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    Version 1 February 2012 NAME : THUY NGUYEN Student ID 6820 DATE : 07/06/2012 BSBOHS407A Monitor a safe workplace Activity One Answer the following questions: What is the URL of the website that provides the most information about Occupational Health and safety in Victoria? OHS at DeakinSafe Work AustraliaWork Safe VictoriaHealth & Safety in the ArtsWhy is it important that all employees have access to Occupational Health and Safety information? On an average day‚ somewhere in Australia

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    In the book‚ Escaping Salem by Richard Godbeer‚ many strange events happen in Stamford‚ Connecticut that cannot be explained. A seventeen year old maidservant named Katherine Branch has several fits that she claims to be the result of witchcraft. Many neighbors that have witnessed these fits think otherwise. Witches in the seventeenth century were mostly thought to be women‚ and Katherine says that these women are indeed witches. Escaping Salem contains a lot of information about seventeenth century

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    170). From 1946-1947 Babe had 17 golf tournament victories in a row (Schoor 173). In 1932‚ 1945‚1947‚ 1950‚ and 1954 the Associated Press voted her “Woman of the Year” (Babe Didrikson Zaharias Biography). In 1950 the Associated Press acclaimed Babe “Athlete of the Century”(Babe Didrikson Zaharias Biography). She was also the very first American to win the British amateur golf title in 1947 (). Finally Beaumont‚ Texas designed April 12‚1956 “Babe Zaharias Day” (Schoor 160). Babe Didrikson was the

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    magazine titled "Success is a Job in New York" (Andy Warhol: Biography). In the 1950s he was known as a very successful commercial artist and won several awards from the Art Director’s Club and the American Institute of Graphic Arts. It was around this time he shortened his last name to "Warhol". In 1952 he had his first art show at Hugo Gallery and had his first group show at The Museum of Modern Art in 1956 (Andy Warhol: Biography). In the 1960s‚ Warhol began producing some of his most recognizable

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    Mark Twain was an author‚ a riverboat pilot‚ journalist‚ lecturer‚ inventor‚ and entrepreneur ("Mark Twain Biography”). His full name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens. But his pen name is Mark Twain. He was born in Florida‚ Missouri on November 30‚ 1835. He died in Redding‚ Connecticut on April 21‚ 1910. He was the sixth of seven children of Jane and John Clemens. His siblings’ names were Orion‚ Henry‚ Pamela‚ Margaret‚ Benjamin‚ and Pleasant ("Mark Twain"). In 1870 he married Olivia Langdon ("Twain’s

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    I AM SAM movie – Reaction Paper I. SUMMARY The movie revolves around a mentally challenged man named Sam Dawson.   He has a 7 year old daughter‚ Lucy who in under unfortunate circumstances was taken away from him. Now he asks help from a well-known lawyer‚ Rita and fights for custody over Lucy. With the help of his friends and loved ones‚ they do their best to get Lucy back. On the way‚ rough challenges comes their way but strengthens their bond and love for each other. II. PERSONAL REACTION

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    Mexico (Meltzer 3). Hughes’s parents later divorced and his mother travelled frequently to find employment. His mother left him in the care of his grandmother‚ Mary Patterson Langston‚ in Lawrence‚ Kansas (Poem-hunter.com). Meltzer stated in his biography of Hughes “Only seven now‚ and left without a mother or father‚ this could have been a terrible time for the boy. But he was lucky in his grandmother‚ Mary Langston. She was a remarkable woman…” (7). His grandmother had a very fierce sense of pride

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    The Biography of Dr. Jeffrey Wigand‚ Jeffrey was born in New York on December 17‚ 1942 and he was the oldest of five siblings. Wigand family was Catholic. His father was a mechanical engineer. Wigand’s parents were strict disciplinarians who showed little affection toward their kids. (Jeffrey Wigand Biography) Wigand in an early age he was a talented student showed a great ability to learn things mainly in chemistry and biology. Throughout his education he dreamed of becoming a doctor‚ he went to

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    Biography – Dave Franco. The brother of other well-known film actor James Franco who has been in films such as spider man and rise of the planet of the apes‚ Dave Franco was born on June 12‚ 1985 in Palo Alto‚ California. He’s the son of Betsy a poet‚ author‚ and editor‚ and Doug Franco‚ who met as students at Stanford University‚ Franco’s father‚ was of Portuguese and Swedish descent. Franco’s mother is Jewish and Dave has stated that he is "proud" to be Jewish. Franco’s grandmother‚ Marjorie Franco

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    The 2001 movie I Am Sam moves beyond the role of an entertaining film and into the function of a social dissertation on the cultural depiction of disability in contemporary life. Directed by Jessie Nelson (Megan Dowdy‚ 2009)‚ I Am Sam follows a mentally challenged father‚ on his integral pursuit to regain custody of his 7 year old daughter Lucy. As a result‚ I am Sam received acknowledgment for its aptitude and capability to approach the susceptible subject of cerebral disabilities and parenting

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