Jedediah S. Smith Obituary Maycee Stringham 5th Period Jedediah S. Smith was born June 24, 1798 in New York. He was one of the greatest trappers and explorers. He became one of the “Ashley Men” in 1822. Jedediah was a skinny man with brown hair and blue eyes. He was the fourth oldest of 12 kids.
Crenshanda Williams, a Houston Texas police phone operator is being charged for allegedly hanging up on multiple emergency calls. She was caught saying "Ain 't nobody got time for this. For real," after she hung up on one of the calls. She told police that the reason on why she hung up on those calls was due to her not wanting to talk to anyone at that time.
Trai Woodson Dean Corll was one of the friendliest guys in the neighborhood. He was born in Fort Wayne Indiana but later moved to Houston Texas, after his parents divorced, where he did his dirt. All of Dean's teachers decribed him as a pretty well behaved student who kept a nice grade average. In 1964 he was drafted into the military but was released on a discharge a year later. When he returned home he decided to help his family with their small candy selling business.
Famed Singer Releases New Single Shirley Caesar is not just a music superstar, she is a Gospel music legend. Over six decades, Caesar, the "Reigning Queen of Gospel Music" compiled a list of awards that is almost unbelievable: 11 Grammy Awards, 13 Stellar Awards, 18 Doves, 1 RIAA gold certification, an Essence Award, McDonald 's Golden Circle Lifetime Achievement Award, NAACP Achievement Award, SESAC Lifetime Achievement Award, induction into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and she performed at the White House. Caesar has also been named as one of those who will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2016. In addition to nearly 60 years of music and 40 albums, Caesar also pastors the 1,500-member Mount Calvary Word of Faith Church in Raleigh, North Carolina.
A. In the course of the Greek trade, the colony of Naukratis, Egypt introduced the Greeks to the colossal stone construction. Also, they were being exposed to Eastern artwork during the Orientalizing period and following the archaic period. The Greeks started to create the stone statues very similar and even duplicated to the way the Egyptians designed their monuments. The statue of Venus was designed and created from a Greek sculptor, this being one of the first sculpture that was duplicated like the Egyptians sculptured their statue art.
The life of the woman who accomplished what seemed to be impossible back during her lifetime, Winifred Merrill, begins in the year of 1862 on September 24 in the lovely city of Ripon, Wisconsin. Who her parents were and if she had any other family members or siblings is unknown. Throughout her youth, Merrill had the utmost pleasure of being educated privately which took her into her first years of college, the first college she attended was all the way in Massachusetts which was Wellesley College. After a couple years until 1883, she received her bachelor 's degree and bounced from Wellesley to Harvard University for about a year then bounced again to Columbia University where she remained and worked to get her PHD. Although Merrill was also
Genu Valgum, Adult Genu valgum, also called knock knee, is a condition where the knees angle in and touch each other when the legs are straight. People may be born with knock knee or develop it later in life. CAUSES Genu valgum that is present at birth is caused by positioning during pregancy. Most cases of genu valgum are just part of normal development. Genu valgum that develops later in life can be caused by: Rickets.
it is said in Greek mythology that the name mint came from a nymph whose name was Minthe, she was Pluto’s [Hades] girlfriend, Pluto’s wife became enraged with jealousy over her husband’s wandering eye and turned Minthe into a ground clinging plant, Pluto could not turn her back so instead he gave her the ability to sweeten the air when her leaves were crushed. Another Greek tale tells of two strangers entering a village and was treated hostile , they was not offered food or a place to stay till and old couple took pity on them. The old couples name was Philemon and Baucus, before putting the food on the table the old couple rubbed it down with mint to give a fresh clean smell, after the meal the two strangers reveal who they really was, Zeus
ANDREAS VESALIUS Andreas Vesalius, the father of modern anatomy was born in Brussels in 1514 and died in 1564. Throughout his life of 49 years, Vesalius challenged medical theories with a thirst for learning and discovery. Born into a wealthy family with his father as a pharmacist at the court of Margret of Austria, he received a privileged education from six years old. In 1537, Vesalius gained his doctorate and became a professor of Surgery and Anatomy at the University of Padua. He valued lifelong learning which contributed to his revolutionary works and methods demonstrating the spirit of a Renaissance man.
Justinian the Great Justinian the great (482-565), also known as Justinian I or Saint Justinian the Great was a Byzantine (east roman) Emperor that reigned from 527 to 565. During his time, his goal was to restore the “greatness” of his empire, and reconquer the western half of the Roman Empire. To do this he gathered “administrators and counselors from outside the aristocratic class. His own modest origins, along with his selection of these court members, contributed to lasting tensions with the Byzantine nobility.
The researcher is one step to find the tomb of Cleopatra VII The tomb of famous ancient Egyptian queen may be discovered this year. It is an excellent year for archeology in Egypt. After the exciting discovery of the new pyramid, Kathleen Martinez, a lawyer from the Dominican Republic, tries to solve one of the greatest mysteries of ancient Egypt. Every single day she gets closer to find the tomb of famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII.
Symbolism is an object’s physical and emotional representation. In the novel "Inside out and back again" Ha's papaya tree symbolizes hope and strength but physically it's just a tree that bares papaya. In this novel, ha expresses how much she fancies the "orange-yellow delights" and how a simple seed she flicked into the back garden turned into a tree that is twice as tall as her. Every morning she would wake up first to watch the tree so she can witness its ripening first", She even learns to nurse her papaya tree right so that when they are ripe she can offer her mother the first fruit the tree produces.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR FAMILY & BACKGROUND TO THEIR CAREER Saladin was a very prominent and successful military leader in the 1100’s, winning many crusades, including capturing Jerusalem from the Christian Crusaders. He was also a great political leader, uniting many Muslim regions and founding the Ayyūbid dynasty which lasted more than 50 years. Saladin grew up in a military-active family with many of his extended family members with an important role in the military. His life and career was influenced by his upbringing significantly as a he was exposed to a “military lifestyle” from a young age, without his family and the way they brought him up, he would not have had a military based profession.
Once the Tilted Arc was resurrected, it stood twelve feet high, was one hundred and twenty
John Baskerville By; Shaina Flatow John Baskerville started the transitional style serif fonts with his Baskerville font. He opened the door to the modern style of fonts and implemented many changes to the printing and typesetting industry that is still felt today. It is hard to find a graphic designer today that doesn’t use his font or a font based of his. He was born on January 28, 1706 in Wolverley, Worcestershire, England. He was originally a writing master and stone engraver.
