When I rescued Lin Tse-hsü I could hear the pitter-patter of rain pellet ting the rooftops of the stone buildings‚ which the English had constructed‚ but I‚ Bry-wong‚ was not here to be cold nor wet‚ which I was. I was here to rescue Lin Tse-hsü‚ who was an official from Canton. Lin Tse-hsü was captured by the English because he helped lead the opposition to England. The East India Company shipped tons of opium‚ a drug from the poppy seed‚ to China. Lin Tse-hsü has written a letter to England’s
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‘A Person I Admire’ Conor Duffy 11 (4) The person I admire is Saint Maximilian Kolbe. He was born on 8th January 1894 and died on 14th August 1941.He was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz in Poland. He was canonized on 10 October 1982 by Pope John Paul II‚ and declared a martyr of charity. He is the patron saint of drug addicts; political prisoners; families; journalists; prisoners; amateur radio; and
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Has technology helped us?” No Matter where we turn in the world‚ technology has become a part of our daily lives. We can find technology in businesses‚ hospitals‚ schools‚ communities and pretty much everywhere we turn. Some argue that we are too dependent on technology and as a result we have become isolated rather than more sociable; an example would be our newest generation of children that spend countless hours playing by themselves video games‚ computer games or sitting in front of a TV
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Heat Heat is transferred from hotter object (higher temperature) to colder object (lower temperature) When an object is heated‚ it will absorb heat energy and the temperature will increase. When an object is cooled‚ it will release heat energy and the temperature will decrease. (c) Thermal Two objects are in thermal contact when heat energy contact can be transferred between them. (d)Heat transfer When two objects with different degrees of hotness come into thermal contact‚ heat energy is transferred
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What is my path? What do I want to be when I grow up? Quite honestly‚ from my observations and experiences you won’t really know until the time comes. We all experienced those days where we would dream to have a high paying job. Saying “ I want to be a doctor”‚ “I want to be a fire fighter”. However‚ eventually‚ we will encounter good and bad scenarios that will change our perspective on what we really want to do in the future. My name is Jacoby Cid‚ and this past summer I have experienced an extraordinary
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my life I have encountered many circumstances that have shaped me into the person I am today. I was born in Moroleon‚ Guanajuato‚ Mexico. I attended school in Mexico all the way to second grade. In the summer of 2006 I moved to Cumming‚ Georgia. It was the hardest thing to do because I left everything that I care the most about. We lived in a trailer which was not the nicest place and in the middle of the forest. I started school at the beginning of August. I had always loved school so I was so
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me in because I have a connection to the material‚ my father died when I was ten. Not many lines about the speaker’s father draw direct parallels to my father‚ but never the less I was drawn to the work and felt a since of deep melancholy as I read. This since of melancholy‚ even though the speakers father differs from my own‚ is largely due to the non-standard metaphors. What I mean by this is that the work is riddled with metaphors‚ few of which are common‚ and I only felt like I understood the
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I know I am not the first person to say it and nor will I be the last‚ but Politics are BORING! With the elections coming up politics have become a kind of hot topic. No one persons views are the same‚ and this causes endless Facebook posts‚ arguments‚ and debates between once friends. So here is where the problem lies. Some people enjoy politics and everything to do with it‚ while others not so much. I; however‚ feel very differently. I hate everything to do with politics‚ they make no sense to
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I had heard talk of a mother’s love for her child before the day I had my own. I’d heard stories of a mother that gives her life to save her child’s. I’d seen that kind love expressed by my own mother everyday. I guess‚ I never thought it to be much different then the love a person feels for any other immediate family member. Boy‚ was I wrong. It’s not that I don’t love my other family unconditionally and entirely‚ but a mother’s love is undoubtably incomparable to any other. October‚ 20‚
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When I Was One-And-Twenty‚ by A. E. Housman When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say‚ ‘Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free.’ But I was one-and-twenty‚ No use to talk to me. When I was one-and-twenty I heard him say again‚ ‘The heart out of the bosom Was never given in vain; ’Tis paid with sighs a plenty And sold for endless rue.’ And I am two-and-twenty‚ And oh‚ ’tis true‚ ’tis true. In
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