Never Fall Down Summary Arn Chorn-Pond‚ the protagonist of the novel‚ Never Fall Down‚ is a typical 11-year-old boy growing up in Battambang‚ a rice-harvesting village in western Cambodia. The residents of Battambang are vivacious‚ and the entire village is prospering. However‚ when the Khmer Rouge‚ a radical Communist regime‚ seize power in April of 1975‚ Arn’s unpretentious life changes dramatically. Suddenly‚ his once playful‚ carefree lifestyle is filled with tribulations and tragedies
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Research Assignment General Biology Golden Retrievers The Golden Retriever is a breed of dog with the usual size of medium to large‚ a dog possessing many different characteristics as well as a meaningful background. Even with its many characteristics and attributes‚ many researchers of the dog exemplify the essential information about the dog as well as the different necessities the owner of the animal should take and heed. Golden Retrievers first named “Golden Flat-Coat” originally bred in Scotland
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Keany Taranto Torres Persuasive Speech Topic: Golden Retriever is the best dog. Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that the Golden Retriever are the best dog for a family to own. Central Idea: There are three primary reasons that Golden Retrievers make excellent family pets. Main Points: 1. Friendly with kids‚ elderly‚ athletes‚ sick people and all persons. This breed of dogs is highlighted as one of the most conducive for families because they are sweet and protective‚ taking
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Golden Retriever CKC classification: Under the Canadian Kennel Club‚ a Golden Retriever is classified as a sporting dog. Origin: The Golden Retriever was discovered in the 19th century by Lord Tweedmouth‚ also known as Sir Dudley Majoribanks‚ who was a Scotsman. He bred a Tweed Water Spaniel and a wavy‚ flat coat Retriever‚ that produced offspring which he would then breed with an Irish Setter and a sandy-coloured Bloodhound. At this point‚ Lord Tweedmouth had created the Golden Retriever‚ which
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The Islamic Golden Age in Spain was a multi-cultural mix of the people of three religions that believed in one God; Muslims‚ Christians‚ and Jews. During the Golden Age; libraries‚ colleges‚ public baths were established and literature‚ poetry‚ and architecture flourished. Muslims and non-Muslims made general influences to this flowering of culture. The Golden Age is described as religious and ethnic tolerance and mixed agreement between Muslims‚ Christians‚ and Jews. Although Christians and Jews
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Atalanta and the Golden Apple Atalanta was a huntress favored by the goddess Artemis and is believed to be the daughter of a king. The story of Atalanta and the golden apple begins with Atlanta’s birth. Atlanta was believed to be the daughter of a king and when she was born female her father had her taken out to the woods to left to die of exposure from the elements. However‚ luckily for the young baby girl a kind old bear came along and adopted her. The kind old bear raised the young Atalanta until
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Xenophanes Xenophanes of Colophon (Greek Ξενοφάνης ὁ Κολοφώνιος ([Xenophánes o Kolofoneos] (570 – 480 BC) was a Greek philosopher‚ poet‚ and social and religious critic. Our knowledge of his views comes from his surviving poetry‚ all of which are fragments passed down as quotations by later Greek writers. His poetry criticized and satirized a wide range of ideas‚ including the belief in the pantheon of anthropomorphic gods and the Greeks’ veneration of athleticism. He is the earliest Greek poet
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From the 7th century to the end of the 13th century there were two Islamic golden ages. The first Golden Age was from about the 7th century to the 11th century. This Golden Age was society integrated in all dimensions‚ political‚ social‚ and moral‚ under the aegis of Islam. (Lapidus 14).The second Golden Age was from the 11th century to the 13h century. This Golden Age society was divided between state and religious institutions and differentiated political and religious elites (Lapidus 13). While
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PHEIDIAS (fl. c. 490-430 BC)‚ Athenian sculptor‚ the artistic director of the construction of the Parthenon‚ who created its most important religious images and supervised and probably designed its overall sculptural decoration. It is said of Phidias that he alone had seen the exact image of the gods and that he revealed it to man. He established forever general conceptions of Zeus and Athena. Little is known about Phidias’ life. When Pericles rose to power in 449‚ he initiated a great building
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In other words‚ in order to apply golden rule one should imagine oneself in the place of the other person. It is important to remember that the golden rule does not replace the generally accepted moral norms. Nevertheless‚ under the current circumstances‚ the cultural diversity‚ and the rapid pace of the social development‚ the golden rule is a solution to the standardization of the ethical values. On one hand‚ evaluating the situation
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