Jim Thorpe

very calm but very outgoing guy. Usually he along with everyone else in the office can handle the all of the pranking that goes on in the office. Until one day Andy has enough and becomes very angry due to the fact that Jim and Pam hid his phone in the ceiling tiles of the office. Jim and Pam repeatedly call his cell phone while Andy searches everywhere for it. Eventually Andy get tired of hearing his phone go off every five minutes and he gets very angry, starts yelling at everyone in the…

Directed by Ron Howard, the movie Apollo 13 recounts a mission, following the moon landing, where everything went wrong. Tom Hanks starred as Jim Lovell, the commander of the Apollo 13. Bill Paxton plays Fred Haise, the lunar module pilot. Kevin Bacon played Jack Swigert, the third member of the crew who was originally on the backup crew. Jack Swigert got moved up thanks to Ken Mattingly, played Gary Sinise, predicted to get the measles. This movie takes place in 1970, close to a year after…

6-hour work day Yes. I believe that U.S should transition to 6 - hour workday from 9+ hour workday. I thing that people spend too much time at work. That's why people do not have time to spend with their families. People also do not have time to do things that they love. Working long hour every day is also not good for our health. So what to do to change that? All we have to do is to switch from 9 hour workday to 6 hours workday. My goal in this paper is to prove that this is a good idea. First…

Born on October 31, 1930 in Rome, Italy, Michael Collins is sometimes known as a the “Forgotten Astronaut” of the Apollo 11 mission. As a child, he lived in Oklahoma, New York, Texas, Virginia, and Puerto Rico. Finally, he settled in to attend school in Washingtion D.C. He graduated from Saint Albans School in Washington D.C. and received his Bachelor of Science in 1952 from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He worked for the US Air Force flying F-86 fighter jets…

On November 19, 1978, the nation and the world woke to the news of the tragedy of Jonestown, learning of the carnage of the suicide and murder of over 900 people in the jungle of Guyana. What happened has been painstakingly studied however the how and the why continue to be the subject of discussion more than thirty years later. The death tapes captured much of what transpired on November 18, 1978. Jones was heard to say,” “Die with a degree of dignity. Lay down your life with dignity; don’t lay…

Virgil Grissom was a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force, He later was an astronaut for NASA. He was one of the first to be chosen by NASA for the mercury missions. Virgil Grissom was the second American in space during his first flight assignment piloting Liberty Bell 7 on July 21, 1961. The second mercury flight was a suborbital flight that lasted 15 minutes and 37 seconds. Then once landed the explosive bolts on the door unexpectedly blew open and the spacecraft flooded. Grissom…

you can see. If you see me as your friend, I'll be your friend. If you see me as your father, I'll be your father. If you see me as your savior, I'll be your savior." These are the last words spoken by Jim Jones to his following before all 909 of them joined in on an act of revolutionary suicide. Jim Jones was born in 1931 rural Indiana. He was a megalomaniac that suffered from various mental disorders and drug addiction. In the 1950s he worked as a self ordained Christian minister and aimed to…

Bernie sanders has a lot of people on his side including republicans, women, LGTB, millennials, and minorities. Bernie sanders has been fighting for millennials and minorities since the beginning. According to Bernie Sanders himself "When we stand together, we will always win. When men and women stand together for justice, we win. When black, white and Hispanic people stand together for justice, we win. When straight and gay people stand together for justice, we win. When working families stand…

Comprehensive Assessment-Cortez Family This comprehensive assessment will focus on Paula Cortez and will address the issues she and her family is encountering. By using the Solution-Focused and Strengths Perspective Assessments, we are able to approach Paula without judgment and remain client-focused by directing her strengths to establish specific goals to address her needs. The majority of people have an idea of where their lives are currently and where they would like their life to…

Based on the analysis from The Scale of Effective School Discipline and Safety (SESDS), it is recommended that Lacy Elementary is ready to implement a school-wide Positive Behavioral Support System (PBSS). An average score of 2.4 was calculated through averaging all five scales of measurement in the questionnaire stated above. This is a calculated number based on the responses from staff members on the readiness for implantation of a PBSS. According to Knoff, H. (2012), its staff is essential…