Human impact on biodiversity and ecosysytem loss Magdaléna Jilečková The English College in Prague Abstract Biodiversity and ecosystem are crucial issues that have an impact to the human well-being now and in the future. Biodiversity depends on many factors but the most influentive is the habitat loss which influences the biodiversity worldwide. Humans converts native areas into agriculture and industrial areas without realising how much impact
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The Wars by Timothy Findley “Prior to the writing of The Wars‚ it was unheard of for any writer who had not experienced it first hand to write about "The War to End All Wars". However‚ Findley‚ with his direct and shocking style‚ was able to surpass this barrier and create one of the most acclaimed novels about World War I.” (Acadia) “The Wars remains Findley’s most-discussed book. Based partly on the wartime correspondence of his uncle‚ Thomas Irving Findley‚ and on family photos‚ he wrote
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The thought of me beginning my college career and leaving my parents is starting to sink in. Right now‚ I am so bombarded with my high school senior schedule‚ two dual credit college classes‚ college applications‚ scholarship forms and endless preparation for exams. Thinking about leaving my comfort zone is getting closer‚ but because of 4-H I feel prepared. At the young age of nine‚ I entered the amazing world of 4-H. I was a very shy little girl. My first experience in 4-H was a project show where
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Watership Down is about a young rabbit named Hazel‚ his prophetic brother named Fiver‚ and a whole other list of characters. One day Fiver has a vision that their warren is in danger and persuades Hazel and some other rabbits to leave the warren. Hazel leads them away from the warren and to another one with an odd chief named Cowslip. The group learns that this warren is bad news and abandon it‚ not knowing what they are going to do or where they’re going. When they come across what is seemingly
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deliberately killed as either “vermin”‚ a threat to the game species‚ or for “predator control”. ("The Murry Foundation”) Another major reason why the species is endangered is because of the decline in rabbits. Rabbits make up almost one hundred percent of the Iberian Lynx’s diet and in 1950 the rabbit population declined because of disease. Without food‚ the Iberian Lynx population suffered. ("Iberian Lynx –
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in Of Mice and Men Lennie has more hallucinations after hearing Aunt Clair “Aunt Clara was gone out of Lennie’s head there came a gigantic rabbit “. Lennie was very fond of rabbits but the rabbits starting having a go at Lennie and Lennie started denying it. “Tend rabbits it said‚ scornfully‚ you crazy bastard‚ you ain’t fit to lick the boots of no rabbits‚ you’d forget em and let em go hungry‚ that’s what you’ll do. And then what would George think. I would not forget them‚ Lennie said loudly”
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Wonderland were indeed mad and they were all there for that reason. In every classic story there are good characters versus bad characters. In the book‚ Alice in Wonderland written by Lewis Carroll‚ there is no exception. The characters Alice‚ the White Rabbit‚ and the Cheshire-Cat are all positive characters in the story and the Queen of Hearts is the villain or the negative character in Wonderland. Positive characters can be identified in the story of Alice in Wonderland by their personalities and how
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Robinson Crusoe acted impulsively. Alice followed a rabbit‚ ending up falling down a dark hole. And she also ate and drank things out of pure curiosity. Robinson Crusoe disobeyed his father‚ and ended up getting captured. After this‚ he went to sea again‚ and then was stranded on an island. Alice and Robinson Crusoe both experienced consequences resulting from their decisions. Alice and her sister are sitting on a riverbank when she sees a white rabbit pulling out its pocket watch. She immediately jumped
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Have you 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
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While I was reading Outliers: the story of success‚ I was introduced to many new ideas and concepts as well as explained things that I had thought about‚ but never quite understood why they were the way they are or realized the outcome. The examples that were most personal to me were how the time of year the hockey players were born affected their success and the rice paddies and the three components to satisfying work. I found
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