Mekong River Essays

  • Mekong River

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    There are many solutions for the future that could be done. Dams along the Mekong threaten many things on land and in the water. When fish migrate in the Mekong they are mostly anadroumos fish, so they go upstream. Since there are dams all along the river it is hard for these fish to try and go upstream. They cannot go through the dams but if each company invested money on a fish ladder this problem could be solved. The fish could go right up and around the dams and make it to the other side and

  • LAOS NATION REPORT

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    Huaphan province date from the neolithic period. Humans in Laos used iron for their tools as early as the last century B.C. Community grouping of people slowly formed into townships between the fourth and eight century A.D. on both sides of the Mekong River and along its tributaries. In 1349-1357, a movement emerged under the command of King Fa Ngoum, a national hero, to group the townships into a unified Lan Xang Kingdom, the capital of which stood at Xiengdong Xiengthong, now known as Luang Prabang

  • Survival- Original Writing

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    Survival- Original Writing The sweltering jungle felt like a death trap; it was infested with venomous species of plants and animals. The humidity was intolerable. All I had was a small bottle of water, and a tiny, partly eaten, bar of chocolate. I had lost my main supply in the trees earlier, when I missed my landing target. I didn’t feel secure; yet I had no choice to continue. It was life or death for now, it was survival. I was mentally ill equipped for this alien world. I became more

  • Immigration of the Lao Iu Mein

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    soldiers and prayed that nothing would happen to them, their brothers, sisters, parents, and their son (my brother) who was 8 years old at the time. They had to flee during the night, pass through the jungles and onto boats traveling across the Mekong River. When they reached Thailand, my parents and those who escaped with them were taken to refugee camps. The camps were fenced with barbed wire and guarded by armed Thai soldiers. The refugees were given a curfew that only allowed them to stay out

  • Essay 1

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    characters’ inner lives or foreshadow events to come. Colors are often used as symbols to describe situations and characters’ moods, for example colors such as red and orange can be used to show anger, danger, or to give caution. In “Tall Tales from the Mekong Delta”, Kate Braverman uses colors to describe the female protagonist’s feelings and to foreshadow her next decision. Braverman especially likes to use the color blue. Blue is mentioned about thirty times in this thirteen page story. Blue can represent

  • Analyzing the Vietnam Tourism Plan

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    resorts close to Hau River. Can Tho City have already attracted nearly 1.48 million tourists last year; 250000 were foreign visitors and gained VND 953 billion. Can Tho City also aiming to accomplish over 20 eco-tourism based parks, and extend the area of eco-tourism business to other cities located at the Mekong Delta zone, together collaborating with Kien Giang and An Giang provinces to form a tourism triangle and build service center at the mountain area, island and river (VietnamTourism, 2014)

  • China's forests

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    GEOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND “South West” China encompasses an area known by Westerners as “East Tibet”, by the indigenous Tibetan people as Kham, and by the Republic of China as “Xikang”. It is deeply dissected by four of Asias largest rivers (Bramaputra, Salween, Mekong and Yangtze), which flow in a SE course through deep limestone and sandstone gorges. Elevation ranges from 2000m to more than 7000 m and the area is dominated in the east by Minyak Gangkar (7590m) (Ch. Gongga Shan). The steep slopes

  • The Boys of ’67 Charlie Company’s War in Vietnam, by Dr. Andrew Wiest

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    The Boys of ’67 Charlie Company’s War in Vietnam, by Dr. Andrew Wiest, is an account of Charlie Company’s involvement in the Vietnam War: from the activation of the Ninth Infantry Division, the draft and training, the arrival in Vietnam, the battles and losses, the replacements, the Freedom Bird, and ultimately for some, to the return home. The author writes of boys who were just becoming men and how they were brought together, the only division during the Vietnam War to be trained together and deployed

  • The Little Mike 8 Class LCM Nicknamed Zippo

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    the head of a mud banked side canal off a river in the Mekong Delta in an area abundant in canals. The majority of this terrain was taken up by old abandoned French Plantations. In their heyday the plantations produced a variety of agricultural commodities such as pineapples, sugarcane and rubber. As there were few roads the French had set about building canals for the transportation of the harvested crops to the main shipping ports located on the rivers. The canals were understandably built using

  • One More River

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    One More River Can you imagine having to leave everything you have ever known to live in a country on the verge of war? Lesley Shelby, the main character in One More River by Lynn Reid Banks, knows exactly how it feels. This Jewish Canadian girl has to emigrate to Israel with her family. Through the determination and courage of one person we see how challenges, complications, and differences of the world are overcome. In the story the most important character is Lesley. Lesley is a spoiled, pretty

  • Medicine River

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    Medicine River I enjoyed the book Medicine River, by Thomas King as well as the movie, which was based on the book. Although there were profound differences between the two, they were both pleasantly constructed. Having been instructed to read the book first, I was able to experience the full effect of the story and the message that the author intended for his readers. Although the book and the movie clearly relayed the same story, I would’ve better enjoyed the movie if it had included more incidents

  • Argentina

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    south of the Pampas, the terrain consists largely of arid, desolate steppes. A famed scenic attraction, the Iguaçu Falls, is on the CIguau River a tributary of the Paraná. The chief rivers of Argentina are the `Aparan, which splits the north part of the country. In the area between the Río Salado and the Río Colorado and in the Chaco region, some large rivers empty into swamps and marshes or disappear into sinks. Temperate climatic conditions prevail throughout most of Argentina, except for a

  • Culture and Technology - Tools to Aid in Survival

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    adopt are the ones that they find the most useful. Societies have not developed different technologies by accident: the criteria for determining “usefulness” is culturally based. The Near East is not a particularly fertile area. Dry land and large rivers that periodically flood characterize the landscape. Obtaining sufficient food was not easy. “The most vital need of early man in regions of scanty rainfall such as the Near East is water.” (Drower, 520). Because this was the most difficult challenge

  • Religion in Pat Barker's Regeneration

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    Barker's novel Regeneration, one of the main characters, Dr. Rivers, is presented with a patient who is not mentally ill at all, but very sane. In trying to "heal" this patient, Rivers begins to have an internal conflict about the job he is doing and the job he should be doing. He is fighting with himself until on page 149, he is in a church where they are singing a very popular hymn, "God Moves in a Mysterious Way." At this point, Rivers is able to begin resolving his conflict. By using this hymn

  • The Film Black Orpheus and the Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice

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    underworld. In the Greek myth, Orpheus has to travel through the five rivers of Hades (Phlegethon, Acheron, Lethe, Styx, and Cocytus) to retrieve Eurydice from the overseer of the underworld, Hades. In Black Orpheus, Orpheus does not travel through the actual rivers, but in my opinion, symbolic representations of them. The obstacles that Orpheus faces while trying to find Eurydice, could possibly be the representation of the rivers. In the scene following Eurydice’s death, Orpheus does not believe

  • Ford Motor Company: The River Rouge Manufacturing Complex

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    Ford Motor Company: The River Rouge Manufacturing Complex The first piece of material I gathered was a picture via the internet. This picture is of the River Rouge assembly plant in Dearborn, Michigan. This picture shows the manufacturing of the fender for a Ford Motor Company product. It also shows the facilities of the Rouge plant and how the plant itself was state of the art. This plant was the largest of its kind at the time of its construction. The Ford Motor Company at the time

  • Free Siddhartha Essays: Significance of the River

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    The Significance of the River in Siddhartha In the book Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse the significance of the river is displayed throughout the experiences that Siddhartha has next to the river and the things that by listening to the sound he comes to understand. Siddhartha is learning something from the moment he rides the ferry to the time when Govinda lays on the ground with tears flowing uncontrollably. Siddhartha admits to having no money to pay for the voyage, but the Ferryman says that

  • Symbols and Symbolism in Siddhartha - The Snake, the Bird and the River

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    Symbols and Symbolism in Siddhartha - The Snake, the Bird and the River In Herman Hess's, Siddhartha, Siddhartha's constant growth and spiritual evolution is elucidated through the symbolism of the snake, the bird and the river. As a snake sheds it's skin in order to continue its physical growth, Siddhartha sheds the skins of his past: " he realized that something had left him, like the old skin a snake sheds/ Something was no longer with him, something that had accompanied him right through

  • Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

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    Pittsburgh and its suburbs are known for steep hillsides covered with buildings, streets which have steps for sidewalks, and sidewalks which are named streets. From the highest point in Allegheny County, 1,401 feet at River Hill in Forward Township, to the 710 foot normal pool level of the Ohio River at the Point in Pittsburgh, and down to the 682 foot elevation on the banks of the Ohio as it exits the County in the west, the elevation varies by a bit more than 700 feet (Allegheny). Other locations may have

  • Jane Eyre

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    Jane Eyre St. John Rivers makes some very intriguing choices in Jane Eyre. He is constantly faced with difficult decisions to make. Whether it be refusing his true love or moving to India to give his life serving others, there is always an interesting twist where St. John is concerned. His importance in the novel may be evident to readers, but they may not always understand his decisions and his actions. The choices he makes are exemplary of a man who has given his life to serve God and His