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    Charles Darwin studies the earthworms and the pigeons traits. Charles studies the earthworms because he was a naturalist‚ an expert in geology. Darwin enjoyed learning and studying about earthworms. He mostly studied the worm’s traits‚ what food the worm eat‚ hearing‚ and sight. Darwin’ father knew he couldn’t do this experiment‚ so Charles had to prove him wrong. Darwin started with the light experiment‚ he placed a earthworm under a heating lamp to see the redness on top the head. After he studies

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    would do with my abundance of free time so that I would enjoy each day to the maximum capacity. I resolved to travel to Pigeon Forge‚ Tennessee‚ where I would experience the scenic snow-capped mountains‚ bustling village towns‚ and adventurous

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    How to Keep the Pigeons Away We have witnessed over the past few decades the number of pigeons drastically increased in urban areas‚ especially in smaller urban areas of the larger cities. They favor the tall buildings that provide good shelter‚ permanent sources of food and water and not enough natural enemies that can stop the uncontrolled breeding of these birds. In some parts of the world‚ they are rightly called "flying rats"! Pigeon is omnivorous‚ well-adjusted in terms of the city noise‚

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    “Do Pigeons Gamble? I Wouldn’t Bet Against It” Summary: This article describes the facts about the psychology of gambling by focusing on the behavioral patterns exhibited by the pathological gamblers under a gambling situation. Basically a man is gambling at whatever point he or she takes the risk of losing money or belongings‚ and when winning or losing is chosen generally by chance. Gambling includes risking something of value on an indeterminate occasion in hopes of winning something of greater

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    I often encourage people to become travelling pigeons. The world is full of experiences if you find them. The reasons are that I learnt to speak French. English is a popular second language for most parts of the world‚ so you will get along. It is so much better to be able to speak a few words like “hello‚ goodbye‚ thank you or how much is this?”(c’est combine?) You will pick up some slang‚ intonation‚ or vocal expressions by the locals. And if you can converse it will expand your cultural horizons

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    “Asian women feel the need to fulfill a role. Modern stereotypes are promoted and re-enforced from childhood and we can easily be pigeon-holed into the way others think of us.” – Shazia Mirza (UK comedian). Dear Sir‚ I am writing in response to Shazia Mirza’s words. I agree with the statement that Asian women feel the need to fulfill a role‚ because every human living in this world should have the same rights‚ regardless of the gender‚ age or political and religious views. Women are more often

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    and when I look back the vendors and their cardboard displays have simply vanished. At first‚ I can�t figure out a reason for the disappearing act. Nor can I explain the street vendors� sudden return minutes later‚ sweeping in like the flocks of pigeons that are everywhere in these squares. Then I see the small Renault of the Florence polizia driving slowly down an adjacent street‚ where two officers sit stiffly in their crisp blue uniforms and white leather belts; the police seem bored‚ indifferent

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    tenth birthday. In his town‚ Family Fest is a yearly fundraiser that ends with an annual pigeon shoot‚ when entrants gun down five thousand live pigeons. Ten-year-old boys are "wringers." It is their task to break the necks of wounded pigeons. Palmer is horrified by the event but convinces himself for several years that the pigeons are better off. He and his friend‚ Dorothy Gruzik‚ avoid the pigeon shoot‚ sometimes playing on the swings well away from the shooting field and other times staying

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    through the rows of picture books on the library shelves‚ I was caught by the gaze of a stick-figured pigeon. Initially I had another illustrator in mind‚ however the pigeon had me transfixed and I had to write about Mo Willems. Amazingly‚ the same pigeon also caught the eye of an editor after numerous rejections for five years and helped Mo Willems publish his first picture book‚ Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (Hume‚ 2008). Mo Willems is significant to the field of children’s literature because

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    notion that scientist could bring back an extinct species with DNA from mosquitos that were carefully preserved in amber. Now‚ a group of scientists are trying to bring back the great passenger pigeon‚ Ectopistes migratorious. According to the Firefly Encyclopedia of Birds‚ there were 3‚000 million passenger pigeons in the late 18th Century‚ making it one of the most abundant species in the world (p. 253). These birds relied heavily on large numbers to find food and because of this‚ it made them an easy

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