had been kept. Saturday 7 February was forecast to reach temperatures in the low 40s‚ accompanied by strong winds‚ igniting many bushfires across Victoria. (Jose‚ 2010) This report will explain the social‚ environmental‚ and economic effects of the Black Saturday bushfire‚ as well as bushfires causes and how to stay safe during the bushfire season. Location Victoria is a state in The South-East of Australia and is home to Melbourne‚ Australia’s second-largest city. With an area of 227‚594 km² (87
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The black death in Spain: In Spain‚ religious clerks were cornerstones to every aspect of a commoner’s life‚ from circumcision to marriage‚ almost all happenings in their lives was overseen by the church. Priests would roam in the fields during the spring to bless over the crops before they were planted. Commoners whilst in this complete brainwash by the church came to the conclusion that this plague was a curse from god‚ and the cause of the epidemic were the heretics. This led to the torment
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The Black Death In our modern times we are fortunate enough to have numerous ways to protect ourselves form infections disease. However‚ mid 1300th Europe wasn’t as lucky. One might even say that they where defenseless. There seemed to be no stopping this infections disease know as the black death from invading Europe. This disease made a lasting impact on European culture because of the ruthless symptoms‚ the blaming of innocent people‚ and the effect it had on the citizens. A terrible illness
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Movie: The Mission Meena Throngkumpola The movie‚ "The Mission‚" is about how the Spanish in cooperation with Pourtugal try to get the Jesuits off land negotiated by the two countries. The Spanish Church sends people into Asuncion‚ Paraguay to persuade the Jesuits to get off the land. The film includes spiritual and political activities the are reflected through the church‚ natives‚ and the Jesuits. What the movie mainly tried to show was that the Church wanted to maintain control over the
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Abeer A. Saeed Prof. Gail Crawford COM-248 9/17/2015 Casablanca What some people claim to be one of the most popular love stories ever to be written‚ three times Oscar award winning Casablanca directed by Michael Cutiz was made in 1942. In the well-loved romantic melodrama Casablanca stars Humphrey Bogart who plays bar owner named Rick Blain‚ one of the two lovers of Ilsa Lund‚ who is played by Ingrid Bergman. Her other lover Victor Laszlo is a Czech resistance leader who also her husband‚ is played
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English 1102 26 July 2010 Gattaca The movie Gattaca displays a world that is focused on perfection. Vincent lives in a world where being perfect means everything. He is discriminated against because he was born the natural way and not the “valid” way. The “valid” way is being created in a biotechnology lab. The genetic code of a person is altered‚ and they are created to be perfect specimens of society. Vincent’s parents trusted in God with his birth‚ an act that was considered abnormal in
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artistic eye‚ Go Fish is a film that invites audiences to view the lives of a handful of lesbians living together‚ and their quests to find happiness through love. Issues on dress‚ hair‚ and the occasional heterosexual fling are also dealt with. This movie is intended for a lesbian audience‚ but even those who are not gay can appreciate the strength and pride that these women withhold. Max‚ who is narrating the story‚ is a lesbian in search of a lover to call her own. She’s a younger girl‚ who is living
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Ayana Gentles Period 7 Mr. Blom September 26‚2014 Black Swan Green There are so many things in life that people wish they could change‚ but that wouldn’t solve anything. Life is a rollercoaster‚ you never know what to expect or how you will react to what’s in store. In the book‚ Black Swan Green by David Mitchell‚ Jason Taylor is a teenager who goes through many and deals with many obstacles that he wish he could change in his life. He deals with bullying‚ his case of stammering‚ trying
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is at the difficult time in his life battling drug and alcohol addiction as a flight captain. He becomes a hero and has to make a decision that can change his life. After reviewing the movie we can determine the reason for him becoming a hero‚ the "real" Whip‚ and my final review of the film. In the movie “Flight”‚ the major character Denzel Washington presents a bad portrait of professionalism. He plays an airline flight captain addicted to money‚ sex‚ and alcohol. Whip decides to use cocaine
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Orange is the New Black is a netflix series that covers most‚ if not all of the topics we’ve discussed in sociology. It’s not just a series about a woman who ends up in jail because she was transporting drug money for her international drug smuggler girlfriend at the time. It is also about individual prisoners who’ve somehow ended up in prison and their backstories. The five topics I felt were most displayed were sex‚ social interaction‚ religion‚ race‚ and groups. One clip that shows how the series
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