Mediterranean Scrub Introduction: Regions of Mediterranean-type climate occur roughly between 30° and 40° latitude on the west coasts of continents‚ where offshore there are cold ocean currents. Each region in which the Mediterranean shrublands and woodlands occur is island-like in character and thus there is frequently a high degree of endemism. Comparative studies of the several regional expressions of this biome reveal interesting examples of convergent evolution in plant families and birds (but
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Farewell to Manzanar is one of the best autobiographical memoirs written by Jeanne Houston outlining the Japanese family incarceration in the internment during the wartime. The book brings out the long chain of racial prejudice that rocked the Japanese American during the war. It is a narration of the agonies faced by the Japanese families’ consequent to the war. It is true racial stereotyping was used during the wartime to discriminate against the Japanese Americans. Being a Japanese family‚ the
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What I Do Well A coat of arms can describe someone entirely just by describing your likes‚ experiences‚ tendencies‚ and personality. Making a coat of arms for yourself can also help you describe yourself in ways you never thought to. Someone can learn a lot about others and about themselves through a coat of arms. Someone can use it to possibly re-evaluate their life‚ or just to catch up with themselves. To begin with‚ ill talk about something I have always been not only interested
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Spring is the most beautiful season of the year because the sun gleams its sparkling rays of light on the vibrantly colored blooms of the flowers smiling beneath it. Every day is a joyful and sunny day for the flowers dancing and singing happily in the fresh air outside the window. I peacefully admire their exquisite colors and positive qualities from a distance‚ wishing that I could be outside soaking in their joyful presence from the sunshine above. All of my day dreaming is over with. The stack
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How would the history of the United States be different? If presidents would’ve listened to George Washington’s farewell address. On September 19‚ 1796‚ George Washington gave his farewell address. John Adams was elected president after George Washington stepped down. Adams later did not listen to George Washington’s point about staying out of war. After Adams‚ Thomas Jefferson is elected president‚ and the United States sinks into a political disunity between two separate parties‚ which Washington
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major power participated and took a side‚ The Allies which included Britain‚ France‚ Russia and later on the US versus the Central Power which included Germany‚ Ottoman empire‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Bulgaria. The US still believing in what Washington said in his farewell address remained out of the war until 1917. Woodrow Wilson wanted to keep the US out of World War 1 nut he couldn’t anymore. Wilson entered the US into World War 1 with the purpose to make the world safe for democracy‚ and soon afterwards
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turn against us? Our freedom is what makes us safe‚ without it we cannot be truly safe. Our freedom of free speech and our right to bear arms are what protects us from being squashed by a tyrannical government. Our freedom protects and empowers us to fight for the safety of all people. The main reason there has never been a long term attack
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Goodbye‚ Superboy! A Fond Farewell to the Last Romantic." MANILA‚ August 21‚ 2003 (STAR) BY THE WAY By Max V. Soliven - Much has been written about Ninoy Aquino‚ whose name needs no introduction to many of our readers. Commuters pass by his statue daily on Ayala Avenue in Makati’s Golden Mile‚ and another monument to him in Manila. But monuments and statues‚ and glowing encomiums do not a hero make. But my thesis is that today‚ Ninoy is a forgotten hero. There was so much hype in the first halcyon
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Welcome Address-Farewell Day Festivity Respected Principal‚ Vice- Principal‚ Director‚ teaching faculty‚ non-teaching faculty‚ management faculty‚ teachers and the taught‚ a warm welcome to everyone here. Today‚ we host the valediction day. A day in which we host a farewell to the outgoing students ofour school . The existing students bid farewell to the outgoing students. A full academic year has passed by. A full year of tuition and learning. And now it is farewell. It is with nostalgic memories
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The title "Arms and the Man" derives from the opening lines of the popular epic of Virgil‚ "Aeneid" : "I sing of Arms and the Man" However‚ as Virgil highly praises war as described by its heroes‚ Shaw’s aim in writing "Arms and the Man" is to provide a more realistic picture of war and to remove all pretensions of the nobility from war. As General Philip Henry Sheridan put it "Many of you here believe that war is all glory; but let me tell you‚ boys‚ it is all Hell". Even though Shaw is
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