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    What is Nature Tourism? Nature tourism – responsible travel to natural areas‚ which conserves the environment and improves the welfare of local people. It is tourism based on the natural attractions of an area. Examples include birdwatching‚ photography‚ stargazing‚ camping‚ hiking‚ hunting‚ fishing‚ and visiting parks. These experiential tourists are interested in a diversity of natural and cultural resources. They want what is real‚ and they want to be immersed in a rich natural‚ cultural‚ or

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    Do you know the last time you told a lie? Everyone lies from time to time‚ but people don’t always feel justified when telling a lie. If no feelings were hurt in the process what is so wrong with telling a lie every now and then. We lie to people because we don’t want to hurt their feeling. We lie to children to help maintain their innocence. People lie on a daily basis to maintain employment. So are there not times when people should feel justified in lying. Some people feel justified in lying

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    DO VOLCANOES HAVE A DESTRUCTIVE POWER AS WELL AS POTENTIAL BENEFIT Volcanoes are usually depicted as towering mountains missing a chunk out of the top from which steam‚ ash and lava spew forth. In reality‚ a volcano is any spot on the surface of the Earth where lava flows. Magma finds its way upwards along fissures or cracks in the planet ’s crust and bursts out onto the surface‚ resulting in a volcano. Magma that flows out of a volcano is called lava. If it comes out of the volcano in an explosive

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    Nature is an integral part of our lives. But even while we appreciate the blessings she bestows on us‚ we forget that we are plundering her treasures and thereby denying our children the pleasure of enjoying nature in all her abundance and variety in the future. The beauty of nature has been extolled in the works of poets and artists. When Wordsworth describes the daffodils dancing in the breeze or when our eyes alight on a painting by William Turner‚ our hearts are filled with an indescribable emotion

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    The English term "natural history" is a translation of the Latin historia naturalis. Its meaning has narrowed progressively with time‚ while the meaning of the related term "nature" has widened (see also History below). In antiquity‚ it covered essentially anything connected with nature or which used materials drawn from nature. For example‚ Pliny the Elder’s encyclopedia of this title‚ published circa 77 to 79 AD‚ covers astronomy‚ geography‚ man and his technology‚ medicine and superstition as well

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    "Nature" is an essay written by Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ and published by James Munroe and Company in 1836. In this essay Emerson put forth the foundation of transcendentalism‚ a belief system that espouses a non-traditional appreciation of nature.[1] Transcendentalism suggests that the divine‚ or God‚ suffuses nature‚ and suggests that reality can be understood by studying nature.[2] Emerson’s visit to the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris inspired a set of lectures he later delivered in

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    Mackenzie Boughen Mrs. Vrankic ENG 4U1 Monday‚ October-27-14 The Destructive American Dream in The Great Gatsby “Then wear the gold hat‚ if that will move her; If you can bounce high‚ bounce for her too‚ Till she cry ‘Lover‚ gold-hatted‚ high-bouncing lover‚ I must have you!’” (pg. 6). The Great Gatsby is an extraordinarily telling story of the fatal flaws within the ‘American Dream’‚ in disguise as a love story. It appears to be a novel portraying Jay Gatsby’s love for Daisy Buchanan when‚ in

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    Nature Nature‚ in the broadest sense‚ is equivalent to the natural world‚ physical world‚ or material world. "Nature" refers to the phenomena of the physical world‚ and also to life in general. It ranges in scale from the subatomic to the cosmic. Nature is an integral part of our lives. But even while we appreciate the blessings she bestows on us‚ we forget that we are plundering her treasures and thereby denying our children the pleasure of enjoying nature in all her abundance and variety in the

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    The Use of Nature as a Motif Rebecca stands as a perfect example of modern gothic literature. Gothic fiction can be characterized by vivid settings‚ an atmosphere of mystery‚ terror‚ violence and the supernatural. The book encompasses a murder‚ a terrible fire‚ and features a sinister servant; finally‚ the entire story is pervaded by the unrestful ghost of Rebecca herself. The novel also exemplifies the typical gothic novel by the use of weather and nature as a motif. Nature seems to skillfully

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    destroy the very fabric of the physical and spiritual realms in order to return to genuine tranquility. Edgar Allan Poe‚ a very popular American author‚ believes in a unique philosophy that advocates these principles mentioned called Destructive Transcendence. Destructive Transcendence is the belief that in order to return to original unity‚ the physical world and the spiritual world must both be destroyed. Poe used this concept in many of his writings and its evident the influence it had on his stories

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