Is That All There Is? Joe Lessard Leaving City Post BY KAYTE VANSCOY‚ FRI.‚ JULY 31‚ 1998 Assistant City Manager Joe Lessard photograph by John Anderson The rumors started over a year ago‚ but it should come as no surprise to those familiar with the protracted pace of city government that it took this long to hear that Assistant City Manager Joe Lessard would be leaving his post at the city of Austin. Last June‚ when the then-new City Council took a retreat with upper-level city staff‚ the scuttlebutt
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Korea in 2012 Posted on January 11‚ 2012 by Admin Whether you’re a shopaholic‚ a workaholic‚ a K-Pop fanatic‚ a foodie‚ a filmmaker‚ or just plain superstitious: 2012 is a good year to be here. [pic] 2012‚ the year the world supposedly ends. All the more reason to visit Korea — the Land of Morning Calm — to soothe your terror before the world is destroyed by a meteorite. And 2012 is also the Year of the Dragon‚ according to the Chinese zodiac. And not only that‚ but it’s also the Year of
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Do you really think Columbus discovered America? What does discovering a country consist of? Well‚ Columbus may have started the expansion of the “The New World” but‚ certainly did not find it first. Native Americans were living on “The New World” way before Columbus and the English came along. When Columbus arrived to America in 1492 he thought he landed in India but‚ come to find out this was “The New World”. Despise his actions he had millions of innocent Native Americans killed and tortured.
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I could still remember how I cried when my mother was leaving to go to Saudi Arabia. I was just 11 years old then and was only in Grade 5. I did not completely understand why she had to go. What I only knew was we needed the money for our family expenses. I tried really hard to study well because I wanted to help our family. In fact‚ almost every year I was top 1 in our class so my tuition in the Chinese school I went to was free. Even though my mother was far away‚ I wanted her to be really happy
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Humanities: The Spanish Discovered Gold in Texas in 1540 By Nicholas Fields Exposition Introduction: In the 1540’s the Spaniards arrived in Texas to look for gold. The expedition was led by Captain Barbados. The ship carried over 300 people. The ship’s carried slaves‚ food‚ livestock (cows‚ pigs‚ sheep‚ chickens and goats)‚ plants‚ flour and Sugar. Rising Action: While they were out on their voyage from Spain‚ the Spaniards encountered huge storms. The currents of the ocean threw the ships off course
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former B.B.C. boss who has alreadyweathered an international media scandal and a closely-watched round of newsroom downsizing since becoming the Times Company’s new chief executive in November. "I took this job not just because I’ve been a devoted user of The New York Times for many years‚ but because I believe it’s one of a handful of global news brands that can not just survive‚ but thrive in this digital era‚" he said in the first public comments about his new gig. But if Times watchers were
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Conventional wisdom would say that blocking a hole would prevent light from going through it‚ but Princeton University engineers have discovered the opposite to be true. A research team has found that placing a metal cap over a small hole in a metal film does not stop the light at all‚ but rather enhances its transmission. In an example of the extraordinary twists of physics that can occur at very small scales‚ electrical engineer Stephen Chou and colleagues made an array of tiny holes in a thin
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Oxygen (1770s) [pic] British educator and philosopher Joseph Priestley (1733 – 1804) discovered oxygen in experiments‚ isolated the gas‚ and described its function in combustion and respiration. He also invented soda or carbonated water by dissolving fixed air with water. Unaware of the significance of his discoveries and because of his stubborn refusal to abandon the phlogiston theory‚ he named the new gas “dephlogisticated air.” However‚ it would be the French chemist Antoine Lavoisier (1743
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For almost American teenagers‚ having a conversation with their president is considered as a privilege and it’s honorable to have a chance like that. For me‚ in spite of just being a Vietnamese girl‚ not an American one‚ I long to come face to face with the President Barack Obama or have a short conversation with him by the telephone. Obama is a phenomenon as a Black man who became the leader of the most powerful nation in the world. He is also the good model of the excellence‚ persistence and
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from the school would be decreased by doing ‘Open Campus’. By having an Open Campus at ASFM‚ it would bring a lot of benefits to the students in the long run. Based on research‚ they have proven that by having an Open Campus‚ students will develop social skills‚ independency‚ and responsibility skills. Gerardo Durán‚ an ex alumni of Latin American School and currently in career at Tec said “Compared to Latin‚ which is a non open campus‚ I have met new people that have now
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