Daniel Klauber Mrs. Segar English 9 17 March 2014 Neighborhood Essay Living and growing up in Levittown is a unique experience. The outcome of one’s life can be different depending on where they live. Levittown is one of the many suburbs in the United States‚ but has a special story. Its creation was different from that of many others. There are many benefits for the people who moved to Levittown. Levittown’s a great town‚ and so are the people who live there are great as well. The creation
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* will be given to each student who posts his or her first post to the Group Project thread by no later than Saturday‚ October 27‚ 2012. * (5 possible) Group points. How well your group works together will give you 5 possible points. Ways to get points: build on each other’s posts (i.e. read group members’ posts and respond)‚ ensure all questions in the project thread are covered (in other words‚ don’t duplicate group members’ work - build on their answers or answer another question). Ways to
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It was a cold windy rainy Halloween Night. You could hear the waves were crashing into the beautiful lake michigan shores‚ and the cheers from the Prairie soccer game. Children running around hoping to get delicious treats and sweets. I was with Leah‚ Lee‚ Vinny‚ and Ethan and we were hoping to have a memorable night. Though we would not remember the night from the candy we received‚ the dinner we ate‚ the candy trade‚ or meeting up with Jared‚ Matt and Frank. No‚ we would remember this night
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Currently‚ NYC is experimenting with an alternative to incarceration called Neighborhood Opportunity Networks (NeON). These centers are part of a new model of community centric corrections programs known as justice reinvestment. Reinvestment programs are intended to reduce recidivism and reroute the money that would have been spent on incarceration to crime prevention programs instead. (Clear‚ et al‚ 2012). The Department of Probation (DOP) has begun placing NeON facilities in communities with the
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April Law GUS 1177 Professor Gholson 2/26/12 The article called Black Brothers Inc.‚ written by Sean Patrick Griffin tells an interesting story about the Black Mafia. These individuals were excellent businessmen and working men that participated in obtaining drug dealers‚ maintaining crap games‚ and holding regular meetings at many different locations‚ but they were also coldblooded people who would kill anyone who might testify against them in court. This is how they gained power in the Philadelphia
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Brooke Bodzer Community Engagment April Bellback 4-20-13 Getting Teens Involved What does the word community mean to you? The range in diversity in answering this question makes it difficult to all together define the word‚ however‚ the answers will generally evolve around “People‚ togetherness‚ or grouped society. Community is more than a term however. In order for a community to exist‚ there has to be a formation‚ a development‚ and a solid plan to proceed striving for stability and societal
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1. Using the variables I have collected for my neighbourhood‚ I will provide a comprehensive description of my area. In my description I will draw information from the data I collected and will compare it to the Toronto CMA. I will also mention if some of the characteristics appear to be associated with each other. For part 2 I decided to look at data based on population change‚ age composition‚ median age‚ dwelling types‚ average person per household‚ main mother tongue‚ median household income
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1. The environment has both physical/built and social (relationship between people) components. Describe how poor quality environment is a pathway to poor health. Cite studies supporting this linkage. The study conducted by Gee and Payne-Sturges (2004) reveal that environment has both physical and social factors that plays a crucial role in the development of diseases. Psychological stress is considered the vulnerability factor that associates social conditions to environmental hazards. Consequently
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"Where do all the hippies go?" Dorjan Dheskali Mosaic II - spring 2012‚ Section 066 Professor J. Benin South Street. The home of punk rockers‚ hippies‚ poets‚ musicians‚ food fanatics‚ and everything in between. How has it become so popular amongst all who to the naked eye have nothing in common? Why has it become a home to such diversity‚ a refuge to arts of all kind? Cultures and ethnicities and languages all different‚ yet what seems to make them all connect? It ’s not anything
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I belong to a relatively tightknit community within my subdivision. Here‚ everybody knows everybody! Whenever a neighbor is in need‚ we drop what we’re doing to go and help them. Simple as it may be‚ that’s just the way things work around here. I can define my place within this community in a couple words: friend and leader. Recently‚ a neighbor of mine was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer. The whole subdivision was shocked. In her time of need‚ I knew the right thing to do would be to
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