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  Encyclopedia: 1912 Brisbane General Strike
Illustration from the Brisbane Worker newspaper condemning the brutality of the Queensland Police on Black Friday
The 1912 Brisbane General Strike in Queensland, Australia, began when members of the Australian Tramway Employees Association were dismissed when they wore union badges to work on 18 January 1912.
The Brisbane Trades Hall is the Trades Hall building in the Australian city of Brisbane.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1912-Brisbane-General-Strike   (271 words)

  
 List of strikes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following is a list of deliberate absence from work related to specific working conditions (strikes) or due to general unhappiness with the political order (general strikes).
Youngstown State University classified employees and faculty strike 2005 (Youngstown, Ohio)
Kinshasa general strike of 1997, Democratic Republic of the Congo
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_strikes   (137 words)

  
 Articles - Brisbane   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Brisbane city centre is situated in the southeast corner of Queensland, Australia, at a latitude and longitude of 27°28′S 153°02′E. The city straddles the Brisbane River, and its eastern suburbs line the shores of Moreton Bay.
Brisbane's terrain is dominated by the slicing of the city by the Brisbane River.
Generally, the city is a low-lying floodplain and susceptible to severe flooding, demostrated by the devastation of the 1974 Brisbane flood, which occurred as a result of "Cyclone Wanda".
www.izeez.com /articles/Brisbane   (5896 words)

  
 Articles - Queensland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
The State capital Brisbane, is located on the coast 100 km by road north of the New South Wales border.
In 2003 Brisbane city had the lowest cost of living of all Australia's capital cities.
Primary industries include: bananas, pineapples, peanuts, a wide variety of other tropical and temperate fruit and vegetables, cattle raising, cotton, sugar cane, wool and a mining industry including bauxite, coal and copper.
www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Queensland   (649 words)

  
 EJMAS reviews page.
One is a chapter on "strike chokes" which focuses on striking the neck and throat.
Brachial stuns to the carotid artery may be effective and relatively safe, but "chops to the throat may cause damage to the larynx, followed by suffocation." [EN5] Another chapter is titled "bone breaking chokes," and illustrates techniques for breaking the antagonist’s neck.
The unarmed combat training consisted of seven blocks of instruction taught by three primary instructors, one of whom was a professional wrestler and another of whom was a judo fl belt.
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 November 30 Events in History
November 30, 1988 U.N. General Assembly (151-2) censures U.S. for refusing PLO's Arafat visa
November 30, 1954 1st meteorite known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga Ala)
November 30, 1912 4th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Alerts defeats Toronto Argonauts, 11-4
www.brainyhistory.com /days/november_30.html   (1877 words)

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