During the Sata Yug‚ the Kathmandu valley was a huge bowl of placid water‚ cradled by hills and mountains. The lake was home of the Naags‚ the serpent gods. Then one day a God descended to the lake and cleaved a pass through the mountains with his sword. The pass is called Kotwal‚ Kotbar or Kotpal. The water gushed out‚ emptying the lake and leaving behind a fertile valley. This valley would eventually be the site of not only kings but also great spiritual and religious activity for centuries to
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Because the valley is able to provide so much‚ in terms of crops‚ perhaps that is the reason why people may want to move there. The poverty rate of those living in the San Joaquin valley‚ about twenty percent‚ was way below the nation’s poverty rate of about fourteen percent. The rate of educated people‚ including adults with a high school diploma‚ is also much lower in this valley. According to the Joint center for political and economic studies San Joaquin Valley place matters team‚ the life expectancy
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Currently‚ the water in California is being distributed by a series of tunnels running from the north to the south. These tunnels include the Central Valley Project (CVP)‚ a Federal Government managed project‚ and California’s own State Water Project (SWP). The two make up “vast interconnected hydraulic machines that push melted snow from dams in the Sierras‚ through the Delta‚ to massive pumps that fill the aqueducts traversing the state‚” to become what is essentially the southern region of the
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No battle was fought at Valley Forge‚ yet it was the turning point in the Revolutionary War because it gave the army a backbone‚ made the soldiers stronger for upcoming battles‚ and helped them win alliance with the French. It was here that the Continental Army was hopelessly drenched. After the battles they had fought‚ Valley Forge gave them another reason to give up. They arrived bloody‚ beaten‚ and war-torn. What would you expect from an army who went through these difficulties and yet‚ life
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Restored Hetch Hetchy Valley or Not? In “Hetch Hetch Valley” (1912) from American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau‚ John Muir argues that Hetch Hetchy Valley should not be dammed and turned into a reservoir. He describes how fantastic and special the Hetch Hetchy Valley is by pointing out to its highlights. Then‚ he claims that everyone needs material and mental lives. He asserts the natural beauty can provide people a positive attitude toward life. Thus‚ he blames the advocates damage
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Valley Forge: Would you Quit? It’s like Thomas Paine said‚ “These are the times that try men’s souls.” (Paine 153) This is Valley Forge. It’s the middle of the Revolutionary War. Me‚ along with 12‚000 other soldiers are at Valley Forge. So far‚ there are a lot of bad of living conditions. The weather is too cold to bare and most of us don’t have shoes and are lacking in clothing. Twelve men share a room in a hut and there is bad ventilation. I don’t know if I should re-enlist or quit. For me
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In Death valley National Park has many places that are used to stay at or hotels that people recommend for you to stay. There is a place in Death Valley that people say is secret it’s called the Boxcar cabin. The Boxcar cabin is located in the desert of Death Valley. People can stay at the boxcar cabin it is a small little shed that is in the middle of the desert. The boxcar cabin has a place to cook and it also has a furnace that heats up the cabin at night when it’s cold. The furnace is one that
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to see and did not want to believe the truth that America was not that great. The great Gatsby reveals that the American dream is a dark place that is hidden by only the good that people wanted to see by using the valley of ashes‚ and the relationship of Daisy and Jay Gatsby. The Valley of ashes is symbolic of the
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they hardly had enough time to get but a small message across to the reader‚ or atleast that ’s how I saw it. However‚ Alberto Rios ’s "Mi Abuelo" had many images which made my brain tingle with excitement for writing this paper. Besides the fact that it had the most imagery‚ it also was the most interesting and best imagery in my opinion. The poem starts out with Rios indirectly pointing out that his abuelo‚ or grandfather‚ is already passed away and buried. Even though his grandpa has passed on
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The Uncanny Valley is an idea that Masahiro Mori‚ it describes how someone would react both emotionally and psychologically to robots depending how the resemblance of the robot is to that of a human. This idea states that before an android reaches a level that is indistinguishable from a human‚ it will give us a feeling of uncertainty‚ thus this android that is in this part of the spectrum will make us feel uncomfortable. In addition‚ in the article “Almost Human” published in the Smithsonian Angela
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