Financial crisis

Erikson’s stage of Generativity vs. Stagnation is one of the stages in his eight stages of how we live. Generativity is defined as a want to help guide and take care of the young (dictionary.com). Stagnation is defined as not being able to move through the stages on to the final one (dictionary.com). People in the stage of Generativity vs. Stagnation have come to develop ways of dealing with problems that occur. The person will volunteer for different programs to feel useful and needed…

Long ago, in the area now known as Iraq and in the area now known as Egypt, were two different ancient civilizations. In now modern-day Iraq, the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia ruled the land surrounding the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. In now modern-day Egypt, Ancient Egypt ruled the area surrounding the nile river in northeastern Africa. While these two civilizations are two separate entities entirely, they share many similarities. But the many similarities are accompanied by a number of…

Although California has experienced a drying trend since the late 1970s, the drought that many Californians are currently experiencing is reaching a record-high due to the gradual warming trend that has been happening over the past few decades. For the past few years, most of California have suffered from a drought that is believed to have been brought on by a ridge of high pressure that blocks off winter storms which normally travels to and from the West Coast. In order to analyze the causes…

When sealcoating professionals plan a job, they must consider the weather. Unfavorable weather conditions can cause a sealcoating project to fail; depending on the specific condition, the sealant may not dry properly, bond to the pavement or harden as it should. There are four particular weather conditions that are of concern to sealcoating professionals. Some of these conditions are sufficient to spoil a job on their own, but at times, a single unfavorable condition might not cause a problem…

How did the ancient Mesopotamians maintain the uncontrolled water supply of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and why? The ancient Mesopotamians maintained the uncontrolled water supply of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers by creating irrigation systems, levees, and canals. As stated in the text titled History Alive!: The Ancient World. Palo Alto, CA: Teachers' Curriculum Institute, 2011. Print. , “One of the biggest problems was the uncontrolled water supply of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.…

What would happen if California were to run out of water completely, just because the government did not do anything to stop it from happening? Farmers and regular citizens are drilling the ground in search of groundwater. Currently there are no laws restricting or monitoring the amount of groundwater we can use, and without these laws we could run out of water. In order to conserve and save water legislation needs create regulations to monitor and control both citizens and farmers use of…

the water of the Flint river is but decided to ignore the issue and did not treat the water properly. One of the reasons of why they decided to to switch their water supply from Lake Huron to Flint river was because Flint was declared to be in a financial state of emergency and so they took a budgetary control. Making the switch of water supply was going to save them some money but no matter the circumstances, they knew how harmful that water supply was therefore, they must have purposefully…

The methane containment is important, but not as important as the loss of the economy, and the ability to eat, as our food system will be very limited or nonexistent in the near future. This summer Southern California would be experiencing natural gas shortages that would cause 14 day brown-outs in the electric grid system. How would anyone keep perishable food products, if the power generation system became defunct. Arguing, as to whether, or not the methane containment loss should be on a 64…

environmental impacts reveals that they prioritize corporate profit over preserving their environment. Similarly, the Hawaiʻi Commercial and Sugar companyʻs diversion of alarming amounts of water in order to produce crops massively reveals their interest in financial gain. Rather than sharing the water with families who also farm to sustain themselves, they deny the community access to this public resource. Despite the concerns and demands expressed by the community, the government continues to…

In the article ‘Parting the Waters’ by Don Belt he explain the water wars that are raging in the Middle East. Belt examines the importance of the Jordan River to the existence of many of the Middle East countries. The drought that has affected the Middle East in recent years has led to the pollution of the river and tension between the countries. Over the centuries the Jordan River and its headwaters have been the root of many conflicts among the those states which rely upon those waters as a…