director. "He regards his animals simply as stepping stones of his career. He is careless about the educational value of his establishment." Being in a remote town the zoo is not funded and therefore was "lacking all the important animals"; basically all they had were surplus. Alas‚ the zoo’s anniversary is vast approaching‚ for they are getting an elephant! Instead of rejoicing the director was thinking of his career and decided to write a letter to Warsaw refusing the governments offer. He said that
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On October 2nd‚ 2002‚ a shooting spree near the Nation’s Capital would begin with the killing of a 55-year-old man and last 23 days. By the next morning‚ the 911 call center in the area would become inundated with calls of shootings across Montgomery County‚ Maryland. By the end of the day‚ four people were shot and killed in Maryland‚ and another was killed in the District of Columbia (FBI‚ 2007). Law Enforcement needed to act quickly to figure out if the shootings were linked and if so‚ who the
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information from the different texts is presented to the reader through a variety of ways. First‚ in the article “Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk" by Virginia Morell has a picture of elephants to help the reader have a better understanding of what is happening. The picture helps the reader understand by clarifying how the objects in the experiment were set up. Second‚ in the passage ¨Elephants Know When They Need a Helping Trunk in a Cooperative Task" Joshua M. Plotnik has a visual of a graph to assist
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Ngezem10/21/14 A justifying Achebe’s title Things Fall Apart with Okonkwo Author Chinua Achebe speaks of a tribe that is united and resilient; nine villages that have their strong beliefs and customs but things falls apart for the villagers by the tongue‚ customs‚ and trickery of the “white man”. In Things Fall Apart Achebe not only shows the downfall of a whole clan but of one special character named Okonkwo. Okonkwo a stern and well respected warrior is brought to dismay leading to his own death‚ he is a
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School Shootings such a big Tragedy in the United States Today.On December 14‚ 2012‚ A 20 year old Male Adam Peter Lanza fatally shot twenty children and six adult staff members in a mass murder at the Sandy Hook Elementary school in the village of Sandy Hook in Newton‚ Connecticut. On my quest to look up information on this perpetrator Adam Peter Lanza - (April 22‚ 1992- December 14‚2012) it is stated on wikipedia .com that Adam and his mother Nancy Lanza age 52‚ lived in sandy Hook‚ 5miles
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Who Killed the Electric Car? Take – Home Midterm Natalie Farrugia 6759091 Professor Larose SOC3116 D March 4‚2015 1. A relevant social group is a group of people who share the same set of meanings‚ or feelings‚ attached to a specific artifact. In this case‚ it is all groups of people who feel the same way about the electric car. There are many relevant social groups involved with the electric car. They include General Motors‚ the consumers/drivers/fans of the EV1‚ the California Air Resources
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rock history. During his career‚ he revolutionized the sound of rock‚ and changed it greatly. Hendrix was a major influence in music and with his beliefs. Jimi Hendrix was a positive influence on the world‚ and his music and views continue to inspire many people. Jimi Hendrix was born in Seattle‚ Washington on November 27‚ 1942. Throughout his childhood‚ his family dealt with financial problems‚ and he was sometimes put in the care of friends and family. By the time he was nine‚ his parents had divorced
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In the article‚ The War on Elephants‚ Alastair Leithead provides a comprehensive view of the ivory trade in Africa by considering the perspectives of park rangers‚ poachers‚ hunters‚ traffickers‚ wildlife experts and the people themselves. The article starts by portraying the graphic‚ unsettling imagery of the poaching of elephants. Park rangers from Garamba‚ one of the oldest national parks in Africa‚ explain firsthand accounts of the rampant death of fellow rangers by poachers. The poachers had
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What Killed Dinosaurs: New Ideas About the Wipeout Volcanic eruptions may have been culling dinosaurs before an asteroid struck. An illustration of dinosaurs fleeing a meteorite impact. Illustration by Mark Garlick‚ Science Source Ker Than for National Geographic News Published February 12‚ 2013 New insights about the asteroid thought to have killed off the dinosaurs suggest it may have just been the final blow‚ and that the reptiles were already suffering from a finicky climate prompted
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Aftican Elephant Loxodonta africana Status: Vulnerable Map: Max. Size: The African elephant is the largest land dwelling animal and it reaches up to 24.0 feet in length and 11.5 feet in height at the shoulder‚ and weighs up to 22‚000 pounds. Max. age: The elephants grow several replacement sets of teeth until the age of about 70 years old. After their last set of teeth is replaced‚ the animal dies of starvation in the wild because it cannot feed correctly. Population Size in the Wild:
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