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    Homelessness is a prevalent social issue that many countries are trying to resolve. One area that has a high rate of homelessness is the Tampa Bay Area in Florida. According to a homeless count carried out by the Tampa Hillsborough Homeless Initiative (THHI) in 2016, in Hillsborough County alone, there are, “at least 1,817 homeless men, women, and children” who have to resort to unorthodox housing, such as spaces behind buildings, encampments, sidewalks, and cars (“About Homelessness”). Moreover

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    According to Robert Diaz and Rutger Rosenberg, “Dead zones have now been reported from more than 400 systems, affecting a total area of more than 245,000 square kilometers, and are probably a key stressor on marine ecosystems.” Specifically, the Chesapeake Bay has been polluted to the point where areas have now been uninhabitable to marine life. Although waste disposal is a difficult issue to solve, polluting bodies of water endangers the marine life, environment, and health of organisms. While the Earth’s

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    Chesapeake Bay, which derives from the Algonquin word Chesepiooc meaning “great shellfish bay”, has been around for a very long time. Approximately 35 million years ago, a rare bolide (a comet- or asteroid-like object) hit what is now the lower tip of the Delmarva Peninsula, creating a 55-mile-wide crater. The bolide created what geologists call the “Exmore Crater,” which they believe was as large as Rhode Island and as deep as the Grand Canyon. Although this bolide did not create the Chesapeake Bay, it

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    Sea Ports Advantages

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    Ports are basically a means of integration into the global economic system. Ports are basically a means of integration into the global economic system.As international barriers to trade have effectively been lifted by the WTO-agreements since the 1980s, global manufacturers have vertically disintegrated their production systems into geographically dispersed and flexibly organized supply chain systems.The development of deep sea ports as associate economic infrastructure assumes that like roads, communications

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    A Kidnapping Plan Essay

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    Before retiring, Barton took his four officers to Hog Island, just off the mainland. And there, in full view of the British ships, they could see the British tent encampments on Aquidneck and the men-of-war anchored in the bay. Only then did Barton assemble his little party around him and, in a short but spirited address, disclosed to them his plan to kidnap General Prescott from his own quarters, his reasons for attempting it and the part each was to perform. To avoid the British, they would row

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    Chris Nguyen 08/11/2006 AP US History A Comparison of the New England and Chesapeake Bay Regions During the 1700's, people in the American colonies lived in very distinctive societies. While some colonists led hard lives, others were healthy and prosperous. The two groups who showed these differences were the colonists of the New England and Chesapeake Bay areas. The differentiating characteristics among the Chesapeake and New England colonies developed due to economy, religion, and motives

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    the company attached a legal document to inform the user they could not share it for each digital content. Torrent downloads or what is known on the web Pirate Downloads, works by having a user seeding a particular content to a website such as Pirate Bay, Torrentz, ExtraTorrent, and many more are available for the public to leech to their computers. Companies cannot force the law to be international because people do not agree to banned pirate downloads and it does not have dramatic effect on all international

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    The value of the movie “Transformers” created by Hasbro and directed by Michael Bay, is one of the most exhilarating and action packed movie of its time. It’s a movie about how a human joins forces with a group of robots to fight off the other bad robots trying to take over the human’s planet. Throughout this movie it is very action packed and couldn’t grab the audience’s attention more than any other movie could to anyone who loves action movies. This movie presents such a different perspective

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    Seafood has become more and more prevalent for people to want to eat these days. Fish in particular, all kinds, has become a bigger want. There are more than 30,000 different species of fish. There are different specifications such as the type, skeletal structure, and how the they are harvested. Fish can either be domesticated or man influenced or wild harvested, which delivers the best flavor and quality of a fresh fish. Fish can be purchased with many different options as well. Striper, or also

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    In the short personal narrative, "Our love survived the tsunami ': Joy and Brendan Fehily were honeymooning in Thailand when one of the world 's worst natural disasters occurred. Here, they share how it altered their relationship" written by Julie Weingarden Dubin. Julie wrote this personal narrative from an Interview that Brendan and Joy Fehily had done. In the interview, the couple talked about their experience during one a terrifying tsunami that happened. The tsunami occurred in Thailand on December

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