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    wanderer above the sea

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    Above the Sea of Fog by the best-known Gothic Romantic Caspar David Friedrich. This artwork was created in 1818 in Hamburg‚ Germany. This landscape is currently displayed at Hamburger Kunsthalle who is as well the owner. This artwork is done on a canvas and the medium is oil. In the painting‚ we can see there is a masculine figure (possibly be the painter) having his back to the painting‚ on top of a mountain or cliff‚ and looking downwards. Some say that he is supposedly looking at the sea that is

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    Sea Cows Extinction

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    passage and the lecture concerning possible explanations of sea cow’s extinction‚ one kind of marine animal. The reading passage represents 3 theories about the extinction. However‚ the lecture casts doubt on it‚ and gives contradicting evidence. First of all‚ the reading states that native Siberian people over-hunted sea cows‚ eventually resulting in the extinction of them. The lecturer‚ on the other hand‚ disputes it with the statement that the sea cow was so enormous that few of them provide a village

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    Law of Seas Notes

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    “When you get a question on legislation” p405 – deals with high seas UNCLOS sea divided into different zones – must know different zones for exam. What can you do to fishing vessels inside your territorial waters who are fishing? High Seas Start from certain point of baseline of coast – 200 nautical miles. What can you do on the high seas? Can you actually go fishing? What are the limitations on fishing in the high seas (COULD BE QUESTION) – If so‚ go straight to powerpoints and p405 –

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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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    Symbolism of the Sea In Kate Chopin’s “The Awakening‚” the sea is symbolic throughout the novel‚ mostly symbolizing the rush that it brings Edna. When Edna finally learns how to swim‚ she gets a taste of freedom and the power she has within herself. She recalls‚ "A feeling of exultation overtook her‚ as if some power of significant import had been given her to control the working of her body and her soul. She grew daring and reckless‚ overestimating her strength. She wanted to swim far out‚ where

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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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    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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    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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