6) Explain the formation of a pingo including a couple of photos. * Pingos are dome-shaped, isolated hills which interrupt the flat tundra plains. They have diameters of around 500 m and may be as much as 50 m in height. These occur in sand and therefore are not susceptible to frost-heaving. In open-system pingos, surface water infiltrates into upper layers of ground where it circulates in the sediments before freezing.
A small town where big things happen in southern Indiana, goes by the name of Bretzville. A place where businesses have begun but have also ended. A place that goes by a German name, still carrying the heritage. This tiny place of Bretzville, located in the middle of Dubois County may look microscopic from a large-scale, but it holds a great deal of history that has affected the way some people live today. Leaving Volksheim, Germany in the spring of 1837, Jacob Bretz and his wife Barbara along with their five sons and nephew began a journey to the United States.
A colonizer and statesman, Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano de Zavala was one of the most talented and capable of the many native Mexicans involved in Texas ' struggle for independence from Mexico. He was born in the villiage of Tecoh in what is now the state of Yucatan, Mexico, on October 3, 1789. While still in his teens, de Zavala became an ardent advocate of democratic reforms. As a result of his political activism, he was imprisoned in 1814 for three years. When released, he re-entered politics and by 1820 represented Yucatan in the Spanish Cortes in Madrid.
Key Largo Florida is known as the Scuba Diving Capital of the World. Key Largo diving charters to the Florida Keys reef can introduce you to the only living coral reef in the US. A Key Largo vacation is not complete without visiting John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, which was created in 1960 to protect the corals of the area. Fifteen years later, Key Largo National Marine Sanctuary was created. It has been integrated into the 2,800-square-nautical-mile Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
About Hutto The fast-growing community of Hutto, located in Williamson County along the eastern rim of the Hill Country Region, has undergone a population explosion within the last 20 years. Today, the town of 17,000 people is a vibrant community that is projected to grow by a another 30,000 in number within the next ten years. The town of Hutto is located only 30 miles from downtown Austin and ten miles from the economic powerhouse of Red Rock.
Taylor Marie McQuaid, also known as Taylor Quaid, is perhaps one of the most passionate and determined individuals at Central Dauphin High School. Taylor has always lived in Harrisburg, with her parents, older brother, cat, and three dogs including a boxer, a boxer-lab mix, and a miniature pinscher. She has however, ventured out of the 717 on many occasions, such as trips to Canada, Disney World, New York City, and her favorite place to visit, Lewes, Delaware. She does not like the chaos and filth of bustling cities and prefers plain food over exotic cuisine; thus, if she could go anywhere today she would go to Ireland and Scotland, the land of her ancestry. Ironically, the Irish flag proudly displays her favorite color, which is orange.
The acquittal of Jeronimo Yanez sparked protests from thousands of people in the St. Paul area. Yanez, a police officer, shot and killed an African-American man, Philando Castle last July. Yanez faced the charge manslaughter among other offences. Yanez cleared of all charges
Maquiladora provides job for more than 3000 people in Mexico. We would think that it is good for people in Mexico, but it is not. Because the government in Mexico is not strict, people who work there are not treated properly. Their wages are low, some workers work overtime for extra money. However, many workers earn salaries that are unable to fulfill the basic need of life.
Juana Barraza is a serial killer in Mexico. She was born on December 27, 1958 in Hidalgo, Mexico. As a child she had a thought life. Her mother Justa Samperio an alcoholic woman would exchange her to a man called Jose Lugo for a couple of beer. Barraza was sexually abuse; as a result she became a mother at the age of 13.
They Were Five On May 28th, 1934, a Canadian sensation was born: Annette, Emilie, Yvonne, Cecile, and Marie (Berton, 2013, p. 1). The Dionne 's were born in the small town of Corbeil, Ontario, and were the first quintuplets to survive after birth. This was a shock to Canada and to the world, and became a very entertaining and profitable business for Canada.
The Jivaro is located in the forested foothills of the Andes right by the Ecuadorian-Peruvian border. The term "Jivaro" means alone and it usually refers to this group of people. The population of the Jivaro living in the foothills of the Andes in Ecuador was estimated to be 7,830. The houses held about nine people, the houses that were sighted was multiplied by the number of people it held. "It is generally believed that the Jivaro speak languages belonging to the Jivaroan Family of languages, but most historical linguists find it difficult to assign Jivaroan dialects and languages with any certainty to any of the recognized major language families of South American Indians."
On Wednesday, November 16, we watched Kaumakaiwa Kanaka’ole perform a demonstration of traditional Hawaiian hula dancing and chanting. Kaumakaiwa has dedicated her life to this passion and practice, and is considered a hula master. She considers herself an indigenous intellectual in contemporary world, as she attended Western universities, but practices traditional Hawaiian culture. This artist was raised by her grandparents, as it is traditional culture for the oldest grandchild to be given to them, in order to bridge the gap between generations. She comes from a lineage of hula that has been present for the last 800 years at least, and in current succession she is the 127th generation.
In my opinion, I think that gentrification has a more positive effect on urban communities. Gentrification seems to uproot poor communities, which are traditionally non-white, to make certain areas more suitable for wealthy people (theperspective.com). It seems that gentrification can boost the local economy in low-income areas. The money given to the community will positively increase business and community investments and this will create jobs for those unemployed. Gentrification will increase tax revenue, the population, and property values.
Introduction Locura is a culture bound syndrome that affects Latin Americans and Hispanics, regardless of where they are born, in the United States or South America (Jilek 2001:5,9). Locura has also been documented in immigrants from the Caribbean Islands (Razzouk 2011:517). In Columbia, Locura is also known as “ataques de locura” madness attacks, it is attributed to a spell known as “maleficio”. Locura is commonly associated with other culture bound syndromes thru out Central and South America, such as ataques de nervious (nervios) and possession syndromes (Piñeros 1998:1425). Definition Locura is often grouped with other mental health disorders such as schizophrenia (Jilek 2001:1-5), conversion, and dissociative disorders (Piñeros 1998:1425-8).
Racial disparity in Brazil is best explained in Abdias Nascimento article, Quilombismo: An Afro-Brazilian Political Alternative. “I believe that the Black and mulatto the Brazilian of colour must have a racial counter-ideology and a counter position in socioeconomic terms. The Brazilian of colour must strive simultaneously for a double change: socioeconomic change in the country, and change in race and colour relations.” In 1968, through these words, Afro-Brazilian scholar, artist, and politician Abdias Nascimento called attention to the potentially divergent but essentially related nature of the two main objectives of Afro-Brazilian activism: first, to effect concrete change in the distribution of social and economic power in Brazil, and second,
