took a family trip there and they did many fun things I would like to try. IV. Preveiw: Bora Bora Island which is part of the Society Islands of French Polynesia is located in the Southern Pacific Ocean. It is approximately 160 miles northwest of Tahiti and about 2‚600 miles south of Hawaii. Something intresting to know about Bora Bora is that after the bombing of Pearl Harbor the United States entered World War II and the U.S. chose Bora Bora as a South Pacific military supply base‚ and an oil depot
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“It was the collective effect of all the causes of the French Revolution that finally caused the people to rise up.” History Essay Lara Ismael Nogueira Martha I truly believe it was the collective effect of all the causes of the French Revolution that finally caused the people to rise up. In 1789 the people of France were suffering under the rule of Louis XVI‚ who used the countries money to provide him and his family the most luxurious life imaginable‚ while the people starved. The political
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the Legislative Commission of 1767-8 and the Nakaz. What ideas were put forth? What was the role of Catherine the Great? For whom were these changes discussed and debated? 1) In December 1766‚ Catherine II called upon the free "estates" (nobles‚ townspeople‚ state peasants‚ Cossacks) and central government offices to select deputies to attend a commission to participate in the preparation of a new code of laws. The purpose of the commission was therefore consultative; it was not intended to
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of defining the basic set of emotions is culture related. Below are some examples: Germans: Schadenfreude‚ a feeling of pleasure over another person’s difficulties. Japanese: Hagaii‚ a mood of vulnerable heartache colored by frustration. In Tahiti: Musu‚ a feeling of reluctance to yield to unreasonable demands made by one’s parents. Finding these emotions doesn’t mean that people of other cultures do not experience them. The Roots of Emotions If we look closely at our language‚ we will
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Top 10 Tourist Attractions In The World The most beautiful places in the world‚ attracting hundreds of tourists each year‚ these places are termed as the world’s natural heritage by UNESCO. The scenic beauties offer such a soothing sight that even shows in the pictures. 10. The Tasmania Island An island at the edge of the world‚ the Tasmania Island is a natural paradise. Tasmania is Australia’s island state lying approximately 240 km south of the state of Victoria in the South Pacific Ocean. Tasmania
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In 2010‚ Chevron was the fourth largest producer in the region. In February 2011‚ Chevron celebrated the production of its 5 billionth barrel of Permian Basin oil. The Gulf of Mexico is where the company’s deepest offshore drilling takes place at Tahiti and Blind Faith. It also explores and drills the Marcellus Shale formation under several North Eastern US states. Downstream Chevron’s downstream operations manufacture and sell products such as fuels‚ lubricants‚ additives and petrochemicals. The
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Study of French Culture Final Essay Introduction When looking through French history during the Versailles Period‚ there’s something attracts me a lot: it seems that “mistress” plays an important role throughout the history. It’s an interesting phenomenon as the word “mistress” tends to be related with “secret” in many cultures. While in French culture‚ there’s even a word “Maîtresse-en-titre” which means “official mistress” 1. It seems that you cannot speak about a king without
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Western Samoa (now independent Samoa). The Manu’a Islands of American Samoa has one of the oldest histories of Polynesia‚ accompanying the Tui Manua title‚ connected with the histories of the archipelagos of Fiji‚ Tonga‚ the Cook Islands‚ Tokelau‚ Tahiti‚ and elsewhere in the Pacific‚ where Manu’a once had influence. During the Tongan
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to the waistline that spread when the stays are worn‚ giving the hips room. They prevent the waistband of the skirt from crawling under the stays‚ and the waistline of the stays from digging into the flesh. There are stays that lace at the back (Diderot calls them corps fermé‚ closed stays) and those that lace across a stiff stomacher in front (corps ouvert‚ or open stays). Examples that lace both back and front (but not over a stomacher) are quite rare. Stays that lace in front only are even rarer
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seen as the reflection of a totally negative and unprincipled political greed in political literatüre and ‘Machiavellism’ turned into an accusive policy as “everything is allowable for an aim” rather than a thought system. Big philosophers like Diderot‚ Rousseau‚ Fichte and Hegel tried to
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