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    In the period from 1906-1914 Russia had appeared to have stabilised due to the social reforms brought in by Stolypin. However this only really created the illusion of stability due to many underlying problems that led to the 1905 revolution not being dealt with‚ therefore Russia had stabilised very little in this period which in turn would lead to further unrest in the future. Politically‚ Russia was in a lot of danger as a result of the 1905 revolutions‚ and there were strong divisions. This

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    Homework: Liberal electoral chances In 1906‚ the Liberal party won a landslide victory against the Tory party. Various factors played into this success: the ideas and concepts introduced by so called New Liberalism‚ combined with the public’s weariness at the Conservatives‚ who had been in power continuously from the 1880s. By 1906 the Tories had introduced a series of rather unpopular decisions‚ laws‚ and policies; a key example is the Boer War of 1899-1902. The Boer War was expected to be an

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    lSAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. FICHA TÉCNICA: NOMBRE: Monasterio de San Lorenzo del Escorial FECHA: 1557 ARQUITECTO: Juan Bautista de Toledo‚posteriormente intervinieron también Juan de Herrera‚Juan de Mijares‚Francisco de Mora y Gian Battista Castello. SITUACIÓN: San Lorenzo del Escorial (Madrid) ESTILO: Renacentista TIPOLOGÍA: San Lorenzo del Escorial es un complejo de basílica‚palacio y monasterio situado a unos pocos kilómetros de Madrid‚la función que desempeñó en su día fue de residencia

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    Men are always trying to tell us what to do with our bodies. My father tells me “I deserve grandchildren. It’s your duty.”‚ but I scoff internally at such a request. Children? No thank you‚ I still have other things to do that don’t involve changing soiled diapers and hating the lack of silence‚ beautiful silence. I much prefer to be in nature‚ enjoying the breeze underneath the shade of a laurel tree. I can’t have some kid ruining that‚ crying because they haven’t been fed. Who wants that responsibility

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    ‘’Joshua wait no’’! I tried to push him away but his temptation for me was too strong. I want to love him to but what if I turn into him now?! I couldn’t bare to think what will happen to us to this relationship. He kissed me doing this he rubbed his hands freely down my back to my hips I . Moaning in pleasure I kissed him back I have no self-control at all! I know he loves me but I don’t know if I can go with it. ‘’ Joshua please’’ then the door quickly opens ‘’ Prince Joshua it was a call from

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    finger around the stem recalling the cheap wine at Thane’s place and hoped that this would be preferable to the revolting taste. I held it up as he set the wine bottle down beside the basket‚ raising his glass and we clinked them. I lowered my eyes‚ smiling. “Toast to summer nights and new beginnings.” He decreed. “Now you’re a poet?” “I am many things‚ but good is not one of them.” He grinned as he took a sip. Cool wine met my full lips as I tipped the glass savoring the taste‚ appreciative of

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    Francisco de Goya El Sueño de la Razón Produce Monstruos Francisco de Goya can rightly be registered as one of the three geniuses in Spanish painting i.e. the third master along-side with El Greco and Velasquez. Francisco de Goya produced most of his masterpieces between the 1760s and 1828 and with his works of art he is already the forerunner of the trends and tendencies so typical of the 20th century and it is far from being surprising that he is considered to be the predecessor

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    one of the deadliest earthquakes shook Japan on March 11th 2011. A 500 kilometre-long fault zone was ruptured off the northeast coast of Japan. The epicentre was situated 130 kilometres east from the big city‚ Sendai. The focus occurred at a relatively shallow depth (about 30 km) underneath the Pacific Ocean. The earthquake had the largest magnitude of 9.0‚ which Japan had ever recorded and can only be explained by plate tectonics. As seen in figure 3‚ the earthquake occurred in a subducting

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    EARTHQUAKE HAZARD STUDY - PANAMA Aaron Lai + Eva Fong INTRODUCTION TO THE EVENT: Panama is a small country located in ​ Central America‚ next to Costa Rica (refer to Map 1).1 This Latin American country has a population of 3‚608‚431 people.2 Panama is also located on a minor tectonic plate called the Panama Microplate. With reference to Map 2‚ the Panama Microplate is surrounded by four other tectonic plates: the Cocos plate‚ the Caribbean plate‚ the Nazca plate‚ and the South American plate. Due

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    this nightmare‚ was just beginning. All of a sudden‚ the ground began to shake as an earthquake rocked the Caribbean country. A estimated magnitude 7 earthquake had occurred and nearly 50 aftershocks followed. The quake was the most powerful experienced by the country in over two centuries‚ and it left 316‚000 people dead while forcing another million people to permanently evacuate from their homes (“Haiti Earthquake of 2010”). There is no doubt that along with the physical‚ tangible effects of this

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