amputation? B. There are many who are held back in life due to their physical imperfections. Some people will give up on life’s adventures while others decide to make a legacy of their disabilities‚ such as Bethany Hamilton. A once normal girl from Kauai‚ Hawaii‚ now a very inflectional public speaker for amputees. II. Point 1: Bethany survived a shark attack A. she lost an arm B. she survived and stayed positive III. Point 2: Bethany competed in several surf competitions A. She became a professional
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the base known as Pearl Harbor in Oahu‚ Hawaii. This left over 2‚235 military personnel and roughly 68 civilians dead. This attack‚ over 60 years ago‚ was one of the greatest milestones and historical turning point for women in the United States as they would become military nurses. The calm response and skill of these nurses contributed to low post-injury mortality rates during the war. There were only 82 nurses working at three medical facilities in Hawaii on the day of the attack. Here is a quote
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Franklin D. Roosevelt begins by addressing the nation of it’s horrific tragedy that happened at Pearl Harbor. In order to convey this statement he provided all people with a brief summary on what happened the day before. In the opening of his speech‚ Franklin D. Roosevelt stated that the attack brought infamy to the nation. The first rhetorical strategy Roosevelt used would be Patho´s. He said ¨Yesterday‚ December 7th‚ 1941 -- the United States of america of America was suddenly and deliberately
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the evacuation of all Japanese. In the excitement of the moment‚ it was not generally noted that the Roberts Report referred to espionage activities in Hawaii but was silent on the question of sabotage. For months after the release of the Roberts Report it was generally assumed‚ on the west coast‚ that acts of sabotage had been committed in Hawaii‚ despite absolutely conclusive proof from the most authoritative sources that no such acts had been
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Overcoming Forced Transformation Behind each Hawaiian tradition‚ each Korean military wife‚ and each diligent Filipino nurse lays a history of unseen obstacles. The gender-discriminating and racist obstacles these Asian American and Pacific Islander women went through created the path for the senses of agency‚ resistance‚ and resilience used to overcome harsh‚ life changes. What these women have gone through to get to where they are today not only helped shape who they are‚ but also has transformed
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Another perspective in the destruction of culture is that tourism makes local language hard to survive since English has become the most important language in their economical activities. Although the phenomena is mostly because of the immigration and annexation before tourism became huge‚ tourism still promote it further. What is more‚ the identity of the indigenous people has been also threatened by tourism that has a feature of commercialization of culture and tradition‚ cultural prostitution as Trask
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Traffic goes toward the downtown and Waikiki areas in the morning and away during evening rush hour" Driving to work will be a big problem‚ because as you are driving‚ all the other people are also getting to their work place. "Not that bothered. Hawaii traffic can really get some in a tizzy though. It’s atrocious during rush hours on Oahu. On Maui – not a big deal‚ small spots of traffic during rush hour in Kahului. On Kauai – traffic is non-existent‚ ditto that for Molokai and Lanai. On Big Island
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Visiting the Japanese American Museum was an extremely moving and often gut wrenching roller coaster ride of emotions both of happiness and sadness alike. The stories of triumph were ostensibly plastered along the walls in glass cases‚ but so too were the stories of terror and internment of Japanese Americans on no further grounds than their original origin. The Japanese were interned in barracks to supposedly prevent espionage from the US to Japan. The internment of the Japanese was akin to the
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Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? What was Pearl Harbor? Pearl Harbor was a navy base for the U.S. On December 7‚ 1941 Japanese planes and submarines made a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii. What was the reason behind Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor? There were at least three reasons why the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. There were the U.S. expansion‚ the embargo‚ and Japan’s expansion. The U.S. expansion it helped make the navy bigger. In 1940 president Roosevelt moved U.S. Pacific fleet
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On December 7th‚ 1941‚ Japan attacked the United States at the naval base on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. This horrible attack forced the U.S. to join WWII. President Roosevelt called it “a date which will live in infamy”. Prior to WWII‚ Japan attacked China in the Second Sino-Japanese War. They wanted oil and other resources in Southeast Asia. Japan joined forces with Germany and Italy and became allies. Japan was afraid the U.S. would try to stop them from taking Southeast Asia‚ so they decided to
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