White Nose Syndrome (WNS) affects bats causing them to wake up more often during hibernation and use up their stored fat reserves that were supposed to last throughout the winter. The lack of fat reserves forces bats to fly around for the search of food‚ but unfortunately most of the bats tend to starve‚ freeze and die. Data has been collected to provide information about the areas associated with White Nose Syndrome in bats. Results shown White Nose Syndrome in bats does not impact all of North
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The definition of white collar crime is still truly undefined by most experts. There are many variations as well as specific traits. For example‚ the type of offender or the type of offense. Some however believe white collar crime is mainly related to economic and corporate crime only. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opted to approach white collar crime in terms of the offense verses the offender. The FBI’s definition is: illegal acts which are characterized by deceit‚ concealment‚ or
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Great white sharks are known as the most dangerous of the shark species because of their sheer size and their quick mind that make them the ultimate predator. A comparison can be seen in Figure 1‚ where the great white shark is seen next to a human‚ this image is showing the sizing difference between the two species. The shark is so captivating that there is an entire week each year dedicated to these creatures to learn more about them and the world they live‚ in an area that is vastly undiscovered
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Education 305 White Privilege This week’s reading by Peggy McIntosh’s‚ White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack really resonated with me. It forced me to think about how being white grants a person a set of positive privileges that others don’t have. Because of this‚ I felt compelled to write a response. I will start with her argument‚ make a comparison to another reading‚ provide the context for her article‚ and lastly issue some of my own opinions on the topic. Argument McIntosh’s
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ARRANGEMENT IN BLACK AND WHITE Dorothy Parker‚ an American short-story writer and poet‚ became one of the greatest humourists of her generation. Dorothy Parker had strong‚ liberal political opinions‚ which were reflected in her writings‚ and her short story “Arrangement in Black and White” is not an exception. The story raises the problem of racial discrimination of black people in America in the first half of the twentieth century. The story has all the obligatory elements of the plot
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White-nose syndrome haunts bats The mysterious disease is obliterating bat colonies as it spreads across North America‚ and scientists say time is running out to save them. 7 Related Topics: Conservation‚ Endangered Species‚ Viruses & Diseases‚ Wild Animals Bats are flying ambassadors of Halloween‚ adding spooky ambience to countless forests‚ caves‚ graveyards and haunted houses. Lately‚ however‚ the tables have turned on them — Halloween and the winter it foreshadows are now an increasingly
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they reached the pole‚ only to find that a Norwegian party led by Roald Amundsen‚ had beaten them there. They started the 1‚500 km journey back. Evans died in mid-February. By March‚ Oates was suffering from severe frostbite and‚ knowing he was holding back his companions‚ walked out into the freezing conditions never to be seen again. The remaining three men died of starvation and exposure in their tent on 29 March 1912. They were in fact only 20 km from a pre-arranged supply depot. Eight months
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During the years between 1960-1970‚ there was an increase in involvement of white southerners in the Republican Party compared to the previous years of whites in the Democratic Party. This is seen as a result of a southern strategy of Conservative Republicans to centralize their campaign towards the Southern United states by appealing to racism against African Americans. “By isolating white southerners as carriers of the racist gene…the southern strategy narrative understates the role of racial
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Fairest Of Them All: The Evolution of Snow White The modern world may initially view the story of Snow White as a simple fairy tale. Woven by the demigods of Disney as a mystical and fully-colored narrative fraught with slightly zaftig princesses dressed in bawdy threads‚ sentient mirrors‚ aptly-named dwarves‚ evil—yet oddly alluring—stepmothers‚ poison-laced fruit‚ pristine glass coffins and the singular‚ ultimate and redeeming kiss from your own personal Prince Charming. Reflecting the female
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A story is like a flower it can be ordinary or become something extraordinary. Even every day encounters like eating dinner can become sensational adventures‚ depending on if the author describes it in an exciting way. In the short story‚ “A White Heron”‚ the author Sarah Orne Jewett makes an ordinary event into an extraordinary adventure‚ by telling the story in an exciting way. Jewett describes a young girl named Sylvia‚ who climbs what is described as a massive tree half a mile away from her
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