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    Essay On Lake Erie

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    In the 1960, lake erie was very polluted because of heavy industry by the shores of cleveland. Because of these pollutants high levels of Phosphorus and nitrogen. “A common refrain in 1960 was "Lake Erie is Dead.” In 1972, the congress passes the clean water act. Farmers created new farming techniques to get rid of as many chemicals as possible. They did this by modifying and getting rid of any phosphates or nitrates in the chemicals, to make it a lot more safe if it accidentally got into Lake…

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    Cleveland declared war on pollution! It was described as “... a skin-like substance on the water’s surface, so thick that people could write their names in it.” writes Heather Brady of The New York Times. In an immense act to clean up, People from all over helped to clean up Lake Erie and farmers…

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    Clean Water Act Essay

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    Problem(s) addressed by the statute: The Clean Water Act (CWA) was created to protect the health and wellbeing of public and environment form harmful pollutions that were being discharged into the water supply. Like others federal law CAA is overseas by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by creating/following National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), along with other regulations and standards. Structure of statute: The Clean Water Act (CWA) and the basis of it all…

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    Conflict Diamond Effects

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    Did you know that there are over 27,000,000 men, women, and children enslaved throughout the world today? (CNN). Almost ¾ of all slaves are property of conflict diamonds mines all around the world. Conflict diamonds are mined and the revenue from the diamonds is used to fund the wars that the country is fighting. Mining conflict diamonds causes controversy all over the world, especially in central and western Africa. The topics being discussed are The Life of A Miner, the process, sale, and…

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    Lifestyle Assessment

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    Joined a yoga studio. Very expensive, but I think knowing I signed a contract will force me to adhere more to exercising and hopefully make it in at least four times a week. The clean and jerk goal was a good place to start because it was a lift I enjoy. Now I just want to make it to the gym/yoga class at least 4 days a week. I did attend two hot yoga classes and one warm one. Need major improvement in my flexibility, feels amazing…

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    Weight Lifting Shoes As all knows that the apparel of an sports person varies according to the sports they plays. It is very much obvious when one talks about the shoes. For example the spiked shoes are mainly contrived for playing baseball. It is quiet impossible for anyone to play football with the spiked shoes that are meant for playing baseball. So it is very much apparent for weightlifting that there should be a different kind of shoes. It has been considered in the world of sports that…

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    Throughout history, testing ones strength or power has been very popular in many cultures. Men have always challenged other men, hoping to be stronger than the other. Through history, tests of strength of stood the time of man. The history of weightlifting has displayed both male and female, competing in feats of strength. Weightlifting took place in the 10th century with China’s Zhou Dynasty, around 256 B.C. Military recruits were required to be able to pass feats of strength to be able…

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    Florida to Jamaica in the middle of June. The flight was very short, Only about 45 minutes. As we got closer to Jamaica, The plane started to descend over the water. The first thing that stood out was the turquoise colored water that you could see clean through. When we landed and boarded the plane, I heard steel drums being played before we made it out of the tunnel that connected the…

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    Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sport, it is one of the most empowering yet strenuous sports to participate in. Generally, the two lifts for weightlifting are the snatch and the clean & jerk, but according to the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA), the lifts are the bench press and the clean & jerk. Either way, these lifts aren’t easily learned overnight and require intense training to master. Personally, I should know, because it’s the sport that I train for on a daily…

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    based off of the sensational movie Wall-e made by Disney’s Pixar. In the movie, the plot takes place in 2805 where humans have abandoned Earth on the account of it was not in the ideal shape for humankind to live in. Therefore, humans left robots to clean up the mess they had made where after some time, the Earth became habitable once more. Mankind had been sending extraterrestrial vegetation evaluators or EVE to Earth to know if mankind were to ever exist upon Earth once more. As it is, one EVE…

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