Once upon a time‚ there was a man. His name was Nicolaas‚ he was a Christian‚ people called him St. Nicolaas. He was born on March 15‚ 270 AD in Patara‚ Lycia (Turkey). His parents died when he was a young age. Nicholas was a kind‚ loving‚ giving and rich person. He cared about his town. He would help the poor and homeless people and would give a secret gift to children. Soon his name became Santa Clause. The name Santa Clause came from Sinter Klaas which was short for Sint Nicolaas‚ some people
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better the lives of those around them‚ there are people who will use emotional support from others to allow themselves to be satisfied and not care the effect it has on anyone else. This is clearly shown when Bianca goes on her first date with Joey Donner. Now that Kat has agreed to make an appearance at a Friday night party Bianca can finally start dating. Bianca and her friend Chastity spend hours preparing for their big night out but as the night goes on Bianca is starting to see what Joey is more
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Edgar Degas Edgar Degas était un peintre impressionniste très important. Il s’est spécialisé en verticales des personnes‚ principalement danseurs de ballet. Degas n’etait pas simplement un impressionniste‚ parce qu’il est allé au delà de celui et est devenu un modèle pour l’avant-garde‚ aussi bien que pour Toulouse-Lautrec son palpeur‚ et Gaugin son admirateur. Les événements de la vie de Degas ne sont pas d’intérêt excessif ou romantique. Le 19 Juillet 1834 il était Hilaire Germaine nommé
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On Morality/ By Joan Didion As it happens I am in Death Valley‚ in a room at the Enterprise Motel and Trailer Park‚ and it is July‚ and it is hot. In fact it is 119°. I cannot seem to make the air conditioner work‚ but there is a small refrigerator‚ and I can wrap ice cubes in a towel and hold them against the small of my back. With the help of the ice cubes I have been trying to think‚ because The American Scholar asked me to‚ in some abstract way about “morality‚” a word I distrust more every
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Amtrak: Long Distance Trains: FY 2008 Long-Distance Train Facts • A long-distance train typically consists of sleepers‚ coaches‚ a diner and/or a lounge car. • Long-distance trains travel as far as 2‚800 miles and pass through as many as 12 states. • Amtrak operates 15 long-distance trains over 18‚500 route miles serving 39 states and the District of Columbia. These trains provide the only rail passenger service to 23 states. • In FY 2008 these trains carried 4.2 million passengers accounting
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slopes to be steep while the western sides are only gradually steep but not like the east 1. Thus the range provided as an early barrier to entrance into California and travelers had to go through the various passes to proceed‚ such as the famous Donner Pass. Although the Sierra Nevada mountain range‚ which in Spanish means the snowy range‚ is grandeur as a whole certain mountains and peaks throughout the range are more important. The biggest mountain of the whole would be Mount Whitney which happens
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’Assess the impact of the development of communications on the settlement of the West’. A vital factor in the communicational development of the West was due to the completion of the Trans-Adlantic Railroad‚ of which was completed in 1869. The railroad created a new leash of exsistance in American‚ how the once baron‚ urban land‚ now to be industrialized and inhabited by all those who seek a new life. The Railroad however spelt disaster for the Native American Indian Tribes‚ whose lives were
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Cited: Page: 1) "Adolescent Depression" National Mental Health Association 9 October 1997.William H. Donner Foundation. 2001
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cannibalism an ancient practice‚ yet as the modern day example of Jeffrey Dahmer shows it is still happening in the modern day as well. Cannibalism is more often that not‚ only done as a last resort when it was necessary to survive such as when the Donner Party was stuck in the Sierra Nevada’s for four months and forced to eat their dead party members when they ran out of all other means of nutrients. However‚ there are places in the world such as Papa New Guinea where the indigenous people‚ the Fore
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Flowers for algernon- CHAPTER SUMMARIES Progress report 1 -Dr Strauss tells him (Charlie Gordon) to write down what he remembers from now on -Works in Donner’s bakery‚ 32 years old -Learns 3 times a week at the Beekmin College for retarded adults -Charlie talks about being tested by Dr Strauss to see if they can make him smart Progress report 2 -Charlie has a test in the psych department that includes looking at cards with ink blots on them and is told to say what he sees on the cards with
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