The Refuge

everyday life to Nature Coast aka “The Original Florida,” where a world of historic and natural wonders are plentiful, from numerous parks, preserves, beautiful, crystal-clear springs, rivers and estuaries, spectacular, freshwater lakes, wildlife refuges, and over 25 nature-based recreational sites. Once regarded as "the lonesome leg" of Florida, this 980,000 acres (4,000 km2) area, stretching along the Big Bend area from Apalachee Bay to Anclote Key, is the ideal definition of off-the-beaten…

the camp because he helped CIA with its secret war in Laos to fight for America with the promise they can help him and family. After years escaped to Thailand, he and his mom and seven of nine siblings flee to America. They moved in with two other refuges families, squeezed in a tiny apartment that content with local gang in Brooklyn and living in poverty. I believe the US government rescued and liberated the Laotian family by placing them in the very small apartment is unhuman. After years they…

of juvenile delinquency. Building the foundation of what juvenile delinquency is, is vital in forming a foundation for how to assess the proper placement for youth. The first modern institution for juveniles opened in 1825. This was the House of Refuge. However, the first juvenile court was not created until 1899. This was due to the idea that juveniles are different from adults and that they need protection from them. The gap between 1825 and 1899 as well as the way juveniles were treated…

Colonial Puritan philosophy regarding juvenile behavior was enacted into law, in 1646 Massachusetts passed the Stubborn Child Law, which created the first status offense which was an act considered illegal for minors only. Also, according to the common law, a youth under the age of 14 may or could be adjudged incapable of discerning right from wrong this appeared to the court and jury that he could discern between good and evil. These trials and punishments were based on age and any one older…

River Basin is located in the Eastern parts of Northern California and Southern Oregon. The upper portion of the basin lies partially in the arid Great Basin region of South Eastern Oregon and partly in the eastern Cascades. The Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuge complex and much of the farmlands are located in the Upper Basin. The climate in the Upper Klamath Basin varies with changes in elevation, but it is typically dry with precipitation falling in the winter season (Taylor and Bartlett 1993).…

How does Buddhism reflect the human understanding of God or the ‘Other’ With a population of 23 million Australia has grown into one the most culturally and linguistically diverse societies in the world. With this comes a wide variety of religions - over 120 in fact. Out of these religions there are five that are considered to be the ‘world religions’; they are, Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism, Islam and Christianity. Each religion allows its followers to explore a world beyond their day-to-day…

controversial and involves some uncertainty because we don’t know for sure how much oil there is left in this world as well as how much oil we are looking at using in the future. 3) Offshore drilling of oil and drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge have both positive…

In 1753, the German speaking settlers from the Moravian Church founded a religious refuge in North Carolina. They hoped to make this area an ideal society where their foundation for life was circled around the Bible. The universal belief guided the Moravian people leading them to baptize dozens of African Americans who then became full members of their tightly knit society. During this time the Moravian Brethren started buying slaves due to the larger demand in labor that came with the…

waters of Lake St. Clair supported Unionid refuge sites or populations, although the mechanisms to why this could be were not discussed in either paper. Additionally, both experiments did not account for zebra mussel dispersal rates, commercial activity, and movement of Unionids in and out, within the sample…

heroes act differently than most people? Most heroes are threatened to lose their life for what they think is right. Harriet Tubman lead people north to escape slavery, she had risked a lot and took her mission seriously. Miep Gies help Jews find refuge and risked getting sent to a concentration camp. Ida B. Wells wrote many articles inspiring many people to leave Memphis, she continued to write although she wasn’t able to go back to her home. Although Harriet Tubman, Miep Gies and Ida B. Wells…