February 26, 2015 ANC 5E Commissioner Bradley Thomas opened tonight\’s meeting by reading a letter chastising WJLA’s reporting of “Violence, chaos plaguing Dunbar High School in Northwest D.C.”. The report of violence and a “hall melee” at the historic Dunbar High School was aired on WJLA earlier this week. The report was allegedly based on …
February 26, 2015 Last night’s ANC5A meeting covered a number of important topics starting with the Verizon outage last November that impacted over 8000 DC residents (2500 of which reside in district 5A), the District’s new marijuana laws, and recent developments regarding bi-lingual schools in district 5A. Commissioner Washington introduced Mr. Mario Acosta-Velez, Verizon Director, …
THE BLACK FAMILY PLEDGE By Dr. Maya Angelou BECAUSE we have forgotten our ancestors, our children no longer give us honor. BECAUSE we have lost the path our ancestors cleared kneeling in perilous undergrowth, our children cannot find their way. BECAUSE we have banished the God of our ancestors, our children cannot pray. BECAUSE the …
February 18, 2015 Mid- City Financial Corporation revealed the initial layout for the renovation of Brookland Manor as part of the Brentwood Village project, scheduled to begin in 2017, during the February ANC 5C meeting today. Michael Meers, Executive Vice President – Mid-City Financial, led off the discussion by relaying the history of Brookland Manor and …
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Originally named Preparatory High School for Colored Youth and later known as M Street High School, Paul Laurence Dunbar. Founded as an educational mission at the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church, Dunbar was America\’s first public high school for black students. It was later the academic high school, with other schools related to vocational or technical …
In mathematics and physics, a soliton is a self-reinforcing solitary wave that maintains its shape while it travels at constant speed. Kurt Johnson describes it as “an intelligent particle that has an associated awareness”, with “each person having a single soliton\”. SOLTION, LLC is built upon a similar concept that everyone has a contribution, purpose, …
