Our moment in history
My moment in history would have to be my first rave I ever went to. It was in an old abandoned warehouse and my friends and I had never been to a rave. We thought it would be a good idea to get there early so we wouldn’t stand in line to long. But as it turned out there was no line and we appeared to be the first ones there. My friend mustered up the courage to go talk to the guy at the front of the building. There was just one problem he was missing his ticket.
Not understanding that he needed a ticket to get, and that the building didn’t open for another hour, he sat there and argued with the man about how he should be let in right now. Well the man eventually calmed my friend down. But sent him to a checkpoint, which is a way, to detour people that the doormen feel should not be in the rave. Any way I was volunteered next to go up to the man after my friend drove off.
“So,” I said, “here’s my ticket when can I get in?” He explained that this building would not open for an hour and that we best drive around for an hour or so. I went back to car and told about how we were too early. They agreed that we should drive around for a while. As we drove around I saw my friend driving around. He pulled us over and started to talk to us.
“Are you guys going though the check points too?” He said, but we were thinking to our selves what is he talking about? So he went on to say how he had been going to check points that take him to the rave. He asked us why we had a confused look on our face, and I said, “ No reason…” Well from there we left him and went get something to eat, he would be searching all night for the remaining check points. He would be searching all night for a good reason most of them didn’t exist.
So we went do the gas station, the only thing open past nine in Florida, and got some snacks and drove around some more. We got on the Florida turnpike and got stuck on there for about an hour and a half.
It was late dusk when the bus pulled into some little town outside of Hatteisburg for a stop. "We get about ten minutes here," Bill said "let's get off here and stretch our legs" The driver stood up and announced "Ten minute rest stop,". The whites rose and ambled off.
American history has had many defining moments over the last five decades which has helped America to develop to the way it is today. Each decade holding many life changing events and discoveries in them it would take a long time to cover each and every one of these so I have chosen a major event that I find to be of great worth to Americans today. We can all learn from the past events and work together to make American a safer and better place to live, and one way to do so is by learning from the past. Starting in the 1950’s we will discuss the most life changing and breath taking moments from each decade that this great county has seen through the 90’s and discover why they are all of significant value to the America we all live in today.
The Amazon Rain Forest Is in Danger of Being Destroyed" by Devadas Vittal. Rain Forests. HaiSong Harvey, Ed. At Issue Series. Greenhaven Press, 2002. Reprinted from Devadas Vittal, Introduction: What Is the Amazon Rainforest? Internet: http://www.homepages.go.com/homepages/d/v/i/dvittal/amazon/intro.html, November 1999, by permission of the author. http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/ViewpointsDetailsPage/ViewpointsDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Viewpoints&disableHighlighting=false&prodId=OVIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ3010021212&mode=view
Since Congo’s independence in 1960, its history has been marked by a series of political conflicts. The economy of Congo, a nation endowed with resources of vast potential wealth has declined drastically since the mid-1980s. The two political conflicts (first and second Congo wars), which began in 1996, have dramatically reduced national output and government revenue, have increased external debt, and have resulted in deaths of more than one million people.
I walked into the house where the "party of the century" was going to be held. I was psyched to be going. At the time I was a little naive freshman invited to my first official high school party at a senior’s house. I was at the party no more than 30 minutes when this boy offered me a drink. Thinking nothing of it, I agreed. He brought back a half-filled cup.
The Proboscis Monkey is a mammal that is only found in a relatively small amount of area in the world. It is a odd looking animal known most for its gargantuan nose that hangs over its mouth. The Proboscis Monkey is well adapted to living in the rainforest, but when put in other biomes, it would have a rough time surviving. The only way it would be able to live in a new biome is it would have to adapt to its surroundings. If the Proboscis Monkey was somehow relocated to the Savannah, the Proboscis Monkey would have to undergo many different adaptations in order to survive in their new biome.
We take our slurpees and the three of us get into Nish’s black wrangler. We drive past large estates at the end of Murray Hill. As we roll in there's a crowd of people just waiting for the party to be started, we decide to wait with the rest of the crowd. “What happened?” I asked my classmate standing next to me . “She’s just kicking people out that she doesn’t like.” All of a sudden I see a short brunette girl come out with a speaker she screams “EVERYONE COME
Turning points in history can mean a change in the way the things are done in the past, sometimes for the better, and other times for the worse. Two notable turning points in history were the Industrial Revolution and also World War I. These both had some political, social and cultural impacts.
Although ending more than a decade ago, remnants of the Second Congo war remain in the Democratic Republic of Congo and little to no improvements have been made. Today, there are over 70 armed militias, some of whose origin began before the first war, competing for resources and territory while bringing terror to communities with little government intervention. While, there have been attempts to bring the country up onto its feet, economic competition for resources and companies illegally making deals with rebel groups, loose borders, decentralized untrained militias, and most of all manipulative governments, are continuously fueling the encouragement of war. Not only does this impact the DRC, but also its neighbors
Agriculture need to be evolved in such a way that that it becomes more sustainable and environment friendly. Effective techniques can be incorporated in such a way that high crop yield can be achieved from less area of land which will reduce deforestation. Reforestation practices should also be inculcated into the locals so that they can be a part of that process. This will increase the reach and involvement level of people in reforestation process.
In the 1930s, still under political control by Britain, the English Speaking Caribbean could be characterised as region undergoing tremendous amounts of labour unrest. During this period, a series of labour riots and general labour unrest plagued many islands. The roots of these uprisings can be traced to the hardship experienced by the formerly enslaved Africans after Emancipation, which went unrelieved for an entire century. With their hard-won freedom gained in 1838, the formerly enslaved Africans sought to transform themselves into an independent community of small farmers. However, they continuously faced myriad of difficulties and eventually grew extremely frustrated. To further compound the problem， sugar, formerly known as the economic
Learning how to farm properly is an excellent way to reduce wasted crops and other resources. In Passage B it states, "Rainforests give shelter and food for the people living near them". Crops are a critical need for those who live life in the rainforest. Every day in the forest there are wasted crops and even more deforestation. Proper farming will reduce wasted food and make way for even more crops. Even the animals can gain from this if this strategy works. More crops can grow and the people will be saved from deforestation of food. If this strategy doesn't work then the same old will happen and we'll be stuck in a loop of deforestation.
The Congo or the Democratic Republic of Congo is a country in Western Africa. This country acts as habitat for a range of animals and wildlife, such as indigenous plants. While rural, the Congo holds a great beauty in its simplicity and natural features. The Congo also is a home for a diverse population of people leading towards a open and enticing culture. The most interesting and important aspects of the Congo country is the languages, location/geography and economy, government, society, and overall the unique culture in Congo.
Rainforests once covered 14% of the worlds land surface, however now it only covers a mere 6%. It is estimated that all rainforests could be consumed in less than 40 years. Trees are becoming more needed and used everyday. We need them cut down for many reasons such as paper and timber, while also needing them ‘untouched’ for other reasons like oxygen, we have to ask ourselves, which is more important? At the current rate, most of the rainforests are being cut down for resources like paper and timber, but less importance is being placed on main resources like oxygen.
History is a body of knowledge that has surrounded not only the events of the past but also their consequences. History is concerned with evidence about human beings who have lived in the society. It’s so concerning with how human lives have changed through time. It’s not only the explanation about the distant past but also that contemporary world. History is concerned with people in the society, their interaction and their relationships with their environment. History had an impact on society because interaction between society and its past is an unending one, the interaction is mutual and continuous. The past exists only in the mind and memories of those in the present. Since history is said to be concerning with people in the society, their