Mangroves are trees and shrubs that grow in saline coastal habitats in the tropics and subtropics – mainly between latitudes 25° N and 25° S. The saline conditions tolerated by various species range from brackish water‚ through pure seawater (30 to 40 ppt)‚ to water of over twice the salinity of ocean seawater‚ where the salt has become concentrated by evaporation (up to 90 ppt).[1][2] The many species of trees and shrubs adapted to saline conditions are not all closely related‚ and the term "mangrove"
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A fiction Red to Green by Maile Meloy is a story about a girl named Sam. This story is basically about a girl who is offered a scholarship to a boarding school hesitates to accept it then after what happened while her trip she decides to accept the offer. The main happening that affects her mind to accept a scholarship and leave far away from home happens when Sam‚ her father‚ her uncle‚ and her uncle’s client Layton take the float trip down the river. The reason she was hesitating to accept the
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The Red Ribbon - g/ram Sally Mayfield was eighteen years old when she decided to leave town for the first time by herself. She lived in Brentwood‚ the older side of the valley. The trees were a thicker and the sidewalk was lifted and cracked‚ showing signs of decay. Everyone walked on the street‚ where you could always see a group of kids playing games or the neighbors walking their luxury dogs. Things there were simple and traditional; everything
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The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich In the story The Red Convertible‚ Louise Erdrich introduces us to two brothers‚ Lyman and Henry Junior. They are of Chippewa descent and live on a reservation in North Dakota. One summer they decide to buy a red convertible car‚ and travel cross country. They have plenty of adventures meeting up with a girl from a small village in Alaska who needs a ride home. They happily oblige and drive her all the way to Alaska. After a time‚ Henry is sent off to Vietnam
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“The Red Pony” is the book I read‚ and it is pretty much about a family who lives on a ranch. In the story‚ a young boy is with his father and his ranch hand (assistant) at their family ranch‚ and everyday they have to work on something. When the boy’s father and the ranch hand happened to have a free day with little work to do‚ they decided to surprise the young boy by getting a gift that he had always wanted‚ a horse. The story goes on and on but I wanted to get to my point‚ which is where and
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| Context The British Red Cross helps people in crisis‚ whoever and wherever they are. We are part of a global voluntary network‚ responding to conflicts‚ natural disasters and individual emergencies. We enable vulnerable people in the UK and abroad to prepare for and withstand emergencies in their own communities. And when the crisis is over‚ we help them to recover and move on with their lives. Within the UK‚ the British Red Cross operates through about 3000 staff and over
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categories of Capital versus labour‚ ownership of work and the rights and roles of workers and management. This essay will demonstrate these themes are related‚ the working class of the Clyde were suppressed and exploited by the establishment and Red Clydeside provided them a revolutionary voice. These were not people who would turn to anarchy to achieve their ends‚ but they would test the limits of the boundaries of their revolutionary credentials. From the outset this revolutionary movement
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In J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in The Rye Holden uses his red hat as a form of protection and comfort as well as a distinguishing characteristic. Holden struggles toWhen Holden goes back to his room after talking to Old Spencer he begins to think about the red hat he purchased in New York City that he is wearing. He states‚ “just after I lost all the goddam foils…..The way I wore it‚ I swung the old peak way around to the back very –corny‚ I’ll admit it but I liked it that way. I looked good in it that
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1932 poem "The Red Wheelbarrow" is the most famous poem that the doctor/poet William Carlos Williams wrote. It’s in many anthologies‚ where it is often the shortest poem‚ unless the anthology also contains haiku. It consists of one sentence‚ broken up into two-line stanzas. Everything except for the first stanza depicts a concrete image: "a red wheel / barrow / glazed with rain / water / beside the white / chickens." What stands out the most‚ on first reading‚ are the colors - the red wheelbarrow
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delicate peppermint aroma and the slightly sweet yet pungent odour of ripe sorghum wafting over from the sides of the path – nothing new there. But as they marched through the heavy mist‚ his nose detected a new‚ sickly- sweet odour‚ neither yellow nor red‚ blending with the smells of peppermint and sorghum to call up memories hidden deep in his soul. Six days later‚ the fifteenth day of the eighth month‚ the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. A bright round moon climbed slowly in the sky above the solemn
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