to clear out the German battery and he succeeded in their retreat. This success lead to Tommy's…
Jerry M. Reinsdorf (born February 25, 1936) is a CPA, lawyer and an owner of the MLB 's Chicago White Sox and the NBA 's Chicago Bulls. He started his professional life as a tax attorney with the Internal Revenue Service. He has been the head of the White Sox and Bulls for over 20 years.…
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was born on September 8, 1828 and died on February 24, 1914. He was originally named Lawrence Joshua Chamberlain and was an American college professor from the State of Maine, who volunteered during the American Civil War to join the Union Army. Although having no earlier education in military strategies, he became a highly respected and decorated Union officer, reaching the rank of Brigadier General and Brevet Major General.…
Aron Ralston is the bravest person I know. Aron was an American outdoorsman, who loved canyoneering. In a canyon of Utah, Ralston was hiking all alone, when something deadly happened. An enormous boulder became dislodged and landed right onto Aron's arm. Aron Ralston suffered tremendously, but he was brave enough to get through this tough situation.…
alternative methods of carbon fixation that concentrate CO2 at the site where rubisco is found, thereby suppressing…
John Hart was born on a farm that he eventually purchased and resided in until his death. John Hart was a farmer, miller, and in 1755 began his public service as Justice of the Peace. In 1761 he was elected to the Colonial Legislature of New Jersey and served by reelection until 1771 when it was dissolved. The royal governor appointed him Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1774. In July of the same year he was elected to the First Provincial Congress of New Jersey. That body appointed him to the Committee of Correspondence in 1775. He also served as Chairman of the New Jersey Committee of Safety, 1776-7. He served with his congress until 1776, having been elected Vice-President, June 15, 1776. Seven days later he was elected a delegate to the Continental Congress along with Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkins, and…
Granville Allen was born in 1910, in Kansas City, Missouri. Granville was the 7th person ever to be executed at the Missouri State Penitentiary. He was executed at age 28 on October 28th, 1938. Granville lived with his mother and some other relatives.…
On the evening of September 15, 2017, Jackson Johnson, the father of a 10-month old baby, suddenly had a blood clot while riding his bicycle. He was found on the sidewalk in the countryside of Mississauga, Ontario.…
Pennsylvania’s 15th congressional district representative is Charles Dent. His full name is Charles Wieder Dent, and he is a member of the Republican Party. Dent’s decisions affect our family a lot, because we live in the 15th district of Pennsylvania.…
When one begins to look into the life of James Alan McPherson you find a very common story among people of his time. Born in 1943 in the south, he lived during a time of segregation. He worked numerous odd jobs while going to a Catholic school to help support his mother and siblings when his father developed a drinking problem and was jailed. McPherson felt that his father had abandoned his family and that it was his responsibility to help support them in his father’s absence. His father had found it difficult to be licensed as an electrician even though he was a master electrician. Since he was a black man, he was repeatedly denied his license due to his race.…
His name name was Edward James Wolff, he was born in San Diego, California April 7th 1896. Lived with my parents Edward Wolff and Pauline Wolff, they came to the United States from germany. He moved to Seattle, Washington at the age of 4. He went to school in Seattle and it was great. He didn’t really mind about me being from german descent because germans were one of the biggest immigrant groups in the United States and he was taught that everyone is equal. He always felt comfortable and not scared of being discriminated. Until the World War 1 began, he was 18 years old trying to make a living. But, he got discriminated, he was getting worse treatment that the rest of people, he got called names and made his life a lot harder, it got to the point where a german got lynched. Even though germans were a big…
On April 12, 1724, in Wallingford, Connecticut, Lyman Hall was born to the Honorable John Hall and his wife, Mary. His great-great-grandfather, Richard Lyman, moved to America in 1621, leaving England behind. After graduating from Yale in 1747, Hall studied theology, taught by his uncle, Reverend Samuel Hall. He began preaching and was ordained by the Fairfield West Consociation, but was then dismissed in 1751 due to charges of immoral conduct. After confessing to his wrong deeds, he was restored to the position.…
Jence Rhoads: Jence was a standout basketball player at Vanderbilt University and then later professionally in Romania. I had Jence Rhoads for my instructor for Coaching the Mental Side class and this class laid the foundation for my thirst for sport psychology. Previously, I had read her basketball profile on Vanderbilt’s website. No doubt, Jence’s family background is sports. Her dad played basketball for Wake Forest and then played professionally overseas. Her mother played basketball at Slippery Rock University and also was on the 1984 Olympic Handball Team with Reita Clanton. It’s a small world. I wonder what it was like around the dinner table at the Rhoad’s house? I would think constant talk about basketball and handball to include the mental side. I see this trend often in families and it seems to validate in my mind that genetics…
“A simple Blue Dog is the obvious visual subject of every painting. However, the title combines with the paint on the canvas to convey a deeper meaning: one that in the end rarely alludes to that animal as we know as “dog,” but instead provides insight – whether humorous or nostalgic or sad – into human condition.” – George Rodrigue. The famous and southern man, George Rodrigue, was born on March 13, 1944, in New Iberia, Louisiana. Rodrigue has been drawing since a child, in the famous Cajun country. When Rodrigue was eight, he contracted polio and spent a year in bed. His parents were worried to death that they might lose their only child. Often times, to pass…
My friend John Le, who I have known since high school, always enjoyed heavy metal music even though everyone else in our friend group enjoyed more traditional teenage music genres, such as hip-hop, R&B, and pop. His music choices alienated him somewhat from the rest of us and lead to many arguments between him and myself on the merits of the heavy metal genre, which works out perfectly because I chose to interview him due to this genuine interest in the experiences that shaped his adoration of heavy metal music. In this essay, my interview with John Le reveals that his fascination with heavy metal music stems from a desire for a genre to express emotional mood shifts and rebellion from the traditional rigid constraints (as well as expectations)…