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    Union Flag Research Paper

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    just them also all of the government buildings in whitehall also. Flag days are directed by the DCMS which also includes birthdays of members of the Royal Family, as to wedding anniversaries of the monarch’s in the United Kingdom. Days such as Commonwealth Day, Accession Day, Coronation Day, The queen’s official Birthday, Remembrance Sunday, and also not he days of the state opening and to prorogation of the Parliament. Ever since 2013 began the relevant days have been 9 January: birthday of The…

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    do with the other. But as he journeys deeper into the roots of the African jungle and begins to comprehend savagery as an early form of civilization and, therefore, a reflection on his own reality, the metaphor changes, until the narrator raises his head at the end of the novel to discover that the Thames seemed to “lead into the heart of an immense darkness.” The alteration of the light-dark metaphor corresponds with Marlow's knowledge that the only 'reality', 'truth', or…

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    Strait of Gibraltar in order to give the listeners an idea of just how easily the British Empire would be able to handle the Italian fleet. Both are mentioned in tandem in order to create an atmosphere of safety and that even if the Italians were to head up the Eastern coast, it would not matter at all. ix) Antithesis: “If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands. But if we fail, then the whole world, including the…

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    The 1967 referendum is a very significant key development in aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples struggle for rights and freedoms. On the 27th of May in the year 1967 the federal government, who at the time was Harold Holt called a federal referendum to be put in place. The Holt government had an amendment to be approved relating to the only two discriminatory laws included in the Australian constitution. This referendum altered the balance of the inequity intended for to the…

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    International Hockey Essay

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    Hockey sticks aren’t like they are now, made of fiberglass with a small curve and a slight bend. They have evolved from bamboo then to willow tree branches in the mid-1800s which was produced in India. After they found that this was a hard way to play the game they invested in actually carving hockey sticks out of wood with straight blades. These wood hockey sticks use to have a long bend in the end which was impossible to hit on the reverse side the hook was 124mm across. By 1850 and 1860…

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    Supervision In Schools

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    Breaches of the duty of care transpired due to inadequate supervision. In Geyer v Downs, an eight-year-old child was injured in an unsupervised schoolyard when she was struck on the head by a softball bat. In Commonwealth of Australia v Introvigne, while 900 pupils were being supervised by one teacher, a 15-year-old boy was injured when other boys were swinging from a flagpole halyard and part of the flagpole fell on the plaintiff. However, in Mays…

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    Essay On Gary Foley

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    including his involvement in major political activities, his acting career and his countless informative essays to raise awareness and truth about the Aboriginal population within Australia. Gary Foley spent the majority of his youth in Nambucca Heads, however, at the young age of 15 he was expelled from school. At 17, he travelled to Sydney as an apprentice draughtsperson; ever since he has been at the centre of many. Gary Foley first came to fame with his aspiring acting career beginning in…

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    Edmund Barton Role Model

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    daughter. He, himself belonged to a large family which counted 10 children while he was one of there males and youngest child of the family. Unfortunately, he died on the 7th of January 1920 at the 71, Medlow Bath, NSW. Where was he Buried in South Head Cemetery, Sydney Edmund was a high academic achiever and was a successful school role model for others two years in a row. He had an appealing personality which included generosity, as well as the capacity to control his temper in a necessary…

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    King Lear Satire

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    Was Shakespeare’s King Lear truly a satire against King James? A satire is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. There are valid arguments on both sides as to why or why it would not be satire. I will uncover evidence from both sides to determine whether King Lear was a satire or not. According to many sources King Lear is a satire against King James.…

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    dangling apricots, which like unruly children, make their sire stoop with oppression of their prodigal weight (3.4.29-31),” the gardener says to one man. And to the other, “Go thou, and like an executioner, cut off the heads of too-fast-growing sprays that look too lofty in our commonwealth (3.4.33-35). As to question the reason for caring for the king’s garden, the man asks the gardener, “Why should we… when our sea-walled garden, the whole land, is full of weeds, her fairest flowers choked-up,…

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