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Jack “Jackie” Roosevelt Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia on January 31, 1919. He was the son of Jerry and Mallie Robinson, and was accompanied by four other siblings. His parents were not very wealthy at all, working as tenant farmers until the couple split and Mallie was left to work as a maid. She did just enough to provide for her children, and it showed throughout their high school careers. While most of her children became very successful, Jackie could be considered her biggest…

wOBA is considered one of the best stats to quantify batting performance. But what is most likely to contribute to wOBA? Is it more important to have a strong BB/K rate or to produce on balls thrown in the strike zone that are put into play? Is production when hitting fly balls more important than hitting ground balls and if so by how much? In order to determine this, I used 2013-2015 data from ESPN Stats and Information and Pitch FX to see what correlates best with overall wOBA. The first test…

Raelyn Hoffmann Davis Purple 1 20 April, 2016 Mark McGwire Breaks the Home Run Record September 8th, 1998; many of you may remember this date by a birthday or an anniversary, but this day was more than that. This date was a great day in history where a hero was born and a legend was created. September 8th, 1998 represents the day that Mark McGwire broke the record for the most home runs in a single season. “The 1998 Major League Baseball home run chase in Major League Baseball was the race…

the 1951 National League playoff. However, in 1970 luck started to diminish for Walker and the Mets. Dropping to only 86 wins in 1970 and 1971, they also had terrible seasons in 1972, 1973, and 194 due to an excessive amount of injuries. Claiming his third CY Young Award, Walker left the Mets on a high note in 1975. Walker claimed a pitching coach position for the Atlanta Braves bringing them to win the Western Division title in 1982. However, the Braves lost to St. Louis in the National League…

Rifle Safes Provide A Lot of Benefits A rifle safe provides you lots of benefits, such as protection and security, child safety, and proper storage space. These safes are available in different sizes and prices as well as come with a variety of options. Before you invest in this safe, you should get ready with some questions. Where do you want to put this? Will many persons use this? Will there be kids around this? How much anti-theft security do you want? A rifle safe is protected with a door…

some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” -Michael Jordan. That quote describes what I felt like after being in Chicago.Last February I was given the opportunity to attend the LEAD conference for Student Council. The LEAD conference is national Student Council leadership convention. The opportunity to go was an experience that I will never forget and an experience that changed my life. Going into this event, I thought it would just be some seminars and would be a pretty fun time…

Every company today has security vulnerabilities and threats from many angles. Individuals will attempt to take advantage of these vulnerabilities to reach their goal. Others will think what they are doing is a joke or legal or worse yet believe they will not get caught. Some are easy to detect, others are not and require prioritization to handle the data from its original location, create an analysis plan, gather the evidence, and create the evidence reports which must comply with all the laws…

Healthcare fraud costs the country tens of billions of a dollars a yea, and its an ever increasing issue. To counter insider threats and fraud activity, health care organizations need to reinforce fundamental health care fraud management practices and basic security controls. New telecommunication technologies may offer countless opportunities for small businesses, but they also offer cyber criminals many new ways to victimize your business, sca, your customers and hurt your reputation.…

Your book, 1984, is a truly interesting piece of literature that’s been introduced to the developing minds of 16 year olds. The concepts in your book holds hidden meanings to what society is and what it could become.We, as millennials, recognize that we are vulnerable to a situation of 1984, but we can overcome it by truly understanding surveillance and how the government controls that, and censorship. Although this book was written in 1949, 35 years later, your warning is still being withheld…

The U.S. is known as the “greatest” country the world has ever seen for the purpose of our freedom. Freedom is a prized possession for all Americans and foreign Americans who come here to taste the freedom everyone dreams of. Truly, though, not all of what you hear is what you get. As it says in the Fourth Amendment, “ The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated”, is a wonderful feeling of…