By Mike Richardson. Saturday‚ 7th February 2009 was one of the darkest days to dawn upon the whole of Australia. But mostly towards the people of Victoria‚ it is now known as Black Saturday. Black Saturday was a series of bushfires that ignited or were burning across Victoria during extreme bushfire-weather conditions‚ resulting in Australia ’s highest ever loss of life from a bushfire. Conditions: Majority of the fires ignited and spread on a day of some of the worst bushfire conditions ever
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1. What are black holes? Black holes are places where gravity has become so strong that it overwhelms all other forces. Once something enters a black hole‚ nothing can escape its gravity‚ not even light. 2. How do scientists look for black holes in space? Describe what a black hole looks like using one of the different ways of seeing the sky? Scientists look for black holes in space using telescopes that pick up x-ray‚ visible light‚ and radio waves. Using an x-ray telescope‚ a black hole can be
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‘Black~Codes’ were legal statutes and constitutional amendments enacted by the ex~Confederate states following the Civil War that sought to restrict the liberties of newly freed sIaves‚ to ensure a supply of inexpensive agriculturaI Iabor; and maintain a white dominated hierarchy. However; the history of Black Codes did not begin wIth the coIIapse of the Confederacy. Prior to the Civil War‚ $tates in the south enacted Slave Codes to regulate the institution of slavery. Furthermore‚ northern
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If you’re looking for a little bit of mystery mixed with a lot of bit of glamour‚ Black Onyx might be the right stone for your wedding rings. Black Onyx is a quartz and is the birthstone for Leos. It’s also the 10th wedding anniversary stone. This alluring ring is also extremely abundant‚ making it an affordable option for the price-conscious bride and grooms-to-be. Are you convinced that this is the stone for you? Before buying a ring embellished with this brilliant stone‚ it is important to
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I invite you to explore Black Canyon on the western slope of the White Mountains‚ about 20 minutes east of Bishop‚ California. This obscure canyon is a highly colorful‚ deep slash in the earth that keeps its many charms secret to all but a handful of Eastern Sierra visitors. It is an easily accessible location that does not involve a scary‚ butt-clenching drive on the brink of a thousand-foot drop into the abyss. One of the main reasons for its anonymity is the lack of publications detailing the
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Black Rhino Extinction The black rhino species is being killed off by poachers; having the rhino species go extinct is taking a toll on the rest of the African environment. The black rhino is an umbrella species(Gandhi). If we don’t take a stand now while the black rhino goes extinct then it will cause a certain sort of ripple effect in the African lands making it so many other species will be harmed‚ affected and or go extinct.This is important because species affect the land and we don’t want
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Black Friday is known as the biggest shopping day of the year in the United States. Where did Black Friday come from? The Friday after Thanksgiving has always been the day to kick off the Christmas season. The term Black Friday was first used in the 1960s. “Black” refers to the stores moving from “red” to “black.” Back when accounting records were kept by hand red ink was used to indicate loss and black ink was used to indicate profit. For years it was common for retailers to open at 6AM but starting
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Black Rhinoceros Hook-lipped rhinoceros known as black rhinoceros are native to eastern and southern Africa. lots people think that this black rhinoceros are called black because of their color but they color vary from brown to grey. same as other rhinoceros‚ they get their foods from plants. unfortunately black rhinoceros are in danger of extinction. around 1900 there were more than thousands of them in Africa how ever according to the International Rhino Foundation in 2008 there were only 4240
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he Black Death‚ the black plague was a horrible disease In the middle ages. it’s a medieval black plague that is a bacterium that is transmitted to human from infected rats and fleas it started when the fleas bit the rats and the fleas would go the bit the humans.Rats would get on the ships when the people were running from the disease. “When the people were getting on the ships the captains we’re all dead and the people who were not dead was very ill‚ and couldn’t hold down food. They were covered
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Shadowed Men In Black II by Robert Gordon explores the idea that the government is a shady and dim group. In Gordon’s story‚ aliens are brought into Earth from a spacecraft‚ and soon face the challenges of adapting to society. Serleena‚ a Kylothian queen discovers an occupation to take advantage of her abilities. Her shape shifting power gives her the ability to improve and transform herself to the highest possible degree of beauty to become a supermodel and seduce men. Other aliens find different
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