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    Wayne Williams Essay

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    He claimed that state officials were covering up evidence that would show that the KKK was involved in the killings. He believed that they did this so they could avoid a race war in the city (Wayne Williams Wikipedia). Once Williams was apprehended, the killings came to an end so that was also a lead that Williams was indeed guilty. Wayne Williams claimed that he was recruited for espionage training as a teenager by the CIA. He says that he was trained at a secret…

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    Tensions In Ww1

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    Depth Study Three: WW1 Essay World War One was a period of struggle for Europe. There were several factors that lead to tensions in Europe which ultimately caused World War 1. The war occurred in 1914 until 1918 and it had many famous and bloody battles, such as The Battle of the Somme. The war killed up to 17 million people and caused 49 million casualties of not just soldiers, but civilians as well. The war was fought between members of the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy)…

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    Chanukah

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    night until the final night when all of the candles are lite. Each of the eight candles are lit with the use of the “helper” candle which sits in the middle of the hanukkiyah. This “helper” candle is known as the shamash and is the first to be lit (Wikipedia 2015). Every night when a new candle is lit, the shamash is returned to its home in the ninth candle spot (Pelaia 2015). It is also customary to not only to light the candle from left to right but to place the lit hanukkiyah in a front…

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    Great Fucking Meaning

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    is fuck. Although it’s rather vulgar and is a common slang term, the word fuck has been around for over 700 years. The exact origin of fuck is hard to trace back because it was used more regularly when speaking rather than in written form (“Fuck” Wikipedia). Some people believe that fuck originally was an acronym. They think it comes from a time when sex was illegal in England unless the King consented for it. Those who wanted to have a baby went to the King and…

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    Where are the Taino Indians? History tends to be written by the victor therefore; history states Christopher Columbus "discovered" the New World. What is not taught is how Columbus enslaved, killed, and in short, took over, the native peoples of the Caribbean Islands. As a result of his "discovery", the Taino Indians across all the Caribbean Islands have been long declared extinct. Modern science has claimed to have "re-discovered" other Indian tribes through DNA that were declared extinct but…

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    As H.P Lovecraft one said "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear and the oldest and stronger kind of fear is the fear is fear of the unknown." This quote is pretty straight forward. When you do not understand something you tend to fear it, like an omnipotent humanoid man in the sky judging you because you where told so. However, it is told by someone who is eyes are yet to be open. In the beginning there were things that are hard to explain since there was nothing to actually rely…

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    We commonly hear the horrific disturbing stories about people who commit hateful acts against others including their own. When I hear about a serial killer the first thought that comes to mind is, what was crossing his mind? Scientist and doctors have been trying to solve the mystery of why a human can commit such hateful acts. We ask ourselves what made them snap? We have seen many cases where the father or mother murders their own family. We cant help but wonder what was going on inside this…

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    censorship on a large scale where most forms of entertainment are censored on an extreme level. An example of a country where censorship reigns is China. In China, certain websites that their government sees as potentially dangerous, such as Wikipedia, are blocked during times of controversy, such as the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Also banned includes specific…

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    Progressive Nationalism

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    I think Wikipedia actually has a decent article on progressive nationalism. It summarizes it as thus: "Left-wing nationalism describes a form of nationalism officially based upon equality, popular sovereignty, and national self-determination. It has its origins in the Jacobinism of the French Revolution. Left-wing nationalism typically espouses anti-imperialism. It stands in contrast to right-wing nationalism, and has often rejected racist nationalism and fascism." That seems like a pretty…

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    (Wikipedia, 2015) It is reported that John Batman met with Elders from the Wurundjeri tribe and despite him not being fluent in the Woi wurung language or the Elders in English, a treaty was signed with the exchange of gifts ranging from clothing some of flannel…

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