Christian Lopez English 1A Mr. Ahearn May 20‚ 2014 Semester Draft Kankake Island “Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders‚ cherish the natural resources‚ cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage‚ for your children and your children’s children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty‚ its riches or its romance.” – Theodore Roosevelt. In my own words I think Theodore Roosevelt implies that we need to be grateful for the natural wonders
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Shyla Wang 5/27/2024 English 2 Honors Pumpkin Island Chapter 1: Screams explode around me. As the world fades away. I catch glimpses of yellow and red streaking past me. My instincts are telling me to stay still‚ but‚ the catastrophe occurring around me is begging me to run. Before I determine my next action‚ a fiery sensation takes me back. I look down as my ripple of black slowly climbs up my leg. As I try to run‚ I lose my balance and end up landing on something sharp. Realizing I had just impaled
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Shyla Wang 5/27/2024 English 2 Honors Pumpkin Island Chapter 1: Screams explode around me. As the world fades away. I catch glimpses of yellow and red streaking past me. My instincts are telling me to stay still‚ but‚ the catastrophe occurring around me is begging me to run. Before I determine my next action‚ a fiery sensation takes me aback. I look down as my ripple of black slowly climbs up my leg. As I try to run‚ I lose my balance and end up landing on something sharp. Realizing I had just impaled
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earliest days of the British Virgin Islands history‚ Scrub Island has been a harbor. Christopher Columbus was the first European to see the 230 acres (0.93 km2) island which includes Big Scrub (170 acres) and Little Scrub (60 acres). Scrub Island is an example of a thorn-scrub habitat. Scrub Island is formed by volcanic activity. (in class discussion) The future development of this area is likely to cause significant damage to the surrounding natural elements on the island. In order for them to carry out
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The amazing Easter Island is an ancient civilization that started in 700 ad. It slowly grew into a great civilization in that time. The lorax is a movie about a man cutting down trees. It too was a great civilization but it was fictional. How do these two come together you ask hopefully u well know the answer to this question. First‚ the lorax is a fictional movie and book created by Dr. Seuss. It’s a story about a man that sees an opportunity to make money by cutting down trees and making thneeds
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Islands‚ the Universe‚ Home by Gretel Ehrlich begins and ends at her ranch in Wyoming‚ but goes beyond‚ to the Islands off the California coast and to the mountains of Shinto temples in Japan‚ where Ehrlich made a pilgrimage. It was at the Sowell Collection here at Texas Tech where I would be able to do research on a successful author who has archived her work and journeys. Place and people play such a large role in these collections of essays. For Ehrlich‚ the many places she travels becomes her
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Three mile Island What is Three Mile Island? Three Mile Island occurred on March 28‚ 1979 at 4 a.m. It is a accident‚ a partial nuclear meltdown‚ in reactor number 2 of Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station also known as the TMI-2 in Dauphin County‚ Pennsylvania‚ United States. It is known to be the most significant accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history. The incident began when a pressure valve in the Unit-2 reactor failed to close‚ Cooling water‚ contaminated with radiation
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Science Reference Sites: * http://www.cebu.gov.ph * http://www.whrmag.com/cebus-hot-islands * http://www.oneocean.org/ambassadors/migratory_birds/obst/index.html * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olango_Island_Group * http://www.virtualtourist.com/hotels/Asia/Philippines/Province_of_Cebu/Hotels_and_Accommodations-Province_of_Cebu-TG-C-1.html * https://www.facebook.com/pages/Olango-Island/211568655550424 * http://www.hoteltravel.com/philippines/cebu/olango-wildlife-sanctuary-in-cebu
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Fraser Island Passage Analysis The author’s hatred for the wilderness on the island is expressed through literary devices throughout the passage. Having been rained on and in damp and smelly jeans‚ the author and his friend‚ Craig‚ journey into the interior of Fraser Island‚ where he describes it as being a “wasteland” and the “badlands.”The author uses descriptive similes and metaphors‚ cacophonous vocabulary‚ vivid imagery‚ and Craig’s contrasting positive outlook of just how terrible the visit
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The Caribbean islands lie from the Bahamas in the north to Trinidad and Tobago in the south. The largest islands are in the central which include Cuba‚ Haiti‚ the Dominican Republic‚ Jamaica and Puerto Rico. The songs are vary from island to island so there are many types of music in Caribbean islands. Also their music culture has rich and diverse history. Jamaican mento‚ the Salsa‚ and the Puerto Rico Aguinaldo are the genres of Caribbean music. The music of Caribbean was started by the Native American
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