Northern Mariana Islands Essays

  • Governance in the CNMI

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    Is the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) better yet with a Unicameral Legislature or with the current Bicameral Legislature? According to Wikipedia, the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature is defined as the territorial legislature of the United States of America (Wikipedia). The legislative branch of the Marianas is bicameral. It consist of twenty members in the lower House of Representatives, and an upper house Senate with nine members. The Representatives serve two-year

  • Cultural Anthropology

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    their healing rituals in curing both physical and spiritual illnesses. Countries such as Africa, Asia, and the Mariana Islands still use traditional treatment as their primary healthcare. Guam, one of the most developed islands in the Mariana Islands, has been using traditional remedies since the Spaniards conquered the ancient Chamorros. Ancient Chamorros used plants found around the island to cure the sick and identified the people who used traditional remedies as suruhanus for men and suruhanas for

  • Personal Narrative: My American Dream

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    American Dream Every person has an American Dream they want to pursue, achieve and live. Many people write down goals for themselves in order to get to their dream. Those never ending goals can range from academic to personal. As of today, I am living my dream. My American Dream is to become a nurse, travel to many places, have a family, and get more involved with God. Ever since I was younger, I wanted to get into the medical field. Both my grandmothers used to work in the hospital and I would

  • The Importance Of Volcanoes In Japan

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    Volcanoes can be found throughout the world. Often located along tectonic plate boundaries, shield, composite, and cinder cone volcanoes can be beautiful and deadly. The Pacific Ring of Fire is home to volcanic arcs and volcanic island arcs; the volcanoes of Japan are included in this. Japan, like many areas in this ring, is prone to having numerous volcanoes of varying shape, size, and make. According to Japan: A Country Study, “A tenth of the world’s active volcanoes are found in Japan, which lies

  • The Inspiration that is Sweeping the Nation: Marianas Trench

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    Marianas Trench is not only the deepest known spot in the ocean; it is also a Vancouver-based rock band. The band consists of guitarist Matt Webb, bassist Mike Ayley, drummer Ian Casselman, and lead singer Josh Ramsay. Marianas Trench has had major success in Canada and is now moving towards the United States of America (USA). Originally, the band Marianas Trench was called Ramsay Fiction. Marianas Trench contributed a song, Alibis, to the spring 2007 soundtrack for ABC Family's sci-fi show

  • Iwo Jima Research Paper

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    military in its quest to defeat the Japanese in the Pacific was to be known as the “Island Hopping” strategy. This strategy would allow the United States to gain military bases and secure the many small islands in the Pacific region. It was a long and tedious process to go from island to island, but nevertheless the Marines were able to accomplish their mission. As they approached the main land of Japan, one island was an obstruent for establishing

  • The Marine Assault on Tinian

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    Introduction Tinian is a small island in the Marianas group lying approximately 3,500 miles west of Hawaii and 1,400 miles southeast of Tokyo Japan. The island was discovered by Ferdinand Magellan who landed on the island of Guam first in 1521. The island remained under Spanish control for centuries. Tinian remained under Spanish control until the Spanish-American war of 1898, when the American cruiser USS Charleston entered the harbor in Guam to claim that island. Spain took notice at the end of

  • H. M. S. Challenger Failure

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    The exploration of the ocean or “seas” began with the foreign trade throughout the world. For about ten years leading up to the Civil War, Americans started to see the strategic and economical importance of developing the West Coast and maintaining shipping routes to the Far East. Cultural influence on the United States caused by Europe, Germany, Russia, and China caused Americans to want to expand across the seas. Many American figures like Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, and Elihu Root felt

  • Polynesian Triangle Essay

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    Polynesia is a portion of Oceana made up of 1,000+ islands. They are dispersed across the middle and lower portion of the Pacific Ocean. Polynesia consists of well-known Islands such as Hawaii, Easter Island, and New Zealand. These Islands are also the islands that create the Polynesian Triangle which outlines the area defined as Polynesia. Other Islands located inside the triangle include Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Tokelau, Wallis, Futuna, Niue, Tuvalu, and French Polynesia. The settlements of

  • Essay On Daylight Saving Time

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    move their clocks back in autumn only to move them forward again in the spring season. However, there are a few exceptions to this: Arizona and Hawaii, some US Territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands), Western Australia, Northern Brazil, and a whole slew of other countries outside of Europe and North America. To understand why this is, we must first look at the history and purpose of Daylight Savings Time. The idea was originally proposed

  • Cause And Effect Of Climate Change Essay

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    For example, October 19, 2015, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI) and neighboring islands were blanketed with heavy smoke which was caused by a fire in Indonesia and Malaysia. our islands and other neighboring islands caused by a fire in Indonesia and Malaysia. According to CNN's articles, this fire was caused by an annual burning of land for the production of pulp, paper and palm oil on the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan. According to Indonesian Meteorology

  • Coral Reef Conservation in Different Oceans

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    lose many important spawnin... ... middle of paper ... ...orthwest Hawaiian Islands are remote and uninhabited allowing for monitoring short term and long term evidence of the declining health of coral reefs. The habitat restoration and conservation methods used here can be monitored to determine how they affect the ecosystems health. Main Hawaiian Islands Palau Guam Federated States of Micronesia Marshall Islands American Samoa Works Cited "Marine Protected Areas." Ocean Conservancy. Ocean

  • Biography Of Hideki Tojo

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    Hideki Tojo I was born to be a military leader, but never have I imagined that I would have created so much pain and destruction to so many people, and for that I am truly regretful to have done so. I was born in Tokyo, Japan on December 30, 1884. I was always a good student in secondary and primary school; then I attended a prestigious military college. I attended Imperial Japanese Army Academy and I graduated at the top of my class. After graduating, I married a well respected woman named Katsuko

  • Puerto Rico Research Paper

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    happen, the U.S. created backup information for the Constitution in a sense that would allow them to govern Puerto Rico and the other territories taken during the Spanish-American War. Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands are some

  • Childhood Trauma

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    Can anyone possibly imagen the types of abusive traumas that children experience and how can they impact their lives? A child experiencing trauma at a young age could be very crucial for their development. Childhood trauma can range from minor to complex. An event occurring in a community where a child resides can impact trauma on a child. On the contrary, there are events that can be way more complex, such as a domestic violence involving a child. There are a few signs that children show, to notify

  • World War II: Pacific Theater Overview and Japanese Cruelty

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    their dominating industrial capacity. Thus, the Japanese began to resort to ghastly measures to prevent a humiliating defeat. Japanese aggression originated in the fall of 1931 when the explosion of a section of the South Manchurian Railway in northern China occurred, causing Japan’s Kwangtung Army, who was guarding the railroad, to exchange fire with the Chinese Army and then proceed to occupy all of Manchuria. Soon after, the Kwangtung Army set up a puppet government and renamed the region Manchukuo

  • Seat Belt Safety

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    Imagine being on a roller coaster. Those straps that hold you in a roller coaster are always so uncomfortable. Maybe you just shouldn’t wear it, but that wouldn’t be smart. People would think you are suicidal because you’re choosing to get in danger, and risk flying out of a fast-moving machine. A high-end car can reach speeds, depending on the air resistance, over 270 mph (Rowe) as compared to one of the fastest roller coasters, Formula Rossa, at 150 mph (this was found in 2010). What is the difference

  • The Effects Of Childhood Trauma

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    Can anyone possibly imagine the types of abusive traumas that children experience and how can they impact their lives? A child experiencing trauma at a young age could be very crucial for their development. Childhood trauma can range from minor to complex. An event occurring in a community where a child resides can impact trauma on a child. On the contrary, there are events that can be way more complex, such as a domestic violence involving a child. There are a few signs that children show, to notify

  • Iwo Jima Research Paper

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    promise to liberate that country but a general with the name Chester W. Nimitz wanted to capture Formosa and Okinawa as these islands would help plant a strong base of operations for the US to conduct further operations. President Franklin Roosevelt later met with the two commanders and discussed their plans this led to FDR telling them to capture Peleliu located in Palau islands this would give the allies a strategic advantage because it would secure their right flank. The allied commanders involved

  • The Battle of Iwo Jima

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    Japanese controlled island of Iwo Jima, with the objective of capturing and securing the island. This was the beginning of one of the fiercest and bloodiest; and more decisively, the most strategically important battles fought during World War II. After the dust had settled, and the smoke had cleared, the causalities and losses were astounding. 6,821 U.S. Marines along with 18,844 members of the Imperial Japanese Army had paid the ultimate sacrifice. A decisive US victory on the island of Iwo Jima later