Leaf spring

City #1: Salt Lake City Absolute location: 40° 45' N / 111° 53' W The city is located in the northeast corner of the Salt Lake Valley surrounded by the Great Salt Lake to the northwest and the steep Wasatch and Oquirrh mountain ranges on the eastern and south western borders. Salt Lake City has a dry continental climate with hot, dry summers and cold, snowy winters. Its current weather is partly sunny with occasional showers. An example of vegetation in Salt Lake City is sagebrush. It is a…

Written in the first person from the standpoint of one of the soldiers, the first stanza expresses the idea that the two men who fought would, had they in other circumstances met each other outside a pub, have enjoyed a few drinks ('right many a nipperkin') together. Yet it becomes clear in the second stanza that they in fact met as foot soldiers on opposing sides in a battle, and being confronted with each other, one had to die. The two men shot at each other, and the narrator's shot fatally…

Every summer I spend 6 weeks away from civilization, canoeing and working hard with group of 8-12 young women. I have been doing this for the past 6 summers of my life. Throughout these summers people have told me how much I will value the time I spend in the wilderness. They tell me these experiences that I am so fortunate to have is something that I will truly never forget. But every time I heard this I brushed it off seeing as I was a young kid and all I cared about was having fun (which I…

The city rests in a valley of rugged mountains like the heart inside some ancient skeleton. Each evening iron-rich rocks conspire with the setting sun to beat a pulse so elemental that it transcends time. My wife and I moved here from Washington, DC. Work made our decision, but we embraced it, imbued with manifest destiny of the 21st century: the west’s fertile farmland re-formed in technology hubs, then and now ideal places for someone willing to work hard for the opportunity to succeed. Our…

Introduction Pests and disease infestations have been recognized as one of the most challenging difficulties facing Iraqi agriculture and then affecting food security. The impact of this problem is entirely evident in plant protection resulting in the heavy usage of pesticides (Al-Hakeem, 2016). The extensive use of chemical pesticides for a long period has caused many side effects such as extreme health hazards for the human and the environment, the development of resistances toward various…

nothing at all, it must of been merely the wind. Sakura whacked Naruto on the head. "Quit scaring everyone like that!" Sakura yelled. "I'm sorry Sakura-chan...I just thought-" Suddenly, a snow rabbit hopped out of the bush Naruto marked. 'Wait, it's spring time, there shouldn't be rabbits with white fur. It's a trap!' "...Everyone duck now!" Kakashi ordered. Everyone ducked, and seconds after, a large sword, flew past them, just barley over…

traps with the new knowledge that he had just acquired from Athena and set the men off. And with the two sets of men going off on their assigned tasks, Odysseus made his way to the Southern Shores of Ithaca where he crept like a panther waiting to spring and pounce an unsuspecting victim, quietly crawling towards the beach where he could count the men sleeping under the sun. He found a decent cover of trees and bushes and kneeled down to spy on his targets. It had only been about 2 hours since…

of wood pigeons. There was a group of eight pigeons and in that group there were five males and three females; I know the odds are not looking good for all the males and some will miss out and, of course, it is generally the weaker ones. It was spring, that time of year when…

While the increasing world population stimulates an increase in demand for resources, human activities have been changing the makeup of the atmosphere, damaging the environment which provides those resources. Common practices such as burning fossil fuels and removing forests have released unprecedented amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, resulting in a worldwide increase in temperatures referred to as climate change. This increase in heat alters water cycles, effecting significant…

The sun was coming down hard as mid-summer day dragged along, with nothing to see for miles but outstretched dessert. A silhouetted man, beaten by the very path he traveled, continued to walk until he found the only place in the world where he was at peace. It was a marvelous yet mysterious place in which he found himself. Surround by miles on every side, the garden seemed more like an island which stood in the middle of rustic brown sea of sand. How fitting that the only place the man found…