Santa Clara County’s Domestic Violence Council was established by the Board of Supervisors and the presiding judge of juvenile court in 1991 to evaluate the needs of the community on the topic of Domestic Violence. The Council is Santa Clara County’s first interdisciplinary Team whose goal is to not point fingers of blame at one another but rather seek out solutions on how to coordinate services better to address victims of domestic violence and their batterers. The Council has four objectives that
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Clara Chung-wai Shih was born in Hong Kong in 11th f January 1982. Shih and her family immigrated to the United States when she was 4 years old. Her father was a math professor in Hong Kong but in the US he became an electrical engineer. Her mother used to be an art teacher in Hong Kong and in the US she went back to school and became a special-education teacher. In Chicago an elementary school Clara Shih attended she was placed in special class for students with speech impediments because school
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Clara Barton‚ in the 1862 letter to her cousin Vira‚ explains the despair of the camp before the battle. She supports her claim by the use of imagery‚ length of sentences‚ and personification of death. She writes in an informal tone for her cousin sharing her dread. The author’s purpose is to inform her cousin of the anxiety felt throughout the camp over the Battle of Fredericksburg. Barton uses imagery to create awareness of the gloominess of the situation at hand. It was on the eve of a battle
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Clara Barton was an amazing woman and a true humanitarian according to Burton (1995). Born on Christmas day in 1821 to a middle class family in Oxford‚ Massachusetts‚ Barton would someday be famous and honored for her contributions to society and for laying the foundation of the American Red Cross. Barton began her career at a young age; she began teaching school in her late teens. She taught school for 14-years in New Jersey before quitting after the school hired a male principle at almost
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war. Yet they did accept them in aiding the wounded. There were many women who helped but only a few who made many important changes in the medical field and in the movement for women to expand their opportunities. One of the important nurses was Clara Barton who was referred to as the “Angel of the Battlefield”. Although she did not start out as a nurse for her main career she did although began as
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Clara Barton By: Caleb Eldrenkamp. Did you know that there were roughly 3‚300 union nurses in the Civil war?Clara Barton was one of them.Through out her childhood Clara Barton was a very intelligent and bright child.Clara Barton was born on December 25th‚1821.Clara Barton was the fifth child in her family including David‚Dolly‚Sarah‚and Stephen.Her parents believed in equal rights and taught her about equal rights.In her youth she was a girl who loved being outside.She learned many things at a young
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Small Claim A small claim court is designed to handle cases inexpensively and quickly. The hearings are informal and attorneys are not allowed‚ although you may ask your lawyer for advice before your hearing. The small claims cases for Santa Clara County are held in Palo Alto and Morgan Hill court houses. A plaintiff is the person who is filing the lawsuit‚ the person being sued is the defendant. Basically the plaintiff tells the court his or her side of the story showing whatever evidence
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of the Battlefield “I may be compelled to face danger‚ but never to fear it‚ and while our soldiers can stand and fight‚ I can stand and feed and nurse them.” This quote from Clara Barton explains that she is a was a very strong woman. She was a nurse of many‚ an educator‚ a leader‚ but most of all she was a friend. Clara Barton impacted the United States because she founded a major organization‚ created and lead a public school in New Jersey‚ and she and a team of others were a great help for president
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7. Describe how a piece of art‚ a work of literature‚ or a dramatic presentation has had a significant impact on your intellectual development and your appreciation of the fine arts. Santa Clara University 8. If you could go back and change one day in your life‚ what would you change and why? Santa Clara University 9. Tell us
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Running Head: American Red Cross American Red Cross Melissa Chaney Public and Community Health HCS/457 Professor Nancy Donegan August 2‚ 2010 American Red Cross The American Red Cross was founded in 1881 by Clara Barton in Washington D.C. The American Red Cross states that their mission is “The American Red Cross‚ a humanitarian organization led by volunteers‚ guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement‚ will provide
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