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Edgar Chaidez Alana Brussin/ ENG 102 November 23, 2016 City Warming Over the last decades, the Earth’s human population has been growing exponentially and now lies above 7 billion people. With such an immense number of humans roaming around the Earth, throughout time, urbanization will occur expanding the size of many cities. As a rural area expands so does the amount of asphalt and concrete buildings within the city. This is how an urban heat island occurs. An urban heat island poses many serious

Buffalo Trails Scout Ranch It was my first weekend of working at BTSR, a boy-scout ranch nestled in the treacherous beauty of the Davis Mountains of west Texas, and the first real break anyone had had all week. The previous week had been staff week, the time set aside at the beginning of summer to get the camp set up for scouts and to train any new staff members (myself included), and we were all pretty worn out. I found myself at one of the picnic tables outside the mess hall, the central hub

gravel-dominated alluvial fans. Iodine bush (Allenrolfea occidentalis) grows closet to the salt flats, while saltgrass (Distichlis stricta) and arrowweed (Pluchea sericea) occur more distal. The dominant species in the salt flat-proximal areas is honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) that occurs as large stands. Sacatone grass (Sporobolus airoides) and desert holly (Atriplex hymenelytra) intergrown with

Set at the extremity of the striking San Gorgonio and San Jacinto Mountains, the Morongo Indian Reservation extends more than 35,000 acres and overlooks the desert vistas of the Banning Pass. Wild buckwheat, mesquite and chaparral still flourish here, and the ubiquitous breeze ensures that the air is always fresh and clear. One of the inborn names of the Morongo Reservation was Malki, and it was located in what was once called the Wanikik territory. In the mid-19th century, the Serrano people

The cloven feathered dove makes its home in New Caledonia. New Caledonia is located east of Australia. The cloven feathered dove is a beautiful green color. They have bands on their wings that are white and dark green. They have a green breast and it has a yellow patch below it and above it is a black and white band. They have a yellow and gray belly. Their ankles have fluffy feathers on them. They are 12.2 to 13.4 inches long and weigh 12.5 ounces. They are confined to humid forests. Most

The Chivo mask is from Mexico, typically found in the state of Guerrero. The mask was first created and used in the village, Zitlala, after the Mexican Revolution. It is used for the ritual dance called “La Danza de los Chivos” or Dance of the Goats. However, the dance is now used in many other celebrations and festivities throughout other areas of Mexico, as well. The mask is part of the ceremony known as "the Dance of the Goats” or La Danza de los Chivos. The mask on masksoftheworld.com

Gun prevention and control Violence is a repetitive problem everywhere in the U.S. violence cannot always be prevented as most violent crimes are unpredictable and are usually expressed through mass shootings or gun related violence. There has to be a functioning method of prevent gun violence. There are multiple methods to prevent gun violence, like an higher age limit, background checks should not only be utilized to determine if a person has a history of repetitively committing crimes

A commentary on “A Plague of Sheep” In her book, “A Plague of Sheep,” Elinor Melville argues that it was not environmental inevitability, but human choice that caused the ecological degradation of the Valle del Mezquital. She outlines the environmental characteristics of the valley in Mexico before and after the colonial conquest of the region. Melville furthers her argument through the analysis of another region in Australia and the stratification of the conquest process. The study is focused on

Symbolism Passage: He told me that the national symbol of the Indian people in Guatemala was the quetzal, a beautiful green bird with a long, long tail. I told him I had seen military macaws at the zoo, and wondered if the quetzal was anything like those. He said no. If you tried to keep this bird in a cage, it died (189)." Before the quote, Esteban had asked Taylor if the symbol of the US was an alligator, bearing in mind a lot of people wore it on their clothes. Kingsolver used this as a reference

June Named for the Roman goddess Juno, patroness of marriage and the well-being of women. Juno was believed to have the ability to throw thunderbolts. the calends, were sacred to Juno, as was the entire month of June. Her name may come from the Etruscan Uni, which means "She Who Gives", and which would refer to Her capacity as a benevolent Goddess of abundance who answers the prayers of those in need. shes guarded over the finances of the empire and had a temple on the Arx. Also from the Latin