Riders to the Sea 1. By the speech‚ it is evident that Maurya knows something bad is going to happen to her son. The argument stating that she has need for the rope is the strongest she can propose for Bartley to stay because he cannot go without it. If she says that she need the rope for herself‚ that would mean that he would not have a rope for himself. Without the rope‚ he could not go on his voyage. 2. The young priest plays an important role in the play because he is the one that helps
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Nereids. In order to avenge the insult to his nymphs‚ Neptune sent a sea monster to ravage the Ethiopian coast. (Some accounts state that the constellation Cetus represents the sea monster‚ but a more common view of Cetus is that he is a peaceful whale.) The horrified king consulted Ammon‚ the oracle of Jupiter‚ who said that Neptune could be appeased only by sacrificing Cassiopeia’s beautiful virgin daughter‚ Andromeda‚ to the monster. Andromeda was duly chained to a rock on the coast‚ fully exposed
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the water hunting for prey‚ however it does not venture out very far from its territory due to the fact that their main predators tend to be there. Their prey is primarily fish‚ squid‚ octopus‚ and crustaceans‚ and predators are sharks and killer whales‚ but humans are not a threat now. Pursuing this further‚ humans were a prodigious threat previously when sea lions of all kinds were hunted for meat‚ skin‚ and oil. Luckily‚ though hunting of this species and many others have been banned and their
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know that when a baby bottlenose dolphin is born‚ it has to be born tail first or it will drown. Also a bottlenose dolphin can grow up to be 2.8 meters‚ and that’s really long! Bottlenose dolphins only have 2 predators‚and they are humans and killer whales. You know what’s cool‚ is that when male bottlenose dolphins are babies they can weigh up to 106 through 132 cm. Also bottlenose dolphins pods can grow up to be from 2 dolphins to 15 dolphins! Unlike humans‚ bottlenose dolphins use echolocation to
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important that individuals develop technology that is compatible with the kind of society they want to build (p.52). Thus‚ it is significant to scrutinize three constituents of philosophy of technology namely political‚ social and ethical. In The Whale and the Reactor‚ Winner discusses technology as a form of life. He emphasizes that the traditional view of technology is misleading; it is based on the theory of creation
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uniquely different. Members of Carnivora have diverse food habits‚ although many are primarily carnivorous‚ and carnivory is widely distributed in mammals‚ being found in many other orders including bats‚ marsupial mammals‚ primates‚ and dolphins and whales. Carnivores occupy just about every type of terrestrial habitat‚ and many aquatic habitats as well‚ from the tropics to the poles. They live in forests‚ deserts‚ mountains‚ grasslands‚ scrublands‚ tundra‚ and on open ice. Aquatic and semi-aquatic
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A&P II – Test 3 – Rider Urinary System: Q 1. a) What are the different parts of urinary system. The 2 kidneys‚ The 2 ureters‚ the Urinary Bladder and the Urethra. b) What is nephron? Name different parts of a nephron. Write absorption and secretion of different parts of a nephron. Nephron: It is the functional part of the kidney‚ encharged of filtration of blood and eliminates the nitrogenous waste of our bodies. The nephron consists of: functional units; two parts: renal corpuscle
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What is the breeding program at SeaWorld? The breeding program is where scientists breed orcas through natural ways or artificial insemination. Artificial insemination is where female orcas are impregnated without having to come in contact with a male orca. When scientists do this‚ they take the male orca’s reproductive cells and inject it inside the female orca‚ so her eggs will be fertilized. Occasionally‚ the scientists have to breed them this way because orcas will sometimes refuse to mate in
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t-shirt smelled of eucalyptus and lavender‚ the scent soothed her. They slowly walked down a small dimly lit path‚ the crickets ceased as they passed. “So tell me… Why did your family move to Whale Cove?” “Well..” He said as if the alcohol had no effect on him whatsoever‚ “my family has a long history in Whale Cove‚ my great-great-great grandmother was born here and raised her entire family here‚ I lived here as a kid… But then I moved.” his voice trailed off as the path led them straight into the
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Anthony HorowitzB. London and Port Tallon‚ England. Modern TimeC.Alex Rider is the main character of the novel. He is a 14 year old boy who lives with his uncle Ian because his parents were killed. His life is transformed as his dead uncle ’s true identity is revealed and he is blackmailed into joining MI6 as a spy. He discovers the secret behind the Stormbreaker computers and in the end‚ Alex saves England from a deadly virus. Ian Rider is Alex ’s uncle who had custody of him after his parents died.
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