ped and often murdered in Ontario. The perpetrator behind these crimes became known as “The Scarborough Rapist.” This offender was Paul Bernardo. However‚ Bernardo did not act alone. He and his wife‚ Karla Homolka‚ tragically raped and murdered a number of young women‚ including Homolka’s younger sister‚ Tammy Homolka. In 1993‚ both Bernardo and Homolka were charged with sexual assault and murder. The investigations that followed exposed one of Canada’s most infamous killer couples. Kenneth Murray
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Paul is the most significant figure in all of Christianity. Although he was previously Saul and killed many Jews‚ God was able to convert him to a Jew/Christian which he hated most. This is such an inspiring story that shows the power of God and that anyone can become Christian no matter their background. Paul is the most significant person in Christian history because he wrote letters to the Church so they can change their ways from corruption‚ he wrote the most books in the Bible‚ and he shaped
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Howard Zinn and Paul Johnson Howard Zinn‚ born August 24‚ 1922‚ grew up in the slums of New York City. He recalls moving around a lot as his father ran candy stores during the Depression. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and became a pipe fitter in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It was here that he met his wife‚ Roslyn Shechter. Zinn was a revolutionary and an activist. He spent his early life organizing labor rallies and participating in marches for civil rights. In 1943‚ Zinn joined
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this reason all people interpret events through their own life experiences and historical contexts. Artists express their own unique perspectives in their artworks which are influenced by their worlds and experiences. Both John William Waterhouse and Paul Gauguin interpret these world though the different uses of art making approach‚ intentions and influences. John William Waterhouse created paintings in the Romantic style. Producing work mainly in oils‚ his canvases consist of realistic and natural
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Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac Patrick Ennis Mrs. Carter Research Monday‚ December 9‚ 1996 "Physical Laws should have mathematical beauty." This statement was Dirac’s response to the question of his philosophy of physics‚ posed to him in Moscow in 1955. He wrote it on a blackboard that is still preserved today.[1] Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac (1902-1984)‚ known as P. A. M. Dirac‚ was the fifteenth Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge. He shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1933 with
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Paul Gauguin was born in June 7‚ 1848‚ Paris‚ France and died May 8‚ 1903‚ Atuona‚ Hiva Oa‚ Marquesas Islands‚ French Polynesia. He is one of the leading French painters of the Post-impressionist period‚ whose development of a conceptual method of representation was a decisive step for 20th-century art. From 1891 he lived and worked in Tahiti and elsewhere in the South Pacific‚ where his art work Under the Pandanus setting at. Under the Pandanus was painted shortly after Gauguin arrived on the
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music presentation‚ the focus was on how some musicians‚ despite adversity‚ were able to overcome their obstacles and go on to produce some of the best music the world has ever heard. To start things off‚ Dr Bartnick brought up a man by the name of Paul Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein was an Austrian born pianist who was widely known in the 1900’s for his ability to play the piano with one hand. While serving in WWI the then young Wittgenstein lost his arm to a grenade‚ and by many standards‚ he was
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human existence. Specifically‚ the life experience of Karol Wojtyla‚ who later became Pope John Paul II‚ significantly enriched and affirmed his belief in the Catholic Christian tradition. Born in 1920‚ Wojtyla endured great challenges throughout his life. By the age of 21‚ he had experienced the tragic loss of his entire family. In October 1978‚ he was elected as Pope‚ choosing the name of John Paul II. He accomplished much while serving as a Pope. In May 1981‚ he endured another almost tragic life
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Paul Gilroy is a professor of American and English literature whose major area of research interest is the Black Atlantic diasporic culture. As a scholar of Cultural Studies and Sociology‚ he has done significant studies on race‚ racism and culture which have been greatly influential in the recent times. Gilroy’s book The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness (published in 1993) marks a landmark in the study of diasporas. In The Black Atlantic‚ which is a critique of cultural nationalism
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Jean-Paul Sartre was a 20th century intellectual‚ writer‚ and activist. He was born June 21‚ 1905‚ in Paris‚ France. As a child Sartre was a small cross-eyed boy‚ who did not have much friends; he would spend most of his time dreaming and thinking. Some say his background as a child led to his success as an adult. Later in his life he studied at the École Normale Supérieure and became Professor of Philosophy at Le Havre in 1931. Between 1931 and 1934‚ he taught high school in Le Havre‚ Lyon
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