belong there. As soon we got our luggage‚ we rented a car from the Thrifty Rental Car from the Honolulu International Airport. From there on a 50 minute drive to the island of Oahu to get to our hotel. The hotel we were staying at was called The Turtle Bay Resort in Oahu‚ Hawaii with my family. We had planned this 5 day trip 3 months in advance. The trip was spontaneous. We took the opportunity since my family and I been wanting to go for such a long time. As soon as we arrived to our hotel they
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The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin‚ I developed a liking to a certain character. That character is Turtle Wexler or also known as Tabitha-Ruth Wexler. She changes who she is throughout the story and this is what she’s all about. When you first start reading The Westing Game Turtle is a brat. She is kicking people in the shins‚ which are messing with her or pulling her braid. The only person that Turtle didn’t kick is Sandy McSouthers. She was always arguing with someone about something she didn’t agree
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and Endangered Species Acts. The goal of the Clean Air Act was to lower pollutants in the air. This would allow the environment to thrive and cause fewer premature deaths in the country. The Clean water Act implemented a set of well-needed water quality standards. It also prevented disposal of harmful chemicals into a body of water. The Endangered Species Act was created protect and replenish animal species that are in danger of extinction. The act extends to the ecosystems that endangered or threatened
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plants are endangered. Since 1900 more species than ever before have become extinct‚ and scientists think we may even be losing one species a day at the moment. The most important reason for their extinction is the destruction of their habitats. When we save their habitats‚ we‟ll not only help them. More importantly‚ we‟ll receive benefits for economic growth‚ and the ecosystem. And finally‚ we can protect animals‟ rights. Therefore‚ Governments should establish more funds to save the endangered animals‟
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Over the summer this year I helped the Turtle Lake Public Library move locations because the librarian‚ Alison‚ helped me with some of my scholarship essays. This is my story on how the Turtle Lake Public Library became my literary sponsor. According to Deborah Brandt‚ in her study of literary sponsors she found out that “people explored in great detail their memories of learning to read and write across their lifetimes” (167). This quote explains what I am going through now as I write this essay
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Character Sketch!!!! Turtle Wexler is a three-teen year old girl who lives in Sunset Tower in her closet. Turtle is a character in the “Westing Game” by Ellen Raskin. She loves to wear her hair in beautiful long braids which makes her look older than she originally is‚ and she usually wears a uniform. She has a sister named Angela Wexler who always makes Turtle annoyed because of how pretty she looks. Her mum is named Grace Wexler‚ she doesn’t really care about Turtle as much as she does with
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Red-Eared Slider Turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans) inhabit freshwater lakes‚ streams‚ swamps‚ ponds and rivers. Male sliders become sexually mature when they are between 2 and 5 years old and are about 4 inches long. Females take longer to mature‚ reaching maturity when they are 5 to 7 years old and 6 to 7.5 inches long. Mating and courtship usually occurs between March and June. Slider turtles spend most of their time basking on rocks‚ logs near the water. Sometimes the red-eared slider turtles will be
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Humans’ Moral Obligation to Preserve Endangered Species Many species that exists today are becoming endangered to extinction. In the past era where humans did not exist‚ extinction occurred due to natural causes. On this present time however‚ extinction of species are threatened by humans’ existence. Humans are the only moral agent; in which‚ it has the intellectual capacity that animals and plants do not have. Thus‚ humans are powerful and dominate over any species. Many practices that humans
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there were some similarities. But come on now a Native American story could not be like a Sumerian story. “The World on the Turtles Back” was about a woman goddess who was pregnant with a child and hungry dinning on everything she asked her man to bring her bark from the forbidden tree. But then she fell through the ground. Then she started on creating the world atop a turtle back. The other story I read was an ancient Sumerian story about a world of gods. They did not agree at all with the choices
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Anuj Patel September 30‚ 2010 English 11 1st Period The Earth on Turtle’s Back & the Navajo Origin Legend Native Americans have great respect for the natural world. They believe that each creature has its own power by which it maintains itself and affects others. Each Native American culture has its own name for this power‚ but many Native American cultures recognize a Great Spirit- an invisible power that is the source of life and good for humans. Many of the animals that helped feed and
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