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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The Blue Whale Game‚ some may be confused of what the game exactly is. Well‚ this online game is supposedly the reason why over 130 teenagers committed suicide. The name Blue whale is believed to be a reference to the sea creatures‚ Blue Whales who are speculated to swim shallow towards the shores themselves on purpose‚ causing them to die. As the game ‘The Blue Whale’ seems to have a similar effect‚ not on whales though‚ rather on teenagers around the Globe. The idea of the Blue Whale game is
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Shrimp Exports from Bangladesh: Prospects and Challenges News Issue 6‚ 5 October 2009 To address the recent challenges faced by the Shrimp sector in Bangladesh‚ the Market Development Forum (MDF) joined hands together with the Bangladesh Frozen Foods Exporters Association (BFFEA)‚ Fishery Products Business Promotion Council (FPBPC) and Bangladesh Shrimp and Fish Foundation (BSFF) and organized a seminar on “Shrimp Exports from Bangladesh: Prospects and Challenges” which identified the opportunities
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ACCOUNTING 5250 Managerial Accounting Case Study- Whale Printing Company This case study is located in the Assignment Section of your Blackboard. You are to analyze: Question 1: - What are the key issues? Answer 1: - An organization should include the 5 M’s of management in order to create value‚ run the business successfully and efficiently. These 5 M’s include: Money‚ Materials‚ Manpower‚ Machinery‚ and Methodology. The requirements for production usually represented as capital‚ labour
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The beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is a cetacean inhabiting the marine arctic and is found throughout the arctic seas as well as smaller seas such as the Beaufort Sea‚ the Chukchi Sea‚ the Bering Sea‚ Cook Inlet‚ and several other seas (Frost and Suydam‚ 2010). This species is migratory and will migrate to shallower coastal waters during the summer‚ but as winter approaches they travel back to the northern icy waters (Goetz et al.‚ 2012). Beluga’s feed on small fish‚ as well as squid‚ octopus
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orca‚ the Killer Whale‚ can grow up to thirty-two feet long and weighing in at over twenty thousand pounds. They have been feared for hundreds of years by North American Natives and even mentioned in Greek maritime records. Their name when translated from Greek means "killer from hell" ( n.p. ). Unfortunately the freedom of these mighty sea kings is growing more limited as humans wish to capture them for aquatic mammal parks. The history of captured orcas is a sad one‚ the first whale captured was by
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Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. - Background The Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Restaurant and Market is a chain of seafood restaurants inspired by the 1994 film Forrest Gump. As of January 2009‚ 31 Bubba Gump ’s restaurants operate worldwide. Twenty-two of these locations are in the United States‚ two are located in Mexico‚ and seven are in Japan‚ Indonesia‚ the Philippines‚ Malaysia and Hong Kong. The first Bubba Gump ’s restaurant opened in 1996 in Monterey‚ California by Viacom Consumer Products
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METANARRATIVE IN THE TURN OF THE SCREW By Toni R. Martin In postmodernism‚ a metanarrative is an abstract idea that is thought to be a comprehensive explanation of historical experience or knowledge. The prefix meta means “beyond” or “about”‚ and a narrative is a story. So a metanarrative is a story about a story encompassing and explaining other “little stories” within the total scheme of things. The concept of metanarratives was criticized by Jean-Francois Lyotard in his work The Postmodern
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Save Forests and Wildlife As man learnt about nature he started to interfere with the laws of nature. He cut off the forests for agriculture and tamed wild animals for his food and clothing. Man was able to conquer nature‚ yet he can ’t control it. A balance exists between all living and non-living things in nature. Ecological disasters are bound to happen if there is any disturbance in the natural equilibrium. Increased industrialization and human requirements have led to the destruction of our
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Have you ever seen a giant bus-sized whale covered in barnacles fly out of the water? Probably not. In the next few paragraphs you will learn about the Humpback Whale‚ everything from what it eats to what its threats are. Description The Humpback Whale is a blue-black whale with a pale or white underside. They are known for singing‚ to communicate and get mates. When they dive‚ they hunch‚ making a hump on their back. That’s how they got their name. They grow up to about 48-62 feet long and weigh
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