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    Battleship Potemkin Notes

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    inciting incident that led to the mutiny aboard the Potemkin was the near assassination of about a dozen crew members for protesting the ridiculously poor conditions aboard the vessel‚ particularly with the food they were served. Right before a firing squad delivered their death blows a crew member named Vakulnichuck was able to persuade the men not to murder their fellow brothers and the rest of the crew‚ who were themselves dissatisfied with conditions onboard the battleship‚ finally took arms against

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    swimming with pants on. This is to also include anyone who is Christain by faith because Sharia Law is in full effect in this tropical paradise. Dont believe me‚ just ask the families of 8 drug runners from other countries who were were delt death by firing squad in 2015. Religous police are on the prowl and recently they have claimed their first non muslim resident. An elderly lady was caned in public and recieved 28 lashes as a result of selling booze which violated goverment law. Her original sentence

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    Mata Hari During WWI

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    Women spies-Mata Hari Mata Hari is one of the most recognized spies of WWI. Mata Hari was no ordinary spy. Mata was a women who used her sexual appeal and prostitute lifestyle to play the government and government officials during WWI. Mata Hari‚ was Margaretha Geertruida Zelle stage name‚ she began preforming as a promiscuous dancer when she moved to Paris. During the time of WWI Mata was a courtesan to many high ranking military officials. As a Dutch subject Mata was able to cross national

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    Marie Lu Legend Quotes

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    Characterization - In the book “Legend” by Marie Lu‚ I would like to have Day be my best friend out of all of the characters. Day has been nothing but caring throughout the whole book to Tess and other characters such as June and his little brother Eden‚ which is a characteristic that I really admire about Day. An illustration as to where Day was caring to Tess was when he met Tess for the first time. Day was on the streets by himself when he saw her in an alleyway. He called out to her and she

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    Pro Death Penalty

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    Pro Death PenaltyBy‚ Valon MelaThe death penalty should be kept as a punishment in our court systems. It should be kept because it helps crime rates drop‚ helps give closure‚ serves justice‚ and more. Even though it gives a great outcome to the system there are people who argue against it. People against say that capital punishment is not rite‚ innocent people get killed‚ and its cruel and unusual punishment; yet none of those facts are proven‚ in fact‚ there is prove against them. Ultimately the

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    Introduction Capital punishment‚ also known as the death penalty‚ is defined as the physical execution of a person by the state as punishment for a crime. The existence of the death penalty dates as early as the eighteenth century B.C. in the Code of King Hammaurabi of Babylon. The code outlines twenty-five different crimes for which the death penalty was applied. At this time‚ the means by which the death penalty was enacted included crucifixion‚ drowning‚ beating to death‚ burning alive‚ and impalement

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    Capital punishment in the United States I think should not be used. Many people think that capital punishment is no different than murder. Murder is an unlawful and wrong because causing harm to another individual in a malicious manner is no different than capital punishment. There is no difference between the two because at the end they both mean the same thing causing death to a human being. Capital punishment was suspended in the United States from 1972 to 1976 primarily as a result or the Supreme

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    so Riel set up a provisional government. Angered by recent events the Métis drew up a list of rights. Riel later led a party of armed Métis to Shultz home and took members of the Canadian party to Fort Garry. Thomas Scott was executed by a Métis firing squad because he went against the provisional government. Throughout and after this rebellion there were many terrible results. Riel got banished by the Canadian government for five years. The members of the provisional government that Riel set up were

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    letter. Later on‚ Bertha is shot by the Colonel and Big Joe disappears. He is later found in the Church. The remainder of the book is set in France‚ where Charlie and Tommo are fighting on the front lines. Charlie is sentenced to death by firing squad for cowardice‚ and Tomoo makes him a promise. The book ends with Tommo thinking to himself “All I know is that I must survive. I have promises to keep.” To me‚ Private Peaceful was a great book. I would rate it 10/10 as I thoroughly enjoyed

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    Jose Rizal

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    rebellion‚ sedition‚ and of forming illegal association. On the eve of his execution while confined in Fort Santiago‚ Rizal wrote a poem called Mi Ultimo Adios and hid it inside a gas burner. He was executed on December 30‚ 1896 at the age of 35 by a firing squad at Bagumbayan‚ known today as Luneta Park in Manila. Despite the lack of any official declaration explicitly proclaiming him as national hero‚ he remains admired and revered for his role in Philippine history. Whatever the government decides

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