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    the war he went to explore the rapids in Colorado (22). John had said‚“When we have run the rapids‚ nothing is more exhilarating.... It must be something like battle at the point of victory‚ or something much more agreeable… a smooth calm stream‚ running only at the rate of five or six miles per hour‚ is a horror we all detest now.... Danger is our life” (Waldman 20). Another reason how he is famous is after he explored there‚ was rapid growth in Colorado (Souza 48). Most people were scared of the

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    It is believed that Ted may have started killing in his early to mid-teens. There was a twelve-year-old neighbor vanished from her house when Bundy was 14‚ but the earliest verified murders began in 1974‚ when Bundy was 27. Bundy’s Victims: 1st- January 4‚ 1974 after midnight‚ Bundy entered Joni Lenz’s house‚ an 18-year-old student who attended University of Washington. Bundy beat her with a crowbar in her sleep. He took a rod from her bed and sexually assaulted her. When they found her the next

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    Hoover Dam

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    dams can also cause adverse effects. The Colorado River may have been ¡§too thick to drink [and] too wet to plow¡¨ (Boris 4) but‚ it was not too strong to dam. The Boulder Canyon Project was first conceived in 1928 (Wassner 98) and was approved for flood control‚ storage of the Colorado River water‚ and the production of hydroelectric power (Hoover Dam - FAQs). John R. Hall explains that the Hoover dam was built ¡§to harness the awesome power of the Colorado River¡¨ (22). The Department of Reclamation

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    help people businesses it also hurt people that depend on the river such as steamboats. Also since they built the Hoover Dam it took some water from Mexico to distribute more water to the U.S. So people that live in San Luis get less water from the Colorado River. It cost so much money to build the Dam but we have payed post of it all. Technology had a major impact on success of Yuma county. It had such a big impact that we are using a lot less water be used to water are food and plants. Which made

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    The once untamed Colorado River was set to be cultivated in 1931 by the Bureau of Reclamation. It was to be tamed by the Hoover Dam‚ the biggest man made thing in the whole world. The place of this great achievement was in between two hulking masses of sedimentary rock at Black Canyon‚ Nevada. The dam intentionally had its purposes‚ for example its production would supply jobs in the time of the Great Depression. As well as‚ curb the rapid floods that frequently deluded Southern California(?). Then

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    Vail Resorts Sustainability Analysis [pic] Business 4630: Creating Sustainable Enterprises May XX‚ 2009 BY: Contents Introduction 1 Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development 1 Opportunity and Risk 2 Measureing Value 2 Strategy and Execution 2 Measuring Results 2 Conclusion 2 Introduction This paper aims to evaluate the sustainability of Vail Resorts™ (Vail) and its role as a socially responsible corporation. The paper will … Social Responsibility

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    Yuma's Water Issues

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    they were no good. Although‚ the developers of Yuma also had to pay a lot of money for those plants for them to be thrown away but they soon started a project for the water issues and damages. Yuma would get flooded when it would rain and also the Colorado River was giving more water than it was suppose to and was causing the buildings and houses to be damaged. When they started to do irrigation they had a private ditch and that one did not work out very well. It was located in the Yuma Valley

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    Project and irrigation introduced negative consequences but also created some positive aspects. The most prominent negative effect involved the Colorado River. The river was the main source of irrigation for Yuma as it is today. This use caused the Colorado River’s level to be very low by changing the tides and flow. Lowered water levels in the Colorado River caused water shortages and poor

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    Works Cited ..................................................................................... 7 Abstract Marijuana is becoming a booming industry in Colorado. Legislation passed last year has made the sale of recreational marijuana legal‚ and because of such has caused a massive influx of new retailers‚ wholesalers and consumers in Colorado with Washington close behind. However‚ while these new retailers are making millions they can’t take any of their funds to the bank. The financial industry

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    the The Grand Canyon. Today‚ the Grand Canyon is consider one of most fascinating natural wonders of the world due to its natural features and rock deposition that date back to millions of years ago. The Grand Canyon is a canyon divided by the Colorado River flowing at its bottom and its walls are decorated by different color layers of rock. It is due to this rock deposition and layering that the canyon has become a spot for geologist to study and of great tourism. As you can see in the image below

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