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    Sarbanes-Oxley Act Memo

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    that is more than 20 inches violate the Sarbanes-Oxley Act? Date: December 3, 2014 FACTS In 2007, defendant John L. Yates set out with his crew to go fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. A few days later, Officer Jones boarded their ship and examined the fish they were catching. He noticed that 72 of the fish were smaller than 20 inches. Federal fishing laws require that these fish be bigger than 20 inches before being captured. Officer Jones separated the illegal fish from the rest and gave Yates a…

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    suggests that they go on the date with the narrator’s boat. The narrator convinces Sheila that the boat is safe, but he is unable to persuade her to think highly of fishing, his true passion. This is where the sacrifice comes in. Does he give up Sheila or the huge bass that has coincidentally snagged itself on the narrator’s fishing line? It is the largest bass the narrator has ever seen, and he probably will never find the likes of it again. Then then, Sheila Mant is equally impressive. However…

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    Santiago and Manolin The special relationship between Santiago and Manolin is that both of them spend a lot of time together. Even though Manolin was forbidden to fish with Santiago, Manolin still believed in Santiago and never gave up hope. Manolin was always by Santiago’s side, for he considers Santiago his hero. Manolin always makes sure the old man is in perfect conditions. The relationship between Santiago and Manolin is very strong and loving. One example of how their relationship is…

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    commercial fisheries using long-line fishing techniques and to provide information so that a policy can be developed to alter the methods used to minimize the effect on the non-targeted species in Australian waters. Issue: Long-line fishing is a technique that is exceptionally non-selective. There are high amounts of by-catch being caught and these high numbers are avoidable. The by-catch is all of the non-target species that are caught on the lines. Due to these fishing methods many species…

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    Santiago Symbolism

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    was disoriented in the ocean. Alike DiMaggio being a great baseball player, Santiago wants to live up to his standards to be a great fisherman. Santiago expresses his connection with DiMaggio when he says “I would like to take the great DiMaggio fishing. They said his father was a fisherman.” (pg 22) Another comparison is when Santiago also says “My head…

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    I asked my dad one day if we could go fishing because I was super bored, he said lets go. About an hour later we finally went down to the big river. There was huge Bass jumping outta the water. I got my pole out of the truck took the hook off the eyes of the pole, and grabbed a big night crawler. It smelled horrible as it wiggled in my hand. I put it on the hook and grabbed a sinker so that the fish could see it underwater. After that I finally was ready to cast out so I flipped the bell…

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    The Fish of One Thousand Casts Ever since I was little I had dreamed of catching a Muskie. I had caught several species of fish, anywhere from a little bluegill in a nearby pond, to a red snapper while deep sea fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. But at the start of 2017 I set a personal goal to catch a Muskie from my kayak. I did extensive research on this odd fish, just to try and figure out why it was so difficult to catch one. I would sometimes fish for many days and nights in the nearby lakes…

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    becoming the world’s largest wild food source. Fish are a very important and highly consumed resource for the majority of the world, but in the wild, it is in limited supply. With commercial fishing increasing higher and higher yields of fish, the supply of available fish is becoming increasingly low. Fishing grounds that once used to be thriving with stocks of fish are becoming an expended resource. “Fish consumption increased by 31% from 1990 to 1997 but the supply from marine fisheries grew…

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    Essay writing is an excellent technique to convey information and express one’s thoughts on a subject matter towards an audience. David Gruber, a marine biologist, performed an informative, yet engrossing TED talk, on October 2015, concerning the fascinating sea creatures that inhabit the world’s unfathomable sea. His utilization of an implicit thesis and strong supporting arguments, multiple literary devices and methods of developments, and his overall purpose and effectiveness of the oral…

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    look cool to Sheila by hiding his rod i will be questioning his choices. What will the narrator chose between the bass and the girl.These are reasons why he might choose the bass.He loves to fish he always had a fishing rod in his hand during the summer.He also knows tons of info about fishing as well.The bass he has hooked was a huge bass or like the narrator said it was a “bass of a lifetime”.He doesn't want to let this bass go or he might regret it. He never lets go of the bass as there are…

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