Sailing

charged with treason after he used his urine to set out a fire in the queen's quarters and many others. He found a way to travel home and he was able to go back to England. In book two, Gulliver got bored with life back at home and decided to go out sailing again. His ship got caught in a Monsoon and he was sent in another direction. He ended up on Brobdingnag. This island was the opposite of Lilliput. It contained a civilization of giants. He was the one smaller than everyone else. He was used…

Led by band music, as if in joy, seven twelve-person carriages departed Frome, Wiltshire, on the night of Monday, March 21st 1831. To unburden the surrounding parishes Poor Law coffers, 85 families, many young and destitute, filled the black, horse drawn coaches as the unlikely procession headed towards the port of Bristol and their shipping overseas. Mr. Beauchamp and two other farmers went along to accompany the lot to Bristol in case any carriages got stuck and to deal with any other wants.…

Venetian citizenship. On March twenty-eighth, Cabot was naturalized. In the 1490’s, John Cabot moved to the sea port town of Bristol, England. Cabot heard of grant opportunities from King Henry VII. Cabot told King Henry VII of his belief that sailing west from Europe would be a shorter route to Asia. King Henry VII gave Cabot a grant to “seek out, discover, and find” new lands for England. “For the next several decades, Cabot’s exact activities are unknown; he may have spent several years…

Imagine getting on a boat and sailing to a country that you know nothing about, but the fact that it would offer a better life. That’s what many immigrants went through to come to a country they thought could give them freedom, and hope. The American dream to these immigrants was hope of a better life, in the “New World.” All of them coming from different places from all around the world to live the American dream, and doing whatever it took to get to America. “A mighty woman with a torch,…

The American Dream The American dream is a widespread in the U.S. doctrine, according to which every American has an open opportunity to succeed – and even to be elected president – thanks to his qualities, such as diligence, courage, sexuality, perseverance, and determination. The term “American Dream” is often used to describe any national ideology that unites Americans. Its quintessential idea is that every person; who has abilities, energy, and ambition, can honestly be successful in life,…

a few days before Christmas 2015, I happened to be traveling over the Q bridge heading to the infamous 91/95 interchange in Ct, as I emerged from the underpass that leads to 91, I noticed a line of red tail lights that seemed to go on for miles. Sailing along at 2-4 mph there appeared a man holding a small cardboard sign with just two words: Homeless Veteran. When parallel to the guy, I lowered the window half way, and on a whim, asked him if he had eaten today. No he replied. I said, its…

Good afternoon selection panel. Now advertising is a multi-billion dollar industry which affects everyone’s lives in many ways. I would like you to draw your attention to this advertisement for Poptopia popcorn, now appearing in multiple Australian magazines. This advertisement for Poptopia popcorn, is a great example of an Australian advertisement. The advertiser has used strong use of colour and imagery, an effective slogan, a simple layout and pin pointed a target audience. These aspects…

World Cycler and expert rower, Sarah Outen (https://twitter.com/SarahOuten) is an adventurer and traveler on wheels (and kayak), as she continues her London2London journey, cycling and rowing across the world. She was recently featured on Cycle Traveller (https://twitter.com/CycleTraveller) for her two wheeled cycling and kayaking escapades that have lasted over 4 years in the project. In the interview she talks about her accomplishments on her bike “Hercules” and the distance she has traveled,…

Lately, my crew and I have had a very crazy journey. We have done a lot of traveling lately and it has been very frustrating because my crew has not been listening to my commands of what I tell them to do. My crew and I started out our journey my sailing all the way from the land of the Cyclops to the land of Aeolus. I got the chance to meet Aeolus and he is the God of the Wind. I was also very fortunate to receive a tremendously nice gift from the God Aeolus. This gift made me very happy…

position opened in the potato chip company “Frito-Lay”, as a detailer. The best part is that my “supervisor” was a good friend of mine, an elderly man in his sixties. Because of this my immediate assumption was that the night would be relatively smooth sailing. When the doorbell rang, I enthusiastically ran to the door and proceeded to open it, and the warm summer air rushed in. Upon seeing my supervisor, I stuck out many hand to welcome him but with a stern look on his face he said “We’re…