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    Guantanamo Bay Prison, a controversial topic, where the worst of the worst reside, most uncharged, and are interrogated day in and day out all in an effort to protect the citizens of the United States. The film, The Road to Guantanamo, tells the story of three friends before and during their time in Guantanamo through their own accounts, archival footage, and dramatized re-enactments. Through the use of the witness interviews and the dramatized re-enactments of the real events described, The…

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    Guantánamo Bay detention camp Legal assignment Guantanamo bay detention centre a. Identify and describe a contemporary human rights issue The Guantanamo Bay detention camp (also known as GITMO), is a US detention facility located on the coast of Guantanamo Bay in south-eastern Cuba, on the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base. It was built in 2002 in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks and subsequent military operations in Afghanistan. The detention centre was used to house Muslim militants and…

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    creation of Guantanamo Bay. Guantanamo Bay is a detention camp located in Cuba that hold suspected terrorists and is used to extract critical information. There have been proposed plans to close or replace Guantanamo Bay due to moral and cost-wise reasons. However, it should remain open because the detainees are too dangerous to move to another prison, crucial information is extracted, and the U.S. Constitution and the Geneva Convention are not violated. The detainees in Guantanamo Bay are not…

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    Kingsford officially became recognised as a suburb on 25 June 1936. Prior to becoming its own suburb, it was mostly undeveloped land and was known as South Kensington. The suburb is mainly residential with a population of 14,100. It has a large commercial area where the markets, restaurants, hotels, and bars are found. Kingsford is surrounded by other eastern suburbs, making it close to Sydney, beaches, and other recreational areas. Housing The housing situation in Kingsford consists of…

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    Midcontinent Rift System event, estimated at 1,109 million years ago. Green Bay is an arm of Lake Michigan, located along the south coast of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the east coast of Wisconsin. It is separated from the rest of the lake by the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin, the Garden Peninsula in Michigan, and the chain of islands between them, all of which were formed by the Niagara Escarpment. Lake Winnebago, connected to Green Bay by the Fox River, serves as part of the…

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    Darling Point History

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    Darling Point is Sydney’s most historic blue chip harbour side suburb where residents enjoy a prestigious lifestyle. Surrounded by Sydney Harbour, Double Bay, and Rushcutters Bay, this exclusive suburb offers plenty of things to do on and off the water. This Sydney suburb is within walking distance to the CBD (central business district) of Sydney, making it easy to get to and from work if you want to work in the CBD. Darling Point is known for being home to the wealthiest people of Sydney who…

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    Lavender Bay 2060 is an affluent, impressive North Shore Sydney suburb that features a nice range of local amenities like cafes, small shops, pubs, restaurants, convenience stores, and pubs that are all within walking distance of every neighbourhood. The harbour front of Lavender Bay features a scenic boardwalk, luscious local parks, access to the Sydney Harbour Bride, where you can enjoy a stroll into the city or into The Rocks. What are the features of Lavender Bay that make it so appealing…

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    and “old money” representing East Egg. Carraway’s cottage is nestled just left of the Gatsby mansion and directly across the bay from his second-cousin once removed Daisy Buchanan and her husband, Tom. Through reading, I believe Fitzgerald chose to use Nick Carraway as the narrator to show a direct parallel…

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    fiction spent nearly 5 months in the three big Muskoka lakes. Before “the Canadians came up to their summer camps” in June, he “explored every bay and inlet of the lakes”. Included in the explorations with his friend, Kay, were “longer expeditions of several days at a time into the great region of backwoods that began due north” and then “westward to Georgian Bay with its thousand islands”. Thus both Blackstone and Crane Lakes were enjoyed.  Note: John Jennings or Henry Vankoughnett are…

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    Ash Lawn-Highland presents a typical Colonial, Georgian style façade that presents a red brick foundation, which runs along the structure’s base turning into fieldstone along the west wing. Attached to a stone stylobate, a single brick step runs half the length of the porch. Adjoining the stylobate are two wooden plinths, which support Tuscan columns. The Tuscan columns sustain the full weight of the portico’s pediment. Full-length wooden floorboards make up the remaining area of the porch,…

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