As part of a national movement many dog parents are walking their pets to work today. Did you know that Alaskan Musher and renowned dog sled mail carrier Ed Biederman (pictured below with his wife, Bella) did that and more for 40 years in Alaska? And let us tell you...it was no simple walk to work for him! Biederman, a 13-year-old Bohemian immigrant, settled in the United States in 1874 as the Yukon Gold Rush in Nome, Alaska was just heating up. At that same time, approximately 100,000 hopeful miners
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Physical Geology: Term Paper The break that now separates the Ouachita Mountains from the Appalachians, a feature known as the Mississippi Embayment, constitutes one of the largest and least understood landforms of the central U.S. In the article, “The Mississippi’s Curious Origins” the authors, Roy B. Van Arsdale and Randel T. Cox shed light on the mysterious Mississippi Embayment. They begin by explaining the origins of the horseshoe-shaped lowland that is underlain by massive quantities of
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Mountain Dew: Selecting a New Creative Mountain Dew is a Carbonated Soft Drink Invented by Hartman Beverage Company in 1940. It’s Bright yellow / Green in color and has more sugar, Citrus flavor, and Less Carbonation as compared to the other soft drinks available in the market. It was taken over by PepsiCo in 1964 and now stands 3rd in the soft drinks category (Bruce 1) “Do the Dew!” This was a long time tag line for the Mountain Dew brand. In 1995 marketing managers for Mountain Dew realized the
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INNER PLANETS DATA | MERCURY | VENUS | EARTH | MARS | 1. DIAMETER | 3,032m (4,879km) | 7,521m (12,104km) | 7,926m (12,756km) | 7,926m (12,756km) | 2. AVERAGE DISTANCE FROM THE SUN | 57.9 million kms/36 million miles | 108.2 million kms/67.2 million miles | 150 million km (93 million miles) | 228 million km (142 million miles) | 3. ROTATION PERIOD | 59 Earth Days | 0.615 Earth Years (243 days) | 23.93 Hours | 24.63 Hours | 4. ORBITAL PERIOD | 88 Earth days | 225 Earth days |
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in the Big Horn Basin area of Wyoming since the 18th century, as all recent droughts have been mild when compared to those of Wyoming’s past. Droughts in Wyoming’s future are unpredictable and uncertain; however, Richard Guldin of the Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station in Fort Collins, Colorado, has made some predictions for the water situation in the United States as far ahead as 2040. According to Guldin, 526,600 million gallons of freshwater will be withdrawn per day in the
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PRE-SPANISH ARCHITECTURE OF LUZON BONTOC (Fayu) * Location: Mountain Area of Cordillera * Bontoc is the capital of Mountain Province * Bontoc is derived from two morphemes “bun” (heap) & “tuk” (top) which when taken together means mountain Traditional House of Bontoc * House within a house shelter for rice, chickens, pigs & people * Plan: square in plan & designed to facilitate various activities * Granary (falig) – (2 m2 in area); elevated on 4 posts of about
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Carey McWilliams describes Southern California as a region so different from the rest of state that one would actually feel the difference just by crossing the Tehachapi range from the north or through the El Cajon and San Gorgonio passes in the east. He writes that ”the air is softer, the ocean is bluer and the skies have a lazy and radiant warmth” (McWilliams, 1946) which I think describes the sudden change in climate once entering the region pretty well. He also writes that Southern California
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English Shelby Lee Adams is a well-known and credibly acclaimed American photographer, who has both advocates and critics. He is particularly focused on capturing the Appalachian lifestyle, in areas such as Kentucky, because he wants to give a glimpse of the impoverished lifestyle of his subjects. While it is interesting to see the disparity between our culture and theirs, it’s also shocking to realize that people live like this every day. Although he denies it, Adams’ photographs are frequently
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Task 1: Geography and the Development/Diffusion of Human Societies Part A: Mesopotamia is regarded as the birth place of civilization. “Historians believe that large civilizations began in Mesopotamia between 4,000 and 3,000 B.C.E.” (Wandrei, 2015). The most significant geographical factor that I feel contributed to the development of this society was the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. These rivers are part of a larger area referred to as the “fertile crescent” due to its rich soil. The soil
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“Autumnal” which occur on September 22. 4. How long is your growing season? The growing season of the Costal mountain valleys ranges from mid-February to late November. 5. What was the total rainfall in the area last year? The max that it rain was 0.84 in. The average is 0.01 in. The sum is 3.75 in 6. Name three endangered mammals listed in you state. * The Point Arena Mountain, beaver. * The Sierra Nevada red, fox. * The Pacific pocket, mouse. 7. What is the state’s longest river
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