Anne Frank is a 13-year-old Jewish girl living in Amsterdam with her mother Edith‚ father Otto and sister Margot. They live a happy life until the surrender of Netherlands in WW2 where the Nazi takeover forces Jews to change their everyday life. On June 14‚ 1942‚ this dairy started as the present for a thirteen-year-old girl named Anne; she is Jewish girl living in Amsterdam who has received a lot of gifts including this diary for her birthday. She describes how the Nazis are making the Jews wear
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While reading Tubes - A Journey to the Center of the Internet written by Andrew Blum‚ I felt super engaged with the different experiences the author explained. All in all‚ the book is basically a technical history of the internet. Blum uses metaphors humor‚ pop culture‚ and emotion to consider this thing we call the internet. He begins at the terminal‚ and traces through the various stages of internet architecture including transmission infrastructure‚ topographic structure‚ and logic to create his
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Tobin Bushart CULF 3331 The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell Report by Tobin Bushart General Themes: While reading The Big Oyster I was able to gather a general theme of what Kurlansky was trying to do‚ and before I give a brief summary of the book I would like to give a short layout of what I think the author was trying to accomplish when writing this book. First off I think the idea was to give a history of Oysters in New York City‚ but while doing do Kurlansky seemed to try and give
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4.2.3.2. Unit 2: Bijlmer inner neighbourhoods – Zuidoost The Zuidoost (or Southeast) district is separated from the city of Amsterdam by two independent administrative areas in the north border: Diemen and Duivendrecht. Although there’s an urban continuity between these different administrative zones‚ Zuidoost is perceived as “cut-off” from the rest of the city. For the most part‚ this is explained as a psychological barrier rather than a physical one. “The way I experience Southeast is that
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Chapter 3 Settling the Northern Colonies 1619-1700 The Protestant Reformation Produces Puritanism Martin Luther . He declared that the Bible alone was the source of God’s words. He started the "Protestant Reformation." John Calvin He spelled out his doctrine in 1536 called Institutes of the Christian Religion. He formed Calvinism. King Henry VIII formed the Protestant Church. There were a few people who wanted to see the process of taking Catholicism out of England occur more quickly
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The Secret Annex Have you ever wondered‚ How would life be if I were in hiding all the time? or What would I do if I had to go into hiding? Well‚ those are great but scary questions to ask. The Franks‚ Van Daans and a couple of extra people‚ had to go into hiding during World War II in order to keep their family and friends safe. They all fit into the same hiding place. It is important for all to know that they were in hiding‚ why they were in hiding‚ and how they stayed in hiding for so long.
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CPR is an important lifesaving method that was developed since the twentieth century and it have been improving since then. CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and is used to revive heart attack victims. The practice of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation dates back to the eighteenth century‚ while performing chest compressions goes back to the early twentieth century. The term "CPR" emerged in the early 1960s‚ and the idea became recognized by organizations such as the American Heart Association
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coordinated a whole Dutch themed afternoon‚ accept for the tomatoes. That was the day that you told me that you were going to use your wish on me and take me to Amsterdam to meet Van Houten. Although you made fun of me for using my wish to go to Disney Land‚ I couldn’t get upset because I knew this one would be 1‚000 times better. The trip to Amsterdam was one of a life time. Even though meeting Van Houten did not go as we would liked we made a memory that we will never forget while at the Anne Frank Museum
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bond market is a financial market where new debts are issued; it is used to support the expenditures of the public and government. 5. What invention did the Dutch have that influenced the stock market? The Dutch invented the stock exchange in Amsterdam‚ which acted as the first stock market in the world. Their first traded stock was for the East India company‚ and the idea blossom soon after that. 6. What was the first joint-stock company? What determined the stock prices? A joint-stock company
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The Holocaust was a very sad topic in world history. The Holocaust was during World War II. As many know‚ the Holocaust was a time of Hitler’s terrible concentrations camps. During that period of time‚ there was a man named Otto Frank. Otto Frank was an amazing person. Otto had a great personality and he was just a perfect person. He was a person to go and meet. Otto Frank brought his family to safety‚ as well as others. Otto inspired many other Jews to stand up against Hitler. Otto Frank was born
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