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Florence Nightingale is remembered throughout the world for her heroic, almost superhuman labors in the field of nursing. Florence Nightingale was born in Italy in 1820 and was named Florence after her birthplace. A brilliant child, Florence attained outstanding academic achievement in her years attending school. Florence grew up to be a lively and attractive…

The site for new Belmont still hasn’t been found. The School district has beenfumbling with two proposed alternatives by interim superintendent Ruben Cortinesand CEO Howard Miller respectively suggest using high-rise office suites andopen 4 new schools quickly. These alternatives have been met with mixed emotionfrom both sides of the battle. Those for the Belmont project…

The Hong Kong Chinese CommunityThe Hong Kong Chinese community is an affluent, educated, and swellingpopulation in the Greater Toronto Area. The enigma is why they have only mademarginal inroads into the political arena. Olivia Chow, a Metro councilor representing the Downtown ward says “thiscommunity has potential to be very powerful. . . it’s nowhere near…

Glorious, glorious England. As the Empire spreads some say “so does its glory”; others mumble of the price which we pay for our greatness. Many of us Londoners have read, if not discussed, the intriguing debate transpiring between Sir Andrew Ure and Sir James Phillips Kay. Are the cities of great England truly representative of…

CasinosCasinos have become a form of entertainment for millions of Americans. In fact, Las Vegas, considered to be the home of casino gambling, is third only to Disneyworld and New York for tourism with 260 million visitors yearly. While it is true that casinos generate billions of dollars in revenues hardly any of that makes…

Anselm concludes that one requires two wills to be free by arguing that to be free is to have an ability. In this paper I will argue that Anselm believes that this ability is incompatible with an Aristotelian doctrine of the will and that to have this ability, we must have at least two wills….

“Down and Out Paris and London”The story of “Down And Out In Paris And London” deals with the author’sexperience with tramps and the poverty stricken in Paris and London in the1920’s. He lives with them on equal terms and suffers the same hardships andtribulations. Orwell shows great compassion for the plight of the poor and…

Athens and Sparta: Similarities and Differences. By Mike Mizov. One of the greatest city-states of all time was Athens, from which we take many of our modern ways. Their government was a full democracy in which they had an assembly of all male citizens over 25 years old. They also had the council of five…

This period in American history is one that is labeled as a time of change. Change for the American people as a whole and a change in the control of the British government. From the time of the first voyages across the Atlantic to the beginning of the quest for independence, people in this land…

On the morning 12 past 5:00 San Francisco suffered a major earthquake that killed 3000 people, the earthquake lasted for about 40 seconds and was recorded at 8. 3 on the Richter Scale. People ran from there houses and some stayed inside the buildings and were crushed. The people who ran in the streets were…