Why do whales beach themselves? By Anda November 8 2009 Environmental Science Instructor: Why do whales beach themselves? The Scientific American article “Why do whales beach themselves?” published on June 1‚ 2009‚ bring the polemic and controversial reasons about the phenomenon observed in the last years when more than Fifty-five false killer whales were stranded on a South African beach over the weekend. The scientists still do not fully understand why mass stranding happen‚ and if
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Libri‚ Vol. 61‚ pp. 175–189‚ September 2011 • Copyright © by Walter de Gruyter • Berlin • Boston. DOI 10.1515/libr.2011.015 Competitive is Killer Ching Seng Yap and Md Zabid Abdul Rashid Dr. Ching Seng Yap‚ Assistant Professor‚ Graduate School of Business‚ Universiti Tun Abdul Razak‚ Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia Email: chingseng@unirazak.edu.my Dr. Md Zabid Abdul Rashid‚ Professor‚ and President & Vice Chancellor‚ Universiti Tun Abdul Razak‚ Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia Email: zabid@unirazak.edu.my Abstract
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Greetings‚ thank you all for being here today. I would like to introduce myself. My name is Faidah Manishimwe‚ but you can call me Faidah. The purpose of my talk today is about Koro (pai’s grandfather‚ the village chief). This oral presentation will discuss the cultural issues which Koro had with his community as he was a chief who faced many issues and I will compare them to my own situation. Issue 1 As Koro was getting older he became worried about his community and the fact it might collapse
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was about. I then decided that I wanted to take on a more challenging film‚ one that I had never heard of‚ and one that I would really have to study to understand its full meaning. After looking into a few of the listed movies‚ I ended up choosing Whale Rider‚ a drama filmed in New Zealand in 2002. After watching the movie two times‚ I feel that I now understand some of the more drastic cultural and gender based problems that are occurring today. The film’s plot follows the story of Paikea Apirana
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and Eschrichtius robustus. Better known as the blue whale‚ minke whale‚ fin whale‚ humpback whale and the gray whale. These all have something in common. These kinds of whales‚ dolphins and porpoises are all part of the cetacean family. This family‚ especially whales‚ is crucial to the survival of humans and the planet. The whale family has as profound link to the ocean as the ocean has an undeniable link to humanity. The damage being done to whales has already negatively affected the earth‚ therefore
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After reading this article I was shocked to see that a child would have that type of self-conscious. It is hard for me to believe that a child would do that; therefore I feel that more of an investigation should be done because I have a hard time believing an 8-year old child would do that without any type of motive. I have been a child at some point in my life so I understand that if a 8-year old boy shoot and killed someone purposely then there must have been foul play of it may have been out of
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The Whale Rider Chapter Questions Chapters 1-6 1. Chapter 1 begins in myth‚ and myths explain what was once unexplainable to a people. What does the myth of the whale rider explain to the Maori people? 2. Chapter 2 gives us the point of view of the whales. The bull whale remembers his master‚ the "golden man." Do you think that the whale is as old as the myth‚ or do you think that the whale draws on the collective memory of his culture? Or‚ do you have another idea? Give your
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“Screw the Whales‚ Save the Shrimp” by Joy Williams The essay "Save the Whales‚ Screw the Shrimp" written by Joy Williams is about the problem that we are not taking care of the environment or seeing the truth of it all as well as we should be. Because we are too blind and lazy to solve the problems with everything around us‚ such as the animals and the plants that keep us alive everything is just getting worse. We’ve made it our nature to take things that are available and use them until it’s gone
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In the movie‚ “The Squid and the Whale”‚ there are two children in the movie. Walt and Frank were raised by Joan and Bernard. This learner would state that Bernard have an insecure disorganized attachment style. Bernard would provide a wide arrange of emotions to their children (Siegel‚ 2014). Bernard would display a set of emotions for one day‚ then on another day‚ he would speak want to be attached with the children. In the movie‚ this happens when Bernard comes home from work. He desires to be
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Mozart and the Whale is loosely based on the true story of two people with Asperger’s syndrome‚ and tells the story of how they developed a relationship and eventually married. Nearly the entire cast is composed of characters with disabilities who have been joined together as a support group by the main character‚ Donald. Donald has Asperger’s syndrome and forms the group so he can have friends. Isabelle‚ who also has Asperger’s Syndrome‚ joins Donald’s group and the two have a lot in common. Most
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