Safety compromised by bureaucracy: No central agency was in charge of maintaining the levees. This task instead fell to several different private firms and government agencies, leading to communication problems and the breakdown of various upgrade projects. Poor maintenance: Levees require constant upkeep...
“Planting began shortly after the floods disappeared”. For then, the soil was left fertile. This shows that after the floods passed by, the Egyptians got straight to work, for the sun would dry out the crops quickly. Gifford explains that the Nile flooded and left behind fertile/good ...
Planet Earth is home to 7.3 billion people and over 1.5 million different species of animals, insects, and plants spread across 7 continents. Earth was not always comprised of seven continents. A billion years ago, the world would have been much different being made of much more water than w...
In ancient Egypt, the Nile River flooded each year, usually beginning in late June. The people welcomed this event, called theInundation, because the floodwaters brought rich soil needed to grow crops in what was otherwise a desert. No one in Egypt knew exactly when the flooding would start,...
The web's role in recruiting people to hateful, extremist organizations is back in the spotlight after The New York Timesprofiled a young neo-Nazi in Ohio. The story portrayed the man's decidedly ordinary life and raised, but didn't answer questions, about how he was radicalized. Our repor...
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I also believe that those behind the destruction of the energy grid ushered in the creation of a New World Order built on top of the ruins of the Old World, and that what we think of as modern infrastructure because that was what we have been told in the official narrative, was ...
Camping at the foot of a slope in winter can lead to avalanche risks. Similarly, beware of rockfall when sheltering on steep slopes or cliffs. A cliff or crag can be enticing because of the views, but what about that late-night “call of nature”? After stumbling out of your tent, wil...
That’s when it all flooded back to me. I remembered this kid! He was a sophomore in high school. He was shorter and a bit scrawny back then, but his sweet smile was the same. I’d bought him and another student mattresses because they didn’t have them and the thought of these ...
However, after several scandals, it has become a trend for the public to criticize and doubt charity organizations or individuals. A case in point is China Red Cross, whose fame was spoiled by Guo Meimei. It is evident that the causes of this phenomenon are diverse. In the first place, ...