The Sustainability of Experience — Investing in the Human Factor 28th Annual USSD Conference Portland‚ Oregon‚ April 28 - May 2‚ 2008 Hosted by Portland General Electric On the Cover Portland General Electric’s North Fork Dam‚ on the Clackamas River southeast of Portland‚ is a thin‚ variable-radius concrete arch dam with a maximum height of 207 feet and a thickness varying from 32 feet at the base to 8 feet at the crest. The spillway is a 200-foot-long gated ogee-type structure with
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Essay by Nuša Novak based on the movie Never Cry Wolf What does Rosie mean when he says “We’re all prospectors up here”? I have to start by pointing out that out of all the questions from the study guide‚ this was the only one that made me think and the only one I thought is worth debating about. Rosie is a character in the movie‚ played by Brian Dennehy. He is a middle-aged man‚ a part-time bush pilot‚ gambler and a real-estate tycoon‚ who flies Tyler out to the Canadian Tundra area‚ because
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Andrea Robinson Carrie Maison English 101 December 28‚ 2013 The Siren that Cried Wolf Picture yourself in Tornado Alley‚ it’s a bright sunny day‚ you’re at the park having a great day with your children‚ then the tornado siren sounds. What do you do? It’s sunny outside‚ you look up and there are no clouds to be seen. Do you take cover or do you continue enjoying your day at the park? Is it 10 a.m. on a Monday morning‚ when they are testing the sirens? No‚ it is 3:37 p.m. on a Sunday afternoon
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Have you ever want to know what is under the ocean? Well in the Arctic region it contains some of the world’s largest reserves iron‚ copper‚ lead‚ and uranium. It is more beneficial for the United States to explore oceans because oceans can give us lots of resources such as copper and uranium‚ it has lots of land for us to colonize under the surface. Also it can inspire young people to get careers in important things like science and engineering. This paragraph will talk about how the ocean can
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first thing you think of when you hear about wolves? For Farley he sees them as being ferocious animals like most people‚ but discovering that they are not murderous creatures is harder to except than expected. In Farley Mowat’s novel‚ Never Cry Wolf‚ Farley reveals that despite the wolves’ gentile‚ innocent nature‚ Farley and mankind have been brainwashed by the media and the bureaucracy‚ they make people believe the wolves kill immense amounts of caribou each year‚ exclaiming so in false
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Soil and Natural Vegetation Essay When traveling to the high arctic in the Canadian Tundra you can compare the sight of vegetation to traveling to the peaks of the highest mountain range in Canada‚ The Rockies. There are multiple factors you can use to answer why this is natural phenomenon occurs. The soil’s active layer‚ glaciers and snow-caps‚ and the soil in each area not having the four components to become “True Soil”. The cold climatic conditions is one way you could compare the soil and
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Arctic Mining Case Study Tom Parker‚ 43‚ is now a field technician and coordinator for Arctic Mining Consultants. In the past he’s held various positions in non-technical aspects of mineral exploration. His past experiences include claim staking‚ line cutting‚ grid installation‚ soil sampling‚ prospecting‚ and trenching. For this project Parker will be acting as project manger though this is not his normal role. His responsibilities include hiring‚ training‚ and supervising a team of field assistants
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Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat is a non-fiction story about naturalist Farley Mowat‚ on an expedition to find out why so many caribou were being killed. Mowat’s superiors believed that wolves were killing the caribou. He spent almost a year investigating the wolves’ way of life focusing on a small pack made up of two males and a female with her pups. Mowat camped near their den and observed their eating and hunting habits.He observed that wolves rarely ate caribou and when they did‚ it was the weak
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Some of the major effects of deforestation include biodiversity loss‚ local climate change and global warming. Farmers often have trouble raising crops‚ which typically results in more problems‚ such as an increase in food prices. Soil erosion and cultural displacement also can occur. Those who want to address the problem have a variety of options‚ however. Biodiversity Loss A loss of biodiversity often follows a reduction in the amount of forested land. Trees‚ shrubs and other plants provide shelter
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Human actions and behaviour towards the polar biome have a had major impact on the geographical processes operating within this environment. The polar biome can be situated in either the North or South Pole. Some of the human impacts currently in Antarctica are tourism‚ Climate Change and Invasive species due to this there is been dramatic changes to food webs and the environment itself. In Antarctica temperatures are extremely low with an average annual temperature ranging from -10°C to -80°C in
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