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    women died that day or during the days immediately afterward from the injuries they sustained” (Drehle, 2008, P.167). The effect of the fire changed every aspect of factory safety all over the nation, “Automatic sprinkler were required in high-rise buildings. Fire drills were mandatory in large shops. Doors had to be unlocked and had to swing outward” (Drehle, 2008, P.215). It is evident the importance in the amount of influence it has even

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    On a Saturday afternoon in March, a fire broke out on the top couple floors of a building at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. No one could image that a quiet afternoon would turn into a chaos in a moment of time, changing the lives of young workers. The book Triangle the Fire That Changed America is a movingly comprehensive explanation of the 1911 tragedy that shocked the country and changed the course of twentieth-century politics and labor relations. In the first part of the book, David Von Drehle

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    the workers to go home after a hard long day of being in a hot, cramped, and a very poor condition workroom. They made mostly women’s shirtwaists which was very popular at the time. When a fire in a bin started on the eighth floor of the Asch Building on New York's Lower East Side. The eighth, ninth, and tenth floors were occupied by the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. The fire spread very fast throughout the factory, some tried to put out the fire like they had in the past, but it was useless. The

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    Women of Color and the Scientific Community

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    gender play a role in how people are treated in almost every aspect of society. Banu Subramaniam’s Snow Brown and the Seven Detergents is a story that is meant to shed light on the issue of how women and more specifically women of colour are treated within the scientific community. It is intended to help create understanding of the challenges facing women of colour who attempt to enter the sciences. The author describes a world which is intended to be an allegory and parallels the actual reality of

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    This new building opened in 2011. The original building was established in 1982 (thedali.org). The architect, Yann Weymouth, created a space that is as surreal as Dali’s artwork. Weymouth’s space incorporates visually interesting elements yet it is also hurricane proof structure that protects the priceless artwork it houses (Brown, 2011, p. 16). The building can withstand a category five hurricane and the artwork is kept on the third floor since it is placed in a flood zone (Brown, 2011, p 16)

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    Essay on Science vs. Religion

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    Religion versus science, the debates and conflicts have been on for centuries. For both religious and scientific ideals, the faith people have drives them. In this paper, I will examine the story of “The Eye of Apollo” by G.K. Chesterton, and the episode “House vs. God” of House, M.D., in order to question this conflict. The main character—Father Brown—in “The Eye of Apollo” combines his reasoning with his religious ideals and beliefs, or we can say his faith in God leads him to the truth of the

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    Charlotte Hawkins Brown was one of the most influential African-American women of her time. Not only did Charlotte Brown get a formal education, she also founded her own school from the ground up, through multiple financial misfortunes and multiple fires that destroyed entire buildings. However, throughout her career many influential people began to take notice in Charlotte Brown’s school, she was able to grow her school and help students in the south gain an education that would push them up in

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    Denise Grab, Science Olympiad Participant Denise Grab was in middle school and had no interest in the environment. However, in her second year of Science Olympiad, the coach gave her the event of Water Quality. She and her teammates entered the tournament and got first place at regionals and second place at state. After she had won the tournament, she became more interested in environmental sciences. It made her want to learn more about the environment. When she had to pick a major in college

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    A Proper Recognition Frank Brown has spent most of his life dedicated to not only bettering CSU, but he has also had a huge impact on the lives of many in the community. Throughout his lengthy career as president, he helped shape CSU into the great school that it is today. Aside from his work as the president, he used his spare time to enrich the community around Columbus. He did this by starting numerous leadership programs and minority training programs. Brown deserves to have a statue of himself

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    Duomo Research Paper

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    herringbone pattern (Brown). Astonishingly, this method that had been invented so long ago, is still in use today. However, perhaps the most original aspect of the Duomo is its double dome (Amaral). Since there was not enough timber in Tuscany to build the scaffolding, nor the recipe for Roman concrete, Brunelleschi developed the idea of using two domes. The inner dome would support the outer brick dome, and nine sandstone rings would further support it, similar to a barrel (Brown). There is no denying

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