When I lived with my parents in the country‚ often times my yard and gravel road would be completely flooded. We do not live very close to a major river but may live close enough to cause these kinds of problems. We live maybe 5 miles from the Wapsipinicon River‚ but I do not think this was the cause of our flooding. Back in the day before farmers took over the land for crops around our area‚ it was known to be a very swampy area. I know that come time of a big storm the fields that outline our gravel
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Wildfires occur every year in the Unites States. As many as 90 percent of wildland fires in the United States are caused by humans. Some human caused fires result from campfires left unattended‚ negligently discarded cigarettes‚ and intentional acts of arson. Wildfires can also be caused by nature like lava or lightning. Lightning is one of the main causes of wildfires‚ but mostly they are caused by humans. The article that was made on March 23‚ 2016 called‚ Wildfire burns more than 72‚000 acres
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Carmina L. Cabauatan Info Sys 2 Prof. Mrs. Rebecca Penas Eleginio BSBA-FM M-W-F/11-26-12 Importance of Operating System 1. It moderates the relationship between the computer and its peripherals 2. It helps in the management of files‚- copying‚ deleting‚ moving of files from one storage location to the other. 3. It encourages the memory for its efficient usage and thus adding the speed
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Themes of Wyoming Wyoming has had a roller coaster history of ups and downs. There have been many scandals for one‚ along with massacres; then we can look at the good that has come with the history of Wyoming such as transportation and womens rights. These themes are important because they have been a big component into why Wyoming is the state it is today. Every state has its individual and unique history‚ but Wyoming’s has its up and downs and from the past few months I have realized that Wyoming
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The two groups that I have chosen from my demographic data are the Native Americans (Cahuilla Tribe) and the Hispanics. According to the former Mayor of Palm Springs Frank Bogert the” Cahuilla tribe lived by the sparkling waters of Palm Springs as well as hot springs‚ and the tree lined canyons for over a thousand over years.” The Cahuilla tribe lived by growing food and making clothes as well as medicine. They made bows and arrows as well as used sticks to hunt deer‚ bighorn‚ rabbits‚ and other
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The National Park Service was created to protect both natural and cultural resources side by side. Exploring the park’s human past can tell us things about our role as park stewards now and in the future. The stories of Rocky Mountain National Park began with the earliest inhabitants and will continue for generations. “The Rocky Mountain National Park was established January 26‚ 1950 and covers a 415 square mile area‚ is seventy miles northwest of Denver‚ and attracts over three million people a
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California Shoshone are a Native American tribe that lived in central California‚ along the eastern border‚ at the base of the Sierra Nevadas. Their location dictated their lifestyle. Their houses were made in a cone shape using slabs of bark or brush. They also had sweathouses that they used to keep their skin clean. The main foods of the California Shoshone were pine nuts. They occasionally hunted buffalo‚ but relied more on salmon fishing‚ deer‚ and small game. as well as roots gathered by
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In the 1930s‚ drought and horrific dust storms turned the once-fertile agricultural lands of mid-America into virtual dust bowls and wastelands. Thousands of destitute farmers packed their families and belongings into and onto their cars and left their homes in search of agricultural work in central California. Their plight and the politics of that day are told in the novel "The Grapes of Wrath." Published in 1939 by California writer John Steinbeck‚ the book won the 1940 Pulitzer Prize.
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American history is accompanied by a long list of explorers who first discovered and who explored the massive continent. All of the explorers had an impact on the development of America. The Lewis and Clark expedition‚ also known as the Corps of Discovery‚ stands prominently at the top part of this list. The Lewis and Clark Expedition has had a significant political‚ social‚ and economic effect on America. They were the first to map out the west and set off westward expansion. Without the success
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Arikara one of the more quiet tribes was the arikara(uh-RIH-kuh-rah) tribe. the arikara trie used to hold around 30‚000 arikara and than was left with 2‚000 after smallpox. they lived in relatively simple homes and their lives were also relatively simple. ttheir dress‚ what anyone could expect. although simple the arikara were very complex in some sort. the fashion of the arikara was mostly dependant on the season. usually the women wore deer skin dresses that were white. the men usually wore
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