got flooded from melting snow and ice from the mountain. About 12 million feet of stockpiled lumber was swept in the river‚ 8 bridges were destroyed‚ 200 homes were destroyed or damaged. (http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/what-were-effects-people-when-mt-st-helens-erupted) More than 200 homes were destroyed. Also mores than 185 miles of roads‚ and 15 miles of railroad was damaged. Ash clogged the sewer system‚ damaged cars and buildings‚ and temporary shut down the air traffic in the Northwest. Today Mt
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The society of St. Vincent De Paul is an organization that provides housing for the homeless‚ the sick‚ and the mentally ill. The Society was founded by Frederic Ozanam and a group of students from the Sorbonne University in 1833. The students were challenged to prove their faith through action. Their solution was to develop a simple system to help the poor in their homes‚ in the streets‚ in hospitals and mental institutions. They adopted as their patron saint St. Vincent de Paul‚ a 16th century
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children entirely free. They receive 6.6% of their funds from government grants‚ but most of their funds are private grants or public little donations. They have commercials‚ bake sales‚ concerts‚ sponsorships‚ etc. to raise money for the hospital. St. Jude’s‚ brings in a revenue of $1‚387‚576‚052 and distributes it to 2 main programs. Over ⅔ of the total revenue goes to the program and half of that goes to research and the other half goes to the hospital. The other third of the total revenue goes
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“Conversion of St. Paul”(or “The Road to Damascus”) is painting by Caravaggio that shows bibilical scene.. As meny artists in Baroque he painted for his church curators‚ this particular painting was ordred for the church of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome. It illustrates the story behind conversion of great siner and prosecutor of Christians Saul that later becomes St. Paul’s. His story is very uplifting‚ he finds God or rather God find him and makes him his great saint‚ scholar‚ and Apostle. His
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St. Patrick was a Roman missionary and bishop in Ireland.His full name was Magonius Sucatus Patricius. He was born in 387 AD. The dates of his life cannot be fixed with certainty but‚ on a widespread interpretation‚ he was active as a missionary in Ireland during the second half of the fifth century.Patrick was born into a religious family‚ but was an atheist early in his life. He was supposedly sixteen when he was captured by Irish pirates and taken to Ireland to be a slave who looked after the
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conversation‚ Dane begins by justifying how bad it must look to Chris to be a white family with a black groundskeeper and a black house cleaning and ends the conversation by saying how he would have voted for Obama in 3rd term if he could. In the review‚ Anthony Lane writes‚ “What we have here‚ in other words‚ is the spectacle‚ at once touching and comical‚ of good liberals falling over themselves to prove their moral credentials.” I think this quote is really funny and 100% true because of my experience
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Peter Paul Rubens‚ in 1633‚ created a painting called “The Martyrdom of St. Levien.” An oil on canvas that is 455 x 347 cm in length. Rubens depicts st. Levien being grabbed onto by his beard‚ his aggressor is holding the saints tongue that was purposefully torn out with a type of pliers‚ being held above a pair of chomping teeth from a dog. St. Levien is being held down by two men‚ one holding his beard and the other holding a bloody knife within his teeth with a look of anguish towards the Saint
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Susan B. Anthony once said‚ "Men‚ their rights‚ and nothing more; women‚ their rights‚ and nothing less." Today‚ there are many female leaders and role models. They have changed this world for the better by finding cures and inventing useful things. What if these women hadn’t had the opportunity to perform these actions? The women’s rights reform was an extremely important topic in the 1800’s. A variety of many feminists fought for women’s rights. In the 1800’s‚ women had little to no rights compared
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Susan B. Anthony dedicated her life to fighting for equality for all people. She is best known for her work as a suffragist‚ but throughout her lifetime‚ she advocated for equivalent opportunities and freedom for everyone. She fought for women to have equal rights in the workplace and education. She also supported the abolition of slavery. Anthony epitomizes America’s core values‚ including equality‚ independence‚ and activism. Anthony demanded equal treatment and rights for all people. Through
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Dec. 1‚ 2011 Casey Anthony Trial What Went Wrong? Since the day that Casey Anthony was acquitted of all felony charges people everywhere have been asking themselves‚ “What went wrong?’’. How could it be that this women‚ whom everyone was sure had murdered her child‚ walked away with only 4 misdemeanors? All of which were of making a false statement to law enforcement. Our justice system says that the innocent until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt
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