Nassau County

The US Geological Survey tested the performance and effectiveness of the Basins in 1969. Their study analyzed data gathered from three basins located in both Nassau and Suffolk county. All three basins had different shapes and drainage area sizes in order to determine an average performance from all the systems. To determine the effectiveness, the basins were analyzed in three different areas: Precipitation-Inflow relation, Runoff Hydrograph, and Rates of Filtration. The three basins analyzed were located in Deer Park, Westhbury, and Syosset. The Deer Park recharge basin has a drainage area of around 118 acres serving mostly residential properties. The main basin is fed by 34 smaller open bottomed catch basins that are contained in the drainage…

I have moved in Nassau County since September 2013. Nassau County is a very good place for children’s grow and development. Also it is a very quiet place to live. My whole family likes to live there. However, we still have some health issues in our community such as obesity, Diabetes Mellitus and so on.Obesity is defined as an increased body weight in relation to height, when compared to some standard of acceptable or desirable weight. It has become a global health issue. The worldwide…

Suffolk Men’s Lacrosse Over and Out The Suffolk County Community College Men’s Lacrosse season came to an end this past Saturday. After beating ASA College by a sore of 13-10, Suffolk advanced to the Region 15 Championship. Unfortunately, Suffolk had to face a familiar rival, Nassau County Community College. Nassau has always had a target pinned to their back. According to the NCC website, Nassau has never had a losing season. Since the program’s inception in 1966, Nassau has won 21 NJCAA…

Talking over everything we had on our agenda, I could not wait for the plane to land, so I could see the beauty of the island. Hours later, after a connecting flight in Atlanta, Georgia, we were on our last leg of the flight. I remember flying over Florida and seeing the coast separate from the ocean. Being up in the clouds, flying over the ocean is a view unlike any other. It’s beautifully breathtaking. After what seemed like an eternity of staring out at the ocean, the pilot said we…

There is the Atlantis Paradise Island. On the island, there are more than 20 swimming areas and 141 acres of an aqua venture. Another tourist attraction is Nassau's cruise ship. Cruises to the Bahamas happen very often. They most likely happen twice a month. There are many things to do and enjoy on the Nassau cruise. Every Friday they will have a big party on the deck with many different dance features. The are also many places for kids to relax and have fun. There are places like a pool and an…

City-states of the ancient world were one of the first political entities with democratic governance. Part of the democratic process is authorizing individuals to make decisions, holding these individuals accountable, and for these individual to be responsive to the needs of the community (Pitkin, 1957). Today, cities have low levels of democratic participation that hold elected officials accountable and authorize them to have the power to make a decision. At the same time, a majority of the…

the User-Friendly Budget may not create further citizen engagement based upon the research. Research has shown that by studying the budget process in all 50 states, we ended up with a wide variety of requirements. The only similarity that appears through this study was that state governments are primarily only concerned with the first step of informing the public. There is no requirement or mandate beyond this to narrow the gap between government's creation of the budget document and citizen…

Types of external considerations within Rutherford County are related to natural disasters, political disasters and macroeconomic shifts, including inflation, rate of growth, and unemployment. As a measure to offset natural disasters, we have relationships with other counties across the state coordinate efforts with our Emergency Management team. Indeed, the county 's mitigation planning efforts consist of local, state, and federal assistance. Unfortunately, there are few measures to plan for…

Haoyu Zhao PUP432 10.15.2015 Case Brief Contractors And Builders Association Of Pinellas County V. City Of Dunedin Background Context Until the 20th century, the general law in Florida stipulated that local governments could only obtain funds from public revenues as they had no authority to taxes. The local government made the realization that these funds were insufficient for running the everyday affairs of the growing county. For this reason, the county turned to private sources…

Pivot Table / Chart Report Exercise There are four observations in the pivot table, and the one part of pivot table report is about the annual adult care facility, total number of census, SMI and SSI. The other part is about New York State Population, total population and total number of race and ethnicity distribution. The results that I received are come from the data Adult Care Facility Annual Survey and New York State Population. I use the pivot table or chart to get the observations. At the…