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- 6631: The Colorado River
- ... poor drainage, and too hot of conditions for most traditional crops. The Colorado River was first navigated by John Wesley Powell, in his 1869 exploration through the Marble and Grand Canyons. The Colorado River begins high in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. The water begins from melting snow and rain, and is then supplemented by the Gunnison, Green, San Juan, Little Colorado, Virgin, and Gila Rivers. Before any dams were built, the ... bidder would receive the water. In theory, the more the water costs, the more people would conserve. But agriculture is heavily subsidized and therefore prices can fluctuate. Commercial and residential users would be subject to high water rates, with the wealthy being able to afford most of the water. This is an unfair and unjust system. A marketing system that is fair and responsible, one that mandates conservation, should be enacted ...
- 6632: The Industrial Heartland
- ... consumers. The Industrial Heartland offers many places for markets, as it has a large population, therefore, demand. So, an industry close to the demand wouldn't have to transport that much. Usually if their is high request for an item, the manufacturer would set prices higher to grasp extra transportation costs. Labour-The Industrial Heartland would be an ideal place to locate, as it has a very high population, thus having many people, and workers looking for jobs. Many people live, locate to the Industrial Heartland to find jobs. There is a widespread of jobs in the industrial heartland-many different occupations are ...
- 6633: Of Mice and Men: Mini-Critique
- Of Mice and Men: Mini-Critique John Steinbeck was born in Salinas California on February 27, 1902. His mother was a school teacher in the public school in Salinas. Steinbeck grew up in the beautiful Salinas Valley which furnished most of the material for his novels. His mother read to him, at an early age, famous literature of the world which planted ...
- 6634: Rasputin
- ... Rasputin would often on occasions visit local taverns and dancing girl bars where he would indulge himself in alcohol and bed woman afterwards, contrary to common belief, the woman Rasputin bedded were not of the high class but rather the peasant women who were willing to listen to the semi-religious rambling of Rasputin. In one incidence recorded by secret police, Rasputin allegedly exposed his genitals, all the while still chatting ... by the royal family lowered public faith in the family. The public thought that this would look bad for the country. They didn't want a scoundrel like Rasputin to be too close with the high-positioned Czar. Even though the public tried very hard to get rid of him, the Czarina always managed to talk the Czar into letting Rasputin stay. This to the public looked as if the Czarina ...
- 6635: The Life of Sid Vicious
- ... a request to legally adopt his stepson. Before the adoption could go through though, Chris died of ill health. John later changed his name from John Ritchie to John Beverly. John attended the Soho Primary School where he horrified his teachers when he told them that he no longer believed in God. John left this school with two zero levels in English Literature and English Language and absolutely no ambition to pursue his academic studies. John went back into education by taking a photography class at Hackney. During his time at ...
- 6636: Hard Times
- ... what drop in the social ocean shall be free!" Dickens' has a more exact view of the educational system from a speech on November 5, 1857 he states, "I don't like that sort of school - and I have seen a great many of these latter times - where the bright childish imagination is utterly discouraged,. . . . . where I have never seen among pupils, whether boys or girls, anything but little parrots and ... not aware of such a system being in operation anywhere in England. They believed that there might have been too great a part of the studies dedicated to mythology, literature, and history. "In almost every school in the kingdom passages of our finest poets are learned by heart; and Shakespeare and Walter Scott were among the Penates." It was their opinion that schools such as the one that Gradgrind governed were ...
- 6637: Escapism and Virtual Reality
- ... e.g. washing machines, electric drills and car engines). Artificial environments such as hotels, offices and homes are maintained in pre- determined states of comfort by computers in the thermostats and lighting circuits. Within a high street shop or major business, every financial or stockkeeping transaction will be recorded and acknowledged using some form of computer. The small number of applications suggested above are so common to our experiences in developed ... hence a sense of depth. They change at least fifty times per second, providing the brain with the illusion of continuous motion (just as with television). Attached to the goggles are a pair of conventional high-quality headphones, fed from a computer-generated sound source. Different delays in the same sound reaching each ear provide a sense of aural depth. There is also a pair of cumbersome gloves, rather like padded ...
- 6638: The Bean Tree
- ... Kentucky. In her town some families "had kids just about as fast as they could fall down the well and drown," and a boy with a job as a gas- meter man was considered a "high-class catch." Simply avoiding pregnancy was a major achievement for Taylor. She needed to get away from there to get ahead, and when she goes, she leaves almost everything behind, including her real name. Taylor ... However, what starts out as a commonplace search for personal opportunities soon turns into a test of her character and beliefs, and of her ability to face and overcome obstacles. On her way west with high hopes and a barely functional car, she acquires a completely unexpected child. The baby girl is given to her outside a bar, by a desperate Indian woman. Taylor moves on to Tucson, Arizona, with Turtle ...
- 6639: Experiencing Cyberspace
- ... that these examples do not only apply to myself, but to many others who use a telephone. Some feel that because we are in such a hi- tech world, they have to purchase the new high priced advancements. For example, buying a high quality digital watch. I think this to be very unnecessary. I own an old fashioned analog watch. The good old fashioned glow in the dark dial works best for me. I think it's just ...
- 6640: D.h. Lawrence
- An English novelist and poet, D.H. Lawrence was born September 11, 1885, in Nottingham, England. He was the son of a coal miner and a school teacher. His mother, the school teacher, was socially superior. She constantly tried to alienate her children from their father. The difference in social status between his parent s was a recurrent motif in Lawrence s fiction. David Herbert was ranked ...
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