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=Whats up children its me geoff and this year will be very different. I like to play video games and hang out with my friends especially at wal-mart. I'm in band and i love every second of it cuz music is my life and its AWESOME. Well gotta get back to work now i hope you all have a great year see ya later.= ==

=Uses of the Allegheny Forest=

1.The Alleghany Forest has been used throughout the years as a place where people could live, a place for an oil well, and a place to get wood and lumber from to create furniture homes and bisnisesses. The Allegheny Forest covers over 500,000 thousand acres and the trees there are from 70-100 years old. The resources we get from the forest wood pulp for paper and other resources. It also gave a way for the locomotive called the shay to traverse the rough terrain of the mountains.

=Nature Based Activities=

Hiking Mountain Biking Drive off-road Backpacking Hunting Horseback Riding

=Viewing and Learning Activities= Sight Seeing Visit Historic Sights Gather Mushrooms/Berries ect. Visit Prehistoric/Archeological Sites

=Developed-Setting Land Activities= Walk for Pleasure Family Gathering Picnicking

=Water Based Activities= Swimming in an outdoor pool Swimming in lakes, streams, ect.... Visit a Beach

=Snow/Ice-Based Activities= Snow/Ice activities of any type Downhill Skiing Snowmobiling

=Water Shortages=

1. A 10 percent drop of irrigation use of water, plugging leaks in the water irrigation delivery, banking water underground to limit evaporation, applying drip irrigation methods.

=Types of Pollution Activity A=

Pennsylvania=US Bronze Foundry and Machine Meadville PA violations 24, Albion Boro Albion PA violations 51 , Oil city wwtp Oil city PA violations 24, Corry City wwtp, Corry PA violations 13, Allegheny Ludlum Corp Allegheny PA violations 449.

California= Grand Promenade Los Angeles CA violations 105,Willows WWTP Willows CA violations 108, Reno Apartments Los Angeles CA violations 122. Mississippi= Liberty Road Trailer Park picayune mississippi violations 15, Sherman Potw Sherman mississippi violations 15, Forest Potw Forest mississippi violations 5. Idaho= City of Emmett Emmett Idaho violations 323, City of Burley Burley Idaho violations 312, Arc Fisheries inc Hagerman Idaho violations 153. Utah= Hiawatha Coal Company Huntington Utah violations 89, Moroni Feed Moroni Utah violations 58, Lexco inc Vernal Utah violations 13. Maryland= Spencer Sand and Graval Eastside Abingdon MA violations 233, Bel Alton WWTP Bel Alton MA violations 227, Beech Pit Odenton MA violaions 128.

Oil is more than energy

Oil produced/distributed- First extract the oil from the earth by using a steel hollow casing to drill a hole in the earth then you use values called “Christmas Trees” to regulate pressure and control flows. Then is shipped to a refining factory and has the impurities taken out of it for sale to the public.

America gets most of their oil from Idu Ogba, Nigeria

The 5 concerns in this article are 1.rising oil imports widened our deficit increasing gap between out imports and exports. 2.spending 1 billion dollars a day on oil instead of funds at home. 3.burning oil threatens national and world security. 4.America is in a unhealthy regimes. 5.our high “appetite” for oil is brining a national security concern of climate change.

I think that America should find the lowest priced country and buy oil from them and use the extra money from the oil to help the economy at home.

Dodge f150 Town. 16 Highway. 22 __Upsides__: larger vehicle & four wheel driven & heavy weight

__Downsides__: the bigger the vehicle or tires the less gas mileage

Ford Mustang Town. 18 Highway.27 __Upsides__: smaller vehicle & light on weight __Downsides__: hard to drive in the winter & cant haul heavy things.

NYLON Geoffery Gaffney pd.1

Nylon is a synthetic polymer known as polyamides. Wallace Carothers first produced this product on February 28, 1935. The density of nylon (mass per unit volume) is 1.15g/cm cubed, and melting point (point wear the polymer melts) is 374-663 Fahrenheit. Nylon is a thermoplastic (turns to liquid when heated, freezes to glassy state when cooled sufficiently) silky material used in toothbrushes (1938) then made into women’s stockings (1940). The chemistry of nylons are the condensation copolymers(any polymers formed through condensation reaction) form by reacting equal parts of a diamine(type of polyamine(an organic compound)with exactly two amino groups(groups of organic compounds). Also is a polyamide made from petroleum.

Results: The smaller the car the easier on gas it is. So in my project the Mustang is better.

=Essay topics=

1.why not unplug the projectors when not in use or not used that day it consumes to much energy it drains alot of energy even when plugged in but not in use

2.use solar lights for the big areas of the school schools during the day so it would make sense to use the sun for energy electric bill wouldnt be high and the extra money could be used to fix the school or get efficient equipment

3.fix the leaks in the windows and the restrooms if you fix the leaks in the windows the youll save energy by not turning up the heat the water leaks in the restroom, by fixing that you could save gallons of water

=Energy Essay Rough Draft=

I believe that the biggest problem in our school is the waste of light and with this new technology the waste of energy. Instead of using our regular floresent tubes maybe use the sun windows like we have in the cafeteria. Also, when your projectors and white boards or not in use for that day or just one or two periods turn them off and unplug them to save the school some energy and money. Let me share my information with you and what i have learned please enjoy. The waste of classroom energy is unbelievable. When i walk to class or do things for teachers i see empty rooms with all the lights on and the projector on. I see this and i think we can fix it by turning off the lights and unplugging the projectors. this is what i believe for most of the items in the school and that's that.

=Energy Essay=

Dear School Board

My name is Geoff Gaffney and I am a senior at the Punxsutawney Area High School and I have noticed some problems with energy efficiency in our school. Sometimes when I walk around to do errands for teachers or go to the restroom I see classrooms with all the lights on and the projectors on with no teacher or students. So here are some suggestions to help lower the schools energy bills and save the board some money. First, I would like to talk about our C4F program. This program is a good one but the students aren’t using them for school and they are breaking to easily. For this I suggest we don’t give them to students and go back to last year’s idea and keep them in the classrooms to avoid damage repairs. This will also save you money because you wont have to wait for the students to pay for the damages and stop them from using Skype and other methods to disrupt others and get the students to do better in school. Second, The problems with classrooms. I believe during spring or sunny days open the blinds and use the sun as a method to light up the classroom. During darker days we should replace the lights with LED energy saving lights to cut down the electric bill. But my biggest problem is your C4F projectors and how the teachers leave them on when not in use when you should unplug and save the schools energy. It may be a hassle to some teachers but in the long run you will have more money to spend on the school and sports. I hope you understand the importance of what I’m saying to help the board make decisions for the better of our school. I may be just one voice but I believe it’s my duty and responsibility to help future students get a better education and help the school that taught me everything to thrive and be a great school for students.

Have a great day Sincerely Geoff Gaffney PAHS Senior

What I believe should be done with our land is to stop cutting down forests and save our wild life. I believe that we should start finding other resources now and let the land grow so if our plan doesn’t work we have something to fall back on. We should start using the resources that we don’t normally think to use like solar, wind and hydrogen and perfect those so our world wont dry up. Also to conclude this paragraph we should find our biggest consumers of resources and put a stop to them like war, or make them more eco friendly.

Plant Medicine

1. 25-50 percent of all medicines 2. Scurvy 3. Vitamin C 4. Records show they date back to 5000 years 5. 135,000 6. The destruction of rainforests 7. Biodiversity is important to the planet because it gives every species of animal a place to live and adapt and keep our world alive.

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