.... of reptiles, and 11 percent of birds are threatened with extinction. Another 5 to 14 percent of species in these groups are "nearing threatened status." "The leading cause of vertebrate declines is human destruction of old growth forests, wetlands, chaparral, and other rich habitats," Worldwatch reports. "Worldwide, over two-thirds of the earth's habitable land surface has been significantly disturbed by human activities. Nearly half of the world's 233 primate species are threatened, largely because of their dependence on large expanses of tropical forest, a hab .....

.... mountains attract thousands of tourists to visit our country each year. As a Canadian, I personally take pride in all those little things that make up our country. One of the most vivid and memorable memory of this, was my 15th birthday. A day that I spent watching the sunset at Stanley Park. Endless miles of pure salt water stretches along the summer night skies. The edges surrounded by golden brown sand topped with decorative shells of all sorts. Mountains could be mistaken for beautiful paintings because of their misty, smooth, and opaque look. Like past .....

.... are gods and humans, and giants that do not appreciate the hero but he deals with them and we meet with the actual plot of the story, his homecoming. Warmth and kindness are presented within every visit described in the book. Homer draws a very good picture of how guests are welcomed, what entertainment they are given and the way they are send on their way. The picture is filled with kindness and warmth. We could say that the kind of hospitality presented in the book is hardly seen today. The different steps of welcoming some one are really interesting. The host .....

.... monsoon winds, between November and April, and sailed back up to south-west on the reverse monsoon winds, between June and October, already in pre-Islamic times. The coast, the land of Zenj to the Arabs, was inhabited by peoples of undetermined origin-perhaps by Bushmanoid groups, by Bantu speakers, perhaps by Cushitic-speakers, perhaps even by people of Indonesian ancestry(who had settled in Madagascar as early as the first millennium A.D. and conceivably could have settled further north as well). Initially Arab immigration was scarce, settlement was sparse and it was limited to the islands. Bu .....

.... talent, and intelligence. As long as we can�ft stop discriminating people based on appearance, people can�ft achieve enough opportunity and real success. There is the question of how to change the system of unfair treatment based on appearance. Recently, lots of people have cosmetic surgery on their face and body. Some religious teach their people that altering their body is profane because our bodies are gifts from god. However, cosmetic surgery introduces us cutting edge technologies and become popular. The reason why many people get surgery is because they i .....

.... we need protection from. In fact there really is no one we need to be protected from. The Soviet Union is no more and the rest of the world is already years behind in technology. Then why do we spend billions of our dollars on weapons. We spend in order to line the pockets of weapon manufactures. If we thought for ourselves then we would realize that the peop[le in power do not pay us enough or that they are doing underhanded illegal transactions. If we thought for ourselves that would cut into their profit and we all know that can not happen. The .....

.... will do nothing to help the victim after they have been victimized. Law does not, in truth, prevent such behavior; it only deals with it once it has occurred. Law does nothing to prevent socially harmful behavior, it therefore does not protect in accordance with the tenets set forth in the theory of the Social Contract. Why then, in such a modern civilization, do we have vigilantes? The answer is simple. The fact is that although humanity has advanced, law has failed to keep up. The prime candidates for vigilantism are those who abide by the law. .....

.... those two things allot us do however take for granite because in other countries people are often killed for any statements that that particular government does not like to hear. There are also countries in the world that will not tolerate any person who breaks curfew. Few minor privileges that are given to Americans make a big difference in the way that every day life is lived. The feeling of being free is just enough to make anyone appreciate the United States of America. I love the United States of America also because of the variety of career opportun .....