San Joaquin Valley

Chatsworth, California resides in the northwestern corner of the San Fernando Valley, bordered by the Santa Susana mountains to the north, Porter Ranch and Northridge to the east, Winnetka, West Hills, and Canoga Park to the south, and Simi Valley and Ventura County to the west. Around 8,000 years ago, Chatsworth was originally inhabited by several different Native American tribes: the Tongva-Fernandeno, Chumash-Venturano, and the Tataviam-Fernandeno. Stoney Point was the home of the…

Crispin The Cross of Lead is a book about a thirteen year old boy known as the son of Asta, but then later known as Crispin after her death. Crispin lived in a small village called Stromford with his mother until she died and he was all alone. After his mother passed, he ran away for the safety of his own life from the village because he was wanted dead by the town steward. The town steward had wanted Crispin dead because he thought Crispin was responsible for stealing money and for the murder…

Home Means Nevada “All For Our Country” Nevada was the 36th state to become part of the union. It became a state on October 31, 1864. Maybe that’s where Halloween came from. The state colors are blue and silver. Nevada goes by many names, you may know it best as the Silver State, but it is also nicknamed the Sagebrush State and the Battle Born State. The state flower of Nevada is the Big Sagebrush which grows in the desert and rangelands of Nevada. Native Americans used to use Sagebrush for…

In Avi’s Crispin, Asta’s son, Crispin, is “mistakenly” charged, with burglary and the murder of a priest. After the death of his mother, the steward of the manor proclaims him a wolf head, where anyone may take his life without punishment. Crispin escapes his village, Stromford in a perilous adventure to explore liberty. On his jeopardous journey, he is hunted down by his foes, who are destined to take his life. He encounters a juggler called Bear, who greatly impacts his life for the better.…

I visited Village Manor in Spring 2014 when I was taking Long Term Care Administration class (HCA 345). Village Manor is a long term care facility located on 1800 Westen Street, Bowling Green, KY. It is a part of Christian Care Communities. According to Christian Care Communities’ website, “Christian Care Communities is Kentucky’s largest faith-inspired, non-profit provider of affordable senior living and long-term care for Older Adults”. It was founded in Louisville in 1884. Village Manor has…

Revolution is a movie about a New York trapper named Tom Dobb and his son Ned. Ned becomes involved in the revolution by signing up for the continental army. Tom realizes that his son has made a wrong choice, so he tries to get his son out of the army. But this makes the situation worse and Tom is forced to sign up for the continental army as well. Now both Tom and his son, Ned, are part of the continental army. This begins a long journey as they fight for freedom for the Colonies. The first…

When thinking of Antonioni I would never say his short documentaries are the first thing to come to mind. His visual flare and focus on the setting as well as the subjects are all prevalent in every title I have seen, 7 Reeds for a Dress perhaps the most reminiscent of his future works.What seems to be the element that links all the documentaries together has less to do with visual style and more with Antonioni’s background and infatuation with his home country. These films seem to be about the…

With steady improvements and with more of the tourist looking for a backwoods area with excellent fishing and hunting the Summer Resort started to flourish. On of the earliest guests of John 's Summer Resort was two families of Bampfield 's, James and his brother along with their wives on an 1895 fishing excursion. The Bampfields were one of the wealthiest families in Niagara Falls Ontario whose success emanated form various commercial development such as the Great Western Restaurant and a…

within the Owens Valley basin, flanked by the Sierra Nevada and Inyo/White mountain ranges to the west and east, respectively. The hills are of particular interest as they represent an unusual combination of lithologies, structures, and a geomorphology that is inconsistent for the basin. Using geophysical methods, I hope to infer the source of this outcrop. A long-runout landslide, or a structural flower system is currently proposed to explain the Poverty Hills; previous…

“The Chrysanthemums” “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck is a story about a woman named Elisa Allen, frustrated with her life of isolation. Allen enjoys working in her garden, but her gardening capabilities aren’t satisfying, as she would rather be traveling and meeting new people. “The Chrysanthemums” tone changes from hopeful to one of isolation, and that tone is created by a combination language elements including, contextual symbolism, figurative images using similes and metaphors, and…