to New York! I’m about to tell you some amazing facts about incredible state! The name, New York means Duke of York. It was named that, because the English took over the colony in 1664. They then changed the name to New York to honer to duke of york. The state motto is “ excelsior “ it means ever upward. The state bird is the Eastern Bluebird. The state insect is a Ladybug, and the state flower is a Rose. Major cities in New York are, Niagara falls, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and New York, the
Franklin Square Franklin Square is located in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York. Based on the United States Census Bureau, Franklin Square has an aggregate area of 2.9 square miles. The area of Franklin Square is margined on its north by Stewart Manor, on its northeast by Garden City, on its southwest by North Valley Stream, on its east by West Hempstead, and on it west by Elmont. HISTORY The earliest white settlers used the former Franklin Square,as the grazing land, and eventually
of whether or not the story is news worthy. The editor uses various different values to help him/her in their decision of what actually goes on the front page. Sometimes this judgment by the editor can be based solely on whether or not the story is going to grasp a lot of readers’ attention which would then boost newspaper sales. Other times the value system that is used is not so vague and meaningless. Some of these values that make stories news worthy are: its news values, prominence of the person
Jamesport Manor Inn, Long Island, New York The storyteller is a 65 year old Hispanic woman from Riverhead, New York. I collected the story over the phone on April 2, 2006. She started off by telling me that the story took place in 1988 on Long Island. Her landlord had told her about a wonderful restaurant that she just had to go to, so on a Friday night the storyteller and her husband decided to try it out. When stepping up to the Jamesport Manor Inn she had a creepy feeling just from looking
Taylor, Alan. William Cooper’s Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early Republic. New York: Random House, Inc., 1995. A book review by Jonesia Wilkins When writing William Cooper's Town, Alan Taylor connects local history with widespread political, economic, and cultural patterns in the early republic, appraises the balance of the American Revolution as demonstrated by a protrusive family's background, and merge the history of the frontier settlement with the visualizing and reconstituting
The atmosphere at Winn Correctional Center can be summed up with a single word – unqualified. It affects the prisoners, the rehabilitation process, the staff, and the community. What immediately stood out at Winn was how easy it was to become a prison guard. With no police or guard background, reporter Shane Buster, began receiving calls a week later for jobs as a prison guard; ending up getting picked up by the nations second largest private prison company, CCA. As stated in part one of “My Four
of it, she was joining her parents and brothers and sisters on a voyage to the New World. The Jemison family landed in Philadelphia and soon joined the other Scotch-Irish immigrants on the western frontier, a place that promised them cheap land and freedom. Thomas Jemison took his family to the Marsh Creek settlement near South Mountain (not far from present day Gettysburg PA), raised a cabin, and began to build a new life. Although life was hard on the western edge of the colony of Pennsylvania
Karl Marx once said, “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.” As a member of Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honor Society, I would like to establish a young scholars league, in the elementary schools, where I can assign small portions of Bayonne histories to each chapter for them to promote it to their schools by having small assemblies. In addition, I can advertise Bayonne High School’s history department by explaining the advantages of participating in the various programs
Today I come before you with not good news, but bad news. I come before you not on a good cause, but one that is dear to me and you. Why is membership down and why are member leaving. I think member are leaving because of us. Membership is down because we have taken them for granted. We have asked our self why? We have the state of the art gym. We have a fabulous dining hall and we have catered to the people when they have come in the door. Now we have just stop caring and we have let people search
Johnnie Lucille Collier, professionally known as Ann Miller, was an American dancer, singer, and actress. She is mostly remembered for her work in the classical Hollywood musical films of 1940s and 1950s. Miller was born in Texas on April 12, 1923 to Clara Emma and John Allison Collier, a criminal lawyer who represented the Barrow Gang, Machine Gun Kelley, and Baby Face Nelson. Miller’s father insisted on the name Johnnie because he wanted a boy; Miller was often called Annie. She started taking
Book Report on Clara Barton Clara Barton attacked many social problems of the 1800’s. From creating a free school, to being on the front lines helping soldiers in the Civil War, to creating the American Red Cross, Clara Barton was a humanitarian. She fought for what she believed in and because of her never-ending fight for people, the world is a different place. Clara Barton was born during 1821 in Massachusetts. As a young child, Barton learned a great deal of schooling from her older
“I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past” as said by Clara Barton. One of the most remarkable human being in this world, Clara Barton, has made this world a better place. She was kind-hearted and ready to lend a hand. Always striving to make the world a better place, Clara Barton made a difference
It took three years for her brother to regain his health. This experience helped her overcome her shyness and was the first step to her medical career. Clara began teaching in schools at the age of 18. She later opened a free school in Bordentown, New Jersey. She soon learned that she couldn’t be the principal of the school that she founded because the job went to a man instead. Devastated, Clara came to the decision that she needed a serious change and moved to Washington D.C. Clara moved to Washington
Departments across the state have faced struggles with recruiting and retaining volunteers in recent years for numerous reasons. The Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY) coordinated its annual ‘RecruitNY’ campaign on April 26-27, as volunteer fire departments across the state opened their doors to recruit new members. “Recruit NY has proven a success in past years and is a key initiative to help bolster membership numbers, so fire departments can continue to provide the optimum
Albany, New York I did a series on how the states in the U.S. got their names. I thought that perhaps you might be interested in taking a look at the history of the capitals of the fifty states. Albany the capital of New York State is the oldest surviving European settlement and the longest continuously chartered city in the U.S. At one time the Algonquian Indian tribes lived here and they gave it their own names. The Mohicans called the city Pempotowwuthut-Muhhcanneuw which meant “fireplace of
New York City is considered by many to be the greatest city in the world. Its diversity, its culture, and its overwhelmingly “New York” attitude, make New York the city so many people love and so many people hate. Behind the mystique of the metropolis, the New York metropolitan area is much more than just the “Big Apple” it is a very real metropolitan area, with very real successes and failures. It after all is New York and it is too big to be defined by a stereotype. Some of the metro’s greatest
Disease Rates Relate in the New York Metropolitan Area? It is common knowledge that heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States of America. In 2010 alone cardiovascular disease claimed the lives of 597,689 Americans, more than 20,000 more people than the next leading cause of death, cancer (Leading Causes). It is also widely believed that heart disease kills mainly those in the lower socio-economic strata. So how then do we account for the New York City metropolitan area? This
Cell phone distracted driving has become as dangerous as alcohol and speeding resulting in fatal and serious injury crashes. Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said Monday her office will begin mandating cellphone monitoring devices in some texting-while-driving cases prosecuted by her office (Newsday). She further states “Studies by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and other organizations that show driving while texting makes it 23 times more likely that the driver will
approximately $300,000. The Ralph’s Italian Ices Franchise has over 80 Franchisees in the New York metropolitan area, with a significant foothold in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Mr. Armetta’s store operates with an average of 10 employees from beginning of March to the middle of December and is consistily one of the top revenue Franchisees. In 2011, Mr. Armetta developed vacant land in Selden, New York and constructed a 2,000 sq. ft. facility to operate a second location as a Ralphs Italian Ices
Africa. On August 22, 1992, Andrew became a hurricane and the next day was categorized at a 4. The hurricane weakened as it passed over the Bahamas but then intensified as it moved over the Gulfstream on the way to Florida. Hurricane Andrew hit Dade County on August 24th as Category 5. Andrew then moved into south-central Louisiana as a weakened Category 3.