purpose of this paper is to present a biographical sketch of Nicole Weppler 's early adult life. Nicole, who is my boss and mentor, immigrated to Toronto, Canada in the late 1960s. First, I will provide an overview of her early life and childhood. Second, I will discuss her years in Toronto and more specifically her time spent studying at the University of Toronto. Finally, I will address her most recent years living on Manitoulin Island and her occupation as the curator of the local museum.…
The story “The Great Gatsby” takes place in New York City on Long Island; in the two places was called East Egg and West Egg in the early 1920’s in the Jazz era. West Egg is a fictional place where Gatsby’s mansion and Nick’s small house is at and Daisy and Tom lives in a mansion in East Egg which is also a fictional place. West Egg has a description called new money. Gatsby tries to be all flashy and impressive with his money, which is very irresponsible and unwise (“Old Money V. New Money”)…
Adventure Waits “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” Eleanor Roosevelt, American Politician and First Lady of the United States *** In the 1993 comedy Wayne's World 2, Wayne (Mike Meyers) dreams he meets Jim Morrison of The Doors. In the course of their conversation, Morrison informs Wayne it is his destiny to put on a big concert in Aurora, Illinois. Wayne asks how to put together the…
they are hard to measure. The migration from other countries to Canada can improve process of urbanization, but in the contrast, it puts a strong pressure on facilities, social service, houses, environment of some big and developed cities such as Toronto or…
(Vincent, year?, p.146). This type of social interaction reveals the divided communities of Toronto, which reveal the dual-identity issues that created some confusion for Vincent and her family. This aspect of the Portuguese immigrant experience illustrates how some Portuguese chose to assimilate into Anglophone culture; while some Portuguese preferred to retain their Portuguese identity in the neighborhoods of Toronto. This is part of the “mosaic” of Canadian life…
XYZ Rehab., is a small sized rehabilitation company, with approximately 500 employees, that provides talent, information and support to rehabilitation departments in various hospitals and convalescent home. XYZ Rehab Inc. manages rehabilitation aspect of patient care, marketing, strategic planning, output measurements and related reimbursements. These services allows hospitals to optimize their resources on various other aspects such as nursing and infrastructure. Also, on a holistic…
Our great nation has an abundance of popular, historic spectator events in which innumerable people attend such as the Super Bowl, World Series, and the US Open. Explicitly, on the first weekend in May, Louisville, Kentucky hosts one of the most traditional events in history. Dating back to 1875, the Kentucky Derby brings in about 170,000 people a year. This past year, I had the privilege of being one of those 170,000 people at Churchill Downs attending the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby…
the winter. We can compare this to another southern city that is a bit farther north, Toronto, Ontario, Where the average temperature is 20 degrees celsius in the summer and below 4 degrees celsius in the winter. Extrapolating this data we can make the assumption that the farther north the city the lower the average temperature will be. We can assume this because even with small move north from Windsor to Toronto the average temperature decreased.…
Jacob Riis was born on May 03, 1849, in Ribe, Denmark. Riis migrated to this country in 1870 on a steamship. . He arrived in New York City. Riis took on demanding jobs as an ironworker, farmer, and bricklayer. These jobs gave him a glimpse of the less fortunate side of America's economic system. However, it was not until he became a police reporter for the NYPD that he discovered the true suffering. Citizens living in extremely poor conditions. He felt compelled to find a way to expose this to…
New York City is considered to be one of the busiest cities with some of the rudest people. Everyone has heard of the New York minute, everything happens so fast around us that we don’t notice what’s really going on. But there's something else happening in that split second, there is a whole community working together, all at once to create a single day. Some may think that since everyone is always in such a rush they are naturally rude and would push people out of their way. While that may…