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    opinion Louis Riel was a hero because he fought for the rights of everyone who lived in the northwest‚ he was rebelling against a government‚ not a country and he was against acts of violence and loss of life. Furthermore Louis’s acts might be considered crazy by today’s standards but in the 1890’s it was not uncommon or insane. Louis lived in the Red River settlement and wanted to protect their rights but he also fought for the rights of the white settlers in the area and for the natives. Louis was

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    SS7 CH9 Louis Riel Essay Teagan Moore 7-1 Louis Riel is known by many names: a prophet‚ a traitor‚ and a madman. Out of them all‚ Riel is regarded as a hero‚ who stood up for his people in the face of the Canadian government‚ and those who question his sanity still view him as an essentially honourable figure. Riel was strongly respectful towards the Métis and felt that they deserved rights too‚ like any other human being‚ as they faced racial discrimination by Canada’s government‚ whom denied

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    18/02/2013 INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATION PLAN LOUIS ROEDERER CHAMPAGNE - RUSSIA Anne-Sophie BEINEIX - Mathilde BONETTI - Fanny EMART Aleksandra ULIANOVA LOUIS ROEDERER CHAMPAGNE - RUSSIA 18 février 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Project Summary ......................................................................... 2 a. Overview of the brand and identity b. Overview of the concept c. Purpose and goals 2 3 4 II. Audience Profile .......................................

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    I decided to research Louis Pasteur. This was very interesting to me seeing as it wasn’t all cut and dry. His discoveries benefit us today. Louis Pasteur was and extraordinary man who had amazing traits that led him to always search for answers. He documented everything he did in journals which were then passed down in his family. This journals create controversy in the science world because it is hard to recreate ideas if you don’t have all of the details. After the journals had reached the end

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    Joseph-Louis Lagrange is usually considered to be a French mathematician‚ but the Italian Encyclopaedia [40] refers to him as an Italian mathematician. They certainly have some justification in this claim since Lagrange was born in Turin and baptised in the name of Giuseppe Lodovico Lagrangia. Lagrange’s father was Giuseppe Francesco Lodovico Lagrangia who was Treasurer of the Office of Public Works and Fortifications in Turin‚ while his mother Teresa Grosso was the only daughter of a medical doctor

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    Louis Riel- Hero or Tyrant* Many people till today think that Louis Riel was not guilty and that his sentence was just an easy way for the Canadian government to get him out of their way. Louis Riel was the leader of the Métis during the Red River Rebellion and the Northwest Rebellion. He was hanged on November 16‚ 1885 for treason‚ but was he a real villain? Louis Riel is undoubtedly a national hero because he stood up for Métis rights. In my opinion Louis Riel was a hero in many ways. After the

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    Louis Riel – Hero or Scoundrel? Louis Riel definitely played a huge role in making Canada into what it is today. He led two major rebellions‚ The Red River Rebellion and The Northwest Rebellion‚ both of which he was fighting for Metis rights. Louis Riel was considered a hero. Firstly‚ a hero is someone who never abandons their people. Even in exile‚ Riel answered the Metis call of help and returned to Canada to lead his people. This showed that Riel wasn’t cowardly and still had the inner-Metis

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    listening to Louis Armstrong’s “Hotter Than That” I didn’t really enjoy the song it seemed like a simple jazz song that would play as a background song for some type of summer scene in an old movie. Then when Louis Armstrong begins to bring in the vocals with the background guitar the song drew me in. Right after the vocals end the whole song seems to shift and the trumpet‚ piano and the rest of the band gain a second wind where the song because more up-tempo and more lively. Louis Armstrong seems

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    Davey Oetting 12/1/06 History of St. Louis St. Louis was acquired from France by the United States under President Thomas Jefferson in 1803‚ as part of the Louisiana Purchase. It was founded by the French in 1764 when Auguste Chouteau established a fur-trading post and Pierre Laclède Liguest‚ a New Orleans merchant‚ founded a town at the present site. They named it after King Louis XV of France and his patron saint‚ Louis IX. From 1770 to 1803‚ St. Louis was a Spanish possession‚ but it was ceded

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    the recent times we have come to require specialized jobs‚ and due to this higher education has changed. Now we see higher education specializing students for future careers such as doctors and lawyers‚ where one does not broaden their experience. Menand also mentions

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