Marine salvage

intoxicated to sign the mandatory permission slip for the Marines in place of his father. His drill instructor, Pete Bonardi, was especially tough on him and had little faith in his abilities. In fact when they reunited in Parris Island years later, Pete admits that “[he] was sure [Art] would get killed” (291). Even from the get-go not few people believed in him and Art admits he was klutz. At first Art helped with the loading of ammunition onto Marine Corsairs, but after he accidentally…

I’ve also had an insane amount of respect for our soldiers and I want to make a difference in the world other than sitting in a classroom all day. There are many benefits involved with joining the military, but the Marines in particular.…

Rahn 1 Wyatt Rahn Professor Glorianne Schott PHI 145 10 November 2015 Michael P. Murphy Lt. Michael P. Murphy, a United States Navy SEAL officer, was a man who showed undeniable moral courage throughout his years of service. Michael, son of Dan and Maureen Murphy, was born on May 7, 1976 in Smithtown, New York (Moore). Michael went to college at Penn State University, majoring in political science and psychology (Moore). In 1998 he graduated from Penn State with honors (Moore).…

In reinforcing the claim that Simcoe was indeed forward thinking, a look at his latter governing position in northern Canada provides much insight. In his journal he writes, “The Governor is very anxious to oblige and please the Indians; his only son, a child of four years old, is dressed as an indian, and called Tioga, which name has been given by the Mohawks. This harmless farce may be of use in the intercourse with the Indians.” While the Americans typically destroyed relations with the…

In the year 2009, a documentary film titled, The Cove by director Louie Psihoyos, was released covering the actions of an elite team of filmmakers, and activist as they capture the events of their operation to expose the truth about the Taiji, Japan’ dolphin slaughter. This is a yearly event that takes place at the beginning of September and takes course over a course of months, where fisherman from the area corral dolphins into a small enclosed area. When this happens the fisherman allow parks,…

percent of plastic that is produced globally enter the ocean, and if this trend continues by 2015 there will be approximately 30 million tons of plastic debris that will find its way into the ocean and pollute the marine environment (as cited in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Debris Program [NOAA], 2014, p.3 ) Inquiring the effects plastic has on seabirds came about from observing my children’s throw away tendencies by investigating my recycle bin. I found besides paper…

ever expanding affluence of lower income countries plastic waste is only going to increase. Marine ecosystems will be the brunt of this crisis with most terrestrial plastic waste ending its journey in the oceans. The most fragile ecosystems, coral reefs, will be the first to deteriorate from the ongoing epidemic unless changes are made. 50-*0% of all life on the planet live in the oceans (UNESCO, 2015) Marine debris originates from two main sources, terrestrial and ocean based sources. Ocean…

I. Executive Summary Right now there is close to 5 million metric tons of Plastic waste in the ocean, and Toronto alone is responsible for using 100 million plastic bottles a year. Most of these bottles just end up in landfills even though there are many plastic recycling centers around the world, especially in Canada. Plastics R’ Us is an Idea for a company that allows plastic waste to be shredded to dust. This dust could be used to make products ranging from book covers to supplies for…

atmosphere which then ends up in our oceans. People should car pool instead of driving, ride bicycles or take public transportations. Craig Welch stated that with CO2 increase ocean water becomes harmful making it difficult for marine life to sustain normal growth. Marine life would be lost, impacting people around the world in different ways. Fishermen would no longer for a job, will no longer be able to provide the basic subsistence for their families. People who rely on the ocean for a…

down, or having to go father out into the ocean to find fish since the dead zones are taking away the oxygen so fish don’t survive. The second largest dead zone is located in the Gulf of Mexico and was discovered in the 1980’s by Dr Nancy Rabalais a marine scientist. Dr Rabalais has been observing this dead zone yearly since she first found it when it was only 9,774 sq. km, but since then it has grown along with the other dead zones. This is time for a change and for people to realize how this…