This Goldfish Theme Essay

3. What did further examination of Tiktaalik’s fins reveal about the creature and its’ lifestyle?

Upon entering the circus, Edward spots a beautiful girl whom he vows to marry. However, she soon vanishes and he never learns her name. The ringmaster, Amos, agrees to provide Edward with clues about the girl each month that he works for him. He does everything Amos asks of him, which includes sticking his head in a lion’s mouth, washing an obese circus performer, cleaning up after the elephants, and being fired from a cannon. Edward completes every task with a smile knowing that he is one step closer to meeting his future wife.

Texas v. Johnson or American Flag Stands for Tolerance differences? Texas's v. Johnson is the courts decision and the American Flag Stands for Tolerance is the editors opinion. In the courts decision they had to accept Gregory Johnson for his beliefs people were very petulantly of Gregory's opinion. The news paper editor, Ronald J. Allen has his own opinion about the flag getting burnt by Gregory Johnson. Ronald J. Allen opinion is that it is wrong to discriminate the American flag and he still thinks we should have freedom. William J. Brennan thinks that the court opinion is right because the first amendment but he always says one mans opinion will not change our nations attitude towards the flag.

This case then was put up to the national level and sent to the United States Supreme Court. There was great public attention because of media. Many groups involved themselves in either trying to support that Texas violated Johnson's first amendment right of freedom of expression, or tried to get a new amendment passed to the constitution stopping the burning of the United States’ flag. The final decision by the Supreme Court on June 21, 1989 was by a 5 – 4 vote, that the Texas court of criminal appeals violated Johnson's first amendment rights by prosecuting him under its law for burning a flag as a means of a peaceful political demonstration. The Supreme Court upheld this ruling, stating the flag burning was "expressive conduct" because it was an attempt to "convey a particularized message." This ruling invalidated flag protection laws in 48 states and the District of Columbia.

Johnson Majority Opinion” focuses on an actual court case based on a situation where a flag was burned. The people of Texas were outraged with Johnson. During the time of the case the people gained acceptance to allowing Johnson to be a free man.”The way to preserve the flag’s special role is not to punish those who feel differently about these matters. It is to persuade them that they are wrong.”, an excerpt from “Texas v. Johnson Majority Opinion”(line38), states that those who freely express unlawful thoughts shall not be prosecuted, but proven that what they’re expressing is unlawful.

Johnson was decided on June 21st of 1989 by the United States Supreme Court. The United States Supreme Court ruled that Gregory Lee Johnson's liberties and rights were violated, and that the burning of the U.S. flag was a constitutionally protected form of speech under the First Amendment. The court decided that flag burning was symbolic speech, and protected under the First Amendment. The opinion of the Court came down as a controversial 5–4 decision, with the majority opinion delivered by William J. Brennan, Jr. and Justices Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, Antonin Scalia, and Anthony Kennedy. Texas v. Johnson, was an important decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that revoked prohibitions on desecrating the American flag, enforced in 48 of the 50 states. Johnson’s actions, who were supported by the majority argued, that flag burning was explicitly symbolic speech, political in nature and could be expressed even if those disagreed with him, stated William Brennan. The majority also noted that freedom of speech protects actions that society may find very offensive, but society's outrage is not justification for suppressing Johnson’s actions, or symbolic speech. The dissenting opinion, which was written by Justice Stevens, and included Justices Rehnquist, White, Stevens, and O’ Connor, was that the flag's unique status as a symbol of national unity outweighed "symbolic speech" concerns, and thus, the government could lawfully prohibit flag

The tones of the Texas vs Johnson and The American Flag Stands For Tolerance have opposite tones because of the context of both documents.

Tolerance is very important in today’s American society and also in Africa’s society. Even though we live across an ocean, tolerance is as important to our society as it is to theirs. Tolerance is the ability to tolerate how someone thinks, looks, and acts. In 2 of the short stories read in class tolerance is one of the main themes and focus points in the story. In “Dead Men’s Path” by Chinua Achebe, a new headmaster of a school Michael Obi tries to westernize the school and in doing so he shuts down a sacred path for the towns people. Also, in “The Quarry” by Alan Paton, a young boy named Johnny Day climbs this massive quarry and people of all races and ethnicities try to help this young boy get down. Tolerance is very important in

When an individual is struggling in life nothing positive comes to mind. Asking for help is something not everyone is comfortable with so they only rely on themselves. Any stranger can approach a person that may seem like they are struggling and help without them expecting it. Some may expect family or friends to help when in need, yet they are the ones that don’t help. A significant theme in Finding Fish is the people who we least expect to help are the ones that actually help the most.

In result to this case, the majority of the court noted that the Texas law discriminated upon the law. They feel that this act might bring up anger in other people and more flag burning. The majority of the court also agreed that Johnson had the right to use that form of symbolic speech because it is protected by the first amendment. They find this act is very offensive, but the society’s outrage alone is not justification for depressing Johnson’s freedom of speech.

The book Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin is an interesting novel that shows the evolution of some of our major structures through time. We all know about evolution and the monkeys but we never really looked in on evolution through “our inner fish”. The book was appealing because it helps to understand how we have come to be with some of the parts of our bodies we take for granted, like how we got our developed smell or our advanced color vision. Your Inner Fish is a good way to jump into the evolution of our ancestors and become more knowledgeable about where we came from.

The zebrafish, Danio rerio, has, in recent decades, become an indispensable model organism for study concerning both genetics and gonadal development. Its utility was first revealed through the research of Dr. George Streisinger who began using the fish in the late 1960’s to look into the mutational genetics of vertebrates. Zebrafish proved to be extremely useful from a logistical standpoint for several reasons including their year-round breeding capabilities, highly fecund females, and the relative economy of their upkeep in a lab environment (Grunwald and Eisen, 2002). The nature of their reproduction and embryonic development was also shown to be advantageous as the former relies on external fertilization, allowing researchers to have more control over the process, and the latter occurs within a transparent chorion, making documentation of growth

The zebrafish Sod1 transgenic fish lines were generated according to protocols previously described by Ramesh et al (2010). The zebrafish sod1 gene was isolated by BLASTing the zebrafish genome with the mouse cDNA; then a Bacterial Arterial Chromosome (BAC) containing the sod1 gene was identified. However, as the BAC contained other genes, Ramesh and Colleagues isolated a fragment of the BAC containing an 11.7-kb upstream region, and 5.06kb and 4.5kb downstream sequences of the sod1 gene, and recombineered into the BAC5 chromosome at the p arm (pBAC5). I-Scel meganuclease was added to increase the rate of transgenesis; I-Scel meganuclease is considered to be the most specific naturally occurring restriction enzyme. The zebrafish heat shock protein 70 (hsp70) promoter and the DsRed (Discosoma sp. red fluorescent protein) marker gene were also introduced into the pBAC5 recombineering.

The menhaden is a small, oily, fish found in coastal and estuarine waters from Nova Scotia to northern Florida. The menhaden’s small size but extreme oiliness makes it the most popular fishery export in America. Because of this, menhaden oil is used in hundreds of products, from omega 3 fatty acid supplements and cosmetics to fish meal, which is fed to livestock. The need for menhaden product is strong, but overuse causes challenges. Overfishing of the menhaden is an enormous problem, especially in the Chesapeake Bay. Menhaden are fished in huge numbers, with the majority being fished at a very young age, which means the species is not reproducing at a rate proportionate to its rate of death. The overfishing of menhaden, a Chesapeake keystone species, causes low population in important predatory species, an imbalanced ecosystem, and a struggling local economy.

I was a consumer who fed on somber pictures, painted by the practical and cautious Vietnam society, of becoming in expert of a “useless” expertise.