In nineteen fifty two a fire caused over a million dollars’ worth in damages, the most destructive to date (Cuyahoga River Fire). As Michael Scott of The Plain Dealer wrote, “The river was increasingly filled with flammable liquids as it drained Cleveland industrial byproducts into an equally polluted Lake Erie”…
for Billy was through college. One of the South’s leading evangelists, Bob Jones, came to Charlotte to speak at a high school to recruit students to attend Bob Jones College in Cleveland, Tennessee. Billy’s parents believed that this was the place for their son (Bruns, 2004). In the fall of 1936, Graham went off to Cleveland to begin his studies. Graham thought that the college was more strict than a prison (Bruns, 2004). For example, a couple could not hold hands and mail was read and checked…
Case Brief: Terry v. Ohio Facts: A detective with the Cleveland Police Department was working a downtown beat which he had patrolled for many years and was familiar with the community. During his patrol the officer noticed the Petitioner talking with another individual on a street corner while repeatedly walking up and down the same street. The men would periodically peer into a store window and then talk some more. The men also spoke to a third man whom they eventually followed up the…
December 10th, 2015 was the day my life would change completely. That was the day that I joined the petitioning crew to get medical cannabis put on the ballot for the 2016 election in the state of Florida. I was nervous, because Florida had already voted that same issue down not even two years prior. I was not going to allow that to happen again. We traveled all around Florida, staying in hotels, working seven days a week, ten to twelve hour days. The work was difficult and extremely tiresome,…
Wolfgang Puck Wolfgang Johannes Puck was born on July 8, 1949. He was born in the city of Sank Veit an der Glan, Carinthia, Austria. Wolfgang has made many appearances on tv, although his most consistent is on his tv show Cooking Classes With Wolfgang Puck on The Food Network. Wolfgang Puck was introduced to cooking from his mom’s side of his family. His mother was a chef in an Austrian town where they had lived. Later with his mother’s encouragement he began to cook and began formal training at…
392 U.S. 1 (1968) Terry V. Ohio Facts: Police Detective Martin McFadden was an off duty police officer dressed in normal street clothes. On the afternoon of October 31, 1963 McFadden was walking around in downtown Cleveland. While he was out and about two men caught his eye. The men Chilton and Terry were standing on a street corner. McFadden was used to noticing strange and suspicious things and the behavior of these men struck him as suspicious. They were pacing up and down the street…
Part 1: A Summary of Collaborative Leadership Since the creation of the English language, collaboration and teamwork have been terms used together. The word “collaborate” stems from the Latin root words com- (with, together) and –labor (work). Collaboration involves individuals coming together to achieve a common goal, and much more. In their critically acclaimed book Collaborative Leadership: How Citizens And Civic Leaders Can Make A Difference, Chrislip and Larson (1994) define collaboration…
Warriors So Deadly? The Golden State Warriors seem to be the team that no one can defeat. The New Orleans Pelicans, Memphis Grizzlies, and Houston Rockets all failed to come up with a solution to defeat the Warriors in a seven game series and now the Cleveland Cavaliers find themselves down in the NBA Finals one game to none with Kyrie Irving out for the rest of series. 1.The Bench The Warriors proved why they are so deadly in game one of the finals. The Warriors are the second team in the…
was born on March 4th, 1877 in Paris, Kentucky. Garrett’s parents were former slaves. He was the 7th out of 11 children. When Morgan was 15, he became an experienced handyman. Morgan moved to Cincinnati in search of work. Later, he found a job in Cleveland, OH. There, he stared his own sewing machine and shoe repair shop. A couple years later, he increased his business including, tailoring, and also making…
In the last generation, municipalities have spent over ten billion dollars to build or refurbish stadiums in twenty-seven cities that host National Football League franchises. This, in large part, has contributed to the robust bottom line of America’s most prominent and successful profession sports organization. The NFL is projected to surpass $13 billion in revenues this year, over halfway to Commissioner Roger Goodell’s stated benchmark of $25 billion by the year 2027. Even with the NFL’s…