2013 Argentina floods 2013 Argentina floods Duration 2 April 2013–3 April 2013 Fatalities 99+ Areas affected Greater Buenos Aires Greater La Plata From 2–3 April 2013‚ the northeastern section of Buenos Aires Province‚Argentina‚ experienced several flash floods that claimed the lives of at least 100 people. Greater La Plata was hardest hit with 89 reported deaths‚ and Greater Buenos Aires reported 10 deaths. The flooding was the result of extremely heavy rainfall and is said to be the
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traders and the people of Benin‚ leading to Portuguese figures depicted in Benin art and furthermore our understanding of cross-cultural encounters in general The plaque under consideration (plate 3.9.1) is of three forward facing warriors‚ dressed in only a lower robe‚ wearing hats sporting flaps at either side‚ looking intently at the viewer. They are carrying either bronze manillas or bracelets conveying the Portuguese trading with them or even the importance of the Benin warrior. They are placed
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new vice-consul for the Benin river section Captain Henry Gallwey visited Benin and signed a treaty which made Benin a British protectorate‚ but as far as the British were concerned the treaty proved disappointing and by 1896 many British traders and officials were calling for military intervention‚ although the foreign office seemed reluctant to do this. On January 2nd 1897 the acting consul-general of the protectorate James Phillips set off without permission for Benin accompanied by a large armed
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tax income. ”The Florida Department of Corrections confirmed this when they performed an audit calculating a ratio of $1.66 return for every taxpayer dollar invested‚ and a return of $3.53 for every dollar invested in inmates who completed degrees”(Kirchner). Buy giving prisoners a education you not only help them you are saving the states money. A education isn’t just a way to pass the time for these prisoners it is a new beginning. These prisoners don’t want to go back to the way they were
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Houssou Atodjinou Professor: R.W.W Greene ENGN 101-4 Spring 2015 Education in USA vs. Republic of Benin Kautilya‚ an Indian philosopher‚ royal adviser‚ and professor of economics and political science very rightly underlined the importance of education‚ some two thousand years ago. He has highlighted the fact that education enriches people’s understanding of themselves. He also strongly
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I find the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn very difficult to read. I often find myself re-reading the paragraph just to understand what it means after not getting it the first time. Some of the more difficult aspects for me to understand in the book are based on the way they speak and the dialect they use. I do understand that most of the people in the book were uneducated and just basically spoke different than we do now. For example "Yo’ Ole Father doan ’ know yit what hes a-gwyne to do"
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with the Portuguese traders who revered the Benin people‚ if you look closely at the way that it has been written‚ the biased opinion towards the European community is quite unfounded. The Europeans had little knowledge of the Western African people; they heard stories of sacrifice cannibalism‚ slavery and the worship of fetishes a savage race. These stories would be reflected in the articles and publications that would be written about the people of Benin‚ a powerful kingdom on the West African Coast
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father to Benin City at a very tender age; he attended Baptist primary school in Oke Eruvbi‚ a river Valley‚ in the rural area of Benin City (and now‚ only a few kilometres to Ugbowo campus of the University of Benin). He had his Standards 3-6 education in Sapele; later‚ he returned to Benin City in 1947 and attended Western Boys High School‚ where he was taught art‚ among other subjects‚ by Edward Ivehivboje. Onobrakpeya also attended drawing classes at the Art Club of British Council in Benin City;
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that- for example- the re-unification of the “weary Herakles” was anything but a positive development. This essay will cover the arguments for and against repatriation‚ look to establish a structure of principles and then use as an example the Benin “bronzes (actually brass) held not only in the British Museum but in museums worldwide‚ including the Pitt Rivers in Oxford. The key arguments for repatriation are that:- 1. Artefacts are enriched by being viewed in their place of origin
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Art History World Art Exam II 1. In this paper were going to look at four different cultures and two pieces of art work from each. These are cultures that we have discussed in class over this last semester and our found in the book Art a Brief History by Marilyn Stokstad and Michael W. Cothren . The four cultures of art that we are going to look at are Japanize‚ Chinese‚ Indian‚ and African. The Japanese started out in the beginning borrowing the Chinese and Korean culture‚ and blending
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