and friendly environment. To counterbalance this pollution and ecological damage‚ the Los Alamitos school district could convert into a more environmentally and economically viable solution known as sugar cane paper. This sugar cane paper is made from “bagasse‚” otherwise known as sugar cane waste which is safer and cheaper to produce. A substitution for the environmentally hostile tree paper can go a long way. Paper production has been significant since the birth of our great nation dating
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Sugar cane is one of the oldest cultivated crops. Sugar along with honey are the oldest natural sweeteners. It is not known where sugar originated‚ but people thought it has first been used in the Polynesian Islands of the Pacific Ocean. The Polynesians fuggier out that the stalks of a giant grass‚ contained a sweet tasting liquid and could be used in the preparation of food‚ so sugar was taken from to India to other different countries to be grown and spread around the world. After that the counties
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The Ridge Scholarship Essay For this essay‚ I chose as my influence the classic American novel‚ The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Many people know The Great Gatsby as a book they were forced to read in high school. If truth be told‚ I count myself among that group. I believed‚ like many of my fellow classmates‚ that our seemingly fruitless efforts at dissecting the meaning of this book could have been better utilized toward more “important” things. However‚ once I started college last
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Steam Turbines: A look into how a steam turbine functionsStacy L. Rousseau EE ’03 At a time when energy is such an issue in our country‚ it may be surprising to realize that the major technology involved in producing electrical energy today was developed over a century ago by Charles G. Curtis: the steam turbine. The aim of a steam turbine is to produce the maximum amount of electrical energy in the minimum amount of space. Today‚ steam turbines produce more electrical energy than any other system
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The most important setting was the Cane-Fields because it represents the whole idea of the novel’s story. The Cane-field was described in the novel as “cane-fields are no fucking joke‚ and even the cleverest of adults can get mazed in their endlessness”. The cane-field is also where Oscar was said to be in the novel “He shrieked‚ but it didn’t stop the beating; he begged‚ and that didn’t stop it‚ either; he blacked out‚ but that was no relief”. This was also the last place where Oscar went since
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Hacksaw Ridge For my report‚ I am reviewing the historic accuracy of Hacksaw Ridge and comparing it to the actual life of military solider Desmond Doss. The movie Hacksaw Ridge‚ directed by Mel Gibson‚ gives a very accurate representation of the life of Desmond Doss. This movie shows very true events that happened in Doss’s life that are only slightly exaggerated by the Hollywood film company Summit Entertainment. Some true events that happened during Doss’s life in WWII were not included in the
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“War is Kind” by Stephen Cane is a poem from the late 1800’s. This poem is assumed to be written about the civil war because World War 1 and World War 2 have not occured yet. This poem is very moving and full of sorrow. “War is Kind” was inspired by Crane’s experience in the front lines in Greece(1897) and cuba(1898). Although the poem is called “War is Kind”‚ war is definitely far from kind. “War is kind” talks not about how war is “kind” but about how it is the worst thing to ever have to go
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CANADIAN HISTORY (CHC2D0) VIMY RIDGE ESSAY You will write an essay that addresses the question below: “I thought then... that in those few minutes I witnessed the birth of a nation.” Brigadier-General Alexander Ross on the battle of Vimy Ridge Why is the battle of Vimy Ridge considered a defining moment in Canadian history? Your essay will include an introduction‚ three arguments (not necessarily just three paragraphs) and a conclusion. The goal of your essay is prove your thesis statement
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About Maple Ridge Maple Ridge is a thriving and quickly expanding city located in the northeast sector of the Metro Vancouver Area. Maple Ridge is nicely situated between the Fraser River and Golden Ears Provincial Park. It is a welcoming city with a great community feel; Maple Ridge offers many different lifestyle choices and is a great place to call home for a multitude of reasons. Here is a brief description of the city‚ its geography and some of the highlights that the city offers. Geography
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the solution by bringing in the cane toad‚ but eighty years later ecologists are still trying to fix the problem he caused. Mungomery’s theory worked in Hawaii with the toads eating the beetles. Unfortunately‚ the cane toads in Australia ignored them and just lived and reproduced at high rates. The cane toads caused catastrophic damage to the environment. Almost all animals that ate the cane toad died; as a result‚ there was a 95% mortality rate. Worst of all‚ cane toads move at alarming rates. Originally
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