On September 1‚ 2004‚ the world was shocked and horrified by the terrorist attack of Chechen rebels on a Middle school in the Russian town of Beslan. Nearly 1‚200 children‚ teachers‚ and parents were taken hostage on the first day of school‚ and held captive for 53 hours. In the aftermath of the explosions and gunfire‚ over 360 people were killed‚ and hundreds more were left injured (Kaplan‚ 2004). The siege of the school was the latest of a dozen bloody attacks on targets such as airliners‚ trains
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My beautiful new watch had run eighteen months without losing or gaining‚ and without breaking any part of its machinery or stopping. I had come to believe it infallible in its judgments about the time of day‚ and to consider its constitution and its anatomy imperishable. But at last‚ one night‚ I let it run down. I grieved about it as if it were a recognized messenger and forerunner of calamity. But by and by I cheered up‚ set the watch by guess‚ and commanded my bodings and superstitions to depart
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Art History I Pr. Angel Davila Nov-12-11 REMBRANT “THE NIGHT WATCH” The painting completed in 1642 is a Dutch treasure. The painting is large measuring 11” x 14”. Its was painted in the peek of what is now known as the Dutch Golden Age‚ where the militia painting where in full effect. But Rembrandt‚ which was known for not following the norm‚ decided to take a different approach when capturing the militiamen in his painting. Unlike the single filed lines of men painted in earlier portraits
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Going up in Smoke: Terrorist Financing and Contraband Cigarettes A strange bond exists between smokers‚ contraband operators‚ and terrorists around the world‚ as ‚ contraband cigarettes indirectly fund terrorist activities. By Antonio L. Rappa For The Straits Times In the year 2000‚ United States authorities caught two Lebanese brothers for running a multimillion-dollar smuggling operation‚ moving low-tax cigarettes from North Carolina to high-tax Michigan. It was a major coup for the Bureau
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Autobiography of a watch Now I am in a line of junk which is being crused and burnt to make new things. I think my turn will come in half an hour. I am not scared at all because I know that every thing has to go one day and I am nothing else.My glass is cracked ‚ band is torn and hands Brocken . I think you can make out that I am nothing else than a watch. I am 32 years old and as back I remember when my eyes open first I was in a Titan showroom. I used to get very bored seeing people
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The terrorist attacks on September 11th have repeatedly been related to Pearl Harbor. In many ways‚ the analogy is apparent. Just as that attack initiated us into World War II‚ the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have initiated us into a new kind of war‚ against terrorism. But starting this sort of borderless war holds great risks‚ not only to the armed forces commanded to fight but also to core national values. In this way‚ Pearl Harbor brings other distressing memories‚ those
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The Troubles with Camping Each year‚ thousands of people throughout the United States choose to spend their summer vacations camping. Depending on individual sense of adventure‚ there are various types of camping to choose from‚ including log cabin camping‚ recreational vehicle camping and tent camping. Of these‚ tent camping by far requires the most "roughing it‚" and with proper planning can be very gratifying. However‚ even the with the best planning‚ tent camping can be an extremely
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//list of header files #include <windows.h> #include<stdio.h> //contains printf‚scanf etc #include<conio.h> //contains delay()‚getch()‚gotoxy()‚etc. #include <stdlib.h> #include<string.h> //contains strcmp()‚strcpy()‚strlen()‚etc #include<ctype.h> //contains toupper()‚ tolower()‚etc #include<dos.h> //contains _dos_getdate #include<time.h> //#include<bios
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Swatch and the Global Watch Industry In the 1980’s‚ Swiss watchmakers began to realize they needed to change their business model to fit into a new global market place. They needed to not only change their views of the market but the infrastructure of watch manufacturing. In order to compete on a global level they needed to improve their technology‚ design products that would appeal to new markets and be able to compete with other companies on quality and cost. During this time‚ a merger of two
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A watch is a piece of tool‚ man have ever achieved in designing‚ in which have helped mankind to be precise on time. It is a small portable timepiece that displays time‚ and sometimes the day‚ date‚ month and year. These types of watches with more functions than just displaying the common time will cost the user a fortune. This timepiece is especially worn on the wrist or carried in the pocket. Showing us the time for centuries‚ watches have evolved from the usual mechanical form into a digital form
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