Mainland

In 2001, I’ve made the biggest and hardest decision that changed my life and that was the day I moved to the mainland from Hawaii. I’ve hesitated to do so but something was telling me to do it to better my life. I kept telling myself, “Volmer!, it’s too risky, but you have to trust your instinct and go”. Being away from my family is very hard but if I didn’t make these decisions, than I wouldn’t be where I’m at right now. Do I have any regrets? My answer would be no. I know one regret that…

The Axial Zone transformed Afro-Eurasia culturally and economically from trade and the different empires that emerged around the 2nd millennium CE. But not everyone was lucky enough to benefit from the communication. Mesoamerica, West Africa, and Japan experienced benefits and drawbacks from cultural and economic isolation. Mesoamerica faced social and economic benefits and drawbacks from being isolated. Mesoamerica was a region in the Americas, extending from central Mexico to northern Costa…

government called the Freedom Charter. He was sentenced to life in the brutal prison of Robben Island in a small cell without a bed or plumbing and compelled to do hard labor. He spent 18 years there before being transferred to Pollsmoor Prison on the mainland. He was there for 6 years before F. W. de Klerk came to preside and lifted the ban on the ANC. He spent 2 more years there before February 11, 1990, when F. W. de Klerk ordered Mandela’s release. In 1993, Mandela and South African…

The British Empire at its capstone not only conquered vast amounts of land but in doing so also integrated their traditions as well. Items such as Sugar, Tea, Cotton, and other luxuries from foreign lands were established by the British and became British cultural symbols. These symbols were no longer associated with their native lands and thus became aspects of British Culture. Consequently, this gave rise to the need for an empire in order to maintain the newly integrated cultural ideals.…

1943 Hamburg was almost completely destroyed.” (SQ 2 Source A; German Moral, Casablanca) The last strategy involved the defeat of Japan. A term called “Island Hopping” was where America tried to take out every island one by one leading up to the mainland-Japan. “The goal was to capture and control islands strategically for possible invasion through the…

What Was the Underlying Cause of World War 1? On the surface, World War 1 may seem like it started due to the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie, who was pregnant at the time. However, this is just the tip of the iceberg, as this gruesome conflict was the result of many other, less obvious, factors that caused tensions to rise until conflict could not be avoided. The war lasted from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918; being fought in Europe,…

Before an in depth analysis about the visual perceptions of both the common barn owl (Tyto alba) and the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virgiriianus) can be provided, it is important for the reader to understand the environments of which these organisms can from. Unlike the Odocoileus, the Tyto genus are nocturnal, medium sized creatures with white-brown fur, and are found in almost all parts of the globe except Antarctica (Harris, 2002). In regards to the courtship ritual among these owls, it is…

In the article ‘Borneo’s Moment of Truth’ author Mel White explains the impact of modern society on the island of Borneo. The island of Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is shared by three countries Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei. The island was considered one of the most diverse habitats on the planet yet now faces the deforestation and pollution of many of the areas, which sustained that diversity. White looks at the displacement of both native peoples and species by the…

For instance, the Corinth canal, also known as (Dhioryga tis Korinthou), was built along the Peloponnese and Greek mainland. The canal had been distinctly recognized for enhancing sea travel and trade. It also signified the fact that Caesar generously restored part of Corinth, since its tragic destruction during the Punic wars. Throughout Caesar's rule, Rome’s agriculture…

Pompeii and Herculaneum became frozen in time from the Volcano’s eruption. The cities and their inhabitants became buried under thick layers of volcanic material, ash, and mud, and were never rebuilt. Mount Vesuvius remains the only active volcano in mainland Europe, and has produced some of the continent’s largest volcanic eruptions. “Vesuvius is part of…