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    California Quake Summary

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    Areas…” This article was written and published in the New York Times in 1989, which is a while from the actual event. This article clearly describes 7 counties that affected by the quake, such as Alameda, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Benito, and Monterey. Beside the article is the little graph that demonstrates these 7 areas and the routes, highways, as well as what specifically happened at that time. What makes this article special is that the writer mainly focused on…

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    not only nurses, but in the civil war, they were so much more. Clara Barton was a woman who worked as a Clerk in the U.S. Patent Office in Washington D.C. She later paved the way for women and nurses in the future. She briefly made the same amount of money as a man did. They pay did not last long. After she was a clerk, she got recruited to be a nurse in the Civil War. She soon saved many lives and also helper serve her country. Clara Barton later formed The American Red Cross. The American…

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    An influential nurse I have chosen to research is Clara Barton. Clara Barton is one of many influential nurses of the past that has shown great bravery and sacrifice in hard times. I am sure we as working professionals can only hope to make such an impact the way she has. I’d like to discuss who Clara Barton was prior to her start in nursing, her many accomplishments, and what she had become known for. Clara Barton was born Clarissa Harlowe Barton in Oxford, Massachusetts in 1821. The youngest…

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    Clara Barton was an American nurse suffragist and humanitarian who is best remembered for organizing the American Red Cross. Following the outbreak of the Civil War, she independently organized relief for the wounded often bringing her own supplies to front lines. As the war ended she helped locate thousands of missing soldiers, including identifying the dead at Andersonville prison in Georgia. Clara Barton lobbied for U.S. recognition of the International Committee of the Red Cross and became…

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    I believe with your help The Red Cross can grow and keep working to save lives. The Red Cross Foundation started in America on May 21, 1881 by Clara Barton. Clara Barton heard of the Red Cross while visiting Europe after the Civil War. When Clara returned home she campaigned for an American Red Cross. The United States ratified The Red Cross. Clara Barton was 60 when she founded the American Red Cross.…

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    Clara Barton Essay

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    Clara Barton was a woman of incredible stamina and valor to whom America as a whole owes much. Her efforts in the Civil War are well remembered and well documented. Her bravery in helping wounded soldiers on the battlefield set her apart from other women of her time, initiating her social work for years to come. The skills she learned as a child she used for the good of humanity. The far reaching influence of Clara Barton’s tireless work helped to drastically improve the healthcare of the…

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    Bob Holmy Research Paper

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    his stage name Bob Mortimer. He is widely known for his stand-up comedy in his native land England and as well as internationally. The 57 year old comedian started his first comedy programme along with his long time business partner, comedian Vic Reeves in 1986. Mortimer’s comedy combines surreal, visually and verbally inventive material with traditional comedy including various acts such as violence, cartoonish slapsticks and often improvised banters and purposefully corny and cheesy jokes.…

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    1. Q: When was San Francisco founded and who founded it? A. San Francisco was founded on June 29, 1776. It was founded by a Spanish explorer named Juan Bautista de Anza and Paloú. Anza lead an expedition northwest to the Pacific Coast and established the first successful overland connection between Sonora and Northern California. The Mexican viceroy was so impressed, he commissioned Anza to return to the San Francisco Bay and set up a permanent settlement. (San Francisco History) 2. Q: What is…

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    We as a society like to be entertained in all sorts of manner. Most like to laugh, some like to cry, some like to feel the warmth in their heart from love, then there are the few who like to be scared. We like to feel the adrenaline running through our veins our blood pumping, and our heart racing just from being scared. Somehow we find joy in being scared whether it through a scary movie or horror novel that we are currently reading, we have to give thanks to the man who started this genre with…

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    There have been many important influences throughout the ages in the horror genre such as Horace Walpole, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, and H. P. Lovecraft. All the way from Edgar allen Poe to H.P. Lovecraft. There have been many influential horror or Gothic writers throughout the ages. Though in the early days of Horror this form of storytelling were called Gothics and or Romances. Horace Walpole, one of the first to use grim story elements in his stories. He also liked…

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