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Shoeless Joe Jackson has the third best batting average of all time. “ Shoeless Joe Jackson was a superb hitter whose career average of .356 is the third highest attainted in the history of baseball’’ (“Shoeless Joe Jackson”). “ Joseph Jefferson Jackson was born in poverty on July 16, 1887, in the small South Carolina town of Brandon Mills. His father was a mill worker and never received a decent salary. Joe Jackson's education ended before his twelfth birthday, and he was illiterate when he…

his childhood to slices of his present, he who is a two times United States Poet Laureate, takes us on an adventure to experience these wonders along his side. In Local Wonders, Ted Kooser shares with us several vignettes about his time growing up in Ames, Iowa and years later in life, about his time near the countryside of Garland, Nebraska. He shares these stories of his life by splitting them up into categories of the four seasons; Spring, Summer, autumn, and Winter. Each anecdote is…

environment this experiment is also supported by effective temperature, the measure of heating and cooling in a physical environment, effective temperature is predicted with respect to wind chill index and is designed in fur coats for external insulation (Ames and Insely…

Mobilier stock as well, the businessmen basically hired themselves to do the work. Overall, the line only cost 53 million dollars, but because of the executives the job cost taxpayers- not the government- 72 million dollars to build. Congressman Oakes Ames was entrusted to distribute stock options and free railroad passes in exchange for silence after Congress began questioning the funding. Over 30 congressmen confessed to accepting stock options. Understandably, Americans were outraged by abuse…

Others may think quilts are not very fascinating, to them they are nothing more than large pieces of woven material. But it is the memories stitched into each section that gives this particular winter item the ability to fill your body with tenderness and warmth. When I look on the days where I didn’t have a remedying friend, or family member I found myself always having a quilt. But not just any quilt, I had Blanky. I that had trouble before the quilt came into our presence. The Slaughter Clan…

Others may think quilts are not extremely fascinating because to them, they are nothing more than blocks sewn into pieces of woven material. But it is the memories stitched into each section that gave our particular quilt the significant ability to fill my family and I bodies with tenderness and warmth. My family had trouble before the quilt came into our presence. The Slaughter Clan didn’t get along much and we bickered like cats and dogs. Even once, my Grandpa Sam threatened to throw a beer…

Rose Bowl National Championship win over Indiana. He received the Walter Camp Award, the Maxwell Award, The Sporting News college player of the year Award (Great Athletes, 2001), and won The Heisman Trophy in his first season with USC (O(renthal) J(ames) Simpson, 2011). He continued his career as a senior with twenty- two touchdowns and 1,709 yards which concluded his career at USC with an outstanding 3,295 yards and thirty- four touchdowns (Libby, 1973, p. 162). Simpson’s college career was one…

this was the day for the devoted members of the AME to cherish what a affectionate pastor my grandmother was. At that moment in time, the family quilt was born. Merely it was a coincidence, that this bundle of fabric was born on the exact day I was. Not only was the quilt blessed, and fully baptised in holy water, it was given to my grandmother right along with a plaque that certified her as being a worthy minister. All of the 50 members of the AME church's names were delicately tattooed on the…

Fear of America’s Future The start of the American nation began with a decision that needed to be made, to continue with a federalist government or a new era of democratic-republican party. Federalist and republicans had two distinct ways they wanted the US government to function. To me the right choice would be republican, because this type of government gave power to the people. Republican party wanted a more limited national government. Rather than having a central government, like the…

Ambrose Bierce tells the story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” in both linear and flashback narration. Bierce's story can be divided into three sections [Ames, Clifford R]. The first section describes the preparations for the execution of a civilian planter. The second section explains the reason of why Peyton Fahrquhar is captured and sentenced to death. And the last section depicts the feelings, thoughts…