Loreta Janeta Velázquez was a woman of great ambition, skill, and courage who lived and fought during the American Civil War. She disguised herself as a man so that she could join a nearby regiment in the Confederacy and later became a spy to scout out Union strategies and other information that would be useful. All of Velázquez’s experiences are described in her autobiography, The Woman in Battle: A Narrative of the Exploits, Adventures, and Travels of Madame Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Otherwise Known as Lieutenant Harry T. Buford, Confederate States Army. Loreta Janeta Velázquez was born in Cuba in 1842. At the age of seven, she moved to New Orleans for schooling, and seven years later she eloped with an officer in Texas.…
A death, a life of a teammate, a twitter account, and a note . These are the points that this case revolve around. First the death. On May 15th 2014 Lee Valdez and Sam Spencer were sent to investigate a car theft.…
Celia Cruz was born on October 21, 1925, in Santos Suarez neighborhood of La Habana. She started entering amateur competitions when she was fourteen years old. Cruz studied at the National Music Conservatoria Havana with a concentration in voice, piano and music theory. Although his father encouraged she become a teacher, developing his music career was inevitable natural ability as much as by the almost innate passion she had for music. In 1950, she joined the group La Sonora Matancera as lead singer.…
Another interesting person who passed and was also part of the public eye was Kristine Miller. Miller was a Hollywood actress who in comparison to Alexa McAllister, experienced a natural death, passing away in a hospital towards the end of last year. I thought it was…
On May 2nd, 2012, Junior Seau was found dead in his home with a single gunshot wound to the chest. There was no suicide note found, but the 12 time Pro Bowler, 1992 Defensive Player of the Year, and soon to be NFL Hall of Fame Inductee had taken his own life and left his girlfriend to find his body. One of the greatest football players of all time had commit suicide as a result of CTE, a condition traced to concussion-related brain damage with depression as a symptom. His demise sparked a movement in the football community and its’ players to try and prevent brain damage in other players. Since his death, rules and other precautions have been put into place to protect the players, but more must be done.…
At age 44 she discovered that she had breast cancer and although she was able to recover, it left her feeble and weak and she died only two years…
There have been many different views concerning the roles that religion and spirituality play in both physical and mental health. These perspectives have been extreme from religion being blamed for mental health illnesses to relying on religion to help with physical health problems. Albert Ellis believed that religion and mental health were incompatible with one another. He thought religion could harm an individual’s mental health. Ellis had a viewpoint known as naturalistic metaphysical extremism, which refers to human nature as a naturalistic system that should not depend on religion.…
She did not recognize her own daughter. She died on August 15, 1496 and was buried in the Miraflores Charterhouse with her husband and…
The two where later married after she had a lung transplant in which he gave her a lung. Her disease was still getting worse and as much as her doctor told her not to she continued riding horses everyday with her husband Cody and passed away doing what she loved best with the person she loved…
According to Webster Dictionary, "entertainment is the act of amusing or entertaining people" (Marian-Webster Dictionary). As you may know Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston have passed away, but Sam Smith, Photography, and Kevin Hart are still alive and they are all well known. So as Americans, we may enjoy looking at photographs of famous people. Sam Smith is an entertainer who has been photographed a lot. Sam Smith has always been a natural singer, but he also had been inspired by the soulful singers Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder.…
The seminar by Kimberly Ferreira was highly informative on elderly nutrition. Like all points in our life, nutrition is so critical to elderly folks. As a person ages there are physiological transformation such as, losing muscle mass, a decreased metabolism, a decreased immune system, changes in the GI tract, dental problems and much more. For this reason, it is extremely important to keep a balanced diet. A proper diet can decrease diseases such as cancer, osteoporosis, hypertension and heart disease.…
Her album Pearl Became more popular than she intended. On October 3, she popped a needle of heroin, and she fell and hit the table. The next day, her band mates began to worry that she hadn't shown up to the recording studio. John Byrne Cooke found her dead from accidental overdose of heroin, she was 27 (Angel 90-94). In January 19, 1995, she was inducted in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall Of Fame.…
Imagine not having a safe place to come home to everyday. Now, imagine coming home everyday with the constant fear of being beaten by your own parents. For Destiny Garcia, this was a reality. Destiny Garcia killed her parents after a lifelong struggle of being both physically and sexually abused. There is much controversy over whether Destiny should be convicted of murder.…
According to the New York Post, Janis Joplin, the ‘second noted’ pop singer, died on October 4, 1970 of a heroine overdose. Joplin lived a very involved lifestyle, putting her everything into her music and concerts. The article states that, “Janis Joplin sang with more than her voice. Her involvement was total.” Seemingly Joplin’s life was luxurious.…
There are many theories on her death and what happened. There are the common theories saying that her parents killed her, a stranger killed her, or her brother killed her. There are also even crazy theories saying that “Santa Claus” killed her (Wittmer 1). Most detectives and people think that a stranger or the parents killed JonBenet, but more credible evidence leads to the brother…