Marine-Mammal Shows: Harmful to both Animals and People A famous dolphin trainer gave up his career which could have brought him both wealth and prosperity and became a free-the-dolphins activist instead. His name is Richard O’Barry and he is now struggling to conserve the rights of marine animals‚ especially dolphins. He was motivated by the fact that his precious dolphin (in the movie “Flipper”) that he once trained committed suicide in front of him‚ which shows one of the many problematic aspects
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Courtney Salisbury Composition II Schoneberg 4/27/11 Pornography: Is it Art? Recently‚ I overheard a couple in a coffee shop discussing their views on a predominately homosexual club displaying artful nude photos‚ and having their photos censored by a local neighborhood group. Over the years‚ there have been countless lawsuits regarding pornography and art. Legally‚ pornography is defined as imagery that intends to create sexual arousal. The United States Supreme court has determined that the
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Drew Houser Robin Sonstegard English 1100 15 October 2013 Funding the Arts The United States‚ as a whole‚ depends immensely on the development of arts programs‚ big or small. Americans need the sense of culture and social gathering‚ and what could possibly be better to do on a Friday night than hear the local orchestra play or catch the next town over’s middle school production of The Wizard of Oz? The funding of arts departments in schools‚ colleges‚ and universities is absolutely imperative
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Dr. Calatrello English 101 6 July 2011 Not Guilty “Not Guilty” of murdering her two year old daughter‚ Caylee. How could this be? Casey Anthony was cleared of first degree murder‚ aggravated manslaughter‚ and aggravated child abuse charges on Tuesday‚ July 5‚ 2011. This is the biggest disputed verdict since the O.J. Simpson trial in 1995 and everyone has been watching as this trail unfolded a significant amount of evidence against Anthony. Finding Casey Anthony not guilty of murder is a
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Breaking Free The idea of following societal norms and fitting in is a very universal concept that many people continuously feel the need to conform to. As Rick Warren‚ author of “What on Earth Am I Here For‚” said‚ “Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.” Unfortunately‚ society tends to criticize those who do not stick to the norms‚ but positive outcomes can be achieved when one chooses to defy them. Although many examples of individuals breaking free of what society considers normal
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ADVERTISING MANIPULATES VIEWERS In the simplest form‚ advertising can be defined as a kind of message or message transmission that is designed to promote a product‚ service‚ or an idea. Today this basic marketing strategy has become a natural part of our daily life. Considering that the $ 20 billion spent on advertisements in 1979 had drastically risen to $120 billion in 1999 and that in the course of a lifetime‚ one will see about three years worth of advertisements on television and approximately
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Racism is one of the world’s major issues today. Many people are not aware of how much racism still exists in our schools workforces‚ and anywhere else where social lives are occurring. For those people who are being discriminated‚ being different is something that people in society seem to not understand‚ and it scares them. We can tell it is obvious that racism is bad as it was many decades ago but it sure has not gone away. Racism very much exists and it is about time that people need to start
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The more I am able to determine my own thoughts – in fact create my own thoughts and thereby create my own experience of reality – the more it is possible for me to become self-determined and to be truly free in living out my own identity. From the quotation from Theodor Wiesengrund comes his warning against the desire in people‚ caused by popular culture‚ to conform to social demands that results in paradox and contradictions in identity. It is quite easy in modern Western civilization to believe
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DO CURFEWS KEEP TEENS OUT OF TROUBLE? Do you literally know the real meaning of curfew and the history behind it? According to Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (2010)‚ the word “curfew” gives out two meanings; a commandment which prohibits individuals from going outside after a specific interval at nightfall and a period when broods must be home in the dusk. Curfew was originated from a French saying‚ “couvre-feu” which means “cover the fire” and back in Medieval England‚ it was mandatory for
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Nuclear power is “safe”. The UK now has enough radioactive waste to fill the Royal Albert Hall five times over. It is more reliable than other types of power and creates very little emissions. However the cons just outweigh the pros. Where is all this waste meant to go to? The waste will probably end up in the environment harming the earth. It is deemed safe but an accident occurred‚ the consequences would be catastrophic like the Chernobyl disaster. It has been twenty years since the worst nuclear
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