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    Shaw V Thomas

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    of officers exposed to traumatic events‚ and it was seen by the Commissioner as sufficient to warrant the expenditure of monies … I doubt that the Commissioner would have taken these steps if the risk was an insignificant one: at [414]. Shaw v Thomas [2010] NSWCA 169 involved a 10-year-old child being injured by falling off a bunk bed when staying at a friend’s house. The risk was defined as the respondent ‘falling and injuring himself whilst descending from the top bunk of the bed in question’:

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    Edward Thomas Quotations

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    Edward Thomas Quotations – The power of language “Silence/Stained with all that hour’s songs.” Synaesthesia of sound being described in a visual term (MARCH) Conversational – “Now I know that Spring” (MARCH)/“But these things also are Spring’s” (BUT THESE THINGS ALSO) Language and words prove that we love the Earth‚ “As the earth which you prove/ That we love.” (WORDS) The problems with language Names are confusing and pointless. They “half decorate‚ half perplex‚ the thing it is.” (OLD MAN) To someone

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    Analysis of Thomas Hardy

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    poems. “To me the universe was all void of Life‚ of purpose‚ of volition‚ even of hostility‚ it was one huge‚ dead‚ immeasurable‚ Steam- Engine rolling on‚ in its dead indifference‚ to grind me limb from limb”‚ was posited by Carlyle‚ and affirmed by Thomas Hardy. Hardy’s poems are generally perceived to be pessimistic and cynical in nature‚ wherein the existence of humans on earth by a supposed Divine authority is criticized and condemned. Several of his poems‚ in particular‚ the Wessex collections

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    Z~ AP Lit. Thomas Hardy and Religion Famous author and poet‚ Thomas Hardy‚ was born June 2nd in the year of 1840 into a small town called Higher Bockhampton in Stinsford Parish. He lived in a lower class family‚ aware and content with their position. Hardy’s father was a master mason while his mother stayed at home and encouraged Hardy’s education. His mother taught him to read‚ and continued educating him through his years until the age of 16. At this point‚ a friend of Hardy’s father‚ John

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    Cryonics Proponent Thomas

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    Cryonics (often mistakenly called "cryogenics") is the practice of cryopreserving humans or animals that can no longer be sustained by contemporary medicine until resuscitation may be possible in the future. The process is not currently reversible. Cryonics can only be performed on humans after clinical death‚ and a legal determination that further medical care is not appropriate (legal death). The rationale for cryonics is that the process may be reversible in the future if performed soon enough

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    Thomas Lawrence Influence

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    in schools and people were prosecuted. Life for the Arabs was horrible and hopeless and the Turks prevented the Arabs from living free lives. His life‚ his involvement in the war‚ his influence‚ and his effect on the world will be discussed here. Thomas Edward Lawrence

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    Thomas Aquinas and Usury

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    Aquinas on Usury 1 The idea of lending money at a cost or interest rate has been a concept that has been around for centuries. St Thomas Aquinas was an early Western philosopher who is acclaimed to be the thought of much of the catholic churches teachings today. Aquinas was against the notion of lending money at interest for various reasons. Following the catholic view on usury often leads to an association with greed and exploiting the person in need of the loan. In today’s society usury is almost

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    Thomas Stonewall Jackson

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    Thomas Stonewall Jackson was born in Clarksburg‚ Virginia‚ on January 21‚ 1824. After graduating 17th in his class at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point‚ he was commissioned as a second lieutenant. He served in the Mexican War and won two brevets. While he was in Mexico‚ Jackson became a Presbyterian. A friend said that‚ "He never smoked‚ he was a strict teetotaler and never touched a card." In 1851‚ Jackson was recruited to teach at the Virginia Military Institute. His students called him

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    A Christ figure is depicted as a visionary character who is symbolic to Jesus Christ and suggests towards the beginning of the novel‚ the reader learns more about Gatsby’s early life and can see how he to Biblical stories. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ the intriguing and mysterious character Jay Gatsby is undoubtedly represented as a Christ figure. Fitzgerald uses strikingly similar characteristics between Gatsby and Jesus‚ resulting images to the Bible and Gatsby’s ultimate death echoing

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    Carol Davis 6 November 2009 Professor M. Smith English 101 The Prodigal Son‚ a parable told by Jesus Christ on his journey to Jerusalem and retold in the Gospel of Luke found in the New Testament of the Holy Bible‚ has become more then a tale of hope for Catholic families to hold on to but for all families to hold on to the faith they have for their children‚ the new generation‚ to do right in the world. In many cases there is a rebellious child who wishes and tries to break away from the rest

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