Obituary: Samuel de Champlain Samuel de Champlain‚ who has died aged 61‚ was a French navigator and soldier. He is important to Canadian history because he helped establish the settlements. He founded New France and Quebec City as well. Early experience In 1604‚ he was made an assistant to the Sieur de Monts‚ who was a French noble appointed by the king of France to set up trading posts in Canada. In the summer of 1605‚ de Monts‚ Champlain and approximately sixty settlers and established a small
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Blue and Gold in His Blood Children often dream of growing up to be superheros‚ ballerinas or firemen‚ but Samuel L. Giddings always knew he wanted to be a Naval Academy Midshipman. Currently second class at the Naval Academy‚ Annapolis‚ Maryland‚ the twenty-year-old is pursuing an Operations Research major. He hopes to be a Surface Warfare officer after his graduation in 2017. Giddings grew up with a family full of experience in the armed forces. “I lived at the Academy”‚ he said‚ referring to
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Protagonist of the story‚ Samuel Spade‚ is a very mysterious man who trusts only himself. The problems he may encounter tend to get done without the help of higher authorities (police) in his life‚ Spade‚ works only for Spade. Characterized by devilish qualities throughout the book‚ Samuel is associated with the term “blonde Satan” (3)‚ implying that he is comparable to the devil. He wants to outsmart everyone and win this “game” that is going on between him and Gutman. His potential love interest
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In the fourth paragraph of the story “ Samuel” by Grace Paley‚ the narrator states “ But three of the boys were Negroes and the fourth one was something else she couldn’t tell for sure. In other words as readers we get a pretty good idea about the race of the kids. The statement is a pretty good hit trying to tell the reader that race plays an important role in the story. Due to the fact that the race of the children was indicate‚ implies that the time period must have been when there was racial
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service profession. Service denotes stewardship‚ involves integration and facilitation and engenders a cooperative approach to problem solving” (P.5). Stewardship is to hold something in trust for another‚ a commitment to serve the needs of others. Samuel Mockbee was a great leader of his profession. He demonstrated leadership characteristics by “cautioning students that goodness was more important than greatness‚ compassion more eventful than passion” He also believed that “everyone‚ rich or poor
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produce products by machines when before they were hand-made and took a long time to produce. Which resulted in the expanding efficiency where it made a higher expectation for everyday products that was known back then as “pre-modern world”. In 1790‚ Samuel Slater is often credited at the first person to start the “American Revolution which was similar to the British model. With his innovation expanding the pace of how cotton string could be converted to yarn.
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Samuel became a judge despite not being a descendant of Aaron‚ and became the national leader and head of the tribes. He appointed Saul‚ a warrior from the small tribe of Benjamin‚ the first king of Israel during a time of war against the Philistines. Saul led the Israelites to Gilead to defeat the Ammonites‚ reuniting the tribes and defeating an enemy. However‚ Saul did not always follow the standards of the Torah‚ so Samuel secretly proclaimed David as the next king of Israel. David was an exceptional
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responsibility. Whether we are given a heads up on that role or not‚ it is critical as human beings that we learn to connect on our reliability with one another to enrich the lives around us. We are not as random nor different as we may assume at time. In Samuel by Grace Paley‚ there were three reactions from different perspectives that all could have had a better impact on the “rowdy boys”. The reactions could have used better actions behind them is those reacting would have at least acknowledged that they
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I was born on August 9‚ 2001 at Saint Mary’s Hospital. My journey has been short‚ but filled with laughter‚ faith‚ sadness‚ and growth. Fr. Samuel Mazzuchelli was an incredible man‚ filled with faith and love. The similarities between us are what happened to us‚ not necessarily character. We both have embarked on a new adventure across the atlantic with no knowledge of the language. Just like Fr. Mazzucchelli I always try to leave everything to God no matter what happens good or bad. I think that
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