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    Throughout human history, we are consistently stormed with evil acts—either as a result of legal, unjust laws or from inferior ethics belonging to an individual or group of people. In the late 1700’s, the French Revolution was going under full force, executing upwards of ten-thousand citizens for supposedly acting against the government—an event known as The Reign of Terror. The Reign of Terror was completely under the law—those who were in control were able to execute large masses of people…

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    Benjamin Franklin once said: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." That quote often comes up in the context of new technology and concerns about government surveillance. Simply put; and I'm paraphrasing here; but Ben Franklin essentially said at one point, those who would exchange self-government for a bit of security deserve neither to be self-govern nor security. The quotation is considered to come from a letter…

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    There is nothing on earth like Fleet Street. The thoroughfare, which runs like a crooked spine through east central London has been the home of the British press for 300 years. Here are published almost all of Britain’s national newspapers. Here also are the headquarters of many magazines, foreign and provincial press bureaus, international news agencies, trade papers, and the attic offices of freelance journalists. It was in Fleet Street tavern that the British press was born. Three centuries…

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    Homesteading: Do You Know What It Really Means Today The various Homestead acts, yes there were more than one, essentially gave an individual, called an applicant, ownership of land, with stipulations attached, without paying cash for it in the United States. The first act was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862. A person was given a grant for 160 acres or 65 hectares, which was considered a one quarter section. People from all walks of life applied for the grants, and this…

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    Road To Revolution

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    during the war for nothing! The Stamp Act The stamp act was a solution to pay off the French and Indian war. Everything in Great Britain was already taxed, but the Grenville made a new act. The act was called the stamp act, for every piece of paper the colonist they had to buy a stamp. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. The colonist disagreed with the act and the Stamp Act as a violation. The…

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    Early House Churches

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    Recently Christians’ persecution has been on the rise, at the same time the churches seem to be going back to their roots. According to the World Watch List, which is produced by the Open Doors USA (2016), a non-denominational mission supporting persecuted Christians in over 60 countries, persecution of Christians worldwide is on a rising trend. In the Bible, the early Christians through their house churches demonstrated to the world God’s plan for the salvation of the world. According to Filson…

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    Consider Yourself “Enlightened” Everyone has some type of talent whether it’s running, juggling or singing. Do you believe talent is fate, God given, or it’s just in your genes? Well it seems some people don’t believe in any of these they don’t think people have natural born talent but instead get there success from the illuminati. Beyoncé and her family are a subjected to these acquisitions almost every day. This conspiracy theory is so far fetch I don’t see why anyone believes it. Beyoncé,…

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    I've been seeing a lot of Ereri hate, or just ship hate in general and I wanted to throw my opinion out there. Please read this with an open mind, becasue I'm really not going to deal with hate comments, they will be deleted unless they prove an educated point. 1. "Ereri is pedophillia" Pedophilia or paedophilia is a psychiatric disorder in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children, generally age 11 years or younger. First…

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    The issue in this case was whether PHBV was the BO on dividends paid by Prevost. This court has considered the “BO” meaning under an OECD tax treaty and used a form over substance approach to determine whether PHVB is the holding company for Prevost. The tax authority argued that the PHBV was not the BO of dividends received from Prevost. However, the court disagreed by relying on Canada’s domestic law definition of BO as “the person who “receives the dividends for his or her own use and…

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    The Homestead Act of 1862 was an act that U.S. citizens and immigrants opportunities to own their own land and start over in life. This act offered 160 acres of land to settlers that were willing to settle on open land west of the Mississippi River. Once the Homestead Act was passed, many people started to settle the western United States. These settlers were able to change the frontier into a large domain of farmland. The U.S. was able to protect their proprietary claims in what was known as…

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