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    requirements contained in the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. Specifically the policy should contain :- a) a General Statement of commitment to H&S‚ signed by Head/Chair of Governors or indicating that it has been endorsed by the committee of the Governing Body which has responsibility for H&S; b) details of individual responsibilities for H&S‚ under a heading of Organisation‚ together with a diagrammatic representation of reporting lines; and c) the Arrangements in place to ensure safety

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    experience from now to the 1970’s‚ most would say that children no longer play outside. Although that is partly true due to entertainment media‚ there are other reasons why children no longer play outside as much. Before‚ many women were mostly housekeepers. They made sure that the house was clean‚ and they watched over all the children. Today‚ many more women work in the labor force‚ so the time that children spend outside in creative play has decreased. Nevertheless‚ children do still play outside. However

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    Paris is an undefeatable city‚ It lives; It lasts; It loves. And many love it back. Woody Allen begins his film Midnight in Paris with an ode to the modern Paris. As the scenes of the city dwellers and monuments roll‚ Allen plays “Si Tu Vois Ma Mère" by Sidney Bechet. The song is a dip into the journey many artists have taken: Bechet‚ an American Jazz musician who moved to Paris‚ found success and inspiration in the city during the 1950s. As Professor Stoltzfus points out‚ “The sax calls the tune

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    they get from the poem‚ “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote the poem‚ “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere‚”. It was written in 1860. Mr. Longfellow‚ while getting some details right‚ he gets some parts wrong. There are many reasons that make the poem incorrect‚ three of those ways are that Paul Revere never saw the lanterns signal‚ that Paul Revere was captured‚ and that Mr. Revere never made it. Some may claim that the Poem “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere‚” is very

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    "The Weary Blues" and "Lenox Avenue: Midnight" by Langston Hughes are two poems written as scenes of urban life. Although these poems were written more than seventy years ago‚ it is surprising to see some general similarities they share with modern day city life. Dilluted down with word play and irrelevant lines such as "And the gods are laughing at us."‚ the underlying theme is evidently urban life. "The Weary Blues" and "Lenox Avenue: Midnight" approach the general topic of urban life from two

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    “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” is a well-written poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow telling the tale of Paul Revere’s bravery before the battles of Lexington and Concord. Though a lot of the poem is accurate‚ parts of it are missing details‚ or the details have been changed‚ to make Revere look like more of a hero. At the beginning of the poem‚ Longfellow talks about how Paul Revere was standing on the opposite shore of the old North Church‚ ready to ride. However‚ what he failed to mention

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    Midnight The clock made its chime. Darkness filled the air. Its three hours after nine And he was very scared. The air had no light. He was all alone. He was filled with fright‚ And couldn’t find his way home. With nowhere to go‚ He stopped and lay down‚ The woods were nothing he’d know‚ Which caused him to frown. then there was a flare‚ Coming from afar‚ Going to it was his dare‚ Like him following a star. He found the source of the light‚ Was a man with a light so bright And

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    Categorize and lumping characters together from the movie The most obvious lumping of characters is seen at the beginning of the movie. They are people who are considered as the town crazies. The two characters that fit this category the best would be Mr. Glover and Luther Driggers. Mr. Glover is seen walking Mr. Bowen’s dog‚ Patrick‚ in compliance with his will. Patrick the dog had died 2 years after Mr. Bowen passed away. Every morning‚ Mr. Glover is walking with just a leash‚ every morning

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    Salman Rushdie’s novel Midnight’s Children employs strategies which engage in an exploration of History‚ Nationalism and Hybridity. This essay will examine three passages from the novel which demonstrate these issues. Furthermore‚ it will explore why each passage is a good demonstration of these issues‚ how these issues apply to India in the novel‚ and how the novel critiques these concepts. The passage from pages 37-38 effectively demonstrates the concept of history‚ as it foregrounds elements

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    what Noguchi coined to “abstract the human figure into fragmented‚ bonelike elements.” Meaning‚ he practiced taking live objects and manipulating them in a such a way that is completely free‚ as it consists with surrealism. Next is the painting The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Grant Wood. He is depicting the story of how Paul Revere dashed through a colonial town on horseback to alert the locals that British troops were coming. Although‚ Wood embellished this factual tale by making the house extremely

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