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    Lows of “Albatross in the Red Sky on Friday: Does Irrational Superstition on the Great Lakes Make a Difference?” Bowling Green State University, Firelands Campus student Sara E. Cordle wrote an in-depth essay entitled; “Albatross in The Red Sky; Does Irrational Superstition on The Great Lakes Make a Difference?, explaining how the maritime superstitions had a major impact on the seamen of the Great Lakes. The author states how these superstitions can affect the seamen psychologically as…

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    France where Champlain was from. In 1609 Champlain guided and provided another voyage for his crew and himself up the Richelieu River. He sailed and explored down the networks of narrow lakes between the Green Mountains of Vermont and the Adirondack Mountains of New York. Later Champlain named the lake we know as Lake Champlain after himself because he was the first navigator to map and describe it. In 1615 Champlain made another trip to Canada and this time he brought with him a tribe of…

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    Bighead Carp Ecology

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    carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) and silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) (Michigan Department of Natural Resources 2012). In the United States, the Bighead Carp have greatly affected the river ecosystems that it is also likely to invade the Great Lakes (Michigan Department of Natural Resources 2012). Therefore, the Bighead Carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) will be the focus of this management plan. The Bighead Carp belongs to the family Cyprinidae, which contains…

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    population became unstable when the Sea Lamprey came to the Great Lakes. When the Sea Lamprey first came, the Trout had 200,000 Trouts in it’s population. But when the Sea Lamprey had 300,000, the Trout had under 5,000. Finally, when the Trout had 150,000, the Sea Lamprey had under 50,000. This is an unstable population because there…

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    Aztec Questions and Statements - 1 Statements 1) Positive – Statement - SS Itzcoatl’s successor Montezuma I took power over the empire in 1440. Montezuma was named the father of the Aztec empire. 2) Positive – Statement - SS The Aztecs ruled over 500 small states and their population was over 5 to 6 million people. They expanded by conquest or commerce. Conquest is when you take over people by force. Commerce is when you take over people by negotiation/deals. The city of Tenochtitlan at its…

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    The Aztecs history is fun to learn about. 1100 ce when the Aztecs were born. Also, the lived north Mexico. There first ruler was Acamapichtli. At this time, Tlaxcalans went to war with Montezuma II. The empires controlled a lot of people 11,000,000. Francisco Hernandez De Cortes was the first european tourist; mexican territories. March 1519, Cortes landed at the town of Tabasco. Beyond, that cortes marched into mexico with 400 soldiers. Aztecs got defeated by Tlocalo and Huejotzingo in…

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    freshwater mussel native to the lakes of southern Russia, deriving their name from the striped pattern typically found on their shells. Other possible patterns include white shell with brown edges as well as brown shells with white highlights. They were first described and recorded by a german zoologist by the name of Peter Simon Pallas in the year 1769 (USGS. 2015). Zebra mussels can still be found in Russian rivers but have also been accidentally introduced to lakes and rivers throughout the…

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    Le Corsaire Ballet

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    Title- Discuss the history of the Le Corsaire ballet including political, social, and other important influences. In this essay, I will be talking about the history of Le Corsaire and the impacts it has had on the world or ballet world. I will be relating these points to social and political influences, and any other factors that could have impacted its growth or development as a ballet. Le Corsaire is a ballet presented in three acts, which was originally choreographed by Joseph Mazillier to…

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    First Day at the Lake “Brooklyn, wake up. It's time to get up and get dressed and get ready to leave.” My dad said as he shook me awake. It was mid summer and my plane awaits my family and I. As I rolled over and opened my eyes, looking at my alarm clock, I noticed it was 4:08am. I was really excited to get up and get ready to leave. “We leave in 20 minutes, hurry up and get dressed and finish up your last minute packing.” My dad yelled from the bottom of the stairs to my brothers and I.…

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    From the time the Great lakes where discovered by Native American to the current day, the lakes have played a vital role in American history, from serving as transportation of humans and trade goods to the far reaches of war. They have helped transform the American people and the landscape both east and west of their location. The vessels used during the revolutionary war were constructed of many materials just like todays ships. Only difference is what was used. The vessels used during the…

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