internationally acclaimed for having pioneered the new horizons of environmental history‚ viewed from the varied perspectives of the public. His most celebrated work in the field of environmental history is The Unquiet Woods: Ecological Change and Peasant Resistance in the Himalaya (1989). In The Unquiet Woods‚ he studies the (then still current) Chipko movement where villagers from a region in Uttarakhand opposed the profitable exploitation of their forests. He shows that this phenomenon is “part of the long history
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Anthony James Barr . Born 1940 (age 73–74) New York Nationality American Other names Tony Barr‚ Jim Barr Alma mater North Carolina State University Occupation Programming languageDesigner‚ Software Engineer‚Inventor Anthony James Barr‚ aka Tony Barr or Jim Barr (born 1940) is an American programming language designer‚ software engineer‚ and inventor. Among his notable contributions are the Statistical Analysis System (SAS)‚ automated lumber yield optimization‚ and the Automated Classification of
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and Henry James are few of the pioneers of American realism. With time‚ Howells abandoned the idea of the past and worked solely in the representation of American life. Twain‚ however‚ was in a limbo between his bonds with the past and a promise to the present. At this time it was James‚ who reconciled the ties of history and with an intellectual commitment to the present. James wrote The Art of Fiction in 1884 in a critical response to Walter Besant ’s lecture on the same topic. James ’s basic
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can arrange what they want to say in several different ways. A wonderful collection of poetry which is more than capable of helping you achieve this is‚ “A Sense of Place.” Among these poems the focus will be entirely placed on “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost. He was born on March 17th in 1874 San Francisco‚ California. Frost’s mother was of Scottish descent and his father’s origin was English. This particular poem of his was written in 1922 when Frost was at the age
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Facts: Time is personified. Why? An elegy… gothic Written about her life post her mother going mad violent ending that seems to speed up almost like she is painting Introduction: The rocks exposed in Oyaron Hill are ancient and sedimentary in origin. The sandstones and shales of the Oneonta Formation are costal deposits (lower) and river deposits (upper) were deposited about 370 Ma‚ during the late Devonian Period. The sands and muds that form the Oneonta Formation derived from the
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Originally intended by the former first lady Imelda Marcos in 1979 as a guesthouse for Ronald Reagan‚ which was the California Governor at that time – who never arrived. The name was changed to People’s Park in the Sky after the People Power Revolution in 1986‚ which toppled the government of the late President Ferdinand Marcos. The mansion was built on the highest place of point of Tagaytay City. Having cooler winds and magnificent sceneries‚ this has become one of the tourist attractions of
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Comparing Dissolved Oxygen in the Woods‚ the Wet Area near the Succession Plots‚ the Winthrop Lake‚ and the Wetlands Isis Nelson Dr. McCulloch BIOL 203 March 8‚ 2013 Abstract Title: Multiple comparisons between different locations with dissolved oxygen. Is there a difference in the dissolved oxygen in the wetlands‚ woods‚ lake‚ and water area near the succession plots? Dissolved oxygen is the amount of oxygen that appears inside water. This experiment was tested over
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The main thesis of “Walden; or‚ Life in the Woods” by Henry David Thoreau‚ is that people do not need a life of luxury to survive‚ all they need is the necessities. Personally‚ what “Walden; or‚ Life in the Woods‚” by Henry David Thoreau‚ has to do with me is that I rent my home because I cannot afford to buy a house. In “Walden; or‚ Life in the Woods‚” Thoreau explains to his fellow New Englanders that they appear to be “doing penance in a thousand remarkable ways.” He is talking about the way
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countries‚ still plagued with poverty and poor performing economies‚ riddled with debt. The only unscathed nations are the ones who have benefitted from Bretton Woods Institutions by implementing the policies or are seen to be heeding the advice of the Big 3 -- Bretton Woods’s institutions. The Bretton Woods institutions
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S: Subject: The author‚ Bill Bryson decides he is going to hike the Appalachian Trail (AT)‚ (which is approximately 2‚150 miles) after moving to New Hampshire and stumbling upon a sign celebrating the Appalachian Trail. “The AT is along the eastern seaboard; from Georgia to Maine it wanders across fourteen states.” Pg.3 O: Occasion: This novel is a memory‚ description‚ and summary all in one‚ which incorporates the Rhetoric device of description and narration. The larger‚ broader occasion‚ is that
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