Torres Strait Islands

Lord of the flies, a realistic/dystopian novel written by William Golding follows a group of boys that have been stranded on an island after a horrific airplane crash which killed all adults. The boys are left to survive on their own on an uncharted island, and form a sense of society - however as the novel progresses, the boys will realize that society can be torn apart by the desire and struggle for power. The protagonist, Ralph, is one of the few British schoolboys who survived a chilling…

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…

importing and exporting goods are two separate factors that can also determine how successful that country will be in earning revenue. New Zealand is an island located in the Pacific Ocean off of the eastern coast of Australia. Being an island, they have to rely on a well-functioning logistics system in order to help them move products to and from the island profitably. New Zealand…

considered treason. At her trial, she was pregnant with her 16th child, but she put her foot down and would not change her views. She was banished from Massachusetts Bay colony. Hutchinson and her husband relocated to Roger Williams colony of Rhode Island. This colony was based on religious tolerance. Then in 1642 she and her family moved to New York where after a year she and most of her family were killed in an Indian…

Fitbit is a company that strives to make the seemingly impossible task of getting healthy not only achievable, but interactive and enjoyable. Though there are many reasons for consumers to choose the Fitbit Blaze, one of main reasons include the fact that it is much cheaper than its competitors. In fact one scholar said “the highest-end Fitbit product is $100 cheaper than Apple Watch 's cheapest version” (Morrison). Another reason is the Fitbit Blaze is sold in fitness stores and some retail…

At 29,029 feet (8,848 meters), Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world in terms of altitude. However, the tallest mountain is actually Mauna Kea in Hawaii, which measures 33,480 feet (10,205 m) from its underwater base to its peak, according to Guinness World Records. (Most of Mauna Kea is underwater.) Everest is located at the border of Nepal to the south and China or Tibet on the north. It is over 60 million years old. Everest was formed by the movement of the Indian tectonic…

When Ellis Island was very first built there were many problems with the structure of the building and how it was built. These problems would come to impact Ellis Island the older it got. At first, the building was built with pine and a slate roof. In addition, there was not enough room for the amount of immigrants they were receiving. The immigrants had no place to stay when they were being processed, the lines that they had to wait in were too narrow and the roof was always leaking on them.…

Haiti and Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Cayman Islands. Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean. Currently, people can legally travel to Cuba if it is educational, religious, volunteer work, etc. Plane tickets to Cuba from the United States can only be booked through third-party travel agencies. However, there are many Americans who travel to Cuba through Mexico or another Caribbean island and not get their passport stamped so they won’t go to jail once…

Piggy and Ralph. This shell is an important part of the story throughout, and it has a sizable impact on the plot. The conch shell is displayed as a symbol of power and order, and it is what helps keep the boys civilized when stranded on a deserted island all by themselves. William Golding develops the conch shell as an object of extreme power and influence by writing the characters to have a dog like obedience to the shell, as well as whoever is holding it. At the beginning of the book,…

The Lost Colony of Roanoke Introduction Today, the story of Roanoke Island colony, famously known as the “lost colony” remains one of the fascinating stories in American history. In a similar fashion to the unsolved murder that took place at Greystone Mansion in the 1920s, the disappearance of the colonial masters in the Island of Roanoke remains a mystery that historians and other experts are yet to explain (Stahle et al. 564). Ideally, the Roanoke case was the region that the English made the…