fly. There are a few different ways to clean up an oil spill. Controlled burns can burn off the oil‚ but it’s not always a good option because the smoke harms our air. Booms and skimmer take oil off of the surface‚ but not below the surface. Water-oil separating devices help separate the oil from the water‚ but it can be pricey. Hay soaks up the oil‚ and leaves clean water behind. Natural recovery is the best way to clean up an oil spill. It may take a little bit longer to be fully cleaned‚ but
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“Wounded Knee Massacre” Melinda Belcher May 2‚ 2010 In 1848 a series of gold and silver discoveries signaled the first serious interest by white settlers in the arid and semiarid lands beyond the Mississippi‚ where many Indian nations had been forced to migrate. To open more land‚ federal officials introduced in 1851 a policy of “concentration.” Tribes were pressured into signing treaties limiting the boundaries of their hunting grounds to “reservations” The Sioux tribe was limited to the
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My Experience with Celebrate Recovery By Leonardo Martinez After considering all of the recovery support program options to choose from I attended a Celebrate Recovery (or CR as they call it) meeting in Concord. The first thing that I noticed was that‚ while they are scattered throughout Northern California‚ the meetings were usually on a single day of the week in one city location – that is Concord only had Thursday nights‚ and Castro Valley only Wednesday nights‚ etc. The meetings are also
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I. OIL SPILL Oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment‚ especially marine areas‚ due to human activity‚ and is a form of pollution. The term is usually applied to marine oil spills‚ where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters‚ but spills may also occur on land. Oil spills may be due to releases of crude oil from tankers‚ offshore platforms‚ drilling rigs and wells‚ as well as spills of refined petroleum products (such as gasoline‚ diesel) and their
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Newspaper Report: Battle of the Wounded Knee Yesterday‚ December 29‚ the continuous American tension with Indians finally shatters into a massacre between the Sioux Indians and the U.S Army’s 7th regiment. It is said that this battle truly begun when an outburst of ghost dancing from the Sioux Indians brought fear of rebellion to James McLaughlin‚ an Indian Agent. McLaughlin later recalls what he had said to his superiors that day‚ “Indians are dancing in the snow and are wild and crazy.
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Increasing numbers of individuals are surviving burn injuries that in the past would have proved fatal. Over the past 40 years‚ advances in burn management‚ such as in resuscitation‚ early excision and grafting‚ and surgical critical care‚ have dramatically improved the percentage of survivors of severe burn injuries. With this improvement in survival comes an increased need for comprehensive burn rehabilitation so that when a life is saved‚ the quality of lifestyle and participation in meaningful
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variety of forces upon the basketball player’s body‚ which in turn creates an equally broad range of potential athletic injuries. Injuries in basketball will arise both as a specific incident of trauma‚ as well as an overuse condition resulting over time. As basketball demands quick and explosive movements to be made by players both running and jumping‚ the most common injury sustained is to the ankle. Ankle sprains occur with some frequency‚ either as a result of the player landing in a position
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best in their league are now falling short due to overuse injuries. With childhood obesity increasing‚ U.S. citizens have overlooked the overuse injuries that affect the active youth. In 2003 more than 3.5 million children under age 15 suffered a sports injury that required medical treatment‚ thats about one attended injury for every 10 players‚ and seventy-five percent of those injuries were the result of overuse (Hyman‚ 2009). Overuse injuries occur over a long peroid of time and occur after repetitive
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filled with small bits and pieces of addiction. As I began to get older‚ it had become much more visible. Although my mother is the sweetest person that I have ever known‚ she is an addict. I have witnessed her struggle with recovery for many years. As she worked on her recovery‚ my father helped take care my sisters and I. My father did the best that he could possibly do. However‚ some things were out of his control. Two of my sisters began to fall under the spell of addiction. Watching someone who
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100 December 3rd‚ 2012 My Dance Injury Dancing‚ primarily ballet‚ has been the main focus of my childhood (from age three and beyond)‚ as well as early teen life. In many ways‚ it is what defines me; how I see myself as well as describe myself. But‚ My ballet career was forever altered when‚ in 2008‚ I did a lunge in a primary class with the Artistic Director at the San Francisco School of Ballet and landed ever so gracefully which dislocated my knee. The pain was immediate and in many
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