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    screening different articles and journals about the cruise industry‚ the two came up with the idea‚ to focus on their country of origin: Germany. Furthermore they were interested in the river cruise industry and the impact that industry has on local harbours and communities. Therefore the topic of‚ the impact of the river cruise industry on the port city Cologne was chosen. The authors would like to thank Mr. A.... for the guidance and his support. Mr. B...... for his help in the beginning stage of

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    The Red River Flood of 1997 Geography 2152G Professor Mark Moscicki Mitchel McCabe – 250590151 Submitted: Wednesday April 3rd‚ 2013 Description of the event The Red River Flood of 1997 was a colossal flood that occurred along the Red River of the North in April and May of 1997. The Red River of the North basin is located in North Dakota and Minnesota in the United States‚ as well as in southern Manitoba‚ Canada. (figure 1-map) This flood was the most severe on this river since 1826

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    along the Mississippi River. Even in the title of the book‚ the reader can get a sense that a journey or adventure will be present in the story. Huck and Jim both go on this “journey” to Ohio for their own reasons but they both are getting away for their own personal freedom. At first‚ Huck was in it for the fun of it but we later see that he is getting away from his alcoholic and abusive father. Jim is escaping from slavery to be a free black man. As they travel along the river good and bad things

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    Thien Pham Sarah Breiter English A099 6 March 2013 Two Ways Seeing A River “Two Ways Seeing a River” by Mark Twain could be classified as both realism and partially one of its subgenres‚ regionalism. Realism is a genre in which facts and emotional descriptions and phrases are used in order to extract and emotional response from the reader. The style the author ended the essay with is most impressed me because it has a little bit or no relevance at all of the rest of the essay. After read all

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    San Joaquin River Restoration Project: Irrigating the Valley The San Joaquin River is the backbone of the San Joaquin Valley. The valley is not only the nation’s most agricultural area but it is also one of the entire worlds. Millions depend on the crops that come form this luscious valley. The river has gone through many drastic changes over its illustrious lifetime. Once it was a magnificent 350 miles long it is now one of the nation’s ten most endangered rivers. The river once flowed with

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    on my face‚ I knew I had dreamed of the river‚ big brown trout‚ and sweet 3wt bamboo rods. My body screams – “Where’s the coffee”‚ while my brain questions the sanity of getting up this early on a Saturday. Oblivious to the cacophony‚ the hairs on the back of my neck tingle. Betraying logic‚ they forewarn that this pre-dawn moment was the premonition of a great day ahead. The Caney Fork River‚ in its precociousness‚ is not usually an early morning river and you don’t “have” to rise early to fish

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    Twain uses the Mississippi River in this story to place Huck on a figurative island separated from the influences of society. Twain uses this separation to allow Huck to develop his own opinions according to his own moral values. The river is used as a method of illustrating specific themes such as desire for security‚ freedom‚ and equal human rights.

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    Finn‚ Huck lives in two different settings. One of the settings is on land with the widow and with his father and the other is on the river with Jim. There are many differences of living on land as opposed to living on the Mississippi River. On land‚ Huck has more rules to live by and he has to watch himself so as not to upset the widow or his father. On the river‚ Huck didn ’t have to worry about anything except people finding Jim. He also had to worry about the king and the duke for a while.

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    Judson Knight and Stacy A. McConnell. Detroit: UXL‚ 2000.Student Resources in Context.Web.29 Mar 2013. * Guisepi‚ R. A. "Indus River Valley Civilizations." Indus River Valley Civilizations. History World International‚ n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2013. Expectations : Going into this project ‚ I expect to find a great wealth and power obtained by the people of the Indus River Valley through the duo‚ that is Social Stratification and Agricultural Surplus. My background knowledge tells me that these two

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    as it was written clearly and precisely. Your message about living as we should was explicitly conveyed‚ yet it held so much significance concerning the way humans live versus the life of a weasel. After reading David Searcy’s essay‚ “The Hudson River School” I found correlation between the way Searcy lives his life and

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