Ngatoroirangi The earliest Māori stories speak of a man named Ngatoroirangi‚ a tohunga (high priest) who guided the Te Arawa canoe to this land from Hawaiki‚ the ancestral homeland of Māori. Anxious to explore‚ he and an expedition party‚ travelled east from Maketu‚ down the coast until he reached what is now known as the Tarawera River. Naming it Te Awa-o-te-atua‚ he turned inland and followed it upstream until he reached Ruawahia‚ the central peak of Mount Tarawera. Ngatoroirangi finally
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mounds of various shapes and sizes in the woodland areas surrounding the lake. The first European-Americans believed to have visited the lake region were two teenage boys named Joe Brown and Will Snelling‚ who travelled west up Minnehaha Creek by canoe. In the late 1850s‚ ginseng became a major commodity that played a critical role in the economy of the region‚ particularly during the financial depression of the Panic of 1857. Before 1852‚ Lake Minnetonka was not presented on maps‚ but thanks to
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Reading Log No.5 Setting: The setting of Chapter 5 was probably early dawn. The place was inside Kino’s brush house. Protagonist: The protagonist in this chapter is: - Kino who is a fishermen‚ and he found the beautiful pearl. Antagonist: Kino’s great pearl. Other Characters: The other characters in this chapter are: 1. - Juana is a Kino’s wife. 2. -Coyotito who is sting of enemy. 3. - Juan Tomas is a Kino’s brother. 4. - Apolina is a Juan Tomas’s wife. Plot: Juana tries to steal
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When bombarded by tragedy‚ a person can either be undone or fight against the tide to accomplish their goals and see their dreams come into fruition and become reality. In Pricilla Cummings novel‚ The Journey Back she shows no matter the circumstances a person can overcome and accomplish their goals. The Journey Back depicts the story of a young boy named Michael and his Journey to save the ones he loves. Michel is trapped all odds are against him not only is he is far from home‚ but the police
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The climax of the story occurs when the girls participate in a week-long excursion in the wilderness. They set out by canoe after a ceremonious departure. On the second day of the trip‚ the two girls separate from the other campers to climb a trail to a lookout point; it is a sheer cliff that overlooks the lake. Lucy says she is going to go urinate‚ yet she does not return. Instead‚ Lois hears a scream‚ although she cannot identify it. The campers head back to camp without Lucy; even the police cannot
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strengthen culture and reinforce cultural values. * Voice-over- Paikea explaining the legend of her ancestor Paikea throughout the film (story telling technique of myth/legend) and her journey to become the next leader. * Use of symbols- Waka (canoe)‚ whales‚ Koro’s staff * Magical Object- Whale Tooth * Music- Creates a mystical‚ ancient atmosphere enhances that Paikea’s journey is destined to be. Made up of mixture of Mori songs‚ whale sounds‚ sea sound and instrumental music * Contrast
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America has been held up as the golden standard of living to many regions of the world to the point where a symbolic phrase has been created to describe the idea. The phrase “American dream” first appeared in literature in 1931 in a book written by James Truslow Adams titled The Epic of America. In the book‚ Adams wrote described what he interpreted as the principal purpose of the life of an American; he wrote of a land where happiness was not based off of material objects like cars or high salaries
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Dead Man (1995): A Post Colonial Analysis America the land of opulence and opportunity. A haven for glittering fantasies of stardom and fortune. Fast cars‚ fast food and fast affairs; Tight skirts and loose morals. The home to Hollywood. Where Beatniks and hipsters march alongside tuxedo wearing millionaires in their Maseratis. Birthplace of the atom bomb and perhaps the equally significant Coca cola. Doesn’t matter which part of the world one lives in‚ everyone has a their own idea of what we call
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CHANGE MANAGEMENT MID TERM NOTES CHAPTER 1- Patterns of change and their implications for change management Theories Relating to Patterns of Change: 1. Gradualist Paradigm o Posits that an organization changes and develops through a continuous process of incremental adjustment (ideal) • Accumulate over time to ensure that the organization is always aligns with its external environment 2. Punctuated Equilibrium o Most organizations experience change as a discontinuous process often referred
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Society as a Human Product Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann It should be clear from the foregoing that the statement that manproduces himself in no way implies some sort of Promethean vision ofthe solitary individual. Man’s self-production is always‚ and ofnecessity‚ a social enterprise. Men together produce a humanenvironment‚ with the totality of its socio-cultural andpsychological formations. None of these formations may be understoodas products of man’s biological constitution‚ which‚ as
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