influences of the Hawaii volcanoes is the fact that it sits on the Pacific plate the largest tectonic plate on the planet. As the sea floor spreads it causes the plate to continue to widen as well. That has the biggest impact of the growth of the Hawaiian Islands. Another key factor that not influences location, but the intensity is the changes in sea level. When the sea level began to change that made a decrease in the shorelines, so there was more land being submerged under water. The eruption of volcanoes
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First discovered in 1900, little was known about the happy-face spider until 1972. The obviously named happy-face spider is a small spider found in the native rainforests of the islands Maui, The Big Island of Hawaii, Oahu and Molokai at elevations of 1000 to 6000 feet. Typically around a quarter of an inch long, its diet consists of small insects that it hunts mainly during the night for small insects. They spin their webs on the undersides of leaves of specific plants and usually avoid contact
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boarders. However, the recent stale with Vietnam has raised an alarm for a possible conflict between the countries. The Paracel Islands is where the China has placed an oil rig. However, current news indicate that four days ago, a Vietnamese boat collided with a Chinese ship and sank and this has ignited tension and founded grounds for Vietnam challenging the control of the island by the people’s republic of China. The challenge against China is not only from the Vietnamese, the legal framework follows
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Did you ever hear about Kauikeaouli? An interesting fact about him was Kauikeaouli was born at Keauhou Bay, on Hawaiʻi island, the largest island in the Hawaiian Islands archipelago(A group of islands). He was the second son of King Kamehameha I and his highest ranking wife, Queen Keōpūolani, born in Maui. He change Hawaii politically, socially, and economically. Kauikeaouli he was the greatest of all kings by making Hawaii a modern nation. The first reason why Kauikeaouli he was the greatest of
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statues all over the island averaging 4 meters high and weighing 13 tons each. these enormous stone statues were carved out of tuff and then placed on stone platform. It is still unknown exactly why these statues were constructed in such numbers and on such a scale, or how they were moved around the island. The first known European visitor to Easter Island was the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen, who arrived in 1722. They named the island Paaseiland that translates to easter island to mark the day they
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n the outskirts of the Callaghan's realm, stood a forgotten village named Masonburge. Its previously reigning royal family, the Sigmoid, were the wealthiest of Annelida. During the thirteen year of King Aargau Sigmoid's reign, hardship and misfortune befell his kingdom: With barren wheat fields, and the sea's water too choppy to navigate merchants' boasts ashore, without any other stream of revenue to pay for his dwindling forces the coffers ran dry. To save his realm from the many foes which surrounded
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tell or ask him to do. It seemed as if it were a very one-sided friendship with the occasional, tender moments from George. Blaze treats George like a god. Blaze keeps George even after he has passed on, because he was the only other person in his life. “You don’t plan nothing! Blazer, when that happy little goo-goo doll of yours grow up to be a man, he’ll go ten miles out of his way just to spit on your fuckin grave. Now for the last time, kill that kid!” ‘No.’ ‘Suddenly George was gone” (King
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Spratly and Paracel Islands as its territories because it is a direct violation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. If they are not challenged, the surrounding nations will not be able to use these waters to engage in trade, nor will they be able to reap the profits of the natural resources, and fighting will erupt. Since the beginning of the nineteenth century, China has laid claim to several archipelagos in the South China Sea with The Spratly and Paracel Islands receiving the most
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The lost colony of Roanoke will always remain a mystery as to how it disappeared off the face of the earth. There were 115 colonist who a set sail for the new world. They were supporting the English Crown and were led by Sir Walter Raleigh. Sir Raleigh had a charter, which allowed him to explore and to rule any land that he came upon, from the Queen of England. When they landed on the new world they landed on modern day North Carolina. The colonist set up and built the village of Roanoke. Not long
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Long Island tourism has a fast-growing, new avenue for visitors in their elite wine country regions. Wineries in Long Island have been an unintentionally kept secret since their establishment in the early 1970s. After over forty years of growth in production and output, LI vineyards and wineries have gained a much deserved and hard-earned prestige among wine producers and connoisseurs. Respect among their winemaking brethren and a reputation for high quality has made LI wine on par with wine from
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