Living near Cannery Row a historical street in Monterey‚ California‚ fishing has always been a part of the environment I have grown up in. Fishing goes beyond the typical “hobby” we might think it is‚ it is much more. It plays a huge role in our economy as well as food source. Yet we have not stopped to think of the toll it takes on the different species living in our oceans as well as our oceans. Banning the barbed hook used to bait and capture the fish is a step we must take. Not just for the fish
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Statement of intent: This is a third POV story‚ set when Juliet was sent away from England to the Bahamas "for the good of her health". As Juliet was disconnected due to her separation from her family‚ I used few emotions coming from her‚ herself. I used her obsession with the "king and queen" book as a subtle reference to Borovnia. I made the child‚ Richard‚ five years old because Juliet has a personality younger than her age‚ and she ends up copying Richard. With this piece I was portraying the
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Medical advancements are being made all the time‚ new ways to operate on people‚ better ways to treat diseases are being found‚ and prosthetics are changing dramatically. “Over the past 30 years‚ medical advancements helped add five years to U.S. life expectancy and reduce fatalities by more than half” (“Value of Medical Technology”). About two million people in the United States are amputees (“Limb Loss Statistics”). Technology research on prosthetics has improved tremendously over the years. There
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We’ve all heard of Seaworld. A childhood fantasy. The spectacular shows and mesmerizing performances of marine animal and men. Orcas and dolphins doing trick as the fascinated faces‚ young and old watch the ‘never before’ seen show. Years later we find out the truth. The torture of animals and the small confinement that these animals have been forced to live in. Orcas were “...confined to a tank containing 0.0001 percent of the quantity of water that he would traverse in a single day in nature.”
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MODESTO - Life is back to normal for the Calaveras Redskins football team. The 2014 season which saw the ‘Skins go 5-5 and miss the playoffs for the first time in 17 years‚ is in the rearview mirror. Calaveras‚ along with Mother Lode League rival Sonora Wildcats‚ the Ripon Christian Knights‚ of the Southern League‚ and California State Division IV Champion Central Catholic Raiders‚ took part in a three-day camp at Central Catholic High School‚ in Modesto. “This camp was a great learning experience
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Pennies may have been practical several years ago; however‚ now they are inconvenient and obsolete. As an American citizen who pays with U.S. currency almost every day and almost every day‚ inconvenienced by the use of pennies. Pennies make even less sense provided the fact that the United States Government has made such a large amount of pennies that the materials used to make pennies are worth more than a penny itself. Other countries have already done this and it is working out well for them‚
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Shipwrecks are everywhere. History happens everyday‚ but how do shipwrecks made history? The facts are shocking! ROV are absolutely valuable tools for underwater research. Thing that prove historical perspective‚ underwater research data‚ and underwater explorations. ROVs (remotely operated vehicles) have been around since the 1970s. Their main uses are to find ships and treasure deep under the water. They can go over 35‚000 feet underwater and the deepest manned submarine was only 13‚000 feet. On
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Zoos or prisons? Animals living in between our walls The issue is ‘all zoos should be closed’. This is an issue in society because animals are just like any other humans‚ we have feelings‚ but we’re treating them like dirt‚ by keeping them in a zoo‚ locked inside a cage like prisoners‚ for our ‘educational benefits’ and ‘entertainment’. The real issue This is an issue because animals are being kept in a place full of artificial environment and climate that they are not used to. Some of the zoo
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Has someone ever tried to change your opinion because they would gain from it? Have they ever tried to make you like them because it made them comfortable? It’s pretty rude‚ but countries do it all the time to other countries. This is what imperialism is like. Imperialism is the policy of one country’s political‚ economic‚ or cultural domination over other lands or territories. There are five motives for why people used imperialism- economic‚ exploratory ethnocentric‚ political‚ and religious reasons
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When Beowulf died‚ after the fight with the firedrake‚ Wiglaf was appointed king. Wiglaf was still very young at the time‚ so he was extremely inexperienced. He began training to become the best king in history. During his first day of training‚ he said to himself‚ “I will be just like Beowulf.” He went through all of his training trying as hard as he could to become exactly like Beowulf. After he finished the training‚ Wiglaf was dedicated to ruling the same way Beowulf did. He did everything possible
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