major countries to form protective coalitions‚ even with nations that had once been bitter enemies. Smaller countries were forced to choose sides‚ and by 1914‚ Europe was separated into two heavily armed camps. Any spark would have been enough to ignite the war everyone expected. That spark was touched off in Sarajevo‚ the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In an attempt to ease tensions between Austria-Hungary and people in the Balkans‚ the Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife made
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Australia considered a lucky country? This question is asked by people all around the world‚ from countries such as America all the way to Russia. Australia is home to many; people from all countries on earth decide to come to this beautiful country‚ my family included. Most young people living in Australia don’t consider it a lucky country‚ however if they have been to countries such as Syria‚ Egypt or even local neighbours such as Thailand they would understand how lucky they really are. Australia’s
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often changed themselves. Czar Nicholas II is an example of an individual who helped spark World War I. However‚ more notably‚ he is also an example of how the war affected him in ways much larger than the way he impacted it. Czar Nicholas II‚ also known as Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov‚ was born on 18 May 1868. Czar Alexander III‚ Nicholas’s father‚ died with kidney diseased at the age of 49‚ and Nicholas II “succeeded his father in 1894” (NicholasII BBC). Czar Nicholas II was neither trained nor
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Creative Spark Talk Analysis PHL/458 Creative Spark Talk Analysis My philosophy for a happy life: During this talk held in Washington D.C on October 2013‚ Sam Berns a 17 year old who suffers from a strange disease called “Progeria‚” explains how this condition has only allowed him to live a happier life. According to the speaker this is an extremely rare disease that affects approximately 350 kids worldwide. It is characterized for giving children
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In Nicholas Carr’s book The Shallows‚ he talks about many things‚ including the titular topic of What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains. He relates the story of the development of the written word‚ and the book‚ and the computer‚ and then the Internet‚ telling how the advent of each sparked a revolution in our culture‚ and‚ in the case of the internet‚ in the way we think‚ going on to say that “Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a jet ski.” (Carr
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According to Nicholas Carr in his book The Shallows‚ the Net is changing the way people view and live their everyday lives‚ and is the single most powerful mind-altering technology that has ever come into general use since the book. One can agree with Carr’s thesis because it is easily supported by observing the changing culture of humanity. Due to rapidly advancing and expanding technology‚ human beings are dealing with memory issues and diminishing human interaction. The Net is changing the way
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learn half of what they would learn without them. Knowledge and wisdom is shared across the world wide web‚ and it is visible to every single person. Technology has had a positive effect on students as too much screen time cannot harm them. In Nicholas Carr’s article The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to our
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Lucky Nugget is one of those rare online casinos that have been operating for more than a decade now. Since 1998‚ the operators have provided betting communities with quality gaming and gaming-related services. In this competitive market‚ it takes a lot for an iGaming portal to last this long‚ which means the team must be performing their responsibilities well. Players of the casino get to revel in a unique gaming experience alongside an established brand. With the brand’s outstanding track record
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LUCKY CEMENT OVERVIEW Lucky Cement Limited (LCL)‚ the largest manufacturer and premier exporter of quality cement‚ is sponsored by ‘Yonus Brothers Groups.’ The company entered into the commercial business with a production capacity of only 1.2 million tons per annum. Today‚ the company is producing 25‚000 tons of dry cement per day and has a production capacity of 7.75 million tons per annum. Lucky Cement‚ being Pakistan’s first cement company to export sizable quantities of dry cement‚ has grown
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Emily Hubbard 4-3-12 9th English A SPARK NEGLECTED BURNS THE HOUSE “A Spark Neglected Burns the House” is about two feuding neighbors‚ Ivan and Gabriel. After almost a decade of quarrels and pure hatred for one another‚ Gabriel decides to burn down Ivan’s house. In this story‚ Leo Tolstoy teaches that hatred has horrible consequences‚ that humility is essential in forgiving‚ and that forgiveness saves one from a lot of trouble. One of the first lessons Tolstoy teaches is that hatred has horrible
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