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During the 17th and 18th century, European life revolved around the restriction of individual rights and colonization, and provided a major source of luxury, which brought money and new products. Individual rights were ignored to ensure the promotion of internal economic affairs and overseas colonization. The Atlantic system was a trade route between Britain, West Africa and West Indies which is a means to the trading of slaves. Products from England were transported to Africa. In return, slaves…

I didn 't know what to do, I just sat kneeling at the decks edge, hands gripping the railings so tight my knuckles turned white. Then , my ears were greeted with the harsh sound of rusted metal moving. I glanced up, and to my horror the diver was looking down directly at me. I couldn 't see any signs of a face…

Moby-Dick is an American novel written by Herman Melville. The story chronicles the voyage of a captain driven mad by his desire to kill Moby Dick, a scarred white whale who severed the captain 's leg. At first glance, Moby-Dick may appear to be nothing more than an adventure novel; however, it soon becomes apparent that Moby-Dick 's pages are rife with philosophical discussion, technical knowledge, and sharp wit. Readers may also find it interesting to note that Melville 's narrative style…

An American Soldier In World War 1 is a series of loving letters from a normal American soldier to his fiancé during World War 1. The author captivates the tragedies and normal day of life for an American soldier who fought in World War 1. The letters speak of unimaginable activities and tasks endured by American soldiers from enlisting to drafting. George “Brownie” Browne gives us, the audience and his fiancé, a new invigorating look into the difficulties of living, training, transporting to…

homes, which made them “believers” in the difference. These estates (“notice I do not use the word homes”) are located along the hill behind the trailer park. They are “impressively complex in their design,” as they have wooden “decks upon decks leading into other decks.” The people who inhabit these estates are clearly of a higher economic status than those who have no choice other than to live in a trailer park. The more wealth a person has, the more opportunities they will be gifted to live…

types of truss bridges. One popular truss bridge is the Golden Gate Bridge, which is located in San Francisco, California. This bridge is a Warren deck truss bridge because of the equal size of the diagonals and to contain both tension and compression (Types of bridges) and it has a Suspension, fixed and approach Spans because of the metal braced ribbed deck arch.(Golden Gate Bridge). Some other important features of this bridge are steel girders are which were used to strengthen and add support…

Values are the things that we hold important in the sense of who we are. They develop over time and are influenced by family, religion, education, peers and life experiences. This is why it is important to surround ourselves with people with sound advice that aligns with our beliefs. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus explains how you should not judge another person until you “walk in their shoes.” This is advice everyone should practice. Imagine how different our society would be if we tried to…

has returned three months since the last appointment. Unfortunately Peter has been noticing a gradual increase in dyspnoea and on reflection believes this has been the case since having pneumonia back in June. He has recently been trying to build a deck for his daughter and has struggled to do this, whereas twelve months ago he thinks he could have managed this without too much difficulty. There has been a recent productive cough and Peter is just completing a course of Augmentin Duo…

In early nineteen fifty-four, a German pharmaceutical company had began it’s clinical trials on the new revolutionary medicine called Thalidomide. At this time new drugs only needed to be tested on rodents to pass regulatory inspections, but researchers decided to take their studies further. During voluntary human experiments, they found Thalidomide to be incredibly effective at treating morning sickness and insomnia. Although classified as a sedative, Thalidomide soon earned the title of…

It was a sunny day. The smell of the ocean air and the divine rich food from the outside kitchen filled my senses. I was on deck 12 of the Carnival Imagination ship, playing mini golf with some teenagers I had just met. Then this lady came up to us and asked us,”Do you want to compete in the hole-in-one competition?” We said, “Yes.” All we had to do was sign the paper and we were ready to compete. When we started to compete in the hole-in-one competition I was on fire. I blasted through all…