Rhode Island is a small state in New England best known for its picturesque Colonial towns and its sandy shores. While the state exudes charm and pleasantries‚ it actually is facing quite the ugly battle. This war is being fought against substance abuse and mental illness‚ which are putting the health and wellness of Rhode Island residents at risk. Marijuana in Rhode Island: In recent studies‚ residents admitted to using marijuana in the past month. The amount of people equaled 14% of individuals
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Before making landfall on Aiolia Island‚ a strong north wind blew the ship briefly off course towards the island of Delos. In an attempts to rally the moral of my companions after the loss of our friends‚ I ordered the ship to be docked for the night‚ and they were more then happy to oblige. Delos is an island of dense forrest trees‚ so thick one could not peer through the brush. It was difficult finding a clearing large enough to land the ship‚ wise Eurylokhos spotted a break in the foliage. We
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“Before I suffered the loneliness forced upon me on Calypso’s Island‚ I had sojourned on the Island of Zýmosi. My visit lasted merely ten days‚ but a brutal ten days it was. The island overflowed with trees as tall as the mast on a Greek Bireme circa 500 BCE. I slithered my way into the trees‚ hoping to find a soul kind enough to provide Xenia‚ however the maze of trees clouded my view of the path. The miniscule pathway encrusted with dirt and pebbles‚ led to the tree towering over all. My eyes ascended
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Geothermal Energy Being open with the public will move the county and state of Hawaii forward towards the conversion to geothermal energy without repurcutions HILO‚HI-The topic of geothermal energy here on the Big Island has been an on ongoing debate for almost the past two decades. Without personal insight‚ geothermal energy seems to have no negative side to it. “Who wouldn’t want to go green? Isn’t having renewable energy a good thing?” are the type of questions that come to mind when asked
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Short introduction to the movie: The movie “The Island” takes place in the year 2019‚ where rich people can buy a “life-insurance” in form of a clone. The clones live separately under the earth in an old military site‚ where they have no acces to the real world. They have been told that they are the only survivors of a catastrophy that contaminated the whole world. They live separately under the observation of Dr. Merrick‚ the unscrupulous chief of the organisation. The clones are used for their
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substantial economic benefits to a country. But who gains the wealth generated? In recent times tour operators have brought large numbers of tourists to the Cook Islands to enjoy their beauty and the traditional life style. Local people meet this demand in the form of profit generation. Can it be argued that tourism in the Cook Islands has brought wealth and well-being for the majority of the local population? Tourism is also promoted as creating jobs and fostering social relations‚ and in particular
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over a thousand years the Taino people dominated the island of Hispaniola. The Taino people‚ like early civilizations in Europe or China‚ relied on gathering food from the plentiful forests on the Island‚ as well as from fishing. The Taino people‚ based on archaeological evidence‚ also developed farming and cultivated yuca‚ sweet potatoes‚ maize‚ beans and other crops. (Poole‚1) Estimates as to the actual population of the Taino’s on the Island of Hispaniola range from 700‚00 on the low end to up
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my life where everything started taking a turn for the worst. Dear diary‚ today was the most intense day I’ve ever experienced I remember looking back at the scar‚ as it made a huge dent in the island! Ya couldn’t miss it! The plan had broken into pieces‚ so all of us kids were scattered all over the island. The first few people I met was the kid who blew the conch and some fatty that seemed to be the deft one. “There aren’t any grownups. We shall have to look after ourselves” (Golding 33). That was
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In the novel Treasure Island‚ written by Robert Louis Stevenson‚ a young boy named Jim Hawkins must battle against a group of mutineers on an island‚ risking the life of himself and his friends‚ in order to be the first to find Captain Flint’s hidden treasure. The characters’ decisions and traits in Treasure Island demonstrate the theme of greed. Greed is a constant and inordinate craving‚ want‚ or desire for money or possessions; solely for the interests and pleasures of oneself that is often times
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can be “protected”. One resource they lack the most was water they didn’t have any rain for majority of the movie. 2. I believe that Ant Island is a full employment at the beginning of the movie. When the bird is being made everyone is working‚ for example when they made the assembly line‚ they had people on watch and everyone was working. At the end the island is not at full employment because there is no need for it. 3. The graph at the start of the movie would have food as the main product being
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