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George Washington Carver

I'm doing my report on George Washington Carver because he is my Idol and the only non-fiction book in the library I liked. George Washington Carver was an American scientst, botanist, educator and inventor whose studies and teaching revolutionized agriculture in the Southern United States. The day and year of his birth are unknown; he is believed to have been born before slavery was abolished in Missouri in January 1864 Much of Carver's fame is based on his research into and promotion of alternative crops to cotton, such as peanuts and sweet potatoes. He wanted poor farmers to grow alternative crops both as a source of their own food and as a source of other products to improve their quality of life. The most popular of his 44 practical bulletins for farmers contained 105 food recipes that used peanuts. He also created or disseminated about 100 products made from peanuts that were useful for the house and farm, including cosmetics, dyes,paints, plastics, gasoline, and nitroglycerin In the Reconstruction South, an agricultural monoculture of cotton depleted the soil, and in the early 20th century the boll weevil destroyed much of the cotton crop. Carver's work on peanuts was intended to provide an alternative crop.

In addition to his work on agricultural extension education for purposes of advocacy of sustainable agriculture and appreciation of plants and nature, Carver's important accomplishments also included improvement of racial relations, mentoring children, poetry, painting, and religion. He served as an example of the importance of hard work, a positive attitude, and a good education. His humility, humanitarianism, good nature,frugality, and rejection of economic materialism also have been admired widely.

One of his most important roles was in undermining, through the fame of his achievements and many talents, the widespread stereotype of the time that the black race was intellectually inferior to the white race. In 1941, Time magazine dubbed him a "Black Leonardo", a reference to the Renaissance Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci. To commemorate his life and inventions, George Washington Carver Recognition Day is celebrated on January 5, the anniversary of Carver's death.

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The golden cowrie is a marine snail named for its brilliant orange shell.

It is among the largest of the world's 250 known cowrie species, reaching four in length. These mollusks are rare to find and, spend most of their lives hiding under rocks in the cracks and creases of reefs in the South Pacific.

Coral reefs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans are dying off much quicker than previously thought, a new study shows.

They come out only at night to feed on sponges and algae. And for the last few days the Coral Reefs vanashed more than one third, Indo-Pacific reefs have shrunk by 1 percent each year a loss equivalent to nearly 600 square miles . That makes the rate of reef loss about twice the rate of tropical rain forest loss. Twenty or 30 years ago reefs with a high cover of coral were fairly common. Today there are comparatively few reefs in the Indo-Pacific that we would traditionally think of as being pristine.

I am writing about my mommy's uncle John Matthew Finnin.

He was #38 Airborne. He served the military for 50 years or something like that. But he is always telling me and my mommy about every time we go over there and it is interesting. He says that he used to I think jump outta planes and things, bring food down to the soldiers and other really cool things. He still have pictures, hats, memories, and other cool things. But now he can hardly remember everything so we have to help him remember. But we all in my family look after him and look up to him. He is like a legend to us. Along side his brothers, most of them went to war and came back and are legends to us to. And my daddy also was in Korea for a war to and now he's here and also a legend to not only me but my whole family.