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    Cannabis, grass, mary jane, weed, pot, purple haze, dank, and the devil 's lettuce; all street names for marijuana. The controversy of legalizing marijuana has recently become more and more popular. An increasing amount of states in the United States are debating on whether or not medicinal marijuana should be legalized. States such as Minnesota and Colorado have incorporated marijuana into the medical field. There are numerous factors that should be considered when deciding whether or not to…

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    Polynesian Legends

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    instructive function. Tales and legends preserving cultural history are represented by a folk story reflecting values and customs of everyday life, accounts of legendary monsters reflecting cultural hopes and fears, and heroic tales of the popular demigod Maui. Specific stories are…

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    could be described as both a feeling and a place. For some people happiness is doing what you love as long as you’re surrounded by people that you love. But for others happiness is more superficial and could simply be a mundane destination such as Maui, Hawaii. Both Susan Orleans and Eric Wiener in their books, My Kind of Place and The Geography of Bliss expose what it means to be happy and if happiness is found or achieved. These works are similar in that they both follow two different adults…

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    Sean Jones, a surfer in Maui, unexpectedly comes across the brutal murder of a prosecutor. Mobster Eddie Kim and his gang are responsible. After being interrogated by the FBI, Jones refuses to cooperate because he wants to continue to surf instead of testifying in Los Angeles. Frustrated, Jones gets on to plane to travel to LAX. However, Kim realizes that he needs to kill Sean Jones before he is able to testify under a federal judge. Consequently, Kim puts hundreds of snakes in the storage…

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    James Cook Research Paper

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    Born in Marton, a village in England, on November 7, 1728, James Cook was a British explorer, navigator, and captain who “discovered,” or basically rediscovered the Hawaiian Islands in 1778 during his third voyage into the Pacific. He is best known for his trips in the Pacific Ocean and his precise mapping of it. In 1776, James Cook was a retired captain in the Royal Navy, which is the United Kingdom’s leading naval warfare force. It’s not clear when it comes to who supported James Cook on…

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    Kaho Olawe Problem

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    instructs their future generations. Due to the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian government, Hawai’i cannot legally belong under the jurisdiction of the United States. According to Kaleikoa Ka’eo, a native Hawaiian professor at the University of Hawai’i Maui campus, “The core issue is that...we as a people never gave consent to our nationality, never gave consent to our national lands, and this is by virtue of the fact that the United States until this day cannot show evidence…”…

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    Aloha Essay

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    by Hawaiians. The state of Hawaii is made up of an estimated 132 islands, eight of which are know as major islands for size, development, and economy. The eight major islands that make up the state of Hawaii are Hawaii, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Niihau, and Kahoolawe. The islands are located on a geothermal hot spot. This is where the earth’s crust is thin, so shield volcanoes easily develop…

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    2013). When Spencer was 15, the department held an IEP meeting on November 9, 2010 without Spencer’s father, Doug C. being present (Doug C. v. Hawaii, 2013). Prior the scheduled meeting, Doug C. and Kaleo Waiau, a special education coordinator at Maui High School made several attempts to schedule a meeting, finally all parties agreed upon November 9th; but unfortunately the morning of November 9th, Doug C. contacted Waiau stating that he was sick and needed to reschedule (Doug C. v. Hawaii,…

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    ways as well. For example Hawaii and France are different because Hawaii is a state but France is a country. They are similar because their both one of the most popular places to visit. Hawaii is made up of 8 islands: Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Kahoolawe, Niihau, and the Hawaiian island. Hawaii is famous for its coffee because it is the only state that grows its own coffee. Hawaii has a population of 1,454,295 people(2017) when France has a population of 64,838,285 people (2017).…

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    Beach Destination Essay

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    Keywords: best beach destinations in the world Snippet: Do not know where to go during your vacation? If so, then some of the best beach destinations in the world we have put together here are for you. Seven of the Best Beach Destinations in the World If you have tired of seaside recreation, it could only mean that you have not been yet to the heavenly corners of our Earth that we have described here. So, if you love rainbow sands, lonely beaches under stone arches, diving, surfing, or…

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