The southern stingray lives in the western Atlantic ocean from New Jersey down to Brazil. The stingray is abundant where warm water can be found like Florida and the Bahamas. As a bottom dweller you can find this stingray on sand or even in seagrass meadows. Large reef structures are not appealing to this stingray because feeding is difficult in those areas. Dasyatis americana is the scientific name of the southern stingray. It is part of the Dasyatidae family of stingrays. These stingrays are
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When arriving St. Lucia from a plane, the first sight of the island is breathtaking. The teardrop-shaped island looks like an expensive and precious piece of jewelry just floating around in the Caribbean Sea. With all of its splendor, St. Lucia is one of the least visited islands of the Caribbean’s but anyone who visits the islands either doesn’t want to leave or always wants to come back. Here are a few things that differentiate St. Lucia from other islands and would make your stay special. Take
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Traditionally, humans and green sea turtles were not made to interact with each other. Both live in extremely different environments and they are not traditionally supposed to hunt each other for prey. However, humans have upset the natural balance and caused the two vastly different species to interact. Human influence has created a drastic impact on the population of Green Sea Turtles, and have played the biggest role in the endangerment of these marine creatures. The turtles are often harvested
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Client Brief 1: This link below and the screen shot that I have taken directly from the Norwegian Cruise Line is an evidence of showing research of client requires. http://www.ncl.co.uk/booking.php?stage=sailing_details&offer_id=86153&search_url_id=1&showing_intermediate_page=1 The research I have done was based on client brief description. My role was take into consideration all the client enquires which was consist of history & culture, explore 2 destinations within their
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Quite appropriately, many have cited the rising sea level - caused by global warming- as the foremost danger that climate change poses to our nation. The median sea level has been estimated to have risen at the rate of about three millimetres every year from per year for the decade 1993- 2003 ; this, when taken in consideration together with the near- flat topography of Singapore, would surely be a cause for concern. The effects of rising sea- levels on our small island- nation are not difficult
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. How Can Azerbaijan Diversify Its Economy Away from Petroleum Dependence to More Sustainable Economic Development? June 2012 By Nurana Mammadova* It is known that the "black gold" is the main supplier for the state budget of the Azerbaijan Republic. Approximately 74% of the state budget derives from the proceeds of oil and petroleum products, and therefore the economy is almost entirely based on the oil industry. All this warns us against a very
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“Sea Venture” In 1609 the Virginia Company had a decision to make. Continue business as usual and allow the settlers in Jamestown to slowly perish, and not recoup any money for its investors, or drum up more investors and send the single largest group of settlers the New World had seen. The decision that Thomas Smythe and the Virginia Company made would lead to the settlement of a new land, and save Jamestown. In February 1609, the Virginia Company acquired a new charter for Jamestown, the Second
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on my list while there was to experience The Red Sea, that miraculous place of astonishing crossings, partings, and transformations. So I got on the bus for the ride through the blistering Negev desert or the Wilderness as we know it (and as I saw, it truly is). Soon enough, clad in my hot pink swimsuit, I stood at the shores of the Red Sea. Then it was my turn to immerse myself and take “part” in this miracle. I looked across the waters of the Sea. On the opposite shores I could see Egypt, Saudi
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Problem 1: Question: What is the economic rationale of the venture? Prince Geographic location Located in Mediterranean region, attractive to Jersey because of manageable source of goods Preferential investment policies in Tunisia: Unrestricted remittance of dividends Capital repatriation in case of liquidation Modified regulation to avoid double taxation of dividends Jersey Headquartered in UK, access to the European market for garments Jersey had multi-national manufacturing and sourcing
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Amaranthaceae. They are a group of very similar and hard to distinguish species. All Salicornia of Eurasia are associated with this group. A distinctive features of this plant is its stout, fleshy appearance. They are pioneers of often flooded mudflats of sea coasts. Many synonymes for S. europaea exist, for example S. herbacea, S. prostrata. The classification is not completely clarified to date. The succulence and the strongly reduced morphology are posing difficulties to a satisfactory taxonomy of
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