moments in human history‚ such as the French Revolution and 9/11. Also‚ in the photo there is a mass of fog that gives us an uncertainty as to what lies in the distance. In human history‚ it has always been impossible to know what the futures holds‚ similar to how the fog makes it unclear what is ahead‚ as time progresses parts of what was previously unknown are revealed‚ similar to if the fog were to gradually clear‚ revealing more of what could not be seen. 4. On page 3‚ Gaddis states “we know
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The article‚ “A Cultural Line in the Sand” by Thomas Lake‚ describes the example of a vernacular region as the South. A vernacular region is a place people believe exists as part of their cultural identity. The region of the South has people with “Southern accent(s) and learned Southern ways.” Some also think “we’re losing our Southern.” The term vernacular applies to the South because the people there believe it exists as part of their culture. The people of the South have customs that immerge
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Dissonance in Fog of War People are largely motivated to stay consistent in how they act and feel‚ however they often have an unrealistic view of themselves. This view creates cognitive dissonance‚ or performing an action based off a thought that opposes one’s self concept (text‚ p.138). Cognitive dissonance occurs because people want to maintain a positive self –image‚ so instead of acknowledging short comings; they apply strategies to avoid the negative feeling dissonance can cause. In the Fog of War
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The Massacre of Sand Creek is a tragedy that occurred due to the greed of American’s. American’s have been trying to take away the Indian American’s land for years to expand the United States and it isn’t new for American’s to burst in on the Indian’s territory and remove their rights. This isn’t the first time the American’s have taken control of the Indian’s land for the purpose of pursuing something that is on or in their lands‚ such as gold in the Rocky Mountains. This gold found in the mountains
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while being treated like animals‚ and how they kept on living and pushing on. All of these claims can be explained and supported by‚ Elie Wiesel’s Documentary‚ his memoir‚ Night‚ Maslow’s hierarchy of needs‚ and the official documentary of Night and Fog. One of the most significant examples of strength of will in Night is how Elie always treats his father with kindness and never abandons him like many other children do. Even though his father was old and just a burden to Elie he never stopped
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Journal Entry 1 Brandi Beem Nature and Environmental Lit. Leopold gives the animals and nature certain human-like characteristics in this book because he wants us to connect with them in a way we likely have never done before. People don’t really stop to think about where their food comes from. If you consider all that it takes to produce the food we eat it might make you appreciate it more. If you’ve ever lived on a farm‚ you will have a greater appreciation for the food
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Oil Sands Oil sands are a type of unconventional petroleum deposit. They are loose sand or partially consolidated sandstone that contains natural mixtures of clay and sand‚ saturated with a viscous form of petroleum. Natural petroleum deposits are reported in many countries‚ but are found in extremely large quantities in Canada; 70.8% of the globally estimated oil sand reserves are in Canada. Most of the oil sands of Canada are located in northern Alberta. They
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Sand control in horizontal wells The evolution of sand control from historical water wells to recommendations for 15‚000 ft+ horizontal oil/gas wells. This summary article backgrounds the need for formation sand entry prevention in downhole producing wells from man ’s first dumping of rocks into water wells drilled with rock or iron tools. Thousands of years later‚ the oil/gas industry invented basic gravel pack and sand screen methods to prevent inflow of unconsolidated formation sands.
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them as the Sand Tiger Shark. The Carcharias Taurus has many names because it is known in many parts of the world and they are named differently‚ for example: grey nurse shark‚ ground shark‚ spotted ragged tooth shark‚ slender-tooth shark‚ spotted sand tiger shark and ground shark. Currently the Sand Tiger Shark is vulnerable and is still living in some areas of the world today. The domain of the Sand Tiger Shark is Eukaryote and its phylum is chordate. According to National Geographic Sand Tiger Shark
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The development of the oil sands is a highly contested issue. The Globe and Mail published an article about why the oil sans should be established. It states that Oil revenue is essential to the economy of Alberta and to an extent the economy of Canada. As a result the government backs the oil sands. CBC published an article on why oil sands expansion should be stopped. The article states that scientists and environmental groups are pushing for no new oil sands to be developed because of the detrimental
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