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    Mother Teresa

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    Mother Teresa‚ Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu‚ was born in Skopje‚ Macedonia on August 27th‚ 1910. Mother Teresa was of Albanian descent‚ and by the age of twelve felt a call of God. At eighteen‚ she left her home and joined the Sisters of Loreto‚ an Irish nuns who held missions in India. After months of training in Dublin she was sent back to India‚ where on May 24th 1931 Mother Teresa took her vows as a nun. From then on until 1948 she taught at St. Mary’s High School in Calcutta. Outside the walls of

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    "Hot" Extended Definition

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    Geographical Places and People: * Hot District‚ a district of Chiang Mai province‚ Thailand * Hot‚ Hot a sub-district of Hot District‚ Thailand * Hot‚ Albania‚ a municipality in the Malësi e Madhe District‚ Albania * Hoti (Albanians)‚ an Albanian clan in Malësia * Concepts: * Highly optimized tolerance‚ a general framework for studying complexity * Euromissile HOT‚ an anti-tank missile system * The Hawaii Ocean Time-Series (HOT)‚ an oceanographic time-series

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    Humanitarianism Examples

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    5 Great Examples of Humanitarianism “Love and compassion are necessities‚ not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.” - Dalai Lama If human beings didn’t have the compassion to help one another‚ do you think the human race would still exist now with all the wars‚ diseases‚ poverty‚ and natural catastrophes that exist? Most likely we could have been wiped out. Thankfully‚ we have the ability to feel compassion and show resiliency in the most difficult times. We have the capability of

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    Revolution and its associated wars in Europe. Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (May 21‚ 1921 – December 14‚ 1989) was a Soviet nuclear physicist‚ dissident and human rights activist. Mother Teresa of Calcutta (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997)‚ was an Albanian-born Indian Roman Catholic nun. In late 2003‚ she was beatified‚ the third step toward possible sainthood. A second miracle credited to Mother Teresa is required before she can be recognized as a saint by the Catholic church. Margaret Hilda Thatcher

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    Cosi

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    Through the structuring of the play within the play in Cosi‚ Louis Nowra uses the characters of Lucy and Nick to be an example of sexual love within the playwright. The basis of their relationship as we learn in the end is only sexual‚ which enables sexual love to become a major theme within the play. When Lucy openly admits that she has “sex” with Nick‚ and “sleeps” with Lewis‚ it creates a contrast of opinion with Lewis’‚ and furthermore creates conflict between the three characters. This shows

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    Cold War Review Questions

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    Cold War Review Questions 1. After defeating the Germans‚ the United States and the Soviet Union were two nuclear-armed superpowers. 2. Containment is the purpose of which was to resist the extension of Soviet expansion and influence in the expectation that eventually the Soviet Union would collapse from internal pressures and the burdens of its foreign oppression. 3. The United States tried to contain the Soviet Union in the East of Europe. They were kept in Russia‚ Germany‚ and Vietnam

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    multicultural country created after World War I by the Western Allies. Yugoslavia was composed of ethnic and religious groups that had been historical rivals‚ even bitter enemies‚ including the Serbs (Orthodox Christians)‚ Croats (Catholics) and ethnic Albanians (Muslims). During World War II‚ Yugoslavia was invaded by Nazi Germany and was partitioned. A fierce resistance movement sprang up led by Josip Tito. Following Germany’s defeat‚ Tito reunified Yugoslavia under the slogan "Brotherhood and Unity‚"

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    Bosnian Genocide

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    as well as religious groups; most of whom which were bitter rivals‚ perhaps even enemies‚ with a long and tense history. The majority of Yugoslavia was composed of Serbs‚ who were mainly Orthodox Christians‚ Croats‚ mostly Catholics‚ and ethnic Albanians who were majority Muslim. During World War II‚ German Nazis invaded and divided Yugoslavia however‚ when the Germans conceded defeat at the end of World War II‚ Yugoslavia was reunited by communist leader Josip Tito. Over the years‚ the bitterness

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    Film 1010 20 April 2011 Taken (2008) Taken is a great thriller movie with many action scenes with great editing; it is educational‚ emotional and highly controversial. The movie is about Kim‚ a girl that is kidnapped by Albanian sex trade gang. When the movie starts the girl lives with her mother and step father in Los Angeles. Her real father‚ Brian is a retired CIA agent. The girl and her friend are planning to go on a vacation to spend the summer in France‚ which leads to a lot of drama

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    My Role Model

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    selfless devotion to a life of pilgrimage‚ bringing help to those in need‚ and providing comfort and aid to those in pain has given me the inspiration to live my life trying my best to help others. Mother Teresa famously quoted " By blood‚ I am Albanian. By citizenship‚ an Indian. By faith‚ I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling‚ I belong to the world. As to my heart‚ I belong entirely to the Heart of Jesus". Her words were clearly reflected in her

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