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The name is ☆Karissa☆, I am a junior this year and I'm just an ordinary girl, I blow the candles out on October 29th. When I get out of High school I want to get married, explore the world and live my life. I enjoy driving,hanging out, riding the RZR, hunting, fishing, welding, texting, spotting, mudding, camping,I'm a redneck/country-girl. I hate backstabbers and two faced people which there are a lot of them in this school, I'm easy to get along with but there are just some things I don't tolerate. I love kids but I don't want any of my own :) When I get out of school I plan to go to Triangle Tech to be a welder or go to school to be a phlebotomist.I'm still undecided. :) I have a dog her name is Gabby-Marie, she is a black lab mixed. You could usually find me with my wonderful, amazing bf,Kel and ed,my cousin Codey Schlemmer and his friends, my brother Kevin,my wifey Lakota :)(: most of my time I spend with my boyfriend or family☆ I'm usually easy to get along with but I can't stand people that think they know everything and that they are better than everybody else. **I HATE ALL THE GIRLS IN THIS SCHOOL, DRAMA, SNOBS, AND PREPS!!!!!!! **I'm not the "girlish" type but I'm usually a tomboy but when it comes to some girl things I am always up for them.  If ya want to know anything else just either text me if ya got the digits or come up to me. peace! ♥And below me is my wonderful life and the people in it♥ 



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=<span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Recreational Activities = <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Nature-Based land activities. Day Hiking(35.4%) Visit a wilderness(34.2%), visit a farm(32.3%), Viewing/learning activities- photograph natural scenery(66.7%), visit nature centers(60.0%), sightseeing(57.8%), Developed- setting land activities- walking for a pleasure(87.2%), family gathering(77.4%), picnicking(65.5%). Water-based activities- swimming outdoor(50.0%), swimming in lakes/streams(49.2%), visit a beach(47.0%). Snow/ice based activities- snow/ice(38.0%), downhill skiing(9.8%), snowmobiling(8.9%),

HISPANIC MALES: Nature Land based activities- day hiking(47.1%) visit a wilderness(30.6%), visit a farm(22.9%),

=<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Water Shortages: = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1.people need water not only to drink but for hygiene,food productions, and industries.

=<span style="color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">TYPES OF POLLUTION: ACTIVITY A: = <span style="color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1. What places did you look at and what were the pollution problems there? -Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio

2. Discuss in your group the various places you chose. What common pollutants/industries/problems exist among the area? You may need to discuss them as rural vs. city issues. -serious problems. (coal waste,water chemicals,waste-water, power-plants, toxic-waste, sewage problems, synthetic problems.)

3. Are these pollutants or problems point source or non-point source pollution problems? -the pollutants are a point source.

= TYPES OF POLLUTION: ACTIVITY B: = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Why is this a problem? How did it happen? -people littering and the garbage is plugging up the drain systems around the world.

How is human health, aquatic organisms, and other organisms affected? Give an example of organisms affected and the problems it is causing. -human health is affected because they are drinking the water that is being polluted and aquatic organisms are sea creatures are swimming and living in the water and its affecting them because its killing them and causing problems for them, other organisms such as land creatures are eating the litter and debris and causing severe health issues and there are a lot of animals dying because of the litter and debris problems.

What steps do you think need to happen in order to stop this from becoming a larger problem? - stop the littering, put food out for the animals, stop the polluting of the water, stop the polluting for human health.

Our households are a major problem of pollution.What should people do to reduce water pollution that affects all of our water? - expose trash properly, not litter, do not put harsh chemicals in the water.

=<span style="color: #ff00ab; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Oh Bouy Project =

= Climate: = <span style="color: #ff00ab; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">climate definition- the long-term weather pattern of an area, including temperature, precipitation, and wind.

questions?? --When does climate change happen? ---they depend on highly complex feedback mechanisms between solar input, the ocean, the atmosphere, the cryosphere including sea ice, ice sheets, and glacier, and possibly also the role of the earth's terrestrial.

--why is climate change unusual? -- Because nobody knows when its going to happen because its different every time.

--How do you know climate change is happening? How one time it hot and then the next day its freezing and then finally its a pattern and then you know when its happening. --Does climate change affect different parts of the world?

--Is climate change dangerous? yes it can be because of the greenhouse gasses concentration. its wildly inaccurate and predict warming or cooling outside what the Earth is likely to see but a big percentage of results fall within a smaller range, the researchers can get a feel for how the climate might be changing.

--why does climate change come faster than any other change? An increasing body of observations gives a collective picture of a warming world and other changes in the climate system

RESOURCES: http://www.noaa.gov/climate.html = =

= INDIVIDUAL PROJECT... 2 VEHICLES. :) =

= OIL IS MORE THAN ENERGY! = --How is oil production/distribution as well as political and economic issues related? -- the more oil production makes the economy costs rise and makes the economy have economic issues and politic issues that deal with oil.

--View this resource to see where we get our oil: [] --Algeria, Chad, Colombia, the democratic republic of the Congo, Iraq, Mauritania, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Syria.

--Write 5 statements that are concerns expressed in this article. -- 1.climate change 2.oil spills in the water. 3.food and water shortages 4.diseases such as malaria 5.rising sea levels

--What do you think? Research more information if needed to back up your statements. -- I think oil can be dangerous but it helps so many people in so many ways.

= Products from Petroleum =



= Energy Audit =

Essay Topics 1. the school board should use automatic water faucets because with automatic it stops when its not being used and it only uses a little bit of water 2. the school board should take out the air conditioner in the library, office, cafeteria... 3. we shouldn't have so many lights when there are a lot of windows in one classroom.

= Details on Energy Audit = --we would save a lot of money and energy if we use automatic toilets, sinks, paper towels, and lights. if we use automatic lights they are being flushed when they need to and for sinks they wont be dripping all the time and paper towels wont be getting wasted and the lights we could use dimmer lights and only turn on when they need to be. -- we could get rid of the air conditioner in the library, office, and cafeteria -- we could get rid of most of the lights in the cafeteria because nobody is in there all the time and they are on --we can get rid of the cameras they are wasting energy because half of the time we don't need them, we only need them because of the 8th graders. --we don't need so many lights in a classroom that has a lot of windows and they can use pure sunlight for light. --don't need so many buses for one location and some parents could bring their kids to school instead of wasting gas for buses. --teachers don't need refrigerators in their room when they have the faculty rooms for lunch and stuff and they don't need pop machines because there are machines in the cafeteria.

= = = Word Document = How can the school conserve energy? Well, there are many ways the school can help reduce the energy we use everyday and the prices we use on the objects we use energy for. Like, things in the restrooms such as the water faucet, paper towel holder, toilets and lights should all be automatic because it would help reduce the energy we use for restrooms. If the toilets are automatic they will only be flushed when they need to and they can tell when someone went to the restroom. If the paper towel holder is automatic, it only gives the amount of towel that is needed and all the paper towels aren’t going to waste. If the lights were automatic they would only need to come on when people are in there using it, that way they always wouldn’t be on wasting energy by always having the lights on. There are many ways the school can preserve energy and not use so much. The bathroom isn’t the only thing that should have changes. Many rooms in the school need a lot of changes and change ways we all can preserve energy and not waste it. Other rooms include the library, office, cafeteria, and we don’t need air conditioner in them rooms because its wasting energy and the pop machines in the faculty rooms they don’t need them because there are pop machines in the cafeteria. Classrooms don’t need so many lights because they could use half of the lights and get the rest of the lights from natural sunlight. Schools don’t need so many buses for more than one location. Some parents can bring their child to school since they live close by instead of riding a bus and wasting fuel. In classrooms such as the cafeteria or the library or the computer lab, we could use dimmer lights to help reduce the energy level. Also, we can reduce the energy level in the computer room with all the laptops not being plugged in all day, they can charge overnight. Teachers can unplug their smart-board when not using them to help reduce the energy level. Also, teachers can unplug their laptop when they aren’t using them all the time instead of keeping it plugged in all day. Many problems that my groups as ourselves saw was the lights being on when nobody was in the classroom, television was on when nobody was using it, and in the bathrooms the lights are always on when nobody is in there. On the stairways the lights are always on and most of the time nobody is using them.

= Region Questions: = Region 5-Michigan -- What is the name of your region? --Region 5: Michigan --What are the top commodities of the state you are researching? -- gear boxes for motor vehicles, natural gas, gaseous --What landforms are parts of the state? -- canyons, bays, capes, cliffs, coast, delta, desert, island, lakes, peninsulas, plains, plateau, strait, tundra. --Describe the climate, population, largest cities, and any other factors that affect those that live or visit there. -- four full seasons. each as beautiful as the other. summers are mostly warm with highs from 80's into the 90's, autumn has great foliage colors, the winters usually produce moderate amounts of snow with the lows reaching into the negatives, and spring with the nature and flowers and growth. --What are the top 5 commodities in your region? Are any of these the top 5 commodities nationally? If so, which ones? -- natural gas, industrial machinery, Gear boxes for motor vehicles, corn, and soybeans. --What unique commodities are found in your region? Why are they unique? -- gearboxes for motorized vehicles because we never heard of one doing that. -- corn because most farms are down south.

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= Land Stand Survey = **I disagree because there are people that need taxes back and people should save money to help make things better to live in. Also, people couldn’t have a certain amount of miles to drive because there are some people that drive a long distance to work and back everyday. I disagree on the part how we should be worried now and not the future; we should be worries about both present and future. And farmers should be able to sell their land anyway they want to because they are the ones that pretty much fixed it and made it better. I disagree with the tax being spent on cars for other drivers when they can save their own money and buy their own car. And I disagree with the people born in this country has the right to live in a home any way they want too because people should share land.**

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= ** Gentian, //Gentiana catesbaei// ** =
 * Where the plant grows
 * North America and Europe and Japan
 * ====== Where the plant grows North America and Europ Is it endangered?  ======
 * ====== yes it most countries ======
 * ====== What medicinal use does the plant have? ======
 * ====== Gentian root has been used for loss of appetite and stomach upset (indigestion). Some herbal/diet supplement products have been found to contain possibly harmful impurities/additives. ======
 * ====== What part of the plant is used? ======
 * ====== The roots and rhizomes ======
 * ====== Who would benefit from products from this plant? ======
 * ====== people who have problems with <span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">t he digestive system is stressed by depleted food, poor food combination, water or drinks with meals, pollutants, additives, preservatives, improper chewing and poor mental attitude. ======
 * ====== which can include: ======
 * heartburn, belching, bloating, gas, nausea, vomiting, pain high in the abdomen, loss of appetite and weight loss

=Using Plants as medicines=

1. How many U.S. prescription medicines come from plants? --Between 25% and 50% 2. What disease did the sailors suffer from? -- Scurvy 3. What did the cedar bark contain that saved the sailors? --vitamin C 4. How long have people been using plants for medicinal purposes? --5,000 years 5. How many species of plants are endangered? --270,000 6. What is causing plants to become endangered? --cleaning forests and paving over the land. 7. Summarize the reasons why biodiversity is important. --gives food and shelter its a necessity for everyone to have and need.

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 * Ethiopia**

Analysis Section:
 * 1) **Area (in square kilometers)--****Area:** total: **1,104,300 sq km** land: **1 million sq km** water: **104,300 sq km**
 * 2) **Total population--80,713,434**
 * 3) **Major cities and their populations--Addis Abeba,Amhara,Diredaw,Amhara,Oromia**
 * 4) **Per capita income--$46 billion**
 * 5) **Percentage of people undernourished--in 1996:60.6% and in 2001:46.5%**
 * 6) **Natural resources--small reserves of gold,platinum, copper,potash,natural gas, hydro power.**
 * 7) **Major agricultural products--cereal,coffee,oilseed,cotton,sugarcane,potatoes,goat, cattle, and sheep.**
 * 8) **Soil type--sandy desert soils,gray to black clay soils**
 * 9) **Literacy rate--4.3%**
 * 10) **Description of its climate (include temperature and precipitation patterns)--200cm of rainfall,coldest is 6℃ and the warmest is 79℉**
 * 1) Summarize why hunger is such a problem in that country. Explore political, environmental, and social issues that are involved in the hunger problem, and describe at least two issues that have caused the hunger problem for that country--because there is a lot of population and less natural resources.
 * 2) Summarize what efforts are being made to reduce the occurrence of hunger--planting more with the amount of rainfall they get, and make their agricultural products last.
 * 3) Research an organization that is providing aid to your country, and include a description of its work in your summary-- [|Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce]  (http://www.addischamber.com)

=combating world hunger=

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=combating world hunger= 1. Heifer International has a campaign revolving around “Passing on the Gift.” What does that mean? --creates a living cycle of sustainability and it develops community and enhances self-esteem by allowing project partners to become donors a. Give a brief description of their work (2-3 sentences) --the project seeks to end hunger and poverty by empowering people to lead lives of self-reliance, meet their own basic needs and build better futures for their children. b. What locations do they help? (for example, is it based in the United States or is it a worldwide initiative?) --Africa,Asia, and Latin America-- and its global. c. Is it funded by the government //or// does it rely on donations and private aid? --they are funded by both the government and the donations and private aid.