Latitude 33, located in the Marriott hotel near LAX, offers California cuisine in their casual and intimate eatery. Appetizers include their stuffed chicken quesadilla topped with guacamole and pico de gallo and a creamy hummus served with bread and crisp veggies. While their fresh and flavorful salads are crowd pleasers, Latitude 33's juicy burgers are a definite must-try and even features a homemade veggie burger. Pasta dishes, like their mushroom rigatoni and their shrimp linguine in a butter sauce are hearty and delicious, as is their pan seared salmon with couscous and shaved fennel salad and New York steak with cheddar smashed potatoes. Don't forget dessert, as their homemade bread pudding with vanilla ice cream and key lime pie with
The Edwards Plateau is located south of the Texas panhandle ranging from the northern great plains all the way to the border with Mexico; additionally, its eastern border is near the center of Texas.
The climate of the Sunrise Islands is tropical, with warm temperatures all year long. Temperatures stay at 78—87°F throughout the year. Rain is at the lowest in January through March, at 3–4.5 inches, and highest in October, at around 11 inches. The daylight time is the same all year long, at 11.5 – 12.5 hr. per day.
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is a spectacular national park in the Alaskan wilderness. It is mainly located in Gustavus, Alaska which is near Juneau, Alaska. The park itself relative to Alaska is located on the Southeastern tip of Alaska which borders Canada. The people that pushed for this area to become a national park are the native Tlingit tribe, Alaska settlers, and explorers who explored these areas. The reason this land had to become a national park is to protect the 8 different glaciers, and the extreme populations of wildlife and floral. The process for Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve took place over a span of many years. It began in 1925 when it was named a national monument, but 50 years later it was named
Each year MARTA Police Department has consistently held a position in the top 5 ranked amongst other businesses and agencies throughout Georgia for collecting the most money to Special Olympics Georgia.
Scientist have discovered that a meteor, has been lost for 25 years after losing orbit has finally been found headed toward Clare High School. Most of the people in Clare, Michigan were all freaking out, while the student of Clare High were calm and collective. “We say it will hit in approximately 5 days,” one scientist said, “So we shall head to the Smithsonian Institute of Science and Technology in Washington D.C.”
Jackson Hole is where settlers and pioneers went to discover new adventures and rediscover their inner spirit. Tucked away and cradled by the beautiful Tetons, and neighbored by a National Elk Refuge, Grand Targee national park, and Yellowstone national park. Jackson Hole, Wyoming is a popular destination. Well known for its excellent skiing, camping, and wildlife it truly is a paradise for the outdoorsman or even anyone who would like to escape the city.
Animal species are largely segregated by the environment for which they are suited to live in an their inability to thrive in non-similar conditions. Northern Arizona has quite an extreme climate; the high elevation, frigid temperatures and immense forestation make it a very hit or miss environment for animals to establish homes within during winter, weeding out species less suited for such a climate and allowing those more acclimated to thrive. However, During spring and summer many more species are able to thrive in the vast fields of fresh vegetation that is not found in the more southern regions.
Dreams lead to false hopes and are deceiving! That’s at least what some say. But throughout the dream unit we have seen and have read about achieving our dreams and not going the distance. It is worth it to dream because dreams give us hope and purpose, working hard at our dreams can have a great outcome, and Dreams can lead to more than we can imagine.
Reviewing the requirements for a hotspot makes the fact that the North American Costal Plain is 1 of only 36 hotspots in the world makes this fact so much more aspiring. When looking at a map it is clear that the North American Costal Plain starts in Mexico and goes all the way up into Massachusetts, and Louisiana is completely nestled into this plain. Looking closely into different regions of the North American Costal Plains shows that even though these regions are all a costal plain they each have their own setting and unique characteristics. To reflect on why the biodiversity varies, this paper will explore some of the North American Coastal Plain briefly.
While the danger factors that Half moon bay holds can be too intense for some to experience, it’s what makes it one of the most exhilarating and thrillingly beautiful places you can find yourself in while visiting the Pacific Northwest. Having multiple beaches in the state of California can make it a hard decision to even consider Half moon bay, but I can promise you, if you’re adventure-seeking and looking for the thrill of a lifetime to remember, you’ll fall in love with what this bay has to offer.
Sierra Leone is undergoing rapid urbanization. Currently 41 percent of the population lives in urban areas and this was anticipated to increase to 48 percent by 2016. A large portion of the population migrating to urban areas is youth, frustrated with low productivity and incomes in rural agriculture and traditional hierarchies in which they feel marginalized. (DfID Sierra Leone) The sense of marginalization has been exacerbated by negative perceptions of youth after the war, given their coerced or willing participation in the conflict. In addition, many youth fled or were sent from rural areas to reside in urban centres during the war. Many of these youth have been
Once, Pluto was considered the ninth and most distant planet from our sun. Pluto was discovered by an American astronomer name Clyde Tombaugh in 1930. But before being discovered, an American astronomer name Percival Lowell was actually the first to caught hints of Pluto’s existence in 1905. He suggested that there was another world’s gravity that was tugging at the two planets, Neptune and Uranus, from beyond. It turns out that there was another planet, the smallest and ninth planet from the sun, Pluto. The now dwarf planet was named by an 11 year old girl from Oxford, England whose name was Venetia Katharine Douglas Phair or Venetia Burney. The astronomer did predict the planet’s location in 1915, but unfortunately he died without finding
Which is the largest of all dwarf planets? Pluto is a dwarf planet in our solar system and has been given the nickname Xena. Pluto was once considered the ninth main planet from the Sun. Scientists discovered Pluto on February 18, 1930 (history.com). Several objects surround Pluto including Nix (Pluto’s natural satellite) and Hydra (Pluto's outermost satellite) , comets, and the constellations “Teapot”, and “Scorpius”. Pluto is a fascinating planet because of its discoveries and missions, composition, and research.
Rainforest Bobsled Jamaica at Mystic Mountain is located in the tourist capital of Jamaica, Ocho Rios just 5 minutes away from the world famous Dunn’s River Falls. It has over 100 acres of land that begins close to Dunn’s River Falls and continues to over 700 feet above the Caribbean Sea. This attraction offers an amazing opportunity to explore the lush tropical rainforest, the gushing rivers that flow through the mountains and a panoramic view of the Caribbean Sea. Mystic Mountain is a perfect filled with numerous excursions, and activities.
Earth University was made in 1985 in response to the central America economic, political and, social crisis. This was done by the Costa Rican government, the United States Agency for International Development and, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Then in 1989 the construction of the main Earth campus started. The location of the first and main Earth campus is in Limon. 1990 was the first Earth University was open and the first class of students only consisted of 60 people. When José Elías Sanchez was inaugurated he made the organic farm and a rural training center in 1997. In the following year Earth focused on integrating a project to educate the students on the changes of agriculture in the tropics.