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    Rongorongo Artifact

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    from left to right, bottom to top, which is also known as the reverse boustrophedon (Bahn, 1996). This famous enigma of Easter Island was first dated in 2003 with the use of the accelerator mass spectrometry technique and was concluded to have a 95% probability of being created in 1680 and 1740 AD (Orliac, 2005). They were discovered in the 19th century on the small island with…

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    Research Period 6 Marshall Islands The Marshall Islands is known as the Republic of the Marshall Islands. It’s an island country that is divided into two chains. In this case it’s the western group, or Ralik chain; and the eastern group, or Ratak chain. These islands are of coral reef types and rise only a few feet above sea level. The country is part of the larger island group of Micronesia. The country consists of 29 atoll and also 5 isolated islands. The Marshall Islands flag features the…

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    The allegory, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, is a fictional novel about a plane crash on an island without any adults. The setting of the book is an island; “the shore was fledged with palm trees. These stood or declined against the light and their green feathers were 100 feet up in the air.” And that the is,and is hot and tropical; “here and there, little breezes crept over the water beneath a haze of heat”. There are three main conflicts in this novel, they are a conflict with nature,…

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    reducing the productivity of agriculture. A significant number of the islands get their fresh water from underground fresh water tables. These tables exist because the less dense fresh water sits above the more dense salty water in the porous coral that makes up the island. When seawaters rise, they can easily breach the fresh water table, making that water become salty, and seriously reducing the availability of fresh water on the islands (Locke, 2009). Agriculture is already being impacted, as…

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    Pahoa, Hawai`i Versus Huntington Beach, California: Contrast Paragraph (First informal draft) Moving to Pahoa, Hawai`i from Huntington Beach, California I have noticed how different the lifestyle is in three ways. I see this when I am driving, when I am communicating with locals, and when I am making purchases. First significant differences occur between driving in Pahoa verses Huntington Beach. People in Pahoa seem to drive a lot slower, always taking their time. On the other hand, in…

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    Hilton Hawaiian Islands

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    Question 4- The perfect destination for the romantic niche market is the Hawaiian Islands. Here, the clients can be sure to have an experience of beaches, beautiful sunsets, tropical gardens, relaxing accommodations and dining experiences to remember. With this, the client can even listen to the waves of the ocean as they sit by it watching the sunsets on the warm nights. Then, during the days there can be water sports, sightseeing and sunny beaches to enjoy. Oahu offers things to do for the…

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    Rapa Nui Research Paper

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    of tribes who lived in Easter Island, which nowadays belongs to the Chilean government and there's a population of 2.095 people. They descend from the first settlers from Polynesia. LOCATION AND CREATION OF THE ISLAND The Easter Island is a very little island in the Polynesia which was formed by three volcanic eruptions in the bottom of the sea between 3,000,000 and 750,000,000 years ago, which made the island have a triangular shape. All the volcanos in the island are considered extinct, there…

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    Bikers Education Program

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    This is a full time position starting February 13, 2017. The program manager will report to the Director of Operations and Evaluation. The role of the program manager is to develop, facilitate, and aid in the evaluation of mini workshops at Rikers Island Jail’s facilities for men aged 16-17 and 18-21. The workshops utilize a social justice framework and restorative justice practices. Two workshops occur each week, one on Wednesday evening…

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    Task 1 Part A Shell Oil Company globalization impacted the Ogoni culture in the Niger Delta, Nigeria (Unknown, UNPO, 2009). In 1956 Shell Oil Company, out of Britain found oil deposits and commenced drilling the Niger Delta (Unknown, UNPO, 2009). Before the oil industry globalization, the Ogoni culture had a culture of tradition expanding over 500 years. Furthermore, the Ogoni culture lived off the land, without repercussions from today’s modernization, laws and technology. The Ogoni culture…

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    Solutions To Gun Control

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    Do you remember that shooting that happened in the United States? The one where a man was killing in a public center? He had access to automatic weapons? It 's probably hard to know which one since it happens almost every day. It has become common news to hear that someone has been shot and killed. So many people die to the bullet, people have taken to buying more guns to fight against this terrorism. However, the solution to gun violence isn’t more guns, unless they are in the hands of someone…

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