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    over Canada when John Cabot reached the east coast of Canada in 1497. Thirty-seven years later‚ the fleur-de-lis was planted on Canadian Soil when Jacques Cartier landed here and claimed the land for the King of France. The flag was flown until the early 1760’s‚ when Canada was ceded to the United Kingdom. The Royal Union flag (with the Crosses of St. George’s and St. Andrew’s flags) replaced the fleur-de-lis after 1759. The search for a new flag begun in 1925‚ when a committee of Privy Council begun

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    c. To Kappa Kappa Gamma by the Fraternity President. If there is more than one course‚ the toasts are usually given after the first course. If there is only one course (e.g.‚ a salad) the toasts follow the “Kappa Blessing.” The current Fraternity President introduces the toasters. If the Convention is in the U.S.‚ the Canadian‚ as the guest‚ is introduced first. If in Canada‚ the U.S. delegate is first. The toaster rises and goes to the microphone. Each toaster may speak a few words and then say

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    Advice to a Discarded Lover by Fleur Adcock explores both pity and revulsion‚ through the use of figurative imagery; a dead bird‚ maggots and the remaining bones. They are an analogy of the dead affair. With the use of figurative language the images are seen‚ smelled and heard. An authoritative voice is created to advise and command attention‚ through the use of instructive language throughout the six stanzas. Personification‚ analogy‚ rhetorical question and the way a word sounds‚ are also used

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    Integrative Problems and Virtual Organization LaShell Johnson Lynnette O’Neil Thomas Hernandez University of Phoenix Finance for Business FIN 370 Bruce Fox December 14‚ 2011 Integrative Problems and Virtual Organization Lafleur Trading Company is a private company that has supplied the world with the finest food and wines over 3 dozen trading partners across the planet. Recently‚ they have decided to expand their operations. Looking at their options‚ they may expand by acquiring

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    I Am Not Esther

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    In the text ‘I am not Esther’ written by Fleur Beale a character I liked was Kirby Greenland. I liked Kirby because she taught me about the themes of loyalty‚ deception and a sense of your own identity. I liked Kirby because she had experiences a lot of changes in her life. The most significant change was finding her own identity as she grew and developed as a teenager. She was always determined to find her mother even when it felt like there was a brick wall at the end of the road. I also liked

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    Wendigo: Bleak Setting

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    season. The continuous laughter of what lurked in the woods‚ preyed upon a child trying to lure her out. In the poem the Wendigo preys on the bushes to make its next move towards the child‚ “In the hackles of dry brush a thin laughter started up.” (Erdrich 5). The house is in the deepest part of the woods in mid-winter. Including a predator lurking in the bushes laughing

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    My Birthday

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    food. Second stanza is about man-made items. * Raise: Reborn * Silk and down * Vair and purple dyes * Doves (love or religious belief: Noah in the bible) and pomegranates * Peacocks * Gold and silver grapes * Silver fleurs-de-lys: A flower image of royalty; expensive and luxury. * The birthday of her life: The happiest day of her life (the day she became Anglican) * The last sentences in both stanzas are the same. It conveys her reader about how she truly believes

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    Auguste Rodin - Paper

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    Auguste Rodin was born in 1840 and died in 1917‚ a year before the end of World War I. He was one of the most illustrious artists of his time‚ and in the eyes of posterity he remains‚ surely‚ the greatest name in Western Sculpture since Michelangelo. His style was both classic and romantic‚ and to his contemporaries it was also revolutionary‚ for although Rodin followed routine closely‚ he presented it exactly as he saw and experienced it‚ and refused to be bound by the artistic conventions of

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    Accruals

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    Accruals and Cash Accounting Geraldine Saint Fleur XACC/290 February 8‚ 2015 Jennifer Campbell Accrual and Cash Accounting This week we learned about accrual accounting concepts. Within this chapter we covered revenue and expense recognition principle‚ adjusting entries‚ the purpose of adjusted trial balances‚ accruals‚ cash accounting‚ etc. We will be going over the accrual‚ cash accounting and cash basis accounting. Accruals/Cash Accounting The difference between accruals and cash accounting

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    Hemingway and Suicide

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    This story is about story about the tragic consequences of post-traumatic stress disorder‚ but the narrator never comes out and says so. Erdrich describes post-traumatic stress symptoms as a narrator than a factual description. The theme of the story is there are bigger forces that can come between brotherly love and…..?. The Red Convertible is about Lyman‚ who narrates the story about his memories and relationship with his brother. They go on a road trip over the summer‚ next Henry is

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