Wildfires

The salem witch trials took place February of 1692 and May of 1693. By the end of the trials, hundreds were indicted of witchcraft and more die in prison awaiting trial or hanging. These events are indicated as the Salem witch trials, several countries suffered the inflicting hands of the community. While these were not the first examples of execution for witchcraft in England. The Puritan town was home of most of the which traits and became the center of attention. Our American government…

CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Basic Concepts of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change According to (FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization), 2000; Gregorio, 2005) land cover refers to the biophysical cover of the earth surface or land for instance vegetation cover such as forest, shrub/bushland, and grassland and water. Whereas land cover can be defined as the attributes of the earth’s land surface covered by vegetation, desert, water bodies like lake, sea, ocean, bare soil and ice (Chrysoulakis…

Justice for Juvenile Criminals A 16 year-old boy Shawn was sent to California Youth Authority, the state’s most restrictive juvenile detention facility, for a 90-day evaluation, after killing his father. He was charged for attacking his sleeping father, stabbing him repeatedly in the arms, head, and neck with a knife. Prior to this crime, he also have been involved in other illegal actions such as strong-arm robbery, drinking, and marijuana use. For all these criminal actions, he was sentenced…

In addition to Global Warming’s impact on water, it also impacts the environment, harming ice and bodies of water, plants, and animals. Firstly, Global Warming leads to a shrinkage of glaciers and causes ice on rivers and lakes to break earlier. This decrease in ice also accelerates the rising of sea levels (NASA, The Consequences of Climate Change). Additionally, Global Warming impacts plants, as they are no longer able to survive in certain climates and locations, and trees are flowering…

encephalophathy, which sounds terrifying enough without even knowing that it turns people into zombies. Not content with simple lab tests, the government started experimenting on people, which as any horror fan will know, caused the virus to spread like wildfire. The good news is that you are one of the very few people who are immune against the effects of H7. The bad news is that everyone else have turned into ferocious zombies and they all want to use your head as a chew-toy. Dead Corp 2…

The article "The Blood Red Night" is about a huge wildfire in Peshtigo. In the article it says, "By the end of the night, the town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, would be burned to ashes. As many as 2,500 people would be dead." Which means if some of those people didn't run for their lives, they probably would have been dead. It also said in the article that, "Trees exploded in the extreme heat. Flaming hunks of wood flew across the forest, setting more fires miles away," saying that there were more…

Why did The Rule of St. Benedict become universally used by communities of monks and nuns across Europe? I think there were several reasons why “The Rule” became universal. I think that it made life as a monk or nun uniform and universal (in a communitarianism sense). All people (monks and nuns) were financially equal. This occurred during a time that was, historically, a very depressed and poor time. With the fall of the Roman civilization and with the Romans being overrun by barbarians, the…

Californian residents experienced a challenging and hostile environment established by its Yankee community. Gold had been discovered by Sutter and Marshal and the discovery of gold could not be kept secret. News of gold being discovered spread like wildfire across the nation and around the world (Erik Lecture, 1/27). Susan Lee Johnson discussed in her chapter On the Eve of Emigration the experiences of the diverse groups of people such as the Chileans, Mexicans, Anglo-Americans,…

In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the characters are so concerned with their reputations that it causes them to lie, go to the gallows, and overestimate their knowledge in the events taking place in Salem. Abigail Williams showed the importance of her reputation by lying and threatening during difficult situations. Abigail “and a group of young girls reportedly danced and practiced abominations in the woods: where the witchcraft hysteria begun.” (1) Abigail’s uncle, Parris, a powerful…

In all of the documents, there are different things that are written on each and every one of them, but the one thing that they have in common is that each event lead to the spread of Islam. In the first document which was document A, the paragraph mostly talks about the war of the Muslims and the Greeks. According to the text, “The battle that they fought at the al-Yarmuk was one of the fiercest and bloodiest kinds. In this battle 24,000 Muslims took part. By Allah’s help, some 70,000 of…