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    Coniferous Forest

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    ever heard of ‘coniferous forest’? Now‚ I am going to talk about the interesting facts about the coniferous forest (also called ’taiga’ or ’boreal forest’). The coniferous forest is mainly in the northern hemisphere‚ and some in the southern hemisphere. It is mostly in North America (US)‚ Canada‚ Europe and Asia. The coniferous forests are usually in cold places. Did you know that the average temperature in the coniferous forest is below freezing? In the coniferous forest‚ winter and summer are the

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    FACEBOOK HAS MORE ADVANTAGES THAN DISADVANTAGES BY: PRESENTED TO: UNIVERSITY: DUE DATE: Bessant (2001‚ p. 207) confirms that facebook is known widely by people all over the globe; those with accounts in face book are able to connect with people who are not near them at the shortest time possible. The introduction of the system has enabled communication between people who are familiar with each other and strangers. At the end of July 2011 many sites had integrated the comments made in facebook.

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    Why are Some Countries Richer than Others? Poverty is still the biggest problem the world faces from day to day. Every country suffers from it to some degree‚ however certain places are greater effected than others. This is because the level of economic growth differs from country to country. The greater amount of growth the less room there is for poverty. This is simple reason why some countries are richer than others. If countries fail to move forward than it can present many problems. Mainly

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    Smartphones bring more goods than harm Having a smartphone seems to be the trend of the future of wireless communication.  As with all new technology‚ there are both advantages and disadvantages to having one. Smartphones seem to have more benefits than risks and this has been proven by their rise in popularity. In my stand‚ I think smartphones bring more goods than harm.   Increased connectivity is a major advantage of owning a smartphone. Users today can use their phones to

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    Save Our Forests

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    FOREST IS A VULNERABLE NATURAL RESOURCE SAVE OUR FOREST The poster is expressing concern about one of the most important resource: forest. It is one of the most vulnerable resources on our planet. The poster shows how humans are destroying this natural resource through cutting down trees and burning forests. This in turn is affecting the wildlife. The habitats of the wildlife are destroyed due to which some species become endangered and others die because they are not able to adapt to the new

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    Theodore Roosevelt was an avid conservationist throughout his lifetime and protected approximately 230 million acres of public land. Teddy Roosevelt was born on October 27‚ 1858 in New York City. During his childhood‚ he wrote many books about nature‚ and even turned his bedroom into a museum where he showed off his collection of animals. His cousins named it “The Roosevelt Museum of Natural History.” (Jeffers 7). Roosevelt accomplished a lot of things during his life like‚ writing numerous books

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    In “More-than-Human Politics: The Case of Plastic Bags” Gay Hawkins argues that culture is anthropocentric in the way that humans interact with objects and matter. Hawkins argues that people should become more aware of the subject-object relationship. Hawkins is attempting to equalize the relationship between object and human‚ and escape from the cultural view always focused on humans. As Hawkins says‚ “My broad aim is to show why socio-ecological humanities research needs to pay more attention to

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    Depletion of Forest

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    INTRODUCTION Echo systems around the world help sustain life for millions of species. Echo systems that are mainly forests provide a home for a large majority of the species alive. Therefore the trees in these forests are considered to be the most important species. Although it is true‚ that most species are not able to sustain without each other. There are many benefits that we get from our forests. Some of these include cleaner drinking water‚ a home for plants and animals‚ economic growth‚ clean air‚

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    Dylan Reeves English 100 February 4‚ 2013 Years Teach Us More Than Books From a young age‚ it has been drilled into our minds that going to school is the number one thing we can accomplish to ensure that our future is bright. What defines a bright future‚ and how should going to school guarantee that we get everything we want? We make these goals throughout our whole life‚ and in the eyes of our parents and society‚ graduating from school is the answer to all of them. So the stepping stones are

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    with the most attractions‚ including the Staten Island Ferry‚ when compared amongst the other four‚ it manages to breed the best kind of people. Classic‚ suburban American living brings about a tight knit community of peers who are connected in one way or another. We may live in the same neighborhood or have just sent a polite smile to the man waiting at the bus stop with you. Even if we do not meet each other physically‚ we all share the same kindness instilled into us from an early age. The same

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