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Technology is always evolving; we see it in our smartphones, our electric cars, and our tablet laptop hybrid concoctions. But it's not just our cool toys that are developing technologically, our environment is too. Large ponds that are actually wave pools are popping up with man-made waves big enough to surf. This advancement will not only change the rules of the surf, but could go on to change the Olympics in time for Tokyo in 2020.  There are three important positions that can be taken when exploring this new trend - technological, business, and the surfer.  Wave pools are a popular attraction at many theme parks and have been for many years. However, now there is the capability of creating actual ocean-like waves, with no time for flat-spells, constantly and consistently - two things you're not likely to get in the real ocean. Each wave only takes about 90 seconds, so there's plenty of time for plenty of rides. Four major technology companies in this ar...

Image from Wall Street Journal via Google Images Illegal fishing, sometimes referred to as pirate fishing, is a huge problem throughout the world, but with new satellite technology, it is becoming easier to catch these criminals at sea. SkyTruth has come up with a way to determine if vessels tracked via satellite are illegally hunting fish. Image from dw.com via Google Images National Geographic gives readers an insight on the history of SkyTruth, the technology behind it, and the limits or problems the technology currently faces. In 2012, SkyTruth used satellites and radar to find the ship responsible for an oil spill off Angola by noticing a white dot at the end of a black stretch on the images. Eventually they realized they could use this same detection system to look for pirate fishermen, and teamed up with Pew Charitable Trusts to help. This partnership ended up involving Google and Oceana as well, creating a website called Global Fishing Watch, allowing advocacy groups...

This poem is a parody of Sandra Cisneros' "Abuelito Who" to fit the personality of Barbara Kingsolver's Rachel Price from the Posionwood Bible Rachel Who by Tasha Haight Rachel who whines like a sad dog and wishes to leave who is clothes and nail polish who is a plane and a ticket out of Africa whose hair is made of silk is too concerned with herself everyday who tells me in Afrikaans Want so lief het God die... who tells me in French Car Dieu a tant aime le monde... whose eyes are skies can't escape Africa sleeps in her Equatorial hotel who used to despise all of Africa is selfish is a Barbie tied to this land is stuck man oh man doesn't live in America anymore is rich in the French Congo who has lived here for long oh is martinis and cigarettes and friends who marries men time and time and time again is the Fourth of July of her family wishing to leave to leave where to?

This post is created by Tasha Haight. Life Under the Sea by Tasha Haight             It was our second to last stop on our journey. The loneliness of being a foreigner without friends accompanying me was starting to sink in; I missed my best friend. Being out of the country I call home, the only way I could reconnect with those back in the States was online, and that was a rare opportunity to come by, given our busy schedule. So, I started to write in the "Notes" app of my iPhone everything I would want to tell people when I returned to America.             Little did I know I would write several pages on one adventure alone. Whale Rib (Picture from Google Images)             Back in 5th grade, a marine biologist came to our school for career day. I walked into the classroom she was located in hoping she w...

The oldest form of punishment is the death penalty. Sometimes, it is completely necessary for people to die because of their actions. In the United States of America, the death penalty had been used since colonial times. Forms of carrying out the death penalty in the USA are lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas, hanging, and firing squad. Lethal injection and the electric chair are the most common. Since 1976 over 900 executions have been applied in the United States. Capital punishment has been proven to deter crime. Because of this, it should be applied and supported. Capital punishment should be supported for many reasons. One reason is the Capital Punishment prevents murderers from killing more innocent people. Of released murderers in Oregon, five percent killed more people within five years of being released (Carmical). Each time a murderer is put to death, 3-18 victims lives are spared (Muhlhausen). something that saves lives should be suppo...