"Fur is Dead" Taking a look into a once strong industry‚ shocking facts are revealed. The fur industry brings in an average of $1.5 billion in sales each year. Furs were considered a beautiful and feminine version of clothing by many women‚ until the public became aware of the horrors that accompany the industry. Activists have been a voice for animals tortured for their fur‚ making the public aware‚ and diminishing the old view of fur. Approximately 3.5 million fur-bearing
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The legacy of the renaissance can be described and defined in many ways and through many great people. For example‚ one of the main figures of the renaissance was "Leonardo Da Vinci" born in Italy during the year1452; he was during his time and is still today considered a true renaissance man. Da Vinci dabbled in almost every aspect of the arts and science. He is most famous however for his painting (Mona Lisa) finished in 1506‚ but he also worked on designs for weapons and sculpted as well as the
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Have you ever thought about what a fur coat is made of? Most likely‚ the first thing that comes to your mind is artificial or fake fur. Well‚ not in this cause. You have most likely heard of innocent animals such as raccoons‚ rabbits‚ and many other guiltless animals being killed for the fur trade in order to manufacture materials such as coats but‚ have you ever heard of the mink? Each year‚ more than 40 thousand animals are killed for the fur including the mink. This is inhumane thing to do
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In Kiss of The Fur Queen by Tomson Highway and Lightfinder by Aaron Paquette‚ storytelling by elders to a younger generation is shown to be a significant part of Indigenous culture and life. In both these novels storytelling portrays the lack of knowledge the younger generation have of their history‚ and how in some instances it can be an outcome of western influence. In Kiss of the Fur Queen‚ the Okimasis brothers Jeremiah and Gabriel are misinformed of the history of their village‚ and Aisling
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Greek legacies are their governmental systems‚ culture and arts‚ and science and technology. Classical Greece was a time where the growth of a community held strong through times of plague‚ wars‚ and numerous breakthroughs. A major legacy left by classical Greece was a government based on direct democracy. With a direct democracy‚ citizens ruled by majority vote. The citizenship was expanded to all free males‚ except foreigners. Those not considered citizens were women‚ slaves‚ and all foreigners
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want to fall short of Darius’s ambition to punish them‚ he hoped to just frighten them but then intended to conquer them in battle since frightening the Greeks into submission did not work out. In Xerxes time as king he did a lot to remember his legacy‚ although descriptions of Xerxes are different on how how people remembered him as a king and leader. Xerxes himself describes his character as a legitimate ruler‚ just to all‚ able to control his temper‚ devoted to his father and the god of Ahuramazda
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Alpha Legacy: A Brief History Since its founding on December 4‚ 1906‚ Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity‚ Inc. has supplied voice and vision to the struggle of African-Americans and people of color around the world. Alpha Phi Alpha‚ the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African-Americans‚ was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca‚ New York by seven college men who recognized the need for a strong bond of Brotherhood among African descendants in this country. The visionary
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Banjo Legacy Many say a picture is worth a thousand words. This holds to be true with the painting called The Banjo Lesson by Henry Ossawa Tanner. This painting is an example of the 19th century realism. Realism is the tendency to see things as they really are.(realism) These ideas of realism and Tanner collide into the painting‚ The Banjo Lesson bringing forth a comprehensive visual analysis‚ and a historical view through race‚ gender‚ class‚ and events in 1893 that make this painting almost come
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One More Time 1. The discussion at hand is whether or not legacy students should have a better chance of getting accepted into a school. 2. Yes‚ considering a Cromwell legacy is four times more likely to gain acceptance than the applicants without any connections or special talents‚ this is a significant number. 3. Cromwell assumes that legacies are more likely to do well because they have a family connection. They also assume the legacy students are less likely to transfer to another school. The
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The Fur Trade: Year 1687: Alain Hello‚ I am here to share my story with my friend. Our names are Alain and Adonis. Alain is French and Adonis is aboriginal. I will first tell the story of my friend Alain. It all started when Alain’s Great-grandfather Jacques Cartier had set off on a sailboat in search of riches. He landed on the western coast of Canada and he made New France. He also told me that Cartier returned to France and died in 1557. Then in 1660 Alain’s Father came along and wanted to go
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