this report will focus on the largest land reclamation project to date‚ the manmade island formed in the shape of a date palm. The island‚ which Dubai has already termed “the eighth wonder of the world‚” adds almost 1‚600 km (1‚000 mi) of additional coastline to Dubai‚ and is formally called the Palm Jumeirah (3). While it is an engineering marvel‚ without extensive research and planning‚ the creation of such an island chain could have severely affected the local environment and coastal eco-system.
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Spratly Islands The Spratly Islands are a group of more than 750 reefs‚[1] islets‚ atolls‚ cays and islands in the South China Sea. The archipelago lies off the coasts of the Philippines and Malaysia (Sabah)‚ about one third of the way from there to southern Vietnam. They comprise less than four square kilometers of land area spread over more than 425‚000 square kilometers of sea. The Spratlys are one of three archipelagos of the South China Sea which comprise more than 30‚000 islands and reefs
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about Montgomery’s animal cargo‚ Prendick unwisely chooses to side with the guy who isn’t the captain of the ship he’s currently residing on rent-free. This doesn’t sit well with Davis‚ and once Montgomery and his cargo are off-loaded on the unnamed island‚ he immediately kicks Prendick to the ocean. Montgomery and his benefactor‚
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What were the Insular Islands? The Insular Islands were a large group of active volcanic islands that are believed to have existed in the Cretaceous period (145-66 million years ago). They were located somewhere in what is now the modern-day Pacific Ocean. It is thought that they formed at least 210 million years before they met their ultimate fate about 115 million years ago‚ which will be discussed later. This massive island chain was located between two prehistoric oceans‚ with the Bridge River
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Illiteracy and its effects. Intro Illiteracy is defined as the inability to read or write. There are purely illiterate; persons who cannot read or write at all and functionally illiterate; persons who can read and possibly write simple sentences with a limited vocabulary. In Malaysia‚ the government provides education in free public school for its citizens but many remain uneducated and illiterate. Illiterate persons are always typically labelled as stupid but in reality some of them are smart
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One of the first colonies to be established‚ Rhode Island is the smallest state in the United States and one of the most densely populated. This state is half the size of the second smallest state‚ Delaware. Rhode Island lacks valuable mineral deposits and fertile farmland. It was the first state to become industrialized‚ especially in the textile and jewelry trade. Rhode Island lies on the beautiful Narragansett Bay‚ and is a popular vacation area to which boaters‚ fishermen‚ and other water-sports
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SPRATLY ISLANDS NEWS Every Filipino should be aware of the real score at the Scarborough Shoal‚ as the situation is getting very serious. In a unilateral act of aggression‚ China recently announced that the Spratly Islands‚ Paracel Islands and Maclesfeild Bank would now be administered by its own political entity called Sansha City. The newly formed administrative body calls for the construction of Chinese military barracks in our islands‚ headed by no less than a Senior Colonel from the Chinese
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Trapped On An Island “I shouted for help… Help! Help! Help! No answer‚ no response‚ not even a single voice‚ but only the hastening sounds of the twist. Wedged on an island‚ no hope‚ no happiness and no family‚ all alone with myself in a deserted island. The only thing I have is the seas surrounding me‚ the dry and humid sand‚ which was good for nothing. All I have left is a precious photograph of my blissful family; they maybe wondering and weeping to God‚ where I might be? It was thanks to
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INTRODUCTION Penang Island was founded in 1786 by a multilingual maverick‚ Captain Francis Light of the British colonial firm‚ the East India Company. The Sir Francis Drake of his day‚ Captain Light envisaged his new town as a harbor for China-bound ships in pursuit of tea and opium. Under Captain Light‚ Penang was given duty-free status and new arrivals were allowed to claim as much land as they could clear. According to one story‚ he ended up bombarding it with silver dollars from cannons
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Marshall Islands By the beginning of 1944‚ United States Marine forces had already made a start on the conquest of areas overrun by the Japanese early in World War II. Successful American assaults in the Southwest Pacific‚ beginning with Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in August 1942‚ and in the Central Pacific at Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands in November 1943‚ were crucial battles to mark the turn of the Japanese conquest. The time had now come to take one more decisive step: assault of the
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