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    world renowned for their activity and their power to change the region surrounding them. The two volcanoes would be Mount Saint Helens and Mount Kilauea. In order to get a better understanding of these volcanoes we will be comparing and contrasting them as well as talking about how they were formed and when they last had an eruption. Let’s begin with Mount St. Helens which is located in the pacific northwest of the United States. To be more specific it is located in Washington State and is a part

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    sister Helen‚ who is deemed to be prettier and better liked than Maud in her family and amongst strangers: “For the basic situation had never changed. Helen was still the one they wanted in the wagon‚ still ‘the pretty one‚’ ‘the dainty one.’ The lovely one” (Brooks 50). The comparisons and attitudes towards Helen and Maud Martha are a prime example of colourism. Helen is considered to be high yellow. Maud Martha is considered to be low yellow. HIgh yellow is closer to the white ideal. Helen symbolically

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    Trojan War. In the epic‚ It is said that the reason for the Trojan war‚ and possible fall of Troy‚ was a direct result of the romance of Helen. Helen was stunningly lovely‚ numerous sovereigns needed her as their better half. Her progression father expected that the dismissal would cause contention and brutality which he didn’t need‚ for that he ensured each Helen needing man would make a pledge to secure her. Her picked prep was Menelaus‚ the ruler of Sparta.

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    The volcanic explosion of Mount St. Helens May 18‚ 1980 left the world in shock. For two months prior to the event small earthquakes had been recorded. On March 27‚ 1980 Mt. St. Helens had it first eruption in over 100 years. From then the volcano was erupting several times per day with nothing but steam until April 22 when its activity ceased. Prior to April 22 the earthquake had been effected by over 10‚000 small earthquakes. On May 18‚ 1980 at approximately 8:32 am the volcano truly awoke from

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    flows travel down slope from a volcano. The Mount St. Helens pyroclastic flow spread as far as five miles north of the crater. The hot lava flows and suffocating ash falls destroying plant and animal life. The eruptions are over‚ but consequences go on. What happens to the surrounding environment after such an eruption? The Earth repairs itself from the destructive effects of the lava‚ gases and ash spewed by the eruption of Mount St. Helens. It is the short-term hazards posed by volcanoes that are

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    Mt.Saint Helens By:Kailey Olson 7W Have you ever been through a natural disaster? My mom‚dad and grandma have all experienced one.They all had to find new ways to live their daily lives but with more percussions.The Mt. Saint Helens eruption was hard on my mom because she couldn’t play outside for a while. My mom was eleven‚ when Mt. Saint Helens erupted.It was May 18‚1980 at 8:30 in the morning and my mom was play outside in the parking lot with her friend. She was about to go to Sunday school

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    Helen Lawson had been the supervisor of the Metro City Health Department’s suburban Health Centre for a period of two months wherein things were going smoothly. However‚ she had one pressing issue that was threatening to weigh down all the gains‚ because she had managed to squeeze out of her short stint at her new position. Mr. Morgan was the staff doctor for the state funded health project and wanted Helen to remove Mrs. Wilson‚ a nurse‚ from the office. This happens because Mrs. Wilson is reported

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    several active Mountains all over the world and they all have stories behind them. One of these active mountains of interest is the Mount Saint Helens. This Mountain got its name from a British diplomat known as Lord Saint Helens and is located in the Skamania Country in Washington State formed in the northern region of the United States of America. Mount Saint Helens is known to be one of the top 10 most famous volcanoes in the world due to the deadly pyroclastic flows and ash explosions well known to

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    Helen Betty Osborne was attacked by “white” men because she was seen as an easy target because of her identity was an aboriginal women. She was abducted by these four men while she was walking‚ presumably home‚ when she was raped then killed with a screwdriver. The case a significantly not only because this attack was because of her race but her race also played a role on the investigation from the RCMP. Because there was no lead on the investigations for a while the police dropped the case. Sixteen

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    pre-eminent waves of modernity. This is to say that most all contemporary artists are to some degree in debt to their modern predecessors. Helen Marten’s sculptural installation Peanuts (2012) relies heavily upon the appropriation of past art movements; particularly the re-interpretation of the still life and Cezanne’s renowned The Basket of Apples (1895). Throughout Helen Marten’s installation there exists a return to materiality and form. Peanuts (2012) aims to highlight basic composition; reducing objects

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