Pacific Rim

Olivia Denton Spanish II Sra. Miller October 31, 2014 Chile Chile stretches 4,300 km along the southwestern coast of South America (Welcome to Chile). The maximum length from east to west is 240 km (Welcome to Chile). To the north, Chile is bordered by Peru and Bolivia (Chile- Geography). The southernmost point is Cape Horn (Welcome to Chile). The southern border is the Drake Sea (Geography and Climate in Chile). To the east, Chile is bordered by Argentina (Chile- Geography). On the eastern…

multiple strategies that he plans to implement, starting with increasing defense by $102 billion over the next 8 years. In support of free trade and the economy, Kasich believes that the $5.3 trillion in annual trade that passes through the Western Pacific should have freedom of navigation. He also wants to intensify international intelligence cooperation and combat the human trafficking of refugees in the interest of safety. To ensure a free Ukraine, John Kasich will train and arming Ukraine…

Canal began construction during the month of December in 2014. The Canal is being built towards the south of Nicaragua starting from the city of Brito and ending in Bluefields; another city in Nicaragua. The Nicaragua Canal will be connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; or the Atlantic Ocean. Back in the 16th century, Napoleon III of France dreamed of building the canal after a Spanish explorer conducted the first survey for the project at that time, but the project failed;…

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My favorite constellation is Pegasus. In the second century, it was listed as a constellation along with forty-seven others by the astronomy Ptolemy. I choose Pegasus because of the mythological legends behind such a magnificent organization of stars. Also, Pegasus particularly interests me because of the near perfect arrangement of four stars in a square: Markab, Scheat, Algenib, and Alpheratz/Sirrah (to use their Arabic names) are the four corners of the square asterism. In Greek mythology,…

Australia’s historical background was a very interesting timeline and background. Australia was officially explored by Captain James Cook in 1770 while he explored the east coast, he claimed it for Britain and called it New South Wales. Australia was then considered a pearl colony because the first settlers were criminals (Ducksters.com 1). In 1803 Matthew Flinders sails around Australia and proves its an island. In 1824 Australia is named from “New Holland” to “Australia.” “In 1829 The…

The American Character I am part of the first generation in my family that was born in America. My parents journeyed from Dominican Republic to Lowell twenty-nine years ago and I learned why because of the trip my family and I took to their native home four years ago. The education system isn’t as great as it is in America, real jobs and careers are very difficult to find and maintain, and the law is corrupt and not enforced. My parents came to America because it’s known as the country of…

world. During that global endeavor, she perished in a plane crash on route to Howland Island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. However, I am not entirely convinced about the conspiracies that arose after the plane crash and alleged death of Amelia. The one that I was not convinced about was that Amelia was a spy for the United States’ Government. Also that during her flight over the Pacific Ocean she was later was shot down by the Japanese and captured because she was trying to gather Intel on…

The book Cheap Meat by Deborah Gewertz and Frederick Errington is an analysis of culture in pacific islands, specifically Papua New Guinea. Flaps are a cut of meat from sheep that are especially fatty. This meat is undesirable to the white community and is often fed to their dogs. .For many within the lower socioeconomic status bracket, the only meat that is affordable is flaps. As a research paper or an informational book Cheap Meat does a decent job at presenting information in a concise and…

Jared Diamond went to New Guinea to originally research birds that lived there. Along his travels he met a man named Yali who he spent some time talking to, who then asked Jared the question Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of our own? Jared at the time had no answer to Yali’s question, so he decided to do research on the question and wrote a book about it. His theory to Yali’s question was it’s not the…