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Here is something I think we all need to know... this network was set to display "featured" blog posts throughout the summer months. This post slid right past me. As you can tell by the lack of commentary... it slid past all of us. This content wa...
ANDROS FIELD STUDY at on three sailboats in the sapphire & turquoise waters of the Bahamas
April 3, 2009 at 12pm to April 11, 2009 at 10pm
Marine Biology field study on Andros Island, Bahamas.
We will fly into Ft. Lauderdale, stay Friday night, then fly out to Andros early on Saturday to spend the week aboard three 45-foot sailboats along the coast of Andros... and the world's third...
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- High School:
- Benton
- The last three CD's I purchased/downloaded were:
- Why don't I just give you a list of my favorite musicians...
...The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Sam Cooke, Eric Clapton, The Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Journey, Classic Rock, Blues, Jazz, Classical, Stevie Ray Vaughan, George Strait, Johnny Cash, Garth Brooks, Hank Williams, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Michael Jackson, Elton John, Otis Redding, Simon & Garfunkel, The Righteous Brothers, Pink Floyd, Queen, David Bowie, Janis Joplin, Aretha Franklin, Nirvana, Stevie Wonder, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, Jerry Lee Lewis, BB King, T-Bone Walker, Robert Johnson, Son House, Muddy Waters, Robert Cray, Albert King, Freddie King, Buddy Guy, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Woody Guthrie, Gary Lewis & the Playboys, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Nat King Cole, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven.
- My favorite subject during the regular school day is:
- Zoology
- Extracurricular activities I am involved in at school:
- Tennis
NHS
- My interests (other than school) are:
- Music
Writing/Composing/Making Music
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Mouth Organ, Harp, Trumpet, Saxophone, Flute, Ukulele, Mandolin, Violin
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Silly Little Creatures
Those silly little creatures!
They don't mess with homicide, they dont have any problem with obesity, none of them are addicted to drugs, they dont molest or hinder their offspring, they kill themselves, and they aren't humans...silly little creatures!
When I was a child every time I saw a turtle soon after I would hear a gunshot. "They are bad!," the farmers would say. "I dunt want any of dem stupid little turtuls n' my pond, no!" I was bro… Continue
They don't mess with homicide, they dont have any problem with obesity, none of them are addicted to drugs, they dont molest or hinder their offspring, they kill themselves, and they aren't humans...silly little creatures!
When I was a child every time I saw a turtle soon after I would hear a gunshot. "They are bad!," the farmers would say. "I dunt want any of dem stupid little turtuls n' my pond, no!" I was bro… Continue
Posted on September 15, 2008 at 12:57pm — 2 Comments
I'll Be Here
This is a song I wrote and I'm kinda pleased with how it turned out.
Let me know what you think.
There she lies standing alone
Wondering which way to go.
I pass by her not even thinking
For her I did not know.
She turns to me and with a grin
Speaks quite lavishly.
"I'll be here," she said,
"If you come back for me."
This made me wonder
And each day I wondered even more
About this beautiful woman
I've never seen around here before.
Those words fill my head
Like a songbird's melody.
"I'… Continue
Posted on August 30, 2008 at 4:52pm — 1 Comment
Without Elvis, there wouldn't have been Beatles...Without Lyell, there would have been no Darwin.
Can you imagine starting over? Finding inspiration from nothing, but the scenery around you.
It's overwhelming to think that Robert Johnson only had the blues, poverty, and a beat up guitar to work with and he still influenced the greats.
It's just ignorant to say that science, music, art, life and the world around us wont change or get better in the future...even though music is having a… Continue
It's overwhelming to think that Robert Johnson only had the blues, poverty, and a beat up guitar to work with and he still influenced the greats.
It's just ignorant to say that science, music, art, life and the world around us wont change or get better in the future...even though music is having a… Continue
Posted on August 30, 2008 at 4:08pm — 2 Comments
A long long time ago I can still remember how that coral used to make me smile. And I knew if I had my chance I could make those people dance and maybe theyd be happy for a while.
At the begging of this chapter I didn't quite know where Osha was going with the flood story. I really enjoyed what he turned it into. It really took me by surprise that the fl… Continue
Posted on July 9, 2008 at 1:44pm — 5 Comments
The perfect "marriage?"
Corals are strange animals. They cant move. They cant see. They cant hear. They dont have a true nervous system. They only have two layers of true cells...but, they need food. Class Animalia?...sure!
How do they get their food?
From an algae called zooxanthellae or "zoox." Zoox do far more than give the coral 98% of their food. Zoox give corals their color. Zoox also speed aid in the process corals use to build… Continue
How do they get their food?
From an algae called zooxanthellae or "zoox." Zoox do far more than give the coral 98% of their food. Zoox give corals their color. Zoox also speed aid in the process corals use to build… Continue
Posted on June 20, 2008 at 9:00pm — 5 Comments
Comment Wall (5 comments)
- At 10:31pm on January 20, 2009,
Taylor Braby said… - ok well torin started a group for our group thing so we can get things started and I'm not sure if he has invited you but you should join.
- At 10:21pm on June 16, 2008,
Osha said… - Then we both have good taste in music ;>)
I saw your list of favorites -- it's impressive.
- At 7:19pm on June 10, 2008,
Jayse Musser said… - yeah i never said that it was better by any means, but yeah for them to stop up and attempt a legendary song like Imagine takes some balls, but as you said they pulled it off quite nicely
- At 4:42pm on June 10, 2008,
Jayse Musser said…
- lemme guess... youre talking about their remake of Imagine? to be honest i think they did a really good job redoing it
- At 9:54am on June 6, 2008,
Chris Puett said… - im just glad we both feel the same way about each other! :)
WATER...
warm
tropical
water
flowing
ever
so slowly
...northward
tropical
water
flowing
ever
so slowly
...northward
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I thought last weeks discussion was very interesting. The thing that amazed me were the atolls and how they were formed. I realized that these atolls were old volcanoes that were islands, but the coral grew around the volcano, causing it to sink f...
Use the space below to reflect on our latest class session... and introduction to the ins & outs of coral reef formation.
The slide set we used to facilitate our chat can be viewed here: (soon)
In the space below, tell what connections you made ...
yes, and yes... and also simply trap it within a structure they can close. think: mollusks.
I understand now. That helps.
To an extent. Does this mean they find water to make gills efficient, or does it mean they produce a saliva or water based substance to clear up their needs?
Whoa. That's sick to think algae is in all those common everyday things Americans eat. Didn't he also say it was in gum. Or am I totally making that up? I'll have to check up on that.
You did an awesome job looking up all those definitions. I'm a visual learner too, so when I was making my post. I opened up my Marine Biology book. I have to see it in person, or in pictures to understand something. One thing I think we all didn'...
Also, I have a quick question. In this picture, is this considered a tide pool? I am confused because it is not in an enclosed pool but it still has to go through the different levels of high-tide and low-tide.
So I love chocolate milk and pudding so this is a cool way to connect the ocean and the foods we eat to people like me who are not to much of sea food fans. I never would have guessed but i would have never really thought about it either.
Hey this is what mine is about. There are the four different levels and that pretty much determines how much sun and water each are exposed to, i think.
I, being the procrastinator, am just starting to do this assignment (you know the one that is due in just a couple of hours). Therefore, I am doing this two weeks after the lesson and the thing that stuck with me the most was the tide pools. The p...
Before last class period I knew nothing about oceanic zones, I learned that there are two main oceanic zones called the pelagic and the Benthic zones both of which are seperated into smaller zones within them. I also learned that light penetrates ...
Hmmmm..... I see it here just fine.
Nicely done.
What happened to my reply? When you click on Zones & Trophic levels and then go to the last page, you don't see mine at all, but if you go over to the Latest Activity and hit the "replied" link, you can see it.
During class, we began to talk about seaweed. When Mr. Nash asked if we knew what it felt like, I hadn't, because I'd never really seen seaweed in real life. I've been to an ocean and all, but never been to a spot that wasn't a beach where tons of...
Remember... the trophic pyramid is real. It is just that above coral reefs... it seems to be "inverted." Of course, this cannot be. There is simply no way to consume more than is produced. Thus, we spoke of the trophic pyramid on a coral reef as b...
Again... excellent clarification of some possible confusion between supralittoral... and littoral.
Apparent inverted trophic pyramid... apparent. It really cannot be inverted. In fact, this is related to the Law of Conservation of Mass/Energy.
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