Mount Saint Helen’s Volcano‚ part of the cascade mount range‚ is associated with the subduction zone of the Juan du Fuca plate into the North American plate‚ as is most of the volcanism in this mount range (USGS Geology & History). The eruption intensity is normally quite explosive but Mt. Saint Hellen’s has experienced the peaceful one on occasion (USGS Geology & History). With frequent eruption every couple hundred years (rough estimate at best)‚ Mt. Saint Helen’s is the most active volcano of
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MABEL. Somerset Maugham I was at Pagan in Burma‚ and from there I took a steamer to Mandalay. But a couple of days before I got there‚ when the boat tied up for the night at a riverside village‚ I made up my mind to go ashore. The skipper told me that there was a pleasant little club in which I had only to make myself at home; they were quite used to having strangers (iron off like that from the steamer‚ and the secretary was a decent chap; I might even get a game of bridge. I had nothing in
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The novel River God by Wilbur Smith is set in Ancient Egypt‚ during a time when the kingdoms were beginning to collapse and the Upper and Lower Egypt were separated between two rulers. The story is in the view-point of Taita‚ a highly multi-talented eunuch slave. At the beginning of the story‚ Taita belongs to Lord Intef and helps manage his estate along with caring for his beautiful daughter‚ Lostris. She is in love with Tanus‚ a fine solider and also Taita’s friend. Unfortunately‚ Lord Intef despises
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Should We Strive To be Moral Saints? In the article‚ “Moral Saint’s” written by Susan Wolfe she states that the moral saint is‚ “One whose every action is as morally good as possible‚ a person‚ that is‚ who is as morally worthy as can be.” I believe that for humans striving to be a moral saint is in a sense admirable‚ but should not be viewed as a realistic goal‚ in the sense that if not attained‚ one is deemed immoral or a failure. In class we had discussed Susan’s essay and talked about her
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went to. I volunteer at the child care center during the summer and Fantasia the Saturday before December. I also seem to find myself running back to Saint Therese. I admire how Saint Therese never lost faith in God‚ especially when times were tough. I admire how she never took no for an answer and had the courage to stand up for what she wanted. Saint Therese was never angry and vengeful towards others‚ she smiled and always sacrificed everything. I would be extremely fortunate if I received at least
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SAINT ELIZABETH of HUNGARY Widow (1207-1231) Elizabeth was the daughter of the just and pious Andrew II‚ king of Hungary‚ the niece of Saint Hedwig‚ and the sister of the virtuous Bela IV‚ king of Hungary‚ who became the father of Saint Cunegundes and of Saint Margaret of Hungary‚ a Dominican nun. Another of her brothers was Coloman‚ King of Galicia and prince of Russia‚ who led an angelic life amid the multiple affairs of the world and the troubles of war. She was betrothed in infancy to
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Saint Teresa of Avila once said “I shall mention some things that are necessary… The first of these is love for one another; the second is detachment from all created things; the third is true humility… all must be friends‚ all must be loved‚ all must be held dear‚ all must be helped‚” . A Doctor of the church‚ Saint Teresa of Avila greatly affected the Catholic Church. One of her major contributions is that she founded the Discalced Carmelites. Another is her teaching on prayer and books she wrote
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The “Propoganda of Saints in the Middle Ages” article‚ written by Esther Cohen‚ goes over many of the methods the Catholic Church employed to gain power over the people in Europe. Cohen goes through the middle ages by describing how the Catholic Church was spreading its faith; mainly through the use of propaganda. An Age of Faith took place between the fall of the Roman Empire and the discovery of America. Cohen describes how the in the early years of the church‚ martyred Christians rapidly assumed
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“The Doctor and the Saint” is Arundhati Roy’s introduction to Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste. This introduction allows the readers to understand the history that caused the production of the speech Annihilation of Caste‚ which was prepared by Ambedkar for The Annual Conference of the Jat-Pat-Todak Mandal of Lahore‚ but never delivered due to the cancellation of the Conference by the Reception Committee. This reading is about the debate between two men‚ B.R. Ambedkar‚ a Dalit
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certain brother. When the most blessed man saw it‚ he was moved to pity and said: “Brother rabbit‚ come to me. Why did you allow yourself to be deceived like this?" And as Soon as the rabbit had been let go by the brother who held it‚ it fled to the saint‚ and‚ without being forced by anyone‚ it lay quiet in his bosom as the Safest place possible. After he had rested there a little while‚ the holy father‚ caressing it with motherly affection‚ released it so it could return free to the Woods. But when
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