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    1. Connor Baldwin Discusses the Bears of British Columbia As a media and public relations agent for the Canadian Province of British Columbia, Connor Baldwin has spent many years photographing the bears of the region. There are two distinct species of bear that are native to British Columbia, the Grizzly Bear and the Kermode Bear. Each of these bear species are unique, and important to the wildlife and ecology of their habitat. The Grizzly Bear, or Ursus arctos horribilus, is the second largest land

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    achievable with existing engineering is the consequence. In April 2013 the overall Program for space explorer determination was propelled at public interviews in different countries. Selection was based on six levels, the first level requisition open to all nations any one can apply for it online. At the end of level six a crew on four people was selected for training. Consistently another space explorer choice project will starts to fill the preparation pool customarily. In 2015 team selection for

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    Meta: Get ready to feel the chill unlike ever before, as Playtech is unleashing snow, ice, and all things else in the ever so cold online slots release Artic Treasure! Arctic Treasure Review The world of online slots is certainly heating up, but Playtech is actually trying to cool it down in the best way possible. Through its latest creation, the temperature has plummeted, as the developer is sending players on the quest for Artic Treasure. Now, we know what you’re thinking, you’ve seen plenty

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    The Social Issue of Climate Change ‘We are not faced with two separate crises, one environmental and the other social, but rather one complex crisis which is both social and environmental.’ The Pope Science has presented us with an issue that affects all of society. It changes the way we live and consume. Climate change is one of the most profound challenges ever presented to the human race. It puzzles politics, scares the economic system and overall has a catastrophic effect on the way we view

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    During the late 18th century, a period known as Romanticism started to develop. People began to shift from faith in reason to faith in the senses. The key concepts that people cared about included topics about the: individual, intuition, and imagination. Many artworks expressed individualism, in which creative spirit was praised more than traditional procedures. Intuition was often valued over controlled reason. Overall, Romanticism allowed a different approach of thinking to develop, and inspired

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    The tragic plight of the Native American culture can be traced back to the times of Christopher Columbus. The Italian explorer, who was on a mission from Spain, was the first to meet these native people he incorrectly called “Indians.” These people had been living on the North American continent for thousands of years. The settlers arriving in America to start a new life would end up pushing the Native American population further from their native lands and further from their traditional way of life

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    The Nordic Creation Myth

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    Much of the information about the Norse religion derives from Edda, which were a compilation of Norse poem, gathered in Iceland during the Middle Ages (Lemonick and Dorfman). In Norse Mythology, the world was created when Odin and his brothers slew the Frost-Giant Ymir, and it will end when the Giants rise against Odin and his comrades and kill them in battle. Nordic culture was deeply centered on war, the only way one could enter Valhalla (the warrior’s paradise) was to die courageously in battle

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    monster had become an integral character in the public’s cultural pantheon. However, Mary Shelley’s novel is also a cautionary tale of the dangers of intellectual curiosity. Robert Walton, the arctic explorer Victor Frankenstein meets in his final days, serves as a cautionary tale. By embarking on his arctic exploration mission, he places his crew and himself in mortal danger and experiences devastating feelings of loneliness and isolation. The novel’s protagonist, the young scientist Victor Frankenstein

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    FULL TITLE: Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus AUTHOR: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley TYPE OF WORK: Novel GENRE: Gothic science fiction, Gothic Horror, Gothic Romance LANGUAGE: English TIME AND PLACE WRITTEN: Switzerland, 1816, and London, 1816–1817 SETTING (TIME): Eighteenth century SETTING (PLACE): Geneva, the Swiss Alps, Ingolstadt, England and Scotland, the northern ice DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: January 1, 1818 OTHER PUBLISHED EDITIONS: 1823 and 1831 PUBLISHER: Lackington,

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    Global Warming is one of the biggest concerns to our planet. As of right now, ice caps are melting, sea temperatures have risen, and animals have changed their migrating patterns. Not only this, but plants are blooming earlier and fish are migrating towards cooler water. These effects are not just a coincidence. Mankind is causing the decline of our earth at a rapid pace from pollution, to cutting downs trees, and countless other activities. This form of climate change is destroying ecosystems, killing

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