“The Veggie Connection what is it you ask”? Well, it is a veggie event! “A Veggie Event”? Let me explain…. The Veggie Connection is a network event where attendees are exposed to a host of vegetarian/vegan vendors, speakers, entertainment, and more. The Veggie Connection aims to create an awareness regarding a plant-based lifestyle, but also to ensure that it is accessible, enjoyable, and sustainable for all who are on this journey towards wellness and abundance. The Veggie Connection was create to fill the space where these sorts of events aren't occurring. With me having my full share of traveling long distance to Veggie Events, paying for parking, waiting in long lines, feeling rushed, and not being able to see certain speakers. I felt with the birth of The Veggie Connection that people shouldn't have to travel far just to experience an event of this nature that usually occurs in a major city. You shouldn’t have to wait in long lines, pay for parking, feel rushed, and not able to see all the speakers who are speaking at the event. The Veggie Connection events are based on a more intimate type setting I like for all of our attendees to be able to take their time to talk and interact with each vendor, speaker, entertainer, and not be overcrowded. As an attendee, one can relax and enjoy themselves in an air condition facility or in a park setting with blankets and tents, and you don’t have to feel rushed. This aspect was an important factor into creating the…
Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia was an Italian mathematician who lived from 1499/1500 to 1557. When he was 12, a French army attacked his town and home, and a soldier cut his face and throat. Left with a speech impediment, he became known by the name “Tartaglia,” which means “the stammerer” in Italian. Tartaglia made many great contributions to the world and specifically to mathematics. He is responsible for finding a solution for cubic equations, writing important…
La Fontana Springs Event Center: First Look For a down-home, Texas country wedding that's just a short drive from the big city life in San Antonio, host your wedding at the family-owned La Fontana Springs Event Center. Say "I do" outside, on the venue's well-manicured grounds or take your vows inside the modern banquet facility. This hilltop property offers fantastic views and has plenty of unique locations for wedding photos such as the beautiful stone water fountain in front of the building or…
Third Edition (BASC-3) teacher report (TRS) was administered to Jackson’s special education teacher Dominic Fontana. A clinically significant score (T=70 or higher) suggest a high level of maladjustment. Scores in the At-Risk ranger (T=60-90) may identify a significant problem that may not be severe enough to require formal treatment or may identify the potential of developing a problem that needs careful monitoring. In addition, the Adaptive scales At-Risk Range fall…
friends when she started to change her life. Saili Miranda born into gang, expected to join gang, school divide up by race mostly blacks and hispanics; got beat up, shot at, have hurt others in Fontana, California. To prevent from hurting innocent people anymore i’d take beatings as “punishment”. In order for me to get out of the gang life had to do things, take orders. That way I would be able to go to college and have a future, I had to steal, beat up, threaten people, doing the dirty work.…
Riccardo Fontana thinks it is his Christian duty and joins a transport of Italian Jews to one of the extermination camps and ends up himself drawn to sacrifice and died with the Jews. Kurt Gerstein returns to Poland to observe the mass murder and tells Father Fontana, "I will be the eyes of God in that hell." and begins risking his life to sabotage and reduce the killing in any way he can. After the war, Kurt Gerstein imprisoned by French troops, and wrote his testimony of what he had witnessed…
Lavinia Fontana’s painting Christ with the Symbols of the Passion was painted in 1576 on with with oil paints. The painting is a small quaint painting framed here in El Paso Museum of Art. Fontana was a resident in Bologna, Italy, and learned from her father.. Her main focus was on devotional painting that lead to portraits. This particular painting contains the symbols that center around the events leading up to and after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Some of the items seen are the whip…
times his arrival with the shift change to avoid detection. After he notices a passenger train is coming by, Davey drives onto the tracks to kill himself. Davey miraculous survived but his actions causes the train to crash, killing twelve and injuring 250. When local authorities start responding to the train crash, Davey pretends to be another passenger injured in the wreck to avoid detection and even cut himself with a pocket knife to simulate injuries sustained in the wreck. After the EMTS…
Kids should have an allowance but they have to work for it. First of all, kids will learn the importance of hard work and handling money. According to Anthony Fontana in the article "Pros and Cons of Giving Kids an Allowance" it "Teaches kids finances" (p.1). Fontana also said "if tied to chores, kids learn the relationship between work and pay" (p.1). These two quotes from "Pros and Cons of Giving Kids an Allowance" Further support my claim. Another reason is that it gives kids a…
INTRODUCTION Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a growing problem amongst active duty military and veterans. The Department of Veterans Affairs reports eleven to twenty percent of veterans are diagnosed with PTSD (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 2015). With respect to OIF/OEF Veterans, PTSD has been found to be a risk factor for suicidal ideation (Jakupcak, Vannoy, Imel, Cook, Fontana, Rosenheck & McFall, 2010). It is estimated twenty-two veterans commit suicide per day (Kemp &…