Fourth Estate

In chapter two of Favro’s, The Urban Image of Augustan Rome, Favro paints a picture of Republican Rome before Caesar’s Civil War and captures the tension within the branches of the government and the inefficiency of public services thereby creating decay in infrastructure. The decay Favro describes not only stops in Rome, but also applies to the situation in Pompeii in 79 CE, long after the fall of the Republic. As seen from both readings, both authors endeavored to define the topography of a…

Goal: Provide homeowners with a checklist on how to prepare their home for the New England Fall weather. Total Word Count In This Document: 493 Title: Prevent a 'Fall' Out: Prepare Your Home for Autumn Towards the beginning of September, people begin to notice that change is in the air: the air gets colder, the days get shorter, and the leaves begin to lose their summer splendor. The fall season is quickly approaching, and homeowners must take the proper precautions to ensure their home will…

Roaches seem to be the number one pest of apartment homes. They are a major problem when it comes to pest control because it takes a lot of work to get rid of them. Yet, having roaches can be frustrating, embarrassing and even hazardous to your health. Some people do not have any other option than to live in an apartment community that is being overrun with roaches. There is a lot they can do to address the problem. Read on to learn more about roach pest control for renters. If you choose a…

Buying a home is a major event, but selling a home may be an even bigger event, especially when you’re doing it to upgrade for your family. It’s imperative that you sell that house for the price you want. How do you do that? Focus on the one thing all dream homes have in common: entry doors for new owners to walk through with certainty. CGK Remodeling knows quite a bit about entry doors. For more than 13 years, they’ve been remodeling homes in the Dayton, Germantown, and Miami Valley area.…

Deciding On The Best Way To Buy A Garage Door When You Need To Save Money When it's time to put a new garage door on your home, you'll probably need to hire a professional to install it unless you have experience. You'll have a couple of choices though when you buy your new door. You can buy the door from the installation contractor or you can buy the door at a home improvement store and then hire the contractor to install it. Here's a look at the options. Advantages Of Buying The Garage Door…

Housing in the United States has its fair share of problems. Some of which are the effect of the recession that struck a few years back. It drove the cost for housing up and with that made many people lose their homes and lose some of their financial credibility. The recession caused many house prices to be jacked up. Due to the raising of prices less people could afford homes, many people have faced problems of have at least been affected by this problem of raising house cost. When last…

How to Choose a Home Inspector for Your Home Inspection Buying a house isn’t something you do every day. In fact, for most homeowners, purchasing a home is going the be the largest investment they will make in their lifetimes. As one of the cornerstones to building wealth, it’s important that the home you purchase is worthy of your investment. Fortunately, a home inspector can help you determine if the home you are interested is in your best interest or not, but how do you choose a home…

planning to sell your home this winter, and you really need to do it? If so, then you need to know exactly what are the most important steps that you need to follow in order to obtain the desired result. Here are the most important tips for selling real estate in winter, that you must definitely follow, in order to make sure you will successfully achieve your goal. The exterior must be impecable If you want to make sure you will achieve your goal, then take into account the fact that the…

The EFO paper, Developing a Risk Reduction Plan for the Wildland Urban Interface in Asheville, North Carolina, by Joy Michelle Ponder is a well-researched and presented paper. The author does a good job in identifying the community fire risk of wildland fires in the urban interface. Given the limited time frame and the amount of data collection and research necessary to complete the assignment, the author was very thorough and descriptive. She gathered information from a wide variety of subject…

whether the real estate market is going up or down, there are some things you can do to almost guarantee that your home will sell faster, easier and for a little more money than compared to a similar house in the same street. However there are some big real estate selling mistakes that many home owners overlook that could affect their ability to sell their properties. Let's look at some of the biggest real estate selling mistakes home owners make. 1. Poor Condition Selling real estate that…