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From hermit crabs to Hawaiian Islands, Barbara Kingsolver’s collection of essays, High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never is a read to remember. Though it is a collection of different essays spanning multiple different themes, an important one spans the entirety: Humans come from nature, and nature is chaotic in and of itself; people cannot expect life to be as calm and controlled as they would like. She uses many different examples throughout the book to help prove this point. Not only…

Humanity is blessed to have evolved on earth. Biodiversity and beauty can be seen almost anywhere, but it has been decreasing quite rapidly in short period of time. Reading The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert is a must to understand how significant humanity’s impact is on our world. The decision to destroy or to save it rests in our hands. Most of this responsibility falls on you, Director Pruitt; you have the resources and power to uphold the ethical treatment of our lands and animals.…

the garden for his experiments. The main theory during Mendel’s time was that offspring were just a combination of the traits expressed in their parents. Mendel set a very ambitious task of discovering the law of heredity. He embarked on a mammoth sized, systematic, eight year study of edible peas. Mendel carefully recorded all of the traits by every single plant throughout their successive generations. Mendel’s research included the growing and recording of about 30,000 pea plants. On…

The Effects of Forgiveness Therapy on Depression, Anxiety and Posttraumatic Stress for Women after Spousal Emotional Abuse Lasaun Druilhet Liberty University Abstract Domestic abuse is invasive and detrimental to anyone who is unfortunate to be a victim. Emotional abuse is a component of the domestic abuse cycle that can erode the victims sense of self-worth. This is a very personal issue for me as I was the victim of emotional abuse. Women of abuse often find themselves repeating the same…

The Difference Between Survival and Living Even though the act of surviving and living can share common factors, In Life of Pi, Pi tells a story of survival compared to Big Fish where Edward Bloom tells a story of life and is conveyed as two completely different lifestyles. Pi tells his story has he has to do anything to be alive, and overcoming many obstacles such as staying alive with all the animals one the raft with him and killing/eating fish in order to "survive". Edward Bloom tells his…

Close to Shore by Michael Capuzzo is a novel explaining the vicious shark attacks along the Jersey Shore in the summer of 1916. New Jersey had just become popular for its upscale beachfront and the availability to swim along the beach as well. This perfect beach scene was too good to be true and New Jersey then experienced the first shark attacks to ever be documented in history. Michael Capuzzo explains the five shark attacks along the Jersey Shore and the mass hysteria then ensues after it.…

Thomas Jefferson is widely recognized throughout the nation as a Founding Father, a Secretary of State and America's third president. Jefferson's actions shaped our country into what it is today. But what makes him such an important figure in U.S. history? Thomas Jefferson is one of the greatest, most influential and interesting leaders in American History as shown through his interest in science, strides toward freedom and controversial possession of slaves. Jefferson was obsessed with…

Article Analysis - “Should We Kill Animals to Save Them?” by Satvik Gurram Though the fees for hunting animals may presumably go to conservation and help maintain conservancies and wildlife reserves, many critics believe that endangered and big game animals shouldn’t be killed and the benefits of hunting fees are not significant at all. Nyae Nyae, a wildlife reserve in Namibia’s Kalahari Desert, protects one of the last large elephants in the world. In addition to these elephants, around 3,000…

The Swastika has been held to many ideologies over the course of its existence. At present, its most widely known and understood message is that of the Nazi regime; a twisted, anti-Semitic movement that brought the entire world to a screeching, weeping halt. Just the sight of the four pronged, askew symbol puts many people on edge. Nowadays, only members of white power gangs affiliate themselves with such a wronged symbol. However, every criminal has a story, and even a criminalized symbol had…

During World War II, Japan suffered an onslaught of air raids, fire bombs, and atomic bombs leaving the nation all but destroyed. Despite this widespread devastation, Japan was able to reconstruct itself in order to become one of today’s leading industrialized economic superpowers. In class, we briefly discussed the United States’ occupancy in Japan between the years 1945 and 1952 as well as the economic miracle that took place during and after the Korean War, which helped launch the country…