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    I lived in Boston for over half my life. I spent many years here in this great state – never truly knowing or appreciating the rich beautiful history this city has to offer. After spending an enlightening experience at the Museum of Fine Arts and also an unexpected visit to the Old State House in our city, I was able to see such amazing things that were in both of these historical buildings. I always knew Boston was one of America 's oldest cities dating back to the Revolutionary period. I was able to have the pleasure to look at the different types of art and historical artifacts that were on display for us. I enjoyed my experience at the Museum of Fine Arts so much that it inspired me to want to learn even more of what this city had in store for us. By us, I mean my boyfriend flew from Florida to Boston to spend time with me for the weekend including a visit to the museum. We explored historical sites as well as the Downtown Boston area. He was a Florida resident his whole life and there weren’t many historical artifacts compared to Boston since during this time period, Florida was a Spanish territory so he was even more excited to visit sightings just as much as I was. He 's always loved history and it was his best subject when he was in school. He was telling me the entire time just how different our state was from his, such as he has visited the old Spanish forts in St. Augustine and really looked forward to seeing American buildings from that time also; so many things…

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    In Suzanne Collins’ exciting novel The Hunger Games, the author depicts the struggle of two tributes from District 12 and their personal development as well as how they survive in the harsh wilderness of the arena. In the beginning of the Hunger Games the story takes place in District 12, which is a part of the nation of Panem. Panem was originally home of 13 Districts but the government took control and destroyed the 13th because the people tried to rebel. As a punishment for what they did…

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    Public Campaign Finance

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    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…

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    Fire Marshall Essay

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    You no longer want to collaborate with the FOA page 8 31 dash 10 we will work collabration with the fire chief and county commissioner doesnt change the audience and doesnt change the membership. The next guy can come in next and say I dont want to work with the FOA and who he wants to work with. Has to define how the collaberation with the district chiefs. The senior staff meetings being manditory how low did we want to go on the officer list. There has to be away of collaberating. The staff…

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    Non-Profit Management

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    In the environments of local government and non-profits, management is a key asset that can build partnerships in order to deliver bold solutions to underlying problems. Thus, each manager is assessed based on the results he or she delivers to their respective organization(s). Over the last few decades, increased levels of scrutiny have been placed on public managers. This development has greatly changed the world of nonprofit management education, especially as the growth of the nonprofit…

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    Voting In Texas

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    city and special district elections in Texas are nonpartisan, or not biased, elections. These elections have two negative consequences; voter turnout is low and people take it more personally and are less issue oriented. In Texas’ elections, there is less representation for ethnic minorities and the working class than there is for the rest of the population of Texas. With…

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    (Midgley, 2012) ‘Collaborative intermediary organizations’ would highly benefit Climate change adaptation. Institutions that would increase the success different plans would become some sort of leader, ensuring that others are doing accordingly to the plan with minimal conflict amongst different stakeholders. These intermediary organizations would translate the scientific data into information that would be relevant to the policy that the stakeholders are looking for. They would act as an…

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    Sugar Land Research Paper

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    councilmen. The first mayor of Sugar Land was T.E. Harman. He served 2 terms. The most recent mayor is Joe. R. Zimmerman and the 2016 population was reported at 87,000 (Sugar Land History). When Sugar Land changed to a home rule municipal government, it was decided shortly after to appoint a five-member charter. This charter was responsible for reviewing the operation of the city government, making recommendations for revisions and amendments. This led to a special election in August of 1986.…

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    Lssp Interview Report

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    meet the demands from the parents as well as the administrators. She stated that she would like to incorporate more counseling into her role. However, I realized that there will be a district for me where I can incorporate counseling into my role because this is a role I would like to follow in the near future. When I asked the LSSP how she decided to become an LSSP, it seemed she was very unaware of the career. In my case, it reassured me that this was a career I wanted to follow because I was…

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    desktop computers. Amazingly, this long way is only five years old in many cases. Technology moves so fast that it is a wonder that school districts are able to keep up. Technology departments are always on the look out to stay in front of the developments and keep districts on the cutting edge with devices and classroom instruction. This requires sound leadership and vision in order to achieve. The first consideration in implementing classroom technology is selecting technology. A central…

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