Curling is a precision team sport similar to bowls or bocce‚ played on a rectangular sheet of prepared ice by two teams of four players each‚ using heavy polished granite stones which players slide down the ice towards a target area called the house. Points are scored for the number of stones that a team has closer to the centre of the target than the closest of the other team’s stones. The game is thought to have been invented in late medieval Scotland‚ with the first written reference to a contest
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totalitarian world of the future. This implies nature of science‚ technology‚ and the conditions for technological progress. Equality 7-2521 has been assigned by the Council of Vocations the job of a street sweeper‚ because of his intelligence and pride. As that being said‚ being a street sweeper‚ Equality 7-2521 goes off and adventures different parts of the town that he is forbidden in going. He is also forbidden to think and study science. “..Which we only found only a hundred years ago‚ of how
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house‚ but when they were ready for a job‚ The Council picked it for them. When they do pick it‚ they go by the looks of the person. For example‚ Equality wanted to be in the Home of the Scholars‚ but he was sent to the Home of the Street Sweepers to be a street sweeper for the rest of his life or until he couldn’t work anymore‚ then we would go the Home of the Useless.
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Languages‚ dialects and slang of Sweden Introduction My research will be how the language variation in Sweden looks today‚ and I will give some information about the Swedish language and other spoken languages in Sweden. I will also look into the sub-dialects called `Rinkebyswedish`‚ ´Swenglish” and slang language. Swedish is now officially the main language of Sweden and is spoken approximately by 10 million people. Although until 2009 it was not the official language. The reason for that was
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use of boys for sweeping chimneys was forbidden by law‚ however‚ boys continued to be forced through the actions of charities and governments. Small girls worked in mills as ’piecers’. People called reformers‚ such as cloth and carpets. Those that have lived there all their lives‚ are used to soaking in the stagnant waters. While it is undoubtedly true that by modern
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Have you ever wondered what victorian child labor was like in victorian england? Well‚ it’s not like any thing like scones and tea. Children would climb up chimneys and if they got stuck the boss would light a fire to “encourage” the child or perhaps the story about the little girl who tried to run away but was caught and forced to stay in a dark attic with a adult corps‚ or maybe the young boy who got crushed and died instantly by a machine. Learn all about Child labor and the horrible working conditions
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It is a normal day in Victorian England‚ I and my family wake up‚ and do what we usually do‚ go to work. Once I got to work‚ my boss assigned me to a new chimney. It was a normal day of cleaning‚ until I spot a girl out of the corner of my eye. I get lowered down to the bottom‚ and I introduce myself. After we both introduce ourselves‚ I find out her name is Kate‚ Kate Dickens‚ the third child of Charles Dickens. I was shocked‚ I was standing in front of Charles Dickens daughter. I tell her I have
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Hydrothermal Vents In 1977‚ Robert Ballard and J.F. Grassle of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Instution‚ were diving in Alvin near the Galapagos Islands when they discovered rocky chimneys up to 20 meters high. These chimneys were emitting dark‚ mineral-laden water that reached temperatures of 350 degrees Celsius. The occupants of Alvin had discovered the first documented hydrothermal vent. These vents are formally defined as "springs of hot‚ mineral- and gas-rich seawater found on some oceanic
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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.‚ A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches “Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.‚ I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World “In the end‚ we will remember
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We the Collectivists Collectivism is primarily the foundation of people who cannot survive as independent individuals. Since said people obviously aren’t individualists‚ no one is brave enough to go against their society’s norms‚ therefore retaining the collectivist society. A perfect example of this is in the novella Anthem by Ayn Rand. From the start of this brilliant novel‚ Equality 7-2521‚ later Prometheus‚ the main character and protagonist is trying to find himself‚ along with what he was
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