unfortunately it only grows in Antigua it is not found in the United States. What is cool about the pineapple in Antigua‚ you could find them growing in small patches on the side of the road. I’ve heard Hawaii has the best pineapple grown in the United States. Someday I would love to go to Hawaii just to try the pineapple. As a college student‚ I still continue to go to the grocery store and buy a whole pineapple to cut up and have it fresh in my dorm‚ but it will never compare to the taste of those
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Lava is the molten rock that is found on or above the Earth’s surface. When given the assignment to write on a specific volcano‚ I chose to write about Mount Kilauea . The volcano Mount Kilauea is located in the state of Hawaii and it can be found on Hawaii ’s biggest island which is Mauna Loa. In the Hawaiian language the name Kilauea means “spewing” or “much spreading” because of the mountain’s constant outpouring of lava (Wikipedia). Mount Kilauea has been expelling lava on
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autobiographical narrative form which discusses about his family and the lessons he has learned throughout his life from his childhood to his adulthood. He describes about how his father’s death affects him and being as a myth to him since his first visit to Hawaii to see Obama when he was young‚ about how both of his parents met and fell in love to each other‚ and about how he learns to love rather than to hate the people around him and the experiences he goes through his life. In the beginning of the story
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well. The catastrophic eruption of Mauna Kea underwater provided the beautiful paradise that is now Hawaii. Now many people and animals thrive on that island and many use it as a vacation spot. The Earth has both creative and destructive powers. That is even evident with the 2004 Earthquake in East Asia and the following tsunami‚ and the creation of new islands such as the aforementioned Hawaii and the up and coming "Loihi" which is currently on the hotspot in the Pacific. Living on the Ring
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Others ways of thinking also worked against the Americans and contributed to the tragedy at Pearl Harbor. It was thought that keeping the United States Pacific fleet in Hawaii instead of California would actually discourage a Japanese attack (At Dawn We Slept 37) Many Americans thought that Hawaii was an invincible fortress and was too well defended for the Japanese to attack. (At Dawn We Slept 96-97) The question was “will the Japanese attack?” instead of “can they attack?”. It was thought that
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Kasha Haugh Final Draft (Revised) 4-14-10 WR90 Descriptive Essay Perfect Vacation The perfect vacation spot is Hawaii during the Christmas season at the Waikiki Hilton Hotel and Resort. Located on the main island of Hawaii‚ the exquisite monument sits right on the beach surrounded by beautiful golden colored sand. Miles of sandy beach can be seen coiling around the island as gigantic waves come crashing down on to shore. The most breathtaking view of the Pacific Ocean
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flow‚ and pyroclastic material made up of ash and other debris. These types of volcanoes have a tendency to have very explosive eruptions and pose a great many problems for people and animals nearby1. This is in contrast to the volcanoes found in Hawaii which have slow flowing lava eruptions and few if any massive explosions. Mount St. Helens is formed by a subduction zone where the Juan de Fuca Plate plunges beneath the North American Plate causing the uplifting of the Cascade Mountains. The last
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before entering my freshman year of high school was one of the most memorable and completely magical summers of my life due to the fact that my family and I went on an amazing vacation together. We all decided to take a wonderful two week vacation to Hawaii. We stayed on the beautiful island of Maui because my aunt decided to get married there. My aunt’s wedding was one reason we stayed on Maui but also because Maui is less populated with tourists then any of the other islands. There were many other
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family from small-town Kansas to the Hawaiian islands; the love that develops between his mother and a promising young Kenyan student‚ a love nurtured by youthful innocence and the integrationist spirit of the early sixties; his father’s departure from Hawaii when Barack was two‚ as the realities of race and power reassert themselves; and Barack’s own awakening to the fears and doubts that exist not just between the larger black and white worlds but within himself. Propelled by a desire to understand
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December 7‚ 1941 will go down as one of the worst days in American history. On this day more than 2‚400 Americans were killed and over 1‚100 were injured. On this day‚ Japan launched a surprise‚ military‚ aerial attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The next day the United States declared war on Japan and eventually led to the country’s entry into World War II. The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor for many reasons. One reason was because the embargo the U.S. put in place against Japan. This embargo
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