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- 12931: A Big Problem: Shortage of Fish
- A Big Problem: Shortage of Fish Five years ago, due to the shortage of cod and other fish, 5,000 square miles off the banks of New England were closed off to fishermen. Among the water deemed off-limits, were some of the well-known waters of the Georges Bank. This water has been used by fishermen for four centuries and since closed has regenerated much fish growth. Of those fish, there seem to be an overabundance of scallops, the second most valuable seafood of New England. Because of this overabundance, fishing regulators are now looking into allowing fishermen back into the closed waters. The scallop industry is forcefully pursuing these regulators through political pressure. They have hired a well-known ... And even though Daley wouldn't reopen the waters, he has called on others to just open section 2 by June. Unfortunately, many say the only thing Daley's involvement has done, is force the New England Fishery Management Council to make difficult decisions without enough information and very little time. It was also made clear that although there is an overabundance of scallops, when section 2 was dredged, there ...
- 12932: Kurt Cobain
- ... in teens is suicide? Looking back to one of the most commonly known and most devistating suicides, of Kurt Cobain lead singer of the former band Nirvana. In his time of music he had the world in his hands. He used personal turmoil as fuel for great music. Suprisingly, he seemed unusually tortured by success. The author of Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana said, "He was a very ... album was released, entitled Bleach. They did short US tours and European tours to promote their album with bands such as Pearl Jam and Red Hot Chili Peppers. In 1992 Nirvana kicked off their first world tour. That's when Nirvana started getting huge. A friend of Kurt's, Daniel House said, "When Nirvana started catching on he was sort of bewildered. His music was so personal it amazed him when ... Cobain in all of us. Kurt Cobain had a hard life and he took the easy way out. He had a wife he loved, a daughter he worshipped, and millions of adoring fans around the world. We'll always have his music and forever will remember him.
- 12933: Cloning and Its Impact
- ... have died, to bettering the engineering of offspring in humans and animals (Hawley, 1998). Cloning could also directly offer a means of curing diseases or could offer a technique that could extend means to acquiring new data for the sciences of embryology and how organisms develop as a whole over time. Currently, the agricultural industry demands nuclear transfer to produce better livestock, and cloning could massively improve the agricultural industry as ... before it is used by any organization or group of people as an everyday way of life. However, if humans are to venture into cloning all possible precautions must take place. The last thing the world needs is to move too fast with out proper preparation, and knowledge of cloning and its effects in entirety. Ultimately, because knowledge is still too limited, cloning will have more of a negative than positive ...
- 12934: Essay on Global Warming
- ... over the past century has risen one degree Fahrenheit over the last century. These last few decades have been the warmest this century. The sea level has risen 4 to 10 inches, and mountain glaciers world-wide have begun to retreat. It is important to recognize that with the recent warming and the other climatic changes that have been going on have not been related to one another. For example, warming ... more than 10,000 years ago. With the increased warming of the Earth it could lead to catastrophic events that could endanger living things on our planet. One event is major drought all around the world. With the warming of the planet, the water on the ground would quickly evaporate causing the rivers and lakes to quickly dry up. This would lead to crops dying from lack of rain, which would ... with more people inland, it would cause a shortage of space in some areas. With the coastal cities under water, this would cause a great economic strain on the rest of the cities throughout the world. Global Warming would also cause extreme weather. Thunderstorms would be more powerful than they have ever been. Tornadoes would be stronger than they normally would. With the warming of the surface it would also ...
- 12935: Leo Tolstoi
- Leo Tolstoi 1828-1910 In full Lev Nikolayevich, Count Tolstoy Leo Tolstoy was born at Yasnya Polyana, in the Tula Province. His father s family was new to Russia. The grand duke of Moscow, at the time, gave the name Tolstoy to the family. The word tolstoy , in russian, literally means fat. His parents died when he was a child, and relatives ... 1884. He gave up his estate to his family, and attempted to live as a poor, celibate peasant. Attracted by Tolstoy's writings, Yasnaya Polyana was visited by hundreds of people from all over the world. In 1901 the Russian Orthodox Church excommunicated him. Tolstoy died of pneumonia on November 7 in 1910 at a remote railway junction after leaving his estate on the urge to live as a wandering ascetic ...
- 12936: Acid Rain
- ... pollutants may be deposited in dry form. Environmental damage from acid rain has been reported in northern Europe and North America. High levels of acid rain have also been detected in other areas of the world, such as above the tropical rain forest of Africa. Acid rain has destroyed plant and animal life in lakes, damaged forests and crops, endangered marine life in coastal waters, eroded structures, and contaminated drinking water ... States but downplayed acid-rain damage to forests. Many scientists urge that measures to control acid rain begin immediately. The most direct action would be to cut off pollution at the source. Regulations require that new coal-burning plants must install expensive scrubbers in their smokestacks to remove most of the dioxides. Other possible measures include burning only low-sulfur oil or coal, or removing the sulfur from coal with high ...
- 12937: Dolphins
- ... mammals and the earliest recognizable cetaceans lived about 50 million year ago. The earliest dolphins did not appear install the late mioceene period, Some 11 million years ago. Evans also the land animal that is new the closest to dolphins is hooted animals called Ungulates. (27) Dolphins can be fanned in almost every sea and ocean. Each species however has its own preferred type of habitat. Some live in only cold ... body that allows them to swim at speeded of up to 20 mph. (Grolier 1996) Dolphins eat several kinds of fish as will as squid and can live to be up to 50 years old. (World book 1995)
- 12938: Life Of Fredrick Douglass
- ... we all have a dream in our lives, we have a great chance of living together in peace in the twenty-first century (King 19). Works Cited Brant, Joseph. Literature for Composition. Ed. Sylvan Barnet. New York: Sylvan Barnet, 1996: 938. Brant, Joseph. Indian Civilization Vs. White Civilization. Literature for Composition. New York: Sylvan Barnet, 1996: 938-940. Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. New York: Penguin Putnam Inc, 1997. Douglass, Frederick. Academic American Encyclopedia. 1998 ed: 248-249. King, Martin Luther, Jr. I Have a Dream. Readings for Writers. Orlando: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1998: 18-21. Martin Luther ...
- 12939: Advanced Green Builder Demonstration House
- ... architectural pioneer, Pliny Fisk. At his 18-acre nonprofit Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, Mr. Fisk and his battalion of students, interns, and volunteers are striving to better the lives of everyone by creating new environmentally sound and sustainable building technologies. The main focus of the center is the two thousand square foot Advanced Green Builder demonstration house. It is here where all the possibilities of creating an entirely sustainable ... processes, the transportation of the products, and how they are recycled once their usefulness has ended. Also, due to the extreme urban sprawl, an individual waste water system is used as an alternative to laying new collection pipes. This waste water system is designed to be totally self sufficient in meeting the needs of the occupants of the house. Large metallic cisterns, which store rainwater, are placed near the front of ... to the future of buildings, the future looks very bright thanks to Mr. Pliny Fisk and his Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems. Through their research, it appears that buildings should get back to a new regionalism in building. They have proved that buildings can be built out of local materials, be self sufficient, environmentally friendly, and in an architectural style all it's own.
- 12940: Lyndon B. Johnson
- ... was elected to the United States House of Representatives. Some years later, one day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Johnson entered active duty and became a lieutenant in the Navy. He was stationed in New Zealand. He was the first person so serve in congress and in the military. Johnson received a silver star for gallantry in action from General Mac Arthur. In 1948 he became senator. In 1957 he ... in 1960. But, the Democratic convention chose Kennedy as their Democratic nominee. Then Johnson became the Vice President when Kennedy was elected. Johnson was also elected House Leader, but he resigned to take on his new job. Kennedy had promised to make his Vice President an active part of his presidency, so Johnson attended Cabinet and White House meetings. On November 25, while on trip to Texas, John F. Kennedy was ... except for Goldwater s state, Arizona, and five states in the Deep South. During his time in office Johnson made his plan called the Great Society. This plan is an expanded continuation of Kennedy s New Frontier. The dealt with antipoverty, health, education, conservation, and urban planning measures. Johnson was deeply involved in civil rights. Johnson pressed Congress for a bill that would assure voting rights for blacks. Legislation passed ...
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