INTRO Easter island also known as Rapa Nui‚ is located 4300 miles southeaste of Hawaii and covers roughly 64 square miles in the South Pacific Ocean. Scientists have discovered evidence that Râpa nui was first settled by polynésien fishermen. They had the disadvantage of living in one of the most fragile environment‚ at the highest risk of deforestation. Witch ment it wasn’t a very sastainable environment. The polynésiens came from the Asia tiwon aria and accsedently got to the island then they planed
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A Position On The Spiral: In Potiki‚ by Patricia Grace‚ Dollarman and the Maori people have two different definitions of time in their culture. Dollarman views the Maori culture as “looking back‚ looking back‚ all the time” (93). “Looking back” for Dollarman implies regression‚ whereas moving forward would mean building his complex. He states that the Maori are becoming “a slave to past things. And to superstition . . . and all that . . . hoo-ha” (94). Dollarman does not understand the cultural
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SPECIFIC PURPOSE: I would like to inform the class about the history‚ development and effect of tattoos on society. As well as… THESIS STATEMENT: Understanding the tattoo’s origin‚ purpose and safety measures that will help students make an informed and healthy decision about their own possible tattoos. INTODUCTION I. ATTENTION GETTER: Catherine Grognard once said‚ “The tattoo[ed body] is a unique object- a naïve and provocative moving fresco.”
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Paikea is able to sit in her dad’s waka with Koro at her side and she leads them off in a chant. As the waka leaves all the villagers gather around the beach with excitement and perform a ritual ceremony as the waka heads out to sea celebrating the new heir to the chief. None of this would have been possible had Pai not fought traditions and had the determination to become the leader of the
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After WW2‚ Australia felt that the population was too small to defend itself in case of another event. It also felt that Australia needed an economic boost and an increase in the population was the way to do so. In a speech to parliament in 1944‚ Immigration Minister Arthur Calwell expresses the need for migrants; “…Only by filling this land can we establish a title to hold it” (House of Representatives‚ Debates‚ 1944‚ vol. HR177‚ p.935). The Chifley Labor government’s aim in the late 1940s was
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The challenge to belong may be resisted or embraced. How is this explored in your prescribed text and one other related text of your own choosing? Within the text “Immigrant Chronicle” by Peter Skrzynecki‚ belonging is thoroughly explored‚ and is both resisted and embraced‚ not simply one or the other. This is also evident throughout the movie Whale Rider‚ directed by Niki Caro. The authors express this notion of belonging through a variety of themes including culture‚ family and schooling. These
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primary human right is life and to lead this life wherever desirable‚ where it is possible to live the most freely‚ easily and in complete security. In order to do this‚ people move across the world‚ voluntarily or forcibly‚ in the search for this new place. Migration is the movement of people from one place in the world to another‚ due to vital reasons for a better quality of life: political reasons and economic reasons. We know certainly two basic trends that are the base for migration. The first
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In Nation‚ by Terry Pratchet‚ on a boat not far from where Mau was trouble was brewing. On an island called “the island of boys”‚ a distant wave grew larger than any other wave ever named. This was later called “The Wave” by all of the islanders that arrived in the aftermath of the wave on the island called the Nation. The main characters are named Mau and Daphne‚ both around 14‚ Mau being the islander and Daphne the “Trousermen”‚ basically anyone not from the island that wore clothes. Mau was able
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CHAPTER 1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Migration was existed a long‚ long time ago. Biblically‚ Moises led his flock of believers to the Promised Land and several others followed. On the other hand‚ the Greeks also had theirs and called it “diaspora” which means dispersal. The Britons’ conquest of the United States of America‚ Canada‚ Australia and South Africa were even considered as another form of migration. In the present day‚ Asians were rank highest in terms of the most number of migrants‚ either
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formed the Optical Distortion Lens Inc. in 1965. They invented a revolutionary product‚ a lens for chickens that would stop the cannibalization between chickens and received a patent on it. In 1973‚ Optical Distortion got into an agreement with New World Plastics (manufacturer of hydrophilic polymer‚ which eliminates the irritation problem) which spun-off the products into the markets. This paper will first take a closer look at the ODI lens‚ will then discuss into what geographical regions
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