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Columbus' main plan during his voyage season was to reach Asia in search of spices. They were in search of an efficient route to travel to Asia. Their whole motivation for leaving Europe was to come across the mainland of Asia by sailing west of Europe. Knowing that the massive continent of Africa was in the was if your head east, they decided to head west. This seemed like a good plan until they ended up coming across the Indies in the Carribean. Columbus did not expect to reach these many…

The name of the non profit religious organization I volunteered for is called Habitat for Humanity. Their mission is to help people in need of a home. They believe that every person deserves to have an affordable place to call home. They have many locations all over the world. The office I went to was located in Harwich. A common misconception is that they build houses for free. In fact, the homeowners pay for their own house, they just pay much less by going through the organization. The reason…

With more and more people coming into the world, it is difficult to regulate and mange all of the variables that include population growth. As populations rise, there is an increase in demand for food, resources, and also an increase in waste. While for many years it seemed okay, now researchers are finding that there are many cases where human waste is going to the wrong places causing disease, and many ecosystems to falter. This is happened across the globe, from China, to Brazil, and up to…

Governor William Bradford was an influential man who wrote about his journey from England to the New World as well as his preparations of a colony for success. Bradford immigrated with the Pilgrims to New England in search of religious refuge from the Anglican church (“Pilgrims” Pilgrims). The Pilgrims believed that the church had not made enough reforms. Because the king became head of the church and the church and the state became a one, a corrupt order was created and did not follow Biblical…

I started my journey in health and fitness at a young age. I was always one of those kids who just could not sit still - so I was into everything, climbing trees, riding bikes, swimming, sports, you name it I was into it. However my discipline to this way of life came when I discovered basketball, it was when I was about 13/14 and shot up to practically the height I am now, so my teachers said why don't you try and develop your skills as a basketball player as I was taller than most of my…

Hints of its impact on Vietnam War fiction can still be seen today, an example being the Russian roulette segment in the 2010 video game Call of Duty: Black Ops ("Some of Treyarch 's "film References" in Their CoD Titles"). The characters and film drama are more celebrated, but, the historical inaccuracy of the film has been explored and questioned by many today. The Deer Hunter is a film engrossed in a romanticized version of the Vietnam War, and Cimino’s own…

Alejandra Saitas Mr. Raley American Literature November 21, 2014 Moby Dick Moby Dick: The Illusions of Good and Evil In 1851, upon the publication of Moby Dick, Herman Melville wrote to his friend Nathaniel Hawthorne, “I have written a wicked book and feel as spotless as the lamb.” Melville implies the confidence is derived from Hawthorne understanding his book, “a sense of unspeakable security in me this moment, of your having understood the book” (Melville 604). Hawthorne, a romantic, argued…

mostly vegetarian diet. During this period, vegetables were referred to as herbs. The upper class found “food from the ground” dirty. Meat was too expensive for the lower class. The only source of protein that was cheap for them was fish such as salmon, cod, and flounder. Dairy products such as eggs and cheese were eaten by the poor. Farmers would sell their best crops, which left the decent and cheap crops for themselves. The average lower class diet would have about a half pound of rye, a pint…

ladies of easy virtue,” (p 369), Don Quixote calls them “high-born maidens” (369).” At the end of Chapter 2 when a sow-gelder arrives at the inn playing his pan-pipes, the music convinces Don Quixote that he is dining in a fine castle and “that the salt cod was trout, the bread baked from the whitest wheat-flour, the prostitutes fine ladies and the innkeeper the lord of the castle” (371). He sees the best in both the people and things he encounters. However, those he encounters do not look for…

Jeremy, I did have a dream last night. I went around to different stores buying 12 plants, but James kept trying to helping me and following me around and I kept wondering where the fuck is Jeremy, like always. I even landed back in his apartment and his boyfriend’s stuff was everywhere, of course he kept trying to kiss me and the whole time I was basically yelling, “WHERE IS JEREMYYYY” ... “You have a boyfriend!!!” … “Where is JEREMY???” Hoping yes, you’d bust in and say, “Come on!” No, I…