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    The Berkeley Pit

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    Silicosis, a life threatening lung disease that can severely harm your ability to breathe. Starting in 1955, the Berkeley Pit became well known as a large truck-operated, open-air copper mine in Butte Montana. The unusually high copper prices resulted in the Anaconda Copper Mining Company opening many pit mines, including the Berkeley Pit. Buying up two communities and a lot of Butte’s previous population, the company was able to clear out a pit site. But after the discovery of very acidic sources and harsh effects, the Berkeley pit ceased mining in 1982; even today, the mine is still a hazard and causes problems for the surrounding community and environment. (“Berkeley Pit”, 2016) As a local mine, the Berkeley Pit has not only a large impact on the Butte area in Montana but also the entire country. It has demonstrated why our government regulations should be much tighter and people should always follow the precautionary principle as it is always better to be safe than sorry. When the mine was in operation, pumps were used in order to dewater the mines. However, when the Atlantic Richfield Company stopped mining in the Berkeley Pit on April 23, 1982, the pumps were stopped, and the pit naturally filled up with 40 billion gallons of acidic water. This poisonous water that filled the pit led to a long drawn effort to clean it up. But even today, the Berkeley pit is contaminated with high concentrations of heavy metals. Some of these metals included arsenic, copper, cadmium,…

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    Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti though his family was French was born in Milan on 15 September 1881. He grew up within an artistic family, the elder son of Carlo Bugatti, an important Art Nouveau furniture and jewellery designer, and his wife Teresa Lorioli. His younger brother was a renowned animal sculptor, Rembrandt Bugatti and his paternal grandfather, Giovanni Luigi Bugatti, was an architect and sculptor. At a young age Bugatti demonstrated a deep instinctive understanding of a wide range of…

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    Alexos Essay

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    In the beginning, Alexos is born and the goddess, Athene, determines that he is born for greatness and that he will restore order to the land of Arcos. At age twelve, Alexos becomes ill and loses mobility in his leg. Because Alexos’s father is the king of Arcos, he can’t have his heir to the throne be immobile. In the middle, the king chooses his younger brother to be the heir instead. This causes Alexos to slightly insane and push his brother, Teo, down the lake. Everyone thinks that he’s dead,…

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    Struggling with mental illness, the loss of a loved one, and addiction is by no means, a simple walk in the park, and it’s essential to find ways to dominate these obstacles. The following patients and authors struggle with lack of belonginess and love and generally their feelings are projected onto others. In Charlotte Gilman 's story The Yellow Wallpaper, published in 1892, a woman is struggling to find herself throughout the obstacles that she has to mentally overcome. In the 1845 poem “The…

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    There is no way of explaining how much it has impacted my life and the happiness it has brought to me. I attentively wait for Friday night practices and my weekends revolve around traveling to the next nearby place for me to dance. Through this hobby, I met some of the most important people in my life. Many located in a variety of different places; including France and Portugal. Rancho is what brings my family together and all my friends. Unfortunately many of us live throughout different…

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    that connected Rome to Brindisi. We will have a quick lunch of bread and cheese. We will then head to the Aqua Marcia, which is an aqueduct bridge in Rome, we will see how the Romans society was affected by the aqueducts. Then we will go back to the tavern and rest for the next day. On day 5, you might want sneakers and a sweatshirt if you get cold easily. Once you wake up, you may have breakfast and get ready for the day. We will be walking around an art museum. We will be taking a trip to the…

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    Commercial Law Case Study

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    COMMERCIAL LAW Student number: 1400547; Word count:2,173 words The Sale of Goods Act 1979 is a consolidation of the 1893 act and subsequent legislation which places numerous legal obligations on business sellers apart from the agreed express contractual terms. These terms, although not expressly provided for in the contract are fictionally ‘incorporated’ into the contract for consumer protection and also because the contract does not make any commercial sense without them, they are referred to…

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    “Don’t worry Erik, we’ll always have each other,” I would tell my brother as we ate lunch by ourselves under the playscape of the elementary school playground. Growing up as the only two Hispanic children in the small town of Arco, Idaho, I found out very quickly that other children could be the cruelest and most judgmental individuals when it came to the subject of race. Comments like “Why are you here?” and “No one here likes you!” seemed to summarize my entire existence. Life for my brother…

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    their mother make them sandwiches instead because the sandwiches would be simpler to handle. This relates to the claim because the two sisters disliked the fact that they were viewed differently because they didn’t have sandwiches to eat like the other kids; so they were influenced to bring sandwiches for lunch. A student named Erick Arcos can relate to this because when he first came to the U.S. he felt judged and awkward for bringing Mexican food, so instead he had his mother pack him the…

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    Nez Perce Clearwater National Forests, Grangeville, ID 45°57'03.0"N 116°06'49.5"W Nez Perce National Forest People have been at Nez Perce National Forest for many reasons. Gold miners came for gold, Lewis and Clark came for their expedition, fur trappers and traders came to trade, Indians were there, and homesteaders were there to survive. There were many trees, and a clear water lake for fresh water and fresh fish to eat. With the wood of the trees, they could get plenty of wood for shelters…

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