Individuals who create and help implement those activities that reduce vulnerability to natural and manmade hazards and disasters in public and private sector organizations at the local, county, state, regional, national, and international levels.
Individuals who create and help implement those activities that reduce vulnerability to natural and manmade hazards and disasters in public and private sector organizations at the local, county, state, regional, national, and international levels.
The process of extending central station electric service through a network of transmission and distribution lines to make electricity readily available for use where needed. This article describes the difficult task of electrifying the vast rural areas of the U.S.
Adults age 65 or older. A brief profile of adults age 65 or older who live in rural America is provided and the state of knowledge about important aspects of growing old in a rural environment is summarized in this article.
The buildings, both permanent and mobile, that house the process of educating youth. This entry discusses the current conditions of rural facilities including statistics, consolidation and cooperative options, multiple use issues and technological advances.
The content or subject matter taught in a school or similar setting. Basic concepts of curriculum and how it is differentiated from instruction are explored in this article in order to appreciate the uniqueness of rural school curricula.
The academic preparation of rural students in kindergarten through grade 12; elementary- and secondarylevel instruction.
Specially designed instruction, at no cost to the parents, intended to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability (Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act, 2004).
The part-time participation of learners 17 years old and over in college courses, in service training, developmental and basic education, and literacy programs.
Planned strategies used to enhance community residents’ lives, individually and corporately, through improved employment, service and housing opportunities.
Commonly known as the Eximbank, the Export-Import Bank was created in 1934 by the Roosevelt administration to promote trade with the United States.
A basket or composite currency developed by the European Economic Community (EEC) in the 1970s and 1980s as the community’s accounting currency.
In 1851, the first unit of the later Erie Railway System opened under the corporate banner of the New-York & Erie Railway Company.
The first major inland waterway built in the United States. Canals became the first commonly used method of transporting goods in America, especially from areas that were located between two bodies of water.
An energy company created in 1985 with the merger of the Houston Natural Gas Co. and InterNorth Corp. of Omaha, integrating several pipeline companies to create the first nationwide natural gas pipeline system.
Born in Milan, Ohio, to Samuel and Nancy Elliott Edison, Edison began experimenting while still a child.
Born in Logan, Utah, Eccles was the oldest of nine children. After attending Brigham Young College, he became familiar with investments and established an investment company that acquired many of his father’s successful business enterprises.
Born in Nova Scotia, Eaton was a member of an established New England family that moved to Canada in 1760. He graduated from Amherst Academy in Ontario and decided to become a Baptist minister.
Born in Waterville, New York, Eastman moved to Rochester with his family as a young boy.
The company, originally Pitcairn Aviation, began in the early 1920s when civil aviation consisted mainly of barnstorming and stunt flying.
