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    Australia Australia‚ the continent down under‚ filled with kangaroos‚ koala bears‚ and many more unique creatures. I always wanted to go to Australia‚ but never knew much about it‚ like the history behind it‚ and what there really is to do. So I decided to research it and talk to people that are familiar with it. I started my search off by looking in an encyclopedia called Encyclopedia International and looked up Australia. The encyclopedia was written back in 1970 but things have changed

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    The poem "Why Are Your Poems So Dark" by Linda Pastan exposes that no matter who you are‚ darkness will always be prevalent in your life. She does this by using an evident contrast between light and dark throughout the entire poem. Of major note in this contrast are the speaker’s point of view‚ Biblical allusion‚ and rhetorical questions. One of the biggest contributors to the overall theme of the poem is the author’s use of point of view. The point of view in the poem is second person. Pastan

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    Elephant culling is not bad‚ but it is actually good for Africa. Adult African elephants eat an enormous 130kg of food a day‚ and they eat anything. They trample crops grown by humans and eat them. This is devastating to an already starving African population. This is only one of the reasons to cull them. I personally feel that elephant culling is not even a choice for Africa‚ but a necessity. It is a necessity for Africa because if the elephant population gets too big‚ Africa’s biodiversity will

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    Name___________________                        Date ___________________ A Child Called “It” by Dave Pelzer      Review Worksheet Chapter 2-  Good Times Part one:                                                         Character Identification: Describe who the characters are and what relationship they share with the main character. 1. Stephen Joseph = He was David’s father. He was a fireman and stood about 5’10 and weighed about 190 pounds. He had broad shoulders and forearms that would

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    why was africa colonised

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    BOWSTRING BRIDGE TABLE OF CONTENTS: -Initial design sketch -Design brief of the bridge -Report on the Golden Gate Bridge -Rough work and planning GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE contruction: San Francisco CA Over four years‚ CONSTRUCTION commenced on January the 5th 1933. The bridge was soon opened for vehicular traffic on May the

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    Dark Matter Dark Energy Prepared by Alexander Ray Prepared for Jennifer Weinberg-Wolf Astronomy with Lab SCI-224-62451 DeVry University‚ Arlington VA December 8‚ 2012 Table of Contents Abstract 3 Dark Matter Dark Introduction 4 Dark Matter Conceptualized 4 Dark Matter Compositional Theories 5 The Role Dark Matter Plays 5 Dark Energy Conceptualized 6 What is Dark Energy 6 The Dark Energy‚ Dark Matter Relationship 7 Conclusion 7 Works Cited 8 Abstract It

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    Europe was in a dark age for the following reasons. Thousands of people died from the bubonic plague‚ crusades were intense‚ and power of the government. For instance‚ the bubonic plague‚ also known as the “black death”‚ spread around at rapid speed. According to the Black Death document‚ “The plague infected the Indians in India‚ the Sind‚ the Persians‚ and the Crimea. … killing daily one thousand or more and destroying the population.” Many knights died because of the crusades‚ some of their man

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    There are many underlining issues in South Africa that have to be dealt with in order for our country to be called a rainbow nation. Post 1994 since our very first democratic elections South Africa has known no peace. It seems like the spirit of violence that was in the apartheid era was passed on to the new democratic South Africa as we are having violence‚ racism‚ hatred‚ bitterness‚ anger etc. “As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom‚ I knew if I didn’t leave my

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    1301 U.S. History – B. Lewellen Exploration Pangea – Super continent Early Migration to America: * Called hunters and gatherers * Russia‚ Siberia‚ Japan… -> Canadian rocky mountains and plains of America * Crossed over the Beringia (water between Alaska & Russia) North America Pre-1492: * Natives became extinct because of disease & war with European Settlers * Southwest – Natives migrated and died often because of the heat and lack of food sources. Marco Polo:

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    Africa continues to be misrepresented as a continent of victims of poverty‚violence and ridden with HIV/AIDS.Ask anyone what they think of Africa and you may received a response related to poverty‚AIDS‚hunger‚tribalism‚or animals.Most likely the view is that Africa is not continent at all but one large country where everyone speaks the same language‚eat same food‚wears same dress and create he same art work.Simply a homogenous place. (Selome Araya‚2007).m It must be pointed out that this same continent

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