North Georgia College & State University

Ten years ago, the city of Chicago, Illinois, made a bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Although they came close to victory, the International Olympic Commission (IOC) awarded the hosting rights to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while Chicago was knocked out in the first round of voting (“Rio to host 2016 Olympics,” 2009). It was a memorable win for South America as Rio became their first city to ever host an Olympics. In contrast, Chicago’s loss left its own inhabitants with some mixed…

people who attend California high schools without living in the state is small to non-existent. Therefore, the law has no real basis or legal population it is serving. The second way the courts found it violated law was that tuition discount in the form of in-state tuition constitutes as assistance. This assistance in technically a benefit under federal law (399). In-state tuition for the state of California was on average 8,373 $. Out of state tuition was 31, 960 $. There can be no doubt that…

issued an executive order designating Alcatraz for military use. Construction of a fortress began in 1853 on the island. By the late 1850’s, over 100 heavy caliber cannons surrounded the fort. During the civil war Alcatraz was used to guard the state of California from a possible attack from the confederate troops. Ultimately, an attack never occurred, so they turned it into a military prison intended to house prisoners of war. When the…

In a fairly short duration Bharati Mukherjee has received a respectable attention from the critics around the world. She is described as a ‘voice’ of expatriate- immigrant sensibility. She has stayed in different places, and lived through various cultures. In her journey as a writer her creative sensibility has undergone many changes, a continuous quest from ‘expatriation to immigration’. As a writer her concern can be seen in the lives of South- Asian immigrants in the USA and Canada and the…

“One hires the best consultants on airfield layout, noise impacts, terminal layout, on-site roadways, off-site roadways, cost estimating, financial analysis, and forecasting,” observed DIA administrator Gail Edmond. “They brainstorm and generate as many alternate layouts as possible.” Alternatives were discussed and eliminated at periodic joint working sessions, and a technical subcommittee was organized to gather input from the eventual airport users, airlines, pilots, and the FAA. “Everybody…

reach a hundred thousand. The 1980s would be a time of tremendous growth. Much of that growth resulted from several distinct efforts to create computer networks linking universities together. BITNET provided e-mail and file transfers among several universities in the Northeast. CSNET (computer science network) was formed to link university researchers who did not have access to ARPAnet. In 1986, NSFNET was created to provide access to NSF-sponsored supercomputing centers. Starting with an…