...Anasazi built several roads. These reached beyond 300 km out of Chaco Canyon, connecting villages and especially prominent ritual sites through long straight stretches. Perhaps, the Great North Road, one of the most enigmatic and cosmographic constructs of the ancient Chaco culture of New Mexico, is considered not only as an establishment of utilitarian purpose but also as an attempt to recreate the spiritual landscape of the entire Anasazi plateau itself according to Marshall and Soffar Heading directly north 35 miles, the Great North Road leads out of the central canyon behind Pueblo Bonito and follows a Canyon floor to a large outlier called Salmon Ruin, ending at the deep badlands of Kutz Canyon. One of the most...
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...BSBRSK501B Manage Risk Assessment 1 Management report for the senior stake folders - Five star hotel located on “The Great Ocean Road” Risk Name | Description | Likelihood | Impact (1-5) | Grade(1-10) | Treatment | Responsibility | Monitor | Breakdown of equipment | Unable to provide services | 50% | 5 | 10 | Check equipment warranty and ensure regular maintenance | Director of operations | Daily | Theft | Stolen goods or money will affect project success | 10% | 4 | 5 | Ensure security measures are in place to protect properties, cash flows. | Director of operations | Daily | Increased competition | Failure to increase business and revenue due to competitors | 30% | 4 | 6 | Carry out regular market research | Director of OD | Monthly | Bad debtor customers | Lack of funding to implement project initiatives | 10% | 2 | 2 | Refuse accounts, ensure all bills are finalized | Director of Finance | Weekly | Loss of a key staff members | Staff turn over requires staff training and can lead to delays in delivering project objectives on time | 30% | 3 | 3 | When faced with staffing challenges and conflict approach the subject prompty | Director of HR | Quarterly | Natural Disasters | Unable to run a business due to disasters | 10% | 5 | 3 | Plan for unexpected incidents, ensure health and safety requirements are met | Director of operations | Quarterly | Capacity planning | Insufficient capacity to meet customer’s demand | 40% | 5 | 8 | Plan for reservation | Director...
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...The Great North Road is explained explicitly by the Marshall and Soffar’s theory and this is of essence to the Anasaza culture. As depicted by the theory, the road builds a tie within communities and acted as a source of relevance to the Anasaza communities which enhanced their relationship and culture in one way or another. This helped build the ties within them creating a societal understanding as illustrated by the archaeological understanding of the Great North Road. The North Road stretches from the North of Puelblo Alto to Aztec ruins which are a city and not a mountain (Stephen 115).The Great North Road is suggested to be straight and aligned in land escape (Brad 68).It follows that it is visibly recognizable up from the clear skies as it stretches through the mountains. As the connection may be seen, the road runs through the mountains in a straight manner, therefore explaining an enhanced connection between the communities living there. It appears from its broad length and vast expansiveness many scholars have named it ‘Great North Road’ (Saffeur 165) The road is believed to be built and engineered with expertise from its design and construction(Brad 68).The Road is dated back to 1050 AD where the Anasaza community started the construction of the roads of approximately 30 feet in width(Gabriel et al,56).The roads extends up to fifteen hundred miles to the Anasaza towns of New Mexico,Uttah,Colarado,Arizona leading to the religious connection between the communities surrounding...
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...Daniel Boone declared, “The history of the western country has been my history.” And for many native North Carolinians of Scotch-Irish, and German-English descent, The Great Wagon Road is part of their family history. The Great Wagon Road began in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and covered more than 700 miles through Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina before ending in Augusta, Georgia. In spite of its name, The Great Wagon Road was a dangerous journey to make by wagon, horseback, or even by foot. Hundreds of pioneers and settlers were vulnerable to Native American attacks, criminals, and robbers along the road (Hope 1). After 1735, as the supply of land grew short in colonies farther north, numerous farmers from Pennsylvania, Maryland,...
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...How far do you agree that population growth was the most important factor in causing social change between 1625 and 1688? * Population growth * Colonisation- North America colonies and also The Caribbean * The growth of London and its impact on economic development Throughout the 17th century Britain underwent substantial social change beginning most prominently under the Stuart monarchs Charles the 1st and 2nd. Many things changed drastically in and around this period which lead to drastic social change for example firstly there was a big spurt in population going from around 2 million inhabitants in Britain in the 15th century to around 5 million in the 16th, Britain’s great colonisation successes in the North Americas and the Caribbean building its economy and strength as a world power competitively and finally the growth of London and the impact it had on the rest of the country and Europe as it emerged as the no1 trading centre in the whole of Europe eventually which bettered the lives of many. I believe that population growth was by far the most significant factor in causing social change between 1625-1688; this is mainly because this was in a way a catalyst for change as the economy and infrastructure had to cope with the ever-growing and demanding population of Britain. For example the development of the national markets in the country only came about after the much smaller and local markets which existed where becoming too small, so this here lead to...
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...A National Plan On April 4, 1808, Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury in the administration of Thomas Jefferson, sent to the Senate his report on roads and canals. It begins with the assertion that " the general utility of artificial roads and canals . . . is universally admitted." The question is, who should build them. In some countries, "these improvements may often, in ordinary cases, be left to individual exertion, without any direct aid from Government." In the American case, two major circumstances," whilst they render the facility of communications throughout the United States an object of primary importance, naturally check the application of private capital and enterprise to improvements on a large scale." The first of these is the relative scarcity of capital. It is much more difficult than in Europe to attract investment by "prospects of remote and moderate profit." The second is " the extent of the territory compared to the population." With a sparse population, local traffic cannot be counted on to make profitable a local improvement. In general, a canal will be unproductive unless it opens " a communication with a natural extensive navigation which will flow through that new channel." For this reason, " some works already executed are unprofitable; many more remain unattempt, because their ultimate productive- ness depends on other improvements, too extensive or too distant to be embraced by the same individuals." " The General Government ", declares the...
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...Gompa or monastery means a solitary place. Since the advent of Buddhism, it has been playing a central role in religious, political, military and civic activities of the communities that adopted Buddhism as religion. Historically, Buddhism had started to spread more as a way of education than a religion per se. So, in the initial days, gompas came up in two forms – Avasa (temporary in nature and more so in rural and nomadic settings) and Arama (more permanent and usually associated with urban settlements of that era). Typically, a gompa would start as a seat of learning where learned scholars would study, meditate and congregate for learned discussions. Some influential patrons would donate well to support the construction of a common hall for all such activities. It would also be usual to have a boundary wall around such halls. In return, scholars will then initiate such patrons and allow them to participate in learned discussion. Such a privilege was not allowed to commoners. As the populations grew and number of scholars and monks went up, such basic structures slowly and steadily evolved into gompas as we see today. In general, every gompa has religious, administrative, residential portions. Typically, a gompa will have the following structures:- --Guha or Iha-khang or Main Sanctum. It will have Du-khang or assembly room and Go-khang/ La-khang or inner chamber. Inner chambers are generally out of bounds for ladies unless the deities inside are fully covered or the chamber...
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...Chapter 4 TRANSPORTATION 1. General The transportation sector and support infrastructure discuss in much detail the existing transportation condition in Region III and other transport related support infrastructure. Travel to the region is either by sea, land, and air. Rail has ceased its operation about seven (7) years ago. Land travel represents about 97 percent of the whole region and the remaining is shared by sea and air travel. The reason is that areas of the most often destination in the region is located inland, except some areas in Bataan and Zambales. The region is also one of the areas having a dense road network in the country which is traversed by good paved primary roads connecting from Metro Manila to the region and other outlying regional, provincial/city centers. Recently, the region was also opened to international travel. These are the Subic and Clark International airports, two former American military bases. The introduction of a faster seacraft in 1995 plying Manila-Bataan-Zambales provides the coastal areas of the region easy access from Metro Manila. Smaller crafts also abound and contribute to the demand for travel to other coastal areas and along rivers, especially in Pampanga and Bulacan in the southern and western areas, respectively. 2. International Access Manila International Airport also known as the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) is the major gateway to the Philippines...
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...recent years, revealing the remains of St. Thomas to the world. http://travelnevada.com/cities/info/moapa-valley/things-to-do/st-thomas-ghost-town/ Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park Located north of Tonopah, Berlin is an abandoned mining town. Trails wind through the former mining town as well as through areas where fossils of the Ichthyosaur, essential a reptilian version of a whale, have been found. http://parks.nv.gov/parks/bi/ Goldfield Goldfield is another ghost town located about 200 miles northwest of Las Vegas. At its peak it boasted nearly 20,000 residents. Goldfield’s buildings have long been a favorite spot for paranormal investigators. http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/nv/goldfield.html Death Valley Technically not a “Nevada” adventure, as it is across the border in California, there is something intriguing about visiting the hottest, lowest place in the United States. http://www.nps.gov/deva/index.htm Great Basin National Park Great Basin National Park, located four hours north of Las Vegas, is home to 13,000 foot Mount Wheeler and Nevada’s highest paved road. If I ever get over my fear of falling off mountains, I may try to summit Mount Wheeler one of these days. http://www.nps.gov/grba/index.htm Cathedral Gorge State Park Cathedral Gorge is about 120 miles north of Las Vegas. It is a narrow canyon with several scenic slot canyon formations branching off its sides. http://parks.nv.gov/parks/cathedral-gorge/ Hidden Forest Cabin Hike Hidden...
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...Category North South West Midwest Political The political problems in the North during the second Industrial revolution were the classes separations between the factories owners and factories workers both and the other political problem was that the immigrants were voting. This made many people upset. Because of the ban of the black codes and the passing of13th, 14th, and 15th amendments there was a great tension between Southerners and former slaves which led to diversity. It had fewer political problems because it was not near as populated as the north and the people who moved west were more concentrated on making a living from the natural resources. There were a lot of farmers politically active in the Midwest. Social The biggest social problem in the north was that the population grew extremely high and it became extremely crowded. Even households were crowded with more than one family per house. Because of the Southerners hatred towards the African American's, it caused many social discrimination problems. There was a social conflict that the Chinese were willing to work for less money which appealed more to owners of factories and farms. This frustrated the people in the west. Since so many immigrants settled in the Midwest it caused a lot of problems between the immigrants and the...
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...UNIT# 2: TOURISM THROUGH THE AGES Introduction; Great Empires; The Middle Ages; The Renaissance; The Industrial Revolution and Tourism Today. Objectives of this unit: Recognize the antiquity of human travel over vast distances on both sea and land; Understand how these journeys have evolved from trips that were difficult and often dangerous, to mass travel for millions today. Introduction: People have always traveled, in search of food or animal skins for clothing, or for territorial expansion. Travel in these early days was time-consuming and dangerous. Indeed, our word travel comes from the French word TRAVAIL, which means work, and that is what it was, hard work. Most early travel was on foot, but later donkeys begun to be used. Waterways and seaways also frequently become paths for trade and commerce. 1. EARLY BEGINNINGS (THE GREAT EMPIRES): Organized travel in the West probably began during the great empires of Persians, Assyrians, Greeks, Egyptians, and Romans. This period began several millennia B.C. and continued to several hundred years A.D.1 (or C.E./Common Era). During the empire period, travel developed for military, trade, and government reasons, as well as for communication from the central government to its distant territories. (i) Travel Methods: For overland travel, ordinary people used donkeys or camels, but for military and government purposes, horses were used, along with wagons and chariots. Goods also had to be transported. In Persia between 500 and 400...
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...Tube map Chesham 9 1 Chalfont & Latimer 8 Ruislip Watford Croxley 7 Pinner 2 Special fares apply Watford Junction Watford High Street Bushey 3 8 7 6 Edgware Stanmore 4 5 4 Brent Cross Golders Green 5 6 7 8 Epping Theydon Bois 9 Check before you travel Waterloo & City line open 0621-2148 Mondays to Fridays and 0802-1837 Saturdays. Closed Sundays and Public Holidays. During the London 2012 Games the line will operate 0621-0100 Mondays to Fridays and 0802-0100 Saturdays and Sundays. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Camden Road Step-free from July 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Camden Town Sunday 1300 -1730 open for interchange and exit only ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Canary Wharf Step-free interchange between Underground, Canary Wharf DLR and Heron Quays DLR stations at street level ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Cannon Street Open until 2100 Mondays to Fridays and 0730-1930 Saturdays. Closed Sundays. During the London 2012 Games the station will be operating the same opening and closing times as other LU stations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Cutty Sark for Station is due to be closed at certain Maritime times and dates...
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...mountain range, but to them it is a lot. Greece was also surrounded on three sides, (Carnine, 355), so they had nowhere to trade, no roads, they had nothing. So, Greece had to trade by sea to get to the places that they needed to go. They also lived near the lowlands so that they could trade, and farm. Did you know that 20 to 30% of Greece landscape was good for farming, (Carnine, pg. 356)? The rocky farmland and hill made it good to grow olives and grape. Other than that, Athens did not have a lot of natural resources. The country of Greece was broken into city-states. Each city-state was full of mountains but divided by water. Also, the Acropolis is falling apart because of the pollution and acid rain, (top 5 endangered heritage cites), because of this some of the concrete that was covered in bronze is now turning grey. There architectural heritage is falling apart as fast as its citizens. Only men qualified for citizenship and only males that were above 18 years of age became a citizen. Women were lower than men and anyone that was a non-citizen was a slave. Know let me tell you about China. China is surrounded by deserts, mountains, and water. There were only two major river systems in China, (Carnine, pg. 254), the Yangtze, and Huang He. The Yangtze is found in Central China, (Carnine, pg. 259), and the Huang He is located on the north side. They used those rivers to farm because; when the water floated it would provide the plants with fresh soil and water. This...
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...Road characteristics: road categories, road surfacing. Other road enginering structures. Lecturer I. Piščikienė Vilnius 2013 Introduction Content World bridges…………………………………………………………………………………………………..4 World longest tunnels………………………………………………………………………………………6 Types of roads………………………………………………………………………………………………….7 Roads surfacing……………………………………………………………………………………………….10 Conclusions……………………………………………………………………………………………………..13 List of sources………………………………………………………………………………………………….14 World bridges The world’s longest bridge is the Danyang-Kunsgan Grand Bridge(1) in China, part of the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway. The bridge, which opened in June 2011, spans 165 kilometres. This bridge constructed in just 4 years, employing 10.000 workers, at a cost of about 8.5 million dollars. It crosses low rice paddies, part of the Yangtze River Delta, with just a few miles of the bridge actually crossing the open water of Yangcheng Lake in Suzhou. The bridge averages about 31 meters off the ground. 1.Danyang-Kunsgan Grand Bridge The sidu river bridge(2) is the tallest bridge in the world, standing around 1.500 ft tall. The are exactly 1.550 feet from the bottom of the bridge to the valley floor. It is located at the border of Yichang and En’shi in the Hubei province. It is 1365 meters across. This bridge connects Shanghai on the...
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...Many people preferred riding in a boat than a wagon because it was more comfortable and carried more goods. But traveling by river had its cons too. One of the reasons was that many people needed to travel east and west, not north and south, the direction the rivers were in. Another reason was that when people were traveling upstream, the barge was often very slow because it was going against the current. But thanks to Robert Fulton, the creation of the steam boat changed this. The steamboat made trips extremely faster and cheaper, and by 1850 more that 700 steamboats were in use carrying goods and people up and down the river. There was still a problem though. The boats could still only travel north and south. But after more than two years of construction, the first canal in the United States was opened on October 26, 1825 and it connected Albany to Buffalo. Canals were so successful that by 1850, there was more than 3600 miles of canals in the United States. These canals also lowered the cost of shipping goods and connected the different regions of the United...
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