a commemoration of a deep loss. The issues outlined in the Day of Mourning speeches in 1937 led by three Aboriginal men were for the Aboriginal people to be able to access the same citizenship rights as those of white-Australians. This included their land being returned, equal employment opportunity, improvement in standards of health, housing and education. They also requested that Aboriginal children should no longer be taken from their families and a return of the loss of the right to practice
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After being told that her cells were still alive, the family of Henrietta Lacks was heckled by the media, pummeled with questions that they didn't know the answers to. The scientific community had been withholding this information for over 20 years. George Gey, a researcher at Johns Hopkins Hospital had experimented on her tissues, putting them into culture so that they would replicate themselves over and over, to grow a long line of HeLa cells. At first, Henrietta’s identity had been concealed and
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end of the book Gene has found peace within himself and with Finny. Even though Gene does not want to show emotion, he is breaking down before the funeral, and can’t handle his emotions. ‘I’m sorry,’ I said blindly, ‘I’m sorry, I’m sorry’ (185). From this quote alone we can tell that Gene can’t handle this loss, he isn’t ready. Even though sometimes we villainize Gene in the end of the story he really does lose his best friend. As Gene goes thru his life he will always have to deal with the fact that
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crew members died and caused large-scale oil pollution. The economic loss of ecological environment in Gulf of Mexico would up to several hundred billion dollars. As the main person in charge, BP’s CEO, Tony Hayward, did not timely response to this oil spill event. And his inappropriate remarks and performance was even aroused great dissatisfaction among the people and caused a huge loss of profits of BP. “I'm sorry. We're sorry for the massive disruption it's caused their lives. There's no one
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approved in error, as it violates our advertising guidelines. We immediately removed the ad last weekend, once we became aware. We are sorry that this happened (McKinney, 2018).” They strategized and issued various statements apologizing about the incident. Snap Inc. stated, “This advertisement is disgusting and never should have appeared on our service. We are so sorry we made the terrible mistake of allowing it through our review process. We are investigating how that happened so that we can make sure
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After taking care of me for my whole life (only 10 years old at the time) and helping my mom raise me and my brother, my sister Alexis Lynn Harrell suddenly and tragically passed away on April 26, 2010 and only at the age of 19. She died suddenly after a truck hit her as she was walking across the road. She was a very loving and caring person that everyone wanted to talk to and get to know. She also wanted to become a nurse after graduating from Edgecombe Community College but never got that chance
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???? as Antistay Panagos, Chorus ???? as Raemon Panagos, Choragus, Guy #1, Head of the police ???? as Ron Panagos, Kim, Agent Brown Choragus: Our motif is Choices and Consequences. The scene that we based ours on was when Ismene and Antigone were arguing over the burial of Poleynices. Prologue: Pg. 968-972 Lines: 1-84 Chorus: Words pierce feelings, like bullets pierce flesh, Drowning in hate, thirsting for love, The burning love of a father is smothered
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began to find his lost part. He asked the lily: “Hi lily, could you please tell me where my lost part is?” “Sorry I can’t, but I can show you the blossom of the most beautiful flower.” aid lily. Ferdinand didn’t get his lost part, but he saw the most beautiful blossom. Then he asked the parrot: “Hi parrot, could you please tell me where my lost part is?” “Sorry I can’t, but I can give you one piece my most gorgeous feather.” said the parrot. Again Ferdinand didn’t
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addicted to cocaine and drank heavily. He talked about how his addiction led to the loss of his job and family. He talked about how much he regretted what he had done and how lonely he was. All was quiet at the table with some of the gentleman nodding in agreement with him. Then it was right back to talking about the old days. As I watch these gentlemen talking about the ole days, I couldn't help but to feel sorry for them for the things and the people that they have lost in life. The older ones
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murderer -by Julian Symons It is never easy when someone you love passes away. And finding out a terrible truth about them afterwards, doesn't make it easier. In the short story "the murderer" we are following a husband, while he goes through the loss of his wife, and afterwards finds out that she has been cheating on him for years. Such things change a person, and in this short story we get to see exactly how much it can change you. Insanity can be caused by a lot of things. This story shows a
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