Cape Cod

on the northeast coast of Australia. It covers from the tip of Cape York extending all the way down to the coast of Bundaberg. Biotic Features Animals: The Great Barriers Reef is home to many of the world’s rarest species of biotic and abiotic feature. The reef holds as many as 1625 different species of fish, including some that are endangered species. Seahorses, pipefish, sea dragons, potato cod, Queensland grouper, barramundi cod are all include on the endangered species…

His iconic painting “The Scream” (Image 1) with its exaggerated colors and distorted shapes amplify anxiety and alienation and is the perfect example of Expressionist art. Munch in his tormented “scream” is reacting to the anxieties associated with the modern changing world. In true Expressionist style the elements are exaggerated, distorted, vivid and jarring. The palette is limited and Munch uses intense colour with agitated brushstrokes. Munch’s inner emotional turmoil is conveyed by the…

Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts on July 12, 1817. His home was about twenty miles outside of Boston. Born to John and Cynthia Dunbar Thoreau, he was the third of four children in his family. Helen and John were his older sister and brother; Sophia was his younger sister. Helen was five years older, and John Jr. was two years older; Sophia was two years younger than he was. He received a primary and secondary education at a public school in Concord and the private Concord…

work of his Providence thought these few too many for the great work He had to do.” This meant that the voyage needed the few selected, strong and profitable to fulfill God’s plan. Their faith is also manifested in the incident after they arrived at Cape Cod “They fell upon their knees and blessed the God of Heaven for getting them there safely,” meaning that throughout their trip, they had faith in God for the journey…

Beetles, a group of insects are part of Coleopteran Order, they can be easily identified because of their dark colored body. Beetles mostly live in hot, cold, dry, or moist condition and because the Great Basin is the home of arid climate beetles can be easily found. Many of their food sources come from leaves, seeds, fruits, or dead wood. However, if beetles have good diets and potentially find other food sources they could benefit their population growth (Arbogast, et al. 2010). Beetles can…

In 1620 around 100 English men and women boarded the Mayflower. This boat landed on the shores of Cape Cod in Massachusetts and they anchored in Plymouth Rock. More than half of the settlers died but the ones who survived made peace treaties with the Native Americans and built a large economy. The settlers died the first winter from illness and disease…

while east of Florida late on 27 August. It is the last major hurricane that was category 3 or greater, to strike Rhode Island or Connecticut. They say that it was so ferocious the name “Carol” was retired for a decade after it struck in 1954. Cape Cod was evacuated, with 20,000 people leaving the peninsula. Hurricane Carol was responsible for 60 deaths and $461…

to get out-of-town as we don’t have to wade through city traffic to hit the open road. We’ve also been able to considerably upgrade our standard of living. We owned a nice home in New York, but that was by New York standards. We traded our 1928 Cape Cod for a one story Spanish-style-ranch built-in 2002. The new house also has a…

neighborhood just outside of Boston. Like his older brother, Joseph, Jr., Kennedy attended Choate Rosemary Hall, a boarding school specifically for teenage boys, in Connecticut. During the summer, the Kennedy family would gather at their summer home on Cape Cod where they could engage in lavish activities, such as, sailing. In 1936, John Kennedy began his studies at Harvard University and even secured a spot on the Harvard Crimson football team (Kennedy was very athletic and played many…

remember experiencing living in orphanages, traveling through Moscow, or seeing my birth parents. Susan and Stephen brought me back to America to a huge loving family. The environment that this family built for me seemed like the perfect life: a quaint cape-cod house with a yard, a friendly dog, and a white picket fence. Sue and Steve wanted the best for both myself and my sister, so we were both enrolled in private schools. I am not complaining about growing up in a private school at all, since…