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    River Flows in You-Yiruma

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    Professor ENC 1101 2:00-3:15pm 9 September 2011 River Flows In You: Yiruma “River Flows In You” by the South Korean composer Yiruma is a calming and beautiful contemporary classical melody. The song is presented very simply‚ a single artist with a piano‚ but this simplicity effectively reaches the audience and creates for them a mood and background to the song. In essence‚ this work is a love story that is translated into a romantic refrain that combines the use of the senses and dynamics to

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    The Nile River Herodotus‚ a well-known Greek Historian‚ Called Egypt: ‘The Gift of The Nile.’ If it was not for the existence of the Nile River‚ Egypt would have been miles of barren sand with no future. The Nile played such an important role in the development of the Ancient Egyptian civilization that the history of Egypt and the Nile cannot be separated. The Nile is 6650 km long and 2.8 km wide. This makes it the longest river in the world. It has a very large catchment area of more than

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    determine the aesthetic value of a river‚ there are several parameters that we need to observe. Firstly‚ look at the transparency of the river water. Transparency is the measure of the depth of light that can penetrate into the water (What is water transparency?‚ n.d.). It depends on the amount of particle scattering in the water‚ such as algae and sediment. The lower the turbidity of the water (the higher the transparency)‚ the higher the aesthetic value of the river. High turbidity of water causes

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    in Southend-On-Sea‚ Essex at 22 October 1936. Peter was a director of London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts‚ and he is a founder of Arch gram‚ (Wikimedia 2014). Cook in august 2013 wrote an article about housing near river side and he was encouraging construction near the river. Titled (What’s to stop us diverting a watercourse to create our own riverside idyll?)‚ His view point was about the housing development by digging a canal in the long run‚ that is be as economic as landscaping the forecourts

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    Our Choice … or Theirs? In Tim O’Brien’s “On the Rainy River”‚ Tim is faced with the most difficult decision of his life. The Vietnam War is unfolding overseas and Tim is drafted into the military. As Tim has the option of staying and fighting a war he doesn’t believe in or facing the embarrassment of fleeing to Canada‚ O’Brien illustrates how other’s opinions sway our decisions in life more than we think they do. Tim battles himself over what should be an easy choice. Will he stay or go? His

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    Green River Killer Essay

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    Green River Killer Sadie Harrop ADJ 100 Instructor Mr. Hanagan May 21‚ 2006 Gary Ridgway: The Green River Killer The Green River Killer ’s slaying spree began in 1982. Women in the Seattle area started to disappear; mainly runaways and prostitutes were targeted. The first victims turned up near the banks of the Green River south of Seattle‚ giving Gary Ridgway his title: The Green River Killer. The remains of dozen of women turned up near Pacific Northwest ravines‚ rivers‚ airports

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    The Sacramento River Originating in the Klamath Mountains‚ the Sacramento River is the largest river in California‚ draining over 70‚000 kilometers. Located within Northern and Central California‚ the Sacramento River flows south for about 412 kilometers until it reaches the San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The Sacramento River runs through 19 Californian counties‚ being bounded by Sierra Nevada and Coast Rangers‚ area known as the Sacramento Valley. For about 12‚000

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    Introduction The Ohio River has had a big impact on Southern Illinois’ history. It helped with the expansion west and also helped with the early economy and market. The Ohio River became more trafficked by flatboats in the late eighteen hundreds early nineteen hundreds. The Ohio River is an English name. It came from the Iroquois word “O-Y-O‚” meaning “the great river” .It was used as a faster way to transport goods to New Orleans and also to aid settlers on their pilgrimage west. 1765-1820 was considered

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    The Athabasca River runs 1231 kilometers (765 miles) long and drops 1600 metres (5200 feet) in elevation. The Athabasca is the largest undammed river‚ and is the second largest river in Alberta‚ Canada. Starting an unnamed lake at the foot of the Athabasca Glacier‚ which is in the Columbia Icefield‚ the Athabasca River empties into the Peace-Athabasca Delta and Lake Athabasca. It then flows north as Rivière des Rochers‚ joining the Peace River to form Slave river‚ which empties into Great Slave Lake

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    Interlinking of rivers – A different view The Supreme Court issued a judgment on 27 th Feb 2012 to the Government of India to implement the scheme to interlink rivers. The government shall set up a high level committee on interlinking of rivers; the committee shall meet “at least‚ once in two months”; in the absence of any member the meeting shall not be adjourned; the committee shall submit a biannual report on actions to the Union Cabinet‚ “which shall take final and appropriate decisions in the

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