Sierra Club

Park, located in the central eastern portion of California, has been founded since 1890. The park is known for its natural habitats and abstract scenery. Tourist enjoy hiking in Tuolumne Meadows, lodging in Yosemite Valley, fishing in the Eastern Sierra and even skiing in the Mammoth Lakes mountain resort. But what any do not know is that all of these attractions were created by one phenomenon, glaciation. On three different occasions during the Great Ice Age era, Yosemite was masked by glacial…

Painted in 1885, Indians at Campfire, Yosemite Valley, California is a painting by a renowned artist named Thomas Hill. Hill was born on September 11, 1829, in England. When he was fifteen years old, he and his family moved to the United States. After Hill had turned twenty-four, he joined the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and was highly recognized for his numerous paintings of the vast California landscape. During the time Hill was a student at the Art Academy, he travels to the White…

Ebola virus disease EVD or “Ebola” is a severe human and non-human primate disease caused by Ebola viruses. These viruses belongs to the family: Filoviridae, Genus: Ebolavirus, Species: Tai forest ebolavirus (TAFV), Reston ebolavirus (RESTV), Sudan ebolavirus (SUDV), Zaire ebolavirus (EBOV) and Bundibugy ebolavirus (BOBV) (Bukreyev et al., 2014). Zaire ebolavirus or simply Ebola virus (EBOV) is the most virulent of the genus and accounts for the highest numbers of outbreaks. The virus spreads by…

to conquer the ship killing all of the slave owners except two, which were the Jose Ruiz and pedro montes these two were the initial slave owners of the “La amistad” ship. The only reason the two men were left alive was to steer the ship back to Sierra Leone in other words home for the Africans but little the Africans know that the ship was only staring East for the daytime and Northwest for the night time. While making an attempt to head home numerous account occurred involving different ships…

Theory Application: Mohamed Mohamed Bah grew up in a small village in Sierra Leone called Motema (p. 98). When he was a young boy he lived with his mother but then went to live with his older brother, 1 of 25 siblings, in Freetown, Sierra Leone (p. 98). Mohamed follows the Muslim faith, has short hair, skin the color of coffee beans, and a deep widows peak (p. 84). While in Freetown, Mohamed attended the Hope Day School and was given the opportunity to come to the United States of America (US)…

important? The giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) and the San Gabriel slender salamander (B. gabrieli) are two important species that live in the California Floristic Province. The giant sequoia is a plant which remains in 75 groves in the Sierra Nevada range and is the most massive specie ever to live on Earth, reaching heights of 75 meters and circumferences of 30 meters in the oldest trees. The San Gabriel slender salamander (B. gabrieli) is an amphibiam which was recently discovered…

A Long Way Gone by: Ishmael Beah Chapter 1 Ishmael (main character) ten years old describes the idea of war as entirely abstract to his young mind and insists that he and his fellow villagers didn't have the capacity to understand what the refugees coming through his village had experienced Ishmael, Junior, Talloi, and Mohamed sing rap music- learned during visit to Mobimbi (fathers and other foreigners worked for an American company) music has defined how they dress and speak January 1993- set…

As of January of this year, China, the leading producer, refiner, and exporter of rare earth minerals, has begun cutting off exports to the US and other consumers. Despite efforts by both the World Trade Organization and United States, they have refused to open up exports again. This has presented a difficult problem for the United States. Rare earth minerals are used in a plethora of products, including renewable technology, precision guided missiles, and computers. As the supply of minerals in…

peak, elevation 3.205 feet. Or, if you prefer a shorter trek, drive to the gate blocking auto travel 1.4 miles below the summit. In addition to a moderate jaunt to an unfrequented location on a crisp winter day, visitors are presented with a superb Sierra vista to the east and views of the Coast Range to the west on a clear day. If it is not hazy or cloudy, note massive Half Dome, El Capitan, Clouds Rest and Mt. Clark.…

and description. Ian Stewart, A Canadian journalist finds himself working for the AP bureau of journalism reporting on the ever-growing war in Africa. After the rebels known as RUF (Revolutionary United Front) capture the capital city of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Ian is sent with his friends Myles Tierney, and David Guttenfelder to write a report. Before a story is written, however, Ian and Myles are both shot, one is pronounced dead at the scene and the other suffers critical…