As my ship drifts along the soothing but trembling water, I import to the desired location of the Panama Canal. The vast jungle ahead lures me to it as I juggle my luggage into my car. Entering the mysterious enviroment, I her a slight sound of some sort of bird overhead, until it was interupted of an alarming sound of a howler monkey, swinging through the treetops. As I pull into my post, I notice some desperate victims of the sort of well know disease, yellow fever. Questioning their state of…
yacht to set sail. Departing from his home (which will be described later) in Miami Beach, the boat cut through the crystalline waters en route to tropical paradise further south. Grayson found comfort in the hum of the on-board motors beneath the ship, the sound of the waves breaking across the navy colored hull, and the whistle of the wind whipping around him. It wasn't long before the luxurious yacht found itself roaming between tropical islands just miles away from Key West and Cuba. The…
So the sword skills and agility weren’t needed, but they knew they were going to require it someday. When, in flash One-Eyed Murphy climbed up Dubloon Devil’s ship and quickly slaughtered a few crew members. Dubloon Devil stood in shock and told all the rest of his crew to withdraw. From 10 to 6, all the crew members all rushed to safety even if it meant to swim across the ocean. Dubloon Devil only had one crew…
I changed into a thick pair of blue pants, a long-sleeved black shirt, and tall leather boots. Then I grabbed a copy of Moby Dick and read for a while, listening to the rain drum against the ship, until I dozed off and had another weird dream that was filled with gigantic sea monsters. Some wanted to chat, and others wanted to devour me. The clang of a dinner bell woke me. I glanced out of the porthole and saw that the rain had stopped. Relieved…
“We found it!” yelled Miguel as the boat sailed into El Dorado. “Finally! After months and months of sailing we finally found the famous-for-it’s-gold- El Dorado!” I cried leaping off the boat. It was amazing to see all of the gold that we have been looking for. Their chief came and greeted us along with Tzekel-Kan, the kingdom’s High Priest. The chief whispered something to Tzekel-Kan, who lighted up as if the world was in his hands. “Yes, Your Majesty, I did predict that three young people…
It may seem like the story “Raymond’s Run and “Everything will be okay” are different stories. They’re not! One story is about running and one is about a cat. Actually, they both share the same theme. The common theme is “ The importance of individualism and being yourself.” In “Raymond’s Run” the author shows us how squeaky isolates herself from others, and the outside world. She individualizes herself from other people, but she learns to open up a little bit. In the beginning of the…
violence as well as more specialized courts for domestic violence. Domestic violence involving married couples grabbed the attention of everyone during the 1970’s. “Beginning in the 1970’s, social policy toward female victims of domestic violence assaults had focused on improving legal responses to protect women and punish offenders”. (Fagan, 1996) During the 1970’s, the law…
Persons as they do not actually involve a victim, nor are they Crimes Against Property because property is not the real object of the crimes (Author Unknown, 2013). Unlike UCR have two scoring categories: Crimes Against Persons (e.g., aggravated assault, murder, and forcible rape) where one offense is counted for each victim and Crimes Against Property (e.g., burglary, larceny-theft, and robbery) where one offense is counted for each distinct operation (Author Unknown,…
major viewpoint from which violence is studied is the criminal justice system. In the United States, the four primary categories of crime considered a violent crime are: Murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault A violent crime can be defined as, “the use or threat of force against the victim” (Dale & Smith, 2013, p. 374). Statistics suggest violence may be more prominent in the south, between minorities and in poor neighborhoods, however, the most…
continuously growing at a fast pace according to yearly statistics and we see hate crimes all the way back to past times. Hate crimes go back in history in many aspects and can be from a simple assault to major incidents which could be as serious as a fire of someone’s home. Hate crime crimes consist of physical assault, damage to personal property, bullying, harassment, verbal abuse, insults and offensive…