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    Pollution on the High Seas

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    Case Title: Pollution On the High Seas Case Study Specialist for The Center for Sociological and Ethical Responsibility Executive Summary Since the shipping industry accounts for the transportation of more than 90 percent of the worlds products by volume it’s no wonder the seas are becoming an environmental responsibility of the very companies who use this resource to make money. Many of these companies are using bunker fuel which releases more sulfur dioxide than all of the world’s cars

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    When society grows to expect the divine in times of need‚ skeptics arise to chastise the legitimacy and quality of a gift from heaven‚ lamenting what could be described as a miracle as lacking in the quantity of holiness as society desires. “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” was written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez as a political and religious allegory written in Columbia in 1955 and detailing the decaying faith in the hearts of Columbian citizens during La Violencia‚ a period the World Peace Foundation

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    The old man‚ is not given a name nor a proper physical description by the writer perhaps to rouse the reader’s emotions by letting him think of the grandfather as a universal figure. This may be an important factor in the short story as older generations can relate to the feelings of the grandfather and younger generations to the feelings of the granddaughter. Though he is old‚ the grandfather is very active in that he keeps birds and trains homing pigeons. In the beginning of the story‚ when the

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    Young and Old

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    2. To what extent is your country an ideal place for both young and old? “Nature is the mother and the habitat of man‚ even if sometimes a stepmother and an unfriendly home”‚ a famous contribution by John Dewey which suggests that nature can be a boon and‚ unfortunately‚ a bane at times. Likewise‚ the country we live in may present its people with an extravagant life and at the same time it may be lacking in a few areas like how there are two sides to every penny. It is conventional for Singaporeans

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    Old People

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    Michael Bagen SPE 101 Speech 12/14/10 Outline I. Attention getter: Going to Wedding‚ old man hits car i. Credibility: Real life situations with older drivers‚ Dad is an EMT and talks to me about calls all the time ii. Topics: The facts of old drivers‚ real-life stories‚ solutions iii. Thesis: I want a federal law to be passed that forces any driver the age of 65 and older to be retested every 3 years to not only save their lives‚

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    Sihaknoukville: The Paradise of the Sea Abstract Whatever the movies or news have taught you about Cambodia‚ forget it. The newly dubbed Kingdom of Wonder has an exotic attractiveness for tourists and it has delighted guests from all over the world. Visitors have clearly recognized the diversities of the tourism experience in this Kingdom due to her cultural and natural heritage. Cambodia’s intangible cultural sites and religious temples enamor visitors with a feeling of calm and peace. They

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    Endangered Sea Turtles

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    Sea turtles are becoming more and more endangered as time goes on and is something that really needs to be changed. There are seven species of sea turtle and they are all either endangered or critically endangered. Millions of sea turtles used to inhabit the sea now only a fraction of them are still around. Humans are partly the cause of this because we hunt them for food and profit. It is unbelievable that people can kill such beautiful creatures just for their personal benefit. Humans are

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    Sea Turtle Conservation

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    Lennon Semester Assignment Rough Draft Sea Turtle Conservation Introduction Sea turtles are one of the Earth ’s most ancient creatures‚ having appeared on earth millions of years before humans. The sea turtle ’s shell‚ or "carapace" is streamlined for swimming through the water. Unlike other turtles‚ sea turtles cannot retract their legs and head into their shells. Their color varies between yellow‚ greenish and black depending on the species. Sea turtles are found in all warm and temperate

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    The Sea as A Lover: A Woman’s Quest for Autonomy in The Awakening When authors use symbolism effectively‚ readers can begin to understand a work of literature on both the surface level and in an illustrative context‚ attributing significance to ideas‚ actions‚ or even characters themselves beyond what is initially described. In her novella The Awakening‚ Kate Chopin employs symbolism through a variety of images to reveal particular details about the protagonist‚ Edna Pontellier. One such symbol

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    Behavior of Sea Slugs

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    Ashlyn Lewis 3B Scientific Method Lab Essay In an observation dealing with Bursatella leachi‚ a sea slug‚ scientists recorded data over a 10-day period. They had noticed that the same pattern was occurring with the movement of the slugs. The slugs at one point would be relatively close to each other and as time went on they would move further away and then move closer again. There can be a few explanations for these occurrences. First we notice that when the sun is higher in the sky the

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