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Oil And Gas Endangered Species
648 wordsA half-dozen conservation organizations today plan to file a petition under a little-known state law seeking to have Cook Inlet beluga whales Conservation groups filed a request to have the whales listed as a federal endangered species this spring. The National Marine Fisheries Service has until next spring to make a decision on that request, but representatives for the groups said they decided to seek a state designation under Alaska's Endangered Species law to add another layer Jack Sterne, an...
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World War Ii Lend Lease
1,981 wordsIn 1935 the first neutrality act was passed, which meant that America would not be allowed to sell weapons to warring nations. In 1939 Americans steered clear of the war that broke out in Europe. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the first and only president elected to three terms. He answered all critics with Abraham Lincoln's slogan "Dont change horses in midstream." He was nominated to his third term in 1940. Shortly afterward, in March of 1941, Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act, which allowed u...
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Bermuda Triangle Puerto Rico
1,393 wordsThe Bermuda triangle, or the devils triangle, is an imaginary area located off the southeastern Atlantic coast of the United States. It is the greatest modern mystery of our supposedly well understood world. It is noted for a very high incidence of unexplained losses of ships, small boats, and aircraft. The tips of the triangle are generally thought to be Bermuda, Miami, Fla. , and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Many theories attempting to explain the many disappearances have been offered throughout the...
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Mother Wanted Told
460 wordsMarine Sgt. Scott Germosen never wanted to worry his mother. When the United States began its military campaign in Afghanistan, Germosen told hes mother that he had a duty that was taking him to Italy. As he was telling her the mother Myrna Washington of Coram had a feeling that he wasnt telling the truth. Myrna was remembering how she had a cousin Sonia Morales Poupolo who died on the first plane that struck the first tower building on September 11. Then she thinks to herself how the war is clo...
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Saudi Arabia Persian Gulf
1,132 wordsSaudi Arabia, monarchy in southwestern Asia, occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia is bounded on the north by Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait; on the east by the Persian Gulf and Qatar; on the southeast by the United Arab Emirates and Oman; on the south by the Republic of Yemen; and on the west by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba. The country's border with the United Arab Emirates is not precisely defined. Saudi Arabia has an area of about 2, 240, 000 sq km (about 864, 900 sq mi). The ...
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Fast Food Restaurant Mid Life Crisis
1,856 wordsIn life, everyone must make choices. Choices give an individual the freedom to decide the path which they will follow. In the movie American Beauty, each of the characters has a choice he or she needs to make. The main character, Lester Burnham, is faced with many choices that could either lead to his ultimate happiness or draw him further into his despair. Carolyn Burnham, Lester's wife, is faced with a loveless marriage that exists only because she does not possess the willingness to break the...
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Coffee Shops American Cities
1,569 wordsCity of Seattle Seattle is located at the most picturesque place of the North-West American lands. It is the biggest city in Washington. The city is surrounded by the waters of Pacific Ocean and the picturesque landscapes of the Rainier Mountain. Due to its ancient history and cosmopolitan character, the city is known as one of the most boisterous American cities. Seattle is the centre of commercial and cultural life; it is the city of high-technologies of the North-Western part of America. Seat...
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Coral Reefs And Algae
1,656 wordsCoral Reefs and Algae Coral reefs are unique ecological systems of the Earth Nature. These systems are very complicated and provide natural balance in the global ocean environment. Unfortunately, the human technological activity impacts coral reefs in the same harmful way as it impacts other ecological systems. Coral reefs are inhabited of approximately 25 % of marine species. They are very valuable because of their economic attractiveness through tourism and fisheries. A recent economic estimat...
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Make Him Feel War In Vietnam
2,077 wordsBorn on the Fourth of July Patriotism, bravery, freedom, are all words to help describe the qualities of the United States. As Americans, we all have a sense of loyalty and respect toward our county. What happens when one comes to the realization that our country stands for one thing, but in all reality means something different? This is the trap that Ron Kovic was sucked into during his experience in the Vietnam War. Kovic started out like most Americans. He had great pride and love for his cou...
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000 Years Ago 10 000 Years
1,302 wordsCastles in the sea Graham Hancock doesnt look mad as he sprawls in an armchair in his small, neat house in Kennington, south London. But his critics would say appearances deceive: he is either a lunatic, a charlatan, or both. Hancock has spent the past 10 years writing books and producing TV programmes which argue that everything we are told about ancient history is wrong: civilisation didnt start in Sumeria and Egypt around 3, 500 BC; it began 10, 000 years before in great cities which subseque...
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Wanted To Go Home Chain Of Command
942 wordsCatch- 22 and A Few Good Men Catch- 22 is a novel about the Second World War. It is set on the island of Piano, which is off the coast of Italy. It is set in the end of the war while the Germans are on the run and being pushed out of Italy. The book focuses on a bomb group, more specifically a squadron in which a bombardier named Yossarian is assigned to. Yossarian is very upset because all these people he doesnt even know (the Germans) are trying to kill him. The novel is very hard to understan...
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Don T Make Nuclear Testing
1,229 wordsGreenpeace History The year 1996 is a year of celebration for greenpeace. They are celebrating their 25 th year anniversary. Everything state in 1969; Members were part of the? ? Don? t make a wave? ? committee in vancouver. This committee was founded by Jim Bohlen. He was a forty-three year old American and was a composite-materials researcher. Another founder of the committee was Irving Stowe; he was a Philadelphia lawyer. A jew who had joined the Quaker religion. Paul Cote, a canadian lawyer ...
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Controlled Environment Merchant Marine
762 wordsWhat controlled environment did you spend time in? How long? When I graduated from High School I entered into the Merchant Marine Academy at Fort Schuyler in New York. From then until I was in my mid thirties I was involved with ocean liners, tankers and ships. For periods of one year at a time I would be on a ship traveling the world, making shipments and patrolling the seas. The controlled environment was both on the ship and in the academy. Once on the ship I had to obey the rules and morals ...
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Coral Bleaching Coral Reefs
1,512 wordsImagine yourself observing one of the most diverse ecosystems on earth. Thousands of species of plants and animals provide a dizzying array of color and motion. Massive structures provide a canopy that shelters hundreds of exotic species in a myriad of microclimate's. As land-based observers, we almost automatically assume that this is a description of the rich ecosystem of a tropical rainforest. However, if we take ourselves off the safety of dry land and immerse ourselves in the ocean, we will...
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Bank Of The United States Merchant Marine
1,641 wordsDuring the 1500 s to 1800 s, the strength and stature of a country depended upon its political power, which can be traced to how self-sufficient it was. Striving to be self-sufficient was what nations sought after; dependency was not a characteristic of a powerful nation. Raw materials were the most required item to strengthen the central government, and deter interactions, such as trade with other nations. The first country to introduce mercantilism in America was Spain. The spanish american co...
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York Holt Rinehart World War Ii
2,263 words2 - 27 - 95 HITLERS PUPPETS Hitler knew that the war[World war II] would end and that he would die someday but his hope was that Nazism would live on. He believed that it would live on through Germany's youth. In 1926 he organized a youth group to carry out his dream. This group was called the Hitler Youth. Through this group all of Germany's children would become loyal Nazis. The children of the Hitler Youth grew up in an environment where they were endlessly bombarded with Nazi views and ideas...
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Baker Herman Bays Whale Watching Industry Whales
697 wordsHumpback Marine Mammals 1. Introduction Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) annually migrate from their summer feeding grounds off southeast Alaska to winter in waters off the Hawaiian Islands, Baja California Sur, Mexico and northern Japan (Baker and Darling). The number of humpback whales in the Hawaiian waters generally peaks from mid-February through mid-March (Baker &# 038; Herman, 1984). Calving and breeding is an important function of humpback whales while wintering at lower latitude...
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Quot Quot Poems Quot
2,226 wordsVictor Strandberg The first three poems of Eleven Poems... inquire anew whether Time the Destroyer does, as they say, render all things meaningless. In " Bearded Oaks, " for example, two lovers " practice for eternity" by lying totally silent and motionless cadavers under the ocean of eternity. Enveloped in " kelp-like" grasses under oaks " subtle and marine, " what else can a thinking man do but contemplate his extinction in submarine " voicelessness...
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Plate Tectonics Ocean Basins
530 wordsPlate Tectonics is theory of global tectonics (geologic structural deformations) that has served as a master key in modern geology for understanding the structure, history, and dynamics of the earths crust. The theory is based on the observation that the earths solid crust is broken up into about a dozen semirigid plates. The boundaries of these plates are zones of tectonic activity, where earthquakes and volcanic eruptions tend to occur. Plate Tectonics also are the cause of major features that...
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Date Rape Drug Drug Trafficking
2,173 wordsThe Drug Trafficking Drug Trafficking The dealing of illegal drugs has existed for a very long time in Canada. People have been smuggling drugs in many different ways and there have been many popular drug busts that occurred as a result. Some of the most common illegal drugs being dealt are marijuana, cocaine, opium, crack, and so on. Some of these drugs damage your body while others act as medicine and help people to overcome certain types of illnesses and diseases. The big debate these days is...
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