On 13 August 2016 at 11:11p.m. Patrolman Parker and I were dispatched to 2224 Chestwood Road. The call was in reference to a physical altercation between a man and a woman. The two were later identified as Demetrius Givens and Kelia Richardson.…
When most people think of a national park they think of Yellowstone or Yosemite or the Grand Canyon but what they should think of is the Isle Royale National Park. The reason is because the Isle Royale is what a national park should be which is wild, rugged, and buffered from the outside world.…
Diary entry Lecture 1 The first lecture was a start to a large topic known as the imperial capital world city: London 1750-1914. As an introduction, the lecture started with a question as to what the British empire and what variables is affected its strength. The question directed acted as method of reviewing my own personal knowledge on the Empire, I needed to understand the aspects involved. The trading that occurred which to gave the empire new materials to support its military and riches to support its monarchs, these merchandises were obtained through the efforts of trading with other empires or countries that contained the goods needed.…
Diary Entries: Harold Henry Abbott Enlistment: 10th March 1915 I can not believe I have actually done it. I have officially enlisted myself to fight for Australia in the war two days ago, it still quite has not sunken in what I have done. To be quite honest I was reluctant in my mind to do it at first. Reason being is I am quite comfortable back home with my job of being a Brushmaker.…
My focal species, the trout, has a direct predator/prey interaction with both the shark and the ghost shrimp. In the shark and trout predation, the shark benefits by feeding upon my focal species, therefore, this form of predation is parasitism. On the other side, the trout eats the ghost shrimp. Therefore, the trout benefits at the expense of the ghost shrimp. Thus, this relationship is parasitic as well.…
After Big Sur and spending the night in Pacifica we went further north to San Francisco. When we spent the night in Pacifica our hotel was right near the ocean. It was such a beautiful view to wake up to. I just absolutely love the sound of the ocean. In San Francisco we went over the Golden Gate Bridge. It was a pretty cool thing to see with the views of San Francisco and the ocean. We then went to the park across from the Painted Ladies. The Painted Ladies are the houses that appear in the background of the opening of the original Full House series. It was an awesome thing to go see as I grew up watching Full House and will still watch it from time to time. Once we were done at the park we went to the San Francisco Giants stadium. Although…
Over spring break, I explored the Gulf Coast area with some friends. We camped at Ochlockonee River State Park in Sopchoppy, FL. During these days we also visited different locations of the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. We discovered an area with a beach and a boat ramp near Panacea, FL. The next day we went to St. Marks Lighthouse. Along the drive down to the lighthouse, we discovered different types of lands and ecosystems.…
approach was respectful, consultative and collaborative. I spent the first week going around to each clan…
Barrier Islands, which are also known as barrier spits, are elongate, narrow islands of sand or sediment that lied parallel to the coastline and are separated from the mainland by a shallow sound, bay or Lagoon. Most barrier islands are along trailing edge and marginal sea coast where continental shelves are wide and gently sloping. The majority of the barrier islands in North America are along the Atlantic and Gulf Coast. The formation of the barrier islands is not fully understood. There have been many theories about their formation, but the current one states that barrier islands were formed about 18,000 years ago at the end of the last Ice Age. As the glaciers melted, the sea level started to rise and flooded areas behind the beach ridges at that time. The rising waters carried sediments from those beach ridges and deposited them along shallow areas just off the new coast lines. Waves and currents continued to bring in sediments that build up, forming the barrier islands. They range in length from three to a hundred kilometers in length and less than one to three kilometers in width. Their two major functions are: To protect the coastlines from severe storm damage and to harbor several habitats that are refuges for wildlife. There are four major zones in the barrier-islands: beach, dunes, overwash, and salt marsh. Each of these zones have their own function and type of natural life. It is natural for these islands to grow and erode and get washed away. They aren’t permanent; they are just accumulations of sand that form off the cost. It should not be allowed to build up in the barrier-islands because its dangerous for the people, eliminates important ecosystems and limits the island’s usefulness in protecting the mainland coast.…
Bruce Norris the writer of the play Clybourne Park that is based off of the famous play A Raisin in the Sun. The play Clybourne Park, beings in 1959, this is at the end of the segregation period. It starts with a black family who wants to move into a white neighborhood but the head of the neighborhood is trying to keep them out. Then the play jumps fifty years into the future to 2009 where the house, which is owned by the black family, is now run down and the neighborhood has turned more into a black community. Norris embeds many meaningful symbols such as the community change, Kenneth, and the buried trunk in this play to convince readers that people believe racial issues have died but in reality are still alive today.…
Biscayne National Park, founded and established by Dante Fascell in 1980, lies in the waters south of Florida. The park is made up of four ecosystems that include the mangroves, the Florida Keys, the coral reef, and Biscayne Bay. Biscayne National Park is home to large numbers of threatened and endangered species of plants and animals both above and below the water’s surface. Biscayne National Park also protects one of the world’s longest coral reefs and the longest mangrove forest. Biscayne National Park,the largest marine park in the National Park Service, is important because it preserves and protects the fragile marine, plant and animal life in its boundaries.…
Fire Island National Seashore was established by congress as a unit of the National Park Service on September 11, 1964 but its roots date back to 1653. A man by the name of Isaac Stratford constructed a whaling station on the Island, giving it the name of Whalehouse Point. During the 18th and 19th centuries whaling was an essential part of their culture because whales provided meat, oil, and blubber. In 1825 the Federal government constructed the Fire Island Lighthouse at the western tip of the island. This was significant because it served as an important landmark for ships coming to New York (“Fire Island History” 1). Skipping ahead about 125 years, Real Estate began to boom, and Fire Island appeared as the foremost summer retreat. As of today, there are about 23 towns that are present on the Island, 17 of which are…
I recently read two poems, entitled "Island Man" and "The Fringe of the Sea". These two poems are similar in many ways, but also have conflicting ideas. They both have connections to the sea, through the content of the poems, but also through the authors. Grace Nichols is the author of "Island Man", and she was born in Ghana, and now living in Britain. A.L. Hendriks wrote "The Fringe of the Sea", and she was born in Jamaica, but also now lives in Britain.…
In the morning I awoke to find rain falling over the hills in great blown sheets. I breakfasted, settled the bill and spent a protracted period struggling into waterproofs in the front hallway. It’s a funny thing. I dress myself most days without incident, but give me a pair of waterproof trousers to put on and it’s as if I’ve never stood unaided. I spent twenty minutes crashing into walls and furniture, falling into pot plants and, in one particularly notable outburst, hopping on one leg for some 15 feet before wrapping my neck around a newel post.…
Rainsford face shone with brightness as if a door to heaven was opened. Peacefully, he awakened to another day of his life, not like General Zaroff that had died the night before. He was alone in a mansion, in the middle island, where hours ago he could have died. Was Rainsford really alone on the island? Looking out the window, he saw the sea with no longer a curse that trapped many people to their death game. Viewing the calmness of the sea was like being in the water the night he had fallen off the yacht but all of that was past him. Feeling happy that he was alive and his soul was clear, he walked down the stairs to the living room. There he sat for a few hours and reflected on everything that had happened a few days ago.…