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beginning, young Vanderbilt was able to start his own business. At the age of sixteen, Vanderbilt decided to start his own ferry service with the loan he received by working through his Mother. With the one hundred he was able to obtain, by clearing and planting eight-acre field, Vanderbilt purchased two small vessels and carried freight and passengers from Manhattan to Staten Island. By being able to utilize his own earnings in order to start up a business for a chance to make an even more of a profit

One of example of discrimination in the film comes from Tarek’s arrest. The NYPD assume that Tarek has jumped the turnstop while entering the subway even though he paid. When Tarek tries to tell the police that he paid for the subway ride he is ignored. Even when Walter tries to stick up for Tarek and possibly use his own white privilege to tell the police that Tarek paid he is silenced. Ethnocentrism is also displayed once Tarek is placed in the detention center because in the waiting room of the

time of their first wedding anniversary which happens to be November 1. The happy couple enjoyed an outing with Michelle Duggar, Jill Dillard and baby Israel in New York City. In a recent update of photos Jessa and Ben were spotted outside the Staten Island Ferry terminal. It was great that this little reunion in occurred in New York instead of meeting up in Arkansas, it sure looks like they all had a great time being together. The family met up in New York because that is where TLC is filming the special

Windshield Survey and Reflection Windshield Survey and Reflection A windshield survey was conducted in the community of Staten Island, New York to obtain a detailed assessment through visual observations within the surroundings of the community. There are many variations of the definition of community one coming from the World Health Organization defining community as “A group of people, often living in a defined geographical area, who may share a common culture, values and norms, and are arranged

Kacie Boguskie Gaston of The Bachelor just had her first baby boy with new husband Rusty Gaston. People shared the news that on Tuesday Kacie gave birth to a beautiful little boy. He was born at 5:26, weighing in at 4 lbs., 14 oz and measuring 17 inches long and Boguskie named her son Ranger Gaston. Tuesday morning she went to her Twitter sharing that it was her own version of Labor Day and that her water broke. This meant that Kacie's little boy was on the way finally. Back in June, Kacie shared

Nelson Mandela said, “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.’’ My mother was that ”brave man“ who didn’t let fears get in her way. My mother taught me to become a  strong woman and to have courage in my life. She was the one who educated me to lead a successful journey. Now, here I am telling the story of how my mother influenced me to become the young women I am today.          

Landfill to Landscape competition, it is necessary to explore how Fresh Kills became known worldwide as the World’s Largest Landfill in the first place. For millennia, Fresh Kills was as salt marsh bordered by the Arthur Kill, the waterway separating Staten Island from New Jersey. Though the

Although Staten Island is small, the North Shore is part of a huge project coming up. Next to the Saint George Terminal, Richard Marin is looking to create the Empire Outlets, and the New York Wheel, a 630 foot tall Ferris wheel. When Marin started discussing the development project, he already had nearly 200 million dollars set, however, still needed to work out how he was going to get the other 300 million dollars (Hughes, 2015). An article in the New York Post, written by Associated Press (2014)

I am a native Staten Islander. Both my parents and set of grandparents were born on Staten Island as well, so it 's no surprise I was too. Much of my family lives on Staten Island and my whole childhood memories and reflections are all based off being Staten Island. I do appreciate the childhood memories I have as well as some of the people I have met, but I have mixed feelings overall about where I am from and most days I do not like it. I definitely agree it has both it 's pro 's and con 's at

The Duggar family is reaching out to their mom Michelle today to wish her a happy birthday. People shared that the Duggar kids are speaking out to reveal how much they want to be like Michelle and everything they appreciate that she has done for them. The Josh Duggar scandal can't break this family and they continue to put on a united front. Several videos were posted today on the Duggar family YouTube channel. In these videos the family is speaking out telling Michelle Duggar their thoughts on