live up to 60 years‚ and females can live up to 90 years. In captivity‚ 92 percent of SeaWorld’s orcas did not live past the age of 25. In the wild‚ less than 1 percent of whales have a collapsed dorsal fin‚ and in captivity all males and some female’s dorsal fins are collapsed. The collapsed dorsal fin is a sign of unhealthiness and stress. The collapsed dorsal fin can even be found in possibly the most famous orca currently in captivity‚ Tilikum (“The Fate of Captive Orcas” page
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Humanity continues to be confronted by universal dilemmas‚ and such‚ texts will explore the human experience despite differing contexts. Mary Shelley’s Gothic epistolary novel‚ Frankenstein (1818)‚ written at a time of tension between paradigms of Romantic idealism and Enlightenment rationalism ultimately questions the legitimacy of scientific advance at the cost of human connection. It explores the challenge to normalcy and the tensions between nature and civilisation that promulgate humanity’s
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| 10/23/2012 | | The Meiji restoration in Japan is known as the end of Japan’s isolationism‚ and its entrance into the world as a global player. However‚ the Meiji restoration is chiefly responsible for the development and advancement of Japan as an eastern world power. Japan’s economy was greatly bolstered and new philosophies and ideals from the west flooded in. These ideas opened minds to different ways of thought. The reason the Meiji restoration took place is due to the western powers
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The challenging and complicated lives of women in the 1930s are explored in the novel‚ The Group‚ by Mary McCarthy as 8 Vassar students struggle through their first 7 years of adulthood after college graduation. Through the lives of these women‚ the readers experience firsthand the political‚ social‚ and economic discrimination women went through in the early twentieth century. The group of friends grow apart as the years go by‚ but a funeral for one of their own ends the book with the remaining
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Historical Overview: Hair Restoration The first written record of successful hair transplantation to treat baldness in humans was published in 1822 in Wurzburg‚ Germany-181 years ago. A medical student named Diffenbach described experimental surgery performed by himself and his surgeon mentor Professor Dom Unger in animals and in humans. They successfully transplanted hair from one area of a patient’s scalp to another area. Professor Unger was said to believe that hair transplantation would make
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Japan’s Growth and Influence The Meiji Restoration: After seeing the growth and development of western nations as well as China’s defeat at the hands of the British in the First Opium War‚ Japanese political elites decided that Japan needed to separate itself from foreign trade. However‚ some saw further than this and thought more about modernization of the nation‚ which ultimately led to Japan being the superpower it is today. Therefore‚ in 1866‚ the daimyo of the two southern provinces formed
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subject‚ or of themselves. Currently on view at the Blanton Museum of Art‚ Guercino’s Mary Magdalena (c. 1637) and Natalie Frank’s Snow White V (2011-14) overtly depict an image of death‚ yet both of the artworks’ ambiguous context are not completely distinguishable to the audience. Guercino utilizes elements similar to the characteristics of the Italian Renaissance and Baroque era in his painting titled‚ Mary Magdalena‚ to portray an idealized image of a woman. Immediately‚ the audience is drawn
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Ever since animal captivity began in the 1860’s and 70’s‚ there have been many animals being captured into captivity. Today there is an estimate of over 7‚500 captive animals in entertainment facilities. The most common animals that you will find in captivity are exotic animals and marine animals. Some people who constantly view these animals are entertained by their “funny or silly” actions‚ and they think that they know a lot about that animal. Other people may think that zoos can be fun and educational
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‘belonging’ is replaced by alienation‚ accompanied by an emotional detachments from ones surroundings. Understanding these connections and surroundings nourishes rather than prevents these feelings. In Peter Skrzynecki’s poem “St.Patricks College” and “10 Mary Street” the connections with his surroundings are explored. They are explored through the environments and culture he grows up in. In the 2007 movie “Bra Boys” directed by Sonny Abberton and Macario De Souza the concepts of the landscape‚ culture and
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small feeder streams -Remove debris 3. Cattle access control -fencing to prevent cattle access to stream -fix bank erosion with brush mattresses 4. Hillside slump stabilization. -brush mattresses In this Plumas Trout Creek Restoration the primary objective is to reestablish the hydrology of the area in an attempt to repopulate the trout that were once running the stream. The Braided stream will be rechanneled and a higher water velocity should help to push sediment build up out
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