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    reading the fable The Man and the Eagle, and reflecting on each discussion question, I am inclined to reply with not only answers, but concise justifications for those answers. First, after considering the importance of the claws and beaks to the eagle, I can offer an answer inclusive to questions one, and two. From an evolutionary perspective, eagles are carnivores. As such, they require claws to catch their prey and tear the meat apart for eating. The eagles curved beak, while used for tearing

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    The order Falconiformes is less unified than other orders of birds. Specific features of particular groups resulted from similar ways of life, which gives the Falconiformes similar adaptations. Taxonomy systems even divide this order into three orders of Vultures, Raptors and Falconids. The most frequent classification, under which 295 species are divided into 5 families: Cathartidae, Pandionidae, Accipitridae, Sagittariidae and Falconidae. Falconids (Falconidae) includes 61 species from almost all

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    Like Nola, Ruth Graycloud, was exploited and subjugated by her white husband, John Tate. Ruth was Moses Graycloud's twin sister. Like Nola, Ruth was an Osage woman who became a victim of one of the white men who married Native American women to get access to Osage oil wealth. Despite marrying a Native American woman, Tate had no respect to Native Americans. As Yanka Kroumova Krasteva contends, ''Tate constantly takes pictures of the Indians, as if they were archaeological finds. And this is the way

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    So L. A Song Analysis

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    patdollard.com patdollard.com There are a ton of songs written out there about California, but for this article, I’ll be focusing on songs related to Los Angeles and Hollywood. Some of these tracks praise this city, while others portray the darker side of the City of Angels. So, while this was hard to narrow down as well, I give you the top ten songs about L.A. and Hollywood. Number Ten: “So L.A.” by The Motels. “So L.A.” is a song by The Motels, off of their 1982 album, All Four One. Lyrics include

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    In the lyric poem “Hotel California” by The Eagles, the speaker tells the story of a man succumbing to greed and self-temptation and how he is forever trapped by that greed in a place that is impossible to leave and go back to where he was before. The poem uses the poetic device of symbolism by using the hotel as a place where one goes when trapped by their greed. Once the man has experienced what he wants, he is trapped in a place he cannot leave, shown as a hotel that is impossible to leave in

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    Marlene Bird Case The case of Marlene Bird was a brutal attack and sexual assault by a Leslie Black in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (The Canadian Press, August 2017). In July of 2014, a homeless Marlene Bird was attacked, assaulted, and set on fire in downtown Prince Albert, Sask.; although she survived the attack, later in hospital doctors had to amputate both her legs (McCue, 2017). According to James (2015) After months of recovery and numerous surgeries, Marlene came out alive but missing both

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    Red-tailed Hawks Did you know that the red-tailed hawk is in the accipitridae family of birds? There could even be one flying around in your neighborhood. Read this paper if you want to know a red-tailed hawk’s traits, habitat, breeding choices, and cool things about them! Red-tailed hawks average between 48 to 65 centimeters in length. There wingspan is approximately 4 feet,or 122 centimeters. There is sexual dimorphism in size, females are 25% larger than males. This kind of sexual dimorphism

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    The Red Tailed Hawk is one of God’s amazing creatures. It is a great majestic creature that shows Gods guiding gentle hand in its creation. The bird was made toward the top of the food chain. The hawk is able to spot animals from one hundred feet in the air, and attack and kill small prey such as mice, voles, shrews, moles, squirrels, chipmunks, rats, rabbits, opossums, muskrats, cats, skunks, and bats. These are some of the hawk’s prey. This is why it is toward the top of the food chain. These

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    One flew over the cuckoo nest“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” The film “One flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” accurately depicts and presents the various psychological issues, such as the use of psychosurgery, institutionalism inside the psychiatric hospital and the medical and societal attitudes towards patients during the 1960s. Set in 1963, the film uses characters – patients and authority figures alike – and setting to accurately depict various aspects of psychological treatments, theories and concepts

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    Mr. Henley, I’m writing to thank you for all of the beautiful songs that you’ve written throughout the years. They are so eloquently written, heartfelt, deep, complex, and you sing with so much emotion. You have this God given talent and class, and I’m so glad that you put it to such beautiful and meaningful use. Your songs touch my soul and my heart. They speak truth and they speak to real people. They make you feel emotions that you thought were gone, teach you to forgive, to be honest, and

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