1 . 1 3 . 1 9 4 1; Too old. Too young. Too short. Too tall. I could not understand how the Nazis could just kill. They killed mercilessly and without thought. They murdered simply because someone was too different. They took people away for being too Jewish. My family was too Jewish. My parents were too old. My brothers and I were holding each other tight‚ trying our best not to think of the events of just hours before. We focused on everything around us—the little warmth in our bodies‚ the sound
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English One November 17‚ 2013 The Common Traveler For most the term traveler can be described as the adventurer‚ or to go to new exotic places frequently‚ or as the person who moves from place to place and never settles down. In order to track down a true traveler one has to seek out these common elements. To begin‚ one must determine what a traveler actually is. A good way to find out what a traveler is would be to look it up in the dictionary‚ ask a friend or do some research. A definition
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One of the most important is the death of Captain Cook. Every year a group of Hawaiians living on the big island of Hawaii would gather together to perform the ceremony of the Makahiki‚ or the Hawaiian New Year Festival. During the ceremony‚ large wooden staves were formed in the shape of the cross and
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Pacific (zone‚ area) ocean‚ Asia pacific‚ pacific rim countries. Origin of the name ‘Pacific’: 1521 Magellan coined the word‚ he thought the ocean was calm that came as a mistake. Ancient maps: Pacific Ocean/ south sea Bougainville‚ la Perouse‚ James Cook: famous explorers. This part of the world was discovered lately. In the middle ages‚ the world was represented in a TO map. Asia‚ Europe‚ Africa. Terrarum Orbis (Latin words) For a long time‚ it was considered as a vacuum: emptiness. It represents
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Climate Change and the Ross River Virus Climate change may be a politically contentious issue‚ but the scientific community has reached a consensus: it is real and the effects could be disastrous (Hughes‚ 2003). Within the next century‚ there will be changes in rainfall patterns‚ rising sea-levels and significant temperature increases‚ as well as the impact these conditions will have on flora‚ fauna and disease transmission (Hughes‚ 2003). Of particular concern to Australia is how these changes
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marketing method for one of the Travel and Tourism organisation. Introduction- Thomas Cook is one of the European tour operators which are well known in holiday travel industry. The company offers more than thousand domestic and outbound destinations around the world. Thomas Cook package holidays associates with various brands which are; Neilson Ski & Snowboard‚ Manos‚ Airtours‚ Thomas Cook Flights‚ Thomas Cook holidays and Sunset (thomascook.com‚ 2012). PEST analysis: Political: It is a fact
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looking for a diverse lifestyle elsewhere plays a major role in the decline in communal life in the Pacific. People want to experience a different way of life from the traditional communal way of living (Stahl & Appleyard‚ 2007). For example‚ Cook Islanders that still reside in a communal way of living‚ everything from chores to eating and entertainment are done together with the other members of the family or community‚ but many are pulling away from this way of life because they prefer to
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Olson speaks of the extreme diversity tourist encounter as soon as they arrive at a Hawaiian airport. He states‚ “Once out of the airport‚ they encounter what is probably the most genetically mixed population in the world. To the genes of Captain Cooks sailors and the native Polynesians has been added the DNA of European missionaries” (Olson 251). Through this statement‚ Olson is trying to give a picture of the extreme amount of diversity throughout these islands which was influenced by James Cook’s
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Island and the way they may have been constructed and transported. In ideas they believe the people of the island worshiped the statues as a resource or religion. Everybody who tells this story sees it in a different perception but if you asked Captain Cook he think he will know the answer. “What Happened On Easter Island- A New Scenario” Summary Easter Island is about 64 square miles in the South Pacific Ocean‚ and is located around 2‚300 miles from Chile’s West Coast and 2‚500 miles east of Tahiti
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for the new colony to set up; America became out of the question after they had chosen to become an independent country and after attempts to settle in Africa had failed‚ they were forced to choose Botany Bay in New Holland (Australia). Captain James Cook had reported that Botany Bay was a suitable place for settlement after he had sailed the East Coast of Australia in 1770. Out of the eleven ships headed for Botany Bay‚ six were transporting convicts‚ there were a total of 756 convicts and 200 of
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