Procedural History: Clayton Fountain was convicted of first degree murder against the guard Hoffman by a jury. The judge had sentenced him to no less but no more than 150 years in prison. He was also ordered to make pay $92,000 of restitution to Hoffman's estate, and $98,000 to Ditterline. He was also ordered to pay $300,000 to the Department of Labor. Silverstein and Gometz were tried together for the murder of Clutts with the same judge and before a jury.
The Death of Laci Peterson On December 24, 2002, Laci Peterson was reported missing from her home in Modesto, California by her parents and husband. The Modesto police began their search for Laci Peterson before the standard forty-eight hour limit to file a missing person’s report because she was eight months pregnant. John Buehler, the lead detective on her case, claims there was no reason for her to be missing on Christmas Eve. The police went to the Peterson household and questioned her husband Scott.
Dana Gioia Capsule Biography By Ryan Blocker Dana Gioia was born in Hawthorne, California on December 24, 1950. Gioia’s schooling was Catholic and a prominent school he attended was Junipero Serra High School. Later, Gioia had attended and graduated Standford Business School, but later went on to become a poet. Gioia himself remarked that he was, “the only person, in history, who went to business school to be a poet.”
Oliver Hill became a strong supporter of equality. Equality is the state of being the same in number, race, class, or quality. Oliver Hill grew up in Richmond, Virginia on May 1, 1907. Graduating from Dunbar High School, Hill wasn't sure what he wanted to do for a living. He married a woman named Beresenia Walker.
Gabriel Iglesias, also known as Fluffy, is a well-known Latino in the Hispanic and American world. From standup comedy all the way to acting, he knows how to make a person laugh their tails off. Gabriel was born on July 15, 1976 in San Diego California. Being the youngest of six children, Gabriel faced a hardship growing up. His father was not around when he was born so he was raised by his mother on Section 8 Housing.
Caden McCloughan Holland English 12 11 September 2016 Journal Entry: The Stone Boy There were several different themes that came to my attention in The Stone Boy as Arnold experiences quite a drastic change take place in his family. One thing that really caught my eye early on in the story was when the roles and jobs of the family were explained. The mother and the daughter are described tending to household jobs only while the father handles most of the work outside along with the oldest son Eugie. Then there’s Arnold, who’s more connected with his mother.
John Edward Walsh, Jr. is an American television personality, criminal investigator, human and victim’s right advocate, the creator and host of America’s Most Wanted, and The Hunt television shows. Born in 1945 in Auburn, New York he was raised in a strict and supportive catholic home. After becoming a hotel marketing executive in Hollywood, Florida John Walsh met his wife Reve’ Walsh and settled down to raise a family. (http://www.biography.com/people/john-walsh-9542164) In 1981, a seemingly normal day, John Walsh kissed his wife and young son Adam good
Justin Osmond Justin Osmond was born into a musical family with profound hearing loss. After 12 years of intense speech and listening therapy, he can now speak with passion and through modern-day technology, hear with conviction. Justin never allowed his hearing loss to stop him; even as a child, Justin found himself intrigued by sports, part of the Eagle Scouts, and living and learning music. Today, Justin is the speaker for his organization, the Olive Osmond Hearing Fund, raising awareness for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Matthew McConaughey, was born on November 4, 1969, in Uvalde Texas. McConaughey attend high school in Texas and stayed in Texas to attend The University of Texas at Austin (Matthew McConaughey Biography."). Listening to McConaughey speak you automatically think southerner, he has a rich southern dialect that can’t be missed and is used for every character he plays. McConaughey in 2014 won best leading actor at the academy awards, during his acceptance speech you could hear him speak in his natural
Many people wander about the north pole. Everyone knows that someone discovered it, but what you don 't know is that one of the two discoverers is very important to black history, Matthew Henson. He was the first African American explorer to go to the North Pole. Matthew Henson is important to black history because he was one of the first famous black explorers. His past is inspiring ,he discovered the north pole, he didn 't get noticed until 5 decades later
Final . The author, Seth Holmes, a physician-anthropologist, writes in the tradition of Agee, Murrow, and Steinbeck in exposing the social injustices that are a part of agriculture, sympathetically casting a human face on backbreaking work, and speaking truth to power. Seth Holmes ' ethnography study Fresh Fruit Broken Bodies is an analysis on the different problems going on with migrant workers in the United States the problems they face in their pursuit of survival, structural forces that impel migration and put individuals, families, and entire communities at a disadvantage of one kind or another. This book specifically connects to three topics we have discussed in introduction to Anthropology, which include economic life and exchange, politics
President Johnson made the Vietnam War his own by manipulating information, and the media to get congress to help support him in fighting the war. He didn’t want to go to war with Vietnam, but he felt that if the U.S. did not help South Vietnam, it would be a failure on him to have let Vietnam become a communist country. He was determined to keep the North Vietnamese communists from taking control over the government of South Vietnam. He feared that if America did not do anything to help contain communism, that it would spread throughout the world. This was also known as the “Domino Theory,” in which President Johnson strongly believed in.
The father of Keith Urban was placed on hospice earlier this week. The country music singer is beside himself with the news because his father, Robert Urban has been such an important part of life. Keith Urban announced the news while at his exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame. According to a report from US Weekly, Keith Urban 's father was placed on hospice just days before the exhibit opened. It was both a happy and sad occasion for the country artist.
Little Rock Nine is known as an Epic event. An Epic event consists, of an outstanding hero, have Epic traits, the setting is vast, the actions are of great valor, have supernatural forces and determines the future of the people. Little Rock Nine were nine African Americans who opposed racial segregation in public schools by attending all white schools. The group consisted of Melba Pattillo, Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Minnijean Brown, Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls, Jefferson Thomas, Gloria Ray, and Thelma Mothershed. The students attended school on the second day of school, but the governor of Arkansas sent police to block the entrance of the school.
Mythology has been a way of entertainment since the early ages. Neil Gaiman, a British author, has greatly contributed to modern mythology. His stories, such as Stardust, intrigues audiences of all ages. The characters created are interesting and complex. Gaiman’s character, Tristran Thorn, replaces his naivety with maturity as he travels throughout the world of Faerie.
