got flooded from melting snow and ice from the mountain. About 12 million feet of stockpiled lumber was swept in the river‚ 8 bridges were destroyed‚ 200 homes were destroyed or damaged. (http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/what-were-effects-people-when-mt-st-helens-erupted) More than 200 homes were destroyed. Also mores than 185 miles of roads‚ and 15 miles of railroad was damaged. Ash clogged the sewer system‚ damaged cars and buildings‚ and temporary shut down the air traffic in the Northwest. Today Mt
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The Role of the Individual in Matthew Arnold’s “Culture and Anarchy” Culture‚ as defined by Matthew Arnold in his essay “Culture and Anarchy‚” is the drive to attain perfection through development and growth bolstered by knowledge and appreciation of the beauty of humanity. Granted‚ this is an oversimplification of Arnold’s complex musings on what culture is‚ but this broad concept of culture‚ here‚ is useful in the discussion of the role of the individual in society. Ideally‚ for Arnold‚ those
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The society of St. Vincent De Paul is an organization that provides housing for the homeless‚ the sick‚ and the mentally ill. The Society was founded by Frederic Ozanam and a group of students from the Sorbonne University in 1833. The students were challenged to prove their faith through action. Their solution was to develop a simple system to help the poor in their homes‚ in the streets‚ in hospitals and mental institutions. They adopted as their patron saint St. Vincent de Paul‚ a 16th century
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children entirely free. They receive 6.6% of their funds from government grants‚ but most of their funds are private grants or public little donations. They have commercials‚ bake sales‚ concerts‚ sponsorships‚ etc. to raise money for the hospital. St. Jude’s‚ brings in a revenue of $1‚387‚576‚052 and distributes it to 2 main programs. Over ⅔ of the total revenue goes to the program and half of that goes to research and the other half goes to the hospital. The other third of the total revenue goes
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St. Patrick was a Roman missionary and bishop in Ireland.His full name was Magonius Sucatus Patricius. He was born in 387 AD. The dates of his life cannot be fixed with certainty but‚ on a widespread interpretation‚ he was active as a missionary in Ireland during the second half of the fifth century.Patrick was born into a religious family‚ but was an atheist early in his life. He was supposedly sixteen when he was captured by Irish pirates and taken to Ireland to be a slave who looked after the
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Peter Paul Rubens‚ in 1633‚ created a painting called “The Martyrdom of St. Levien.” An oil on canvas that is 455 x 347 cm in length. Rubens depicts st. Levien being grabbed onto by his beard‚ his aggressor is holding the saints tongue that was purposefully torn out with a type of pliers‚ being held above a pair of chomping teeth from a dog. St. Levien is being held down by two men‚ one holding his beard and the other holding a bloody knife within his teeth with a look of anguish towards the Saint
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by Robert Frost and “Mariposa”(meaning butterfly in Spanish) by Edna St. Vincent Millay may seem to be similar by their titles‚ the meanings of the two poems are completely different from each other. The two have differences through their word choice: Frost’s being positive and Millay’s being negative. Robert Frost’s diction creates a positive tone about butterflies flying through the sky in “Blue- Butterfly Day” whereas Edna St. Vincent Millay portrays a negative tone about death coming soon in “Mariposa
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Saint Dominic De Guzman (1170-1221) “I tell you‚ whatever you did this for one of the least important of these followers of mine‚ you did it for me” Matthew 25:40 “Do not weep‚ I shall be more use to you after death than I ever did in life” Saint Dominic De Guzman Dominic was born in Caleruega‚ Spain. He is from a noble family who helps poor and victims of war. As a child he was compassionate to others. Dominic was influenced to do good deeds‚ to preach and to help the need by his beloved
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St Anthony Mary Claret. Delaina Jaramillo . c: Confirmation - Year 1. Saint Anthony Mary Claret was the founder of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Anthony was born at Salent in the Diocese of Vinch in Catalina‚ Spain‚ in 1807. He died in the Cistercian monastery at Frontfoide in 1870. His father was a weaver so he was trained in manual labor‚ but he entered a seminary in 1929. He was ordained to priesthood in 1835 and then was assigned as pastor in his
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Imagine you’re one of the people that decide to ignore the officials warnings of an eruption on Mount St. Helens. It’s May 18‚ 1980‚ 8:32 a.m. and you hear a rumble and feel the earth move. Behind you‚ you hear a thunderous noise. When you turn around‚ you see a humongous landslide headed your way. Mount St. Helens in Washington State has erupted‚ immediately a cloud of gas‚ rock‚ and hot ash shot up in the air and race down the mountainside at an unimaginable speed. The eruption created a mass of
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