells (Alcamo, 1998).

A rock to a snail

Ideally, a snail is a living thing while a rock is a nonliving. The two differ widely based on the eight characteristics of living things. A snail performs nutrition to obtain energy and experiences respiration as energy is released for use in the cells. Also, a snail moves to different locations since it responds to stimuli and it excretes due to chemical reactions in the body. Additionally, a snail ...

Policies for Environmental Conservation

The environment is an important part of our every day to day life. Over the years, various campaigns have been put in place in order to address this issue of conserving it, but these steps seem not to be up to the task in order to preserve the environment. One of the downsides of these methods is the lack of proper statutes that would in turn help in this move (Kraft 2015l, p.5). This qualitative analysis will address the issue of the political side of the issue of conservation of the environment. It is the duty of each and ...

Women the world over have had an influence on their societies. In Taking Root, Wangari Maathai sees the destruction of the Kenyan forests and takes steps to reclaim the forest with the help of the local women. In I will be a hummingbird, Wangari Maathai tells a story about how a fire consumed a forest. All the animals, both large and small, were frighten and did nothing to stop the fire with the exception of a small hummingbird. Both films show how women are thought to be insignificant in their societies yet can still make an enormous impact on ...

An issue that has been a main concern in politics has been climate change and of course global warming. Everyone wants to know if the activities of humans are changing the climate. They also want to know if it is possible they will encounter more serious disasters. However, it is difficult to provide answers as their concerns are quite challenging to those who are responsible for solving them. But it is important for all those that have concerns to understand that many new things are happening that were not predicted in the early 20th century. This is why I ...

INTRODUCTION

There was a time when the world was almost entirely covered by forests, marshes, mountains and rainforests however, as human societies became more and more industrialized and the population continued to grow more and more natural environments were cleared to accommodate housing needs of people, the grazing lands for animals, room for human industries, and the obtaining of natural energy resources, like coal and oil. This is a reality for many states in the United States. That being said there are many people who have never spent a single day surrounded by authentic nature. It was in the 1860s ...

HILLS LIKE ELEPHANTS. THE MAIN IDEA OF THE STORY AND ITS CONFLICTS.

Introduction:

background on both authors and texts

Summary of the text

Thesis statement: Jig and Paul being characters of different stories by different authors revolt against norms of the American patriarchal society in the first half of the 20th century.

The topic of homosexuality and alienation of the main character in “Paul’s Case”

Examples and explanations Summary of the issues discussed in the story and conclusion Difficulties of communication Examples and explanations summary of gender roles in the story

Symbols used in the story and their explanation

Examples and discussion Summary of use of form and content of the story Issues discussed in the story Discussion of the issues Summary of discussed issues ...

HILLS LIKE ELEPHANTS. THE MAIN IDEA OF THE STORY AND ITS CONFLICTS.

Introduction:

background on author and text

Summary of the text

Thesis statement: In his short story, Hemingway discusses such issues as gender role, drugs and alcohol and so forth. Difficulties of communication Examples and explanations summary of gender roles in the story

Symbols used in the story and their explanation

Examples and discussion Summary of use of form and content of the story Issues discussed in the story Discussion of the issues Summary of discussed issues Conclusion. Hills Like Elephants. The main idea of the story and its conflicts. "Hills Like White Elephants" written by Ernest Hemingway was first published ...

Complete each section below, using the spaces provided. See Assignment 2 and the Assignment 2 Fact Sheet for more information. Part One: Planning a website message (15 marks). Answer the following questions with full sentences:

The specific objective of the letter is to inform about the conditions, after actions, and future precautions/ measures to be taken. Also, it is informative to address the point of contact personnel if there is contact needed to accomplish said operations. 2. Who is your primary audience? The primary audience for this message is those concerned. The people are scheduled to use said areas ...

Introduction

Mankind and its greed have impacted the wildlife in several ways and changed the future outlook for several animals that need the wilderness to survive. Sadly, as the time passes we have seen an increase in the immoral acts of mankind as it is wielding axe on the home of animals and stealing land from the wild. This is the concern that authors Snyder, Abbey, Carson and Leopold trying to explain through their literature and bring out the problems created an alien to force to the home of wildlife, threatening their future. The question posed by the authors in ...

Render et al. (2015, p.79) revealed that the use of decision trees actually vary from the most simple to a more complex decision. The reason for this is that it not only graphically represents the decision points but also enhances the alternatives of each chosen decision node (Render et al., 2015, p.80). The additional value of a decision tree is that probability percentages are assigned to the decision point while payoff values are forecasted for each alternative (Render et al., 2015, p.80). In the business field the decision trees can be primarily used in terms of stock investment decisions ( ...

Executive Summary 3

Introduction 4 Decision Making 4 Decision Table 4 Figure 1. Decision table 5

Decision Making Under Uncertainty 5

Figure 2. Uncertainty decision 5

Optimistic 5

Pessimistic 5 Criterion of Realism 6 Equally Likely 6 Minimax Regret 6 Expected Monetary Value 7 Figure 3. EMV when no additional information was gathered 7 Figure 4. EMV with a favorable result from the additional information 8 Figure 5. EMV with an unfavorable result from the additional information 8 Figure 6. EMV from the additional information 9 Conclusion and Recommendation 9

References 10

Appendices 11 Analytical Experience and Plans 13 Executive Summary Management decisions have always been considered a difficult task especially ...

The first sketches of the landscape in the form of contours of the mountains, trees and rivers appeared in primitive cave drawings. At that time, people made the first attempts to portray themselves surrounded by wildlife. Landscape elements can also be found in the art of ancient Greece. Halls of the Knossos Palace on Crete have so far preserved the frescoes, wall painting with a realistic pictures of people against the sea, garden and mountain landscape. Before appearing in the west, landscape as an independent genre appeared in ancient China as a lyrical direction, celebrating the beauty and elegance ...

Hurricanes are forms of tropical cyclones with violent winds that exceed speeds of about 75 miles per hour. According to the National Hurricane Center (2016), some of the hazards associated with hurricanes include storm tides, heavy rains, flooding, rip currents, and tornadoes. My organization is in a hurricane-prone area. The following, therefore, is a discussion on how the organization can respond to this disaster. The management is aware that hurricane winds can cause a lot of damage. Some of them, in addition to the ones stated above, include damaged building, fallen trees, and power outages. As a response to ...

Colorado Springs:

Colorado Springs located in central east of the United States. It is basically situated in the fountain creek some 97 km away from the Colorado State Capital in Denver. Colorado Springs is blessed with much natural beauty. The mountainous region provides a scenic beauty and a place for tourism. Colorado basically is situated around the base of Pikes Peaks. This city is also the centre of around 24 national sports governing bodies. It was entitled as the best place to live in the USA by the U.S. News and World Report ("100 Best Places to Live in the USA | ...

In 1980, then presidential candidate, Ronald Regan, used the term “Make America Great Again” as a promise that, if elected, he would address the growing concerns of the American people who were living in an America wriggled with unemployment and inflation, and restore a sense of supremacy that appeared to be escaping them. The struggles that the Americans were undergoing during that Regan 1980 run for president were not indicative of who Americans considered themselves to be; rather, masses of people felt marginalized and crippled because of low income or no income, and inflation suggested that as a collective ...

Informative Speech

The guest of honor, other distinguished guests that have graced this occasion, ladies, and gentlemen, all protocols observed, water is one of the most precious natural commodities that we must always pride ourselves. Even though this product covers more than seventy percent of the planet, thinking that it will forever remain a fallacy (WWF, par. 1). The only available fresh water for human consumption accounts for three percent of the total available water. There are however concerns regarding the rate at which these water sources are disappearing with current information indicating that water systems like rivers, aquifers and lakes ...

Ecological service is the process by which the environment within which we live provides us with the reliable resources that are necessary for the human survival in the habitat within which they are situated. The availability of such resources in the environment such as clean air, clean water, food and any other materials that are necessary for the entire survival of the human race in their habitat is what the concept of ecological services entail. The assessments of ecological services include the ways in which purification of air is done, maintenance of the entire biodiversity process, decomposition of waste ...

Question 1:

An art is just but a human activity that is either visual, performing or an auditory artifact. Over the years, a succinct definition has not been effectively realized, most of which are vague and lack clear meaning. However, it’s worth noting that an art is a diversified field that has different elements. To be precise, an art is a mere imagination that is primarily means to express an artist’s technical skills or creative imagination. An art is a subject of creatively whose major aim to derive appreciation. Well, as it is known, appreciation is a matter of ...

Introduction

A dam is a structure specifically constructed to obstruct the flow of moving water, and by extension raising the water level. Dams are built for various purposes, such as a means of flood control, water storage, and a source of hydroelectric power, specifically hydroelectric ones. Some dams are also used in transportation and inland navigation by acting as bridges that connect one side of a body of water to the next. In other words, dams can have many benefits for a developing society. Because of their perceived benefits, many dams have been built all over the world—at least ...

As the only memorial dedicated to a former president, the Four Freedoms Park celebrates the freedoms that President Roosevelt considered essential in safeguarding the human freedom all over the world. These freedoms are the freedom of speech and expression, freedom of wanting, freedom of worship, and freedom from fear. The Park is on a four-acre piece of land on Roosevelt Island in an urban space within the City of New York. It is carefully developed landscape presents an atmosphere that is similar to that of an antique sanctuary grounds. The design of the park resembles an arrowhead appearing to ...

Physical Module: Venice

I have chosen the city, Venice for this assignment. As I mentioned in the introduction, I have been in Venice previous summer and I want to explore this site in more detail.

Geomorphology and Climatology

1) How did your selected city, town or village’s physical landscape form? i) What are the geological processes that contributed to the formation of your site? ii) What are the climatic processes that contributed to the formation of your site? The place, where Venice is located, is characterized by the transitional climate type between the continental and Mediterranean climate zones. The place of the city is ...

Three poems, which have been chosen for this paper: “Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson, “A Supermarket in California” by Allen Ginsberg, and “Sailing to Byzantium” by W. B. Yeats, are all very different and belong to different literary trends. However, they all are focused on the subject of death, which they depict from different standpoints, systems of beliefs, and values. In the first poem, “Because I could not stop for Death”, Emily Dickinson describes death using the image of a gentleman, who takes her into his carriage: “He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage” ( ...

Introduction

Every product has a lifecycle that defines the impact it creates to the environment from the time of production, usage, and disposal. Life cycle assessment process assists in compiling and examining inputs and outputs of a product regarding materials and energy associated with its functioning throughout the life cycle. Life cycle assessment acts as an essential tool for decision support that helps policy makers and industries assess the cradle-to-grave of a product. The assessment analysis chemical production, material selection, design for environment and environmental impact, industrial ecology, and product lifecycle management (Yorzyk and Radzinski 1). The following paper assesses ...

Space/ Scale/ Territory

Millennium Park is a 24.5-acre park that has several venues for performance, art, architecture, sculpture, and landscape architecture. It is located centrally in Chicago’s central business district and the lakefront. The Millennium Park emerged from a dilapidated ground-level parking space and rail yard into perhaps what may be regarded as the world’s biggest “green roof,” spanning two multi-level parking spaces with a total of over 4,000 cars and one commuter rail line. In Millennium Park, space is created in various ways. For example, there is the illusion of space created through structures and activities that allow ...

Aim: The aim of this project is to determine the influence of sunlight and shade on the characteristic of leaf morphology. Background: The gradient in light received by the leaves, compel them to adapt for optimum growth in a particular environment. This adaptation takes place gradually, with changes in certain morphological features. These morphological changes that take place with time and space in which the plant grows is defined as succession and has a role to play in evolution. Certain environmental factors like shade and sunlight can present as a slightly adverse condition that affect plant growth. In order ...

Biomes/natural Vegetation: Needle-leaf Evergreen Forests

Needle-leaf evergreen forests are largely comprised of straight trunked, conical shaped trees that have comparatively shorter branches with narrow and small needle like leaves. These forests are composed of conifers predominantly. Where the needle-leaf forests are evergreen, they provide continuous deep shade to the ground, therefore, the lower layers of vegetation are either absent or sparse (Veregin 2005). Only a thick carpet of mosses can be found below the needle-leaf biome. There are very few species that can be found, however the large tracts of the vegetation have one or two species. According to the World Vegetation Map, this ...

Describe which general fossil primate groups appear and radiate during the following geological epochs: Eocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene. For each of the geological epochs, identify the general primate group that first appears and radiates during that epoch. In addition, give the time range in millions of years for each epoch and provide at least one example of a specific primate genus and/ or species that is representative of each general primate group. 2. List and briefly describe at least five elements of the post-cranial anatomy found in humans, but not in apes, that facilitate efficient bipedal locomotion. Provide specific ...

One of the reasons that persons loyal to the Crown accepted the chance to settle in given areas of North America such as Canada and the different states of the United States is the economic potential of the regions. Despite the people who had declared loyalty to the crown having the chance to be leaders in the regions they were attached in, resettling in areas with more potential than others was always an endearing for settlers to move to the different parts of the colony. The Upper Canada region is one of the areas in which most poor people ...

The Company

Ancestry unique selling proposition as a company is to provide family history and DNA testing facility for prospective consumers to primarily tie up the relationship found in the family tree in lieu with the genetics and health history that helps consumers to gain a new level of understanding about their family history. The company is a leader in the family history market and is considered the pioneers when it comes to the online research of family history; the belief system at the launch of the company in 1983 was to connect with people who wants to know their family ...

The three impressionist paintings I have chosen include the works of Caillebotte, Monet and Conder. I chose these three artists as they are very different from one another in their styles and their use of color. I think that a variety in the office will give the office more life and leave an impression on visitors. Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte is one of my favorite impressionist period paintings. Caillebotte painted this is 1877. The painting depicts a rainy day in urban Paris. In the forefront of the painting is a man holding an umbrella with a ...

Once revered as a zone of hardwood forest, the vegetation of Ohio has currently reduced from what it used to be but still boasts of possessing a wide range plant species. Nonetheless, the vegetation remains significant in the Eastern North America despite currently being impossible to form an elaborate picture for the actual appearance of the forest. This can, however, be blamed on human activities that did not see it fit to preserve primeval vegetation section for austerity purposes in the future. The vegetation though is still with diverse natural vegetation with significant forest regions that sometimes can be ...

Physical Module: Venice

I have chosen the city, Venice for this assignment. As I mentioned in the introduction, I have been in Venice previous summer and I want to explore this site in more detail.

Geomorphology and Climatology

1) How did your selected city, town or village’s physical landscape form? i) What are the geological processes that contributed to the formation of your site? ii) What are the climatic processes that contributed to the formation of your site? The place, where Venice is located, is characterized by the transitional climate type between the continental and Mediterranean climate zones. The place of the city is ...

Question 1

The ever growing rise in global temperatures is a threatening characteristic to the entire universe. The information about past global climatic condition can be used to establish information about the effect of climate change, carbon dioxide variation and effect of the earth biosphere on world's climate. Several discoveries in the Arctic and Antarctic region have shed light on the drastic climatic change that has occurred in these areas. The Antarctic region has experienced severe climatic change over time. Recent discoveries in drill cores obtained from Antarctica's sea floor have indicated a warming phase in the climate around 52 million ...

The grammatical functions in the main clause of each of the sentences include: Subject, Direct Object, Indirect Object, and Subject Complement. 1. Mary didn’t tell me where she had found the missing scissors. [Mary] – Subject. [me] – Indirect Object. [where she had found the missing scissors] – Direct Object.

The fancy sports car his mother had bought generated a great deal of excitement.

[Car ] – Subject . [a great deal of excitement] – Direct Object.

Bill seemed thoroughly satisfied with the condition of the residence.

[Bill] – Subject. [satisfied] – Subject Compliment. [with the condition of the residence] – Direct Object.

Beatrice claimed that she can achieve a perfect score on the assignment.

[Beatrice] – Subject. [that she can achieve a perfect score on the assignment] – Direct Object.

Our guests walked to the shopping mall in the afternoon.

[Guests] – Subject. [to the shopping mall] – Subject Compliment II. Ian appreciated the gift which he ...

Landscape Project: Introduction Module

This paper is devoted to the issue of the landscape. The main purpose of this module is to analyze definition of the “landscape” at different scales and provide appropriate examples. One more task of the paper is to choose a site from possible three places in order to analyze it Also, it needs to provide a description of the chosen landscape-site and form the hypotheses of its physical, economic/political and social settings. 1) Find at least two definitions of landscape and cite the source: One definition of the landscape is that it is a particular area of the Earth’ ...

Book Review – Outliers: The story of success by Malcolm Gladwell

It is popularly believed that hard work alone makes individuals successful in life. No wonder, many have bought into the belief that successful people are self-made. Gladwell challenges the accepted beliefs on success in his book, Outliers: The story of success. He discusses the societal and cultural factors that favor certain individuals to become successful through many case studies focused on certain well-known personalities representing various walks of life. According to Gladwell, outlier or a person who is a cut above the ordinary is in fact a beneficiary of time and opportunity. The major argument Gladwell makes in the ...

The novel Emma was written by Jane Austen in 1815 and the film directed by Douglas McGrath was released in 1996 starring Gwyneth Paltrow. The film depicts British aristocracy of the 19th century in a great way through scenography and costumes of the era. There are not many differences between the film and the novel and the main points are conveyed in detail. The impact and significance of the film differs than the impact and significance of the novel because the film has more possibilities of conveying the atmosphere through acting, music, costumes, mise-en-scene and the overall scenography as ...