just loves surfing for what it is‚ never gives up and always sticks with the ocean.” (Turner 1) Bethany Hamilton was a born soul surfer on February 8‚ 1990‚ and born on the island of Lihue‚ Hawaii. Bethany has two older brothers‚ Noah and Timmy Hamilton. Her parents are both surfers‚ which is how they met in Hawaii.(“Bethany Hamilton” Gale Database 1) Ever since Bethany was a little kid she’s always wanted to be a Pro Surfer‚ and her life goal to be one. When the shark attack happened‚ people thought
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defeat the Japanese and their allies like Germany . This attack led the United States to World War II. The United States was placed in that situation because the Japanese did not even send any warnings that they were going to attack Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The pearl harbor attack start very early in the morning‚ seven december of 1941. Pearl harbor was a surprise attack that lead the united states entered the world war 2. The attack to pearl harbor start like at 7 or 8 am‚ the japanese
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Honolulu Waste Problem: City Struggles To Find A Place For Its 1.6 Million Tons Of Annual Garbage Gigantic piles of shrink-wrapped garbage have been moldering in the heat of a Hawaii industrial park for more than five months‚ waiting for a place to be shipped. That wait appeared to end Monday when city officials inked a deal to dispose of the 40 million-pound pile of odious rubbish over the next six months by mostly burning it in an existing waste-to-power plant. But bigger problems remain for
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atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 followed in the wake of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor” (Takaki 137). Following the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor‚ President Roosevelt approved the evacuation of more than 20‚000 Japanese Americans living in Hawaii. He did this because he saw the Japanese as “dangerous” and thought that they gave information to the Japanese military about Pearl Harbor‚ which helped them plan the attack. FDR wasn’t the only government official to feel this way. Many government
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the “Heathens” from sin. The missionaries began to gain influence in the native government. Eventually the U.S. government decided to annex the islands for the use of the harbors. In the article “One Hundred Years of Colonization in Hawaii‚” Poka Laenui describes Hawaii after the colonization. “Schools became recycling institutions for ripping out native identities and replacing them with American identities. Students were told to drop their indigenous names and take up American names‚ to speak English
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white kid in Kahuku I always felt I was not one of the haole people who were ignorant and foolish in their understanding of "native issues" I thought that I was instilled with the values of respecting our aina and my desire to understand olelo Hawaii was a characteristic that set me apart from my peers. As a teenager‚ I always had more respect for local people and minorities‚ infact‚ to me‚ white people never helped at all in my growth into an adult. The people that hurt me the worst were my white
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University of Hawaii (UH) Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Program‚ those who formed the Varsity Victory Volunteers (VVV)‚ and those who formed Hawaii ’s very own 100th Infantry Battalion and the famed 442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT). Although it is common knowledge that Americans discriminated against Asians prior to World War II‚ the spark of anti-Japanese sediment and hatred can be‚ without questioned‚ tied to the actions of the Empire of Japan on December 7‚ 1941‚ against Hawaii‚ then an
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Summary on Father Damien of Molokai¡¦s Life Who was Father Damien? « Father Damien was formally known as Joseph de Veuster « He was born on January 3rd 1840 « Damien was born to a farming couple on Tremeloo Belgium. « He attended college at Brine-le-Comte. « He entered the congregation of the sacred Hearts of Jesus. « He Became a Picpus Brother on October the 7th 1860. « Damien followed his brothers dream‚ now his as well and went into a mission aboard « On the 19th of march 1864‚ he
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Census Tract 78.09 In the middle of the Pacific Ocean lays the biggest chain of islands‚ the Hawaiian Islands‚ and on the Island of Oahu within census tract number 78.07 (figure 1) is my home. This tract is in the southern part of the island and its east boundary is Aiea. This tract is also between two main roads: on the north there is the H-1 freeway‚ and from the south Moanalua Rd.‚ which is also bordered with Pearl Ridge Shopping Center. This tract‚ even though it may not seem like it‚ is
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for things like oil‚ minerals‚ iron and steel‚ along with the expansion of Asia and the Pacific. The summer of 1940‚ President Roosevelt moved the United States Pacific Fleet from their home port in San Diego‚ California to Pearl Harbor located in Hawaii. It was a risky move because Japan wanted to extend into the Pacific. President Roosevelt’s meaning behind the move was to demonstrate the power behind the naval military that the United States had in the Pacific region. With Japan trying to become
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