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    Coney Island Essay

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    Coney Island, located in New York, is in the city that never sleeps. It’s a peninsular neighborhood, with various attractions near Brooklyn. Thousands of people inhabit it and it has wildly diverse cultures within its community, and always associated with its main attractions, the beaches and the amusement parks. Over time, it has continued to develop culturally and politically and physical through various projects by the community. The name itself established over time, Coney Island, was…

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    China is seeking are of the Spratly and Paracel Islands. The Paracel Islands are located off the coast of Vietnam and lately, Vietnam has been reunited in fighting its old expansionist enemy of China. These islands have a historical claim by China that dates back to roughly the third century maps claim that the islands of Spratly and Paracel belong to them . Kaplan defends his arguments in this part of the book by saying that China will take these islands for the use of submarine or naval bases.…

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    The essential effort made by the English to set up a region in America, happened in the late sixteenth century, at Roanoke Island. Starting in 1584 attempts were made to research the east shore of North America as far south as Spanish cases. It was in 1587 that an invariable area was finally made. However magnificent this satisfy was for the pilgrims and England, it ended up being one of the best American riddles when the state was discovered surrendered in 1590. In this presentation of the lost…

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    Ancient Hawai I Essay

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    The metaphysics of ancient Hawai’i are unique and reflect metaphysics of both dualistic and monistic ways of thinking. As I address that theory in this paper I will be comparing and contrasting the difference in the Western philosophies of Plato to that of old Hawai’i before the coming of the Christians missionaries in 1820. I will also explain the ways in which I found ancient Hawaiians were also similar to Eastern monistic ways of thinking. In both cases, Hawai’i seems to be unique because…

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    As being said in the rubric, Easter Island covers almost 64 square miles in the South Pacific Ocean, specifically located 2,300 miles from Chile’s west coast and 2,500 miles east of Tahiti. In 1722, the island was known as Rapa Nui to its earliest inhabitants, Dutch explorers, and was christened Passeiland (Easter Island). Easter Island’s most known claim of fame is the 900 giant stone figures called “moai” located all over the land. These figures reveal that the creators were master…

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    Lars and the Real Girl, written by Nancy Oliver and directed by Craig Gillespie, is a heartwarming movie about the acceptance of others. The protagonist, Lars, has to face his differences that he has from other people so he can learn to love himself and let others love him just the same. However, the movie isn’t just about Lars being able to overcome his own problems, but the many other challenges people are faced with when learning to accept one another. The character Lars serves as an ‘other’…

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    Easter Island is said to have formed from three converging volcanos about 7500 years ago. It is also believed to be the most remote spot on Earth making it an amazing thing that people happened upon it and made it their home. These people lived on a thriving island for hundreds of years before the downfall and ultimately their near destruction. Napa Nui are the people who occupied Easter Island and are said to have been religious and superstitious, giving the belief that the mysterious 850 or…

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    Compact. This paper allowed Rhode Island to elect a new governor and maybe let Anne get out of jail. Nineteen of the men that signed that paper were planning on moving to Long Island or New Jersey but instead settled in the Providence Plantations. After Anne’s church trial she went on a six day journey from Boston to Roger Williams, Anne also brought all thirteen of her kids. From there they took boats to get to Aquidneck Island which was later known as Rhode Island. The nineteen men that…

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    Tiwi People Case Study

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    group that I found intriguing was the Tiwi people. They inhabit the Melville and Bathurst islands, which spans out to roughly three thousand square miles. I grew up on a farm with about six thousand acres of land used for cattle and planting crops. I always perceived my area of land to be quite extensive, but after learning about the Tiwi’s plot of land I realized how small my farm actually is. The two islands are described as being heavily forested. This allows for lush greenery to be ever…

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    does not use historical events to base their claims and evidence on, but instead base their owner ship claim of the territory on their location in relation to the Spratly Islands (2016, July 12). This shows that the relative location of Islands within the South China Sea should indicate who owns what, in terms of where these Islands are located and closest to which countries. However, China does not agree with this and is challenging the Philippines over this and causing constant conflict. For…

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