The apocalyptic themes presented in Kaiju films are heavily related to the America use of atomic bombs on Japan. As the Americans are seen as the reason for the rise of Godzilla‚ they in turn are seen as the destroyers of Oda and Tokyo. This can be seen as a very direct way of blaming the Americans for the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the subsequent reign of terror and mass censorship that followed. For a period of seven years‚ during the occupation of Japan by American forces‚ censorship
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The Planet Is Heating Up—and Fast Glaciers are melting‚ sea levels are rising‚ cloud forests are drying‚ and wildlife is scrambling to keep pace. It’s becoming clear that humans have caused most of the past century’s warming by releasing heat-trapping gases as we power our modern lives. Called greenhouse gases‚ their levels are higher now than in the last 650‚000 years. We call the result global warming‚ but it is causing a set of changes to the Earth’s climate‚ or long-term weather patterns
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is the greatest international conflict to ever occur; not because it was good‚ but because of its scale. It consisted of most‚ if not all of the world’s major powers of the time. Fighting took place from the beaches of Normandy in France to Midway Atoll in the pacific. There were many causes that led to this extensive war‚ one being the failure of the League of Nations to stop the aggression of the Third Reich‚ and another being the policy of appeasement‚ which failed to satisfy Hitler’s desire to
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kid a gazing at the stars ‚wondering the beauty of the twinkling light in the black sky‚ I never knew that someday I will be between the stars staring at the planet in which I was born in. I will never forget my first view of the earth; it was of atolls and clouds. Close to the window I could see that this pacific scene in motion was rimmed by the great curved limb of the earth. I held my breath‚ but something was missing. Here was a tremendous visual sight‚ but viewed in silence. There was no grand
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largest search ever conducted by the U.S. Navy for a single missing plane sighted neither plane nor crew. Later searches since that time have been equally unsuccessful. In 1992 an expedition found certain objects‚ a shoe and a metal plate‚ on the small atoll of Nikumaroro south of Howland‚ which could have been left by Earhart and
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international conflict that many people are waiting to happen. Admit it‚ people love peace but they wanted something to talk about‚ something indifferent‚ something freaky. Enough of that. Spratly Islands are actually a group of remote islets‚ cays‚ atolls‚ shoals‚ and reefs. There are a total of 750‚ most of which are uninhabited‚ formations which lie in the West Philippine Sea – the South China Sea as known internationally. The said chain of islands is claimed by China‚ Taiwan‚ and Vietnam. China
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the Spratly for centuries among the republic of China and many of the ASEAN states‚ namely Malaysia‚ Vietnam‚ and the Philippines and Brunei1 . The South China Sea total area is 1.4 million square miles of ocean land and hundreds of small islands‚ atolls‚ rocks‚ and shoals with a cumulative land area of about six square miles.2 This area is full of resources‚ an unknown amount of oil and gas. These resources are difficult to develop and so
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Another positive impact on depending on processed food is economic. It provides opportunities for Pacific Island countries to improve its local economy in exportation of more products into global markets. More so‚ people on low lying Islands and coral atolls depend on processed food because there is lack of crops and none availability of plants because of global warming. This will urge consumers to venture into businesses which contribute towards national economy. “For many women in developing countries
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It was the year of 1751 and John Sampson (a British explorer who visited Africa and then went to the Islands east of Africa) was visiting the Aldabra Atoll and looking for Giant Aldabra Tortoises to take home as trophies. John Sampson was a very independent person and wanted to do everything quickly. He was wandering towards a mountain when he found an Aldabra Tortoise‚ disposed of it‚ and then took its shell. As he jumped with glee he landed in soft ground and then fell into a hole. He tumbled
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Book Report Paul D’Arcy‚ The People of the Sea: Environment‚ Identity‚ and History in Oceania (Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press‚ 2006) 292 pages $22.50 In D’Arcy’s “The People of the Sea” he talks about the maritime dimension of Remote Oceania’s history on the period from 1770 until 1870. The study emphasizes Pacific Islanders varied relationships with the sea as evolving processes during an era of crucial transition”. This was the period as the eve of Western contact‚ but D’Arcy focuses
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