Cuyahoga River Pollution Ohio 1967
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I grew up in Akron, Ohio on the Cuyahoga River in the 1960s and recall the foaming soap suds (before phosphates were removed from detergents), smell and the pollution. On June 22, 1969 a river fire in Cleveland captured national attention. This event helped spur an avalanche of pollution control activities resulting in the Clean Water Act, Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, and the creation of the federal and state Environmental Protection Agencies. The 1969 fires was not the first. Fires plagued the Cuyahoga River beginning in 1936 when a spark from a blow torch ignited floating debris and oils. The largest river fire in 1952 caused over $1 million in damage to boats and a riverfront office building. By the 1960s the lower Cuyahoga River in Cleveland was used for waste disposal, and was choked with debris, oils, sludge, industrial wastes and sewage. These pollutants were considered a major source of impact to Lake Erie, which was considered dead at the time. The 1969 fire has been the subject of several songs, including Randy Newman's 1972 song "Burn On", REM's 1986 song "Cuyahoga", and Adam Again's 1992 song "River on Fire". Over the past 40 years, the river has made a remarkable recovery. The Cuyahoga's story is a particularly apt example for future environmental efforts, because the once burning river can't just be cleaned up and "set aside" as a pristine wilderness park - it runs right through Cleveland, and like most American rivers, the Cuyahoga has to serve ...
Advent Children: Nightwish - 10th Man Down.wmv
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Tags: Final Fantasy VII Advent Children AMV Nightwish 10th Man Down
An older version of this video was uploaded by mysteriousman15 back when I didn't have an account of my own. In any case you've seen it, I'm the one who edited that AMV all the way from the start. Anyway, here's Nightwish's 10th Man Down over clips from Final Fantasy VII Advent Children. Enjoy.
Primeval Advent Promo_0001.wmv
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~~ This a promo video for a fanfic of mine inspired by a couple of astounding writers on Rangerboard - battleranger and tsoldier.
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