Smart Phones on the Rise

For my essay I am going to cover the topic of why smart phones are so popular.  How smart phones are becoming more of a portable computer.  Some consumers are shying away from buying laptops or desktops because all of the capabilities that a computer have are now on a cell phone.  The capabilities of smart phones are endlessly growing larger and larger allowing the functions that computers have all in the palm of your hand.  I am going to touch on the iPhone being the Mecca of all smart phones.  Some people's livelihood depends on the technology that smart phones provide.  And because so many people get hooked on their phones they have to venture elsewhere in order to be disconnected from the electronic ball and chain. 

Trashy Reality TV We Love to Watch

Reality TV is brutal.  "a darwinian battlefield on which only the fittest survive" states in the essay by Francine Rose. This video shows the brutality these girls go though to prove they're the number one girl in the house, going to physical extremities to prove their characters.  The show is set up that the first person to throw a punch is the one to go back home.  Giving the other person bragging rights and the advantage of staying in the house.  These girls go on about being the one who runs the house and will go to great lengths to prove that they're the leader of the house by getting the "weak" girls out of the house letting only the strong ones survive.

The Cove Trailer

Ric O'Berry Dolphin Activist

I’d like to introduce a brave human being who wanted change, and did something about it.  He saw cruelty and brutality that was going on and created awareness so others could see too.  His name is Ric O’Berry, a former dolphin trainer turned dolphin activist.  Ric was a dolphin trainer for the show Flipper for many years.  The show had five dolphins total, but the star was a dolphin named Kathy.  According to Ric Kathy committed suicide in his arms.  Since dolphins are mammals they control their air supply.  Ric saw Kathy look at him while she took her last breath and voluntarily closed her air supply.  At that point Ric realized the cruelty behind capturing and training dolphins for human pleasure.  He then went around to islands releasing captive dolphins, leading Ric to start the “Dolphin Project” in 1970.  To continue awareness Ric decided to expose an area of Japan that brutally trap and slaughter over 23,000 dolphins a year with the Academy Award winning film The Cove.  Ric’s written two books on dolphin slaughter and continues fighting to free dolphins for over 38 years by spreading awareness on dolphin slaughter.

 http://www.takepart.com/thecove

http://www.causes.com/causes/331088  (JOIN THE CAUSE ON FACEBOOK)

http://www.facebook.com/login/setashome.php?ref=home#!/TheCove 
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http://www.savejapandolphins.org/