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    The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Taylor O’Connell Samuel Period 7 January 2‚ 2013 February 14th is known as the day for love and happiness‚ except in the year of 1929 when a Chicago mobster‚ Alfonso “Al” Capone‚ also known as Scarface‚ and his gang shot and killed six men from George “Bugs” Moran’s gang‚ along with an innocent bystander. This event is referred to as the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. Al Capone was born in 1899 in Brooklyn‚ New York. He attended school up through

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    Being so close to an active volcano poses many risks to communities. Even though Mount St. Helens erupted over 30 years ago we know that it is still an active volcano. Future eruptions can kill and injure entire communities. Since the eruption in May of 1980 of Mount St. Helens‚ geologists have come to a better understanding of both the mechanics of volcanoes and the dangers they present to the environment and communities. Did you know that volcanic ash is actually small glass particles? Or that

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    between the 18th Street and the 20th Street in downtown Saint Louis‚ was built in 1894 to be used as a train shed and transportation for travelers. This enabled the travelers to get around whether it is around St. Louis‚ around the United States‚ and even into Canada. The architect of the St. Louis Union Station is a German-American man named Theodore C. Link after he had won the design competition for the need of building a bigger and better train station. The original owner who pushed for the building

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    How did Bernini transform the new St. Peter’s from a High Renaissance building to a Baroque style building? Bernini built Baldacchino as the focal point for the huge interior of St. Peter’s right under the dome. He used bronze for the most part of the architecture which made it looked splendid and striking. Instead of mounting decorations between the columns like Renaissance architects and sculptors did‚ Bernini cast them on the columns. To make the entire architecture lively‚ he built some lovely

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    St. Nicholas Attention!!! Santa Clause is a lie! Most people already know that it’s our parents who put presents underneath the tree and there is no fat guy in a sleigh with magical flying reindeer‚ that gives presents to good little children around the world. The shocker is the lie goes deeper than that. St. Nicholas wasn’t fat or jolly‚ and didn’t own any reindeer. Therefore‚ Santa Clause isn’t real‚ period. No what’s‚ ifs‚ or buts‚ about it. Nicholas was born a monk and became a bishop that did

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    identity‚ in a number of ways. Peter Skryznecki’s "St Patrick’s College" and "Postcard" illustrates how individual identity is influenced by belonging. Peter Cowan’s short story ironically named School uses contrasting techniques and contradictions to show how event though you may belong in one environment you may not in another. These texts emphasize how a sense of belonging can impact in a wide variety of ways on the particular individual. "St. Patrick’s college" explores the persona’s disassociation

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    almost 150 years. In Edna Pontellier we find a woman that goes beyond being a symbol for freedom and the pursuit of female independence‚ but a complex individual coming to terms with very human cognitions and emotions. As the novel begins‚ we are introduced to a “Mrs. Pontellier”‚ a woman seen through her husband’s eyes‚ one whose identity was clearly bound to her spouse‚ his surname‚ and perhaps most importantly – his society. As the novel progresses we get to know her as “Edna Pontellier”‚ a woman

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    Christina of Markyate Of St. Theodora‚ translated by C. H. Talbolt‚ tells the story of a young lady saint whose passion and devotion to God is tested by the perseverance of her mother. Throughout her story‚ Christina faces the feministic culture that the people of the town devote themselves to. With continuous indications of women’s powerless emotions under man’s instruction‚ the appearance of feminism is brought to light in the entirety of her story. During the 1160’s‚ it was not surprising for

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    ST 101 Practice Problems Exam 1 Material covered: Chapters 1-7 in text. Reiland Important Note: While most of the questions on this sample exam are in a multiple choice format‚ the questions on the exam will for the most part be partial credit type questions where you must show some work to obtain full credit. 1. The heights of American men aged 18 to 24 can be described by a Normal model with mean 68 inches and standard deviation 2.5 inches. Half of all young men are shorter than a) 65

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    authentic text to be used in the Church. St Jerome used his pen to write about his love for God and his son Jesus Christ‚ but he had also used it for sarcasm when something triggered his anger. Although he had a bad temper‚ he was a brilliant scholar and he wrote many commentaries which inspire many lives today. Most monks‚ bishops‚ and popes consulted with him. St. Augustine had once told him (August 28) "What Jerome is ignorant of‚ no mortal has ever known." Meaning St Jerome was a very intelligent student

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