United States Merchant Marine Academy
United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y.; for the training of merchant marine officers; established 1936, opened 1943. The academy became coeducational in 1974. Candidates must be between the ages of 17 and 22, be nominated for candidacy by their U.S. Representative or Senator, and pass a competitive examination. The four-year course, emphasizing maritime and naval specialties, includes tours of service aboard a merchant vessel. Midshipmen receive free tuition and room and board, as well as a monthly stipend for books, uniforms, and personal expenses. Upon graduation they receive a commission in the naval reserve as well as a merchant marine license.
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The big trip: WATCH THE BIRDIE Braving leeches and watersnakes, Stephanie Debere heads into a vast Zambian swamp to see the giant shoebill, one of the most extraordinary creatures on earth
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 5/23/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...and prehistoric-looking shoebill stork, which is found only in a...very like the dodo, the shoebill is so called because its massive...We had set out at dawn from Shoebill Island, a tented safari camp...infectious zest for finding shoebills had crushed any squeamishness...
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A jungle out there
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/10/2007; 700+ words
; ...Semliki in search of the shoebill stork, a highly endangered species...conventional categories of heron and stork and looks as though it would...of dinosaurs. Semliki's shoebills live on the southern shores...halt 30m from a solitary shoebill. It stood there looking...feel, overlooked by ...
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DEAR RANGER RICK.
Magazine article from: Ranger Rick; 4/1/1999; 700+ words
; ...plants. Answer to February's "Who Am I?" The bird in the photograph is a shoebill--also called a shoebill stork or a whale-headed stork. Shoebills walk slowly through African marshes, looking for fish, frogs, or young turtles...
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AFRICA'S ANIMAL REFUGE ; It was set up as an animal orphanage, but today it is a haven for 50 species exploited by poachers and witch doctors in a region ravaged by war. Steve Bloomfield reports on a unique sanctuary ++ Ugandan Wildlife Education Centre
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/27/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...panicked and kept it in a drum, unsure of what to do with it. Birds have also been saved. The centre is home to a shoebill stork, a 5ft tall, grey-feathered bird of which there are only 350 left in the world. It was found in the boot of a...
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Travel: Get Set, Go! Eco-tours
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 5/2/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...can track chimpanzees (Semliki is sponsoring a long-term chimp study). You can help protect a colony of rare shoebill stork in a section of Lake Albert, also in Uganda (from pounds 1,650 for 10 days including flight). Bookings through...
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From concrete jungle to wild Africa
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 12/13/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...western province to catch one of the world's greatest wildebeest migrations. "Plus Bangweulu Wetlands - to see the shoebill stork, a rare and weird-looking bird that has a bill shaped like a clog," she added. "Three months would have been...
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WATERBIRDS DECLINE.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 1/23/2007; 324 words
; ...fallen in the past five years, while 34 percent were stable, and 17 percent rising. Altogether, 12 families of birds have half or more of their global populations showing a decreasing trend, including storks, shoebills and plovers.
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Survey: Waterbird Species Are in Decline
News Wire article from: AP Online; 1/23/2007; 700+ words
; ...Altogether, 12 families of birds have half or more of their global populations showing a decreasing trend, including storks, shoebills and plovers. The numbers are slightly worse than 2002 - when the last study was conducted. At that time, 41 percent...
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Cities drowning out waterbirds.(Life)
Newspaper article from: Cape Argus (South Africa); 1/24/2007; 640 words
; ...Altogether, 12 families of birds have half or more of their global populations showing a decreasing trend, including storks, shoebills and plovers. The worst decreases occurred in Asia, where 62% of the waterbird populations had declined or become...
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Waterbird population in decline, study finds: Researchers blame, global warming, economic development for downturn
Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail; 1/23/2007; ; 583 words
; ...Altogether, 12 families of birds have half or more of their global populations showing a decreasing trend, including storks, shoebills and plovers. The numbers are slightly worse than 2002 - when the last study was conducted. At that time, 41 percent...
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shoebill stork
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
shoebill stork common name for a large...solitary, silent bird, the shoebill stork is native to the marshy...In several respects, shoebills are similar to herons...A ground nester, the shoebill deposits its one or two...
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shoebill
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
shoe·bill / ˈ sh oōˌbil / • n. an African stork ( Balaeniceps rex , the only member of the family Balaenicipitidae) with gray plumage and a very large bill shaped like a wooden shoe.
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