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    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire I read the book Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling. It was a book filled with adventure‚ heartbreak and a few laughs. This is the fourth book in a series of seven books all telling the story of Harry Potter. It told an interesting story about a Wizarding world and the people inside of it. There was good and evil‚ happiness and sadness‚ and plenty of lessons to learn. Harry Potter is the main character of this novel. He has spiky

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    Dylan Grace 4/21/12 Prof. Rindler EN190 The Tragedy of the Common Man: An Introspective into Mind of Arthur Miller “The plays we revere‚ century after century‚ are the tragedies. In them‚ and in them alone‚ lies the belief – optimistic‚ if you will – in the perfectibility of man. It is time I think‚ that we who are without kings‚ took up this bright thread of our history and followed it to the only place it can possibly lead in our time – the heart and spirit of the average man”.-Arthur

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    it is another cause of death‚ another tragic way to die. This exact way of dying took 145 souls on March 25‚ 1911. One after another girls aging anywhere between 13 and 23 years of age thought they were leaping for their lives from the out break of fire‚ but instead leapt for death‚ out of the windows to meet the concrete over one hundred feet below. In honor of those who leapt for their life‚ changes were made in occupational safety standards that ensure the safety of workers today. When it comes

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    Focus Question: The Triangle Shirt Waist Factory fire highlighted problems in workplace safety‚ building code enforcement‚ and women’s labor. What changes were made to federal and state occupational safety laws as a result of the fire? On March 25‚ 1911 fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in the Manhattan Borough of The City of New York. It was a catastrophic‚ public spectacle of tragedy which cost 146 people their lives‚ and became the catalyst needed to set in motion some the most

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    Nubia Clermont Chemistry Feb 27th‚ 2015 1. Detailed explanation of how smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors work. How do smoke detectors work? *Smoke alarms detect the smoke that comes from a fire; once it detects the smoke the smoke will trigger an alarm sound to ring off. The Ionization smoke detector detects smoke by sensing smoke particles. When these smoke particles pass through a chamber‚ it will absorb the alpha particles present from the alpha source. The smoke absorbing the alpha

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    The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire‚ was something foreign to me until just recently. How could such a big tragedy of our nation’s history‚ not make it into more books and other texts? Before this‚ I had only heard about the terrorist attacks in New York‚ but never an incident not involving an outside source. It is a sorrowful yet interesting topic‚ and it makes me question why it the factory fire is not more commonly known about. My first reaction‚ was fear. Fright‚ horror‚ panic‚ scare‚ terror

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    The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911 What do we think of when we hear the word sweatshop? Many people associate that word with female immigrant workers‚ who receive very minimal pay. The work area is very dangerous to your health and is an extremely unsanitary work place. The work area is usually overcrowded. That is the general stereotype‚ in my eyes of a sweatshop. All if not more of these conditions were present in the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. This company was located in New York City at

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    and Juliet"‚ "Measure For Measure" and "Taming of the Shrew." "Romeo and Juliet" is a tragedy that writes critically of the issues that are around at the time; Romeo and Juliet have done nothing wrong except to fall in love with rival families. The play depicts the morality problems with rivalry and violence that can happen if fights get out of hand and whole families are against each other. After all the tragedy and sadness‚ the families finally stop fighting amongst themselves‚ linking in with the

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    FC2 FIRE SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION Summary fire risk assessment sheet FORM 3 Student name Location ***************** Student number ********* Date undertaken 22 / 6 / 13 ****************************** Assessment of risk of fire occurring – H/M/L with justification (this may be either by accident‚ by a possible act or omission or by an intentional act) There are a number of standard combustibles around the site all of which are not accessible to the public. There is an ongoing

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    The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was the effect of mistakes that happened when trying to respond to a barn fire. The barn fire originated at the O’Leary Farm‚ when Mrs. O’Leary was milking a cow and the cow knocked over a lantern that Mrs. O’Leary placed on the ground for some light. Chicago “The Windy City”‚ had a vast amount of wood‚ coal‚ and other natural gasses‚ shipped in to build and and build fast because of the majority of people that were flocking in. Most buildings even with the most sturdy

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