Passing Storm over the Sierra Nevadas is a scenic‚ oil on canvas that is beautifully displayed at the San Antonio Museum of Art. Albert Bierstadt created the work of art in 1870. Bierstadt was born in Germany in 1830 and at the age of two his family moved to Massachusetts‚ he soon went back to study in Germany where he developed his art abilities. Many of Albert’s art pieces glorify landscapes vividly on actual places he visited while traveling the American West; his fascination with the landscapes
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Forest Fire: Causes and Effects Ron Hilton National American University One morning you wake up and look out the window. Off to the west‚ you see an orange glow over the hills. You ask yourself “Is that a forest fire? What caused it? What is it going to do to the ecosystem?” The answer to the first question comes down to two main causes‚ man and nature. According to the U.S. Fire Administration (2000)
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for every being on the Earth. Why? What causes the Earth to degrade‚ to get sick? People are too irresponsible. They don’t care about the Earth. They burn things without a limit‚ throw trashes into the sea‚ and chop down trees as their will. They just don’t care about it! People are so inconsiderate. They don’t think about the consequences of their actions. Everything is about benefit‚ selfishness‚ and self pleasure. They think the matter won’t cause them anything and don‘t bother about it
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earthquake magnitude of 7.0. There was also a storm surge included in the hurricane. Crops were pulled apart and no one ever saw it coming. The hurricane in Haiti was one of the most enormous and destructive ever there. In response of this hurricane‚ people were left displaced‚ had little or no food supply‚ and power lines collapsed. To begin with‚ this disastrous hurricane has tremendously hit the area hard. The hurricane created heavy rains‚ a storm surge‚ and a magnitude of 7.0‚ according to USA
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Cause and effect Serious causes of computer addiction Technology has developed so much that it is almost crucial to have electronic devices at home. Our life has gotten so used to having technology around us that we can’t imagine our lives without them. However‚ while having electronic devices at home could be comfortable and handy at times‚ it could also have negative effect on children‚ especially on teenagers. Parents usually buy computers for their children’s educational resource. But teenagers
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type of response. In her poem “Storm Warnings‚” Adrienne Rich uses unique structural style including many poetic devices‚ such as structure‚ imagery‚ and descriptive language to reveal literal‚ as well as metaphorical meanings in her poem. This structure lets the poem progress in an organized and chronological manner‚ in order to explain an external as well as an internal conflict that is being held by the speaker. The emotions of the speaker run parallel to the storm happening on the outside; Rich
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Indian soil from Columbo. Before the storm‚ there was a train service up to Dhanushkodi called Boat Mail from Madras Egmore Now Chennai Egmore and the train linked to a steamer for ferrying travellers to Ceylon. During the 1964 storm a huge wave of about 20 ft came crashing on the town from Palk Bay/Strait east of the town and destroyed the whole town‚ a passenger train‚ and the Pamban Rail Bridge -tragically all happening at the dead of the night. The storm was unique in many ways. It all started
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Access to affordable and nutritious food has become an issue of interest to the residents of Colorado. According to the Nutrition Digest‚ ‘food deserts’ are “parts of the country vapid of fresh fruit‚ vegetables‚ and other healthful whole foods‚ usually found in impoverished areas” (Gallagher). Areas of Colorado such as this exist in largely rural and urban or low-income neighborhoods throughout the state. In these underserved communities‚ the issue lies with the ability to realistically travel
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The Perfect Storm The night slowly filling with mist as the thunder clouds came together. Every afternoon in summer‚ Jenny‚ Oscar‚ Charlotte and Ginny love to sit on the porch watching the sprinkle of rain falling from above. But this was not just a normal summer storm; it was the perfect storm that would shock all who lived in Alice Springs. The scraps of the tree branches hitting the tin roof as the wind swooped in. In the distance‚ the roll of clouds could be seen as they filled the sky above;
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revolutionary war was a key point in history. In this essay I will be discussing the following things‚ causes of the Revolutionary war‚ results of the Revolutionary war and how the british were involved during the Revolutionary war. To begin with I will be going over the causes of the war that include acts‚taxes and the economy’s effect on the start of the revolutionary war.One of the biggest causes of the start of the american revolution was the increasing taxes from the British parliament‚ without
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