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    Plot: Holes is written by Louis Sacher and is a fictional story about a teenaged boy named Stanley Yelnats, who is trying to break his family's curse. This curse was started by Stanley’s rotten pig stealing great great grandfather when he didn’t come through with his promise to escort a lady named Madame Zeroni who is a sorcerer who cursed him and his family with bad luck forever. This leads to Stanley getting wrongly accused of stealing Klyde Livingstone (famous basketball) shoes and getting sent

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    “If you are not willing to pay the price for freedom, you don't deserve freedom.” -- Malcolm X Malcolm Little ( known as Malcolm X) was born on May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska. Malcolm Little was the fourth born child out of eight children. Malcolm’s mother's name was Louise Little who worked as a homemaker. Louise was a wife to Earl Little (Malcolm Little’s father) who was an active preacher and a proud supporter of a black nationalist named Marcus Gravy. Earl Little was so intrigued by Marcus

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    Stanley Yelnats was accused of stealing a pair of shoes and got sent to Camp Green Lake, a juvenile delinquent centre. At Camp Green Lake you dig holes to “build character.” Stanley’s no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather somehow put a curse on his family, which made them always be at the wrong place at the wrong time. I think that fate and destiny affected Stanley’s family because his Dad's experiments never worked, Stanley was always getting bullied about his weight and they

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    Stanley Yelnats, the main character in the novel Holes by Louis Sachar was published in 1998.This was among a number of children’s books Sachar had written. Stanley changed in many ways while he was away at Camp Green Lake. Stanley was sent to Camp Green Lake after being wrongly accused of stealing a pair of sneakers. He had a big journey ahead of him that he didn’t know was coming. Camp Green Lake was 8 hours away by bus from where his family lived. It was isolated and hot there. It was also very

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    Louis Riel Summary

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    strip biography “Louis Riel” by Chester Brown, starts off in early September 1870 in St. Joseph, Dakota territory. Louis Riel is reading a note which talks about how the Canadian soldiers have wreaked havoc on the Red River Colony. It talks about how some Métis men had been murdered and quite a few were beaten. Women had also been raped in the settlement too. “The Canadian soldiers have brought a reign of fear to the Red River settlement.” This is an excerpt from the note Louis Riel was reading.

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    Charlemagne and his successor Louis the Pious, alternatively, ruled the whole Carolingian Empire due to premature loss of life in their brothers and co-rulers. The threat of the custom of the Carolingian rulers to divide Frankish lands a number of the participants of the Carolingian dynasty, usually valid male descendants that brought about the weakening of the Imperial authority and territorial fragmentation became apparent already throughout the rule of thumb of Louis the Pious. He had to deal with

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    1.CORE ISSUES Sephora one of the largest cosmetic retailer covering large portion of market share in the united states of America and Canada. Its known for its innovative ideas like vibrant stores that encouraged their customers to try new products and experiment them. But then as world is advancing into digital media marketing. Julie Bornstein, senior VP is getting ready to step into this new era of marketing. But few problems have to be addressed before they make their move. The main question to

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    scientists and their works, you can enjoy many of those things. Louis Pasteur’s early life and further education led to his successful works and creations that helped further the lives of everyone. Louis Pasteur was born on December 27, 1822 in Dole France and he grew up Arbois France. His mother is Jeanne Etiennette Pasteur and his father is Jean Joseph Pasteur. His siblings were Jean Denis, Jeanne Antoine, Josephine, Jeanne Emilie. Louis was a middle child but he outlived all of his other siblings

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    titled “Champion of the World” is extracted from Maya Angelou’s autobiographical work I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, published in 1969. This passage tells the story of Angelou’s community gathering at the local store to watch the match between Joe Louis and Primo Carnera in June of 1935. Angelou describes the spirit of the black community in Stamps, Arkansas as they listen to a match between two heavyweight boxers. Angelou Uses extensive imagery to depict the tension before the match, the excitement

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    Louis Pasteur’s contributions to science has advanced scientific understanding and changed the direction and nature of scientific thinking. He was the founder of the science of microbiology and proved that most infectious diseases are caused by micro-organisms through experiments which he performed. Pasteur was extensively known through his “germ theory” and for the invention of the process of pasteurisation. He was also instrumental in developing the process of vaccination in a famous experiment

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