...HARVEY GIRLS How waitress helped settle the west When thinking of 19th century America, waitresses would have never come to mind until reading “How the West Was Won by Waitresses”. During the 19th century railway was a main form of transportation. In 1987 Fred Harvey saw an opportunity to open restaurants along the railways. Harvey opened his first restaurant “Harvey House” in the Florence, Kansas train depot along the Santa Fe railway. Harvey House was known for its impeccable service, variety of food and was known to have the same services no matter which location you were at. It was so popular that by the late 1800s he had opened an establishment every 100 miles. After a fight between male coworkers Harvey decided to fire all the...
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...HOME MEANS NEVADA As it appears under the sheet music Way out in the land of the set-ting sun, Where the wind blows wild and free, There’s a Love-ly spot, just the on-ly one That means home, sweet home to me. If you follow the old Kit Car-son trail, Un-til des-ert meets the hills, Oh you cer-tain-ly will a-gree with me, It’s the place of a thous-and thrills. Home means Ne-va-da, Home means the hills, Home means the sage and the pines. Out by the Truck-ee’s sil-ver-y rills, Out where the sun al-ways shines, There is the land that I love the best, Fair-er than all I can see, Right in the heart of the gold-en west, Home means Ne-va-da to me. When-ever the sun at the close of day, Col-ors all the west-ern sky, Oh, my Heart re-turns to the des-ert grey And the mount-ains tow-‘ring high. Where the Moon-beams play in shadowed glen, With the spot-ted fawn and doe, All the live-long night un-til morn-ing light, Is the love-li-est place I know. Home means Ne-va-da, Home means the hills, Home means the sage and the pines. Out by the Truck-ee’s sil-ver-y rills, Out where the sun al-ways shines, There is the land that I love the best, Fair-er than all I can see, Right in the heart of the gold-en west, Home means Ne-va-da to me. Sung by each verse Way out in the land of the setting sun, Where the wind blows wild and free, There's a lovely spot, just the only one That means home sweet home to me. If you follow the old Kit Carson trail, Until desert meets...
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...Housing in West of Mississippi Name: Instructor: Course: Date: Housing in west of Mississippi Relocating to a new town comes with many challenges. Before relocating to a new city, you must consider many economic conditions before making any financial decision. Before choosing a preferred location for my new home, I have to look at my finances. I have to find an affordable house for me, the one having all the benefits I am looking for as well as fit into my budget. The strength of an economy will play a major role in my decision to rent a house. The current housing prices in the cities west of the Mississippi River are because of many different factors. I did my research in for cities west of the Mississippi River: North Dakota, Oklahoma, Lowa, Louisiana, and Virginia. The research was based on the prices for a 3-bedroom, 2-bath condo. The prices of these homes vary from city to city. In North Dakota, The house cost $135,000 payable for 15 years at an interest rate of 4.93%. In Oklahoma, Virginia, and Lowa, housing unit cost $150,000 that is payable for 15 years at an interest rate of 4.93%. Finally, in Louisiana, the same housing unit cost $100,000, that you can pay for 15 years at the same interest rate of 4.93%. After careful analysis, I decided to settle on Virginia due to the following reasons: the cost of living is cheap, there are great chopping areas, it has excellent road network, it has great parks to travel, the weather is excellent, and finally, it has a wide variety...
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...displacement of poor Black residents and the construction of public housing due to urban renewal efforts. My grandparents rented their first apartment in Chicago on the West Side at 32nd W. Monroe after my grandmother arrived in 1958 with my mother to rejoin my grandfather. My grandfather explained that it was almost impossible to find decent housing on the South Side due to overcrowding, exorbitant rent costs, dilapidated housing, and the challenges that came with moving into surrounding areas. Some of the Black house kids shared stories about their parents and grandparents who also arrived on the West Side during the second wave after 1940 including Duane’s father and grandmother while Todd and Ray—who were born on the West Side—stressed their family’s deep roots in East Garfield Park and West Garfield Park; both community areas on the West Side. Miss Priss offered similar sentiments about her family’s history on the West Side as...
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...for a Visiting Resident Fellowship at the Virginia Commonwealth University of Virginia, U.S.A. I: Introduction Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, the twelfth century mystic, says in a poem with which I often begin my recitals: I am neither Christian nor Jew nor Magian nor Musalman, I am not of any one country : India, China, Bulgaria, Scyte.. My place is placeless My trace is traceless It is neither body nor soul It is all the life of my Beloved. This proposal is about a seeker, an explorer of the soul through poetry and acting, with entertainment as second nature, by getting into the skin of men, women and children as actors do – in addition to a desire that seeks to understand and interact with others. Sufism expounds on simple living, sharing and forsaking for others. The good food and vine need not be consumed, but the spicier, crustier and more divine it is when given away, carries it farther with wings of the soul. That man by the Church who cannot walk as you do, who is asking for alms is doing what he does, but you need him more than he needs your cents. These viewpoints are inspired from Sufi thought but the anecdotes are my own assimilation from Italy this summer. This proposal is on the cutting edge for the Department of Film and Photography at the Virginia Commonwealth University. This is a proposal by a writer/actor who wants to...
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...MGT/230 A time in my life when I had to make a personal decision was just recently when I purchased my second home. It was a really hard decision to make because it is very hard to move from one comfort zone to a strange place. The first home my husband and I purchased was in West Boca, it was a two bedroom condo and we lived there for over five years. I’ve been married for over eight years and I have two beautiful daughters. My oldest daughter will soon turn five and the youngest is almost two. As my family was expending it was clear that we needed a bigger place. I’ve travel to other states and countries but Florida as always been my home state, and Boca Raton is where I’ve lived all this while. I love living in West Boca because it is very quiet, peaceful luxurious and a wonderful place to raise kids. West Boca was luxurious indeed but raising two kids in a two bedroom condo can get a little crowded at times. My husband and knew it was time to make a change, therefore we decided to purchase our second home. We currently live in Coconut Creek in a two story four bedroom home. Coconut Creek is a very lovely place, I am still trying to get use to the area but I still miss being in Boca. My life have changed drastically now because I live further from work, our kids school and my mother, and other relatives used to live close by. We are in a different district now therefore I have to look for a different school to enroll my daughter. The fact that we lived...
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...that I am a few weeks into Comm. 414, I understand that there is a specific family type my family connects with. I will discuss how my family is defined as an ‘Extended Family’ through a personal example and an in-class discussion. When I was 10, my mom’s brother and sister decided to leave El Salvador to live with us in the United States. I was beyond excited in having new members living with our family, but I was not ready for the problems that were to come ahead. Allowing my aunt and uncle to enter my nuclear family now made my family a ‘biological extended family’. We were a family that ‘included parents and children living together, as well as other relatives such as aunts, uncles, and grandparents’ (Turner & West, 2012, p. 32). Now, my aunt and uncle moved for new job opportunities and to also help my parents take care of my brother and I while they worked. It was not a problem at the time, but as my brother and I got older, we noticed that it was a lot more difficult to take orders from my aunt when my parents weren’t home. Our form of communication and her lack of open opinion and rules in the home were difficult for us to work with. As Turner & West mention, “with so many different family members living under the same roof, some [members] may be unclear about the roles and rules in a home” (Turner & West, 2012, p.34). I do believe that the miscommunication occurred because my brother and I did not know how to be open and honest with someone who was not a part of...
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... Nonrenewable energy source we used for home and for our vehicle soon it will run out. This kind of every will not going to last forever and it eventually will be gone for the later generation. Nonrenewable energy cause harmful effect to our atmosphere, but there are alternative to use renewable energy source replace the nonrenewable energy to reduce the opposite of what nonrenewable energy caused. The Northwest has several renewable energy options that we are using in this region. One is wind power the west coast; we have plenty of wind patterns coming from the west of the Pacific Ocean ("Wind Map", 2013). The second renewable energy source is solar power on top of the house and producing part of the electricity. Columbia River is producing hydroelectric power for the most part of the Northwest which is the top producer for the Northwest area and Bio energy in process of growing ("Northwest Power and Conservation Council", 2013). Provided with many options to pick from the Northwest offers for both type of energy. I will continue with my current electric company which they are going through buying electric from Columbia Bonneville Dam. I still need natural gas for my heating furnace and air conditioner. The option to switch out other renewable resource to replace natural gas would be expensive as the second option I would have solar power on top of roof to supplies only to heating, but for cooling I live in the north west of the United States in...
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...Cristy Bailey-rough draft I have not visited many states in my lifetime, and up until four years ago, I had lived in Tennessee my entire life. My families’ decision to move to West Virginia, a place I had never even drove through or visited before, turned out to be the best decision we could have ever made. Living in West Virginia was certainly a culture shock at first, but we settled in and found it the perfect place to call home. I was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. It was always easy for me to find my way around, even if I hadn’t ever been to a certain area before. I still could find my way around because I was so familiar with all areas of middle Tennessee. For example, I had a job interview in Lebanon, which is a smaller city outside of Hermitage, Tennessee about 30 minutes from Nashville. I wasn’t familiar with the area but had traveled through there on several occasions. I got the address from the receptionist and located the place almost instantly in time for my interview. Tennessee weather is sporadic at best. I can remember one year, it was 60 degrees when I woke up to get the kids ready for school and by 2 o’clock that afternoon, it was snowing. The seasons change very abruptly in Tennessee. It has one long hot spell and one long cold spell. There is not a “fall” or “spring” really. You wake up one day and all the leaves are gone off of the trees and it is very cold outside. Leaves hardly get a chance to turn before falling to the ground...
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...Liberia: It was March 24th, 2014 when I first heard of the term Ebola. I, among the rest of my neighbors, were confused as to what exactly was happening. The Liberian Ministries of Information, Culture, Tourism and Health announced that two individuals from Lofa and Nimba County grew sick with symptoms of the virus. However, there was no confirmation. Some people said it was a government scam to attract Western aid; others said it was a deadly virus. Whichever it was, the only thing that mattered was that it was present in Liberia, near my home, Gbarpolu. My name is Juliet and at just 19 years old, I experienced the most devastating epidemic my country has ever faced. I’m a very curious person, so this became a journey to finding myself and helping others. However, my mother, father and younger sister of 9 years old were struck with terror when they gained knowledge of Ebola. They all relied on me to keep them safe since I was the only one who’s made it so far in school. We were a middle class family living in Gbarpolu and although we weren’t poor, we couldn’t afford to flee the country as a family. Actually, we could’ve but my father refused to use the money I had saved up for college to flee. So typical of him. Despite staying in Liberia during an intense epidemic, we dealt with it as knowledgeably as possible. This was only because we had the help of the internet – we are one out of 10 homes in the County who had access to modern technology. Here in Liberia, we're very limited...
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...The Decline of the West What happens when you get fired from your job, come home to a domineering wife, a self-centered brat of a son and a second material-obsessed son, who all three boss you around making you do their dishes and buy them, what they see as, vital objects? That is right! You reconsider life, but decide to let it all go instead… or that is at least what Mike does in this short story. The short story, The Decline of the West by Hanif Kureishi, takes place in London, where we meet Mike’s family, which consists of his two sons, Tom and Billy, and his wife, Imogen. Mike was a twelve-hours-a-day, hard-working man, yet who is recently fired. Mike is significantly divided between traditional values and modern values. On the first hand he refuses to let his wife, Imogen, work, because he could not imagine a home without a mother, who makes sure the kids behave. “He shows me neither love nor respect.” also he demands respect from his family, even though he literally does not spend time at home, because of his job, however on the other hand he lets them all boss him around, probably because of his declaration of him being the only provider. The short story only elapses over a day; however this day seems to turn out as being the most horrible of Mike’s life. “”My television’s broken,” said Tom. “Why don’t you get it fixed like you promised? What have you ever done for me?”” This is in the middle of a discussion between Tom and Mike. Through-out the entire short story it...
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...Running Head: Windshield Survey Summary and Reflection Windshield Survey Summary and Reflection Leonard Larino University of Phoenix – Professor Bonnie Schoettle April 27, 2015 Windshield Survey Summary and Reflection Public health nursing involves a community and the overall health of the community. A community is a group within an area or region. These groups vary through various areas. According to Stanhope & Lancaster, they cited the World Health Organization’s definition of community as a group of people in a defined geographical area that share a common culture, values and norms, and are arranged in a social structure based on the community’s development over time. (Stanhope & Lancaster, p. 397, 2012). There are three factors in community: people, place and function. (Stanhope & Lancaster, p. 397, 2012). These three factors are what we as potential community health/public health nurses examine to develop a plan of care for the community. As community health nurses, the community is the client, with the focus being the collective and common good of the population; the individual patients we care for are now expanded into a whole populations benefit. (Stanhope & Lancaster, p. 398, 2012). Community health is collective needs being met and is done by identifying problems and managing behaviors in the community. (Stanhope & Lancaster, p. 401, 2012). Improving health can be achieved through community partnerships. This can be done by partnering...
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...Journal Entry of a Subordinate Group Member My name is Awanita, which means in my native language the fawn. I am part of the Cherokee tribe. It is believed that we originated by passing over the Bering Strait (Alaska) during the Ice age from Asia, while the Bering Strait was still frozen. Many spread out over parts of Canada, and North and South America (N.A. 2, 2011). Now people have invaded our land and have brought with them diseases that have struck our people. We have been at war with the settlers because they want to take our land. They are making us sign treaties, each time they take more and more of our land from us. Our people are being forced once again to move (N.A. 2007). We live in what the settlers call Georgia. Now they have discovered gold, and these people are trespassing on our land, once again in search of this gold. Tension is building again between my people and the settlers, of which was once our country (N.A. 1, 2011). A man known as the President of the country, that they now call the United States of America, has now declared for the removal of our people; he goes by the name of Andrew Jackson. He has declared a new law, called the Indian Removal Act of 1830. He has decided that our people are in danger from the settlers and wants us to move from our land in the east to land in the west (N.A. 1, 2011). Our people have made a complaint to the Supreme Court and have won, but the president has ignored the court’s decision and has ordered our migration...
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...Restructuring will focus on entrenching existing areas of strength, not developing entirely new ones. Cost-efficiency will remain key factor. Expect a further acceleration in the outsourcing of non-core functions and greater emphasis on performance improvement as the bank will seek to increase the efficiency of back-office processes. POSTED BY MYBLOG AT 12:02 AM NO COMMENTS: Post a Comment LINKS TO THIS POST Create a Link Newer Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) USEFUL INFORMATION ANALYSIS OF THE GLOBAL CAPITAL MARKET Learn Excel Quick & Easy MBA Quick Reference MY HEADLINES FUTURE OF OIL AND RISING OIL PRICES Blood and oil: How the West will profit from Iraq's most precious commodity 7/17/2008 The 'IoS' today reveals a draft for a new law that would give Western oil companies a massive share in… Oil for War 7/17/2008 After invading one of the most petroleum-rich countries on earth, the U.S. military is running on empty. Napoleon famously… Future of Iraq: The spoils of war 7/17/2008 How the West will make a killing on Iraqi oil riches Iraq's massive oil reserves, the third-largest in the world,… Headlines by FeedBurner FUTURE OF OIL AND RISING OIL PRICES ↑ Grab this Headline Animator SUBSCRIBE NOW: GOOGLE Add to Google Reader or Homepage BLOG ARCHIVES ▼ 2008 (5) ▼ Jul 2008 (5) New Product Development Brand Identity Prism (Kapferer) Porter's 5 Forces - Case Study Porter's Five Forces - Assessing the Balance...
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...She felt a small amount of the pressure flutter away. After school the next day Alice sat in her French class waiting. Mr. West finally waltzed in and smiled at her. “I’m glad you decided to take advantage of my offer,” he professed happily and motioned for somebody to enter the classroom. Noah entered the classroom with a small smile. “Noah’s going to be my tutor?” she questioned with a tilt of her head. Mr. West nodded. “Noah used to live in Brossard near Montreal until he was in 5th grade. He took French to get more of a refresher course since he only speaks it at home. He’ll be moving back to Montreal over the summer,” he explained pulling out a few French children’s books. “I need to do a few things. In the meantime you two can discuss a plan to get Alice’s grades up,” Mr. West nodded and set the books on a desk near Noah then left with a warning to behave. “Umm…” Alice muttered looking at the floor. She didn’t know where they were going to start. She rarely talked to Noah before and only had French and Gym with him. “Relax,” Noah instructed revealing a slight accent that she hadn’t heard before. He pulled out a small stack of flashcards. “Look at these and tell me what they say,” he...
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