Provided in the articles ‘‘River Plan Too Fishy for my Taste Buds’’ by Bill McEwen and ‘‘River Restoration Project Offers a Sprinkling of Hope’’ by Daniel Weintraub give demonstrations of pros and cons for a $400 million dollar project to restore the San Joaquin River Restoration (SJRR). I feel that this project stands as a waste of money for a cause expected to fail. Using Bill McEwen’s article, an ethos argument consists of several experts on the matter and famous institutions reported the impossibility of its success, for the logos side of the matter, a number of studies prove the downfall of this project, and for a pathos, the local farmers lose water for their crops due to this project. The article ‘‘River Plan Too Fishy for my Taste Buds’’ published in the Fresno Bee occupies Fresno, California. Robert McEwen, a writer at the Fresno Bee for 35 years, attended Fresno High School and Fresno State.…
Firstly, the author describes the erosion, siltation, and water diversions of the Colorado River. Then People began to build the Hoover Dam. There are two different viewpoints. Some conservationists believe that there were many mistakes that human made from Colorado River, so people should stop dam construction. It is in contrast to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.…
1. Introduction The Glen Canyon Dam is a dam on the Colorado River in Arizona. It was engineered and constructed in several years, from 1956 to 1964. The main purpose of the dam is to generate electricity for communities and to provide water storage for the Upper Colorado River Basin, which ensures that sufficient water can be released to the Lower Basin [1] [2].…
Close your eyes for a few seconds and imagine sleeping in a warm bed. Suddenly, you are awaken by the sound of crashing water traveling at unimaginable speeds. You jolt out of bed towards the window only to witness a horrible sight. Water from every direction converging on you and there is little time to escape.…
As I am walking alongside the tall, thick, tan wall, I wonder how much history is stored inside. Two steps past the second entrance door and I am standing in the historical landmark, Mission San Juan Capistrano. Before me is the long courtyard rooms that create the perimeter of the mission, a small garden in the entrance with multiple trails, a beautiful, tall, octagonal fountain filled with green lily pads and white blossomed flowers, and to the left, standing high is what looks like a destroyed temple. Various little trails that all lead to different sections.…
For anyone that has been in a cathedral, it is known to be a gigantic building with beautiful lights and windows, it truly is amazing. The Grand Canyon compares to a cathedral because of its deep walls and its beauty within. A civilization near the canyon is planning to expand which will require water to be pulled from the canyon in order to get water into the new parts of the town. Fedarko argues that this is “a terrible plan” because he believes that the canyon should be preserved. Fedarko wants the audience of his essay to understand that once the canyon is changed by humans and civilization,…
Those opposing the Elwah reclamation project have anthropocentric reasons for doing so, which are rooted in the development of the dams in the first place. Despite warnings from the Klallam people that the dams would have detrimental consequence on the river and it inhabitants, the settlers saw it as a profitable resource that played an essential role in providing cheap energy for growing industry and for the developing city of Port Angeles. The energy produced by the dams helped support the local economy, provided jobs within the…
The last blow to the final rail spike in Utah sent a wave of excitement and achievement across America. Travel by the new railroad coast to coast in a week. “American Experience: Transcontinental Railroad” the video explained the results of the railroad being built, people who built it, and the sacrifices Indians faced. The major result of building Transcontinental Railroad was that for the first time in history American coasts were connected.…
In the waking age of a war-induced industrial bomb, Germany began to to create and use dams to allow an area of a town so it can be used for factories. What this meant for the Nazi’s was that wherever the dams were, they had more land to for weapon factories. The Nazi’s were also very aware that putting important factories in the canyon below a dam poses a huge threat is the dam were to be breached. This is precisely where Operation Chastise and the “Dambusters” found their objectives. If they are able to breach the dam by some means, multiple factories and villages would be destroyed and rendered inaccessible.…
A former slave Bridget Biddy Mason was held in Los Angeles County Jail due to her owner demanding her and her children to come back to him but she won her freedom and became a nurse at the county jail where she worked until her contract expired but still came and volunteer. Even though there’s no record of what she saw, according to Lytle Hernandez “Biddy undoubtedly watched as Native people arrested on public order charges weekly filled the danked cells of the L.A. County Jail. She would have seen Natives tied to the log out front and sold to the highest white bidder” (Lytle Hernandez, 51). This is important to class because we can see how black and brown people often get pushed to jobs that nobody want but she also witnessed how they sold…
Louisiana Wetland Loss The loss of Louisiana's seaside wetlands is a standout amongst the most genuine natural issues confronting the nation today. Louisiana brags more than 4 million sections of land of wetlands, speaking to 40% of the country's aggregate. These wetlands are among the world's most different and gainful biological communities. In the blink of an eye, Louisiana's wetlands are in a condition of fast debasement.…
In fact, this is why the victims won; the company management ignored calls on maintaining the dam. The book tries to show the recklessness of mining companies such as the Pittston Coal Company in maintaining a dammed reservoir of coal mining waste leading to a substantial remedy awarded to the victims of the disaster. Therefore, the books show how companies that are threatening the lives of the neighboring community may face huge losses in compensation.…
At last presentation, I had more experience about "the Native American culture and dancing" which took place in a lively and colorful atmosphere about Pow Wow combine with drum, music, and dancing. However, at this present about "Native American Expressions", I had an impression which completely different. When I got inside the hall of the presentation took place, I saw everything had been prepared completely and the solemn atmosphere. The long tables was cover by table-cloth with traditional patterns, on that table had a lot of tools, material, and pictures were set in order. Besides that, two presenters ready with traditional appearance.…
The film starts with Natalie, who is driving when a rockslide causes her car to go off the edge of a cliff. A rescue team is flown in to save her, the team is lead by Ray. The team is eventually able to save Natalie. Dr. Lawrence Hayes is asked by his friend Dr. Kim Park to check some seismic activity at the Hoover Dam. Ray receives a divorce notice from his wife Emma, they have a daughter Blake together.…
Keith Basso, in Wisdom Sits in Places, identified that “place-making” is the construction of a “place-world” as culture activity. He highlighted that “we are, in a sense, the place-worlds we imagine” (Basso 1996: 7). They can either have descriptive names or commemorative names. Just as specific places are meaningful to the Western Apache, such as “Big Cottonwood Trees Stand Here And There,” “Coarse-Textured Rocks Lie Above In A Compact Cluster,” and “Men Stand Above Here…