Jon “Bones” Jones was the most feared light heavyweight in UFC history. At the young age of 23, Jones, became the youngest UFC champion of all time. It took him little effort to conquer the whole weight division due to his extreme athleticism and raw talent. Ultimately Jones’ reckless behavior and poor choices led to several suspensions. Although Jones has made many poor decisions, he always made a comeback. Jon Jones became the Light Heavyweight champion through his athleticism and dedication; however, his poor decisions caused his downfall and possibly the end of his career. Jones was born in Rochester, New York on July 19, 1987. His father is a pastor at a small pentecostal church, and his mother is a nurse. Jones’s family is religion oriented, with his father being the pastor. He even has a tattoo on his chest, bible verse Philippians 4:13, which was his sisters favorite bible story before she passed (Rousseau). He has one older brother, Arthur, who is 28, and one younger brother, Chandler, who is 24. He also had a sister who died from cancer before the age of 18. Both of his brothers display the same athleticism by playing in the in the NFL. According to boston.com, Jack Andrade, a UFC journalist, said, “the Jones family is the toughest family in sports today”(Andrade). Jones is now living with his fiance Jennie, and has two daughters Leah and Carmen. His family has always been close, and the struggles they have persevered through have brought them even closer. At the…
The purpose of watch dogs was to get more male role models involved with the children’s education. As many know, there is a surplus shortage of male teachers. Secondly, the is an alarming number of households that do not have a patriarch. To melee these serious issues the PTA formed the Watch dogs program. The program includes fathers, older brothers, uncles and grandfather of the students. Subsequently, in later years we have seen several husbands of the teachers of Bessie Coleman Elementary…
leathery greenish-gray skin and spines along its back. It's about the size of a 4 year-old, and can stand/ hop around like a kangaroo. Most sites and books say that El Chupacabra is about the size of a small dog, and has wings. This website, says that it's three to four feet tall, and jumps around like a kangaroo. The picture on the site is a drawing, and looks like what someone would call an alien. The picture does fit the description they wrote about, but they don't have any real pictures.…
At the Rex Jazz and Blues Bar on 194 Queen Street West, The Sinners Choir performed in the genre of Americana, Free Jazz to an audience of around twenty-five people. Free Jazz was first introduced in the summer of 1960 when Saxophonist Ornette Coleman and his band recorded This is Our Music for Atlantic records. In the album, “Coleman reordered structural principles to offer the members of his group maximum melodic and rhythmic freedom,” (Anderson 2007, 1). He accomplished an improvised approach…
Bessie Coleman Bessie Coleman has influenced many African American teens from Texas by opening a flying school and teaching other black women to fly, being the first black woman to earn a pilot's license, and working to inspire black aviators. Bessie Coleman was born in Atlanta, Texas; she was the tenth of thirteen children. George Coleman, her father, was three quarter Cherokee Indian. Her parents worked as sharecroppers. (Carly Courtney, Disciples of flight) When she was 12 years old,…
blamed for managing in powdered cocaine, yet split was the neighborhood medication of decision. The captures were all the aftereffect of a covert operation by one cop, Tom Coleman, and his statement was basically the main proof sponsorship the charges. In any case, Coleman was…
Good afternoon Corbin, The current National Oncology/Infusion Competency version 2 specifies the following: (a) Inital evaluation requires a total of two PATT-2 media fill challenge with needles and one modified PhaSeal PATT (b) Ongoing requires one PATT-2 challenge and one modified PhaSeal Following the last OSC meeting, there were some confusions amongst the SCAL Oncology Supervisors with regards to PATT-2 testing for new hires and existing staff. Can you please provide clarification on…
Method 1. Scissors were used to cut the rubber band, making the rubber band one straight line instead of a circular shape. 2. One end of the rubber band was securely tied to the middle of the skewer. The other end was securely tied to the hook of the 100g slotted steel weight. 3. The skewer was placed along the rim of the 250mL measuring cylinder, which allowed the rubber band and steel weight to hang within the measuring cylinder. Play dough was placed, to secure the skewer, to the edges of…
Mark Twain’s life is full of quotes and passages we can all relate to. But there was one that stood out to me when I did my research reading “Plan for the future because that 's where you are going to spend the rest of your life”. (On planning for the future by Mark Twain. (n.d.)) This simple idea from Twain made perfect sense after I really read into Letters from The Earth from our text book. (Twain, M., & Doyno, V. (1995)) Twain in Letter II writes about Heaven with “His heaven is like…
The Unfathomable Banning of Huckleberry Finn Literature throughout all of history has conveyed thoughts, enlightened minds, and has satirized issues of its time. Literature educates those of all ages and knows no bounds. It allows us of the present a look at the past and to those of the past it gives hope of the future. Many of these works have been revered for their brilliance, but one of them specifically has been scored and ridiculed unjustly. That book in particular is The…