The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago‚ Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). They have won four Stanley Cup Championships and fourteen division titles since their founding in 1926. Since 1994‚ the Blackhawks have played their home games at the United Center afterhaving spent 65 years playing at Chicago Stadium.Currently‚ they are the defending Stanley Cup champions‚having
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Life on this planet Earth is the product of a delicate balancing act provided by nature. Mankind’s very existence is totally dependent on this fragile ecosystem’s ability to maintain itself. A valuable player in the balance of the environment‚ the ozone layer‚ is facing a very serious threat by man. Chloroflourocarbons (CFCs)‚ are chemical agents commonly found in refrigerants‚ aerosol sprays‚ and in the manufacturing of Styrofoam and industrial solvents. With the rate of more than a half-million
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Fitness First This is part 2 of a series of posts talking about popular gyms in the country. Fitness First is perhaps the most popular gym in the metro. Reason? They have so many branches‚ mostly in malls‚ making them the most accessible gym in the Philippines. First Impressions: Nice and plenty equipment The first thing that will catch your attention upon entering Fitness First (especially in their new branches) are their numerous‚ big‚ high-quality TechnoGym fitness equipment. If you ever
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In this essay I shall be discussing the link between the environment and society and also how the environment has brought about social change. This essay shall also include various environmental issues faced by society. Natural environment refers to the earth’s surface and atmosphere‚ counting all living organisms as well as the air‚ water‚ soil and other resources essential to maintain life. Humans depend heavily on the natural environment to sustain their lives; they depend on food‚ clothing and
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The Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup is a trophy that is awarded annually to the NHL ( National Hockey League ) playoff champions. Unlike other major sports trophies like such as in football and soccer‚ the Stanley Cup is not remade each year and winners of the cup keep it until a new champion is crowned. Something also unique to the cup is that it has the names of all winning players‚ coaches and management engraved on it. The current cup is made of silver and nickel alloy and is roughly 90 centimetres
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Chlorofluorocarbons Chlorofluorocarbons are non-toxic‚ non-flammable chemicals that are mainly used in the manufacturing of aerosols‚ blowing agents for foams and packing materials‚ as solvents‚ and as refrigerants. They are classified as Halocarbons‚ a class of compounds that contain carbon and halogen atoms‚ and are amongst a group of substances called "greenhouse gases". They eat away at our ozone and raise the temperature of our planet significantly‚ causing detrimental damage to our planet
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the latest news and highlights (238)‚ is still “mildly attracted” (239) to the game for its grace‚ beauty‚ and skill (239)‚ and yearns for a Stanley Cup Final with two Canadian teams; most importantly a final with the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadians – two of the original six teams. Bowling describes the evolution of professional hockey from a game with a tremendous amount of tradition to one that has become a commercialized‚ violent‚ glitzy‚ and “Americanized” spectacle (237). Throughout
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SEN700 –Research Methodology Declaration I certify that the attached work is entirely my own (or where submitted to meet the requirements of an approved group assignment is the work of the group)‚ except where work quoted or paraphrased is acknowledged in the text. I also certify that it has not been submitted for assessment in any other unit or course. I agree that Deakin University may make and retain copies of this work for the purposes of marking and review
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Case Study: Calcutta’s Metro In 1996‚ Calcutta’s long-waited metro finally opened to a collective sigh of relief from the long-suffering population of this large Indian city. Critics had long derided the project a one of the “slowest-moving” public works projects ever conceived and implemented. The single route line‚ comprising 17 stations and slightly more tan 10 total miles of track‚ had taken 23 years from the date it was first approved at a final estimated cost of almost $5 billion. To put
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The Quebec Vexation The French speaking people of Quebec lived under heavy oppression in the 1950s and 60s. Many francophone people looking for work in Quebec cities were refused because of their French background. In areas such as Montreal‚ the francophone people were earning up to 50 percent less than their English speaking peers. There was a clear distinction between the quality of life for the English and the quality of life for the French. It was because of this distinction that the people
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