Water Scenario: Past‚ Present and Future of Pakistan By: Muhammed Zafir Zia Per capita availability of surface water in Pakistan is gradually dwindling from 5300 cubic meter in 1951 to 1000 cubic meters in 2005 and is projected to hit less than 1000 cubic meters making Pakistan a water short country Of all the major problems‚ water crisis is the one that lies at the heart of our survival and that of our planet. Experts project that the global water crisis will reach unprecedented
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and nuts. ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA- “THE LAND BETWEEN TWO RIVERS” ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA- DEFINITIONS CITY STATES- self-governing unit made up of a city and its surrounding villages and farmland. LOCATED BETWEEN THE TIGRIS-EUPHRATES RIVERS‚ BOTH RIVERS FLOW INTO THE PERSIAN GULF LOCATED IN PRESENT DAY IRAQ Fertile Crescent ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA- GEOGRAPHY POSITIVE abundant amount of clay‚ easy till-able soil‚ water supply from Tigris-Euphrates Rivers NEGATIVE few natural resources‚ minimal protection from
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Outline Introduction: In Mark Twain’s essay “Two Views of the River‚” the implied thesis is losing innocence and gaining experience. This idea is effectively communicated to his audience through appropriate organization of ideas‚ opposing tone‚ and stylistic devices. Twain’s essay uses the block structure for contrast‚ differing styles‚ and opposing tones. The first effective means of communicating the thesis is the block method of contrast with helpful transitions. The first block describes
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rafting on the Colorado River for eight days. Returning to the hotel‚ we immediately headed into the conference room to begin the week’s plans. Surrounding me were men and women at least sixty years old and I fleetingly realized that I was‚ by far‚ the youngest one there. It was not long until the meeting commenced. The tour guide quickly went through the schedule‚ then‚ he was pounded by a rapid succession of unwise questions. “Will our bags be dragged behind us in the river?” a retired woman asked
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The Red River Rebellion 1869 The Canadian government had bought Rupert’s Land from the Hudson Bay company. In addition‚ appointed the first English-speaking governor: William McDougall. McDougall had sent out surveyors to plot the land according to the square township system that was used in Ontario. The Metis‚ led by Louis Riel‚ prevented anti-French McDougall‚ to enter the territory when the unannounced surveyors had interfered. The Hudson Bay company was no longer in control of the territory
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In Norman Maclean’s “A River Runs through It”‚ Maclean explains his younger life. Maclean also shows us the divide that the river places on Paul. Paul’s actions at and away from the river are drastically different. Paul away from the river is a troubled young man who finds himself in trouble with the law and others. At the river Paul was known as a fly fisherman. The Big Blackfoot river gives a sense of power and control to Paul that he isn’t able to feel away from the river. Norman shows Paul away
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The Doab‚ unqualified by the names of any rivers‚ designates the flat alluvial tract between the Ganges and Yamuna rivers in western and southwestern Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand state in India‚ extending from the Sivalik Hills to the two rivers’ confluence at Allahabad. The region has an area of about 23‚360 square miles (60‚500 square km); it is approximately 500 miles (805 km) in length and 60 miles (97 km) in width. Doab figures prominently in history and myths of Vedic period; the epic Mahabharata
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Chapter One Notes Before Civilization (Circa Lorraine) Culture: constituted by learned patterns of action and expression FOOD GATHERING AND STONE TECHNOLOGY Stone tool-making first appeared around 2 million years ago Stone Age Lasted from 2 million to about 4‚000 years ago Misleading label: bone‚ skin and wood just survive poorly Paleolithic = Old Stone Age Neolithic = New Stone Age Foundations of science‚ art‚ and religion begin here May have believed in afterlife In game-rich areas
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a vital role in the upbringing and culture of the peoples. My civilization resides in where the Sumerians lived; Mesopotamia‚ between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers‚ largely corresponding to modern-day Iraq‚ northeastern Syria‚ southeastern Turkey and southwestern Iran. It was surrounded by four large water sources (excluding the two rivers‚) Mediterranean Sea‚ Persian Gulf‚ Caspian Sea and Red Sea. Fish became in important dietary supplement‚ due to the close proximity to water- however‚ other means
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to the soul. When it came to him‚ he never hesitated to say what was on his mind. He was always throwing jokes. I think Holbrook’s portrayal of Mark Twain was mostly effective‚ but other times not so much. In the text "Cub Pilot on the Mississippi River"‚ Mark Twain was a steamboat crew member. He was ordered by his captain whose name was Brown. Brown was very harsh with Twain‚ but he did what he was told. Twain finally had enough and killed Brown. He was approached by one of his crew members and
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