Surfacing

Whales hold the record for the longest migration distance of about 19,000 kilometers each year. While gray whales travel the farthest and have been seen surfacing the water in order to identify landmarks to help aid them south, the humpback whales come second in distance, they are known for performing acrobatics and singing new songs. When the whales reach the ocean’s surface to announce their presence with…

The live export of animals is a process in which animals, mostly cattle, sheep and goats, are sent overseas. Australia in particular ships millions of animals yearly overseas. Exporting live animals is wrong and needs to stop. The outcome of this exportation is tortuous and results in illness causing death for most animals, and those who do survive are subject to being slaughtered in countries with incompetent laws against cruelty. Although there is no ‘humane’ way to kill animals, Australian…

get people to understand her view; she said we are heading backwards not forwards in our progression. Margaret Atwood is a famous writer known for such books as The Handmaid’s tale, Cat’s eye, Alias grace, The blind assassin, Oryx and crake, and surfacing. One of Atwood’s famous quotes is War is what happens after language fails, when two or more people can no longer talk calmly anger comes about and war comes right after there can be no more words spoken. Failure to communicate to the other…

important staying true to your promises is. They also challenged my patience on numerous experiences, but allowed me to understand that if one maintains one's calmness, it is far more effective. With major decisions such as college and scholarships surfacing during these past few months, I have found it difficult to be open to God's plan in my life. Finding peace and relief from anxiety is easier said than done. During my Senior year, many choices have caused me to doubt myself and my…

Through an anthropological lens, it becomes quite clear that illness is ultimately a socio-cultural experience. Illness is often defined as that which “encompasses the human experience and perceptions of alterations in health as informed by their broader social and cultural settings” (Brown 11). On the other hand, socio-cultural experience may be thought of as social and cultural factors which exert influence upon, in this case, various interpretations of illness. For instance, the idea of…

There’s A Reason Why Mama Wouldn’t Let You Take a Cookie from the Jar: A Rhetorical Analysis of “Six Provocations for Big Data” In their essay “Six Provocations for Big Data”, danah boyd and Kate Crawford argue if the use of Big Data is ethical based upon the fact that is easily accessible to all, especially in today’s society. boyd, a researcher “and [the] founder of Data & Society Research Institute”, and Kate Crawford, also a researcher and professor, attempt to reach an uninformed,…

How does the poet convey his central ideas, themes and message in The Island Man-By Grace Nichols? The poem Island Man by Grace Nichols is about the struggles and the agonising transition for a man who lived all his life free and peaceful on a Caribbean island suddenly being forced to live in London, a big city that is noisy and busy all day long. He doesn’t even have good English (is there evidence in the poem to justify this?. He dreams of his homeland and the wonders that are there, finding…

The Psychological theory says that behavior is a result of deep-seeded issues that are capable of surfacing at any time. Harris suffered with anger management problems. Even though this issue surfaced many times and doctors had prescribed him antidepressant medication, this anger issue clearly surfaced to an extreme level during the planning and execution of the Columbine massacre. These medications play a significant psychological role in Harris’ mind with unknown side effects of the time of…

study refer to the tale of a corporate entrepreneurship which manages to bring SVI (sustainable value innovation) to the agricultural business. The case informs the reader about the history of EADS-Astrium, which is a subsidiary of Infoterra and the surfacing of their new service, named Farmstar. This new product-service helps farmers manage their fields in an optimal way, thus reducing costs and negative influence on the environment, also increasing the yield of their crop. The case also…

should all be citizens making up a single community. The idea or notion of living within a cosmopolitanism society can provide us humans with a new understanding, a new outlook and a new perspective on grasping and conceptualizing complex solutions, surfacing from the globalization process. Overcoming this process can lead us to the realization that people can live in a community free from anarchy and complexity. Cosmopolitanism can be defined as a…