Disasters quiz 1. What and when is black Friday? • Black Friday is 2. What type of flu killed almost three thousand people in Britain in 1970? • 3. What was the Greycliffe disaster? • The Greycliffe disaster occurred in Sydney Harbour 1927 when the harbour ferry Greycliffe and the Union steamship company mail streamer collided. 4. At which Scottish football ground did 66 people die when a barrier collapsed in 1971? • It occurred in the Liverpool game against Celtic
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Black Lives Matter Protests on Black Friday Last year‚ Black Friday saw protests everywhere from St. Louis to New York City; however‚ the demonstrators weren’t protesting Black Friday’s reach into Thanksgiving Day. Instead‚ they were turning to top retailers to protest the lack of an indictment in the death of Michael Brown‚ an unarmed‚ black teen from Ferguson. Now‚ some shoppers are wondering if Black Friday 2015 could see similar protests from “Black Lives Matter” activists. Let’s take a closer
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The short story “One Friday Morning” by Langston Hughes is about a young black girl‚ Nancy Lee‚ who recently moved out of the South with her parents so they may provide her with a better life and schooling. Very talented in watercolor painting‚ she wanted to make that her major in college. Regrettably‚ there are some people in the world that are just blinded by race and forget how America was supposed to be a place for equal rights without tyranny. Nancy Lee may be a colored girl‚ but at times
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Bolden 4/1/13 Contemporary Lit Honors Ms. Delmour Boobie Miles in the book Friday Night Lights had minor differences from Boobie Miles in the movie. In the book they touched on boobie’s background and how he got to live with his uncle L.V. the movie didn’t touch on that. In the book Boobie had more pressure on him to do well in football than in the movie. The Odessa townspeople felt like he was only good for football and after his injury he was a nobody. In the movie people were less hateful
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October 28‚ 2010 News Brief – Stores Push Black Friday Into October The article by Stephanie Clifford stood out to me because I never heard of the term Black Friday right before Halloween. Retailers have changed their marketing strategy adjusting to the economy’s situation. Consumers thinking has also changed and previous methods which were used to draw customers into the stores to purchase were not working. In the previous years‚ foot traffic remained high but revenues were not what were expected
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The book "Friday Night Lights"‚ is a book about a team of high school football players; all with different characters‚ personalities‚ and situations. The town of Odessa‚ in Texas is where the story begins and takes place in. To some of the players‚ football is just a game and for others‚ it is much more. To portray the mood and feeling that there is more than what meets the eye‚ Bissinger uses various rhetorical strategies throughout writing the book; however the strategies that are more often seen
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details? Are you able to work any hours outside those detailed above? Do you have the right to work in the UK? List the evidence you have to support your right to work. YES YES YES NO NO NO Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Your Work Experience Please provide details starting with your most recent employment. If you have any additional information‚ please attach a copy of your C.V. Name/Address & Telephone Number of Employer From To Job Title & Responsibilities
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crime rate and such bleak prospects that Money magazine rated it the fifth worst place to live in the United States. Football‚ Permian High football‚ was what held the town together. And hold it did‚ with crowds of 20‚000 flocking to see games on Friday nights‚ and thousands watching every practice and internalizing every success and failure of the team. The Permian Panthers was no ordinary high school football team. Its win-loss record was unrivalled in the state‚ and the team had won five state
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would be featured as the next best thing‚ not only collegiately but professionally as well. That all changed during his sophomore year at the University he suffered a horrifying knee injury‚ which led to him being known as the best that never was. Friday Night Lights’ Boobie Miles and Oklahoma Sooner Marcus Dupree have quite the similarities when it comes to their football glory. Boobie Miles and his Uncle L.V. had dreams of Boobie turning professional and being a highly paid running back in the
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The book Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger is about a high school football team from a small town in Odessa‚ Texas. The citizens of Odessa are football-crazed fanatics which thrive off the highschool football team‚ the Permian Panthers. For them‚ football is the most important aspect in their lives that they even value the teams winning record over grades. There is very little regard given to education among the highschool. Much of the town’s businesses are in dismal condition because oil‚ its
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