AP Environmental Science Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: The BP Disaster The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was one of the most infamous industrial environmental disasters ever. On April 20‚ 2010‚ a marine oil-drilling dig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded‚ releasing hundreds of millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. This explosion resulted in the loss of human life‚ massive environmental damage‚ and widespread damage to the livelihood of people living along the
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One favorite place from my childhood that I remember fondly is my grandparents’ house. It’s a marvelous location and unforgettable to me. When I was in young age my mom always sent me to live with my grandparents and my aunts during a long school holiday. On the other hand‚ I have many lovely memories of all the fun activities in my grandparents’ house and other memories include the delicious meals I enjoyed there. It was a wonderful memorable location. My grandparents’ house is in Suphan Buri
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I am here to declare my independence from being judged by my own opinions and cleaning after other people. Everyday I come home and see all the messes that everyone leaves at the house and I continue to ask myself WHY? Why can’t these clans gather up ones own disarray? Why make the virtuous and pure one rack up all the wreckage laying around? Why am I looked at differently because I have unalike views on certain matters in our society? Why do I continue to let people run me over as if I do not
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Standing Nude with Hut Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s painting “Standing Nude with Hut” (Nackte Frau mit Hut) represents a female figure standing alone without any clothes inside a room. Though she’s unclothed‚ she wears a black round hat‚ some pieces of jewelry and pointy red shoes. The black color used for the hat was also used for the pubic hair of the Woman‚ which emphasizes its rectangular shape. Geometrical forms painted in different tones of green‚ yellow and a vivid blue
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and sizes. In the text From My Hero: Extraordinary People on the Heroes Who Inspire Them it says “So we need to be very careful of those we put on a pedestal‚ and choose only those who embody those qualities that reflect the very best of human nature. But even that is a dangerous game. What do we do with a hero who has done something less than heroic?” I think that this quotes means that we put many heroes on a pedestal who haven’t done things of great courage. For example‚ my hero would be Harriet
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First and foremost‚ British Petroleum oil company as well as” Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill”. It is one of the most terrible disaster that happened to humanity history. This is due the harm that it had in regards to humanity‚ environment and economy. The time line of the Deepwater horizon oil spill it was documented as the foulest oil spill in the US antiquity. On 20th April ‚2010 the blast and the decrease of the Deepwater horizon oil rig at the Gulf of Mexico that has murdered 11 folks and 17 other
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Both writers from “Dreams from my Father” and “The Life you Imagine” used various writing strategies to convey their challenges and experiences. To me‚ the strategies both authors used were very effective in getting the point across to their readers. Colloquial language‚ figurative language‚ academic vocabulary and descriptive details are examples of some common strategies they put in place. Jeter used rhetorical questions and colloquial language to convey his experience about his goals and dreams
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telephone receiver in my hand. My aunt was still on the other end‚ demanding that I immediately rush over to Grandma Mary’s house. At this instant‚ my gut instinct responded by tightening up indicating that something was definitely wrong. And it was only then; memories of her youthful days flashed across my mind‚ reminding me of her mantra‚ “You must never allow anyone to steal your joy”. And it appeared as if she was standing right beside me‚ but I knew it was just a fragment of my imagination. I confirmed
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Gayle D. Romine Patricia Wrangler Writing 110 December 14‚ 2010 The essay “Still Learning from My Mother‚” by Cliff Schneider is a personal tribute to his seventy-nine-year old mother. In the essay Schneider shares his fondest memory as a young boy growing up in the 1950’s. During this time it was common for a young boy to “have a catch” with his father. This was a time to toss around the baseball and to talk about life. Schneider shared he had many catches with his father‚ but his most
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needing outside approval for everything I do. However‚ I am getting better at pushing myself to trust my own instincts. Because of this I will have to say my two strengths are the ability to accept responsibility for my actions and my goal-orientation. I‚ myself‚ need to have a goal for each week and long-term. WIth strengths comes weaknesses‚ I find one of my weaknesses to be procrastination.
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