Private Jim Ledford Essay

Abdomen: The lipases appeared unremarkable. The liver, spleen, gallbladder adrenals, kidneys, pancreas and abdominal aorta appeared unremarkable. The bowels seen on the study appeared thickened. Dilated appendix seemed consistent with acute appendicitis. All the structures of the abdomen appeared unremarkable. No free air was seen.

Anthony Johnson was born in Angola, Africa in 1600. He was captured as a slave and sent to the new world in 1621. During his years of service Johnson worked for a man named Bennet who lived in Virginia. Anthony worked as an indentured servant on his tobacco farm. Around 1635, Johnson was freed from his indenture and married the only female slave on his plantation, her name was Mary. They soon began their life together on a successful farm and had several children. Soon Johnson purchased indentured slaves of his own in order to form a successful farm. The significance of Johnson in the community in this time period was to show that some indentured slaves, who had not committed any crime, could be held against their will as a slave for life because

Jeff Corwin is a wildlife conservationist from Norwell, Massachusetts in 1967. He is currently 48 years old and he is still living. He went to college at Eastern Nazarene College, in Quincy Massachusetts, and later he attendant he attended Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater. Corwin has a bachelor of science on biology and anthropology. One of Corwin’s major accomplishments is when he served as an expedition naturalist for a documentary program titled “THE JASON PROJECT “led by Bob Ballard who is an oceanographer. As an undergraduate he became active in the conservation of rainforest in central and South America, he also participated in the youth action committee program in the United Nation Environmental Program. And while filming

n the essay written to encourage the use of short words, Lederer himself employs many polysyllabic words in paragraphs 5-11 the purpose in doing so is using multiple syllables words ,after explaining that the purpose of the essay is based on monosyllabic words, he was just trying to emphasize the simplicity and value of short words

Tommy Burns was the new heavy weight champion and like Jefferies, he to was denying Johnson a shot at the title. This time Johnson was not having it. He followed Burns for two years from San Francisco to New York from Paris to London, mocking him to fight him. Burns would just state that Johnson was yellow, eventually it was said that King Henry himself called Burns a bluffer, I guess this got to Burns for in the end he agreed to fight Johnson for 30,000 dollars win, lose, or draw. This

Martin Smith is newly employed in Greenlane Group, a top venture firm. Mr. Weatherstorm, his senior partner gave him three proposals to assess and evaluate. Martin’s task was to make a presentation about the advantages of the three data communication companies and come up with a credible recommendation on which of the proposals should Greenlane Group choose?

Carter G. Woodson is known as the father of Black History. He is also the second African American to ever earn his Ph.D. On February 7th, 1926 Woodson organized Negro History Week which led to the recognition of African American achievements over the entire month of February every year which is known as Black History Month. Woodson believed that African Americans may have lacked the motivation to learn because they weren’t learning about their own heritage and culture. He worked towards equality and to make African Americans thought of as more than just a race. Without Woodson’s accomplishments the achievements of the African American race may still be ignored and overlooked today.

James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938), was a highly talented and celebrated African American writer. He was a poet, songwriter, novelist, literary critic, and essayist. Along with his wide-ranging literary accomplishments, Johnson also served as a school principal, professor of literature at Fisk University, attorney, a diplomatic consul for the United States in Venezuelaand Nicaragua, and secretary for the NAACP from 1920-1930. He is considered one of the founders of the Harlem Renaissance and the first "modern" African American.

Throughout history, there have been people whose names and faces have become synonymous with the time periods in which they lived. For example, Julius Caesar is synonymous with the late Roman Republic and George Washington is synonymous with the American Revolution. Just like these two men, the name Robert E. Lee has become synonymous with the American Civil War. Not only did Lee rise to become the most important and recognizable person in the Southern Confederacy, but his honor and virtuous acts during and after the war made him a hero to modern-day Americans. Even though he fought for what many consider the morally erroneous side of the war, the virtues of his character have made him a figure in American history

As the 26th president of the United States and also the youngest president ever elected, Theodore Roosevelt faced many challenging decisions, but he knew how to handle them. He fought for what he believed and never backed down from that belief. Theodore Roosevelt faced challenging circumstances while growing up which made many consider him to be frail and not likely to succeed; however, he came to be known as a notable statesman, military leader, governor, vice-president of the United States, and finally the most powerful leader in the free world, President of the United States of America.

In The Education of a Prophet: Jonah John Piper discusses the idea of Christians that have strong racist views. He starts his sermon by talking about his hometown church and its racist members, then he compares these people to members of the Ku Klux Klan, and last of all he discussed the nationalistic views Jonah had. Piper had found the idea of Christians harboring racist views troubling and made several arguments on why Christians cannot be racist. According to John Piper, church members of his mother’s church are racists because they voted against blacks from attending their congregation; however the members are Christians and yet they harbor such racist views.

From a nag to being a phenomenal race horse. Seabiscuit is not well known these days, but Seabiscuit is legendary in the Great Depression. He was a symbolism of Hope. Seabiscuit was one of the greater things that happened at this time. He had a rough life along with the people growing up in the great depression, where he was bred at Wheatley Stables, didn't like how he moved so they took him away from his mother. Later on, Seabiscuit’s trainer Omaha told his jockey at the time to beat him on his left side for a quarter mile, and see if Seabiscuit will accelerate in his speed. Seabiscuit's things that helped him get this far in his career was Seabiscuit early life, His amazing training by Smith, Seabiscuit's early career, Middle years, then his Late Years.

John Smith is one of the most famous people in American literature history. He was a dedicated man to his country of England, and wanted nothing more than to claim America in the name of the king. During his adventures to the new land he encountered many new things and people including a young Native American woman named Pocahontas. He also wrote many journals enticing people to want to come to America. This shall tell you the story of John Smith from his journeys as a young man all the way to when he finally came to America, and how his writings still influence people to immigrate to America still today.

Saving Private Ryan is a movie that generates strong responses from most people that see it. While interviewing four individuals and reading three movie reviews, I found that each of my subjects would recommend it, not one of the individuals interviewed felt the violence was senseless, and all of them left the movie with a strong emotional response of some kind. It appears that Saving Private Ryan is the kind of movie to which many can relate.

Mr. Frank Gilbreth, Sr. once said, “There is no waste in the world that equals the waste from needless, ill-directed, and ineffective motions.” As an efficiency expert, he often expected much from his children. Many critics feel that it is unfair for parents to require so much from their children as the Gilbreths did, but the Gilbreth dozen turned out to be exceptionally successful.