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Frankenstein Comment - Body experiments...

Science experiments are really uncomfortable to be decided and putted on the good hand or in the bad hand. Firstly, I want to make a question which we will answer at the end: Are the experiments good for the health or are they only curiosity of the human’s mind?

On the one hand, the experiments can help with the medicines development and also it can improve the scientific instrumental. For this, Dr. Frankenstein made an experiment which could help the medicine and give live to the dead persons who had just died.

On the other hand, the experiments on dead bodies don’t show any type of respect for the dead persons, because Frankenstein took some parts of different bodies and he united all of them, and then, The Monster wasn’t really happy to be alive. Although, the experiments usually takes places on animals, who suffer this immoral experiments and they finish dieing without dignity.

To finish my comment, I want to say that they have to control the experiments on living being bodies and also they can practice this experiments only if they are moral experiments and accepted for the dead persons giving a part of their body for the medicine development.

Evaluating myself on OralPresentation...

The PowerPoint was ok, and also the music which set the type of the presentation. I think it was really OK to wear the typical necklace because it helped a lot to capture the attention of the occasional students...
It also helped our self because we were really stressed and then, when we could realise that we shocked with all the people and they were listening us, then we were more relaxed and chattier.

I think we were watching the audience most of the time, and if it's not it was for highlight some aspects of the PowerPoint...
The structure of the PowerPoint could be better because it was a bit mixed and it could complicate the understanding...
The content was OK for my pleasure because it was about interesting things of the Country although the History doesn't like to all of us.
The language wasn't bad but it could be better, because there were some words which were repeated all the time... There were the pronunciation and the intonation which were so bad because I was really nervous and I couldn't be concentrated with the pronunciation, although I searched it in internet and I practised it...

I think I deserve an 8 mark over 10...

Goodbye Hawaii...

Our Oral presentation in II parts...
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II.

History

The first people to come to Hawaii were Polynesians from Marquessas Islands, in fifth century. They came with catamarans, their typical transport of multihulled boat.

 At tenth century came the Tahitians who introduced the social order, religion and traditions.

 The first king of Hawaii was Kamehameha I, and he united all the islands of Hawaii and established the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1810.

 

Festivities

 The New year opens with the Merrie Monarch Festival, which consists in a Hula competition, the typical dance which has place in April.

 In March, there’s the Lei Days which give place to the Handmade Leis Competition. The leis are the typical flower necklaces which we wear on.

 Then, in June we can take place in the biggest festivity of Hawaii, the Day of Kamehameha, the king who I mentioned before. They dress the statue of Kamehameha and also there is a flower parade on floats and canoes. They use autochthones flowers for all the decoration and dresses.

 Then, in summer we can visit the Aloha Week in September, which contains lots of cultural events and canoes races with traditional music.

 In December we can visit the famous surfing competition Eddie Aikau Memorial Big Wave Classic, with waves rising up to 6 metres! Sure I won’t try to surf a wave with this dimensions.

Interesting Places:

 Hawaii is divided in various islands, like we had just seen.

 Oahu, the most important islands is where we can visit the capital of Hawaii, Honolulu, and the famous beach of Waikiki.

It’s one of the islands which absorbs most of the tourism. There’s the North Coast where we can practice surf and also we can visit Nu’uanu Pali, the place which look like heaven… There we can see fantastic views over clives splashed by waterfalls.

 Then, in the Big Island, also named Hawaii, has a great geological power in the Volcanoes National Park. Where we can practice diving and see most of the rests of the Old Hawaiian culture.

 In Maui we can visit the Halekala Crater, which is appeared with a Moon Crater. It contains fantastic views of mountainous landscape and it has good conditions to practice windsurf.

 Then, if we aren’t sure to visit all this things and we don’t want to meet with other tourists to feel the real relax of the Pacific Islands, we can visit the Neighbouring Islands like the Kiholo Bay, where we can spend the day surrounded by lava and a black sands beach, frequently visited by giant turtles.

 Also we can go to Hilo, situated on the wind coast of Big Island which has approximately 3200mm of rain which makes a spectacle phenomena waterfalls which fall into the ocean.

Traditions:

Aina:

It could be the most important heritage of Hawaii. It consists about the respect for the earth, because it’s a present from God and they can take profit of it. In present days, they take care of the earth and they try to conserve the beautiful of it.

Ohana:

The old Hawaiians were really trusty to the importance of the family. All work was assigned to all the components of the family by the same way. They were really protectors between them and all of them contributed for all the tasks.

Now, in business situations, the Hawaiians can considerate impolite don’t ask about the family.

Hula:

It’s the hardest aspect of the Hawaiian’s heritage. It’s more than a style of dance. Hula explains a story with the canticles, gesture and movements. It’s danced to honour the God, to stand out success of a hero or to celebrate the earth’s beauty.

Art:

 The old Hawaiians were skilful about Na Hana Noeau which means :

Work skilful and wise.

They also include this art to functional objects:

For example:

- The “Kapa” Is a fine material working with wauke’s wood. For example, this was used in blankets, “lava lavas” and “muumuus”. They take 8 hours per day to do copies of designs of this traditional art.

- “Lauhala” is an art which uses hala leaves which are used for lots of products from hats to carpets.

  

The typical music of Hawaii:

 The Ukelele is the most recognized instrument of Hawaii and then, the less known are “ohe hano ihu”, a flute made with bamboo and the “ipu heke Ole”, a type of drum made with a pumpkin. It’s usually used in Hula dances, and the “ohe hano ihu” is now used in falsettos and also fro the reggae. It’s really fun to watch how they play this because they play it by the air-nose.

The Ocean is another abstract concept. It’s related with “Aina”, the love to the earth and it’s an important concept because Hawaiians love the ocean because they use it for their travels, their fishing and their pleasure. It’s another part of their life.