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    Derek Brewer Dream Out Loud Challenge March 18‚ 2013 How I Will Change the World after College College is definitely in my future. I plan on going to college earning a degree and playing sports. I will change the world after I get out of college by giving my time and money to charity and to the needy in my hometown here in Eastern Kentucky. The first way I would change the world is‚ when I make it to the NBA in sports I would provide some of my salary to charity‚ children’s hospitals

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    would like to model myself after‚ it is him. He changed the course of history with his new ideas‚ and he freed what would become billions of people. Without Gandhi‚ I would not be alive today. I want to inspire at least some small amount of people to change their way of thinking and free themselves of an abominable situation. He was truly a tremendous person and he is definitely a person one should aspire to be. Gandhi was a small person‚ and he was definitely not one who one would think is leading

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    Over 700 years ago the world was introduced to firearms which changed the world. Although the change was slow‚ there was a change. Today‚ over three-quarters of americans have had or have used a firearm in their life. That means that over 240 million people have used a weapon‚ but people see the weapon‚ but not how far they have come. It took 700 years to make one of the deadliest weapons in the world. Over 800 years ago the world was intrigued by the discovery of gunpowder. The mixture of saltpeter

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    An Italian explorer born on October 31‚ 1451 would change the world by discovering a land mass that is now the Americas. This admiral of the sea’s name was Christopher Columbus ‚but in Italian his name was Cristoforo Colombo. Columbus open the way to exploration and colonization of the Americas in his four transatlantic voyages. Since his major find on the other side of the world‚ he has earned the name of discoverer of the New World. However‚ we now know that Vikings had visited North America five

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    was a french philosopher who truly shaped modern government. But‚ to be able to shape the world so greatly‚ he had to study hard and develop all of his ideas. Montesquieu began studying in his home country‚ france‚ and studied in the university of Julily. Here‚ he went after what he was passionate about‚ and became a lawyer. From this point on‚ Montesquieu started developing ideas that would change the world forever. Montesquieu was born into an era at the dawn of the eighteenth century where many

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    Face the basket and place your feet shoulder width apart. Point your feet in the general direction of the basket. Your feet should be slightly staggered‚ with your dominant foot‚ referred to as your "shooting" foot for these purposes‚ slightly in front of your non-dominant foot. Take a comfortable and balanced position. There is no perfect stance; the important thing is to find a stance that helps you launch your best shot. Bend your knees slightly. Locking your knees

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    for their hard work. Although woman couldn’t make big decisions in earlier times‚ many of them helped change the world and everybody’s perspective on the female gender. Queen Cleopatra VII helped change the view on woman in certain ways and proved to her people that she can rule Egypt as well as a male could have done it. And because these women had their minds set to prove everybody wrong‚ the world now has equality with men and women. Cleopatra VII‚ who is now known as Queen Cleopatra of Egypt‚

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    Title: How did Fukushima change the World? Mission statement: Egy esetleges zéró nukleáris energia politika hatása Japán energia piacára I. Introduction Fukushima is a prefecture in the Tohoku region on the island of Honshu in Japan. On Friday 11 March 2011 the Great East Japan Earthquake hit the region with an epicentre 130 km away from the east cost of the island. The historic-high magnitude of 9.0 was followed by a major tsunami that inundated about 560 sq km and resulted in human death toll of

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    “The Renaissance changed the world in almost every way one could think of. It brought a kind of snowball effect: each new intellectual advance paved the way for further advancements.” In the 1400’s‚ Filippo Brunelleschi was able to complete the unfinished Dome left by Arnolfo Dicambio

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    However‚ out of the numerous people‚ only handfuls have undertaken procedures and innovations that draw universal acknowledgment and admiration. In such a way‚ through innovation and development of ideas‚ such characters have drastically changed the world. Born on July 10‚ 1856‚ Nikola Tesla forms part of such individuals who have influenced the globe in a particular way. Tesla was a brilliant Serbian inventor who made significant inventions in the fields of both mechanical and electrical engineering

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