...CAN WE BATTLE A HURRICANE? Late August and early September of 2004 will long be remembered in the annals of history. It was during this time that the tropical island nation of the Bahamas experienced, in less than a week, the awesome destructive force of Mother Nature. This destruction as the hands of hurricanes Francis and Jeanne, and every island in the chain had a taste of fury, although there were two, Abaco and Grand Bahama that could have been referred to as gluttons. The catastrophic damage left as these hurricane waltzed through the archipelago left many wondering whether we can really be prepared for natural disasters. We know full well that winter winds and seas relocate beaches, summer lightening storms can set fire to pine forest but no one really knows when the fury of a hurricane will land. We must, however, ensure that we are prepared as we cannot afford the 2004 estimate of $500 million every hurricane season. To counteract unexpected onslaughts we must: 1. Have adequate insurance coverage for our buildings and homes. 2. Ensure that elected officials upgrade and the Ministry of Works enforces building codes and 3. Create a viable preparation plan by a) Establishing organized volunteers b) Providing for the loss of work c) Creating rapid response directory d) Preventing shoddy construction e) Improving response time f) Establishing a government sponsored segregated fund No one knows when we may experience another angry hurricane...
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...D'Andre Mickens Mr. Gamwell E Block 7 April 2014 Imperfect Perfect World Some people believe that a utopian world may be better than a less perfect world, yet the imperfections of a utopian society realistically outweighs its ultimate goal of perfection. Perfection is defined as the condition, state, or quality of being free or as free as possible from all flaws or defects. When it comes down to it, a utopian society has many rules and regulations. Yet, if a so called perfect society is so perfect, then there should be no need for any rules or regulations. However, a Utopia's goal of perfection in itself is a contradiction, because of its goal of being "more perfect and less free" (Huxley 1). As a matter of fact a utopian society would be like a heaven on earth. At the same time there is not really a unified view of utopia. All views of utopia involves change which affects human systems and institutions. How can a society aim to be perfect when by definition freedom is needed in order to be perfect. In fact that's something people still find hard to understand and today's society. Have you ever ask yourself what is freedom,it's the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. Foremost this is something they didn't have at the time of the utopian society. Well by definition a utopia is a perfect world where everything is prefect and equal but you have no freedom to do what you want; Basically your life is scripted like a book. However...
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...------------------------------------------------- Lord of the Flies – Citation Exercise An example of how to find text evidence to support a variety of themes, ideas, topics, etc. Chapters 2-3 1) “Nobody knows where we are,” said Piggy. “Perhaps they knew where we was going to; and perhaps not. But they don´t know where we are ‘cos we never got there…… That´s what I was going to say,” he went on, “when you all, all….” He gazed at their intent faces. “The plane was shot down in flames. Nobody knows where we are. We may be here a long time.” (page 37) 2) Ralph waved the conch. “This is our island. It´s a good island. Until the grown-ups come to fetch us we’ll have fun.” (page 38) 3) “And another thing.” He lifted the shell on his knees and looked round at the sun-slashed faces. “There aren’t any grown-ups. We shall have to look after ourselves.” The meeting hummed and was silent. “And another thing. We can’t have everybody talking at once. We’ll have to have ‘hands up’ like at school.” (page 36) 4) Laughing, Ralph looked for confirmation round the ring of faces. The older boys agreed; but here and there among the little ones was the dubiety that required more than rational assurance. (pages 39-40) 5) Then, with the martyred expression of a parent who has to keep up with the senseless ebullience of the children, he picked up the conch, turned towards the forest, and began to pick his way over the tumbled scar. (page 42) 6) “A fat lot you tried,” said Jack contemptuously...
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...Tuvalu - Sinking Tuvalu is a collection of nine small islands in the Pacific Ocean, 620 miles north of Fiji. The total land area of all of Tuvalu’s islands is 10.04 square miles. It has a population of about 10,000 people, 4,500 of which live on the capital island, Funafuti. Because the highest point of Tuvalu is under 5 meters, it is very sensitive to climate change, and there is one problem related to climate change that drastically affects Tuvalu: sea-level rising. In 1989, the United Nations stated that Tuvalu would completely disappear under the ocean in the twenty-first century. Over the years, there have been many clues that Tuvaluan's have picked up telling them that Tuvalu was in danger: Salt water has flooded the shores and killed coconut palms. Many more areas on the islands are flooding. Groundwater is becoming undrinkable due to salt water seepage. Some Tuvaluan residents have been forced to leave the country because of rising sea levels. Floods now occur every month, when they used to occur only twice a year. In 1997, a small island off the rim of Funafuti atoll completely disappeared under the ocean. And Because of salt water seeping into the soil, it is getting hard to grow crops. The nine islands of Tuvalu are facing hard times. The Tuvaluan's land is slowly disappearing into the ocean. They have diminishing water and are having trouble growing food. The problem is, there’s almost no way to help them. There have been treaties in the past...
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...This is the story about a girl who lives within a collection of tiny islands. Each island has a god-speaking leader that sends one child from every household on a boat to one of the uninhabited islands. They do this in the hopes that they will come back as warriors. But the children are told that they will be sent to the afterlife to greet their ancestors and live in harmony with them. The girl is set on a raft, and the raft lands on an island several miles away from original. There she encounters a large ape like creature that she follows around and starts to like. They eventually become friends and she spends 15 years of her life with him, eventually leaving the island on the same raft. As she turns back, she sees that the creature turned to stone once she left. And she looks forward towards her new future off the island. A old important man of a prominent royal family dies, and secrets from his past are recovered bit by bit. As both sides of his family prepare for the funeral, there’s a big debate over how he should be buried based on his conflicting religious views. What if different types of hatred or prejudice were characterized as monsters? And depending on how big and evil the hatred was made the monster uglier, scarier, smarter and harder to destroy. What if there was a group of people dealing with different forms or hatred and prejudice that had to fight these monsters for the sake of their people or community. The process of them being defeated and learning more...
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...Currently, Neomonachus Schauinslandi, commonly known as Hawaiian monk seals are the only pinnipeds living within proximity of the United States (Lowry et al., 2011). They are the only seals that are native to the Hawaiian Islands. Their only close relatives are Caribbean monk seals, which are extinct today, and the endangered Mediterranean monk seal (Lowry et al, 2011). With the Polynesian settlement, the society within the island grew, causing a change in the natural ecosystems that marine mammal, like Hawaiian monk seals, survive and thrive peacefully in. However, it later changed to fit societal needs and standards once humans discovered the Island. The Hawaiian monk seal population is declining at a rate of about four percent per year (Watson et al., 2011)....
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...Throughout history, the technological world has continued to evolve and grow to new heights. Sometimes, these technological advancements are controversial and present a multitude of issues that make call into question its benefits. Aldous Huxley’s novel, Brave New World, features the birth of babies in artificial wombs as an alternative to natural pregnancies. Huxley describes new problems arising such as Although this controversial device could be available in the far future, it is currently only being researched as a way to treat and care for premature babies who would not survive outside of the womb. With these new technologies, it is possible to have positive impacts on the health of unborn babies without encountering negative effects such as lack of pregnancies, equality differences, and abortion rights. First of all, the artificial womb would not be used as a pregnancy alternative and would not effect the way a normal pregnancy goes. It is a dystopian fear that the artificial womb will replace natural pregnancies and babies will be grown instead of being born, but this fear is “all pure fantasy” (Flake). The ectogenesis discussed in Brave New World is not going to become a reality because this device is being created with the goal of treating premature infants “who are already receiving intensive care in NICUs across the country” (Talpos). Artificial wombs are only around to help these children who are in critical condition. Furthermore, the artificial womb presents potentially...
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...on Darwin and Wallace Islands INTRODUCTION The Evolution Lab simulates environmental situations to determine effects on evolution over periods of time. This lab experiments with the evolution of finches on two different islands over 100, 200, and 300 years. By manipulating parameters that influence natural selection, the effects that natural selection have on the evolution process can be studied. HYPOTHESES • The size of the island will influence the population. • The amount of precipitation will influence beak size. • The larger the clutch the higher the population over time MATERIALS The materials needed for this experiment consist of a computer and access to the Evolution Lab on the University of Phoenix student website. In the Evolution Lab there are two islands, Darwin Island and Wallace Island. There are seven variables that can be changed to run many different experiments on both islands. The variables are beak size, variance of beak size, heritability, clutch size, island size, population, and precipitation. MATERIALS AND METHODS The Evolution Lab provides many variables. The user can change the following: beak size, variance of beak size in the population, heritability of the mid parent beak size, clutch size, island size, population of the finches to start the experiment, and precipitation on the island as it affects the hardness of seeds.. All of the numerous combinations of variables, set for two different islands lends for hours of combinations...
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...significant island country in the South Pacific. The island country faces many different disaster threats. Over half of the country’s population is under the age of fifteen. Kava’s economy has a strong production of natural resources, as well as specific foods, such as bananas, coffee, cocoa, sugars and fish. Kava’s economy offers inexpensive, quality labor. Kava has support from the local, state and national government, community based organizations, faith-based groups and businesses in order to grow the economy in the significant island country. The island has a wide variety of ethnicities, creating language barriers because of all the different ethnicities Bluegrass Construction Company, Inc. (BCC) hired me, Nik, to study, synthesize, analyze, and prescribe the best business decisions in order to establish a greater presence of our company in Kava. I have decided to implement a decision-making technique to create an appropriate solution for BCC to overcome challenges in our overall goal of establishing a greater presence of our business in Kava. After visiting the island, seeing the problems our company is facing, and knowing where we want to go with our business in Kava, I think the best course of action is to implement brainstorming as our decision-making technique in order to strengthen our presence in Kava. Analysis of Specific Steps in Applying Brainstorming Through my analysis of the island, the disasters and threats it faces and the potential the island has I think...
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...Movie review The action of the clones The Island is a remarkable and must-see action and science fiction. The film features the life of the clones and the sponsors which is directed by Michael Bay, the director of Transformers, Pearl Harbor and I Am Number Four. A young man Lincoln Six Echo (Ewan McGregor) and a young woman Jordan Two Delta (Scarlett Johansson) live in an underground organization which is full of strict regulations and created by a selfish scientist Dr. Merrick (Sean Bean). They think that one day they will go to the paradise by being the winner of the lottery, which called ‘The Island’. However, Lincoln starts having different dreams which look like his past memories. Dr. Merrick discover the situation of Lincoln and tries to remove his memories in order to keep the huge secret. On the other hands, Dr. Merrick uses a special tunnel to another station secretly. Because of a moth, Lincoln finds that secret tunnel. In this station, Lincoln find that the so call 'winner' of the 'lottery' is only an excuse for the company. In the reality, the 'winner' is used for providing organ and giving birth to their sponsor. Lincoln’s world turns topsy-turvy when he discovers the truth that all of them are just a product of an insurance plan. Afterwards, the screenplay talks about the escape of Lincoln and Jordan. Lincoln and Jordan seek help from James McCord (Steve Buscemi). While they are find their sponsor in Los Angeles, Dr. Merrick hires mercenary, Albert Laurent...
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...500 extraordinary islands G R E E N L A N D Beaufort Sea Baffin Bay vi Da i tra sS t a nm De it Stra rk Hudson Bay Gulf of Alaska Vancouver Portland C A N A D A Calgary Winnipeg Newfoundland Quebec Minneapolis UNITED STATES San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego Phoenix Dallas Ottawa Montreal ChicagoDetroitToronto Boston New York OF AMERICA Philadelphia Washington DC St. Louis Atlanta New Orleans Houston Monterrey NORTH AT L A N T I C OCEAN MEXICO Guadalajara Mexico City Gulf of Mexico Miami Havana CUBA GUATEMALA HONDURAS b e a n Sea EL SALVADOR NICARAGUA Managua BAHAMAS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC JAMAICA San Juan HAITI BELIZE C a r PUERTO RICO ib TRINIDAD & Caracas N TOBAGO A COSTA RICA IA M PANAMA VENEZUELA UYANRINA H GU C U G Medellín A PAC I F I C OCEAN Galapagos Islands COLOMBIA ECUADOR Bogotá Cali S FR EN Belém Recife Lima BR A Z I L PERU La Paz Brasélia Salvador Belo Horizonte Rio de Janeiro ~ Sao Paulo BOLIVIA PARAGUAY CHILE Cordoba Santiago Pôrto Alegre URUGUAY Montevideo Buenos Aires ARGENTINA FALKLAND/MALVINAS ISLANDS South Georgia extraordinary islands 1st Edition 500 By Julie Duchaine, Holly Hughes, Alexis Lipsitz Flippin, and Sylvie Murphy Contents Chapter 1 Beachcomber Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Aquatic Playgrounds 2 Island Hopping the Turks & Caicos: Barefoot Luxury 12 Life’s a Beach 14 Unvarnished & Unspoiled 21 Sailing...
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...government partnered with the international diamond company DeBeers and created a business relationship that would leave Botswana with the fastest growing economy in the world (Kilgour, 2000). Even though the mining of diamonds is the mainstay in Botswana, tourism is an economic contributor. The Kalahari Desert draws a high amount of tourism interest due to the diversity of species in the Okavango Delta and has become a top safari destination. Botswana’s economic success has allowed for improvement in its infrastructure and educational opportunities not previously available within the country (Mbaiwa, 2003). The government lacks corruption and is revered as the safest country in Africa. Mauritius is a small island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa near Madagascar. It also was a previous colony of Great Britain and gained independence in...
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... Living in a world where humans are no longer required to perform any menial task, while they have technology to keep them entertained as they do their work means that humans are too dependent on technology. It also means that they don’t know how much control technology has towards them. One of the most common threads in Harrison Bergeron, August 2026, and The Pediatrician is that technology is taking over and destroying society. Technology is is becoming one of the greatest culprits in all of humankind. Any society shouldn’t let the use of technology control their lives for it can decrease a human’s brain function, it can control the lives of others all of a sudden, and it can rule all of society the more it’s being used. In the movie, Harrison Bergeron, the main theme of this film is that “The power of technology can decrease a human’s brain function.” It’s the year 2053. An American government forces all citizen to wear headsets that decreases their brain function. Apparently Harrison Bergeron shows signs of intelligence. He’s been held back for four years and still keeps receiving A’s when C’s are the desired grade. He is believed to be a different person than everyone else. Although, in his society, everyone is meant to be equal. Before he undergoes a lobotomy, some of the agents of a secret intellectual society free Harrison and give him the opportunity to live in a place where his life can be creative and be around interesting people. In the story, August 2026, the main...
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...Gehlhaus’ article, “Brave New World: The Cost of Stability”, he discusses that imaginativeness is one of the costs to a stable world, saying, “Huxley shows that when the citizens were either alone or had a moment of free time, creative forces tended to creep out. This is when it was most opportune to take soma tablets, when the individual is conscious of being an individual.”( Gehlhaus 1998). Helmholtz is a victim of having a wild imagination. Having a high scholarly job, he is expected to research and share his findings, however, during that process, he explores more than what the society intends. The only socially acceptable time to be alone is during a soma holiday. Because Helmholtz jeopardizes the utopias stability, he is sent to an island. Soma will distract an individual from wanting...
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...Since the island of Madagascar has always been of great interest to me because of its exclusivity and biodiversity I was drawn to the vignette in Chapter 9. The fourth largest island in the world, situated in the Indian Ocean; Madagascar is home to an extraordinary variety of plants an animal species. As the text states, 85% of plant species and 90% of animal species are endemic to the island. Home to 21 million people, Madagascar’s numerous ethnic and religious groups only embellish the nation’s vivid diversity. We must take into account the islands geographic history to understand its biodiversity today. Madagascar was stuck between what we now know as Africa and South America and what we now know as India on the Gondwanaland supercontinent....
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