Resource allocation

Rapid urbanization of relatively small watersheds is the primary reason attributed to the reduced infiltration rate, increased runoff volume and the consequent flooding in the urban areas. This study focuses on selection of different Low Impact Development (LID) design options that can attenuate flood flows in urban areas. Watershed considered for this study is Moores Run watershed (8.8 Km2) located in Baltimore, Maryland. A basin scale curve number based hydrologic model was developed in…

In the article “Including Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students with Co-occurring Disabilities in the Accommodations Discussion”, it discusses the accommodations for students who are deaf or hard of hearing (SDHH) and those students who are deaf or hard of hearing with additional disabilities (SDHH+) in a hearing predominant school. A recent study showed lack of accommodations in literature for two sub-groups of SDHH+; students with learning disabilities and students with attention deficit…

Throughout the introduction and break-out groups, Dr. Bremer did an amazing job explaining various aspects of teaching and assisting special needs students, including the ethical dealings that have occurred. In 2004, the IDEA was created to ensure the same opportunities and fairness was forwarded to those students who are a part of the special needs classification. This made it possible for these students to be a part of regular classrooms in order to further their learning experience and,…

Turtles and tortoises are one of the many creatures that die while trying to cross a road. Scientist and wildlife lovers have come up with some ways to prevent the deaths of these animals to occur. However, they are still dying. Better fencing, I believe, is needed to keep turtles and tortoises out of the road and safe. Some people believe that putting up fences and other echo passages will harm to cross the road. In the passage in paragraph 8, it stated," But the bigger failure was in the…

In the early 2000’s water conflict arose from the listing of three endangered fish species that required in stream flows both in the upper and lower basin, therefore farmers had to forego their accustomed water allocations for a season and suffer substantial economic losses(Tarlock 2007;Doremus and Tarlock 2010; Most 2006). In June of 2013, The Klamath Tribes began to enforce their legal right to keep water in stream for salmon, which makes the refuges the lowest…

days of the Advanced Shipping Notification (ASN). Unlike EP/ILAP, only SSA personnel, USPFO Materiel Managers, and G4 Resource Managers have access to the GCSS-Army Wave 1 ORIL. Maintenance personnel do not have assess, nor can they be previsioned in GCSS-Army until full implementation (Wave 2). They are entirely dependent on the SSA, Materiel Management Branch, and/or Resource Management Brach for updated copies of the ORIL in between the quarterly…

gallons of water every day. These advance water sources cover nearly 8.5% of the water that is provided to the consumers (Benjamin, 2004). The cities that have large population and limited water resources have started seeking some alternative sources of water rather than relying complete on the fresh water resources, but San Antonio have not looked into this matter with some serious implications. Further, there is unequal distribution of the water supply to public in San Antonio and this…

Water is an essential commodity for today's world. It is essential for making and processing food, producing steel, washing, bathing, even producing newspapers. Most importantly it is essential to life on earth. Water is used every second of everyday for something, one of those things is profit. Water that is most likely taken from a municipal water source, put into plastic bottles with a pretty label stuck on it and sold ubiquitously for much more than its offered out of the tap. Simply buying…

multinational business who are trying to monetize the misery of water starving regions. The water privatization movement is gaining more momentum every day and it is often supported by the government who is gradually discontinuing protection of this vital resource, transferring control from public sector to the private sector.…

Hunters and the so called "sport" of hunting causes injury, pain, and suffering to animals and their families, as well as their habitats, and it also leads to the extinction of many animal species. The inevitable act of hunting is responsible for the deaths of countless animals annually, including approximately forty-two million doves, fourteen million ducks, six million deer, and twenty-five million rabbits, not even to mention the fact that these aren't the only animals being killed. (In…