Christian Gooden‚ cgooden@post-dispatch.com St. Louis Christmas Tree Lots: Oligopoly and Game Theory Since Christmas is drawing near‚ the annual Christmas tree lots are beginning to open. This brings memories of my father cursing in the car every Sunday before mass because half the church lot is taken up by trees. For a few weeks Ted Drew becomes the king of Christmas not the king of custard in St. Louis. Pretend the image I selected is not taken from the St. Louis Post Dispatch but is in fact my
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The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud “I believe in miracles. Not just the simple wonders of creation‚ like my new son at home nursing in my wife’s arms‚ or the majesties of nature‚ like the sun setting in the sky. I’m talking about real miracles‚ like turning water into wine or bringing the living back from the dead” (Sherwood 1). Everyone wants to believe in miracles. Especially Charlie St. Cloud‚ when in a tragic accident he lost his brother. The story Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood contains
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Davey Oetting 12/1/06 History of St. Louis St. Louis was acquired from France by the United States under President Thomas Jefferson in 1803‚ as part of the Louisiana Purchase. It was founded by the French in 1764 when Auguste Chouteau established a fur-trading post and Pierre Laclède Liguest‚ a New Orleans merchant‚ founded a town at the present site. They named it after King Louis XV of France and his patron saint‚ Louis IX. From 1770 to 1803‚ St. Louis was a Spanish possession‚ but it was ceded
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Good morning/ afternoon‚ The quote I am talking about with you today was made from a man called Martin Luther King Jr who was the leader for the African-American Civil Rights Movement in America. He is best known for the non violent way he protested‚ this was based on his Christian beliefs. He is mainly known worldwide for his famous “I have a dream” speech in Washington. He also won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for taking a nonviolent approach to racial inequality. This specific quote came
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Martin Luther King Assessment Task Research Task (200 words in total) 1. In that ways were the African-American people treated differently from white people in the USA in the 1950s. African-Americans were separated from white people by law and discriminated against by the white people. They were referred to as ‘Negros’‚ which was an insensitive word to call the African-Americans. White people separated children from African-American families and there were ‘coloured’ seats for African-American
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got flooded from melting snow and ice from the mountain. About 12 million feet of stockpiled lumber was swept in the river‚ 8 bridges were destroyed‚ 200 homes were destroyed or damaged. (http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/what-were-effects-people-when-mt-st-helens-erupted) More than 200 homes were destroyed. Also mores than 185 miles of roads‚ and 15 miles of railroad was damaged. Ash clogged the sewer system‚ damaged cars and buildings‚ and temporary shut down the air traffic in the Northwest. Today Mt
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Evaluation of Sources The St. Louis was a German transatlantic liner. On May 13‚ 1939 the St. Louis and it’s captain‚ Gustav Schröder‚ departed Hamburg‚ Germany with 937 passengers that were all searching for a better life in North America. After being turned away by the government of Cuba the refugees hoped to be accepted by the United States‚ however‚ president Franklin D. Roosevelt also turned them away. So now the question is‚ was FDR responsible for the fate of the St. Louis‚ and how did his reaction
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Susan B. Anthony was born on February 15‚ 1820 in Adams‚ Massachusetts. With a long history of activist traditions‚ her ability to motivate others led her to become an active member in the temperance which was the absence of alcohol‚ joining women’s rights movement‚ and woman suffrage. Susan B. Anthony was also an influential speaker of the women’s labor organization and a strong supporter of the abolition of slavery. Throughout her life‚ she was able to create great and powerful speeches that have
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St. Therese of Lisieux and St. Clare of Assisi have many similarities as well as many differences. Both young women lived a life of faith and devotion to God. How they came to follow God and live out their faith were very different from one another Both came from families with a deep devotion to God. St. Therese was raised to become a nun while St. Clare was raised to be married. St. Clare had to run away from her family to join the clergy‚ while St. Therese did not. These two saints have many similarities
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The type of economic impact that St. Jude has is huge (The Commercial Appeal‚ 2015). A recent study‚ conducted by the University of Memphis‚ showed that St. Jude’s operations created more than $2 billion in economic activity. This activity was powered by 14‚710 jobs and brought in more than 70‚000 visitors to the city of Memphis. St. Jude and ALSAC employ more than 4‚400 people‚ who contribute to the economy through their residence in Memphis (Park‚ 2013). In 2015‚ the hospital revealed a plan
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