“A lot of people think of soul surfers as people who just surf to compete. But I think it’s someone who just loves surfing for what it is‚ never gives up and always sticks with the ocean.” (Turner 1) Bethany Hamilton was a born soul surfer on February 8‚ 1990‚ and born on the island of Lihue‚ Hawaii. Bethany has two older brothers‚ Noah and Timmy Hamilton. Her parents are both surfers‚ which is how they met in Hawaii.(“Bethany Hamilton” Gale Database 1) Ever since Bethany was a little kid she’s
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Save Our Whales: End Whale Hunting April 7‚ 2011 Save our Whales‚ End Whale Hunting Whales‚ often called “the Ocean’s gentle giant” are one of the biggest species/mammals that spend their entire life in the ocean. The smallest known whale is the “Minke” which‚ by adulthood is only 8.5 feet long; the largest known whale is the “Blue whale”‚ which measures 94.5 feet long. Since the ancient times‚ people have written about encounters with this mammal. Ancient Roman and Greek artists
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back in time. The Bible contains a story called Jonah and the Whale‚ this story describes a different form of an island; however‚ it is still depicting the meaning of isolation. According to the story it states‚ "Now the LORD provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah‚ and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights" (Holy Bible‚ New International Version 1:17). In other words‚ the island in this case is the belly of the whale because it is isolated from the rest of the world‚ and there
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Evolution of Whales Whales have evolved dramatically to adapt to life in the water as they started out as typical land animals. It has taken 12 million years for the modern whale to become as we know it. They had feet and legs suited for walking on land. They also had long skulls and carnivorous teeth‚ these whales evolved nostrils that were positioned further and further back along the snout. This trend has continued into living whales‚ which have a "blowhole" (nostrils) located on top of the
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Whale Printing Company It was Monday morning and Victor Hussey‚ president of Whale Printing Company‚ was considering whether to take on a job at what seemed to him to be a marginal price A half hour earlier Katharine Salter‚ president of Salter Associates‚ had called to say she needed 10‚000 copies of an advertising brochure by Friday noon. She gave Hussey the specifications and said there had been so many delays in getting the copy ready that her regular printer did not have capacity that week
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In the video “Why do whales sing?”‚ the speaker mentions that whales sing to communicate with one another. First of all‚ due to the fact that light and smell do no travel well in the water‚ most of marine animals rely on sound‚ which can travel four times faster in water than in the air. Especially‚ whales communicate by using sound very skillfully as if they sang. According to the video‚ unlike land mammals‚ who generate sounds by exhaling air‚ whales produce sounds by using an organ called “Laryngeal
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Lauren Aguilar Mr. Caleb Clardy English 131.011 2 April 2012 Zach Wahls Speech Zach Wahls goes before the House of Representatives in support of marriage equality. The nineteen year old University of Iowa student stands before a full room of people to discuss his personal experience of being raised by two women. Zach‚ a well-spoken young man‚ explains that he has a full blooded sibling that was conceived through in vitro fertilization. He goes on to reference his home life as being just as normal
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of a woman who endured traumatic experiences by being taken captive by hostile Indians. Mary Rowlandson made history by writing a testament of her unfortunate events that took place during her eighty three days of captivity. This literary piece is known as “A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson”. This story was a personal recollection of Rowlandson’s life as a prisoner of war‚ taken captive by the Algonquians during King Phillip’s war in 1675 (Rosenmeier 255). This
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Mass killing of dolphin and whales A recent article in The Jakarta Post‚ ”Mass killing of animals and Asian values”‚ concern the slaughter of dolphin in Japan and China. The Author‚ Mario Rustan‚ tell us the information about whaling industry and dependability slaughtering of whale with the Japanese and Chinese value. I totally agree with the author’s opinion because the killings of wild rare animal can risk the nature balance for the future although have a base of honor‚ wealth and tradition. In
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Whale Rider The “Whale Rider”‚ filmed in New Zealand and directed by Niki Caro‚ is a film based on the novel of the same name‚ by Witi Ihimaera. Many of the extras in the film were actual residents of the town Whangara. The film is about a girl‚ Paikea Apirana‚ played by Keisha Castle-Hughes in her debut role‚ who battles to gain her grandfather’s respect‚ and to become the chief of the tribe. By tradition‚ the leader of the tribe should be the first son‚ however Pai’s twin brother had died at
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