Water: An Overlooked Essential Nutrient | Presented by: Your Name | Today I am discussing the importance of water to encourage this office to provide water as the main beverage choice in this office. Water maintains body temperature‚ maintains blood volume‚ blood pressure and supports all cell functions. (Cherif‚ et al.‚ 2010)Water is a valuable resource even in an office environment. You may not realize that an air-conditioned office is a very dry environment and will deplete your body of
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Energy Transfer plans to construct an approximate 1‚172-mile‚ 30-inch diameter pipeline that will transport crude oil from the North Dakota through South Dakota and Iowa into Illinois. Recently‚ this pipeline route has been controversial regarding its necessity‚ and potential harm to the environment. Due to the lack of an efficient environmental impact assessment and a thorough risk communication plan that addresses potential pipeline leakages. If the Dakota Access Pipeline is completed‚ what would
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Individual General Profile Angel Pacheco 7/22/12 ETH/316 The City of Kelsey boasts a rich and diverse culture with residents ranging from African American‚ Caucasian‚ Asian American‚ and other ethnicities. The occupations that these residents are associated with range from logistics‚ information technologies‚ medical personnel‚ and blue collar occupations. Interaction within a community as tight knit as the City of Kelsey occurs throughout the region. Shops in the downtown area offer a place
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D.G.VAISHNAV EVENING COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MANAGERIAL CONCEPTS MEASUREMENT OF PERFORMANCE AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS Name of the student : Anantha Krishna.M G Name of the faculty : Prof. Divya ____________________________________________________________________________________ BASIC AREAS OF POLICY MAKING A policy is typically described as a principle or rule to guide decisions and achieve rational outcome(s). The term is not normally used to denote what is actually
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San Joaquin River Restoration Project: Irrigating the Valley The San Joaquin River is the backbone of the San Joaquin Valley. The valley is not only the nation’s most agricultural area but it is also one of the entire worlds. Millions depend on the crops that come form this luscious valley. The river has gone through many drastic changes over its illustrious lifetime. Once it was a magnificent 350 miles long it is now one of the nation’s ten most endangered rivers. The river once flowed with
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shortages‚ almost one-fifth of the world’s population live in areas of physical water scarcity‚ and almost one quarter of the world’s population live in a developing country that lacks the necessary infrastructure to use water from available rivers and aquifers. Water scarcity is an increasing problem due to many foreseen issues in the future‚ including population growth‚ increased urbanization‚ higher standards of living‚ and climate change.[3] Climate change and temperature Climate change affects
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The Future is in Our Hands Now In the past few years the world has been faced with troubling problems caused by climate changes. The problem that comes from climate change has caused many chilling problems that we all have to face in the future such as health problems‚ and supply problems. With all the problems that California would have to face there is hope for the future of the state. California like the whole world would have to change by using the 3 R’s‚ and have the government take more control
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“The fact of the matter is that today‚ stuff-selling mega-corporations have a huge influence on our daily lives. And because of the competitive nature of our global economy‚ these corporations are generally only concerned with one thing…the bottom line. That is‚ maximizing profit‚ regardless of the social or environmental costs.” —David Suzuki Bottling of freshwater from a rare resource in the Fiji Islands‚ and harvesting of cocoa beans via child slave labor in West Africa‚ are both ethically
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Hydrofracking is a new development in natural gas extraction. In addition‚ hydrofracking refers to hydraulic fracturing‚ a technique in which large amounts of water‚ combined with smaller amounts of chemicals and sand‚ are pumped under high pressure into a drilled gas well. However‚ concerns have been raised regarding with this is the fact that the drills can hit water sources and contaminate our water. Between hitting water sources and releasing greenhouse gasses‚ the process of hydraulic fracturing
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Global temperatures on the Earth’s surface have increased by 1.1 degrees Fahrenheit during the last century‚ faster than any time in the last 1000 years (Rauber 41). Consequently‚ the 1990s was the warmest decade in the last 1000 years (“Global Warming”). As humans emit fossil fuels‚ greenhouse gasses slowly warm the Earth’s atmosphere (“EPA Global”). This gradual process is known as global warming. As glaciers begin to melt‚ sea levels rise and coastal areas in Florida may suffer immense losses
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