[pic] Robert Gerard "Bobby" Sands (9 March 1954 – 5 May 1981) was an Irish volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army and member of the British Parliament who died on hunger strike while imprisoned in HM Prison Maze. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. During his strike he was elected as a member of the British Parliament as an Anti H-Block/Armagh Political Prisoner candidate. His
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The Fog of War is a movie about the life of Robert S. McNamara‚ the former Secretary of Defense. The movie has actual footage and has an interview with Robert McNamara by the director. Having McNamara to tell the story of his experiences Of the wars from his perspective‚ The director also divides the film into eleven lessons that are taken right from McNamara’s life. Out of all of Mcnamara’s lessons there are three that I believe to be more important than the others. In the first lesson “Empathize
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Tar Sands The majority of oil used by the United States as well as internationally soon may come from the tar sands in Alberta‚ Canada. Extracting oil from tar sands is an extremely costly and immensely dirty way of obtaining fuel. There is currently a plan to build a pipeline‚ the Keystone XL‚ which will run from the supply of tar sands in Albert down the western United States to refineries in Texas. There are two major concerns when dealing with the creation of this pipeline and the increased
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Mittelman June 9‚ 16 Night and Fog The documentary “Night and Fog‚” by Alain Resnais articulates the story of the ending solution of the Nazi Germany’s concentration camps. The film features both the past and present day landscape of Auschwitz‚ while describing what life was like in the concentration camps. This was one of the first films‚ which was published ten years after the revelation of the camps‚ to demonstrate what happen in the holocaust. Night and Fog delve in to the tales of starvation
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Sand dunes are a very important part of the ecosystem. They hold many plant and animal species‚ some of which are even endangered or on the verge of extinction. People of the community and non-profit organizations have been trying to preserve the sand dunes for many years. Sand dunes are destroyed by winter storms and hurricanes. But that is just part of nature. People destroy sand dunes. When people walk on sand dunes‚ they leave weak spots. The wind picks up the sand and carries it out to sea
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London fog is seen by many as an inevitable force that has plagued the area for centuries. The fog fills the air with a thick cloud that coats the city and everyone inside. Tim Goodwin believes the fog is a manmade force that acts as a parasite against the city. While Charles Dickens sees the fog as a shadow of the city that creeps around everywhere. Both passages clearly regard this topic with a different purpose and style‚ but still gives the viewer a good insight of life among the fog. The purpose
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"The Fog Horn" Summary In the story‚ "The Fog Horn" by Ray Bradbury‚ out in the cold water‚ far from land‚ there was a lighthouse. The plot follows Johnny‚ the protagonist and narrator‚ and his boss‚ McDunn who are putting in a night’s work at a remote lighthouse. The lighthouse’s resonating fog horn attracts a sea monster that lives in the deep part of the ocean. The sea monster ends up destroying the place. This was actually the third time the monster had visited
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of various types of equipments for whole set of sand-making production line‚ and provides superior technical support for customers. The whole sand-making production line consists of vibrating feeder‚ jaw crusher‚ sand-making machine‚ vibrating screen‚ belt conveyor‚ electric control system‚ etc. We designed the production line has 30 tons to 800 tons. The whole design is simple and convenient‚ For customers to save time‚ money and space. VSI sand making machine is the lasted product of authoritative
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Alberta Oil Sands and How It Affects Us Ellie (Pei-Ju) Chen Student ID 3021681 ENV-2603 Professor Bryan Osborne University of Winnipeg Table of Contents “The Price of Tar-Sands Oil”.......................................................................………………………………………………. p3 “Oil Sands Development Contributes Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds to the Athabasca River and Its Tributaries” …………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. p4 “Waste Streams of Mined Oil Sands: Characteristics
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Introduction A sand casting or a sand molded casting is a cast part produced by forming a mold from a sand mixture and pouring molten liquid metal into the cavity in the mold. The mold is then cooled until the metal has solidified. In the last stage the casting is separated from the mold. There are six steps in this process: (see sketch below): 1. Place a pattern in sand to create a mold. 2. Incorporate a gating system. 3. Remove the pattern. 4. Fill the mold cavity with molten metal
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