Deluge

Firstly, I would like to say about my practicum experience done at the YMCA is that I am enormously grateful for the opportunity. Nearly a decade ago, I decided to pursue my lifelong dream of getting a degree and finding a more meaningful career, one that would complement my pursuit to live a more purposeful life. My route to this point in my education has been an arduous journey at times, however, it has been the most substantial, rewarding, and revealing endeavor that I have commenced thus…

Ever since the beginning, slavery has always been a growing conflict in the United States. However in the 1800s, it became such a problem that it nearly separated the whole country. Those that lived in southern states believed that they had the rights to own slaves. They argued that the slavery made up a fairly large part of their economy because slave labor was cheap. This is why many of the big time planters were rich. Also, they felt African Americans were unfit to survive on their own.…

the canal and altered the Colorado River flow, sending the entire volume spilling through channels running northwest into the Salton Trough- pooling into what we know today as the Salton Sea. The valley’s agricultural advancements were lost to the deluge, but by early 1907, the flooding subsided. The Southern Pacific Railroad, who had their own particular interests to protect in the region, reset the Colorado River’s natural course through great effort and physical intervention. They sold…

A fishing trip turns into a terrifying test of survival after Salvador Alvarenga becomes one man against the sea. Salvador Alvarenga loved the simple lines of the fiberglass craft. No cabin or roof. Just a 25-foot-long narrow, canoe-shaped boat designed to carve up the waves like a huge surfboard, agile and fast, with the engine mounted on the back. Alvarenga was a 37-year-old Salvadoran fisherman living and working in Mexico. A heavy drinker quick to pick up the tab, he had no family tying…

Abstract French revolution is a great historical event of the world which brought a great revolution in history of Europe. French revolution is the background of A tale of two French cities. Charles dickens wrote a novel in which he told the story of two cities and also the condition of the cities in the 18th century. The purpose of study is to understand the elements of French revolution in a tale of two cities. The philosophers of that time awakened the peoples of that era. Through their ideas…

SLUG The Homeless Snail INTRODUCTION I am writing this introduction… Why am I writing this myself, you may well ask,…… alright I will tell you anyway, I don’t know any famous authors who would write it for me, in fact, I don’t know any authors and why would I, I don’t read very much and actually I’m not very keen on books and since I don’t read their books why would they read mine or introduce it. I remember, as a child, somebody asking me if I would like a book for my birthday, I replied, “I…

While ubiquitous Internet access is extremely convenient and enables marvelous new applications for mobile users, it also creates a major security vulnerability—by placing a passive receiver in the vicinity of the wireless transmitter, that receiver can obtain a copy of every packet that is transmitted! These packets can contain all kinds of sensitive information, including passwords, social security numbers, trade secrets, and private personal messages. A passive receiver that records a copy of…