portraits of other artists. His landscape depictions were never purely about the aesthetics of Nature‚ but predicted many things about human life like strife‚ anger‚ hope‚ desire‚ etc. The Storm on the Sea of Galilee or “Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee” is such masterpiece depicting the Biblical scene of Jesus and the disciples crossing the sea when there is a raging storm. The painting was complete in the year 1633 and Rembrandt took the maritime theme of the painting to ensure that the
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Dog Fighting Sherry LaFace COM 220: Research Writing January 23‚ 2010 Erin Fagan Dog fighting is a very cruel thing‚ and it is happening right under our noses. It is illegal to fight a dog in all fifty states. By being an observer at a dog fight‚ it is against the law in forty-seven states. So why do people continue this cruel practice? The answer seems to be money. Some people who breed dogs for fighting can sell their puppies for up to two thousand dollars. Even though fighting dogs
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Sea Otters in the Kelp Forest The kelp forest is among the most biologically productive marine habitat known to Earth today. They are like underwater forest made out of giant kelp‚ and sustaining hundreds of different organisms such as; kelp‚ abalone‚ crustaceans‚ urchins‚ harbor seals‚ and also sea otters. Kelp forests are important to today’s oceans‚ and they depend on the organisms that live within them‚ especially the sea otter. A keystone species is a species whose presence contributes
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It has been thought that girls are more mature than boys. Parents‚ teachers and many others agree to this statement. When they are young‚ it is known that girls mature faster than boys. This seems to always be the case as their lives goes on. Imagine a teacher trying to teach and there is a group of boys in the back fooling around and in the front are perfectly behaved girls. The teacher favors the girls for behaving correctly and scolds the boys in the back. She becomes annoyed when the boys won’t
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net/salt/animals/echinod.htm How Do Sea Stars Move? Each sea star had hundreds of tiny feet on the bottom of each ray. These are tube feet‚ or podia. These tiny feet can be filled with sea water. The vascular system of the sea star is also filled with sea water. By moving water from the vascular system into the tiny feet‚ the sea star can make a foot move by expanding it. This is how sea stars move around. Muscles within the feet are used to retract them. Each ray of a sea star has a light sensitive
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mind and was angry that he had lost his source of slave labor. He summoned his 600 best chariots‚ all the other chariots in the land‚ and marched his massive army in pursuit. The Israelites seemed to be trapped. Mountains stood on one side‚ the Red Sea in front of them. When they saw Pharaoh’s soldiers coming‚ they were terrified. Grumbling against God and Moses‚ they said they would rather be slaves again than die in the desert. Moses answered the people‚ "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will
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Symbolism in The Old Man and the Sea In The Old Man and the Sea‚ Ernest Hemingway uses symbolism to add dimension to his story. Hemingway once said‚ “All the things that are in it do not show‚ but only are with you after you have read it” (Young). He created The Old Man and the Sea with hopes that readers would understand what the story symbolizes. Primarily‚ Hemingway uses symbolism to comment on the journey of life and facing defeats. In addition‚ Hemingway creates a parallel between his own
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of the Coral Sea was a series of several naval battles fought during the 4th and the 8th of May‚ 1942‚ between Japanese forces and Allied forces (U.S. and Australian). It represented the first battle in history with aircraft carrier warfare on both sides. The Coral Sea is located just off the northeastern coast of Australia‚ southwest of the Solomon Islands and east of New Guinea. Who was involved There were four major groups of ships engaged in different parts of the fighting over the four-day
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research of my topic theme which is based about the topic “Exploring Under The Sea”. In more depth I will talk about the artist who inspired me. Within this I will analyse also different kind of techniques‚ different mediums ‚ some research of Van Gogh with the title “ The two crabs” and I will include my sketches of my chosen theme. The reason I chose this topic is because I am so passionate about the life under the sea. As in reality I also experienced myself due to a scuba diving course recently
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The vampire fish. That is what the Sea lamprey was nicknamed when discovered in 1835. First spotted in Lake Ontario‚ researchers were horrified to learn that the Sea lamprey feeds on blood. These parasitic fish latch on to their victims and siphon their blood and other body fluids‚ sucking them completely dry. What separates the Sea lamprey from other fish‚ other than their horrifying blood fetish‚ is their unique body structure. These fish do not have jaws or any other bone structure in their anatomy
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