slicing. The dark side of thin-slicing can be so devastating to business operations‚ decision making and other activities that requires unconscious cognition. That’s why I will recommend this book to any business man. In the case of the Van Rider’s victory story‚ we can learn a fundamental lesson that can be used even during a war. “The first thing I told our staff is that we would be in command and out of control”‚ Van Riper said when he was in the millennium challenge. He actually meant the soldiers
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Killer Whale‚ largest member of the dolphin family. Killer whales occur in more parts of the world than probably any other cetacean (see Whale). They occur in all oceans‚ both in the open ocean and close to shore‚ but are more common in the colder‚ more productive waters of both hemispheres than in the Tropics. Resident populations may cover an area of several hundred square kilometers. Transient populations often move through an area rapidly‚ swimming more than 1000 km (more than 600 mi) along a
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Evolution of Whales Whales have evolved dramatically to adapt to life in the water as they started out as typical land animals. It has taken 12 million years for the modern whale to become as we know it. They had feet and legs suited for walking on land. They also had long skulls and carnivorous teeth‚ these whales evolved nostrils that were positioned further and further back along the snout. This trend has continued into living whales‚ which have a "blowhole" (nostrils) located on top of the
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In the video “Why do whales sing?”‚ the speaker mentions that whales sing to communicate with one another. First of all‚ due to the fact that light and smell do no travel well in the water‚ most of marine animals rely on sound‚ which can travel four times faster in water than in the air. Especially‚ whales communicate by using sound very skillfully as if they sang. According to the video‚ unlike land mammals‚ who generate sounds by exhaling air‚ whales produce sounds by using an organ called “Laryngeal
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photographs on display the one that caught my eye was the “Diving Humpback whale” by Wayne Levin (born 1945). This paper will focus on why Wayne Levin takes photographs of the underwater world and why the “Diving Humpback Whale” photograph was my favorite. Wayne Levin is an accomplished photographer and a great deal of his works are on display in numerous museums worldwide‚ including the Art
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The Bucket Rider opinion essay In “the Bucket Rider”‚ the writer used lots of surreal elements to make it more interesting and catch the reader’s attention. This makes the short story more thoughtful. It says “I ride off on the bucket”; “he has opened the door to let out the excessive heat”; and “my bucket has all the virtues of a good stead except power of resistance‚ it’s too light‚ a woman’s apron can make it fly through the air”. First of all‚ the writer says “I ride off on the bucket”. This
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Mass killing of dolphin and whales A recent article in The Jakarta Post‚ ”Mass killing of animals and Asian values”‚ concern the slaughter of dolphin in Japan and China. The Author‚ Mario Rustan‚ tell us the information about whaling industry and dependability slaughtering of whale with the Japanese and Chinese value. I totally agree with the author’s opinion because the killings of wild rare animal can risk the nature balance for the future although have a base of honor‚ wealth and tradition. In
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One bullet. One life. The end starts here. The book I will be presenting and exploring a theme of is Scorpia Rising‚ the last book in the Alex Rider series. This book and the series by Anthony Horowitz are for young teens. In Scorpia Rising‚ Scorpia is trying to turn Alex Rider‚ the main character into a traitor against M16‚ Britain’s top-secret intelligence agency. I think the main theme is with every bad thing there is a good side‚ but with every good thing there is a bad side. So let’s break
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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 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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