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The speaker in this address to the New York Association for the Blind is Helen Keller. This speech took place on January 15, 1907. The speech, Helen Keller gave, was about the blind people consequently showing them that they can be strong and not be apart of the weak and poor. Helen wants to show the world that they can be treated as normal humans, not as the weak and poor of this country. Helen starts out by saying that a blind man’s community plays the biggest role in his success or…

which revolves around a team of detectives and their newly appointed captain in the fictional 99th precinct of the New York Police Department in Brooklyn. The general setup of the show is a new case each week with a story building up in the background. Over the course of the seasons you will meet the squad: Jake Peralta, a brilliant but immature detective who has trouble adjusting to the new Captain’s rules, and his best friend, Charles Boyle, an expert in all things culinary; their colleagues…

where a lot of Americans want to settle down. Here I am in Toronto and it does not take me long to say that this Maple Leaf nation can be as warming to the visitors as it is to its residents. Toronto has a great weather and compared to the scorching New Delhi heat, the summer here is pleasant and gives you the feel of an Indian November. Toronto is full of visitors almost throughout the year, attracting millions from far and wide. This city is a warehouse of extremely satisfying as well as…

Colorado, home of the best city in the world. This city is Denver, the capital. Denver, hands down, my favorite place because of the city life and football. In Denver, the city atmosphere makes me feel like the happiest person in the world. For example, the urban city has many places to sightsee. In Denver, there are so many beautiful places to see such as the U.S Mint and the Denver Zoo. But, my favorite place to visit is the Capital Building, especially during the Christmas time. Furthermore…

There are two major canal system in Ohio, the Miami and Erie Canal and the Ohio and Erie Canal. Both canals start at Lake Erie and go south to the Ohio river. Work began on these canals in 1825. The Ohio and Erie canal’s construction, in the eastern part of Ohio, finished in 1833, but it would take the state and it workers another twelve years to finish the Miami and Erie canal, to the west. The canals faced many challenges after completion. They would often flood damaging the walls, locks, and…

Being born and raised in Paterson, New Jersey, I have been afforded the privilege of witnessing the Great Falls of Paterson my whole life. I have visited the Great Falls many times throughout my life. When I was young with my parents, whether it was for a day in the sun or for a festival. I grew up appreciating this magnificent work of nature, I also took a part in cleaning up the falls, both as a volunteer and as a member of the Paterson Youth Council and Urban Youth Corps. I have brought my…

Charles, or Carl as he was called, Lutz was born in 1895, in Walzenhausen, Switzerland. He was ,as Nathalie Bodenmüller, historian who studied Lutz’s life for many years, said “A sensitive person with many interests”.There, he lived up until eighteen, before he immigrated to the US. There he worked for many years, in many cities, including Saint Louis, and Philadelphia. After working his way up there for seven years, he got a job as an employee at the Swiss embassy in Washington DC. This is…

as a chemical waste dump Hooker Chemical Company sold to 99th street school for $1 Abnormally high birth defects, miscarriages and, illnesses 239 families were relocated In 1978, people in the neighborhood Love Canal of Niagara Falls, New York were discovering all sorts of different illnesses and noticed that there was an abnormally high percentage of birth defects and miscarriages. Later on they figured out it was because of former owners of the contaminated 15 acres, Hooker Chemical…

In the 1970's, the working-class community in the Love Canal area of Niagara Falls, New York, was evacuated due to deadly chemicals seeping into the environment and harming people and pets. Before that, the Hooker Chemical Company dumped industrial chemicals in the unfinished canal, and capped it only clay. The Niagara Falls City School District was in need of land, so in 1953, Hooker sold the land to them for $1. Homes were built on top of the chemicals and more than 80 industrial chemicals…

There is a great idea about living in New York City that attracts millions of people each year. This is the reason we have so many people that live in our great city. But there are still millions of people that work in our amazing city. The Long Island Rail Road, commonly referred to by acronym, LIRR is the ultimate thread that provides great transportation from the suburban Island to the urban Manhattan. A travel on the LIRR takes anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 hours to get to the city, but is…