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    populations are extremely common‚ the three most widely used types of multiscale inventories‚ or objective tests‚ used to assess adult psychopathology include: the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2)‚ the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)‚ and the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI-III). All three of these assessments evaluate different aspects of an individual’s functioning and/or personality based on how they respond.

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    follows the story of Paikea Apirana ("Pai")[In the book‚ her name is Kahu‚ short for Kahutia Te Rangi]‚ a 12-year-old girl who is the only living child in the line of the tribe’s chiefly succession following the death of her twin brother and mother when she was born. By tradition‚ the leader should be the first-born son a direct patrilineal descendant of Paikea‚ aka Kahutia Te Rangi in the book‚ the Whale Rider he who rode on top of a whale from Hawaiki. However‚ Pai is female and technically cannot inherit

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    ladies were smoking. According to Pai “Maori women need to protect their child bearing properties” so they should stop. 7. Pai’s Father. 8.A boy passes wind and Koro helps calm the crowd when everyone erupts with laughter. 9. They talk about how porourangi isn’t taking responsibility of Pai. 10. The discussion takes place in a temple‚ looked over by their gods. Koro and Porourangi talk about leadership. 11. Each thread of the end of the rope represents Pais ancestors. 12. Shown onto the projector

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    Creon and Koro

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    ruling against. The play tells of Antigone and Creon’s struggle against each other leading to Antigone’s eventual death. Whale Rider portrays the story of a young Maori girl who is trying to become the leader of her tribe. The young girl‚ Paikea (Pai)‚ is persistently blocked by Koro. Creon and Koro‚ the two tragic heroes are comparable in their lack of equality towards women‚ their similar tragic flaw of too much hubris and their elitist views directed toward people around them. Creon and Koro

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    diffusion through the gas and liquid films‚ -rA=kAga(pA-pAi) and -rA=kAlaCAi-CA‚ with Henry’s law pAi=HACAi and the reaction rate equation given above‚ to eliminate the pressure and concentration at the interface (pAi and CAi) and to prove that the final rate expression for the overall rate of the process is -rA=pA1kAga+HAkAla+HAkCB Solution -rA=kAga(pA-pAi) (1) -rA=kAlaCAi-CA‚ (2) pAi=HACAi (3) -rA=kCACB (4) From (1) -rA=kAgapA-pAi=kAgapA-kAgapAi -rA=kAgapA-kAgapAi=kAgapA-kAgaHACAi

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    Whale Rider Essay “Pai must overcome resistance as she tries to assume her destiny as the leader of a tribe on the NZ coast.” Discuss. I agree that the story‚ ‘The Whale Rider’ by Witi Ihimaera is about how a little girl‚ Pai had to overcome obstacles in her attempt to fulfil her destiny as new chief of her tribe which are the descendants from Paikea‚ the whale rider. For a thousand years‚ only the eldest son can succeed this leadership. First‚ she has to overcome Koro’s resistance when

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    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‚ yet she goes by the name Pai in the film. Pai is a 12-year-old girl who is the only remaining child in the line of the tribe’s chiefly succession after the death of her twin brother and mother when she was born. By tradition‚ the leader of the tribe should be the first-born son‚ or a direct

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    Similar to Things Fall Apart‚ the film Whale Rider by Niki Caro explores the breakdown of Maori culture in post-colonial New Zealand. It follows the journeys of Pai‚ a young girl‚ and Koro‚ her grandfather‚ who both seek to uphold and preserve the Maori tradition‚ which has been negatively influenced by the European culture. During the film‚ Pai transforms from an unwanted child to the new village leader‚ while challenging the Maori customs through her curiosity‚ for example when she learns the sacred

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    neatly tucked in between the pancreas‚ stomach‚ and left kidney (Laparoscopic‚ 2013).The spleen is typically around 4 inches long and has a color scheme of purple-reddish. Although the size and weight vary according to age‚ the spleen is not palpable (Pai‚ 2012). The spleen has a very peculiar shape that accommodates to surrounding organs. The spleen (of course) has anterior and posterior ends; these two ends are shaped differently in order for other organs to be connected by blood vessels‚ and in order

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    leaders would do well to make a beeline to see. Whale Rider follows the struggles of young Pai to win the love and respect of her gruff and continually disappointed grandfather Koro. A member of a fiercely proud and ancient Maori tribe‚ Pai—through a tragic twist of fate—has broken the unbroken line of male firstborn children‚ and hence cannot inherit the leadership of the tribe from her grandfather.

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