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    “Home on the Mississippi” Brian Stewart’s oil painting‚ “Home on the Mississippi”‚ is an exceptional piece of artwork from the culture it unfolds to the characteristic composition of how it was made. “Home on the Mississippi” is beautifully painted with oil onto canvas‚ colors exuberating realistic features and setting the mood. The painting portrays the reality of America in the late 1800’s. Picking a piece of artwork that I appreciate was easy for me. I turned my attention directly to the

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    To what extent did war affect the course of Revolution? There are many various arguments supporting the view that the war did affect the course of Revolution and many that oppose this view. The Revolution did become more radical during the time of the war as the Jacobin terror became more prevalent‚ however some people argue that the war did not directly cause this‚ that the Revolution was moving towards a more radical stance anyway. Others may argue that yes‚ the Revolution was moving towards a

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    People take advantage of what nature offers them but they don’t care to protect it much. The condition of our environment is becoming worse and worse. People produce a lot of pollution and wastes that destroy our natural environment. Many of us realize that we shouldn’t disregard these problems. Let me give you some examples how development and urbanization count against natural environment. Firstly‚ carbon dioxide and other waste gases that are given off in large quantities by factories and power

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    Vincent Vo Period 3 Unit 4 and 5 Reflection HW Unit 4 How did Peter the Great and Catherine the Great change Russia? Both Russian rulers largely reformed their country by introducing ideas and customs from Western Europe. Peter the Great was especially known for his trip to Western Europe and bringing back knowledge of finance‚ politics‚ military‚ etc. Through his reform of the military system and the nobility and construction of many factories‚ Peter brought Russia up to the surface from its longtime

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    To what extent is Christopher’s condition responsible for the conflicts that arise in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time? Christopher’s condition directly results in a few minor conflicts in the novel‚ but more significantly‚ it factors to different degrees in the major conflicts between Mother and Father‚ between Father and Mrs. Shears‚ and between Father and Christopher. The minor conflicts often arise from Christopher’s trouble with social interaction. Early in the novel‚ for instance

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    Its 1927‚ the great flood of Mississippi has been the worst natural disaster. More than 23‚000 square miles of land has been destroyed‚ thousands of people have had nowhere to live‚ and around 250 people have died. While going through this great depression‚ we had near no food‚ plantations flooded‚ farms ruined‚ we couldn’t eat a lot‚ nor even live. More than 200‚000 African Americans have been displaced from their homes along the Lower Mississippi River‚ and have had to live in camps. The flood

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    FOUNDATION Monday‚ February 10‚ 2014 Afghanistan Development Goals 2014 and Beyond [As Delivered] Good afternoon and thank you for allowing me to speak today here at the New America Foundation.  I would again like to thank Anne-Marie Slaughter and Peter Bergen for having us here today. I am thrilled that Ambassador Samad was chosen to moderate what I hope will be an interesting and lively discussion on the role USAID will play in advancing development goals while simultaneously supporting our broader

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    To what extent does the behaviour of mankind shape the creature’s attitude to life? Pg102-151 One feature of the behaviour of mankind is the capacity for knowledge and the creative use of it. An example of this is literature‚ and the creature is exposed to this through the three books he finds in the “wood”. It is clear that these three books‚ which the creature considers to be a “prize”‚ have a great effect on him‚ but it is not so much that behaviour of man which is required to produce these

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    affected people lived in Arkansas‚ Mississippi‚ Louisiana‚ and almost all of the Mississippi Delta. Over 2 hundred-thousand African Americans along the Mississippi River had been forced to move to relief camps. This was a cause that hardly impacted the Great Migration from the South to the North. Many cities and small communities built artificial levees ranging in height from four to six feet. Even many rural areas took protection. Much of the banking of the Mississippi River had a sort of levee to help

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    Natural Gas‚ Pollution‚ and Our Environment In today’s society there is a great need for environmental protection. Things that happened during our parents and grandparents age have caused a great concern for our ozone‚ our air‚ and our environment. You constantly hear about the many sources of pollution‚ but we hardly ever hear about the solutions. In this paper I will present one possible solution to the air pollution problem that has been caused by too many automobile emissions being released

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