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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After watching the NOVA film‚ In The Path of a Killer Volcano‚ we are able to learn a lot about volcanos and what is the result that comes from a volcano that has erupted. This film focuses specifically on Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines. It walks us through the events leading up to the eruption‚ what happened during the actual event‚ and what the effects were and because we have all of this information know we are able to respond the best way possible. Scientists were watching Mt. Pinatubo very
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In this assignment I will be doing a business budget for The Mercy Sisters Private School‚ I will also design a system that will be used by the living certificate class to keep track of students test results ‚at the end of the year this system will be used to calculate the result of each student to examine if they qualify for a scholarship for a university of the students choice. Students who are already on a scholarship will also be taken into consideration and will need to be getting above 100%
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The character from Just Mercy who has grown and evolved over the course of the story‚ or from the time we met them is Bryan Stevenson. When we first met Bryan Stevenson in “Just Mercy” he was all nervous about becoming a lawyer and talking to people in jail or prison about there cases or executions. When Bryan Stevenson first started his internship there was a man named Walter McMillian which was Bryan Stevenson first client. Before Bryan even met Walter‚ he was trying to rehearse his lines to tell
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The Killer Angels is a historical Civil War novel by Michael Shaara. The book follows the three day battle of Gettysburg‚ switching points of view from the generals of the North to the Generals from the South. In the beginning of the novel the Spy‚ sent out by General Longstreet reports back findings of Northern troops moving prompting General Lee to take action. Though he does not believe the spy‚ he has no choice but to take the spies word and begins to move the troops towards a small town called
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Killer Heroin Drug consumption is one of the most discussed and analyzed topics in society‚ literature‚ and scientific works. Drug use and abuse has persistently puzzled researchers‚ scientists‚ and law makers. During the last twenty years scientists have continued performing experiments‚ researchers have continued to research drug abuse and use‚ and law makers have continued to create new laws in hopes of regulating drug use. Drug specialists and scientists have developed an assortment
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The Silent Killer According to the National Alliance On Mental Health‚ one in five youth live with a mental health condition. Schools have staff on hand to offer help to students who do suffer from mental illness‚ but a lot of the time it’s not enough. Not having adequate mental health programs leaves students feeling even more overwhelmed and stressed. Schools need to set up a more thorough and rigid outline of how to deal with students struggling. I know that every child is different and every
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MOVIE-GETTYSBURG SOURCE: BOOK-THE AMERICANS Summary Of the Movie Gettysburg was made in 1993 based on an award winning novel “ The Killer angels” by Micheal Shaara. It is one of the longest films in Hollywood and is based on an actual 3 days battle between the Confedrate Army (Southern states) and the Union Army (Northern states) at Gettysburg. This was the turning point in the US history where-in the winning streak of the Confederate Army was stopped by the Union Army during
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Since there are many cases linked to the BTK killer‚ I must state that most of them started with Dennis Rader stalking his victims‚ or as he liked to call them “projects”‚ entering their homes without force and his preferred method of killing was strangulation. He would then masturbate over the death of one of his victims if there were multiple within the single case file. He did these killings between 1974 and 1991‚ and had a known 10 victims. “He tortured 10 known victims between 1974 and 1991
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Cash killers: Death of the High-Street. Since the introduction of the internet in the early nineties (Leiner et al 2003) http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/brief.shtml it has shown phenomenal growth. This is especially true of the past four years with a 23% increase in home internet access (wallis 2006). This huge increase has been fuelled by cheaper prices by both providers and hardware (as described by Moores Law) as well as higher computer literacy levels since the government introduction
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