Cairo

Jackie Robinson made history in 1947 when he broke baseball’s color barrier to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. A talented and versatile player, Robinson won the National League Rookie of the Year award his first season and helped the Dodgers to the National League championship – the first of his six trips to the World Series. In 1949 Robinson won the league MVP award, and he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. Despite his skill, Robinson faced a barrage of insults and threats…

The Yom Kippur War (1973) is considered one of the main causes for the Camp David (1978) and Camp David was attempting to make peace between the two nations. The overall cause of the war were repercussions from the Six Day War. Due to the immense loss of land on the Arab side, they were the ones to initiate the start of the 20 days of violence. The war had a colossal effects on both sides because of the aid received from their allies. By involving allies it created more problems with…

I pray that this letter finds you and the family in the best of health and spirit. I have traveled to the Americas, to reconnect with our distant family acquaintance and relative Nicolas de Ovando. Nicolas has become the Governor of Hispaniola and I’m proud of him. I have been helping Nicolas with establishing a colony for a large number of years. I enjoy what I do here and it is definitely better than law school. I took part in a very big expedition and we captured many Indians who became…

In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Huck says “We judged that three nights more would fetch us to Cairo, at the bottom if Illinois… and go way up the Ohio amongst the free States, and then be out of trouble” (Twain 60). This quotes proves how it’s in American History because Huck says how him and Jim are currently on there way to a free state since they…

In Caribbean Literature and the Environment: Between Nature and Culture “Landscapes, Narratives, and Tropical Nature: Creole Modernity in Suriname” by Ineke Phaf-Rheinberger she discusses topics such as: Elisabeth Samson, Wilhelmina Rijurg (Maxi Linder), kankantri, polyphony, and polysemy. The conflict is present in Creole modernity in Suriname and tropical nature, because of the narratives that Cynthia McLeod, Clark Accord, and Astrid Roemer present. Elisabeth Samson is an African American…

us and explained our focus and suggested she contact wildlife organizations. • We received and responded to several emails asking about visiting, volunteering, the area, public transportation, places to say, airports etc. • Rita Burns lives in Cairo, Egypt, and she is concerned about the way dogs are treated in her country. She wanted to know if BF would consider partnering with her. Since we do not work internationally, I sent her our international…

This statue portrays the goddess Sakhmet in a seated, and therefore static position. Her head is that of a lioness--as most Ancient Egyptian gods were depicted with the head of a creature--and she is frontal, engaging the viewer with her gaze, giving herself a sense of presence. The statue is does not stand freely and is attached to the throne in which she sits. She is clothed in typical royal egyptian garments. Being that Sakhmet was a goddess worshipped from Old Kingdom to the Early Period, it…

which wasn’t discovered until February 16, 1923. Lord Carnarvon had already passed from pneumonia which became the media speculation of “the Curse of the Pharaoh’s tomb.” It took a decade to catalogue all of the artifacts and they were sent to the Cairo museum. There was much researched and learned for the Egyptian history which was made possible by Carter. After all the artifacts were catalogued Carter retired from archeology and became a collector. He spent his later years working in museums…

of our skin, it is heart that makes as special. Jackie Robinson changed the world by breaking Baseball’s color barrier, being a great role model, being a great athlete, and leaving a lasting legacy. Jackie Robinson was born on January 19th 1919 in Cairo Georgia. He was the youngest of five children. After Jackie father left the family in 1920, Jackie and his family moved to Pasadena California. Jackie went to UCLA where excelled in basketball, football, track and field, and of…

Athanasourelis, John Paul. "Dashiell Hammett: Individualism in Transition." Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe. Jefferson: McFarland (2012): 54-69. Rpt. in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Lawrence J. Trudeau. Vol. 317. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2015. Literature Resource Center. Web. 11 Dec. 2016. Athanasourelis’s article depicts Sam Spade’s individuality through his actions leading up to Brigid O’Shaughnessy’s conviction. Sam’s initial intentions are to help Brigid avoid the police.…