Blackfish is a documentary that tells the story of Tilikum‚ a "notoriously aggressive" orca who has been linked to the deaths of three individuals while being kept in captivity. The film‚ told largely by five former SeaWorld trainers‚ uses highly emotional footage to portray Tilikum as an animal that has been negatively impacted by his life at SeaWorld. Blackfish is advertised as a documentary but‚ in reality‚ is little more than propaganda‚ and rather than providing impartial and balanced information
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Network protocols for vehicle platoon control and management Part 1 Introduction to vehicle platooning Vehicle platooning is a promising application in the transportation industry to improve the safety‚ efficiency‚ and comfort for passengers with innovative capabilities. 1.1 How Vehicle Platooning Works Vehicle platooning is a convoy of vehicles with a lead vehicle driven with a professional driver and other vehicles closely followed. [pic] The main goals of vehicle platooning are:
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Are Animals Beneficial to our Health? When we think of therapy animals most likely one would think of the service dogs that assist disabled people with daily activities in life; however is it possible that different animals could be beneficial to someone’s health? There are more than dogs being used for therapy in helping people either with a disability or health issues. Animals play an important role in people’s lives. In addition to seeing-eye dogs and dogs that can be trained to detect seizures
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Maltese slave trade at the time. He points out how between 1500 and 1800 many Muslims were slaves. Moreover‚ there was often no focus on Arabic captivity narratives. He believes that one of the reasons for this was that Arabic authors were not very elaborate in their descriptions of slavery. They didn’t show emotions because Islam has no discourse which ties captivity to sin (as opposed the Christian discourse). European slaves became the figurehead of Christian suffering and ultimate success over Islam
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oceanic movements and even human life and activity. Though oil is an important part of human life‚ it can be deadly to animals. A study by marine scientists shows that exposure to oil and oil fumes can cause lung and adrenal lesions in bottlenose dolphins‚ which in turn
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underwater calls. A pod may work together to hunt. Despite their name‚ killer whales are actually dolphins; they are the largest kind of dolphin. They have not been known to attack people in the wild. Orcas are up to 30 feet long‚ they weigh up to 10 tons‚ they have shiny black backs‚ and they are white underneath. Orcas feed on a wide variety of animals. They hunt salmon and other fish‚ seals‚ dolphins‚ and whales. Orcas are large ocean animals; they live in all the oceans‚ especially in cold waters
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organization as “being dedicated to the reproduction‚ protection‚ and exhibition of animals‚ plants and their habitats” (San Diego Zoo). As shown in the previous mission statement‚ one of the main arguments zoos use to justify keeping wild animals in captivity is species conservation. In this paper‚ I will address the arguments for which zoos claim that they are an appropriate institution for animal conservation. The three main reasons they present are prevention of species extinction‚ captive breeding
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CAMBRIDGE E X A M I N AT I O N S ‚ C E RT I F I C AT E S & D I P L O M A S CAE ENGLISH PA P E R 1 C E R T I F I C AT E I N A D VA N C E D S A M P L E PA P E R S English as a Foreign Language PA P E R 1 R E A D I N G S A M P L E PA P E R 2 FIRST TEXT/QUESTIONS 1–17 Answer questions 1–17 by referring to the newspaper article about travel guide books on page 3. Indicate your answers on the separate answer sheet. For questions 1–17‚ answer by choosing from the list (A–G) on the
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rented the house right after them. So we went to go eat lunch and I didn’t know that it rains for a little bit like everyday. Right when we got to the place to eat it started raining. One of the many things we did while we there was to go on a dolphin cruise‚
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As I watch‚ the waves from the shore look fun and almost innocent as they crest and then crash over one another. I can taste the salt in the air and watch little rainbows glisten through the prisms of the ocean’s spray. The warm ocean water toward the shore is covered with foam and bubbles from the rumbling waves. As children and their families play in the gritty tan colored sand‚ I think to myself‚ “This is perfect.” I make the final preparations on my jet ski. All of the fluid levels check
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