...The Marine Environmental Impacts of Artificial Island Construction Dubai, UAE By Bayyinah Salahuddin Date: _______________ Approved: _________________________ Dr. Michael Orbach, Advisor Masters project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Environmental Management degree in the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences of Duke University 2006 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ﻷﺟﻞ أهﻠﻲ First, I thank Allah for making my research successful and rewarding. Next, I would like to thank my dear family for their generous, unwavering support and encouragement. Finally, I would like to thank the Student International Discussion Group and the Environmental Internship Fund at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University for funding my research. -2- ABSTRACT In the United Arab Emirates, Dubai is building three colossal artificial islands— each in the shape of a palm tree—in the Arabian Gulf. This has prompted several other Gulf countries to construct artificial islands. To determine the impacts of the first of these Palm Islands, The Palm Jumeirah, I traveled to Dubai and interviewed governmental agencies, environmental groups, and the developer’s environmental scientists. I analyzed the island’s impacts on marine wildlife as well as the developer’s mitigation efforts and the developer’s compliance with the relevant environmental laws. The Palm Jumeirah has buried and asphyxiated wildlife, increased turbidity, and changed...
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...parents about the shapes of stars and the number of stars that I can counted last night. After that, my mother said, “My son, don’t open a window at time like that. It was very dangerous. If you really want to see the stars find an appropriate time or earlier than that.” After heard my mom said, I just ignored and continue eat my breakfast. In my mind, I very excited to see the stars at night again. As usual in the night, I woke up, but the clock on the table showed at 12 o’clock. Unlike the other nights, it was late one hour. I opened the window. Suddenly, I saw a white board on the roof of my neighbor’s house. That thing was spinning and then it decreased. Eventually seemed blurred and lost. I felt weird with that thing. I quickly closed the window. That night, I could not sleep because I was thinking about that thing. It’s made me excited to know what it that thing. In the next morning when breakfast, my family were staring at me because I just kept quiet. So my mother asked me. “Why you so quiet today? I said “I see a white board last night when I want to see the stars. Mother, do you know what it is?’’.My mother answered that’s only my imagination and she has told me not opened the windows in the midnight. After that, I promised to my mother that I would not do it again and would change my attitude....
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...Avid sports fans are some of the craziest, funniest, and weirdest people out there, But are they going too far? Sports fans are some of the weirdest people out there and they just like their team so much that sometimes they get crazy. But do they get too crazy? Scholastic Scope said so in the October of the year 2014. Sports fans may be crazy but honestly they really don’t go too far most of the time, They just enjoy their favorite team that’s not such a bad thing. Ok, so sports fans are really big about their teams but is that really a good thing? So many people are huge avid sports fans, and many people frown upon that fact. Honestly being a sports fan is just like any other hobby. How is it a hobby? Well hobbies like playing video games,...
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...Canned dog food and spaghetti would probably be a disgusting dinner dont u think. This is probably the most weirdest thing you've ever heard. How about an untrained man wrestling an alligator. That would not go very well. These are crazy things people do in life. Just like Jonas and the expierences of changes he goes through in his society. At the beginning of the story the protagonist is nervous, but happy, because weird, awkward things started to happen. One thing about jonas is that he can't see color. Jonas has no experiences on knowing ways of doing things. He also doesn't know what feelings and memories are. The world he lives in is pretty weird because if they do something bad they only get a second chance and after that there's no...
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...about the shapes of stars and the number of stars that I can counted last night. After that, my mother said, “My son, don’t open a window at time like that. It was very dangerous. If you really want to see the stars find an appropriate time or earlier than that.” After heard my mom said, I just ignored and continue eat my breakfast. In my mind, I very excited to see the stars at night again. As usual in the night, I woke up, but the clock on the table showed at 12 o’clock. Unlike the other nights, it was late one hour. I opened the window. Suddenly, I saw a white board on the roof of my neighbor’s house. That thing was spinning and then it decreased. Eventually seemed blurred and lost. I felt weird with that thing. I quickly closed the window. That night, I could not sleep because I was thinking about that thing. It’s made me excited to know what it that thing. In the next morning when breakfast, my family were staring at me because I just kept quiet. So my mother asked me. “Why you so quiet today? I said “I see a white board last night when I want to see the stars. Mother, do you know what it is?’’.My mother answered that’s only my imagination and she has told me not opened the windows in the midnight. After that, I promised to my mother that I would not do it again and would change my attitude. . View Full Essay Join Now Please login to view the full essay... Essay's Statistics * Submitted by: yiendy297 * Date shared:...
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...These past four years of college may have been a blur, but they have been some of the best years of my life. From nights where I had no sleep to when I slept in till four in the afternoon, I will always looked back on these years and cherish them. I remember when I first unlocked my dorm room freshman year, my family right behind me with all my belongings. That was the most exciting thing ever. I was finally free. Well, I thought I was anyways. My Freedom was short-lived, I had piles of homework and insane class schedule and I was always doing something school related. Instead of my parents being my guardians it felt like my classes were. I will never forget sitting in my math 108 classroom when a guy sitting in front of me got up, ran up the stairs and started throwing up in the trash can. The weirdest part was my professor didn’t even stop class. Or the times where you are dreading going to class and just when you are about to leave you get an e-mail saying class was canceled. Of course there are so many more memories that I have collected over the years, but you’d be here all day If I was to go through every one of them. Needless to say, I’ve had some of the most insane experiences I have ever had, here at UI. College is about more than just getting an education; it is about making new friends, becoming independent, and finding out who you are as a person. I couldn’t have done all these without the support of my family. They have been there since the very beginning and...
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...Phoebe is full-time masseuse and a part time singer who sings the most unmelodic songs which she composes herself. When each half-hour show starts, we hear the title song ‘I’ll Be There For You’ which is a really catchy tune. Love and friendship are the themes of the sitcom. In fact, although they might bicker with each other over some things, all six of them are wonderful friends to one another. This friendship is sometimes complicated by the fact that Ross has always been in love with Rachel, or when Monica and Rachel fall for the same guy. However, every time one of them gets into some kind of scrape or sticky situation, the others are sure to rescue him or her. What makes this sitcom so appealing is the cast. The actors and actresses in the show are all very good-looking and talented. Of course, the fact that ‘Friends’ has many witty scriptwriters who give the cast wonderfully clever lines to say helps a lot! The writers also create the craziest situations for each character. For instance, Phoebe has a twin sister she absolutely loathes, while Joey who is sweet but rather a slow-witted actor sometimes finds himself at the weirdest auditions. The great chemistry all the players share with one another off-screen is evident onscreen, as they meet and chat in their coffee place called Central...
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...Which is another reason why I admire Seth. He is very honest with me. He never fails to tell me how messy my hair looked at school, or how I should rephrase a sentence in a paper I’m writing. In my spare time, I love to grab my mom’s camera, and go outside and take some pictures of nature. I take lots of pictures of the same thing, and then edit them all differently. When I don’t know which one to keep, I quick text them all to Seth, and he replies fairly quickly. One of them always looks bad, and the other one is the keeper. He never fails to tell me which is which. Seth is one of the funniest people I know. He is always making me laugh, over the weirdest stuff too. A simple joke he could tell could make everyone laugh. It’s just the way he says it. Having someone I am able to joke around with, make fun of in nice ways, and laugh with for hours, is really great because I know that whatever may happen to me, I’ll always be able to laugh along with...
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...dense object flying into the earth or even two. of course people think that the crater was formed by Some kind of alien spacecraft. there are many theories, but no one has solid evidence to an answer. not many things are known about the mysterious crater in the middle of nowhere but with the small knowledge of the area people have made their own stories of what happens to form this site. one theory that scientists came up with was that the crater was formed by an old volcano cone. scientists believe this for awhile, until tests were ran and there was no remnants of any volcanic activity for many years. They decided that it may have been too dense objects flying into the earth one after the other in the same exact spot. making the unique shape of the crater. so far scientists haven't proved that...
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...The Three Mile Island Accident changed America largely. The accident happened on March 28, 1979. It all started when reactor number 2 began to melt down. It was caused by many malfunctions. Although, the weirdest part of the meltdown was that a movie called “The China Syndrome.” The movie was about a nuclear meltdown. The 2 things go together nearly perfect. There are many similarities and differences between the accident and the movie. The following will be about info on The Three Mile Accident, “The China Syndrome”, and how the accident could change the future of America. The Three Mile Island accident was a nuclear meltdown in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania. The cause of the partial meltdown was first that the a failure the non-nuclear secondary system. Then the pilot-operated relief valve got stuck open in the primary system. That allowed a lot of nuclear coolant to leak out into the environment. The meltdown released radioactive gases and radioactive iodine. This all began at 6:57 am. The amount of radiation was not extremely bad. At least not as...
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...most people think how they met their best friend is an amazing story, I believe mine trumps them all. I met Ian when I was about thirteen and he was fifteen, on the first day of school. Wanting to fit in, I was dressed in a way I thought was “cool”. I had a plaid button-up shirt, jeans, high tops, a very poor excuse of a Snapback, and some ten dollar white Oakley’s. By lunch I had made a few friends in all my classes; it was proving to be a pretty great day already. After getting my meal, there was a huge commotion coming from the back of the lunch room. It turns out it was someone’s birthday; gifts were being given and everyone was singing “Happy Birthday”. There were some usual party things being passed around, such as: party hats, cake, confetti poppers, etc., and some unusual things such as, little stick-on handle bar mustaches. By now everyone is having a jolly good time and I’m being only semi-awkward. Then this kid starts making everyone laugh, his personality was one in which you can’t help but like the guy. This was Ian, I remember him being a pretty tall guy, he had glasses, and the start of facial hair. He started gathering all of the left over party hats and attached them to his head. It started off with one on his forehead, another on the back of his head, and one on each of his ears. This continued until his whole head was covered in party hats! I remember thinking to myself, “Man this guy is crazy!” This was my introduction to Ian. Fast forward a few years...
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...can lead to a fear of going to bed because sleep is so elusive. Sleep apnea is not only a destroyer of sleep; it's a destroyer of life. Imagine waking up in the night gasping for breath. Imagine this happening hundreds of times a night. The problem is, most of the time victims of sleep apnea don't come fully awake, but it's enough to cause broken sleep and sleep deprivation. Narcolepsy causes hallucinations. You see things that aren't there. If that's not enough to boggle the mind, narcoleptics also suffer from cataplexy. They're unable to express any strong emotion - fear, grief, anger, even laughter without falling to the floor, their muscles no longer under their control. Dreams, nightmares, night terrors. What causes these aberrations of the mind? Stress? Depression? Perhaps. But everyone dreams, even if the dreams aren't recalled. Science has proved this with the discovery of REM (rapid eye movement.) When we dream, the eyeball moves beneath the eyelid as our subconscious follows the movement of the dream. Dreams can take you to the weirdest places. Some...
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...A Brief of Analysis of Rick and Morty The adventures and often misadventures of this grandson and grandpa duo along with their family members are a delight and often downright absurd to watch. There are moments of preposterous incidents that'll leave with a stupefied expression and then immediately sent you off into fits of laughter. It is a highly entertaining show, where their exploits cross over multiple universes and dimensions and often end up interacting with beings from another world, trying to catapult the series into the fringes of possible realms within comprehension. But it has the titular characters sharing a close bond while simultaneously possessing eccentric personalities to keep us intrigued; the other characters of the family are also slowly developing into their own unique identities and the whole lot of them makes for a weird family group. The crux of the humour remains the sheer absurd and often mind-boggling adventures they get themselves into and each one of them unique and taut with different dosages of effective comedy. The brilliant drunk scientist whose highly developed intelligence has him building incredible devices of extraordinary powers like that of his portal gun - used to create inter - dimensional portals to other universes and even timelines. He is a pessimistic atheist whose demeanour is that of a wisecracking jester but obstinately drunk and erratic. His relationship with his daughter ( Beth ) forces her to loan the garage to his various...
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...Weird Presidential Facts Many presidential facts are know. Also many are not know. Some of the most weirdest, craziest and interesting facts that people don’t know. There is something out there about any of our United States president that you didn’t know. I’m only going to tell you about some of them. Some of the crazy interesting facts are George Washington, he never lived in the white house. This was because the capital was actually located in Philadelphia and other cities. Also, Washington is the only president who didn’t belong to a political party. A lot of people think Washington teeth were made out of wood, but actually they were made out of elephant and walrus tusks. Our third president Thomas Jefferson and second president John Adam went to Shakespeare’s birth place and took a knife to his chair to bring back a souvenirs. Jefferson believed that if he was to soak his feet in a bucket of cold water he would never get a cold. The fourth president James Madison and Thomas Jefferson were arrested for taking a carriage ride on a Sunday in the county of Vermont together, that was a violation to the law. James Monroe died on July fourth along with Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. Also he chased his Secretary of State out of the White House with a pair of tongs. A really crazy fact about John Quincy Adams often liked to go skinny dipping in the Potomac River. John Q. Adams wore the same hat for 10 years. As well Andrew Jackson was the first to ride in a train. Andrew also...
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...there would be another people to live the life that she deserved. And yes, she has gone pass all the best times that we could have shared together. But she’s not here anymore. I remember one time when she told me that her laughter was her favorite thing about herself. She told me it was different. She had not heard any laughter as crooked and weird as hers. Hers was like a snoozing pig; sometimes like a snorting cow. But whatever, she would always say, she loved how she laughed over things- may it be really funny or just light to bear. She laughed at the weirdest things on earth. Her heart was soft and she always got easily distracted by things. Her heart was a heart of a child. She cried over things that are too small even for me, but for her, things, may it be really tiny, she saw them as truly big ones. And who would even forget about her smile? Hers was, in fact, one of the prettiest that I have seen. Everytime that she asked me if it was pretty, I would always tell her that it is; that she should always wear it because it makes her face look clear and fine all the time. But she never did. She seldom wore that kind of smile, that smile that never hid anything. What she often wore was the smile that covered all the sad things that broke her down inside. That one fake smile that she flashed whenever people are trying to pull her down. That one stupid smile that crashed her down. I miss Jade and her corny jokes. She always tried hard to throw lines that seemed so out of this...
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