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In their book “America First Hand”, Robert D. Marcus and David Burner offer detailed accounts by American colonists that reveal the conditions during the colonial period. These accounts show how individuals, including teenagers, men, and women, sought to question and improve society, religion, and government in unique ways. Marcus and Burner analyze the religious, political,…

Describe how the use of a tall smoke stack might improve air quality near a large industrial facility. A taller smoke stack in an industrial area would improve air quality over shorter stacks. At night, when there is a temperature inversion, pollution from shorter stacks can become trapped and cannot rise any higher than the…

This week marks the two-year anniversary of a string of violent and deadly tornadoes that tore through the southeastern US, specifically Mississippi and Alabama. I live almost smack on the Tennessee/Alabama border and the first tornado siren of the day woke me up at 4:30 in the morning; a weak tornado passed within a few…

Lamu and Zanzibar, two ancient towns on the coast of East Africa Historical Perspectives of East Africa Assignment Lecturer: Mr Bagaja Student Number: TTM-08-13 Student Name : Mutunga Katia Date Submitted: 23/ 10/ 2010 Lamu “The oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa “ World Heritage Site List Background The island of Lamu is…

In Maestro, Peter Goldsworthy effectively uses narrative features to communicate Australian visions, whether it be an image of an Australian city or a portrayal of a person. One particular Australian vision depicted in the narrative is the vision of Darwin. In his portrayal of Paul’s perspective on Darwin, Goldsworthy employs numerous descriptive adjectives. Upon Paul…

Alcohol advertising In Australia Ignores the long-term and short-term health risks associated with excessive alcohol consumption; these are detrimental to the Australian population of all ages, therefore they should be banned. Alcohol advertising is the promotion of alcoholic beverages by alcohol companies through a range of deferent media. Alcohol advertising is one of the most…

Frances Wright and Harriet Beecher Stowe were both amazing women for their time.  Frances Wright was a white woman born and raised in Scotland.  Her parents passed away when she was very young and she was raised by her uncle, a philosophy professor.  As a young adult Frances traveled to the United States with her…

Our environment has been suffering from many problems that have plaguedearth for years. These problems cannot be ignored or it might havecatastrophic results on our environment. Acid rain is a wide spread termused to describe all forms of acid precipitation, rain snow and dust. Acidrain is a serious problem with disastrous effects and this problem…

Analytical Response – Refugee Refugee, a novel by Alan Sunderland conveys the horrific qualities of Australia by showing us the view of a 12-year-old boy, a refugee who has to live in a detention centre for 12 months in the Australian outback. Sunderland condemns the fact that Australia has closed doors and is not letting…

            Since 2005, the building of the border fence between the borders of US and Mexico has been one of the controversies in the US Congress. The said construction of a border fence requires funds which will be drawn from the taxes that are being paid by the tax payers of the US. Though polls,…