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    The Phenomenon of Killer Whales in Captivity To what extent has placing orcas in captivity influenced their aggressive behavior in comparison to those in the wild? Session: May 2014 Session Number: 0006 Word Count: 3‚749 Subject: Environmental Systems and Societies Since the release of Gabriella Cowperthwaite’s documentary Blackfish‚ there has been much controversy about the issue of placing killer whales in captivity.

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    mother hear Loman’s car speed away‚ and he dies. You Can’t Take it With You did not have many similarities to Death of a Salesman‚ from what I could see. A wealthy man (Tony Kirby) and a woman (Alice Sycamore) from a very eccentric household fall in love and his family disapproves. Perhaps it could be similar in how Mr. Kirby disapproves of his son marrying Alice because of her family/background‚ and Mr. Loman disapproves of his son Biff because of his failure in the business

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    hall‚ windows and doors. The fumbling of keys by Ma Kirby‚ when the family is about to set off on their journey‚ heightens her attempt at locking the ‘door’. The characters‚ which includes Pa (Elmer) Kirby‚ Mrs Kirby’s husband‚ Arthur and Caroline Kirby‚ her two children‚ The Stage Manager‚ who plays multiple roles‚ depending on the family’s dialects‚ and in the latter stages‚ Beulah‚ Ma Kirby’s daughter who the family is on a trip‚ to visit. Ma Kirby is the central focal of the story‚ almost as if

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    disorganization or advantage” (Kirby‚ 1997). The large‚ complicated‚ and interrelated accumulation of factors suggest that the course that leads to adolescent sexual activity and pregnancy is complex. Kirby states that “not merely one or two‚ but a multitude of antecedents are related to one or more sexual behaviors and pregnancy‚ including characteristics of the teens themselves‚ their peers and sexual partners‚ their families and their communities and states” (Kirby‚ 1997). In addition‚ parental

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    Comics. The group debuted in The Fantastic Four #1 (November 1961)‚ which helped to usher in a new level of verisimilitude in the medium. The Fantastic Four was the first superhero team created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist and co-plotter Jack Kirby‚ who developed a collaborative approach to creating comics with this title that they would use from then on. As the first superhero team title produced by Marvel Comics‚ it formed a cornerstone of the company’s 1960s rise from a small division of a

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    thinking. Identify the Problem Identifying the problem is the first step in the decision making process. Critical thinking removes biased thoughts and emotions from the identification process in order to establish a factual statement of the problem (Kirby & Goodpaster‚ 2007). In the author’s case‚ a problem was identified: a subordinate was disrupting store functions and affecting local public image. Define Criteria‚ Goals‚ and Objectives The second step in decision making processes

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    Barriers to Critical Thinking Shirley Borchardt HUM/114 Enculturation According to Kirby and Goodpaster (2006)‚ enculturation is the values and preferences that an individual is taught from birth by his or her culture. I have realized that I know very little about other cultures. I have also realized that many of my beliefs are built upon my cultural upbringing with very little research put into these beliefs to verify their validity. I identify myself as a Christian but why am I a Christian

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    has on critical thinking‚ this paper will explore two different queries and investigate the impact of language on thinking. Aristotle called metaphors‚ "the fundamental figure of speech‚" and referred to its use as‚ "…the true mark of genius" (Kirby‚ Goodpaster &‚ Levine‚ 2002‚ p. 82). If that is believed to be true‚ how would different metaphors impact the way a child is raised? If a parent were to view the raising of a child as growing a tree‚ they would attempt to cultivate the child ’s personality

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    thought. Critical thinking is influenced by memory in that our brain is like a database that stores past information which determines how we deal with current situations. Thinking has set the boundaries for our past choices in life (Kirby and Goodpaster 2007). From past experiences I have learnt that a behavior that affects you negatively is not easily repeated. For example‚ when I was a child I almost drowned and because of that I have a phobia for water. Now‚ as an adult‚ I will not

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    Throughout human history across the globe‚ wartime rape has been perceived as an unfortunate‚ but natural and expected by-product of war (see Kennedy-Pipe and Stanley‚ 2001). In essence wartime rape was normalized so that not much had been done in terms of policy and legal prosecution‚ and therefore has been publicly invisible (Hansen‚ 2001). Raped women (and raped men) have been absent from historical records that usually describe the victories‚ defeats‚ and heroic battles from a male perspective

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