Now Showing Matches 1 To 19 Field Guide to Geology A 6 page book report on "The Field Guide to Geology" by David Lambert. Lambert is known for his clear and unique style of cataloging information so that laymen can read...

Life always sends unfortunate situations our way. Much of the time it seems there is no end in sight. It seems like everything is caving in, and the situation is simply hopeless. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) is a testament to the strength of the human spirit. Even when we are bombarded with adver...

Geology is the study of the earth's landmasses. The earth is constantly changing. Often changes are to slow to be able to see them in a human lifetime. Forces cause different things to happen on the surface of the earth (Such as Mountains growing and eroding). Scientists believe that the earth was f...

A Brief Look At McLennan County I. Geography and Topography II. History III. Historical Events and Sites IV. Current Conditions V. Conclusion According to the Handbook of Texas, "McLennan County is 1,031 square miles of flat to rolling terra...

Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci was born on the fifteenth of April, 1452, near the town of Vinci, not far from Florence. He was the son of a Florentine notary, Piero da Vinci, and a young woman named Caterina. Leonardo spent most of his life in Florence and Milan. In 1469 he was app...

The Leadership of Colin Powell If one was to define the word leadership, they must consider the many roles that leaders play and the qualities that make great leaders. Leadership positions can create power, wealth, and notoriety as well as evil and disgrace. Leaders are the heads of countries, ...

Stephen Fuller Geology 210: Prof. B. Selleck 04/26/04 The Three Gorges Dam: History, Problems and Alternatives Before 1949, there were virtually no water projects in China. However, in the ensuing years, and the "Great Leap Forward" (1958-1960), the Chinese Communist Pa...

The term "hydropower" is a common word used to generalize the many different means of utilizing the energy in flowing water, ranging from large hydroelectric power plants to systems that harness both tidal and wave power. Hydroelectric facilities provide approximately 25 percent of the world's elec...

Acid Rain Acid rain is a serious problem with disastrous effects. Each day this serious problem increases, many people believe that this issue is too small to deal with right now this issue should be met head on and solved before it is too late. In the following paragraphs I will be discussing the i...

Can the Earth be the only place in the Universe that harbors life? Most astronomers don't believe this is true. Certain statistics in the Universe provide evidence that living beings may be common place through out the universe, on planets of other stars besides the sun. In this paper I plan to dis...

French Canadians & The Blackstone Valley John J. Barron Ethnicity in Massachusetts Wed. 12:30 The French have a lengthy history on this continent. The French became interested in the "New World" in 1524 when...

Eleven Past and Present BioneersA bioneer is a visionary who works for the Earth's behalf. The past, present, and future life on this planet has been, is, and will be changed by everyday people from all walks of life. A pauper, a bored student, a forester, a writer, a singer songwriter, an ethologi...

As I was growing through my school years, the principle of evolution was presented as a fact. My teachers believed that it was the "only way it happened." I too was entrenched into this mode of thinking. How could all the knowing scientists, films, and textbooks be wrong? It did seem to explain ...

INTRODUCTION ...a safe, environmentally sound, and an economically viable energy pathway that will sustain human progress into the distant future... Can this "energy pathway", as called for in the Brandtland Commission in 1987 (Mitchell, 1996: 149), be fulfilled by the current energy situation? The ...

OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS LAW IN BRITISH COLUMBIA Introduction As with most natural resources disputes, the various stakeholders in the dispute over whether to drill for oil and gas in the British Columbia offshore are as diverse as they are entrenched. With over one hundred billion dollars in...

Frederick Jackson Turner THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FRONTIER IN AMERICAN HISTORY In a recent bulletin of the Superintendent of the Census for 1890 appear these significant words: "Up to and including 1880 the country had a frontier of settlement, but at present the unsettled area has been so broken int...

The Shawshank Redemption (1994) is an impressive, engrossing piece of film-making from first-time director/screenwriter Frank Darabont who adapted horror master Stephen King's 1982 novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (first published in Different Seasons). The inspirational, life-affirmin...