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owners, which brought technological change. During the early 1890s Chatsworth became home to a railroad (1893), school (1890), and hotel…

Wow, I can’t believe the school year is over in less than a month. Graduation is so soon! Hope you’re all enjoying your placements as the year ends. My LSS was away last week so it was a quiet day at the office. I handed out postcards to a few passerby’s’ interested in the Network. I also answered phone inquires over (mostly about the Riverdale Art Walk application). Then I updated the media calendar with important dates/events, jotted down new Art Square Gallery submissions, tweeted a bit,…

to have a hurricane.” Rachel described some of the losses the families faced with hurricane, and that a lot of their things were just gone, including their homes. Some of the families affected went to live with relatives further inland or in other states. The crew that Jason stayed with did really well in taking care of them. They gave them cots, and provided meals as well. Rachel described how they even did laundry and gave them baked goods, as…

Unions Effect on State and Local Government Today, unionized workers are more likely to be in public sector unions as teachers, police officers, or firefighters rather than steel workers, electricians, or autoworkers. Union’s effect on the economy is not a short story. They have shaped the economy and the industrial complex that we both have enjoyed and grown to dislike. Unions have brought about changes in the organizations we would see as unethical and morally corrupt. Nevertheless,…

Mr. Das‘s unawareness of the disintegrating state of their marriage, is also initiated by Mrs. Das‘s unwillingness to share her feelings of dissatisfaction and desperation with her husband. She says to Mr. Kapasi: “Don‘t you see? For eight years I haven‘t been able to express this to anybody…

and Joel are always extremely conscious about the role that sound and music plays in their films, even from the earliest stages. The brothers have worked with T-Bone Burnett and Carter Burwell in a majority of their films, resulting in a close association of the musical styles used in the wide variety of movies that they produce. Carter Burwell was a Harvard graduate who majored in fine art with an emphasis on electronic music and animation. Burwell was introduced to the Coen brothers by Skip…

back to where I was a year ago, and it 's amazing how far I 've come. A year ago I had no idea where I was going to college, I began to question what I wanted to do with my life, and I forgot to enjoy life. My high school basketball career had just come to an end, I had the opportunity to watch our girls compete for a State Championship, I was a month and a half from graduating high school, and I was on my way to Washington, D.C. and New York City for the first time in my life, and I was…

following many state laws already put into action. For example, Hawaii was the first state to raise the smoking age to 21. The state decided to do this when students using electronic cigarettes quadrupled over four years to 22% and middle school to 12% in 2015. Hawaii’s military base supports the new law. Although some argue that if a man or woman is old enough to fight for our country, they are old enough to decide about smoking. While some might agree, this law ultimately protects high school…

understand school and court requirements, and connect to community resources such as drug classes, health issues and permanent housing. - A six week drug and alcoholic class will cover topics such as managing stress and conflict, child development, anger management, and interpersonal relationships. Most homeless will be referred to the program because they had a prior incident of child abuse or neglect, or are determined to be at-risk for abuse/neglect. School Success (Goal 2) Goal 2 (School…

due to his superior writing skills. After over two weeks of writing, Jefferson produced a draft to congress on June 28, 1776. After several revisions by Congress, the declaration was officially adopted on July 4, 1776 (Office of Historian, Dept. of State). This declaration of independence inspired Kentuckians and others because it showed a “profound commitment to human equality” by stating, “All men are created equal” (Independence Hall…