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was the mountain range that the Tour De France features. The Spain region is made up of six French departments and six Spanish provinces (The Pyrenees pg. 1). The chain is about about 270 miles from the Bay of Biscay. The chains maximum width is about 80 miles. The central section is the highest of the three main ranges. The tallest peak in Spain is the Pico de Aneto. There are many other peaks in both Spain and France. Some of these peaks in Spain are Pic de Vignemale and Monte Perdido. One of…

“The threat for Zika is just too great” “2016 Olympians will be competing in poop water”. These are currently the fears that are looming over Rio for the upcoming Olympics. These problems should cause great concern and need to be acted upon. Rio Olympics should not go ahead until all countries can be certain that their athletes will be safe from disease and untreated waters and also have reliable security. Rio was chosen to hold the 2016 Summer Olympics in 2009 by the International Olympic…

In Guy De Maupassant’s “The Necklace”, Mathilde endures some difficult circumstances because of a few personal qualities that caused her life to change drastically. Mathilde has always wanted money but has never been lucky enough to acquire such wealth. This results in her wanting everything to herself. She ends up learning the hard way on why she should be thankful for what her husband provides her and not constantly want more and more stuff to seem higher in society. Mathilde is a very…

"rich" or "glamorous" but they look the same as everybody else's clothes, except the price is jacked up. Having the newest iPhone, car, laptop, e.c.t may make people think you have a fancy lifestyle, but they don't even notice. In "The Necklace" Guy de Maupassant uses setting, irony and character to express this theme. In 19th century Paris, France, everybody wanted to look glamorous and sophisticated, just like Madame Loisel did. This period was known as the "Belle Epoque" time period, or…

new chance to learn, and many respected philosophers and academics have said profound things about continued learning. We think Albert Einstein sums it up best, though. “Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.” Michel de Montaigne, in The Complete Essays, said that Socrates found time later in life to learn music and dancing, and wrote that the philosopher “thought it time well spent.” While many people find their time filled with family commitments and…

The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin The main character of this story is Louise Mallard who has a heart condition. Louise learns that her husband Brently has been killed in a tragic accident and rushes to her room to grieve his loss. As Louise stares out her window and considers her future, she is struck by the realization that she has become free from the oppression her husband provided. Louise comes to accept that she is young and is strangely overcome with a sense of newly found independence.…

talented young man who lived in Italy. He had initially been employed by Verrocchio, a talented painter. However, after seeing how amazing of an artist da Vinci was, Verrocchio decided to quit painting for good. Soon after that, da Vinci met Lorenzo de Medici, who was very impressed with his artistic skills. Leonardo da Vinci went on to create many amazing pieces of art, including “The Last Supper” and “The Mona Lisa”. His inspiration was nature, and not only was he an artist, he was an…

the five paragraph essay. Lynch’s article is informative and persuasive about other essays, such as Michel de Montaigne’s; however, he does not give enough credit to how useful the five paragraph essay actually is for beginner writers. Lynch talks about other writing that some people believe is better than the five paragraph essay. One of those other writings is the writing from Michel de Montaigne, who was considered the inventor of the essay. He wrote…

Brazil’s flourishing economy makes for a productive business venture from foreign investors. Due to its high GDP, Brazil proves to be a moderately certain potential asset. Ranked 8th overall by cia.gov, with a GDP (PPP) of over 3 trillion U.S dollars, Brazil economically dwarfs all of the other south American countries it competes with. This combined with a low cost of living and operating makes it a great place to do business. Since 2008, Brazil has become a net external creditor and all three…

Michel de Montaigne, French author and philosopher, was born February 28, 1533 near Bordeaux, France, into a family of administrative nobility and fortune that went back several generations. Montaigne 's father, a mayor of Bordeaux, home-schooled his son exclusively in Latin. When in college, Montaigne was not interested in the offered disciplines. In order to continue his family 's tradition, he studied law at a university. During his time in the French parliament, he befriended a distinguished…