BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20110506T220000Z DTEND:20110507T000000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Sex\, Drugs and Sea Slime DESCRIPTION:A special presentation\, reception\, and book-signing celebrating the release of:\n\nSex\, Drugs\, and Sea Slime:\n\nThe Oceans' Oddest Creatures and Why They Matter\n\nby\n\nDr. Ellen Prager\n\nDr. Prager presents stories and images from her just-released book highlighting the strange cast of characters that inhabit the oceans' depths and how they are connected to society in everything from our food supply to the economy\, jobs\, and in biomedical research and biotechnology.\n\nFrom the tiny voracious arrow worms whose predatory ways may lead to death by overeating to the hagfish that ties itself into a knot to keep from suffocating in its own slime or the sea slug whose sexual encounters can truly turn into a dangerous liaison due to untimely cannibalism\, Prager provides an entertaining ocean tell-all and a realistic look at why we all should care about the loss of species in the sea.\n\nWith opening remarks by U.S. Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and U.S. Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart.\n\nWhen:Friday\, May 6th\n\nTime: Lecture begins at 6:00 p.m. with book signing and reception to follow\n\nWhere: University of Miami's Rosenstiel School Auditorium\, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway (next to the Miami Seaquarium)\n\nDetails:Books will be available for purchase ($27.82 including tax)\n\nSponsored by Celebrity Cruises\n\n \n\nFor additional event information\, please contact lbracken@rsmas.miami.edu or\n\n305-421-4207.\n\nTo learn more about Dr. Prager\, go to www.earth2ocean.net or check out her page on facebook.\n\nAll events are free and open to the public\, however seating is limited. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:A \;special presentation\, reception\, and book-signing celebrating the release of:
\nSex\, Drugs\, and Sea Slime:
\nThe Oceans&rsquo\; Oddest Creatures and Why They Matter
\nby
\nDr. Ellen Prager
\nDr. Prager presents stories and images from her just-released book highlighting the strange cast of characters that inhabit the oceans'\; depths and how they are connected to society in everything from our food supply to the economy\, jobs\, and in biomedical research and biotechnology.
\nFrom the tiny voracious arrow worms whose predatory ways may lead to death by overeating to the hagfish that ties itself into a knot to keep from suffocating in its own slime or the sea slug whose sexual encounters can truly turn into a dangerous liaison due to untimely cannibalism\, Prager provides an entertaining ocean tell-all and a realistic look at why we all should care about the loss of species in the sea.
\nWith opening remarks by U.S. Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and U.S. Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart.
\nWhen:Friday\, May 6^th
\n^Time: \;^{Lecture begins at 6:00 p.m. with book signing and reception to follow}
\nWhere: \;University of Miami&rsquo\;s Rosenstiel School Auditorium\, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway (next to the Miami Seaquarium)
\nDetails:Books will be available for purchase ($27.82 \;including tax)
\nSponsored by Celebrity Cruises
\n \;
\nFor additional event information\, please contact lbracken@rsmas.miami.edu or
\n305-421-4207.
\nTo learn more about Dr. Prager\, go to www.earth2ocean.net \;or check out her page on facebook.
\nAll events are free and open to the public\, however seating is limited. LOCATION:University of Miami's Rosenstiel School Auditorium\, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway (next to the Miami Seaquarium) UID:e.330.3350 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260421T173544Z URL:https://business.keybiscaynechamber.org/events/details/sex-drugs-and-sea-slime-05-06-2011-3350 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR