Aleuts, The Aleuts call themselves Unangan, meaning we the people. They descended from Inuit (also called Eskimos) who settled on the islands thousands of years ago. But the Aleut language differs from that of the Inuit.Russian explorers discovered the Aleutian Islands in 1741. Russian traders and fur hunters later forced the Aleuts into labor and killed many of them. Many other Aleuts died from diseases brought by the Russians. The Aleut population once numbered between 12,000 and 15,000 people
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Aloha! Greetings from Kilauea Volcano, located on the Big Island of Hawaii! As you can tell, the landscape is a sea of orange lava as far as the eye can see. Around 1,500 years ago, this region was inhabited by the natives of Polynesia, a region in Oceania (“Australia and Oceania: Physical Geography”). This polytheistic group believed that Kilauea was home to Pele, the goddess of all volcanoes. They would offer sacrifices to keep her happy. Also, when Kilauea would erupt, they believed that Pele
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to the operator the faults were all in different parts of the system. After hundreds were trapped in cable car gondolas for around 90 minutes due to a fault, preliminary checks have shown a 42 cm bearing on the haul rope pulley wheel at the Airport Island Angle Station to be slightly worn. “We found no safety problem with the system. It is the reliability of service that is in question,” said Frank Chan-fan, Ngong Ping 360’s Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services, adding that the system’s six
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Current Events in Business Research Working as a team on a Spanish broadcast television network Telemundo-Providence one uses research as a part of the daily routine. As a broadcast television network, Telemundo-Providence has to rely on research to provide reliable information to its viewers. Directors, managers, executive assistant, journalists, and production understand the importance of research and each department strives to implement research during business. According to Cooper and Schindler
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(2611 WORDS) The Falklands War was a conflict over what seemed an insignificant archipelago of islands in the South Pacific, 500 miles from the coast of Argentina and 8000 miles away from the British mainland. The conflict was the result of 149 years of unsuccessful diplomacy[1], which resulted in an Argentinean “recovery”[2] of what they held as the “Malvinas” islands. This led to the outbreak of the last successful conventional campaign of the twentieth century. After the Argentine
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repo is referred to as “an accounting maneuver used to shift the assets off Lehman’s books in return for a promise to buy back the securities at a premium days later.” In this agreement, the company entered into agreements with banks in the Cayman Islands to sell the bank their “toxic” securities amounting up to $50 billion with the stipulation that they would reacquire them within a short time. Not only did they take $50 billion from the bank, they used the funds to pay off some of their debt items
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Транспорт сформировался как отрасль хозяйства в последней четверти XVIII в. - Начале индустриальной эпохи. Транспорт общего пользования делят на несколько основных видов: железнодорожный, водный (морской и речной), автомобильный, авиационный. Рассмотрим транспортную систему на примере Австралии. Авиационный вид: Крупные международные аэропорты находятся в городах Сидней и Мельбурн. Каждый день здесь принимаются сотни рейсов из стран Европы, Азии и Северной Америки.25 авиакомпаний имеют представительства
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plastic. Poor disposal results in death and suffocation for aquatic animals. Marine life is affected by plastic bags disposed into the sea, for instance the case spotted at the North of the Arctic Circle as well as the South close to the Falkland Islands (Moorthy, 2010). Studies indicate that plastic bags constitute 10 percent of waste deposited at the U.S coastline. Furthermore, the increased deposit of plastic bags at one location leads to increased toxicity as they breakdown into petro-polymers
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Gr.301 Russu Cristian Narrative Essay The legend of the Coral Island - NOPOMBALU The legend of the Coral Island - NOPOMBALU Once upon a time there were a handsome hunter, his name was Lawongo. In the jungle he only hunted wild hogs. The animals often destroyed the villagers' fields. The villagers were very grateful. With Lawongo's help, their fields were safe from the wild hogs. Lawongo was also very great in playing a flute, it was so melodious, like the night butterflies, dancing
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Mega-Tsunamis: The Oceans Deadliest Weapon Every single minute of every passing hour, our oceans have the potential to cause catastrophic damage and disaster. With its vast beauty and bountiful resources, the wild ocean comes with a handful of rare geological time-bombs. Once unleashed, they can create an extravagant phenomenon. Gigantic mega-tsunami form, these giant waves are able to cross oceans and demolish cities and countries on the opposite side of the earth. Thanks to modern technology
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