Canton

Portuguese colony sent Tome Pires to negotiate in China. While on their journey to Beijing, the capital of China, The crew of Tomes ship was disrespectful to Local Chinese Officials in many ways: “for example, building a stone fort at the mouth of the Canton River and hanging of of his crew on Chinese…

liable. According to McNamara (2006), “Not only does it increase their chances for winning confrontations, the lack of such puts the department at risk of being held liable, according to guidelines set in the 1989 US Supreme Court ruling, City of Canton, Ohio v. Geraldine Harris” (p. 1). If a department does not train its officers adequately then they can be held civilly liable for failure to train. Not only can it be dangerous to the community and its officers but it can be dangerous, civilly,…

The Red Flag Fleet became strong and their power enabled them to pillage and raid every town and ship between Macao to Canton. She demanded that the villages pay her taxes to keep their homes safe. Discipline was expected and harshly dealt with. She set up strict regulations that her followers were expected to follow. The only people that could issue commanders were leaders…

The Opium War starts with the conflict between British and China, and ends with an unfair treaty and began the ‘century of Humiliation’. Before the 1800s, China, after its development through many centuries, revealed almost no difference with British and other European countries in many aspects such as agriculture, revenue & consumption, handicraft manufacturing and so on. It becomes diverse after British’s great technical improvements whereas China continued to stay in same situation over time.…

Current member of the National Honors Society (junior and senior years) participating in numerous community service oriented tasks including volunteering at a food bank, raising funds for a children’s hospital, tutoring elementary school students, and timing middle school track meets. Served junior and senior year as a leader in the Link Crew Program which links selected responsible upperclassman with incoming freshman students to support them in their transition to high school. Joined the…

Leppo, Inc. was founded as an Oliver Farm equipment dealer in 1945 by Roy and Stella Leppo of Boardman, Ohio. Since then, the Company has grown to seven locations including Akron, Bedford Heights, Canton, Carrollton, North Ridgeville, Wooster and Youngstown. They currently have 130 coworkers and are the premier Northeast Ohio dealer of Bobcat, JLG and Multiquip. Leppo provides construction equipment and related services through rentals, equipment sales, service, parts and training. The Company…

The 1960’s were probably the most crucial year for the Black Rebellion. The year of 1963 saw protests in 115 cities across 11 states. More than 20,000 people were arrested, ten protesters had lost their lives and thousands more were injured. After a powerful and intense battle that was a victory against segregation in Alabama. As the year came to a climax in a massive march of 250,000 on Washington to force President John F. Kennedy to pass a New Civil Rights Act, which was at a far greater…

In the opening paragraphs of the Los Angeles Notebook Joan Didion characterizes the Santa Ana winds using various stylistic elements. Her essay characterizes the Santa Ana winds as Controversial, Theoretic, and Catalytic. The stylistic elements Didion uses to convey these views are Diction, Logos, and Metaphors. Joan Didion exemplifies diction conveying the controversial characterization early on in the first paragraph of the essay with the following quote. “We know it because we feel it. The…

stomping them 44 to 7. “It was a good win to start off our season. Dakota Valley is a young team and they definitely earned my respect,” said Senior quarterback Dan Skinner. The Trojans faced a little more competition in their second game against the Canton C-Hawks, a team with a lot of big, tough athletes. The Trojans cruised through this game winning 30 to 7. The Trojans knew that week 3 would be their toughest game of the year: Madison. West Central kept up with the Bulldogs in…

an anesthesiologist, and I have developed a plan to help me accomplish my dream. I will be graduating high school in May of 2017 and continuing my education. After much thought and consideration, I have decided to attend Spoon River College in Canton in the fall of 2017. There, I plan to earn my Associates degree. Next, after completing two years at Spoon River College, I will continue to Southern Illinois University to study Biological Sciences for two years. After earning my Bachelor’s…