Unbeknownst to most people, behind the closed doors of stark white laboratories, innocent animals of all kinds endure some of the cruelest and harshest forms of torture imaginable. Just picture thousands of poor, helpless animals swabbed with burning chemicals in their eyes or onto their shaved skin. Visualize an animal desperately trying to escape from a cage as pesticides and deadly poisons engulf their bodies. These are just two examples of the countless malicious experiments performed on animals around the world daily. Try imagining three thousand animals killed through just one experiment conducted by the government. It all seems hard to believe. Although beneficial to a certain degree, all the facts point to ending animal testing before it goes any farther. Animal testing is a merciless, inhumane, and cruel practice that, if not brought to a halt, will continue to painfully torture many innocent and helpless animals. (more…)
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End the Unnecessary and Immoral Testing
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010Black Ice on the Road of Life
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010It is amazing what life can do to you. Some people have their life all planned out, from what they are going to wear the next morning to where they are going to be working ten years from now. It is amazing how well planned out some people have their lives. However, in any situation there is a chance for the unexpected to happen. If or when it does, even the best made plans must sometimes be reviewed and revised or completely scrapped and planned anew from a different point of view which takes into mind the circumstances.
I had my life all planned out by the time I was 12. I did not think that anything would change my course or “put a bump” smack dab in the middle of my road of life. I found out that you have to be flexible. Very flexible in fact.
Just four short years after I had my “life map” down on paper, my mother needed to have serious surgery on her back to correct a two decade old injury. I had to drop out of high school in my junior year to stay at home and take care of her since my father had to work full time. That certainly was not part of plan. I planned to graduate in the top 5% of my class and get a scholarship to college to study agribusiness. However, I had to take my mother’s health into consideration. So I did home schooling to get my diploma. I figured that after her recovery, in a year at most, I would go back to high school, graduate and persue my plan to go to college. (more…)
A Modern Woman’s Introspection
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010Living in a superficial society, we as individuals refer to materialistic objects as reflections of our happiness. We resort to lavishness as an expression of our happiness rather than truly understanding the fundamentals of what constitutes a pleasurable life. If one emulates the philosophy of Epicurus, an informative guide that provides the basic fundamentals of happiness, one will find life blissful without the presence of materialistic objects. To truly experience a pleasurable life one should value the fundamentals of friendship, and freedom of thought and from society.
Imagine your beauty radiating of an advertisement in Vogue magazine. Light caramel skin so impeccable that it resembles the flesh of a new born. Eyebrows arched in geometric perfection. Short hair free of split-ends and dryness, and highlighted with a tint of brown. Full lips covered in cherry gloss, revealing a mouth full of straight, blindingly white teeth. (more…)
A speech on chocolate
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010Sitting in the cafeteria with my not-so-good lunch, I look over to my right and see my friend eating his great lunch with a chocolate bar for his dessert. I ask myself if I should ask him for a piece or if I should try to find some money that would buy me a chocolate bar. I finally get the courage to ask if I could have a piece. He gives me a miniature size piece of the bar. As I lean back in my chair and finish this great snack, I look over again to see if he has any left. He doesn’t and now I’m left here wondering if I can get over my craving.
A good snack, and great energy booster, chocolate has been around for a long time. Have you ever wondered what life would be like if there was no such thing as chocolate? If chocolate weren’t invented I couldn’t have asked my friend for a piece but instead maybe would have asked for some other candy or something healthier. My thoughts drifted to wondering about the beginning of chocolate. (more…)
Queen Kat Carmel And St Jude get a life
Thursday, July 29th, 2010The novel that I most enjoyed from the ‘Rites of Passage’ and that I have chosen for this task is ‘Queen Kat, Carmel and St Jude, Get a life’, a touching book with numerous teenage issues. After reading this remarkably insightful book, the idea that I identified as a key issue was how all three girls were completely different in personality, but somehow in the end they managed to form an unlikely yet strong friendship.
The visual representation that I thought best metaphorically mirrored this issue was an electrical wire.
‘Queen Kat, Carmel and St Jude, Get a life’ is about three totally different girls, Katerina, a smart, beautiful girl who comes from a wealthy family, Jude a fiery young woman and Carmel, a reserved musician, all embarking a year in the big city along with enduring and assisting each other through love, heartbreak, and family conflicts while shaping an unbreakable bond.
The differences in personality of the three girls, Katerina, Carmel and Jude is reflected in this electrical wire through the three smaller wires each with their own colour, that are found in side the main white wire. The smaller wires come across as being just the same wire yet each with a unique use also reflect how all three girls appear as three teenage girls yet have a different path in life. (more…)
The Bermuda Triangle essay
Monday, July 26th, 2010Ever since recorded history, there have been a series of unexplained losses of ships, aircraft and people in an area off the Southeastern Atlantic Coast of the United States. Roughly triangular in shape, this area also known as “Devils Triangle” falls between Bermuda, Miami and San Juan and has claimed thousands of lives and spawned hundreds of theories, many as wild as the disappearances themselves.
Mrs. Sobers and fellow classmates we have now entered the “Bermuda Triangle”.
The Bermuda or Devils Triangle is an imaginary area located off the Southeastern Atlantic Coast of the United States, which is noted for a high incidence of unexplained losses of ships, small boats and aircraft. The points of the triangle are generally accepted to be Bermuda, Miami Florida and San Juan Puerto Rico.
Countless theories attempting to explain the many disappearances have been offered throughout the history of the area. The most practical seem to be environmental and those citing human error. The majority of disappearances can be attributed to the areas unique environmental features. (more…)