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80Recycled plastic water bottles help Monarch Butterfly conservation
Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus) have been having a hard time of it in many areas of the world. Habitat destruction, pesticides and lack of their foodplants have all taken a heavy toll, and even pollen...
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75English-Caused Aviation Accidents: A Case Study
Standardization of the English language in Aviation has both its advantages and disadvantages. Standardization itself has allowed for easier transition of international flight operations and commerce growth. Culturally, however, languages are different in their registers. In all languages, meaning is derived from more places then just what is heard by the receiver. Meaning is derived from all registers of language: syntax, semantics, phonetics, phonology, and morphology. Confusion of the symbol
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90The Dragon Tree's a survivor from the ancient past
My friend Bernie had been following my stories but had cause for complaint about the one I wrote about the reptiles of Tenerife. It's all very interesting, he said, but when you are writing about the Dragon...
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81Antlions and other unusual insects of Tenerife
Tenerife's wide variety of natural habitats and semi-tropical to tropical temperatures make it an ideal home for very many unusual insects. One of the most spectacular is the weird looking Praying Mantis...
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79Are chemtrails real and contrails a con?
It has been said that there are two types of people on this planet - "those who read Nexus magazine and those who don't." I am in the first category and came upon the term chemtrail in the publication...
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77Where Do Your Cats Go When They Leave Your House?
I can't help wondering where on earth cats go when they head "through the cat flap". Quite often they are gone for days at a time, and when they do return they are frequently not hungry and seem pretty...
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78Mother Nature dresses up for Christmas in Tenerife
Tenerife is perhaps not a place that springs to mind when you think about Christmas but in fact it is an ideal place to spend the festive season. And not just because of the countless bars and cheap prices...
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87Professor Arysio Santos and the mystery of Atlantis solved
I first came upon the name of Professor Arysio Nunes dos Santos, which is often shortened to Prof. Arysio Santos, back in 2002 after I had returned to Wales from Tenerife. I had become fascinated with the...
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71El Hierro the Meridian Island was once the end of the known world
El Hierro is the most southerly and the smallest of the seven Canary Islands, which are located of the coast of North Africa and count as parts of Spain. El Hierro is probably the least well-known, and in...
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72My religious experience in Santiago del Teide
White crosses leading up a mountain path are a mysterious and fascinating sight I get to see from the bus window every time I travel through the village of Santiago del Teide, and so seeing as I love walking...
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