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    Maurice Richard historical significance in Canada had to do considerable deal with Hockey. Hockey is “closer to a religion than a simple sporting pastime” in Canada. It is “a unifying force” in a nation where one state wanted to separate from the rest of Canada. Nevertheless hockey has a major impact on the social, economic, cultural and political realms of Canada. In the 2014 Olympics, an alcohol law in bars was ignored when Canada was in the finals for the gold medal. In addition to People drinking

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    Taking a Look at Emotions

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    What are emotions? I always pondered, why do humans ever feel emotions and what purpose does it bring? Back in 1884, the founder of American psychology William James, attempted to answer that question but to no avail. A century later, psychologists continued seeking for answers to that question, and came up with the conclusion that there are no specific definitions for emotions. Years later, emotion is being defined in two perspectives, the first one defined emotion as a sequence of response to stimulus

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    “Cathedral” Born on May 25, 1938 in Clatskanie, Oregon, Raymond Carver was destined to be a writer. He was a son of a sawmill worker and grew up working hard majority of his life. He married year after he finished high school and had two children with his wife at the time. He raised and supported his children with normal working class jobs such as delivering, janitorial and gas station services. Carver discovered his interest in writing after taking a creative writing course in college in 1958

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    was Yuehan Wang. She is a graduate student at the Jacobs School of Music. My professor told us that if the class is looking for a recital, this would be an option. There were two pieces: Miroirs and the 24 Preludes, Op.28. Miroirs was composed by Maurice Ravel during 1904 and 1905. He was not only a famous French composer, but he was also a professional pianist. Ricardo Vines, a Spanish pianist, first performed the piece to the public in the year 1906. My friend, who is also majoring in piano in another

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    “I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it.” (“Sidonie Gabrielle Colette”). Colette was a free spirit; she lived her life the way she wanted, and wrote about things no one else dared to write about at the time. Colette’s themes were extremely revolutionary as they related to the relationship between the sexes, the strength of women, and her own personal experiences. A lot of Colette’s works are based around the relationship

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    The discovery of DNA consisted of one person, and three teams, and many people felt the credit was given unfairly, which caused controversy to who should've really deserved credit. Crick, and Watson were given credit, but a major part of their success came from the others. Wilkins created the camera that would've later revealed the shape of DNA, and got credit, which he should, but other people felt his partner Franklin should've gotten credit, however, without Wilkins she would've never got far

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    was France's anniversary. France had held a competition for the best blueprint and whoever won would have their blueprint built on the Champ-de-Mars. "More than 100 artists submitted competing plans for a monument" ("History") but Maurice Koechlin won. Although Maurice Koechlin was the person who actually created the blueprint, Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel was the one who received most if not all the credit. The Eiffel Tower was to be torn down afterwards, but it became a loved national monument and

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    In Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, Claude Debussy was born on August 22, 1862. By the time he was nine, Debussy became skilled at playing the piano. Debussy was encouraged to enter the Paris Conservatory in 1873. At this conservatory, he studied the piano and its structure. In 1884, with his cantata The Prodigal Child, Debussy won the Grand Prix de Rome. Debussy’s childhood was filled with many troubling situations. It was quite a bumpy ride. He was faced with problems, both substantial and emotional

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    Claude Debussy, best known for breaking the rules of tonality, has written and composed many pieces that still influence musicians today. His talents were noticed by everyone he came in contact even with at a young age. Nevertheless, people were scared of his innovative music because it was unlike anything they had heard before. He embraced nontraditional scales and tonal structures (“Bio.com”, n.d.). For this reason, people disliked like his music until later in life. Debussy will always be remembered

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    Comment: The results from the FAST (Functional Assessment Screening Tool) sheet show that Joey wants to obtain social reinforcement/attention (with a total score of 8 out of 8). The second highest score from the FAST sheet was social reinforcement /escape (5 out of 8) when Joey wanted to avoid requests made by others. Thirdly Joey used this behaviour (3 out of 8) to access specific activities or items. Overall, we can see from the results from the FAST sheet, as well as the ABC observation

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