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    Omar Perez-Velazco Hist. 460 Dr. McDonough February 18‚ 2013 Since the beginning of time the topic of human gender its differences has been a controversial subject that always attracts attention. After the Spanish-American War‚ many men were seen as heroes‚ some even put into important positions in our nations’ government. Men like McKinley and Roosevelt‚ for example‚ used such praise and recognition to reinforce their positions of President and‚ later on‚ Vice President‚ respectively. “One

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    Prevent • Make sure it do not start • Control fuel sources Communicate • Ensure if fire happens‚ occupants know what to do Escape • Provide a route for escape for occupant to move safely before threatened by smoke Containment • Ensure fire can be contained to smallest possible area Extinguishment • Ensure fire can be extinguished quickly with minimum damage FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM SMOKE DETECTORS HEAT DETECTOR FLAME DETECTOR GAS SENSING DETECTOR Ionisation Dectectors

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    CKS (i.e. Freedom: A Philosophical Anthology‚ ed. Ian Carter‚ Matthew Kramer and Hillel Steiner (Blackwell‚ 2007).) • The idea of an “essentially contested concept” – a concept that cannot be specified in detail in advance of normative debates. • The meanings of terms like liberty‚ equality and democracy cannot be given a neutral specification in advance of settling disagreements about the use and significance of these concepts‚ and an account of how they fit within a broader political view. (This would

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    “Dog fighting is a type of blood sport in which dogs are forced to fight one another for the entertainment and/or profit of spectators. A felony offence in all 50 states‚ dog fighting is one of the most deplorable forms of animal cruelty.”- ASPCA: Dog fighting. As you can see dog fighting is brutal sport for profits and pride boosts. Dog fighting is still a problem in the world‚ even after becoming illegal. Dog fighting is growing‚ training these dogs to fight leads to animal abuse to make them cruel

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    first Gladiator fighting started around 265 BC. The Gladiators could of have been men or women and sometimes volunteers from the crowd‚ who risked their lives to fight each other or wild animals for audiences like the Roman Empire and Roman Republic. They fought for fame‚ riches‚ and glory in arenas like the Colosseum in Rome. Gladiators were solid men or women who were at their peak of fitness. Gladiators trained at special school that were designed for the purpose of gladiator fighting. There they

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    but as a Spartan I could support the conquering of other people to become slaves. The slaves did the hard work and were treated harshly‚ but if they worked hard enough they could buy their freedom. In Athens‚ the slaves could have lots of jobs like tutors‚ but could never be free. Also in Athens they used the sea harbors to trade to make money. Athenians’ land was not that good‚ so they could not farm as much. Athens had huge marketplaces called Agora‚ where they used coins to trade. Spartans like life

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    INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPANY Spartan Stores Company was once a wholesale grocery cooperative has today grown to be the fifth-largest food supplier in the United States. The company is listed as one of the prestigious Fortune 400 companies as well. They are also the largest food distributor serving U.S. military commissionaires and exchanges. They own and run over 165 corporate owned grocery stores across ten states of U.S. and distribute to 2100 individual localities across more than 46 states(Spartannash

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    talking about taking hitting and fighting out of hockey in the last few years because of the rise in career ending injuries‚ but the cause is from the fact that hockey players having been getting faster stronger and more skilled. Although people do get severe injuries and some take it too far it’s the risk that they face every time they step on the ice. Hitting starts at the age of 11 which I think is an appropriate age to start hitting. Taking Hitting and fighting out of hockey would change the game

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    The Fighting Temeraire The Fighting Temeraire‚ a landscape oil canvas painted by Joseph Mallord William Turner in 1839‚ stands 90.7 centimeters tall and 121.6 centimeters wide at The National Gallery in London. At first glance‚ eyes are drawn to the regal‚ silent gliding form of the Temeraire and its partner slicing through the glass-like water. Both figures are encased in a triangular-shaped haze of sky blue. With its three masts drawn up and broken spar jutting forward‚ impotent and incapable

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    “Learn to love death’s ink-black shadow as much as you love the light of dawn.” This is a quote taken from ancient Spartan society that was said to the young men who were in the process of becoming soldiers. While Sparta is most popularly known as a warrior society‚ it had many other characteristics that made it revered. No other civilization during the Classical Era can be compared to that of Sparta. Sparta’s legendary warriors‚ women‚ and politics made it a true iconic civilization during that

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