My Dream Holiday My dream holiday doesn’t involve only one place but the whole world‚ because it is to tour the world’s most astonishing places. Firstly there’s Manhattan. New York. As one of the most popular tourist destinations and heavily populated places anywhere in the world‚ Manhattan offers something for everyone‚ including vast amounts beauty‚ irrelevant of what you consider to be beautiful. From the lush greenery and openness of Central Park to the awe-inspiring and breathtaking
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eahSeahorses are truly unique‚ and not just because of their unusual equine shape. Unlike most other fish‚ they are monogamous and mate for life. Rarer still‚ they are among the only animal species on Earth in which the male bears the unborn young. Seahorses have no teeth and no stomach. Food passes through their digestive systems so quickly‚ they must eat almost constantly to stay alive. Found in shallow tropical and temperate waters throughout the world‚ these upright-swimming relatives of the
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Biodiversity We know very little about the earth’s aquatic biodiversity because there has been so little exploration of the water on this ‘water planet.’ A. Three patterns of marine biodiversity are: 1. The greatest marine biodiversity occurs in coral reefs‚ estuaries‚ and on the deep-sea ocean floor. 2. Biodiversity is higher near the coasts because of great variety of producers‚ habitats and nursery areas. 3. Biodiversity is higher in the bottom region than in the surface region of the ocean
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BIO/GEO 353 - Marine Ecology - Spring 2013 – Syllabus and Course Description Note: The course web site is NOT on Blackboard. The URL is: http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/bio353 For general information‚ consult the university academic calendar for spring. All downloadable exercises and assignments will be obtained from this URL. There will be no paper handed out in class after this syllabus. Please note: The powerpoint notes are not complete course notes and you cannot study only from
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WILLIAM GOLDING (1911-1993) LIFE‚ WORKS‚ CRITIQUE WILLIAM GOLDING’S LIFE AND HIS WORKS Sir William Gerald Golding is one of the 20th century ’s greatest novelists. He is best known for his novels Lord of the Flies and Rites of Passage. He was born in Cornwall‚ the son of a school master‚ William Gerald Golding‚ attended Marlborough Grammar School before going up to Brasenose College‚ Oxford‚ to study sciences. Against his parents’ wishes he change in his second year at university‚ to
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visited Roatan which is an island in the northern part of the country. I was amazed all the time by the beauty and hospitality this place offers‚ it one of the most breaths taking places that I have ever visited. It has a beautiful white sanded beach‚ coral reefs‚ crystal clear river‚ and in the heart of the island you can find wonderful mountains and valleys full of nature and perfect landscaping. The climate is mostly warm and pleasurable. Full of palm trees‚ tropical fruit trees‚ pine trees‚ and green
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inside Subic which is now being transformed into an animal kingdom. Ocean Adventure Ocean Adventure is Southeast Asia’s only open-water marine park. Here our animals live and play in a natural setting of clear water teeming with marine life‚ coral reefs‚ and a lovely white sand beach. Experience our whales‚ dolphins‚ sea lions‚ rescued forest animals‚ and a host of fish and sea creatures in a variety of exciting and intimate ways! Our covered walkways‚
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the impacts of oil contamination due to the war on the marine ecosystems and living species such as fish and shrimp are hard to distinguish from the impacts of chronic pollution from the oil industry and coastal development. Currently though‚ the coral reefs appear to be healthy and the quantity of shrimp harvested each year are similar to the ones recorded before the war. However‚ these
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Cited: 1. Longsdale‚ Mark V. United States Navy Diver. Flagstaff‚ AZ: Best Publishing Company. 2005 2. Men of Honor – DVD 3. Men of Honor – Carl Brashear. Reel Faces. 16 Feb 2009. <http://chasingthefrog.com/reelfaces/menofhonor.php> 4. Stillwell‚ Paul. The Reminiscences of Master Chief Boatswain’s
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(Producers) & Tillman‚ G. (Director). (2001). Men of Honor [Motion Picture]. United States of American: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation The movie begins by introducing Master Chief Leslie W. ("Billy") Sunday (Robert DeNiro)‚ a US Navy Diver‚ who has recently gone AWOL. The movie then flashes back 25 years‚ where an African-American boy named Carl Braschear is watching his father work the plow on their farm. Carl wants to quit school so that he will be able to help work and then prevent
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