“Mr G’s Assignment”
By: Cole D.
Compare & Contrast the BP oil spill and the Exxon Valdez? Both oil spills are a wide spread oil slick that was or expelled at least 15 million gallons of oil combined. Also both oil spills were accidental and spread at least to 20,100 square miles combined. Also, they are both the biggest oil spill in the U.S. Both have major clean up costs associated with the spill and the deaths it caused.
The Deepwater Horizon or BP oil spill killed 11 platform workers and injured 17 others. Also, this spill of oil expelled about 4.2 million gallons of oil into the gulf of mexico. This oil spill is also known as the Macondo blowout. This oil spill was one of the worst in U.S. history which ocurred on April 20, 2010 which was 1,500 m below sea level. The government has named this disaster as the largest in U.S. history also surpassing the exxon valdez spill.
The Exxon Valdez oil spill was caused by a ground running of the oil tanker and caused 10.8 million gallons of oil to spill in the Princeton William’s Sound Bligh Reef. The type of oil that spilled was crude oil from the big ocean tanker that carried about 10.8 million U.S. gallons. This oil spill was also one of the most devastating human-caused disaster in history. This disaster ocurred in Alaska on March 24, 1989. The Shipmaster in charge was Joseph Jeffrey Hazelwood who left it in the hands of Third mate Gregory Cousins.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Oil Spills
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Monday, May 24, 2010
Social Science Topic
“Assignment”
By: Cole D.
What types of jobs are associated with Social Science Project? Where might I find this vocation? Some of the jobs you would find would be as a person who goes over enemy lines and anything else that deals with the military and its counter-parts.
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http://images2.layoutsparks.com/1/150298/united-states-marine-corps.jpg
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Thursday, May 20, 2010
Vocabulary
“Westest”
By: Cole D.
Westest- means West Virginia educational standards test also was the West Virginia achievements test in May 2004 to May 2008. Performance Levels were, from highest to lowest, Distinguished, Above Mastery, Mastery, Partial Mastery, and Novice.
NCLB- means no child left behind act is a United States Act of Congress that was originally proposed by the administration of President George W. Bush immediately after taking office.
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Friday, May 14, 2010
Vocabulary
“Vocabulary assignment”
By: Cole D.
Plagiarism- Stealing others work and not giving original author credit. Latin meaning Kidnapper. Ebay or Rapsody
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Cheating- To gain access to answers in a dishonest way. Cheating on a test. Cheat codes or Glancing off of someone elses work.
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Ownership- The state of being an owner; legal right of possession. Football team manager or Head coach.
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Copyright- To secure or protect. Rap artists albums or Lyrics.
http://sensiblecopyrightsolutions.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/copyright-symbol.jpg
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Marion county Elections
“Paragraph for 2010 Elections”
By: Cole D.
Who won the elections in marion county?
Mike oliverio beat Alan Mollohan in the election of congressional district- Democrat
Patricia VanGilder Levenson beat Cindy Hall & Mac Warner beat David B. Mckinley, Sarah Minear and Thomas Stark in the election of congressional district- Republican
Sam Cann Beat Frank Angotti, Anthony Barberio, Ron Fragale, Richard Iaquinta, and Tim Miley in the election of 41st Delegate district- Democrat
Danny Hamrick beat Diana Bartley, William Griffith, Tommy Phillips, and Edward Randolph in the election of the 41st Delegate district- Republican
These are all the results of marion counties election ballot despite our issues with the polls not working properly.
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
News
What are the three branches of government? What may be called the 4th branch of government? The three branches of government are Judicial, Legislative, and Executive. The 4th branch might be called the Press.
“12 sites for news”
1.http://m.myspace.com/
2.http://CNN.com/
3.http://MSNBC.com/
4.http://NBC.com/
5.http://FOX.com/
6.http://channel12.com//
7.http://News12.com/
8.http://ABCNews.com/
9.http://Newsmax.com/
10.http://Indianz.com/
11.http://Facebook.com/
12.http://Twitter.com/
13.http://www.bop.gov/locations/index.jsp
By: Cole D.
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