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    Turbines: A Wind-Wind Solution The majority of energy comes from nonrenewable fossil fuels such as coal‚ natural gas‚ and oil. Americans depend on this energy in almost every way imaginable; from cooking to cleaning‚ from working to traveling‚ to heating and cooling. Wind is a byproduct of solar energy; the uneven heating of the air over land and water creates wind as warm air rises and cool air rushes in to take its place (Bezdek‚ 29 Oct. 2013). Although some people tend to dislike the idea

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    Joan Miro

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    Abstract I talked about how Miro started‚ his style. I also talk about a little bit about his life‚ where did he lived and stuff. Then I talked about his work‚ and his influence in his own country. At the end I give my opinion about him and his work. Joan Miro‚ borned in 1983 and he was a painter‚ sculptor‚ and ceramicist. He was born in Barcelona‚ I have family there‚ and he was a really colorful artist‚ using children’s spirit and a manifestation of the Catalan pride. We grow up in our schools learning

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    Joan of Arc

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    Joan of Arc (Jehanne Darc) was important to the history of France because she was a tremendous help in the Hundred Years War. Joan of Arc was born a peasant girl in Domremy‚ France on January 6‚ 1412. Instead of attending school‚ she worked on the farm with her family‚ where she learned to sew and spin wool. Every time church bells rang‚ she prayed.     When Joan of Arc was 13 she began hearing the voices from God. They were telling her to disguise herself as a man and join the French army to fight

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    Joan of Arc

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    Joan of Arc led the French armies to several military victories over the English‚ all the while claiming to receive her strength and orders from God. Once she was in English hands‚ she was put on trial as a heretic. Do you think there was any chance that she would receive a fair trial? Why did the French not attempt to save her from her fiery fate? Joan of Arc is perhaps one of France’s most well-known Heroine. She is known for being pivotal in the expulsion of the English Army from French lands

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    Saint Joan

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    This passage‚ from the epilogue of Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan‚ introduces King Charles’ viewpoint of Joan. It occurs twenty five years after the execution of Joan. Charles is having a dream and talking to Ladvenu who is a holy man that has dedicated his life to clearing Joan. In the epilogue‚ Charles represents the government and Ladvenu represents the view of the church. Ladvenu says “I think of what it means to her” when Joan’s name is cleared. However‚ Charles says that he cannot think of what

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    Joan of Arc

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    Joan of Arc Joan of Arc by Nancy Wilson Ross in nineteen-hundred and fifty-three and published by Random House. Nancy Wilson Ross was born in Olympia Washington; she wrote many books on the early fifteenth century including Joan of Arc. Nancy Wilson Ross wrote of that Joan of Arc was a simple girl taken advantage of by a wimp of a prince/king who left her to be used and abandoned at the first sign of trouble; by those that she had helped the most. That Joan was divinely guided by her voices

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    Consequently‚ the characteristics used to describe Joan are commonly associated with dominant men‚ further confirming the idea that Joan willingly participates in gender role reversal. Barstow refers to Joan‚ “As a female prophet wearing male clothing who moved into the world of men and beat them at their own game…” (41). Joan is successful in assuming the role of a warrior by aligning herself‚ physically and emotionally‚ with her male counterparts. An example is when she provides council to King

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    Joan of Arc

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    Joan of Arc A French saint and a heroine in the Hundred Years’ war was Joan of Arc. This farm girl helped save the French from English command and was often called the Maid Orleans and the Maid of France. Her inspiration led the French to many victories. Joan Of Arc (In French Jeanne d’Arc) was born around 1412‚ in the village of Domremy‚ France. She was a peasant girl who‚ like many girls of that time‚ could not read or write. Her father‚ Jacques‚ was a wealthy tenant farmer and her mother

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    Joan of Arc

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    Joan of Arc” Joan of Arc Thesis statement: Joan led a fascinating life and is one of the most heroic women in all of history: in her early years she struggled with being different‚ in her mid-life she was a military leader‚ and in the time of her death she was wrongly accused of something she had no part in. I. Introduction II. Child of God A. Kindness to others B. Teen Years 1. Voices 2. Visions III. Young at War

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    The Wind

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    "The Wind" I am the Wind  I creep and crawl through every swamp and valley  Touching every leaf and holding every branch  Surrounding every rock and cooling every stream  Playing with the leaves that dance on my shoulders  I am the Wind.  I cradle nature’s breath in my arms  Rocking it back and forth  Singing to it my sweet lullaby  Kissing its tender face with my gentle breeze  I am the Wind.  I instruct the tall grass to bow before me  Ruling over the leaves and governing the

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