Jennifer Hudson

Appalachians The Appalachian Mountains region is roughly 360,000 km squared, taking up about 3.6 percent of Canada's land surface. This region locates itself on the islands of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and a bit of Quebec, with Moncton and Halifax as some of its major cities.The rocks, most of which are mostly sedimentary, were changed drastically when Europe and North America collided, causing its geography to be uneven, with many jagged peaks. Forestry, agriculture

For my civic engagement project I attended the State of the State Address hosted by Governor Andrew Cuomo. The event was held at SUNY Purchase and filled with many politicians, students, educators, reporters, and many other adults. You can feel the excitement in the room from everyone who wanted to hear what our Governor had to say about his agenda for this year. Once he came out on stage after being introduced, the crowd went wild everyone was happy to see him. He started off his speech trying

At the start of the book Ed is simply existing. He’s not living, “I cook. I eat. I wash but rarely iron. I live in the past and believe that Cindy Crawford is by far the best supermodel. That’s my life.” (p.20) This is a sentence that I feel really shows who Ed is at the beginning. He more or less does the same thing every day in sort of a monotone way. Throughout the cards and difficulties that Ed goes through, we really start to see a person emerging out of Ed. We see someone who is feeling and

which resulted in a water route 364-miles long that connected the Hudson River in Albany and the Great lakes in Buffalo. Industrialization was sped up by the Erie Canal decades after it was completed because it improved transportation, trade, commerce and settlement in the United States. Transportation was one of the most lasting effects of the Erie Canal because it improved travel routes and reduced time spent traveling from the Hudson River to the Great lakes and even to areas further

In the recently published article, Charlie Sheen: HIV Disclosure is Latest Chapter in a Troubled Life, written by Nigel M. Smith, divulges how Actor Charlie Sheen (whose birth name is actually Carlos Estevez), stunned the world with an exclusive sit down interview with Today’s Matt Lauer and revealed that he was in fact HIV Positive. The article reports that the troubled television star had revealed that he first found out about his HIV Positive diagnosis approximately four years ago and has

We come up with many ways to make our country better, to make it the best country out there and the thing that really came close to completely changing America for the better was the Erie Canal. Many people ask how did the Erie canal change America, well not only did it build one of the biggest most successful city in the world but it help us with trade and money. Many problems came along with the Erie Canal like the dangerous of making it as we had to use explosives. Other problems were the growth

to the busy streets of Chinatown, soaring to the height of the empire state building, New york has it all. New York is the state of the action, the calm, and the great. Starting when the Native Americans lived in a longhouse to when Henry Hudson discovered Hudson River to the battle of Saratoga, and when all the immigrants started coming to New York, New York has been through victory events good and bad. Like when NYC invented the first teddy bear, by being inspired by the fact that Theodore Roosevelt

Stretching 363 miles, The Erie Canal was the first ever canal built in the United States to connect the Atlantic Ocean to western waterways. Canals have expanded territories and have allowed access to broader trading throughout the United States. Carol Sheriff not only looks into how the Eric Canal came to be, but analyzed the culture and the way the society surrounding the Erie Canal transformed and adapted. The Erie Canal opened new trading opportunities because of this new mode of transportation

Founded in 1974, Osprey Packs offers backpacks fit for hiking, cycling, and trailing, among many other outdoor activities. Inspired by his backpacking experiences when he was young, founder Mike Pfotenhauer cradled a vision of creating strong and custom-fitted packs up until his teenage years. With more than forty years in the business, the manufacturing and distributing of Osprey Packs continues to surge at high rates. To efficiently cater to customer needs, Osprey has built warehouses to streamline

HISTROY OF NEW YORK CITY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS Historical Overview Between the 1840s and the 1960s, New York City established the greatest metropolitan water distribution system internationally. Even though NYC’s Water system is a work in progress it can be considered one of the best in respects to its quality, reliability and innovative management. At the beginning of the 19th Century, most American cities were small in size and usually coastal. Their infrastructure was primitive even by the standards