Black Saturday Black Saturday was a series of bushfires that ignited and burnt in Victoria from Saturday‚ 7th February 2009 - 14 March 2009. As many as 400 individual fires were recorded on 7 February. Following the events of 7 February 2009 and its aftermath‚ that day has become widely referred to as Black Saturday. The majority of the fires were said to be started by fallen or clashing power lines‚ lightning‚ cigarette butts‚ and sparks from a power tools. They burnt over 4‚500 km² of land. Background
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Benson Ms.Pierson English1- 4th 17 April 2013 Freedom is never free Sometimes in our lives‚ freedom isn’t free. Martin Luther King Jr. said “freedom is never voluntary given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” Marches‚ Sit in’s‚ and the bus boycotts. The first topic to prove the quote is true is with marches‚ Vice President Joe Biden marched with black civil rights leaders Sunday in Selma‚ Alabama to commemorate the "Bloody Sunday"
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The Black Death‚ or Black Plague‚ was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. It began in south-western Asia and spread to Europe by the late 1340s‚ where it received its name Black Death. The total number of deaths worldwide from the pandemic are estimated at least 75 million people. The Black Death is estimated to have killed between a third and two-thirds of Europe’s population. The Black Death had a drastic effect on Europe’s population‚ irrevocably changing Europe’s social structure
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investment—in YOU. Scholarships are not a handout. Even if you believe there are people who are more deserving‚ consider the fact that YOU are worthy of an opportunity to learn and contribute as best you can to your community. There are some scholarships that were set up with exactly YOU and YOUR TALENTS in mind. Number Eight… You don’t need to be “smart” to win Many scholarships don’t have a GPA requirement. They may be based on your financial need‚ your interest in a particular career or major‚ the community
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based on hatred. This is the type of speech that I think has the most basis for restriction because of it’s tendency to incite violence because of its outrageous and usually untrue claims about a group of people as a whole. By allowing unlimited free speech we run the risk of creating harm for individuals as was the case in the Keane piece we read for today. Keane details an event in 2006 where a Danish newspaper published blatantly offensive cartoons depicting the muslim prophet Muhammed with
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BMW of North America: Dream It. Build It. Drive It by Dmitry Alenuskin‚ Andreas Schotter Source: Thunderbird School of Global Management 16 pages. Publication Date: Jun 23‚ 2012. Prod. #: TB0301-PDF-ENG BMW‚ the leading luxury car manufacturer in the United States‚ implemented a new marketing initiative based on its online video services aimed to increase sales of customized vehicles. Prior to the introduction of the "Dream It. Build It. Drive It." program‚ BMW’s SUV sales in America were in decline
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In the shooting case of Trayvor Martin‚ George Zimmerman should not go to prison. A significant amount of speculation exists around the shootings circumstances. There lacks an indisputable‚ completely factual account of the shooting and its preceding events. Without the support of concrete evidence murder can not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. I intend to show the conclusion‚ that George Zimmerman should not go to jail‚ is true because the argument is sound. I think my argument is valid because
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The North-West Resistance 1885 The Battle of Batoche The battle at Batoche lasted for four days‚ from May 9 to May 12. There 300 Metis and First Nations that participated in this battle. They dug rifle pits‚ and fired at Middleton’s Troops. By the last day of the battle the Metis and First Nations were out of ammunition. They started firing stones and nails from their rifles. Middleton’s troops invaded the rifle pits and the battle was over. There were over 25 dead from both sides Cut Knife Hill
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Black Panther Ten Point Plan Response During the 1960s‚ the black civil rights movement was at its peak and the call for social and racial equality was spreading throughout America. To promote these ideas‚ different groups rose up and protested against the current white dominant order in the United States. Among these groups‚ the Black Panthers were founded to demand an end to “racism and social oppression in order to create a global socialist community” (Ten Point Plan). Their tactics were very
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Free Will or Fate In Greek mythology‚ fate was determined to be when gods would engineer a person’s fate‚ and they would interfere‚ when necessary‚ to make what they planned happen. The Greeks believed that no matter what they did‚ the gods always controlled their fate‚ and they had no free will. In Oedipus Rex‚ Sophocles blends both free will and fate together seamlessly leaving it up to the audience to interpret whether or not Oedipus controled his life or if it was in the hands of the gods.
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