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    Gun Control On December 14, 2012, a man walked into an elementary school with three semi-automatic weapons. He killed twenty children and six teachers. The nation was shocked and hurt, yet nothing changed. On October 1, 2017, a man brought twenty-three guns into his hotel room in Las Vegas. He killed fifty-nine people and injured more than five hundred. If the present follows history, this event will change nothing. Every year congress fails to make any considerable effort to stop gun violence.

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    The ‘Stay engaged, stay connected: activity resource portfolio for supporting people with dementia’ initiative is conducted in dementia security unit in the Aldersgate Village. The goal is to address lifestyle and health concerns in people with dementia by focusing on promoting residents’ daytime activities. It aims to optimise the available resources within the organisation. The portfolio is drew from the best evidence and experiences from the local community to provide resource and to build the

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    EFFECTS OF MINING IN AUSTRALIA Student Name: Ganesh Lakshmi Teacher Name: Shanes Bennett & Hilda   Contents Page No. Introduction 3 Health and social harms of coal mining 3 Some serious threats by mining minerals 4 Deforestation 5 Solutions to control mining problems 6 References

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    the creation of the Commonwealth parliament and outlines the structure of parliament. The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act granted permission to six colonies: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania to form their own Commonwealth government in accordance with the constitution (Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1910). The separation of power describes the way in which the law gives power to the arms of government. The separation of

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    Georgie Taylor investigates the unequal representation of women in Australia’s Political System. To quote Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, an influential modern feminist, in her song ‘Flawless’ she defines a feminist as “a person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes” There are currently only two women in Tony Abbott’s Federal Cabinet and Australia only has 8 women in its 43-member cabinet. Women only hold 19% of senior leadership roles in the Government. So it’s safe

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    1. Identify some of the challenges that Chris Gardner faced when trying to sell his bone density scanners. There are many challenges that Chris Gardner faces selling the bone density scanners. The scanner represents many things to Chris. Firstly it represents money. Chris' challenge is to sell his scanners to help fund his and his son's life whilst he is completing his intership at Dean Witter. Secondly, the scanners represent a burden for Chris. They symbolise the challenges he had to ovecome

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    Introduction This report has been prepared to detail the operations and environmental compliance at the Dulverton Landfill and the Dulverton Compost Facility based on our visit on 28th April 2016. This report also covers the requirements of the six (6) “environmental issues of primary concern” listed in Section 1.2.2 of the Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment publication Landfill Sustainability Guide 2004. Proponent Dulverton Regional Waste Management Authority, now

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    The Life Expectancy Indicator is a statistical measure of how long a person may live, based on the year of their birth, their current age and other demographic factors including gender. The Life Expectancy Indicator from 2014 stated that Australians were expected to live to be approximately 82.5 years old. In comparison to America’s record high of 78.8, this is a huge difference in time. I believe that the expectancy of life in Australia is longer than most other counties due to the Environment Performance

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    Extinctions and Radiations W 1, A 3 Bio 1021 By Roxanne Fortune South University Submitted: November, 16th, 2016 The common pattern of alternating extinctions and radiations has been done through biodiversity studies which studies the different organisms of species living on earth and where they live. In Stilwell (2003) journal, “Palaeocene faunas are characterized by a perceived rapid evolutionary radiation involving many new taxa at both genus and species level.” Stilwell stated Molluscs

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    In Australia and America, gun control laws are very different, therefore, the populations of the two countries have different mindsets regarding gun control and violence. America’s gun control laws are based on history while Australia is more open to changing their laws. Because America’s gun control laws are stated in the Bill of Rights, the government is more reluctant to change them. Therefore, gun violence is more prevalent in the United States due to the higher prevalence of guns in general

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