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    Easy Rider Culture

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    portrayed as an era where there was a clear challenge and feeling of hostility towards the older establishment generation of authority‚ as well as a period in American culture where psychedelic drugs and rock music were widely popular. The 1969 film Easy Rider is a very well known film‚ which portrayed many of the cultural aspects and characteristics of the Hippie age. The message of this film clearly is to make a statement that expressed the fact that many young college aged students resented traditional

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    London Whale Article

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    The main purpose of this report is to expose the findings and misconduct of disclosing important information of the JPMorgan Chase Whale Trades. This report explicitly details the negligence by the Chief Investment Office in misleading the Office of the Comptroller of Currency of their Synthetic Credit Portfolio. The author’s intention is to inform what went wrong with the trading in the derivatives market by JPMorgan Chase. The key question the author is addressing is why the CIO deviated from

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    the public to see marine mammals. It is argued that most Australians live in cities and by no means get to see these animals. The claim is that marine parks give the Australians the opportunity to truly appreciate our wildlife. However‚ dolphins‚ whales and seals can be viewed in the wild at numeral places on the coast of Australia. In fact‚ there are a lot more places where they can be seen in the wild compared to those in which they can be seen in captivity. Furthermore‚ most Australians would

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    bill was “passed‚ despite some times-contentious testimony‚ without significant opposition or debate by both the House of Representatives and the Senate and was signed into law on 21 October 1972”. This particular environmental act sought to protect whales‚ dolphins‚ sea lions‚ seals‚ manatees and other species of marine mammals‚ many of which remain threatened or endangered. The law requires wildlife agencies to review any activity -- for example‚ the use of underwater explosives or high-intensity

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    Zachary's Whale Story

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    In this case study‚ Zachary ‚ a first grader writes and illustrates a ‘’whale story’’ and afterwards he shares this with his classmates. A brief analysis of the four systems of written language (meanings‚ forms‚ meaning-form links‚ and functions) will help us to understand his development in spelling and story writing. I agree with Amanda that Zachary is a conventional writer who seems to have acquired the elements that characterize early readers. Specifically‚ he correctly uses the high-frequency

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    In “The Rider‚” author Naomi Shihab Nye uses figurative language to allow readers to easily and concretely envision the both feelings of loneliness and of contentment. In the poem‚ a boy has told the narrator that the reason he roller-skates so fast is because he is trying to escape from his sense of loneliness. This is what the speaker is thinking about as they bicycle down the street‚ and it is also what they are wishing for: A victory! To leave your loneliness panting behind you on some street

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    Dolphin Captivity Dolphins in tanks or dogs in doghouses‚ is there a difference? Currently in the U.S. alone 62% of the population owns a household pet (AAPA). With household pets such as cats or dogs‚ an intellectual wild animal‚ is taken in and given a home‚ as well as food‚ medical‚ and personal things‚ like love‚ that may otherwise not be obtained in the “wild”. Dolphin captivity is essentially the same thing and is not solely based on using the animals for profit; there is much to learn about

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    animal abuse speech

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    In 2012 Sarah was being abused. Sarah is a 54- year-old captured elephant owned by a well known circus- “ The Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey.” This wild life creature that was put into captivity suffered with chronic infections and symptoms of arthritis and yet was forced to keep working. One of many times‚ after performing Sarah collapsed to the ground while being loaded into one of the railroad box cars‚ the circus didn’t examine her or gave her the proper medical procedure.They just forced

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    with Sinbad talking about how he began the voyage‚ with him auctioning off the remainder of patrimony and setting off on a merchant vessel with what he had left. The crew later went ashore to what ended up being a whale’s back‚ and in a panic‚ the whale dove into the sea and Sinbad was left behind‚

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    Dive Response

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    reflex test subjects were used to compare findings based on specific variables. Marine mammals are an excellent example of this due to the fact they have to dive to extreme depths in order to get food. Introduction: Marine mammals such as seals‚ whales‚ and dolphins exhibit a reflex that allows for them to dive for extended periods of time. This adaptation allows the animal to only send oxygenated blood to only vital body parts. This reflex is due to the vasoconstriction of bradycardia‚ apnoea‚

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