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    Honolulu Waste Problems

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    Honolulu Waste Problem: City Struggles To Find A Place For Its 1.6 Million Tons Of Annual Garbage Gigantic piles of shrink-wrapped garbage have been moldering in the heat of a Hawaii industrial park for more than five months‚ waiting for a place to be shipped. That wait appeared to end Monday when city officials inked a deal to dispose of the 40 million-pound pile of odious rubbish over the next six months by mostly burning it in an existing waste-to-power plant. But bigger problems remain for

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    atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 followed in the wake of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor” (Takaki 137). Following the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor‚ President Roosevelt approved the evacuation of more than 20‚000 Japanese Americans living in Hawaii. He did this because he saw the Japanese as “dangerous” and thought that they gave information to the Japanese military about Pearl Harbor‚ which helped them plan the attack. FDR wasn’t the only government official to feel this way. Many government

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    white kid in Kahuku I always felt I was not one of the haole people who were ignorant and foolish in their understanding of "native issues" – I thought that I was instilled with the values of respecting our ‘aina and my desire to understand ‘olelo Hawaii was a characteristic that set me apart from my peers. As a teenager‚ I always had more respect for local people and minorities‚ infact‚ to me‚ white people never helped at all in my growth into an adult. The people that hurt me the worst were my white

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    Japanese-American Wwii

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    University of Hawaii (UH) Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Program‚ those who formed the Varsity Victory Volunteers (VVV)‚ and those who formed Hawaii ’s very own 100th Infantry Battalion and the famed 442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT). Although it is common knowledge that Americans discriminated against Asians prior to World War II‚ the spark of anti-Japanese sediment and hatred can be‚ without questioned‚ tied to the actions of the Empire of Japan on December 7‚ 1941‚ against Hawaii‚ then an

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    Summary on Father Damien of Molokai¡¦s Life Who was Father Damien? „« Father Damien was formally known as Joseph de Veuster „« He was born on January 3rd 1840 „« Damien was born to a farming couple on Tremeloo Belgium. „« He attended college at Brine-le-Comte. „« He entered the congregation of the sacred Hearts of Jesus. „« He Became a Picpus Brother on October the 7th 1860. „« Damien followed his brothers dream‚ now his as well and went into a mission aboard „« On the 19th of march 1864‚ he

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    Census Tract

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    Census Tract 78.09 In the middle of the Pacific Ocean lays the biggest chain of islands‚ the Hawaiian Islands‚ and on the Island of Oahu within census tract number 78.07 (figure 1) is my home. This tract is in the southern part of the island and its east boundary is Aiea. This tract is also between two main roads: on the north there is the H-1 freeway‚ and from the south Moanalua Rd.‚ which is also bordered with Pearl Ridge Shopping Center. This tract‚ even though it may not seem like it‚ is

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    for things like oil‚ minerals‚ iron and steel‚ along with the expansion of Asia and the Pacific. The summer of 1940‚ President Roosevelt moved the United States Pacific Fleet from their home port in San Diego‚ California to Pearl Harbor located in Hawaii. It was a risky move because Japan wanted to extend into the Pacific. President Roosevelt’s meaning behind the move was to demonstrate the power behind the naval military that the United States had in the Pacific region. With Japan trying to become

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    Imagine relaxing on a Sunday not thinking anything then‚ out of nowhere the sky turns grey...bombs start dropping‚ people start screaming to evacuate. Well‚ on December 7‚ 1941 in Hawaii...an tragic event like this occurred when the Japanese attacked. We know this event by the 2 words “Pearl Harbor”. You hear about this or learn about this in class and question yourself “Why did Japan Attack Pearl Harbor?” There were at least three reasons why the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. These were Embargo

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    Among several attacks on the United States‚ Pearl Harbor is one of the worst. Pearl Harbor is located on the island of Oahu near Honolulu. The attack on the United States was led by Japanese Admiral Chuichi Nagumo. Also‚ Mitsuo Fuchida was responsible for the coordination of the entire attack. The start of the attack took place on December 7th‚ 1941. Things that were before Pearl Harbor was that Franklin Roosevelt was the president of the United States. The Japanese have been secretly been planning

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    division of the Hawaiian lands. The lands were divided because there was outside sources pressuring the the Board of Commissioners to look into going though this action. The businessmen and traders wanted to the land and from an economic standpoint‚ Hawaii was heading down hill. The land was separated multiple times before the final decision was actually established in 1854. The first division was divided by the Land Commission themselves and they gave a third of the land to each of the three main groups;

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