territories in the Caribbean. By the close of the nineteenth century‚ Manifest Destiny had led to the U.S. acquisition of the outlying territories of Alaska‚ the Hawaiian Islands‚ Midway Islands‚ the Philippines‚ Puerto Rico‚ Guam‚ Wake Island‚ American Samoa‚ the Panama Canal Zone‚ and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Although it resulted in a significant expansion of U.S. territory and made the United States a dominant power in the Western Hemisphere‚ the concept of Manifest Destiny proved contentious among citizens
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Verses (1885) is constantly reprinted. He wrote about the south pacific Sea Islands broadened the imagination of millions of British Readers giving them insight into far lands and strange communities. He wrote the beach of Falesa after he travelled to Samoa in 1889. The edition of the text was reproduced in the Oxford world classic’s edition of south sea tales edited by Roslyn jolly (1996). The beach of falesa was a novella or long short story in south sea tales book. It was a hybrid form that was Longish
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Novo 5. What is Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippeur? Which religion celebrates these holidays? –They are the way the Jewish people celebrate the new year 6. Which two countries were the first to celebrate the New Year and why? -Samoa and Tokelau; they are the first ones to cross the International Date Line 7. What tragedy happened in the Philippines during the New Year celebration? -people were shooting guns and fireworks at people 8. What somber New Year message
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ethical stance‚ what seemed to bring about the most happiness (democracy) in one country (India) didn’t work so well for another (Fiji). Fiji is not the only example worth mentioning. Other Pacific Islands have also struggled with democracy. Tonga‚ Samoa‚ PNG and Cook Islands have their fair share of challenges to democratic governance. Peter Larmour author of “Custom and Democracy in the Pacific Islands” makes good sense in recognizing a significant correlation between political custom and democratic
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In American Samoa‚ there is a competition for high school students to perform in different acts within special categories. It is called the Annual Speech Festival. For three years of my high school experience‚ I have attended all of the speech festival competitions. I have played different roles and acted in other categories such as dual acting‚ dramatic play‚ and monologue. Acting is a whole different world for me. I get to express myself and show what I can perform to the audience. The annual speech
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Discuss the implications and effectiveness of a fat tax for reducing the consumption of high-fat foods? There are many implications and effectiveness of a fat tax an example of this is the ‘fat tax’ has now been enforced by some airlines (such as Samoa Air). ‘Fat tax’ is a dynamic efficiency as it is a new innovation adopted by the company. This might cause the consumer’s demand for high-fat foods to decrease and the price of high-fat foods will decrease. If you take it in the other way the demand
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Whitney Scott Nurse 429V Heritage Assessment March 25‚ 2015 The delivery of health care is specific to the needs of each patient as an individual. In achieving this health care professionals must take into consideration the patients cultural and traditional values. Thru the years many people have mixed within cultures; however‚ most have retained their deep rooted cultural customs‚ values‚ and beliefs. In order to deliver quality care to patients and achieve positive clinical outcomes
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representative may serve. In addition to the 435 voting members‚ there are six non-voting members‚ consisting of five delegates and one resident commissioner. There is one delegate each from the District of Columbia‚ Guam‚ Virgin Islands‚ American Samoa‚ and the Northern Marianna Islands‚ and the residential commissioner from Puerto Rico. In contrast the Senate is made up of two senators from each state‚ regardless of population. There is currently a total of 100 senators (two from each of the 50
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In the summer of 2000‚ Mark Burnett’s experimental reality show‚ Survivor aired on CBS and became a sleeper hit. Phrases such as rat “tasting like chicken‚” and the dreaded “the tribe has spoken‚” entered the American lexicon. Through watching and rewatching seasons of Survivor the evolution of Survivor over the last decade has shown how society has changed its view on race and other biases as well. Black players are no longer viewed as immediately lazy or angry‚ (Jeremy and Tasha from season thirty
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spread of Islam‚ and later created rivalries in Europe. Paper was a valued technique and practice of the Chinese society (Fuller 2). For many people wanted to know how to produce paper (Fuller). The Chinese lost an important‚ the Battle of Talas‚ which was between the Arab Abbasid Caliphate and the Chinese Tang Dynasty fought in 751 AD (Fuller). In consequence of loosing this battle many Chinese prisoners were taken imprisoned (Fuller). Of those that were captured many knew how to produce
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