Two summers ago‚ my family and I took a vacation to Europe. One of our destinations was Paris‚ France. It was my favorite city to visit because of its beauty‚ culture‚ and humor that went along with trying to communicate. My mom took French in school through junior high and high school. However‚ after about 20 years’ lack of practice‚ the language was vague in her memory. I remember the rest of us laughing as we watched her struggle to form sentences with the bits and pieces of French she could
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Physical Geology: Term Paper The break that now separates the Ouachita Mountains from the Appalachians‚ a feature known as the Mississippi Embayment‚ constitutes one of the largest and least understood landforms of the central U.S. In the article‚ “The Mississippi’s Curious Origins” the authors‚ Roy B. Van Arsdale and Randel T. Cox shed light on the mysterious Mississippi Embayment. They begin by explaining the origins of the horseshoe-shaped lowland that is underlain by massive quantities of
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Prior to 1863‚ Cambodia had a monarchical government by King Norodom. In 1863 Cambodia became a protectorate of France‚ although Cambodia retained quite a lot of autonomy. Once France colonized Cambodia they installed a “Resident-General” who had a significant amount of power. In 1884‚ King Norodom signed a treaty giving the French near total control over Cambodia. In 1897‚ the ruling Resident-General asked the French authorities if he could take the kings power‚ because he felt that the king
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Hurricanes can have the same speed or more but can have different effects. That is what happened in hurricane Katrina and Nargis. Hurricane Katrina happened in New Orleans in August 29‚ 2005. Hurricane Nargis happened in Myanmar in April 27‚ 2008. Both hurricanes left a lot of damage but hurricane Nargis had more damage. This is so because America was more prepared unlike Myanmar. Before Katrina‚ the tropical depression formed over the Bahamas. New Orleans was informed but didn’t
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High performance in education is widely known as the key to success. In addition‚ students must meet their high expectations. This especially affects the Vietnamese American youth community. Gangs‚ racism‚ poverty‚ and depression; others often overlook these four factors when it comes to identifying Vietnamese American youth. Vietnamese American youths are typically described as “model-minorities‚” or are often held to an extremely high standard when it comes to education‚ though it is highly unknown
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THE AWAKENING The opening scene in the novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin‚ where the caged parrots kept on repeating a statement‚ actually gives a picture to the reader about the title and the story. This scene‚ when analyzed carefully‚ illustrates how the main character of the play‚ Edna tries to overcome the awakening from the worldly and traditional bondages that she is surrounded with. In this story‚ Edna Pontellier‚ a young married woman experiences an awakening of sexuality within her‚ when
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As you all vividly remember‚ the Jersey Shore took a pounding during Hurricane Sandy. The winds‚ flooding‚ and whipping sand plummet the shoreline and communities forever changing the landscape. Some of you may not have gotten to appreciate this first hand. Maybe you do not have a house at the shore. Our two houses survived on the whole‚ but grasping the destruction and devastation‚ hit me in a way I never thought it could. I sensed in my heart that I was getting a glimpse into what transition
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The Sultana explosion “All of a sudden‚ the boilers erupted in a mammoth explosion‚ nearly splitting the Sultana in half” (Billings 1). The Sultana was going upriver on the Mississippi River when the boilers and the steamer stopped working (Billings 1). When all of a sudden a gigantic explosion on the boat killed 1‚700 people which is more than the Titanic (Billings 1). The boat was going up river and the boilers and steamer stopped working which caused the explosion (Billings 1). “The strain of
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Dams and levees weren’t enough to protect the 1‚836 people who died in Hurricane Katrina‚ and yet officials relied yet again on these devices against Hurricane Harvey 12 years later. Years have passed‚ and still so-called “experts” believe that because the circumstances may have been slightly different than before‚ they had the upper hand against nature. Various natural disasters have proven again and again that no human has power over the environment‚ and again and again these lapses in judgement
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History is one of the world’s greatest mysteries as even though humanity has access to tons of information collected over hundreds of years‚ there is not an absolute certainty that what humans know is fact. As a result‚ there are many misinterpretations regarding events in human history. For example‚ Christopher Columbus is believed to be the relationship between Native Americans and settling Americans has always been rocky. Citizens of the U.S.A have stripped these people of their rights and cast
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