Florida Governership Elections Rick Scott Rick Scott, born in Bloomington, Virginia, is a graduate of the university of Missouri and a Republican businessman and Politician. After graduating, Scott joined the United States Navy, where he gained leadership experience. When he left the army, he joined the Dallas firm, Johnson & Swanson as a partner. Along with two other partners He co-founded the for-profit company, Columbia Hospital Corporation. After the Hospital ran into some charges on felony, Rick Scott resigned his position as a cheif exceutive.…
Mike Trout In this essay I will talk about Mike Trout. Mike Trout is my favorite Baseball player. He plays for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. I have liked Mike Trout since he came in the league.…
On October 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard, a student at the University of Wyoming, was beaten, tortured, tied to a fence, and left for dead by local teenagers all because of his sexuality. Shortly before Matthew’s death, James Byrd Jr., a 49-year-old African American man from Jasper, Texas, was found decapitated and dismembered on a road near his hometown. The perpetrators tied him up and dragged his body with their truck. The men who committed this terrible crime had connections with the Ku Klux Klan and held white supremacist ideologies. Two days after the attacks on September 11, 2001, Balbir Singh Sodhi, a Sikh gas station owner in Arizona, was savagely murdered by an attacker who thought that because he wore a turban, he was a follower of Osama…
Intro pg George S. Patton could be seen as controversial in his tactics and treatments of his men and fellow soldiers. Although he had played a huge part in world war one and two, he had a not so humble start to the story of how he fought his way up the ranks. 1st pg George Smith Patton Jr. was born to a was born in san Gabriel California November 11, 1885.…
The driver I picked was Denny Hamlin. He is sponsored by Air jordan and helps promote the brand to people who really don't know about Air jordan. He was born in florida but grew up in Chesterfield Virginia. He accomplished many goals. At just sixteen he won the pole position race.…
Louie was showing defiance when, in the beginning, he was running away from the police. Louie stated, “...and then I ran like mad” (Hillenbrand 6). This quote indicates that Louie was a troublemaker and was always getting himself in a dilemma. Nevertheless, what he stole, he in return gave it to other people. This emphasizes that what he took from the needy, he donated it to the poor.…
Judge Robert Bork was nominated to serve as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court on July 1, 1987 by President Ronald RJudge Robert Bork was nominated to serve as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court on July 1, 1987 by President Ronald Reagan. He was a Senior Judicial Advisor to Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign and solicitor general under President Richard M. Nixon. He fired Special Prosecutor, Archibald Cox, in what became known as the “Saturday Night Massacre”. He opposed the Supreme Court’s one man, one vote decision on legislative apportionment. He wrote an article opposing the 1964 Civil Rights law, requiring hotels, restaurants and other businesses to serve people of all races (Totenberg).…
We got to pick a famous person in the world and make up a story about them. So I picked Trump and here's one of example I said why people shouldn't break the laws “Trump went jail for a couple of years for stealing from Bob”. Trump Should someone go to jail for breaking a law? Well I think they shouldn’t because it’s against the law. So now I’m gonna to you about a story that someone breaking a law and if it’s ok to.…
Growing up in Los Angeles, California, Paul Stevens (65) has lived quite an eventful life. From living with his mother and grandmother in a compact suburban apartment, to retiring at age 65 from being a very successful pilot for Delta Airlines and going on to live peacefully in his lakeside home in Euless, Texas with his wife, Connie Stevens (67). However getting to that point was no easy task and no story of success is complete without the occasional adversity along the way. Back in Los Angeles, Stevens was born on October 4th, 1951. Being raised by his mother, his grandmother also lived with them to help take care of him while his mother was at work.…
Dave Ramsey is a businessman who is famous for his financial advice on getting out of debt. Ramsey himself had gone into debt and ended up filing for bankruptcy. He started teaching classes and giving advice after he had financially recovered. His advice and ideas have helped many people get out of debt, while also helping them save up for the future. Dave Ramsey has taught me countless ideas over the past two weeks, some of which include not using credit cards, having separate bank accounts, and starting to save early in life.…
Is Ted Cruz really the Zodiac Killer? Even though this is a very popular theory it is impossible, but who is really the Zodiac Killer? What I will go over is why the Zodiac Killer could not be Ted Cruz In this paragraph, I will go over why it is impossible for Ted Cruz to be the Zodiac Killer The first main reason why this is impossible is the place of birth.…
I grew up in a poor, yet beautiful neighborhood called Grant Hill. Grant Hill is my wonderland and although I aspire more in life, Grant Hill has become a piece of me. Grant Hill is where I still live, furthermore; as time passes the neighborhood changes. As a consequence, so do the people who come and leave, nonetheless I still identify this as home. In this neighborhood I met my closest friends Ruby, Jenny and Saraid who until this day, resemble a sister bond between us.…
Due to how rapidly diversity is increasing in America, it’s getting extremely difficult for Americans from all 50 states to sustain a common identity. From the interviews conducted by the New York Times, people with completely different backgrounds provided variety of responses to the same question “What does it mean to be an American?”. According to David Koch, a lawyer and mayoral candidate in Farmers Branch, he stated “It’s just a concept that’s always there. To me it’s just a hard work ethic, a commitment to country, to the community, always wanting to give of yourself to make the whole better, to make the country stronger, to help your neighbors.”…
It was on December 6, 1936, when the founder of the Kenneth Copeland Ministries was brought forth to the world. Kenneth Copeland is distinguished as an author of best-selling books in America, a great preacher and a televangelist. Ken Copeland and his wife Gloria Copeland had started their Journey as Christians on November 2, 1962. He was 25 then when he gave his life to Christ and accepted Him as his personal Savior.…
If a woman had to name her top celebrity crush, Robert Downey Jr. would be at the head of the list. These past couple of years Robert Downey Jr. has succeeded in becoming an A-list actor. Robert Downey Jr. stays out of the media and keeps the details of his personal life under wraps. Although, in the past he did have some trouble with drugs and alcohol but, one can argue it only helped his reputation. Woman loving hearing success stories about men going from bad to good.…