...Archaeology Dig By: Smith Largent Culture Name: Santu Geography: Warm weather, occasional typhoons, very good soil, Island, smaller islands surrounding it, palm trees, in the Pacific Ocean, manmade and natural made caves. Values: The Santu people value their family and animals they have farms with dogs and cattle and chickens. They do not value money or currency for it has no worth. Traditions: Every blood moon they select the two oldest children of the island to be sent out into the wilderness with a bow, a torch, and cooked chicken meat rapped in palm leaves. First one to return to the island with the biggest game wins. The winner gets to live in a special village side beach served with pina coladas and other delicacies. Religion: They believe that the great god Cthulhu rules the see and the Chupacabra rules the land at night and that the Wendigo rules the forest. They worship all of these creatures for fear if they do not they will be hunted by day and night. They believe if you help throughout the village that when you die you will live in the stars but if you are bad and kill, steal and destroy that you will have a giant boulder tied around your foot and you will be thrown into the ocean and have the feeling of constantly drowning. Economy: The Santu people use basic trading for their economy they do not believe in currency because they believe it has no value. The most valuable tradable items is food and cattle. Family: All Santu people...
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...Kava is a small island country in the South Pacific. Kava has been plagued with unfortunate circumstances that have brought about one disaster after another. This is a country that is in dire need of some help and aid in the situation of getting the country cleaned up and on its way to recovery. My job is to see what I can do with a familiar company to help this country recover and continue on a path of growth and success. Abstract The Walgreens Company is opening a store location on the Pacific Island of Kava. In the analysis phase several problems were identified including how the land and building will be acquired, where the employees will come from and who will provide security are all issues that must be addressed. Walgreens used decision-making tools and techniques to perform the required analysis identifying problems and possible solutions. Brainstorming Decision-making tools and techniques are methods used to help guide one in making decisions. According to University of Phoenix’s decision-making model, framing the problem includes identifying the problem, establishing goals and objectives, and evaluating the impact of the problem (University of Phoenix, 2009a). The executives of the Walgreens Company chose the brainstorming technique to come up with the following options for entering the island country of Kava. Option #1 The first option will analyze the effect of buying bare land and building a new free standing store on the island of Kava. Hiring...
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...The Life and Death of Aldous Huxley Through examining Brave New World, one can infer that Aldous Huxley’s fears of the demise of today’s consumer society, rise in use of technology, and reliance on religion entitled him to express his concerns. From his experiences in Italy under an authoritarian government headed by Mussolini to his late life in California, Mr. Huxley always, “played the role of a critical observer of accepted tradition, customs, social norms, and ideals.”(www.egs.com) Aldous Huxley was born July 26, 1894 in Godalming in southern England into a very successful and scientific family. His father was a school teacher/writer, two of his three brothers were scientist, and his grandfather had been nicknamed “Darwin’s Bulldog”...
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...something to say and the power to say it...”(Huxley p.69) But other people like him get sent away to an island, “All the people who aren’t satisfied with orthodoxy, who’ve got independant ideas of their own.” (Huxley p.227) They rather get rid of them amongst other things than dealing with them. There is also a mention of a hallucination inducing drug that is given out by the government to the citizens called soma, also known as “the perfect drug”. The citizens have been conditioned to rely and take the drug whenever they feel anything but happiness. This shows how much power the World State continues to obtain over the population and they can’t get enough of it. This is not only with adults but starting from when they’re fetuses they’re exposed to chemicals and drugs trying to make them “perfect” before they’re even born. The embryos are kept in incubators where they grow. Not just one but multiple are grown at the same time in one room, they’re manufacturing them by the dozens. “Making ninety-six human beings grow where only one grew before. Progress”( Huxley p.6). There is no such thing as free will, the lives of these people are planned out from the beginning and there’s no way around it. The relationship with God Huxley mentions is something he wants to be true. He hopes and wants to believe there is a God. At one point he is talking to The Savage and Mond about religion, discussing the absence of God now in their modern world. Mond give the argument “‘You can only be independent...
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...CAN WE BATTLE A HURRICANE? Late August and early September of 2004 will long be remembered in the annals of history. It was during this time that the tropical island nation of the Bahamas experienced, in less than a week, the awesome destructive force of Mother Nature. This destruction as the hands of hurricanes Francis and Jeanne, and every island in the chain had a taste of fury, although there were two, Abaco and Grand Bahama that could have been referred to as gluttons. The catastrophic damage left as these hurricane waltzed through the archipelago left many wondering whether we can really be prepared for natural disasters. We know full well that winter winds and seas relocate beaches, summer lightening storms can set fire to pine forest but no one really knows when the fury of a hurricane will land. We must, however, ensure that we are prepared as we cannot afford the 2004 estimate of $500 million every hurricane season. To counteract unexpected onslaughts we must: 1. Have adequate insurance coverage for our buildings and homes. 2. Ensure that elected officials upgrade and the Ministry of Works enforces building codes and 3. Create a viable preparation plan by a) Establishing organized volunteers b) Providing for the loss of work c) Creating rapid response directory d) Preventing shoddy construction e) Improving response time f) Establishing a government sponsored segregated fund No one knows when we may experience another angry hurricane...
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...D'Andre Mickens Mr. Gamwell E Block 7 April 2014 Imperfect Perfect World Some people believe that a utopian world may be better than a less perfect world, yet the imperfections of a utopian society realistically outweighs its ultimate goal of perfection. Perfection is defined as the condition, state, or quality of being free or as free as possible from all flaws or defects. When it comes down to it, a utopian society has many rules and regulations. Yet, if a so called perfect society is so perfect, then there should be no need for any rules or regulations. However, a Utopia's goal of perfection in itself is a contradiction, because of its goal of being "more perfect and less free" (Huxley 1). As a matter of fact a utopian society would be like a heaven on earth. At the same time there is not really a unified view of utopia. All views of utopia involves change which affects human systems and institutions. How can a society aim to be perfect when by definition freedom is needed in order to be perfect. In fact that's something people still find hard to understand and today's society. Have you ever ask yourself what is freedom,it's the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. Foremost this is something they didn't have at the time of the utopian society. Well by definition a utopia is a perfect world where everything is prefect and equal but you have no freedom to do what you want; Basically your life is scripted like a book. However...
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...------------------------------------------------- Lord of the Flies – Citation Exercise An example of how to find text evidence to support a variety of themes, ideas, topics, etc. Chapters 2-3 1) “Nobody knows where we are,” said Piggy. “Perhaps they knew where we was going to; and perhaps not. But they don´t know where we are ‘cos we never got there…… That´s what I was going to say,” he went on, “when you all, all….” He gazed at their intent faces. “The plane was shot down in flames. Nobody knows where we are. We may be here a long time.” (page 37) 2) Ralph waved the conch. “This is our island. It´s a good island. Until the grown-ups come to fetch us we’ll have fun.” (page 38) 3) “And another thing.” He lifted the shell on his knees and looked round at the sun-slashed faces. “There aren’t any grown-ups. We shall have to look after ourselves.” The meeting hummed and was silent. “And another thing. We can’t have everybody talking at once. We’ll have to have ‘hands up’ like at school.” (page 36) 4) Laughing, Ralph looked for confirmation round the ring of faces. The older boys agreed; but here and there among the little ones was the dubiety that required more than rational assurance. (pages 39-40) 5) Then, with the martyred expression of a parent who has to keep up with the senseless ebullience of the children, he picked up the conch, turned towards the forest, and began to pick his way over the tumbled scar. (page 42) 6) “A fat lot you tried,” said Jack contemptuously...
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...Tuvalu - Sinking Tuvalu is a collection of nine small islands in the Pacific Ocean, 620 miles north of Fiji. The total land area of all of Tuvalu’s islands is 10.04 square miles. It has a population of about 10,000 people, 4,500 of which live on the capital island, Funafuti. Because the highest point of Tuvalu is under 5 meters, it is very sensitive to climate change, and there is one problem related to climate change that drastically affects Tuvalu: sea-level rising. In 1989, the United Nations stated that Tuvalu would completely disappear under the ocean in the twenty-first century. Over the years, there have been many clues that Tuvaluan's have picked up telling them that Tuvalu was in danger: Salt water has flooded the shores and killed coconut palms. Many more areas on the islands are flooding. Groundwater is becoming undrinkable due to salt water seepage. Some Tuvaluan residents have been forced to leave the country because of rising sea levels. Floods now occur every month, when they used to occur only twice a year. In 1997, a small island off the rim of Funafuti atoll completely disappeared under the ocean. And Because of salt water seeping into the soil, it is getting hard to grow crops. The nine islands of Tuvalu are facing hard times. The Tuvaluan's land is slowly disappearing into the ocean. They have diminishing water and are having trouble growing food. The problem is, there’s almost no way to help them. There have been treaties in the past...
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...This is the story about a girl who lives within a collection of tiny islands. Each island has a god-speaking leader that sends one child from every household on a boat to one of the uninhabited islands. They do this in the hopes that they will come back as warriors. But the children are told that they will be sent to the afterlife to greet their ancestors and live in harmony with them. The girl is set on a raft, and the raft lands on an island several miles away from original. There she encounters a large ape like creature that she follows around and starts to like. They eventually become friends and she spends 15 years of her life with him, eventually leaving the island on the same raft. As she turns back, she sees that the creature turned to stone once she left. And she looks forward towards her new future off the island. A old important man of a prominent royal family dies, and secrets from his past are recovered bit by bit. As both sides of his family prepare for the funeral, there’s a big debate over how he should be buried based on his conflicting religious views. What if different types of hatred or prejudice were characterized as monsters? And depending on how big and evil the hatred was made the monster uglier, scarier, smarter and harder to destroy. What if there was a group of people dealing with different forms or hatred and prejudice that had to fight these monsters for the sake of their people or community. The process of them being defeated and learning more...
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...Currently, Neomonachus Schauinslandi, commonly known as Hawaiian monk seals are the only pinnipeds living within proximity of the United States (Lowry et al., 2011). They are the only seals that are native to the Hawaiian Islands. Their only close relatives are Caribbean monk seals, which are extinct today, and the endangered Mediterranean monk seal (Lowry et al, 2011). With the Polynesian settlement, the society within the island grew, causing a change in the natural ecosystems that marine mammal, like Hawaiian monk seals, survive and thrive peacefully in. However, it later changed to fit societal needs and standards once humans discovered the Island. The Hawaiian monk seal population is declining at a rate of about four percent per year (Watson et al., 2011)....
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...Throughout history, the technological world has continued to evolve and grow to new heights. Sometimes, these technological advancements are controversial and present a multitude of issues that make call into question its benefits. Aldous Huxley’s novel, Brave New World, features the birth of babies in artificial wombs as an alternative to natural pregnancies. Huxley describes new problems arising such as Although this controversial device could be available in the far future, it is currently only being researched as a way to treat and care for premature babies who would not survive outside of the womb. With these new technologies, it is possible to have positive impacts on the health of unborn babies without encountering negative effects such as lack of pregnancies, equality differences, and abortion rights. First of all, the artificial womb would not be used as a pregnancy alternative and would not effect the way a normal pregnancy goes. It is a dystopian fear that the artificial womb will replace natural pregnancies and babies will be grown instead of being born, but this fear is “all pure fantasy” (Flake). The ectogenesis discussed in Brave New World is not going to become a reality because this device is being created with the goal of treating premature infants “who are already receiving intensive care in NICUs across the country” (Talpos). Artificial wombs are only around to help these children who are in critical condition. Furthermore, the artificial womb presents potentially...
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...Savages believe in a god; this is a matter of politics to the World State. Soma is “Christianity without tears” (238). This drug and religion are very similar in the ways they affect people. Both are involved in common conversation, both employ people with a type of safety, both help people cope with tragedies, both are ways of controlling society. This metaphor shifts the attention to the sacrifices and pain involved with Christianity. Soma would never make anyone upset, except for John and Bernard who realize its faults. John’s religion also asks for men to have pain inflicted on them to “prove himself” to their leaders and deities (171). The World State aims for the people to stay as safe as possible, and a savaged religion cannot provide that. Hence, traditional religions and God is replaced with the industrialization of society; science isn’t necessarily...
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...Soma reduces one’s mind’s ability to have sad or angry thoughts, in turn making everyone happy. One of the most essential aspects of a socially stable environment is ensuring that everyone feels satisfied, something that soma succeeds in accomplishing. Furthermore, happiness will prevent discontent with the governmental system, which in essence will keep the World State safe from uprisings by the citizens. Lenina, one of the main characters in Huxley’s Brave New World, relies heavily on soma to maintain her jubilancy. Huxley aids in Lenina’s character development through her display of considerable discomfort on her journey through the Savage Reservation with Bernard, another main character. As she watches the savages perform a sort of ritual,...
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...“Islands are fragile” (O’Riodan, 2009). The delicate and sensitive entities of islands need to be managed by the stakeholders in a sustainable way in order to maintain the natural and cultural environment. Sustainable tourism is defined as “tourism that is economically viable but does not destroy the resources on which the future of tourism will depend, notably the physical environment, and the social fabric of the host community.” (Brent, R., 2003). Islands suffer from special problems such as their limited carrying capacity, their lack of product diversity, their history, their peripheral and isolated nature, as well as having large endemism in regard to species. These problems can have diverse and wide ranging effects on stakeholders’ abilities to set up sustainable tourism projects. Space or carrying capacity is a major constraint on the creation of sustainable tourism projects. There is, as Bramwell (2004) suggests, an absolute restricted resource base which should act as a restrictive band on development and prevent sprawling unsustainable development. Developers and tour operators are at loggerheads with environmental agencies over this, as they are seeking quick short term profits with disregard for the future of the islands. This is shown in Bali, Indonesia on ‘Rama Beach’ the sea is littered with dead fish, oil and litter from the Rama beach hotel (personal obvs., 2010). This detracts from the selling points of an island resort (sun, sea and sand). Butler’s (1980)...
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