Homecoming by Bruce Dawe All day‚ day after day‚ they’re bringing them home‚ they’re picking them up‚ those they can find‚ and bringing them home‚ they’re bringing them in‚ piled on the hulls of Grants‚ in trucks‚ in convoys‚ they’re zipping them up in green plastic bags‚ they’re tagging them now in Saigon‚ in the mortuary coolness they’re giving them names‚ they’re rolling them out of the deep-freeze lockers – on the tarmac at Tan Son Nhut the noble jets are whining like hounds‚ they
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sanctuary also manages a hatchery which yields 93% hatching since it started in 2003. The sanctuary is declared a "No-Swimming Zone". While Punta Dumalag peninsula is primarily a marine turtle sanctuary‚ it is also a declared protected area for mangroves which are abundant in the area. Punta Dumalag used to be an isolated island until a freak storm in 1962 that washed-in sand to its shore and created a natural land bridge that eventually connected it to Matina Aplaya. Developers came in the late
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The Introduction No matter what heading you choose for the introductory section of your proposal‚ it should‚ in the most general sense‚ do two things for the reader: It should provide a "map" of what is ahead It should make the reader want to find out more about your research. More specifically the introductory section to a thesis proposal should tell the reader something about the following: What is the study about? Why is it important? What is the problem‚ question‚ hypothesis‚ theory
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of the sun and the sound of fresh flowing water of the river nearby. Your beautiful scenery that I didn’t value before‚ all of it were now gone. Forests that was full of trees and living creatures and islands were surrounded by blue seas‚ fertile mangroves and enchanting coral reefs. Those coral reefs were a world of color and beauty with fish of every shape and hue darting in and out around the delicate coral reefs‚ and now‚ what was left of it? We often use the word progress to describe what had
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CORAL REEFS Almost every one of us have heard and most of you have seen the Coral reefs but did you know what actually these are: As a mariner its important to know about the marine life‚ that was one reason I have chosen this topic for my today’s short presentation. GM‚ my scheme of presentation will be as flashed: DEFINATION OF CORAL REEF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CORAL AND CORAL POLYP WHERE WE CAN FIND CORAL CONSTRUCTION OF CORAL REEFS CONDITIONS FOR GROWTH OF CORAL REEFS TYPES
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Wetland Resources in Bangladesh Saroar M. Mustafa Concept‚ Types and Status of Wetlands in Bangladesh: The Ramsar Convention (1971) has defined wetlands as - areas of marsh‚ fen‚ peat-land‚ or water‚ whether natural or artificial‚ permanent or temporary‚ with water that is static or flowing‚ fresh‚ brackish or salt‚ including areas of marine water the depth of which at low tide does not exceed six metres. The Ramsar definition of wetlands lumps together a wide range of contrasting habitats
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Natural Vegetation of India: Diverse and a Unique One! [pic] January 10th‚ 2011 [pic] mapsofindia1 • • • 0digg • • 0 EmailShare • • SHAREBAR [pic] Located at tropical latitudes‚ the beautiful land of India is characterized by rainfall regimes and diverse temperature and climate. India’s climate helps in the growth of forests in the country. However‚ in the past thousand years‚ various types of human activities have altered the climatic formations in the
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The title I was given is Palaces of Thailand. There are many palaces in Thailand each with their own unique design and stories behind it. Of course the most important palace in Thailand is Bangkok’s Grand Palace. For many‚ a visit to the Grand Palace is an absolute essential when in Thailand. Besides that‚ there is also the Bang Pa-In Palace and Phraram Ratchaniwet Palace just to name a few. However‚ out of the many palaces in Thailand‚ I have chosen the Maruekhathaiyawan Palace. If given this title
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other countries. Another reason it affects other countries is because the oil spread to the Arabian Sea‚ which not only fishermen from India get their food‚ but also other countries fish for their food there too. The oils did end up reaching the mangroves which affects coastal vegetation. 7. I feel like the ONGC should approve the
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Holiday Gifts for Good -Silicon Valley Parents Develop GigatonGifts Website 1888 Press Release - GigatonGifts was launched in December by a group of Silicon Valley parents concerned about deforestation. Volunteer parents developed the GigatonGifts website (www.GigatonGifts.org)‚ where people can purchase trees and solar stoves in Africa and Haiti as gifts. San Francisco‚ CA - GigatonGifts was launched in December of 2013 by a group of Silicon Valley parents concerned about the planet
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