University of Texas-Austin. Some of his articles were published in magazines like Threepenny Review, the Guide, and Inches. Lars Eighner became homeless in 1988 when he left his job as an attendant at a mental hospital. Eighner’s essay “On Dumpster Diving” (627) explains how our society is becoming a throwaway society, and how people throw away a lot of perfectly useful stuff. Our society has the huge problem of not taking advantage and not benefitting from the dumps wasting with a great…
An experience i had like this was when i went scuba diving for the first time. My dad has been diving for a very long time, and i convinced him to take me with him when i was 10. I had always loved the ocean, so it was a very profound experience. We were staying at in a resort in Mexico, near Cancun. I’d been asking my dad to take me for years before, so they got me diving lessons at the UofA over the summer before. I was so excited when i got there, because i…
Archeologists have made several advances in the technology that they use to find buried treasure, weather information, lost cities. In the past archeologists have used simple ways to find items of interest. People would use traditional foot surveys to find the treasure or other artifacts, this process takes a long time to complete. New technology like LIDAR, Dropsonde Hurricane Sensors, and The Mailbox have been used to make the process of finding the articacts and the information faster and…
In the essay On Dumpster Diving, Lars Feighner sheds his opinion on college students based on his experience “scavenging” through college dumpsters. Feighner communicates the unawareness of the students due to their careleness, ignorance, and wastefulness. Undeniably Feighner without the thoughtless students, would have a more difficult time in sustaining his life. College students are careless, with their waste, due to this Divers such as feighner are able to meet needs of survival. With the…
Underwater Reverie in the Deep Sea As an underwater cave’s ominous mysteries are explored, the fish start to play. The stalagmites’ aged decay brings whimsy in a way that’s impossible to find elsewhere. A lone scuba divers shines a light forward, while normally he would be uncomfortable, he is in awe. Deep in the ocean lies a strange earth that’s full of mystery and has the potential for exploration, deep into my mind lies curiosity and philosophy. The water-earth qualities accurately depict…
The discovery of the Uluburun shipwreck was a key moment for the practice of Underwater Archaeology. Underwater Archaeology has created a new and unique method of discovering historical artifacts from thousands of years ago. The scientific study of underwater archaeology is a recent revolutionary tool that can surge past what archaeology on land can do. The shipwreck of the Uluburun exemplifies the importance of this practice. The Uluburun shipwreck reveals the importance of trade during the…
Dumpster Diving is when someone goes through the garbage to salvage items, food or anything they can find. Not needed anymore Doesn’t work Not hungry anymore Hiding something and if someone sees it they threw it away. Clothes don’t fit anymore. Food expired He avoids dry food because they are easy to contaminate. Lars avoids fruits that don't have their skin intact because they rotten easily. He speaks of the hardships when he is outside wandering, he encounters people that look away from him…
there is an organization specifically for students with a passion for scuba diving called the Sea Lions dive club. The dive club is an amazing opportunity for students who want to become talented, professional scuba divers. The purpose of dive club is to teach rising divers new techniques, have the opportunity to socialize with other ambitious divers, receive their PADI diving certification (a necessity for open water diving in America), provide the chance to participate in many different…
Jean-Dominique Bauby, who was the author and wrote his own biography of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly on March 6, 1997, was full of life and worked as the editor for the French Elle Magazine had a Massive Stroke in his early forties while enjoying life with his two beautiful children. Jean Massive stroke took over his brainstem and he was in a coma for 20 days. Jean was a person who was very outgoing and active, sadly, his massive stroke turned into a locked-in syndrome and was paralyzed…
The film adaption of The Diving Bell and The Butterfly is an inspiring movie about the story of Jean Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke that leads to him being paralysed from head to toe. The film adaption of the book written by Jean-Dominique Bauby accurately depicts who Jean-Dominique Bauby was, settings, and his love life.The film used flashbacks, imagery, and portraying the portrayal of Bauby as man who was coming to terms with his condition. The use of flashbacks in the beginning and…