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    Honor is to regard with great or respect or to have high esteem for someone or something. My personal definition of honor is to be a productive member in society and to help out others around you. Thomas Edison In 1877 Thomas Edison invented the first phonograph. A phonograph is a sound reproducing that uses cylinders to record sound as well as reproduce sound. In 1879 Thomas Edison built the first commercially practical incandescent light bulb. Edison also introduced the world's first viable…

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    Navy Veterans at High Risk for Mesothelioma Cancer By Katie Kelley Jun 22, 2009 Between the early 1930s through the 1970s, hundreds of thousands of men and women served on U.S. Navy vessels, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Many, if not all of these vessels were contaminated with asbestos. Navy used a staggering number of asbestos-tainted products in all of its vessels, leading to high rates of asbestos exposure for the men and women serving on the contaminated ships. The…

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    As we were in stop and go traffic in Santa Cruz, I got a little more excited every minute. I had never been to Boardwalk before, and it was killing me every single time we stopped. When I saw my first glimpse of the rides in front of the bright blue sky, the traffic was worth it. We parked and got tickets for unlimited rides! We made our way to one side of the Boardwalk so we could make our way over to the other side. We walked past so many rides I could not wait to get on and I could not wait…

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    cleaned up your yard, fixed the lawn, done new planting, and treated your deck. However, have you paid attention to another significant portion of your home’s exterior, your paver patio? It is no surprise that over a period of time your brick or cement pavers start looking worn, dirty or weedy. Without routine care and maintenance, it is possible that the paver blocks even start to shift or get displaced. While you can carry out regular upkeep of your paver patios, your local, professional…

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    I would got to orphanages and help bring dirt, cement, and bricks to build a BBQ area for the orphans to have for cook out in their backyard. When I started my Eagle Scout Project, I went to a Christian school that a friend of mine who was an Eagle Scout that went there and his father gave me permission…

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    friends were on the hunt for Green. They gave him liquor, until he was drunk. Then, they took him down to a underground dungeon. There, the friends of Massie shackled Green down to the ground and began to seal him inside, by building up bricks with cement. The same as “Cask of Amontillado”, no one realized where he was for years. Until 1905, when men were repairing the fort, and stumbled upon the old ancient cellar where the dungeon was supposed to be, they found a blank wall. Behind the wall,…

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    Mental Maps

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    All through life individuals are continually evaluating points of view and observing the surroundings. From these encounters and individual discernment plans are made. These are mental maps. The thing reality contains that permits individual's to make these maps. These mental maps have uncovered on numerous occasions that the truth is comprised of the physical world and every individual's viewpoint of that physical world. The initial segment of the reality is the physical environment. This…

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    James Watt Research Paper

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    Copies are then made by simply placing another sheet of paper on the freshly written sheet and then pressing the two together. Watt's interests in applied chemistry led him to introduce chlorine bleaching into Great Britain and to devise a famous iron cement. In theoretical chemistry, he was one of the first to argue that water was not an element, but a compound. James Watt was important because he made the steam engine more efficient. He gave us the means to exploit energy-dense fossil fuels.…

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    Financial Aid Appeal Written Statement Date: October 25, 2017 Name: Victoria Rojas Student ID: 914737304 RE: Family Contribution Appeal (Special Circumstance) To Whom It May Concern: I deeply appreciate the financial aid I’m currently receiving, which is helping me to succeed in achieving my goal of receiving my Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Davis. However, I have experienced financial hardship, and I would like to appeal my financial aid status. Since my financial aid status was…

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    Tree of Heaven is a sumac plant that is native to China, but it moved into Indiana and is now an invasive species. It’s scientific name is Ailanthus altissima. The tree of heaven came to the United States in the late 1700’s. The reason that it’s an invasive species is because it crowds out native species and damages pavement and building foundations. Tree of heaven is a native of China and in 1751 was mistakenly introduced into France and England by a missionary who though it was a Japanese…

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