Saint Nicholas

science, and many others. There is also a category of people who are known for being heroes in a dangerous period of history. Sir Nicholas Winton is a man who is known for being the savior of now thousands of lives across the world. Very little is known about Nicholas Winton’s life before his involvement in the Holocaust. He was actually born under the name Nicholas Wertheimer to his parents, Rudolf and Barbara, who were of a German-Jewish descent. (Howard) It was not until 1938, when World…

This faith in the imaginative capacities of the young is thought to be leading to more innovation in the different working environments. Such is the case of Nicholas Negroponte. He suggests this very notion through the example of the United-States by stating that although the country has succumbed recent shortcomings, there are two reasons why it is one of the most successful and innovative countries of this…

last years national championship game and would go down in dramatic fashion. Next we will be talking about one of the greatest love stories to come out between to young lovers who lose each other and then find their way back into each others arms, Nicholas Sparks defiantly hit a homerun with this novel. Lastly we will talk about one of the hottest SUV’s of the year the Chevy Tahoe, it was voted SUV of the year in…

I am going to start out talking about our 2nd amendment, the right to bear arms. In today’s society you might as well bite your tongue, we have our people who believe they should be ripped away and others who say that everyone should own a gun. But what would Andrew do? Personally I believe Andrew would have wanted to keep guns, 1 reason being that he killed Charles Dickinson in a duel. These 2 relentlessly hated each other but this event had sparked after a horse derby, Dickinson stated that…

Emma Pollock Drs. Merz and Rennie HON 202 18 February 2017 De Docta Ignorantia: As a triangle is a circle, man is unbound from Being On a temperate day, centuries ago, Nicholas of Cusa was at sea returning to Venice from Constantinople when he claims he was led, through “supernatural generosity of the Father, so that he grasped the incomprehensible incomprehensibility in learned ignorance through the transcendence of humanly knowable yet incorruptible truths.” (Miller) A disciplined and varied…

there must be a way of doing it. ~ Sir Nicholas Winton When the Holocaust broke out many lives were put at risk, however people like Nicholas Winton became heroes for their deeds. Nicholas Winton’s deed was that he saved 669 children from death. Emigration wasn't an option. The world's doors were closed to refugees. Conditions in the camps were brutal for the 150,000 people trapped there, especially for the children. And no one focused on them until Nicholas Winton. Instead of spending time…

This is an extremely gripping film set in the 1940's in South Carolina when a poor man, Noah Calhoun, falls for Allie Hamilton, a wealthy young woman. This film explores the theme of love and the importance of setting. In my opinion, an important theme in the film "The Notebook", directed by Nick Cassavetes and based off the well known novel of the same name, is Love. This is the most prevailing theme throughout the film. Even though Allie and Noah are faced with many difficulties, their love…

facto leader. When some believed the situation couldn’t get any worse, Alexander’s brother Nicholas claimed his right to the throne. The Decembrists believed that this was the perfect time to act because the Russian Empire did not have an acting leader at the time. They chose to stage a revolt on December 14th, 1825, the day when the troops and the Senate were supposed to swear their allegiance to Nicholas…

the Soviet Union. The Russian Empire had fallen with the surrender of Emperor Nicholas II, and the old administration was replaced by a new short term government during the first revolution of February 1917. In the second one that happened in October, the Provisional Government was taken out and replaced with a Bolshevik or communist government. The February Revolution was a revolt centered on Petrograd which is now Saint Petersburg. In the madness, individuals from the Imperial parliament or…

yielded it and began to build on it. Although the marshy location was detrimental, Peter considered it perfect because ships could travel the Neva River into the Baltic sea, which lead to the West; and he named the city St. Petersburg after his patron saint. Due to the swampy nature of the selected area, establishing a city was difficult. Due to this, Peter ordered thousands of serfs…