2009 American League Championship Series

Born with a cleft lip. Numerous surgeries. A few years ago as I was falling asleep I remembered what I believe to be my first memory-- both arms restrained miles away from the stitches on my tortuously itching face. Is that trauma? The next several years were punctuated with appointments and surgeries with various physicians who fixed my face. At risk of wading into the poetic, the dreams to become a physician and practice medicine grew from the admiration I had for the doctors who took care of…

Maily T. Ly TIAS 491 - Dr. Rose Monday, February 19, 2018 Assignment #5 - Personal Statement/About Me Page My name is Maily Thi Ly. I was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. Growing up as the middle amongst my siblings and cousins, I was always expected to be adept at any tasks that were given to me. I was always being compared to my older siblings and cousins, like how I need to study harder like them, or how I need to graduate with a good career in hand. I was also enrolled in many…

“When the results were read, Rachel collapsed, sobbing and screaming for her mom, who had to rush onstage to comfort her.” At age thirteen, Rachel Crow participated on the show The X Factor, but was soon voted off. When she heard the results, she broke down crying and even collapsed. “... the incident sparked outrage among some fans. They said Rachel’s breakdown proved she was too young to be on the show,” wrote Justin O’Neill, author of “Should Kids Be on Reality TV?” Many psychologists believe…

Under the current bylaws of the NFL, no team can sell stock or public ownership in their franchise. Unless you are the Green Bay Packers. The Packers are the only team permitted to sell stock, because they were already selling stock before the NFL implemented the rule against it. This creates an enormous unfair advantage to the Packers over their competition in the NFL, and rule change needs to occur (Lariviere, 2011). The Packers have only publically sold shares of stock five times in the…

Lucas is the main character in the story and his uncle wanted him to play football but he was scared too because he didn't want to get hurt then something bad happens. Anyway he thought his mom and dad would tell him no. So he told his uncle he will think about it and see what he will do. So he went and asked his mom and dad if he wanted to play football if they would let him play. His parents thought about it and said no. so he went to his uncle and said his parents said no. his uncle tried to…

celebrity poet Ernestine Johnson from the Arsenio Hall Show, Tasha Lanae from Arrested Development, Ray Charles youngest daughter Robyn Charles, recording artist Franc West, and saxophonist Trey Daniels . She was also a host for the 2016 African American Festival in Baltimore, Maryland with Common, Angie Stone, Freeway, Matthew Knowles, Tara Wallace, Zane , Alfred Edmond Jr, and Kwame Jackson to name a…

“Oh, this is going to be SO good,” Craig said. “So motherfucking good.” Rebecca sat on the kitchen counter and smiled at her burly, tattooed brother. This was the perfect plan and the perfect way to ask Ian, her soon-to-be ex-husband, for a divorce. Just yesterday, Rebecca had spilled her guts to her brother. After holding it in for a decade, she told him about the hell she’d lived in for the past ten years, since she'd gotten married at age nineteen. She talked about the affairs she’d…

tasked with the age-old mission of “catching ‘em all”. The biggest change in this game from entries in the traditional Pokemon series is that trainers have to venture out into the real world and use the augmented reality software and gps on their smartphones in order to find pokemon in the real world. A dream come true for both hardcore and casual fans of the series, Pokemon GO instantly became the most downloaded app in history. The idea behind Pokemon Go was originally an April Fool’s Day…

Beauty and the Beast written by Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont, and the Disney film version of Beauty and the Beast both deliver the message that sacrifices need to be made when in love, but the film version demonstrates a better understanding of the message. In Le Prince de Beaumont's version of the story, Beauty sacrifices herself to the Beast in exchange for her father because she feels responsible for his situation, believing, “it would be very needless, for my father shall not suffer…

Music is an ever evolving idea that every person has the ability to change, the question is, will you? We had the privilege to sit down and talk with Billy Changer, a new aged musician with a vision for future. Get ready world, as a wise man once said,"we're going to Billy Change you." Being exposed to some of the greats, such as The Rolling Stones and Hawkwind, at a very young age, Billy's musical inspirations started early. "My dad has been a rocker all his life, I thank him for showing me…