Warragamba Dam is the primary reservoir of water supply for Sydney and the Blue Mountains as one of the largest domestic water supplies in the world. It is located 65 km west of Sydney CBD‚ as shown on the map. It was created by damming the Warragamba River after a population boom and a horrific drought in Australia after WW1. Building began in the late 1940s until it was completed in 1960. It took 1‚800 workers and led to a town being built next to site‚ in order to house these workers. The dam covers
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Theatre goers were in for an ENORMOUS ride at South Plantation High School’s production of “Big” the musical. This cleverly directed comedy about a young child’s wish and the need to embrace one’s inner child was certainly a spectacle to be remembered. The plot follows Josh‚ an adorable tween growing up in New Jersey who in his frustration with pre-teenage angst‚ wishes himself to be a grown-up. At first‚ the prospects of grown up life scare him into regret‚ but as the plot progresses Josh finds
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McDonald’s and Its Critics Your Name School Name BA 454 Management Cases Teacher’s Name April 19‚ 2011 McDonald’s and Its Critics McDonalds started in San Bernardino‚ California simply as a drive-in and a car hop service with a large menu in the 1940s and the first McDonalds restaurant was opened in Des Plaines‚ Illinois in April 1955. Over the years‚ McDonald has established itself as one of America’s most popular fast food chains. From its early beginnings to its current state‚ McDonalds
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sprawling ‘Jewel of the West Coast’ and one‚ the ‘‘nightmare’ anti-myth’ of superficial soullessness first depicted by Noir (Davis 21). Both perspectives fade in and out of fashion. Los Angeles’ founders hoped for a sprawling utopia‚ capable of usurping San Francisco. In the early 1940s however disenchanted artists and thinkers began spreading the dystropic perception of Los Angeles that still colors our perception of it. Noir’s gutless‚ rotten‚ Aryan‚ trophy wife ‘L.A.’ still lingers. As Mike Davis1 puts
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Ruffian and Eight Belles were two Racing Thoroughbred horses. Ruffian being born in the year 1972 and Eight Belles being born in the year 2005. These horses are very different when it comes to awards and honors‚ injury‚ trainers and where they are buried. Also having similar attributes‚ for example‚ the age they died‚ jockey colors‚ and the two horses were both euthanized. What makes Ruffian and Eight Belles similar is that they are the same breed of horse‚ which is that they are thoroughbreds and
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Modern Economics and its Critics‚ 1 by Partha Dasgupta* First Version: September 1996 Revised: February 1998 I have benefited greatly from the comments I received on an earlier draft from Kenneth Arrow‚ Avinash Dixit‚ Frank Hahn‚ Geoffrey Harcourt‚ Ira Katznelson‚ Wolf Lepenies‚ Assar Lindbeck‚ KarlGöran Mäler‚ James Mirrlees‚ Paul Seabright‚ Gavin Wright‚ Stefano Zamagni and‚ most especially‚ Robert Solow. *The author is the Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics at the University
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Belle Sorenson Gunness Aleah WIllame 3rd hour Forensic Science Belle Sorenson Gunness Case Analysis Early life Belle Sorenson Gunness was the daughter of Paul Pedersen Størset‚ who was a stonemason‚ and Berit Olsdatter. She was born on November 22‚ 1859 in Selbu‚ Norway‚ originally named Brynhild Paulsdatter Storseth‚ and was the youngest of 8 siblings and lived on a very small cotter’s farm. Belle was a very large women being around six feet tall and weighing over two hundred pounds
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Outline and assess Feminist explanations of the relationship between gender and crime. (50 marks) Gender is on the agenda” wrote Francis Heidensohn (1989) Feminist definition of crime is that “crime is politically informed and linked to particular interests”– of men. Before feminism‚ women were invisible in sociological research‚ this meant that explanations for female recidivism saw‚ female crime as a ’special case’ resulting from sexual promiscuity and biological deviance. Biological explanations
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San Marino‚ officially known as the Republic of San Mario‚ is a small state located on the Italian Peninsula. In fact‚ it is the third smallest country in Europe‚ preceded only by the Vatican and Monaco. Although landlocked by Italy‚ it is an independent state that takes up a mere 61 square kilometers. Its capital is the City of San Marino. It has a rugged terrain‚ due to its location near to the Apennine Mountains‚ There is no natural level ground; it is composed completely of hilly terrain. The
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Bureau of Reclamation. It was to be tamed by the Hoover Dam‚ the biggest man made thing in the whole world. The place of this great achievement was in between two hulking masses of sedimentary rock at Black Canyon‚ Nevada. The dam intentionally had its purposes‚ for example its production would supply jobs in the time of the Great Depression. As well as‚ curb the rapid floods that frequently deluded Southern California(?). Then in return the Dam would reply with a clean source of electricity to neighboring
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