Rob Smets Research Paper

Craig Sanders was not who you would call an honest man. He was born into poverty in the outskirts of Chicago and, at the age of six, saw his mother stabbed to death by his father. Soon after he found himself swaddled with attention by concerned strangers and neighbors. Churches started giving him more things than he had ever had in his life- New clothes, meals that weren’t PB&J sandwiches, and a TV with movies to watch.

INVERNESS – Last night, while sleeping at the castle of Macbeth, Inverness, the King of Scotland was assassinated in an attempt by his chamberlains to overthrow the monarch and lay claim to Scotland. Macbeth, Thane of Cawdor and Glamis discovered the chamberlains adjacent to the lifeless King and cut them down.

Lawren Harris is an iconic Canadian painter. Best known for being a member of the group of seven, his landscape paintings are still admired by millions of people today. Harris was born on the 23rd of October, 1885 in Brantford, Ontario. His parents were Thomas and Anna Harris and he was born into a wealthy family. He attended St. Andrew’s College and then went on to study art in Berlin. He married Beatrice Phillips in 1910 and they had three children together. Harris divorced Beatrice and married Bess Housser in 1934. He became friends with J.E.H MacDonald in 1911 and together they formed the Group of Seven in the early 1920’s. Harris died on the 27th of January, 1970 at the age of 84.

Bryan Williams is a veteran musician/songwriter best known as one of the most prolific and widely sought after session keyboardists in Philadelphia, performing an estimated 100? world tours in a 30-year career.

While men like Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson are probably most popularly known to be the greatest of the founding fathers, they were a few great men among many. Of course each played a special role in the construction of the Declaration of Independence and the development of the United States, the most important however and perhaps most frequently forgotten is Pennsylvania delegate, Robert Morris. He was born in Liverpool, Great Britain, on January 20, 1784; however, he later immigrated to America when he was 13 years old. As soon as he arrived in America his father, a tobacco based businessman, started little Robert on the path to a valuable education. Robert’s education is what kick-started him on a path of success, this success was not only his but also of America.

Chris McCandles was a very unique young man. His morals and general ways of doing things were not mainstream. Almost to the point where he would seem almost crazy in a sense. But in my eyes I see him as an over ambitious and emotionally unstable guy. He would dip in and out of his phases but always tie back to his past family problems. His parents corrupted his mind and made him think differently about society and what it has become. I don’t believe he was necessarily crazy, but he definitely was not normal. He also just generally makes poor decisions in my opinion.

What author has a 700 pound black bear that lived with him? Ben Mikaelsen was born on December 8th, 1952, which makes him 65 years old today. He grew up in La Paz, Bolivia and surprisingly Spanish was his strongest language. Mikaelsen had trouble with English grammar and spelling until fourth grade. Growing up, Mikaelsen lived 14,000 feet up on a mountain, so he never really got any school, no public or private schools and not even homeschooled. His parents sent him to boarding school in 4th grade and that was the first year he had been sent to school. In high school, Mikaelsen started to skydive and he enjoyed training animals. In college, the idea of an author came to life from his professor. “An English professor called me in after class to comment on an assignment I had written. He told me my grammar skills were those of a fifth grader. Fearfully, I asked if I should drop the class. “Oh, no, no, no!” he replied. “I just finished reading three hundred stories, and only one made me laugh and cry. That was yours. You”re a storyteller. That’s writing!” (Ben Mikaelsen, Scholastic)

Kurt Fearnley is a three time gold medal paralympian. He was born without the lower part of his spine and from then became intent on getting into the paralympics. Starting in the 2000 Sydney paralympic games he became a silver medalist when he received two silver medals. He became a gold medalist in 2004 when he won the 5000m and marathon races.

effrey “Jeff” Corwin was born in the small town of Norwell, Massachusetts on July 11, 1967. He has been an animal lover since young and has set out a vision for himself – to travel and explore the world. His family has also played a role in cultivating his love for nature and wildlife by having a practice of catching tadpoles and then bringing them back home. They can hence nurture and witness the tadpoles’ growth to frogs, at the comfort of their home.

The eighth-century monk Bede, in his Ecclesiastical History of the English People, lists Æthelberht as the third king to hold imperium over other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. In the late ninth century Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Æthelberht is referred to as a bretwalda, or "Britain-ruler". He was the first English king to convert to Christianity.

Michael Duane Johnson became the first man to win first place in the 400 meter dash and the 200 meter dash in the same Olympics. He currently holds the world record for the 400 meter dash. As of today Michael Johnson is retired but in 1996 he was one of the most talked about track stars. Even people in America were talking about him and they didn't even pay attention to track in the 1900s

Doug Rickard searches for places in Google Street View, photographs them and makes it into art. This is art because he is able to take a simple road and make it a part of history. Future generations will be able to look back at these pictures and compare their living status to what it was before. Rickard is a real photographer because he focuses his picture on something important, like a sign or a house and he edits them to further focus on the main part of the pictures. Just like real photographers, Doug Rickard takes the world into his perspective, even though it's a virtual world. Rickard does not just take the pictures from google, instead he uses his craftsmanship to create a meaning to a simple road. For example, on an interview about his art, Rickard had pictures of a simple street with

Roger Jenkins, friendly neighbor, hard working, and always traveling around with the black suitcase. It was late one evening as Roger came home after many long hours of work, taking off his gloves and jacket, throwing them to the side. He shuffled off to his dimly lit room where his clothes were piled high from the ground, the light flickering at its last stages before burning out. He laid down, staring up at the ceiling, hearing voices in his head instructing him that he must get rid of what is in the black suitcase. He shook his head back and forth getting agitated and disturbed telling himself he cannot get rid of it, although, in reality, he was yelling at the ceiling while his face turned a bright shade of red. He closed

Matthew Abram Groening was born on February the 15th 1954, he is known for creating the Simpsons, Futrama, Life In Hell and many more TV shows/comic books, his main occupation is a cartoonist.

Do you have a family member that has the disease that makes their brain not control their body? Do they have the IBOT human transporter? If they do, the one who invented them is Dean Kamen. He is very interested in building robotics. ”If you’re going to fail, you might as well fail at the big ones.” said Kamen. He hopes he is doing his part in changing the world.