and wetlands were covered with a thick oily material. The Deepwater Horizon spill is considered the worst oil spill in history. Many other‚ smaller spills occur regularly. Wells have leaks that seep into the surrounding soil and water. Underground cavern reservoirs leach through soil to the surface or to water. Water contaminated by oil can not be consumed or used. Animals suffer as the oil coats their bodies making them unable to fly‚ swim‚ or breathe. A new worst oil spill could happen at any time
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I think Odysseus fits the title of a hero very well. Odysseus fits the description of a hero because he’s done a few things that are heroic. The first heroic thing he has done is go fight in a war with the trojans. Odysseus had come up with a plan for his men during the war. That plan was to build a big wooden horse as a gift for the trojans‚ the trojans accepted it and brought it inside their village. The trojans didn’t know Odysseus and his men were inside the big wooden horse‚ Odysseus and his
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64). He argued for “new epistemologies‚ theories‚ methods‚ policies‚ programs‚ and plans for communities confronted by the…neo-Bourbon/neoliberal agenda” (2009: 448). He suggests that to understand a place‚ we “have to explore the subterranean caverns that shelter the wellsprings of dreams during the seasons when hope can’t be found” (2009: 430). For Woods‚ the blues epistemology was one of the ways to find the cracks in the castle of power through which people might find open spaces for social
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Johannes Kieding English 123 Essay Two Virgil’s Aeneid Professor Kalogeris Spring 2011 Serpent’s Tale At the heart of the universe and at the core of each of us‚ a wild‚ irrepressible force resides. Primal‚ fundamental‚ her vitality shimmers in the darkness of night. This winged creature of darkness‚ this irrational and often destructive force of the cosmos‚ has a twin sister. Rational and orderly‚ sister Reason marches to another tune than the one her counterpart of darkness marches to; she
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believed they must attack the source; civil society. Instigated most notably by Klemens von Metternich‚ an Austrian politician‚ European powers enacted legislature that would suppress liberalism and its associations. In 1819‚ Metternich enacted the Carlsbad Resolutions which aimed to repress political organizations from threatening newly restored conservative Europe. Moreover‚ it outline that all publications would be subject to “approval of the state officials.” The aim was to subdue civil society
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pirates remained mainly on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers‚ since these were the two most frequent routes to use when traveling to New Orleans. The most common location for the pirates to reside was a huge cavern that is referred to today as‚ Cave-In-Rock. (Davis) * Cave-In-Rock was a vast cavern about 55 feet by 160 feet‚ situated in the limestone bluffs right off of the Ohio River in Southern Illinois (Davis). This was a wonderful haven for criminals engrossed in river piracy since it provided
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All About Me General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about myself and why I am a good addition to this classroom. Organizational Method: Introduction: Attention Getter: In this public speaking class‚ we have 74 days left until the end of the semester‚ and for some of us the end of high school entirely. We have 96 hours and 42 minutes left in this class‚ but my speech will only take five minutes or about 0.086% of our class time together. Since this is such a small percentage
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confirmed find of any musical instrument in history‚[17] until a redating of flutes found in Geißenklösterle cave revealed them to be even older with an age of 42.000 to 43.000 years.[9] The flute‚ one of several found‚ was found in the Hohle Fels cavern next to the Venus of Hohle Fels and a short distance from the oldest known human carving.[18] On announcing the discovery‚ scientists suggested that the "finds demonstrate the presence of a well-established musical tradition at the time when modern
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In a specific case‚ her so called “crime” causes Creon’s second “act of injustice” by his plan to punish her. He outrages the city with his plan which was depicted when he says‚ “I’ll take her on a path no people use‚ and hide her in a cavern in the rocks‚ while still alive. I’ll set out provisions… to make sure the city is not totally corrupted”. Creon’s punishment on Antigone was his second act of injustice. He punished her for doing what is right in the circumstances. Also‚ after he
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exemplary vocabulary. Unlike Mary Shelley‚ Kenneth Oppel uses sensory descriptions to allow a first person perspective on situations‚ such as the cold‚ windy‚ and dark experience to get the tree moss‚ or the gloomy and claustrophobic atmosphere of the caverns. However‚ when not given a full description of the surrounding area in This Dark Endeavour‚ it becomes difficult to feel the full effect of the sensation based writing style. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has journeyed throughout history‚ receiving
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