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A Turtle document allows writing down an RDF graph in a compact textual form. It consists of a sequence of directives, triple-generating statements or blank lines. Comments may be given after a # and continue to the end of the line.
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There are several tagging methods for the marine turtle, which are used to later determine their movements. Tags such as tissue transplant, known as "living tagging", can be applied. The marginal marking of shells or notches, can ... be utilized to identify a group. To identify individuals, numbered tags can also be used, including metal or plastic tags, or the leading edge technology of Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT), which is inserted in the juvenile's muscle. The records of tagged individuals through any of these methods, can provide only point movements. The qualities revealed by this type of tags have much value in determining reproductive characteristics on the nesting beaches, long distance movements, etc., but often these are nothing more than initial and final points, with one or two years of unknown data in between these two points.
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Like The Plaza, Cresta Bella will be staffed and managed by The Mansion on Turtle Creek, a Rosewood Hotel, and one of the top luxury hotels in the world. The Plaza and its soon-to-be under construction neighbor, Cresta Bella, are the first—and the only—luxury high-rise residences in North America to be managed by a five-star, five-diamond hotel. Both are projects of Meyer Development Corporation, and marketed exclusively by Judy Pittman, Inc. of Dallas.
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Turtle shells are commonly brown, black, or olive green. In some species, shells may have red, orange, yellow, or gray markings. These markings commonly appear as spots, lines, or irregular blotches. An especially colorful turtle is the eastern painted turtle, which has a yellow plastron and a black or olive shell with red markings around its rim.
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Quickly, people began realizing the economic potential the abundance of the turtles had, and started what became a booming turtle industry for hundreds of years. When the turtle stock started diminishing around the late 1700s and early 1800s, settlers began to look towards neighboring islands in order to continue their turtle trade. It maintained its position as the leading industry among the islands before being surpassed by tourism in the late 1960s. The vast socioeconomic importance that marine turtles had on the Cayman Islands is reflected in the national emblem, flag, and currency. To this day, remnants of the turtle population can still be found on the Cayman Islands and are visited daily by tourists.
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