Howard Hughes

The story MidwinterBlood By Marcus Sedwick is the winner of the Printz award in 2014 to win this award your novel will be judged on the following things, story, voice, style, setting, accuracy, characters, theme, illustrations, and design (Format/organization). Out of these things I think the Novel MidwinterBlood is best in is its characters. Throughout the novel Marcus makes intriguing, aggravating, odd, and caring characters, but what makes them so special is that they are all connected in some

19th century, but it really came into focus around the 20th century with the expedition of King Tut’s tomb, but there is still conflict about whether it’s real or just fiction. It was when Lord Carnarvon funded for the search of King Tut’s tomb with Howard Carter and then people started dying that the curse really came out into the open.  “After Carter opened the tomb six of the twenty six people present died within the decade” (Handwerk).  “Carter opened the tomb in 1922 and it was there he

left is one of the brooches made in the 1920s as apart of their Egyptian-inspired jewellery. On the Jewellers website a statement of the jewellery reads “… influenced by the art of Ancient Egypt … in the 1920s. The discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon in 1922 inspired Van Cleef & Arpels to create Egyptian-inspired jewels between 1922 and 1925. … decorated with scenes of offerings and hieroglyphic motifs depicting scarabs, sphinxes, amphorae, bulls, ostrich feathers, lotus

were worse than ever, and everybody was shouting through the dark, and nobody seemed to be able to hear what anybody else said” (York, 1998). The movie Sergeant York was released in 1941 as a black and white film by MGM Home Videos. Directed by Howard Hawks, this film showed the life and struggles of the war hero Alvin C. York. The main character, York played by Gary Cooper, struggles with the thought of killing as World War 1 breaks out. The movie shows how Alvin came to know his wife Gracie

Starbucks was originally a small waterfront coffee shop located in Seattle that opened in 1971 (starbucks.com- Our Heritage). It is extremely convenient and now has over 24,000 stores in the 70 countries it is located in, which is one of the reasons that it is so well known today (starbucks.com- Starbucks Coffee International). There is a large variety of coffees you could get, however, they do not focus solely on coffee. They also sell teas, smoothies, pastries, and more. Their mission is to “inspire

"DIA!" His father's screams replayed over in his head as he woke, being pulled out of his slumber by the sound of doors crashing open. Captain Poison screamed at him "Your mothers and fathers are dead! Your brothers and sisters are dead!" As Dia and the other boys were rushed through the camp, the thoughts of his family came flooding back to him. The way his mother used to softly sing him to sleep when he was younger or how his father would joke around with him on the way to school. His family wasn't

In Watford City, ND, citizens can find a brand new, local coffee shop owned by Beth Veeder, who also owns Meyers Department Store right next door. A comfy, yet contemporary designed coffee shop that is also a private postal service and art gallery. Watford City is a close-knit community, and Beth Veeder wanted to bring something new, different and special to the community. Beth Veeder has managed Meyers Department Store since September of 2012, offering Watford high quality clothing, accesories

generate revenue. I do not like to view an organization’s people as assets. They are Human Capital; a very important component (and valuable resource) within the structure of success for any company, whether it be the Biotech or Service industry. Howard Schultz definitely has the skills (capability) and understands what it takes to successfully manage and organize these resources. It is

I tasted shoddy coffee from a company that had bankrupted years ago. We bought a huge order a while ago, and our stock still hasn’t run out. The coffee had aged so badly, they only gave it to us, the interns. But that didn’t matter; I was about to witness the first ever broadcast of color TV. I couldn’t decide if I felt excited, ecstatic, or overjoyed. I looked around to see the hundreds of flashing monitors on the wall. All I could hear was the beeping, buzzing, and all around bustle. I could practically

follows Howard Dully as he works on uncovering what happened to him during a procedure performed on him during his childhood. Howard Dully was 12 years old when Walter Freeman performed transorbital or “ice pick” lobotomy on him. He always felt something missing from his soul, however, he carried no memories of the operation and never asked his family. This led him to set out on a journey to learn about what happened to him in 1960. The conversation isn’t between an interviewer and Howard Dully.