Shawn Johnson is famous for her outstanding performance in the Olympic gymnastics games. Twenty-four year old gymnasts Shawn Johnson was born on January 19, 1992 in Des Moines, Iowa. Shawn Johnson attended the Olympics at age 16 and won a gold medal in the balance beam event for the U.S.A. Shawn Johnson participated on the show Dancing with the Stars with her partner Mark Ballas. Shawn Johnson is an influential person because she was born in Iowa, went to the Olympics in 2008, and won a gold medal on the balance beam in the U.S Olympics.
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown has made his cases arguably the NFL’s best wide receiver. An underrated player for most of his career Brown really elevated his game in 2014 when he became Ben Roethlisberger’s best option. Brown has been a beast in his NFL career, destroying almost every defensive player sent his way. His lightening quick speed and incredible hands make him one popular superstar, though you know a lot about the man, there’s a lot about Brown’s life that you probably don’t know. I’m just an infraction and here are 20 facts you probably didn’t know about Antonio Brown.
Ronald Gene Simmons Sr. was born July 15, 1940. He was originally from Chicago, Illinois, but moved to Little Rock, Arkansas with his mother and stepfather. His stepfather, William D. Griffen, was a civil engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Simmon’s biological father, William Simmons, died when he was only three years old. Ronald Gene Simmons Sr. eventually dropped out of school and joined the U.S. Navy. In 1963, he left the navy. Two years later, he joined the air force for twenty two years. Simmons retired in 1979 with the rank of master sergeant.
The south for a good while was always fond of using slavery as a cheap source of work. The increase in the number of slaves was when John Rolfe became one of the first to cultivate tobacco in the so called “New World back then in the 17th century. There was good money to be made about the amount of labor that went into the tobacco cultivation was harch, hence why slaves were used. Ever since then, it is obvious to note that slaves dominated the aspect of southern life. Whether that be economically, socially or politically, slaves played an important role in each category.
Roots run deep for Cole Ellis, Owner and Operator of the Delta Meat Market, both products of the Mississippi Delta. Born and raised in Cleveland, from a young age Ellis relished in his time around the dinner table when family and friends would come together. From his appreciation of fellowship and the basic notion that a good meal serves to enhance experiences as the catalyst of conversation, Ellis has rendered his life's passion of finding the best ingredients to prepare the most delicious food.
Year 2031. Gordon Dillon had just become President of the United States. He was having a parade on July 9, 2031. The Day of the parade. In New York City down main street. There were Millions of people lined up on the sidewalks and in buildings. Gordon Dillon had hired an elite sniper to protect him while he was in the parade. The parade was starting and Gordon had many rivals of his because he had just beat Hillary Clinton in the presidential campaign. He was wearing a brace to help him keep his posture straight so he did not have to work as hard. What Gordon did not know is that there in one of these buildings is an assassin ready to take Gordon Dillon off the grid.
By the title of this Huffington Post, it is so shocking to see how something like this could happen. The Air Force is a representation of this nation and is expected to operate efficiently to protect the U.S. citizens. When Devin Kelley was serving in the Air Force, he was charged of domestic assault against his wife and stepson but was released with a bad conduct discharge. The Air Force failed to report this charge into the National Criminal Information Center database that would have prevented him from passing the background check and would have been denied buying a firearm. With that said, who’s fault, is it?
Corey Brewer was born in Toronto, Tennessee and attended Portland High School. He played multiple sports, but saw his greatest achievements while playing basketball for the Portland Panthers. As a junior, he led the Panthers to the Tennessee High School State Basketball tournament semi-finals. During Brewer’s senior year, he was drafted to the elite McDonald’s All-American Team and played in the Jordan Brand All-American game in 2004.
Eric Harris born on April 9, 1981 in Wichita, Kansas. His father Wayne Harris was a U.S. Air force transport pilot and his mother Katherine Ann Poole was a homemaker. His family would relocate often cause of his father but when his father retired they moved from Plattsburg, New York to Littleton, Colorado where he met Dylan Klebold. Dylan Klebold born September 11, 1981 in Lakewood, Colorado. His father Thomas Klebold and mother Susan Yassenoff were pacifists and would make Dylan and his older brother attend the Lutheran church. At home they would obey some rituals keeping with Klebold's maternal grandfather's Jewish heritage. In school Eric and Dylan were not very popular and were mostly bullied. In one of Dylan’s journal’s entries he wrote “ I hate you people for leaving me out of so many fun things. And no don't … say, 'Well that's your fault,' because it isn't, you people had my phone number, and I asked and all, but no. No no no don't let the weird-looking Eric KID come along. Some of the past crimes of Eric and Dylan were stealing computers from a
The NBA season is finally back and after a few games under our belts it’s time to start browsing on the waiver wire. Even though the season is young it never hurts to keep tabs on a few key players who could potentially be targeted for you lineup. One player who has quickly gained my attention is Detroit Pistons’ small forward Marcus Morris. There are a plethora of other players who warrant some attention and those are exactly the players we’ll look at right now!
Dee Henderson is one of the best Christian fiction writers of her time. Her favorite genre to write is suspense/romance and she does it very well. She has won or been nominated for many awards including the RITA Award, the Christy Award, the ECPA Gold Medallion, the Holt Medallion, the National Reader’s Choice Award, and the Golden Quill. Dee Henderson has worked hard to make herself a bestselling author and her journey to this point has not been easy.
Run DMC grew up in Hollis Queens. When Simmons was a teenager, he was influencedinto hip hop by his older brother named Russell Simmons. Russell was an up coming hip hoppromoter. Once Simmons started performing he was known as “DJ Run” rapper for Kurtis Blow.At the time McDaniels was more into athletics than music while Simmons was trying to take themusic far, he even bought a set of turntables to practice on his own. Simmons convincedMcDaniels to start rapping but McDaniels wouldn’t perform in public. Later on McDanielsstarted writing rhymes and was known as Easy D. Simmons and McDaniels started hanging outaround Hollis, going all around to local DJs who performed. They came across to someonenamed Mizell who called himself “Jazzy Jase”. Mizell
The search for love was discovered when Ellery tried to jump off the bridge. Ellery Stevens only had two important people in her life, Jackson Grey, her best friend, and Tate Stevens, her little sister. Ellery was overall happy with the two of them in her life until a tragic accident occurred. Ellery’s sister died due to her careless driving that leads her car over a bridge. The loss of her sister left Ellery frozen inside. It was very difficult for Ellery to find love after the death of her sister. She wanted to be alone and isolated from people so that when she would successfully end her life no loved one would be heartbroken. That changes after her failed suicide attempt where Ellery meets Colter Sawyer, a former classmate, who eventually
She and I had an especially close bond. Shortly before my dad’s accident, both her parents had died. I was the one who supported her through a very difficult year. As a result, she always treated me differently from the other kids—almost like an adult.
His mom told me “you are the best friend Dillion always wanted, thank you for giving him a chance”. At that time it didn't really mean that much to me, but now however, it breaks my heart. I realize now that I was Dillon's only ‘real’ friend. Everyone else made fun of him because of the poopy diaper smell he gave off, and his extraordinarily loud personality, but that's what made him so unique. I remember one distinct field trip in the 4th grade, we were off to downtown Denver for a scavenger hunt. We were each assigned a piece of paper with objects we had to find around town. Also, we were of course assigned to a teacher and at least one parent. I was in a group with Dillion, his mom, my teacher and some other girl. I was always the one who got to push Dillion around in his wheelchair and I loved it. We would always go really fast and i'd pick up my feet and stand on this little metal part of his wheelchair as we were going down the paths. It was towards the end of the day when we were wrapping up our field trip, when we saw a guy running. But was weird was, he was running, like really running over to a guy sitting down with his back against the big