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    The History of Alcatraz Island Alcatraz Island has quite a distinct history. Many people know that Alcatraz served as a federal prison, but most are reluctant to know that this island served as fort. Built before the Civil War, it served two main purposes. First, that it was to guard the San Francisco bay area from enemy ships against a foreign invasion, and second, to hold hostage prisoners of war or POW's as they were called. In this report, I'll show you how this fortress came to be a federal

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    36,000 employees and 5,000 contracted dairy farms (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parmalat). The dairy food giant defaulted on debt in November 2002 and filed bankruptcy in December 2003. It sounds ridiculous because Parmalat’s subsidiary in Cayman Islands had a $4.9 billion cash balance in Bank of America account. However, this account was falsified. Meanwhile, Parmalat also hid losses of $10 billion and increasing assets as high as $19 billion. The auditors did not show enough professional skeptism

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    Ferdinando. On July 4th of 1584, they reached the southern tip of the Outer Banks, which is off the coast of what is now North Carolina. The islands, which stretched some 120 miles, were claimed as England’s on the 13th. Amadas and Barlow spent five weeks in exploration and interaction with the Native Americans. They deemed in their report of findings that island of Roanoke would be ideal for a settlement because it had plenty of fish, game and vegetation, good soil, and was a secure location hidden

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    trillion cubic feet of natural gas—have provoked challenging claimants Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei, Taiwan, Indonesia, and the Philippines. As early as the 1970s, countries in the region began to claim as their own islands and various zones in the South China Sea for instance the Spratly islands, which may have rich natural resources and fishing areas. Even though its relations and on the rise Indonesia upholds a flexible foreign policy that allows it to productively engage with countries around the world

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    Real Cost of Paradise ‘Iolani Palace, Gets Assisted Financially to Preserve and Restore its History History is vital because it passes down information and wisdom. For this reason, there are museums and monuments that are taken care of to keep its appearance and significance alive as well as realistic. ‘Iolani Palace, once home to the late Queen Lili‘uokalani, is no exception. ‘Iolani Palace is a historic landmark that plays a vital key in Hawaiian history and culture. ‘Iolani Palace was built

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    partner in this venture is Lt. Joseph Cable, who just like Nellie is a victim of prejudicial feelings: Cable has just thrown away a chance at lasting happiness by refusing to marry Liat, the daughter of Bloody Mary, a Polynesian trader living on the island. When Cable is killed in the venture and DeBecque is seemingly lost in battle, Nellie, realizing the stupidity of her racism, prays for Emile 's safe return. The heroic actions of Emile and Cable do turn the tide of the war in that theater, and Emile

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    Bandas after 1515 (Milton, 1999). Dutch East Indies Company vs British East India Company: 17th Century In the 17th Century the Netherlands took control of the Banda Islands, successfully gaining monopoly of the spice trade. The Dutch were engaged in competition with the English and Portuguese for control of the Spice Islands, and decided to forcefully establish their control through their Dutch East Indies trading company. At this point the Portuguese presence was decreasing in the Bandas, and

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    Jared Diamond is a Geography professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has many fields of interest ranging from physiology to evolutionary biology and biogeography . Adding to that, Diamond also has published countless articles and authored multiple books. His most decorated book “Guns, Germs, and Steel”, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998 and is widely regarded as a groundbreaking scientific work. In the prologue of “Collapse”, Jared Diamond claims that his previous book “Guns, Germs

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    SrA Aros, thanks for taking a lunch period to sit down with me and discuss your future. I’ve heard you mention a few time in the past weeks that you are interested in cross-training into a different career field. You’ve mentioned the Cyberspace Defense Operations career correct? Besides serving your country like your father did in the Army and staying in the Air Force, I can see your aspirations is also wanting to stay in the cyberspace community. You want to be a part of a more operational verse

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    The South China Sea

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    for example the Taiwan Strait and the Luzon Strait, are of utmost importance. Natural Resource Although the South China Sea is located between many countries that claim parts of its waters, it is generally agreed that the sea covers the Spratly islands and the waters surrounding them. The South China Sea lies home to many lucrative resources such as fish and the possibility of oil, but perhaps its most powerful and compelling resource is its location and status as a popular transportation route

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