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days relate to the sadness, loss and denial in their history, and their fight for rights, for land and for recognition. Special days of significance may include the following: • 13 February - Anniversary of the Apology In 2008, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, MP officially apologised nationally for the past injustices to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia. (Australian Government). • 26 May - National Sorry Day A day to remember and commemorate the history of unjust…

Land rights are still bitterly contested, passionately fought over and, irrefutably, close to the hearts of thousands of Aboriginal people all over Australia. Land rights and the Land Councils, never far from controversy, are, once again in the political spotlight. While the critics change, their arguments have basically remained unchanged for nearly two decades. Land rights, one of the few positive outcomes to emerge for Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory in the past 40 years, has…

Wealth Matters: Loss of Black Land Ownership "Finders Keepers, Loser 's Weepers." --Unknown Introduction Finders keepers, losers weepers is a childhood adage that means whatever a person finds can be kept and whatever a person loses cannot be reclaimed. There is no principle of law that supports an individual is entitled to keep whatever is found while the original owner bears the loss. Principles related to personal and real property lost by one individual and found by another have been…

When looking at a person’s identity in related to a place, wind power scholars have shown the rural idyll to be important, but have failed to acknowledge the acceptance of turbines, instead focusing on opposition to them (Bohn and Lant, 2009; Phake, 2011; Pasqualetti; 2011). Also, research on the rural idyll has failed to explore the pre-construction/pre-decision stage of wind infrastructure in relation to social reasons behind its acceptance or dismissal (Pedersen et al. 2007; Bohn and Lant,…

Brown will likely prevail in establishing that Mrs. Sullivan “owned” the dog as defined under the Illinois Animal Control Act (the Act), and is thus liable for damages for the injuries Brown sustained. The Act defines an “owner” as “any person having a right of property in a dog…or who keeps or harbors a dog…or who has it in his care, or acts as its custodian”. 510 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 5/2.16 (LexisNexis, Lexis Advance through P.A. 99-608, except for portions of P.A. 99-576, P.A. 99-585, and…

Ms. Clover will probably not be able to prove the Ms. Austin is the owner or keeper of the dog. Ms. Clover must prove that Ms. Austin was the keeper of the dog Trixie at the time of the bite. Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 140, § 155 (West). Keeper is defined by statute as a person or corporation other than the owner who harbors or has in their possession any dog. Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 140, § 155 (West). M.G.L.A. c. 140, § 155 creates a strict liability statute, which imposes liability onto the…

choice I wanted to bring up video games, but not just any old game, games made by Bethesda, in this case, I will only be talking about some of their big name titles to stay relevant. A company who knows their target audience for games, Bethesda 's ad’s for games are magnificent at generating hype. I for one, enjoy their ad 's for many great titles and I believe the way they make ads are perfect and sell every time. But what games were successes and why start with the big start, Fallout 3.…

Deadly Premonition, have both explored this particular theme, however, within minutes both titles have also abandoned the idea of a mystery, and jumped straight into the super natural. Despite the build up, and the ever growing promise, developers behind both titles have discarded all alternative forms of storytelling, and referred to the tried and tested PVE combat. And the once intriguing and captivating titles, have become nothing more than simple survival horrors, ultimately stating that we…

issue. This will allow the problem to be reviewed by different viewpoints. (Jones, 1998) The paraphrased statement for the titles on hold problem is “The Title Services and Support Department is not hitting the goal of no more than 20.00% of than titles placed on hold for more than 5 business days for missing odometer statements and the goal of 1.20% average number of titles placed on hold.”…

roadways. I first looked closer at the vehicle titles the state provides, given the fact this this was of great interest to me. What I discovered was that the titles they provide are not an Allodial titles which would constitute absolute ownership of real property but instead feudal titles. These feudal titles are exactly like the land titles granted to peasants by nobles in medieval Europe when feudalism was the dominant social system. These titles stated that, “Peasants were obliged to live…