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The word influential means to have an impact on something or someone. Success to me is Oprah Winfrey, I chose to use Oprah Winfrey as my influential person to write a paper on because she is the true definition of success. Although Oprah was fired from her first television job as an anchor in Baltimore, Oprah could’ve gave up and stopped pursuing her dreams in that moment. She didn’t, she fought for what she wanted. Oprah gained her own talk show, from there she owned her own television network,…

businesses. In an article, Angry About Florida's Ruined Waters, Fishermen Unite Against Big Sugar, it discusses Fishermen’s stance against the ASR group or Big sugar, polluting the waters with their wastes. The cause of the water pollution are from plumbing, with severe pollution of phosphorus and nitrates. Which are from centuries of farming and development in…

FHA 203(k) Loans Come as Two Types with Their Own Features The FHA 203(k) loan program solves a difficult problem for first-time home buyers who need a mortgage and a home renovation loan. When buying a home that needs repairs, banks will not grant a mortgage until repairs are complete. But, until you own the home, repairs cannot be made. The FHA 203(k) program is a loan for home renovation combined with an FHA-insured mortgage. This means you make one application and pay one monthly payment. As…

basic services such as electricity, considering illumination came to the front room as well as ventilation, also without gas, people obtained heating by coal or wood burning in stoves that were also used for cooking as they had no gas, nor had indoor plumbing, therefore had no…

Cities were becoming ever more popular. By 1850 only 85% of Americans lived on farms. Technology made life easier and faster so more people started to live in urban settings. Technologies, such as indoor plumbing, telegraphs, and elevators drew people to the cities. Things like indoor plumbing made people's lives easier because they did not get as sick as before. The telegraph made communication easier, and bigger buildings made it easier for people to stay in the…

done, he poured the water on the floor and scrubbed it. Most people would not have considered the shack they lived in a home. They had eight people living in a six by ten foot shack. The floors were rotting and the walls had holes. There were no plumbing systems and for a toilet all they had was a hole in the corner. Living conditions were very hard for people living in the outskirts of…

The Yasur volcano is perched on a 1,184 foot high pinnacle overlooking Vanuatu. Every half hour, broiling geysers of basalt spew through its cauldron, a regular geological event that has been normal for centuries. Tourists find this easily accessible archipelago one of the safest and fastest ways to observe the colossal power of volcanoes, since it rarely has dangerous eruptions and can be accessed by vehicles. The primary means of transportation across the island’s dirt roads is by truck, and…

Asia, didn’t have many job opportunities, they could only work as household servants, or run a laundry. Finally, many immigrants had to live in tenements, where many families were packed into one building, which most often didn’t have any lights or plumbing.…

The songs I chose match the criteria in many ways. The 1st song is dark and more terrifying, much like I imagine discovering a tomb filled with thousands of clay men would feel. The 2nd song is about hard work and long days, which it would have taken to uncover such a large tomb. The 3rd song is about preparing for something big, and I think that this would be a big event. Best emperor criteria: educations, improvements for farmers, empathy, treatment of civilians, infrastructure Shi Huangdi: ⅖…

The Nova episode, “Cancer Warrior” follows the cancer Research of Dr. Judah Folkman, and his lab’s crowning achievement, defining the role of angiogenesis in tumors. Over the years that Dr. Folkman’s lab worked on the angiogenesis project they made many breakthroughs, albeit over a long period of time. Dr. Folkman was the son of an Ohio Rabbi, but instead of going into the family business he chose to practice medicine. After graduating from medical school Dr. Folkman was drafted into the United…