Greater Houston

Houston is a vibrant city in Texas that is one of the most diverse in the country in terms of religion, race and language. With large Asian, White, and African American communities, English, Spanish, Vietnamese and Chinese are spoken on a regular basis by many of Houston’s inhabitants. Created just following the Texas Revolution, Houston has an extensive history. Prior to the Civil War, many enslaved Africans worked near the city on either cotton or sugar plantations. By 1860, some 49% of the…

In Anton Chekhov's 1904 play The Cherry Orchard, a Russian family who is used to a life of riches begin to experience the hardships of poverty. Due to an extreme amount of carelessness and selfishness, the mother of the estate Lyubov Andreevna Ranvskaya loses the funds that have been allowing her to keep her family in a comfortable position financially. Throughout the play, Chekhov uses many items to represent symbolism, such as the cherry orchard itself to represent the golden age of…

Guide to Great Paleo Appetizers for Your Super Bowl Party The key to making your Super Bowl party the bash of the year begins in the planning. Begin with who you are going to invite. Once you have your guest list, take some time to look it over and make any special dietary notes. This year is a great year to throw a Paleo party. While this may sound like a challenge because you can't use processed foods, it really is pretty easy to create amazing Paleo appetizers, easy Paleo meals, and more for…

he Sunbelt Phenomenon is the movement of millions of Americans from the northern and northeastern states to the South and Southwest regions of the United States. The states in the sunbelt include Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, South Carolina, Texas, roughly two-thirds of California, and parts of Arkansas, North Carolina, and Nevada. The Sunbelt was an Economy saver for America, in the 1970's. While the Steel belt in the north was "Rusting", the Sunbelt…

managed to build enough of these houses for the victims. Though, its exclusive retail The Lowe’s Katrina Cottage is where it’s located in providing the house plans and building materials. Furthermore, with this being an accomplishment of building greater than 3000 houses to resettle over ten thousand people. No commercial company had ever done this before in the world by all means…

Sparkling white snow, frozen lakes, skis, ice skates, snowmobiles, sleds, and so on. You betcha we have everything. Don’t cha know, we’re Minnesotans! The organizers of the 2018 Super Bowl have gladly embraced many Minnesotan stereotypes in order to take advantage of the opportunity to showcase everything great about Minnesota. They want to excite guests about all aspects of Minnesotan culture by portraying Minnesotans in a positive light and showing them all the possible activities they can be…

recruited two teenagers David Brooks and Wayne Henley, to help him commit: abduction, rape, torture and murder of young boys from the Houston Heights area. The victims were invited to parties by David and Wayne, there they were given drugs and alcohol and tied to a torture board. Dean destructively, castrated, emasculated, sodomized and mutilated his victims. The Houston Police Department had listed the boys as "runaway" children. This allowed Dean and his accomplices to continue their active…

The purpose of this paper is to obtain a better understanding of an individuals values, beliefs, perspectives, traditions, and overall competency of health literacy of an individual from another culture other than my own. By understanding these differences, I hope to gain knowledge that will embrace and improve my own cultural awareness. This understanding of cultural diversity will help me flourish as a health care provider. To further understand these differentiations, I performed a…

During the mid 1500’s, England’s population completely proliferated. Europe, as a whole, underwent the process of enclosure. This meant land was being fenced in for the use of farming, causing the poor to be left with little to no land at all. Areas of England were also struggling economically, leaving a mass amount of the British population to lose their jobs. With the loss of jobs and lost hope of acquiring any land, the British set their sights on the New World. Many journeyed across the…

Basic Demographic Information: The location of this political speech will be in the Lorain County area, just west of Cuyahoga County, where Cleveland resides. The type of economy in Lorain County revolves around the industrial side with a ton of blue-collar work and other important trades. The population is around 306,000, and the medium household income is $52,465. Along with being part of the 55th district of Ohio, the major cities consist of Elyria, Lorain, Oberlin, Wellington, Avon,…