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The Medici’s wealth surpasses everyone else wealth because of the business with the Catholic Church. The Medici family can deny anyone a loan and not worry about consequences. Both families control geographic areas of Northern and Southern Europe. Dukes of Burgundy owned land from Holland all the way to central France. Philip the Bold, father of Philip the Good, gained large amount of territory through political marriages and other strategies. According to Marilyn Stokstad, Philip married his…

Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19, 1946 in Locust Ridge, Tennessee. Her father was named Robert Lee Parton. He worked in construction but he also was a subsistence farmer. Her mother, Avie Lee Caroline, stayed at home with Dolly and her siblings. Dolly described her family as “dirt poor”. Her father made very little money , in fact when Dolly was born her father paid the doctor with a bag of cornmeal. Dolly was the fourth born of twelve children. Her entire family lived in a rustic…

Now that self-driving cars are becoming a reality, they may impact society because of competition with big auto companies. They will have competition with uber, taxis and insurance companies will start to lose money. Google is building the self-driving cars in detroit for other companies to build. The self-driving car would be 100% electric and could drive a range of 100 miles. A self-driving car will now have sensors that can detect thing before it happens. Google says it is covering 10,000…

want them to know he’s home and expelled from his school. For the rest of the night he sleeps for a few hours at an ex-teachers house but quickly leaves after being given a somewhat uncomfortable gesture from his teacher then sleeps on a bench in grand central station. That next morning he goes to meet up with his little sister at her school and the story ends with him explain to the reader that he didn’t want to tell the rest of the story about how he got sick and whatever for the sake of not…

The automotive industry adapting to the fast-changing world of technology. If Henry Ford could be here, he would be amazed at how advanced vehicles are today. With each generation of transportation, the average car is becoming more of a personal computer than just an engine with wheels. The average car owner in 2016 can now get a Wi-Fi chip installed in their vehicle. This brought forth new features to vehicles that were never done before. With artificial intelligence moving forward, the…

Top 10 facts about Driverless cars An autonomous car, also known as a Driverless car, self-driven car, or robotic car is an automated vehicle capable of complete the transportation capabilities of a traditional car. Driverless car sense their environments with such technologies like radar, lidar, GPS, and computer vision. Advanced control systems interpret sensory data to identify and analyse appropriate navigation paths, as well as obstacles and relevant signage. By definition, automated…

Jobs are the cornerstone of our society. They act as a method of supporting one’s self and one's family as well as symbolizing the effort and sacrifices made to get that job. As our society is becoming more and more technologically advanced, what jobs are in the most danger? What can we do in response to this impending revolution in labor? This problem identified itself in Eli Ginzberg’s book, “World Without Work.” in this book, he describes a world where no one has to labor away all day, and…

Kate Chopin’s 1899 Novel The Awakening, encompasses itself on defying the stereotype of a “Mother-woman”and a woman trying to fit into strict cultural demands. The protagonist Edna Pontellier ruined many expectations of what a woman should be like in the nineteenth century. The Awakening not only embraces the process of self-discovery, and conflict between an individual and society, but also includes family as major theme throughout the novel. Chopin geniously captivates the reader by giving…

The Awakening In today’s society the feminist movement has improved since the 1960s and 1970s.Many scholars and critics have showed much interest to Kate Chopin’s literature. This particular story shows a life of a married woman and the struggles of her family, husband and her desires for love and freedom she has long been searching for. The short story “The Awakening” has a symbolism throughout, but there is one particular one that is very important to the story in order to understand the…

Edna Pontellier - Edna is the protagonist of the novel “The Awakening”. The twenty eight year old is the wife of a New Orleans businessman Léonce Pontellier. Edna suddenly finds herself dissatisfied with her marriage and the motherly, matronly, and conservative lifestyle that follows. She discovers her own identity and acts on her desires for emotional satisfaction, through a collection of experiences, or “awakenings”. Unlike the other women around her, she doesn’t have a motherly…