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When you see those pictures of clear watered, beautiful, and perfect small paradises, what do you think about? Do you think about where that could possibly be, or how that could exist. I think of the island of St. Croix, a small virgin island just off the coast of Puerto Rico. It is an island of beauty, culture, and color. St. Croix is the most beautiful place I have ever seen, it looks like those pictures you see of small paradises. This tiny island is made up of huge hills covered in…

Kokoda Track WWII The Kokoda track or otherwise known as the Kokoda trail is commonly known for the battle taken place between Japanese and Australian/American/Papua New Guinean forces. This battle went on for a treacherous four months and both sides had to withstand Papa New Guinea’s climate, tropical terrain, lack of food and lack personal hygiene. The Australian side contained over 56,000 troops, which were always contributing by either being on the ground or taking part in air and sea…

The Real Story of Pi’s Journey What it would be like to live with one of nature’s most dangerous animals? In the book, The Life of Pi, Pi is on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger for 227 days. The reader will learn about his journey and how he survived with the tiger. Interactions or life outside the wilderness with nature’s most dangerous may seem impossible; but loyalty and dominance have not been taken into consideration. Regardless of the animal, they can show loyalty as long as there is love…

Many people know that trash is a big problem on planet Earth. Trash has become a problem in outer space too. Tons of “space junk”are in orbit around the planet. There are more than 22,000 pieces of junk in space around the earth according to BBC news. And these are just the items that we can see from the surface of the earth by telescopes or radars. There are also millions of smaller pieces of junk that we can’t see. Bits of old space rockets or satellites move around the planet at very high…

Santa Cruz Residential Recovery is part of the larger organization Encompass Community Services, an organization that is more of an amalgamation of smaller organizations united under one umbrella organization. Encompass Community Services and all of its various programs serve the local Santa Cruz county area, which includes westside Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Aptos, Capitola, Live Oak, Soquel, and Twin Lakes. The majority of the services offered take on a patron-client type relationship as is…

Sugar was beginning to take up root in Hawaii. It would inevitably change the face and fate of the Sandwich Isles, causing foreigners to invest in the industry exponentially. But it is not sugar that is as essential in holding Hawaii for now. It would be land. Land, in foreign eyes, was a pivotal element of maintaining influence there, and they needed more of it. More land to cultivate crops, more land to seemingly make the native populus more productive, more; because it was a right (Cachola).…

Kyoto; Japan Kyoto was the ancient capital of Japan containing 250 000 people, give or take a few. Kyoto was established in 794. Kyoto was divided into four parts, the East, West, South and North ends, Kyoto covers 827.90 acres of Japan's land. Kyoto consists of various of seasons, summer dad could get very hot while winter days were average. Kyoto was the place of culture and art, woodblock paintings by artisans had become very common, Zen gardens and Geishas became popular. Kyoto was known for…

Interviewer- Welcome to ‘Rear Vision’. I’m your host, Kellie. Today we're here to discuss the battle fought by our brave Australian soldiers in 1942 on the Kokoda Track. It is important to remember this event as many people gave their lives for us to be free. I have Ken Ferguson with me today, a veteran from Kokoda. We’re glad to have you here on the show. You were from the 2nd 31st battalion of the Australian Imperial Force, correct? Can you tell us more about that? Interviewee- Glad to be…

In July 1942, Australian soldiers fought in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. Over 600 were killed and a total of 1680 soldiers wounded whilst fighting against Japan along the Kokoda Trail in Papua New Guinea. The Kokoda is possibly the most important battle remembered within Australia. The Australian soldiers were significantly challenged by the conditions faced throughout the Kokoda campaign. Climate wise, the Kokoda was a dreadful canopy of thick vegetation, searing with heat and…

To begin, Future depends on history. The most important time period in a Hawaiian history was 1800 to 1820 because the Kapu system was abolished by Kamehameha II, Kamehameha the great unified all the 8 islands, and Western influence was getting started in Hawaii. There are many events that lead Hawaii to the modern world throughout the history, however, what counts the most is the beginning of the change. In the first place, Kapu system was abolished by Kamehameha II who is also known as King…