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    Captivity can Save If you think about it zoos are sometimes the only reason a certain animal exists‚ for example the Red Wolf‚ Karner Blue Butterfly‚ and the California Carner were all saved from extinction by zoos! People love to come see animals at the zoo and with that many they get from customers a portion of it can be used for building habitats for animals close to extinction or high in value for poachers. Although some may argue that being in zoos captivates them but pretty much all the time

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    don’t stop destroying habitat for animals when we build things. That’s why we made zoos so that people could come and ordinarily learn about animals without destroying habitat or going to another country to see them. Although raising animals in captivity makes them lose almost all survival instinct since everything is given to them. It’s still a good idea to have zoos to help endangered animals get back on their feet. 3 reasons to keep zoos around are they make people feel wonder and amazement

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    1. To what extent does the autobiography of Mary Prince tell her own story?. The following essay shall asses to what extent Mary Prince’s story was published in her own words after being recorded down by Susanna Strickland and then edited by Thomas Pringle for publication. With the passing of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act by the British parliament in 1807‚ the attention of the campaigners against the slave trade switched to the issue of slavery itself. Although the trading

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    Robinson-Washington 2nd period 11-16-2014 Refined and Word Processed 2011 Form B Prompt - Freedom vs. Safety Imagine being born into captivity. You grow to live the same life as the others. Out of the many difficulties thrown your way‚ it is tolerable for you. However through all of the complications of captivity you are safe and your needs are met. Now imagine being taken out of captivity. You have your freedom‚ but what else do you have? Your safety is at risk‚ and your needs are not met. Would you choose

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    Before Captivity Living in a Dangerous Area Kampusch details how the council estate where she lived was considered dangerous‚ through observation of her mother’s behaviour‚ she had internalised her negative attitude towards the estate resulting in her fear response demonstrated through her described behaviour of running through the estate. Social learning theory describes how individuals can acquire behaviour through observational learning‚ through a range of symbolic representations of behaviours

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    Freake and her Baby Mary reflects the two main ideals in puritan philosophy which are so simply summarized in Ephesians 2: 8-9‚ "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works‚ lest any man should boast". The two main ideals of puritan philosophy are humility and the grace of God. Puritans believed that by the grace of God alone could one be saved; they attributed anything in the world that was good to the work of God. In Mary Rowlandson’s fifth

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    Samantha Stratton October 31‚ 2013 DAN 382 MARY WIGMAN Born to Herr and Frau Wigman on November 13‚ 1886 (died September 18‚ 1973) in Hannover‚ Germany‚ Mary Wigman was a pioneer of the modern expressive dance developed in central Europe. Expressionist dance is a European dance form that is part of the German Expressionist movement. Mary Wigman did not began to study dance until she was almost twenty-four years old‚ being a pupil or Emile Jaques-Dalcroze and Rudolf Von Laban. She was one

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    Throughout her narrative the native do very kind things like giving her a bible‚ and allowing her to keep it and read it. She also is allowed to see her son‚ and read the bible to him. She is allowed to go see him at his tribe‚ and he is allowed to come see her at her tribe. Although they start Mary at the beginning of they story the Natives eventually allow her to have food. The Native Americans also allow Mary to knit‚ which she really enjoys‚ to trade her creations for food. In the end Mary is sold

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    Bridging the gap Summary ‘Bridging the gap’ talks about the challenges of cross-cultural communication by Warren Troob . He thinks that cross-cultural communication is very important for expanding business‚ and therefore business people need to prepare adequately. Secondly‚ he argues that every culture has it is own meaning‚ customers and values. In addition‚ he claims that people are used to their way of doing things‚ so they are be inflexible when other people does different way with them

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    A Contained Country Searching for Freedom “It was too late. Too many of those who had at least tolerated the Shah’s rule had been lost. Demonstrations continued.” (“The Pahlavi Monarchy Falls” 2) In Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi‚ the country of Iran undergoes a series of governmental changes which restricted the citizens. Ironically‚ when the Shah’s regime fell‚ the citizens believed they would gain a limitless freedom with no boundaries; however‚ the citizens were experiencing an unhappy life

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