...Summary June and Day arrive in Vegas just as the unthinkable happens: the Elector Primo dies, and his son Anden takes his place. With the Republic edging closer to chaos, the two join a group of Patriot rebels eager to help Day rescue his brother and offer passage to the Colonies. They have only one request—June and Day must assassinate the new Elector. It’s their chance to change the nation, to give voice to a people silenced for too long. But as June realizes this Elector is nothing like his father, she’s haunted by the choice ahead. What if Anden is a new beginning? What if revolution must be more than loss and vengeance, anger and blood—what if the Patriots are wrong? Review Note: This review will have slight spoilers for ‘Legend’ as well as ‘Prodigy’ so go read these wonderful books and then come back and discuss all of the things! What I liked (Besides the obvious, June and Day) Kaede: We get to see Kaede in this book. I know that some people are a little wary about her but for some reason I love her as a character and I’m glad we got to see her. The Tunnel Scene: I loved this scene because it shows that Day and June are real people. They pick fights and they have flaws. What I didn’t like Tess: I actually loved Tess in Legend but in Prodigy she was just really whiny and desperate to win Day’s heart. Like just kill her off already. Anden: I can see why people like Anden because he is nice and I think he really cares about June. I just didn’t...
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...Did you know that The Patriot movie is not really historically accurate. In fact The Patriot movie did not even have accurate characters. The movie has historical facts and events that has happened in the Revolutionary War, but it is only somewhat accurate. I say this because Benjamin Martin was not an actual a person in history. Benjamin Martin is a character who was supposed to represent Francis Marion. In the movie the Battle of Cowpens did not result in Colonel Tavingtons death. Lastly General Cornwallis had surrendered in the movie like historical facts. First, Benjamin Martin was not a historical character. Benjamin Martin is a colonist in the movie who was going against the taxes like everyone else. But at this time his son was going into the war with the Patriots. But soon as they got back from a battle, there were plenty of injured soldiers and Benjamin allowed them to stay at his home. But Tavington came with a British fleet and said his son was caught spying and they were...
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...Rachel Banes Dr. Mary Sanders HIST 1103-503 10 October 2014 The Patriot Movie Review The Patriot was an American Revolution epic that was portrayed from the perspective of an implacable family. While the movie provided entertainment, there were many historical events that were illustrated in this film such as, the depiction of militias, the implications of battles, and insight to life during war. Due to the bias nature of the film and a few historical inaccuracies, the nationalism in this movie becomes overwhelming. This film was set in the 1770’s in early South Carolina. Benjamin Martian, an ex French and Indian war icon, is the father of seven children who rejected a proposal to go to battle and be apart of the Continental Army. While trying to avoid any involvement in the battle, the war comes close to home and the leading antagonist Colonel Tavington killed Thomas, his 15-year-old son. Martin began seeking revenge by creating a militia that consisted of peasants and farmers. The militia had an objective to keep General Cornwallis in South Carolina. Their efforts were successful through their strategic planning by killing off his men and cutting him off from supplies. Although they succeeded in the surrender of Cornwallis, Gabriel, Martins son, also became a victim of Tavington and was killed. Gabriel’s death evoked one last fight between Martin and Tavington. Martin had the victory over him, which lead to Tavington’s death and helped drive the Continental Army to...
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...500 extraordinary islands G R E E N L A N D Beaufort Sea Baffin Bay vi Da i tra sS t a nm De it Stra rk Hudson Bay Gulf of Alaska Vancouver Portland C A N A D A Calgary Winnipeg Newfoundland Quebec Minneapolis UNITED STATES San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego Phoenix Dallas Ottawa Montreal ChicagoDetroitToronto Boston New York OF AMERICA Philadelphia Washington DC St. Louis Atlanta New Orleans Houston Monterrey NORTH AT L A N T I C OCEAN MEXICO Guadalajara Mexico City Gulf of Mexico Miami Havana CUBA GUATEMALA HONDURAS b e a n Sea EL SALVADOR NICARAGUA Managua BAHAMAS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC JAMAICA San Juan HAITI BELIZE C a r PUERTO RICO ib TRINIDAD & Caracas N TOBAGO A COSTA RICA IA M PANAMA VENEZUELA UYANRINA H GU C U G Medellín A PAC I F I C OCEAN Galapagos Islands COLOMBIA ECUADOR Bogotá Cali S FR EN Belém Recife Lima BR A Z I L PERU La Paz Brasélia Salvador Belo Horizonte Rio de Janeiro ~ Sao Paulo BOLIVIA PARAGUAY CHILE Cordoba Santiago Pôrto Alegre URUGUAY Montevideo Buenos Aires ARGENTINA FALKLAND/MALVINAS ISLANDS South Georgia extraordinary islands 1st Edition 500 By Julie Duchaine, Holly Hughes, Alexis Lipsitz Flippin, and Sylvie Murphy Contents Chapter 1 Beachcomber Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Aquatic Playgrounds 2 Island Hopping the Turks & Caicos: Barefoot Luxury 12 Life’s a Beach 14 Unvarnished & Unspoiled 21 Sailing...
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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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...Manufactured Grins Smiles exist in the World State because of the excessive drug use to deal with emotions. The “Controller” behind the World State commands that “soma” is there “to give [you] a holiday from the facts” (290). Comparing soma to a holiday makes it a trip away from a stressful situation; the truth. Likewise, Lenina whined for soma when she was overwhelmed by the “horrid” savage world (245). Her request is full of desperation and need. This is an obsessive act for soma, which demonstrates the dependency society has on it. It trends through the people as it is insisted to “have some soma” at any sign of conflict (29). This recurring coping method doesn’t teach the people how to deal with their feelings. True happiness is in the ignorance of society, and soma provides that ignorance with fake endorphins. Truth is shielded from people so they do not realize the imperfections of life. Everyone must be joyous so the facade that disguises control won’t break. The seeming-pristine prescriptions for soma are obnoxious as well; for example, “half a gramme for a half-holiday, a gramme for a week-end, two grammes for a trip to the gorgeous East, three for a dark eternity on the moon” (46). The parallel structure of the dosages of soma increasing provides more extravagant fantasies. Civilized citizens feel it to be normal to take stimulants to transport to another world. The imitation life is repulsive to John the Savage. His mother was taken by the comforting drug, and he...
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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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...your visit to Langkawi Island. Rosni Alias No.3,Jalan Sutera, Taman Cempaka, 43600 Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor. 12 March 2012. Dear Zarina, How's life? I hope you are in the best of health. How's my beloved Uncle Johari? I miss him too.The reason I write this letter is to tell you about my expedition to Langkawi. Guess what? We just came back from Langkawi . I went there with 25 of my classmates and my class teacher. Mr, Zaid had kindlly accompanied us for the 3 day-trip. You should have joined us. It was such an awesome experience! Well, on the first day, we arrived at Langkawi in morning after a short flight. Then, we were taken to Langkawi Geopark, a UNESCO World Heriatage Site where we could see magnificent rock formations. We were taught the history of the place and some fossils of fish could also be sighted. This is a wonderful opportunity to understand geogical aspect of the island at the Geopark. After visiting Geopark, we were taken to Pulau Dayang Bunting which about an hour boat ride. I forgot to mention that the boat ride itself was so exciting and adventurous. Upon arrival at the island, we were greeted by monkeys and soon, we saw a breathtakinng lake, with its gree clear water. Not forgetting the fish spa where thousands of catfish nibble at your feet when you lower feet into the water. Again, this is a new experience for me. Other than that, we could really enjoy the beautiful scenery of the island. The next day...
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