unique and crucial role in the way an ecosystem functions. Without keystone species‚ the ecosystem would be dramatically different or cease to exist altogether. A keystone species’ disappearance would start a domino effect. Other species in the habitat would also disappear and become extinct. The keystone species’ disappearance could affect other species that rely on it for survival. Example‚ prairie dogs‚ mountain lions‚ hummingbirds‚ sea otter 4. Recognition species The concept that a species is characterized
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Through the Looking Glass of Amelia Earhart “Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not knows no release from little things: Knows not the livid loneliness of fear‚ nor mountain heights where bitter joy can hear the sound of wings. How can life grant us boon of living‚ compensate for dull gray ugliness and pregnant hate unless we dare the soul’s dominion? Each time we make a choice‚ we pay with courage to behold the resistless day‚ and count it fair” (“Poem
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it swished by (“Amelia Earhart: Biography and Facts About Disappearance”). In 1920 at an air show in Long Beach‚ California‚ she took a ten minute plane ride that changed her entire life. On January 3‚ 1921 Amelia began flying lessons with Neta Snook (“The Official Website of Amelia Earhart”). Six months after flying lessons‚ Earhart bought her first plane‚ she called it “The Canary” (“Amelia Earhart: Biography and Facts About Disappearance”). October 1922‚ she achieved the world altitude record for
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family murders and the disappearance of Natalee Holloway are examples of cases yet to be solved. Natalee Holloway‚ born on October 21‚ 1986 to parents David Edward Holloway and Elizabeth Ann Holloway. Since their parents divorced in 1993‚ Natalee and her brother‚ Matthew were raised by their mother. Natalee attended Mountain Brook High school‚ was a scholar in school‚ and
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run a newly created department for unsolved cases. His first case is concerned with the circumstances around the disappearance of Merete Lynggard‚ who vanished five years ago of a ferry. Eventhough everyone else seems to have given up on searching for her and being convinced of her death‚ Carl and his assistant Assad move off into the dark world around Merete’s disappearance to solve her case. While these two go through the trouble of finding her‚ Merete sits captured in a small‚ dark room
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Lenz became one of the few women to survive Bundy’s brutal attacks‚ but her vicious rape‚ with a bedpost‚ caused her massive permanent damage. 21-year-old Lynda Ann Healy‚ a slender‚ pretty‚ long haired law student‚ was not as fortunate‚ and her disappearance on 31 January 1974 did not initially alarm the police. Bundy moved on to Utah‚ taking another four victims during October and November‚ one of whom turned out to be the daughter of the local police chief‚ and no effort was spared to track down
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of cinema. Showcasing women undergarments‚ “the wondrous revealment” is also one of the recurring concepts in literature and psychology. Barthes locus on erotic character of “intermittence” points directly toward the concept of “appearance-as-disappearance” where as Freud’s interpretations in his writings about sexuality explains this preoccupation about “wondrous revealment.” “Is not the most erotic portion of a body where the garment gapes? . . .” psychoanalysis states that this is “intermittence”
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“Endangered languages should be saved” Many languages are at the danger of disappearance. The reason of their extinction could be the decrease in a number of people speaking that language. A 85% of 6000 languages appear to be spoken in 25 countries (NOW 2000). Language extinction is caused by external and internal factors. Internal forces such as community’s negative behaviour to mother language‚ or simply decrease in the number of speakers are mainly derived from factors such as military‚ economic
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Inquest into the death of Jaidyn Raymond Leskie JAIDYN RAYMOND LESKIE Coroners Case Number: 007/98 ABOUT THE REPORT The Report is divided into a number of sections. There is a general Introduction followed by a discussion section dealing with evidence and submissions. After the “Discussion on the Evidence” section are the “Findings” and “Conclusion to the Findings”. Then follows the “Recommendations and Comments” section of the report in which the writer makes some observations about
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1 Michael McCue HUM111 World Cultures I Dr. Andrew N Allphin 16 October 2012 •No one can say for certain what happened to the Mayan people‚ but theories abound and include varied possible alternatives to explain the abrupt and mysterious disappearance of the Mayan civilization. Many historians have questioned “how” or “why” the Mayan civilization disappeared after the 10th century; however there is no definitive answer to this question. One possible theory is the Mayan’s civilization
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