Queensland University of Technology ensures safety after fire ant discovery on campus The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has discovered live fire ants nest in five different locations across its Gardens Point Campus in Brisbane. However‚ QUT is currently working closely with the Queensland Department of Primary Industries: Biosecurity Queensland in order promptly and efficiently remove the fire ants from the affected campus. QUT Vice Chancellor‚ Professor Peter Coaldrake‚ says the
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Rebellion Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark’s stunt to win the last Hunger Games has inspired the beginnings of an uprising against the Capitol. This has put Katniss and her family’s life at risk. She tries to fix what she has started‚ and finds out she cannot; she then uses her influence to cause a rebellion in the districts. The author uses the protective control of the government and the rebellion to show what happens when a government takes citizens’ freedom away. Suzanne Collins became a
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The emergency services (Police‚ Fire and Ambulance) have to respond to all emergency situations‚ but they have different roles and responsibilities and they have graded response policies. All emergencies are graded by the call handler according to the information from the caller and not by the way the incident is reported. If a caller dials 999 believing an incident is an emergency the call handler will assess the information and then decide whether it is top priority or if the incident does actually
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September 18‚ 2011 To Build a Fire: An in-depth Analysis To build a fire is a wonderfully written story draped in imagery. The author describes the story so vividly that it really brings out the setting of the story. The tone is a somber one‚ and even though it is predictable what will happen the way it is written keeps you interested as to how it happens. Setting and tone are two key elements to this story . Without them the reader is left with
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On August 19‚ 1910 the Big Burn in the Rocky Moutains began‚ recorded as the largest and most destrustive fire‚ in North America. At the time the United States fire service was only five years old‚ with very little experience and preparation to handle such a large forest fire. It destroys an area the size of Connecticut within a matter of 36 hours‚ equaling more than three-million acres of forest‚ and $1 billion worth lost in timber. There were atleast 78 firefighter fatalities‚ however it is unknown
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“You think I want this life? You think I want this life?....I hate this life‚” (Out in the Cold). A man named Jerry said this when John Koepke and J.D. O’Brien interviewed him on the streets of Minneapolis‚ Minnesota. Koepke and O’Brien were making a documentary about the homeless called Out in the Cold based off of real interviews with several homeless people as they spent a week in winter living in shelters or on the streets. They created this documentary to create awareness for the homeless
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“Fire on the Mountain” is the title of the second chapter of the book Lord of the Flies. Because the adolescents were stranded on an island after the plane crash with no adults in sight‚ they decided that they needed to be the ones to take action‚ and do something about their situation in order to get saved. Ralph suggests that they “make smoke on the top of the mountain” (Golding 46) in order to grab the attention of a ship that might sail near the island. Jack and his choir immediately started
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What Makes Someone "Out of the Norm"? Everywhere around the world‚ there are some people who appear to possess certain unique characteristics that shape them into extraordinary human beings‚ people who have the power to be real heroes— but at the same time seem as ordinary as can be. Some may be friends‚ family‚ or even random people you spot on the street. However‚ you have no idea what their identity is until you actually explore and thoroughly get to know them. A few weeks ago I started to develop
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odd and yet everyone would stare and talk about her. The setting is important in both stories. Firstly‚ it is extremely important in the story “To Build a Fire” because the whole story is about how he is trying to build a fire as you can tell by the name but the reason he is trying to build the fire is because it is 50 below outside and the fire might save his life. Without the setting being the frozen Yukon the
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Timothy 20140221 Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae In the novel “Gates of Fire”‚ by Steven Pressfield‚ the author describes a battle between 300 Spartans and the Persian Army who threatens to invade and take Sparta. A Greek‚ who goes by the name Xeones‚ gives his story to a scribe who works for the Persian King Xerxes. One main theme that presents itself very well is the act of Patriotism. Something that one would learn from this novel is very similar to the basics of what
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