...Many soldiers were either enlisted or drafted in World War I. It is devastating to see young innocent men go to war, especially not knowing what they are about to experience in the harsh environments of World War I. In World War I, many humans were brutally killed throughout the 4 year war, “in which over 16 million people have been brutally killed by diseases or fighting in the frontline (lecture, Gonzalez).” “The total number of both civilian and military casualties is estimated at around 37 million people. The war killed almost 7 million civilians and 10 million military personnel (How Many People Died in WW1?).” Not only humans were killed int the war but, millions of horses were also killed during World War I. Paul is an innocent young teenager who was a student in the beginning of the novel. Him and his classmates decided to join the German army after his teacher influenced him to enlist in the military. Was Paul mentally strong to encounter a bloody mess of a war? The pain, death, and inhumane will strike Paul’s point of view of the war....
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...SeaWorld and the zoo are typical childhood things, until adulthood when that cute lion turns into a man-eating beast that has been taken out of its’ natural habitat and placed behind bars. Seeing these animals trapped and put on display for a profit ruins the fun and raises question as to who is responsible for thinking that animal cruelty for profit was a good idea. Gabriela Cowperthwaite exposes the corporate company of SeaWorld in her documentary Blackfish for their negligence to animal captivity and allowing the attacks of innocent people to continue to happen. Along with the theme of animal cruelty, Jurassic World also portrays the company as reckless in pursuit of money and greed. Both...
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...A ratio of more than one in ten people are on antidepressants in America and The World Health Organization predicts depression will be the second greatest cause of ill health globally by 2020. It is also predicted that billion* dollars is the amount of money the animal film industry will make in year*. What do these two have in common? Studies have shown that people become happier participating in nature and animal conservation activities. In Chris Palmer “Shooting in the Wild: An insiders Account Of Making Movies In The Animal Kingdom” Palmer reveals the business of creating a wildlife film to convey a conservation message and some of the darker tactics used in deceiving the public to emotionally be inclined to take action. This study will take a close look at how two documentaries “Arctic Tale” and “Grizzly Man” relate to conveying a message to save the animals and how it contributes to depression in humans and how they differ between their methods of practice. Wildlife documentaries and TV programs in America have increasingly become more sensationalized then ever before in human history. As people become more disconnected with nature and animals, more and more people are becoming depressed through their hectic lives and often yearn to be reconnected to the natural world again. However, the bond between humans and the wild are connected through the lens of a camera. As Chris Palmer has mentioned “During primetime in September 2008, more than 30 million viewers tuned in to...
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...kums story Sarah Greene ENG 1 The Story Of Tilikum How would you like to be stuck in a bath tub for 25 years? Don’t you think you would go a little pyscho too? Well here’s the story of Tilikum, the killer whale. Tilikum was captured near Iceland in November of 1983 and he was two years old and about 13 feet long, here is where the trouble starts when he was taken away from his family and loved ones. Then he was transferred to the rundown Sealand of the Pacific in British Columbia, Canada, and forced to call his barren 100-foot-by-50-foot pool, just 35 feet deep, his sad new “home.” While living here Food was withheld from him as a training technique, and he regularly endured painful attacks by two dominant female orcas, Haida and Nootka. He was forced to perform every hour on the hour, eight times a day, seven days a week. The constant stress and exhaustion gave him stomach ulcers. If that wasn’t enough he was then put into a tiny round metal-sided module with two other orcas for more than 14 hours until the park reopened the next morning. This is just enough to make a killer whale go insane. Tilikum was capture when he was two years old and for all of the things he’s been put through already for his age is not going to make him grow up as a regular Orca, I mean, no orcas that are held captivity are going to live a normal life. But being the fact that Tilikum is a larger whale, being held in captivity would be taken as a larger impact on him...
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...Joffre, conceived the idea as a battle of attrition, the aim being to drain the German forces of reserves, although territorial gain was a secondary aim. However, the German attack Verdun made the Somme offensive even more pressing because the French army was under severe pressure there. The battle of the Somme was fought from the 1st July 1916 until later in same year where on November the 16th it was brought to an end. The massive amount of casualties in this time, as well how the war was fought Is what has made the battle so historic. For example, It’s best known for the mass amounts of soldiers who died and more specifically how they died In such a short space of time and why. The style of warfare was different and more brutal than ever before, for example better technology and large scale operations which seen over 1.7 million shells were fired at the German’s alone and made the war a huge test for the countries involved who relied heavily on individual decisions, as well as man power. The first day of the Somme (1s July 1916) proved to be massively significant due to the sheer numbers of soldiers lost. Up to 60 000 British soldiers became casualties thanks to enemy fire (one third of the British military) British hopes were high going in to battle for the first time. Indeed, the poster campaign had been very effective. Public posters such as the very bold yet effective “we need you” poster (see appendix 1) with Kitchener pointing his finger at enthusiastic recruits was one...
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...wanted to pay less for labor and the government that rejected any form of communism because it was the businesses that helped to keep the economy healthy in a time of desperation. The ports of California were not only used for cargo ships, they were and still have strong military presence. In 1914, the Navy formed its Pacific Fleet in San Diego. By the 1920s, San Diego had become home to major the naval and military bases. The army took home to a series of forts in the San Francisco Bay Area. Los Angeles had become a port for military ship repair. The attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 shook up the United States, but it was the following year that California’s fear grew. On February 23, 1942, the Japanese navy submarine fired shots at oil tanks located in Elwood off the coast of Santa Barbara. In addition, two cargo ships were sunk. California had already been experiencing conflict with Japanese immigrants....
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...prosecution. Law and order is a crime-based drama, with a mixture of ‘court-room’ and ‘detective’, TV series, mainly shown on channel five. By reading the description of the show, I immediately realised that this is a show that is based around the world of crime and how the crime is dealt with within the city of New York. It starts from finding who the criminal is and then we follow the story up to the prosecution in the court room. Words such as ‘courtroom, ‘rape’, ‘victim’, ‘detective’ immediately grabs the reader’s attention, giving us the impression of the type of genre this TV series is. The picture that accompanies the description also shows that the genre of this series is crime as the main detective is pulling out her police badge and is what the audience see’s first when looking at the image. From observing the TV schedules I have noticed that different genres have different schedule times. For example, genres like Game shows, Animation and children tend to have early daytime TV scheduling. In comparison to genres like Horror, Crime and soap operas, which are shown during the evening mainly past 8pm. Genres such as children are...
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...condense all of my goals, hopes, and dreams down into a simple, 1,000 word piece, but that what journalists do, so here goes: There are many things I seek to do in what will undoubtedly be a long and rewarding career as a journalist, but at the top of the list is this: I want to make an impact. Somehow, somewhere, I want to help Americans become more informed, more empathetic, and more involved, even if it’s just one person out there that happens to watch their nightly news program, pick up a paper, or catch the beginning of an episode of Frontline (all contenders on my big list of goals, hopes, and dreams). I want them to be affected by what I can make—to more understand the world around them, to discover a problem, or a solution, they hadn’t heard of before that moment. I have faith in the American people. We are stuck...
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...Three-fourths of the state is surrounded by water. It has over a thousand miles of coastal land at sea level. Now, imagine global warming melting the polar ice caps. It is estimated that the sea level would rise by an average of 6 feet world wide. This would essentially wipe out the coastal cities of Florida such as Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Pensacola, Tampa Bay, etc. Global warming has become a world-wide issue. It affects all of humanity and is becoming the forefront concern in many nations. What action we take now will have either a positive or negative effect. How can man help avert this catastrophe? By taking action now. The first part to taking action is to figure out what your “carbon footprint” is. Carbon footprint, as defined in Wikipedia.com, “is a measure of the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted through the combustion of fossil fuels”. Organizations and businesses have a carbon footprint due to the process of everyday operations. For the fellow man or his or her household, it is a part of their daily lifestyle2. Daily lifestyle means that natural resources are consumed in the support of the family. As these natural resources are consumed they are directly proportional to the carbon dioxide expressed from the fossil fuels which are used in the processing of the natural resources for human usage. There are many Internet sites that have an online calculator to help an individual (and households) or organization figure out how much carbon...
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...7/22/2014 What can I do, to help my country? - The Venus Project Foundation, an arts, sciences and educational, non-profit 501(c)(3), national organization Support our efforts... Amount: USD User Name Password Remember Me Log in Forgot your password? Forgot your username? Create an account - By Bahram Maskanian I am writing this article specifically for those of you whom are interested to get involved and carryout your civic obligations, to make your community, city, state and country, a better place to live, for yourself, your family and loved ones. Please understand that the first rule of becoming a true and effective political, social justice activist is to do it for yourself, your family and loved ones, thinking globally, but acting locally, with NO expectations of receiving any credits, rewards, or recognitions of any kind, with utter humility. - Your unmatched and gratifying reward will be the smiling faces of healthy and happy children, knowing in your heart that your efforts played a role in making that happen. By many estimates in the United States there are close to 1 million political and social justice activists, which means only 1 million people are aware of what is really going on in this country. That would leave out 349 million people whom are at the mercy of the nation-less corporate media, which http://www.venusproject.org/volunteer/what-can-i-do-to-help-my-country.html 1/5 7/22/2014 What can I do, to help my country? - The Venus Project...
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...Tilikum to grab his trainer, Dawn Brancheau’s, ponytail and drag her into the water with him. It took the other trainers 45 minutes to extricate Brancheau’s body, which Tilikum held in his mouth and would not let go. All the trainers in Sea World, located in Orlando, Florida, as well as other locations throughout the United States, agreed that Tilikum was well behaved, easy to work with and always eager to please. So what exactly made Tilikum act so violently and take the life of his trainer? There is a reason that there have been no documented deaths of humans by killer whales in the wild – it is obvious that being forced to live and perform in captivity is the reason behind it. It has been argued and scientifically proven that no human being has ever been killed by a killer whale, or orca, in the wild. On the other hand, there at least a dozen documented deaths due to killer whales throughout the world. The main reason this is said to be true is because killer whales, which can grow to be more than 30 feet long and weigh up to 6 tons, are not meant to be kept in tanks and modules that are 20 feet wide and 35 feet deep. These tight living confinements have been proven to cause certain psychoses in animals. (Allen & Flannery 2014) They are essentially giving up the whole ocean for a bathtub. Since Brancheau’s death in 2010, Tilikum has been kept out of the spotlight and has lived a very lonely life. The 2013...
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...someone or something is deemed trustworthy and believable. A company's credibility often determines success or failure. Efforts to build and sustain credibility must be ongoing and resolution must be immediate if that credibility is threatened. Comparing and contrasting BP.com and Seaworld.com both companies have faced a loss of credibility. Most public companies, at one time or another will have to deal with either negative or positive PR issues. The companies that have the negative PR must counter slanderous attacks immediately or they can potentially cause great harm to their company. Companies should perform in a safe and ethical manner at all times, but some choose not to. Most times special interest groups will object to what a company represents if the feel strongly enough towards an issue. When a company has to defend itself against strong beliefs that have been vocalized loudly in a public manner it must protect its own interests while retaining their profits and getting past the negative press. The easiest way for a company to communicate to the world is through its website. A company that wants to survive in this day and age has to have a website that a consumer can visit to obtain information and/or purchase products. A company gives itself a platform, via the website, to protect itself and rebut negative notations and address issues it feels it must address. A company must be extremely careful in the manner that it addresses issues through its website...
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...largest vessels expected to use the harbour, at the same time providing adequate protection from the open sea; ← Minimum Interference from tides and currents or, alternatively, structures and facilities designed to compensate for or overcome disadvantageous tides and currents; ← Freedom from fog and ice, or adaptation, such as ice-breaking technology; ← Bottom Characteristics that provide suitable anchorage for vessels within the harbour; ← Adequate Adjacent Land with physical characteristics permitting appropriate development of port terminals, port-oriented industries, and associated facilities and operations Classification ← According to physical condition or geographical position ◦ Natural or Man-made port ◦ Tidal or Non-tidal port ◦ Sea or River port ◦ Ice or Ice free port ◦ Sandy or Rocky or Muddy bottom port...
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...The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces landed and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. The American invasion, designated Operation Detachment, had the goal of capturing the entire island, including the three Japanese-controlled airfields (including the South Field and the Central Field), to provide a staging area for attacks on the Japanese main islands.[2] This five-week battle comprised some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting of the War in the Pacific of World War II. After the heavy losses incurred in the battle, the strategic value of the island became controversial. It was useless to the U.S. Army as a staging base and useless to the U.S. Navy as a fleet base.[4] However, Navy Seabees rebuilt the landing strips, which were used as emergency landing strips for USAAF B-29s.[5] The Imperial Japanese Army positions on the island were heavily fortified, with a dense network of bunkers, hidden artillery positions, and 18 km (11 mi) of underground tunnels.[6][7] The Americans on the ground were supported by extensive naval artillery and complete air supremacy over Iwo Jima from the beginning of the battle by U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aviators.[8] Iwo Jima was also the only battle by the U.S. Marine Corps in which the American casualties exceeded the Japanese, although Japanese combat deaths numbered three times the number of American deaths...
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...Bhopal disaster Co o r din at es: 2 3 °1 6 ′ 5 1 ″ N 7 7 °2 4 ′ 3 8 ″ E From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Bhopal dis as te r (commonly referred to as Bhopal gas trage dy) was a gas leak incident in India, considered one of the world's worst industrial catastrophes.[1] It occurred on the night of December 2–3, 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. A leak of methyl isocyanate gas and other chemicals from the plant resulted in the exposure of hundreds of thousands of people. The toxic substance made its way in and around the shantytowns located near the plant.[2] Estimates vary on the death toll. The official immediate death toll was 2,259 and the government of Madhya Pradesh has confirmed a total of 3,787 deaths related to the gas release.[3] Others estimate 3,000 died within weeks and another 8,000 have since died from gas- related diseases.[4][5] A government affidavit in 2006 stated the leak caused 558,125 injuries including 38,478 temporary partial and approximately 3,900 severely and permanently disabling injuries.[6] UCIL was the Indian subsidiary of Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), with Indian Government controlled banks and the Indian public holding a 49.1 percent stake. In 1994, the Supreme Court of India allowed UCC to sell its 50.9 percent share. Union Carbide sold UCIL, the Bhopal plant operator, to Eveready Industries India Limited in 1994. The Bhopal plant was later sold to McLeod...
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