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    showing no possibilities of defeat. But what is life really like in Gallipoli? The food and water are of a bad quality and insufficient‚ the medical facilities are primitive and hundreds of Anzacs die each day‚ their bodies rotting in the heat. Does Winston Churchill know or care about the situation he placed the Anzacs in? As a war journalist‚ I have spent two days in Gallipoli living and fighting with our brave soldiers. What I found was incredible and far from what has been reported in Australia

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    Some things define logic like supporting your country • We are moving towards emotion – it could be: • Love • Hate • Fear • Scary • This is Romantics • This is an Era of Reform • Edgar Allen Poe wrote things that were very scary and this was not logical • Transcendentalism is when you go beyond your senses – invented by Ralph Waldo Emerson – branch of Romanticism – very American idea • Transcendentalists were very individualist; “I”‚ “Me”‚ they didn’t like to do stuff with other ppl

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    does not count in the presidential elections. This was especially true with the Compromise of 1850. Two large faces in America at the time‚ John C. Calhoun and Daniel Webster‚ had opposing views on what would be the ideal decision for the better good. The Compromise of 1850 included five bills passed to keep power balanced between slave and non-slave states following America’s investment in new territory after the Mexican-American War.1 During the 1850s there were influential speeches spoken by both

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    The Compromise of 1850 played a major role in contributing to the start of the Civil War. With the Northern Republicans fighting to end slavery and unite the country and the Southern Democrats‚ the tension between the two was at an all time high. Although that the settlement that was agreed upon was supposed to help by pleasing both sides‚ it rather acted as a temporary buffer to keep the North and South happy for the time being. With tensions at an all time high‚ it seems as though the thought

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    Veterans Day was at first celebrated as Armistice day. There was an Act on May 13th‚ 1938‚ that was approved to make November 11th every year an annual holiday called Armistice Day. Armistice Day was the day when they celebrated the ending of World War I. The treaty for the war was signed on the eleventh month‚ day‚ and hour. On June 1st‚ 1954‚ Armistice Day’s name was changed to Veterans Day. Veterans Day has added meaning to me because I have several relatives that have served in wars. My grandfather

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    The Missouri Compromise‚ in many ways made political conditions worse between the North and South. For a long time the North and South had been fighting about political issues such as slavery. The North believed that it was wrong to capture‚ enslave and ship Africans to America to work in harsh conditions for free for White owners. The South‚ on the other hand believed slavery was right and should be used for helping the economy and producing cash crops so the North could use the supplies to make

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    As the compromise of 1850 created by Henry Clay had opened up the concept of popular sovereignty‚ by allowing territories to determine their own status. This doctrine allowed States to make their own choice on how to keep their Government and if they wanted to be a free state or a slave state. As settlers streamed into Kansas and Nebraska which were above the 36° 30’ latitude line‚ the question seemed open to popular sovereignty. The two territories were West of Missouri‚ a slave state and many settlers

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    discuss gang violence because not only do I find the topic interesting but would like to open discussion on what happens within the gangs themselves and clubhouses that the gangs belong too. I have also chosen this topic because when I think about gangs I think about things like shoot outs‚ drugs and violence and I wander is there more to it other than the violence? Is something that goes on within the gangs that I is more than what we think‚ is it fair to narrow the whole gang scene on violence alone

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    Animals (1882)‚ and various groups which eventually came together as the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Australia (1981). The RSPCA is funded primarily by voluntary donations. In 2012‚ RSPCA total income was £132‚803‚000‚ total expenditure was £121‚464‚000.[5] Its patron is Queen Elizabeth II. Contents [hide] 1 History 2 Animal welfare establishments 2.1 Hospitals 2.2 Centres 3 Organisation and structure 3.1 National organisation 3.2 Regions 3.3 Groups 3.4

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    Operation Ceasefire was composed of two fundamentals. First the operation was established to have a direct attack on gun that are being illegally transported. It wanted to put a stop on the traffickers who were supplying guns to the juveniles. In addition‚ it wanted the local‚ federal and state agencies to focus on guns illegally being transported within the states boundaries and not just on guns coming in from adjacent states. This operation brought attention to the types of guns the gang members

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