My country is Venezuela. Venezuela is located on the Northern tip of South America and Colombia is it’s neighbor to the West. Venezuela was founded on July 5‚ 1811 by Simón Bolívar. The inspiration behind the flag originally came from the one used by the liberation leader‚ Francisco de Miranda from his expedition in 1806. The Venezuelan flags colors are red‚ blue‚ and yellow. The yellow stripe is on the top of the flag‚ the blue is in the middle‚ and the last stripe is red. In the middle‚ on the
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Simón Bolívar was born in Caracas‚ Venezuela‚ on 24 July 1783. He was a well-known military strategist and was also known for his views on Latin America political problems. He was born wealthy which allowed him to have a wide variety of cultural experiences. After Bolívar created an army for the Latin Americas and won many decisive battles‚ he became a political leader in many of the countries he set free. As his time as a political leader he wrote this address to Bolivian political figures. The
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The article written by Harvey Simon in the New York Times is about the effects exercise has on the heart‚ Simon discusses both the immediate effects of exercise as well as the delayed effects. The article also discusses the risks of not exercising‚ saying that if a person regularly and vigorously exercises‚ that person will have the lowest risk of heart disease. Simon discusses the difference between vigorous and moderate exercise. Simon says that vigorous exercise may not be as effective in improving
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leaders‚ the colonies wouldn’t have had the same success. One of the most well known leaders‚ Simon Bolivar emerged triumphant from his movement for freedom‚ granting independence to those who fought with him. But his successes and motivations didn’t develop overnight. They were fueled by many different aspects of Bolivar’s life‚ stemming from type of people that he met and heard about‚ to his need for glory. Simon Bolivar was born into a life of privilege and wealth. He came from an important family
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In the book The Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal‚ he has asked a very important question to the readers‚ “You‚ who have just read this sad and tragic episode in my life...and ask yourself the crucial question‚ what would I have done?”(Wiesenthal98). Simon is asking the readers the question if we were in his shoes would we forgive Karl‚ a SS solider‚ for all of his heinous crimes. Karl had the choice to be a solider no one told him to sign up for it. Karl asked Simon to forgive him for the killings
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How does Simon Armitage’s writing make the Violence so disturbing in Gooseberry Season? “Gooseberry Season” is a poem that can be interpreted as blunt and edgeless. This impression is set by the poem’s lack of imagination and visualization. Gooseberry season entails the victim’s last few weeks as he outstays his “vacation” at the narrator’s house. The victim took the narrator’s good nature as an advantage and this led up to his death as he was drowned to his death. The narrator opens the poem with
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The paper is about the book titled The Bronze Horseman‚ written by Paullina Simons (2002). The book focuses on a young adolescent girl named Tatiana and her time living in Leningrad‚ Russia when Hitler begins his invasion. She is 16 when the book first begins. She faces many trials and tribulations‚ many situations in which she has to grow up rather quickly‚ face things as an adult would have to as she becomes of age‚ and even a love interest‚ which doesn’t completely over power the story of her
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“North Country” Josey was a woman who was looking for a new start when she and her 2 kids left her abusive husband. Unfortunately the abuse did not stop for Josey. The abuse continued when Josey went to work at the Mining company to get some extra money so she could take care of her two kids and move out of her parents house. Josey worked at a salon before moving to the mining company. At the salon she was not making enough money to make ends meet. This was an example of rights theory not being
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True Self: The Door to True Happiness Not everyone in this world is like what they seem to be. Today‚ we live in a world where only a few live their true self and not disguise themselves with the traits they never had. One can never be truly happy until they start living their true self and take off the illusionary disguise. There are two characters in the novel‚ Chronicles of Narnia‚ that disguise their true identity. The reader can get glimpses of their real character throughout the book. One
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Dr. Melissa Simon is a professor and a vice chair department of obstetrics and gynecology‚ and she is doing her fellowship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital including the Prentice Women’s Hospital. Melissa grew up in Detroit in a barrio where there was only violence and lack of opportunity. As she was growing up in Detroit she still remembers that there were times where she did not have a roof over her head due to the poverty she was living in and had no support from people who she cared about
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