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    curious enough to the point where you would do anything to find out the truth. Because once you find out the truth you may not like what you’ve learned.Curiosity is not always a good trait to possess In the story alex rider: snakehead author anthony horowitz uses the character alex rider to demonstrate curiosity. He shows this through alex’s missions and journey’s For example alex is asking his partner ash what happened to his parents because he was an old friend of there’s. Once ash tells alex about

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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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    Easy Riders‚ Raging Bulls (Bowser‚ 2002‚ USA) is a documentary about Hollywood directors in the 1970s. This film might be a model for my Independent Study as it is told in a documentary fashion with clips and interviews intertwined in the film. When the interview is happening‚ the interviewee is in a close up head shot with a black background. In order to enhance the storyline‚ the film uses archival imagery‚ actual movie scenes‚ voice-over‚ interviews and film posters/titles. For example‚ when

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    In the beginning‚ before man was created‚ animals of the highest status ruled over the many regions of Earth. For the water region it was Killer Whales‚ for the sky region it was Eagles‚ and for the land region it was the Wolves. Before man‚ wolves didn’t stay in separate packs; they were one. Out of this‚ there was a kind and brave leader who went by the name of Luna. She ruled justly over her people‚ but being a just and powerful leader has its own costs. One day while out on a hunt‚ Luna and

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    Jonah and the Whale is largely based upon Christian conversion‚ and specifically the conversion of a culture or empire which is pre-Christian‚ suggested in the poem to be barbaric; a culture or force that has got by on instinct alone and suggestively is ignorant of its destructive nature. The image of enlightenment‚ the discovery of knowledge and the losing of ones innocence also tie in with the Christian theme. A large and powerful force‚ ignorant of its own destructive nature‚ is the first

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    boots crushed the flaky snow littered around them‚ the pure white color brimming off the snow nearly blinded them as they’re eyes were already so adjusted to the Ruin’s crude lighting. Naturally‚ Gon was freezing in the new wintery environment with Whale Island’s warm upbringing and naturally‚ Killua was indifferent to the sub-zero temperature. "Don’t you feel like we’re being watched?" Killua slipped in. His comment made Gon’s stomach twist in such a way he hadn’t felt before since fall down into

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    Orcinus orca‚ also known as Orcas or Killer whales‚ are the largest dolphins‚ and one of the world’s most powerful and intelligent predators. They are part of the family Delphindae and the order Cetacea. Male orcas grow to an average of 20-26 feet long‚ and weigh from 8‚000-12‚000 pounds. While females can grow to an average of 16-23 feet long‚ and weigh between 3‚00-6‚000 pounds. Presently‚ there are three recognized ecotypes of Orcas; these include the Resident‚ Transient‚ and offshore orcas.

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    Easy Rider: An Epic journey into the unknown For the American dream Easy Rider is the late 1960s "road film" tale of a search for freedom (or the illusion of freedom) and an identity in America‚ in the midst of paranoia‚ bigotry and violence. The story‚ of filmmakers’ Fonda/Hopper creation‚ centers around the self-styled‚ counter-cultured‚ neo-frontiersmen of the painfully fashionable late 60s. As for the meaning of Easy rider‚ Peter Fonda (Wyatt) said in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine

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    Why do whales beach themselves? By Anda November 8 2009 Environmental Science Instructor: Why do whales beach themselves? The Scientific American article “Why do whales beach themselves?” published on June 1‚ 2009‚ bring the polemic and controversial reasons about the phenomenon observed in the last years when more than Fifty-five false killer whales were stranded on a South African beach over the weekend. The scientists still do not fully understand why mass stranding happen‚ and if

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    In Barbara Klingers essay‚ “The Road to Dystopia: Landscaping the nation in Easy Rider‚” her quote portrays two different viewpoints of what the world was like in the 1960s. She explains that in in the Movie “Easy Rider”‚ both conflicting viewpoints were discussed. The idea of the Old West 1960 America that represent hippies and freedom verses the “nightmarish portrait of small towns‚ cities‚ and the end of the frontier” (Klinger‚ 199). These two opposing views were shown throughout the film as the

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