tensions and thus war ensues. Such was the case in WWI with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. There were many tensions that existed prior to his assassination‚ but it was his assassination which triggered the war‚ his assassination that served as an excuse‚ and perhaps the last straw‚ so to speak‚ which led to the First World War. The following paper examines the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and its relationship to the start of WWI. Under the rule at the time of the assassination
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Dakota Willoughby 4A Current event #3 Senator Marco Rubio has been called out by several people the past few days on the account of Rubio missing an abundance of votes‚ some being key votes on important issues. Rubio defends himself by stating that the presidential campaign is making difficult for him to be around as often as he should be. He said “I’m not missing votes because i’m on vacation.” Then brushed off the topic of him saying that federal workers who do not perform or do their job up
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There are many parts to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand: the Archduke himself‚ his assassins‚ why they did it‚ and how they did it. All of these are equally important to the overall event‚ which in turn is important to‚ not only the world‚ but the United States as well. First up is the Archduke‚ one Franz Ferdinand. He was born on December 18‚ 1863‚ in Graz‚ Austria to Archduke Karl Ludwig. He was also the nephew of the Austro-Hungarian emperor of the time‚ Franz Joseph. The Archduke
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There has been great controversy surrounding the existence of Marco Polo throughout history‚ as either fact or legend. There have been questions surrounding whether Marco Polo was the first European who traveled to China. This essay will discuss why Marco Polo’s journey is a fact. People ask why Marco Polo is considered as fiction. It was really difficult for him to prove if he was telling the truth. As to whether he was a real person and if he was actually the first European to travel to China
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Chona Gamboa‚ the Learning and Development Manger at that time. She called to inform me that I have a scheduled interview on the 15th. After the interview‚ I was told that to prepare my requirements since I will be joining the culinary interns of Marco Polo on the 21st of February. I was happy to hear the news since I waited for a few months before I could actually start my internship‚ but at the same time I was anxious about the people that I was going to work with and with the assigned task that
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to rediscover life. The Berlin Wall devastatingly divided families‚ and in the east kept career opportunities from meritorious contenders. Communication was essentially prohibited between the two regions‚ for easterners were forbidden to travel to the west. Easterners were only granted permission to visit the west under dire circumstances by the discordant Eastern government‚ and west Berlin citizens did not want to visit their socialist neighbor. According to the westerners‚ life was great. The
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come to northern North America hundreds of years earlier. However‚ Columbus is important because his explorations made Europeans much more aware of the New World and helped to encourage more exploration of North and South America in the 1500s. Ferdinand Magellan and his discovery of the Philippines FERNÃO Magalhaes was born in Portugal around 1480‚ the son of the mayor of his native town. His interest in the nautical sciences started when he studied in the Court of Portugal. These studies filled
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considered to be a part of French structuralism‚ started in 1950s‚ by the cultural anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss. It is developed by Ferdinand de Saussure in his Course in General Linguistics (1915)‚ who applied a variety of linguistic concepts in analyzing a literary text. His theory of the structure of language is considered as the origin of structuralism. Ferdinand de Saussure believes that there are changes in language‚ but changes are determined by structure‚ rather than changes by some speaker
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My two explorers are Marco Polo and Ponce De Leon. Marco Polo was one of the most famous westerner travelers. He traveled across Asia. He sailed south from Venice‚ Italy in the Mediterranean Sea. He also explored an area south of Beijing and the coast of china which is now Vietnam. Ponce de Leon sailed for Florida in the Americas. The reason why Marco Polo did his exploration was to find all kinds of different goods to trade. He did this because he was learning about trading goods. He
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Life is a series of moments. Whether we appreciate the thousands of junctures in our daily lives or rush from one commitment to the next is entirely in our control. Mindfulness is the practice of being present in the moment. Art presents a unique opportunity to practice mindfulness. In other words‚ art is a catalyst for mindfulness; a transport mechanism to our most profound thoughts and emotions. Take a moment to objectively look at this painting. Refrain from assigning labels to the components
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