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    On April 10‚ 1912‚ the Titanic‚ largest ship afloat‚ left Southampton‚ England on her maiden voyage to New York City (The Sinking). Out of the 2‚227 passengers aboard the Titanic only 705 survived‚ a third of those being first class. To feed the passengers and crew‚ Titanic had 86‚000 pounds of meat‚ 40‚000 eggs‚ 40 tons of potatoes‚ 7‚000 heads of lettuce‚ 3‚500 pounds of onions‚ 36‚000 apples‚ and 1‚000 loaves of bread on board (Remembering). Titanic survivor‚ Anna Turja Lundi‚ once said "I can

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    Centra Background of Company: The chain is run by Musgrave‚ the Irish food wholesaler‚ however the stores are all owned by individual franchisees. The chain has three different formats available to franchisees — smaller Quick Stop outlets‚ mid-sized Foodmarkets‚ and larger Supermarkets. The majority of the stores however follow the Quick Stop format (or are simply branded Centra)‚ as Musgrave also offers the SuperValu format‚ which is geared towards larger supermarkets. There are currently around

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    Which of the following was the most important cause of the Northern Ireland conflict? (voting‚ education) Explain your answer. The conflict in Northern Ireland happened during the period 1963-1985‚ where it was officially declared over in 1994. Also known as “The Troubles”‚ this conflict started between two groups of people‚ the Catholics and the Protestants. The Catholics saw Ireland as one country and wanted the reunification of Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland as one state. However

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    Fredrick Fleet was the workman on guard on the Titanic on April 14. Fleet‚ had warned the personnel on the ship’s control deck to look out for icebergs that night‚ yet nobody was at the control panel that fateful night (McPherson 6). The Titanic was thought to be unsinkable when it was built in 1911. “More than 2‚200 people were now aboard the Titanic including 1‚300 passengers” (Senan 16). The location the Titanic deported from was Great Britain and it was headed to New York. After three long days

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    BOOM!‚ CRACK! The top part of the RMS Titanic cracks open. The crack makes its way down to the frigid waters of the North Atlantic. In 1912‚ the RMS Titanic sank for a multitude of reasons and events. The hull malfunction made the Titanic break in two which in return‚ caused many deaths. The cracks‚ the booms‚ are all caused by some critical hull failures. The ship did indeed break in two which was due to a probable hull failure. A hull failure due to the slow sinking of the Titanic‚ a huge stress

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    The poem that I read was “Titanic.” The poet of this poem is David R Slavitt‚ who is a writer‚ poet‚ translator‚ and the author of over 100 books. When I first read the title of the poem‚ I remembered the incident on April 15‚ 2016 in which the RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean after colliding with iceberg during its maiden voyage. The poem reveals that due to the popularity of the Titanic‚ not many people would pass up the chance to passage on the ship. During the voyage‚ people having

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    The Bloody Sunday Massacre in January 30th‚1972 Derry‚ Ireland was the turning point in the Northern Ireland conflict. It marked the point where IRA gained the support of the catholic community allowing them to continue their fight against the british. The Irish saw the attack as an unjust massacre against their people and incited fear and hatred in the Irish people. This anger and fear turned the conflict from mostly peaceful to violent ending all peaceful negotiations. The Bloody Sunday Massacre

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    The castle passed to Asano Nagaakira in 1619‚ and Asano was appointed the daimyo of this area. Under Asano rule‚ the city prospered‚ developed‚ and expanded‚ with few military conflicts or disturbances.[4] Asano’s descendants continued to rule until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.[5] Hiroshima served as the capital of Hiroshima Domain during the Tokugawa period. [edit]Imperial period Hiroshima Commercial Museum 1915 After the han was abolished in 1871‚ the city became the capital of Hiroshima

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    On August 6‚ 1945‚ Hiroshima‚ Japan‚ was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. The first four chapters of the book Hiroshima‚ by John Hersey‚ are the true accounts of the bombing‚ told from the perspective and memories of six survivors. It was originally published in 1946. Almost four decades after the original publication of the book‚ John Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told. His account of what he discovered about them is now

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    ” he talks about the Japanese movie “Godzilla‚” directed by Ishirō Honda. To Honda‚ this movie had a serious meaning because it was about the atomic bombings that demolished Nagasaki and Hiroshima. It was made to make the audience understand what the Japanese people went through at a time when no one knew what type of damage resulted from the bombings. Susan Napier suggests that the ideological change in terms of both presentations of disaster and the attitudes inscribed toward disaster derive from

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