“Governments set up overnight, like everything in nature when growth is forced, lack strong roots and ramifications. So they are destroyed in the first bad spell. This is inevitable unless those who have suddenly become princes are of such prowess that overnight they can learn how to preserve what fortune has suddenly tossed into their […]
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Doc Gooden, Gary Sheffield & Police Brutality (Part 2)
Doc Gooden discusses his encounter with police terrorism, and the deadly chokehold that was put on him: “I was joined by my nephew Gary, Vance Lovelace, my childhood friend Troy, and some other local athletes and celebrities. After the games, a bunch of us took some teenagers who were waiting for kidney transplants to a […]
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John Pickering invented the modern day blimp. He powered it via an electric motor. He also built his blimp to have directional controls. Tweet
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“80% of what makes people successful is believing in yourself. A lot of people don’t try because they’re afraid to fail. Most people would rather follow than lead because it’s safer. That way if it fails they can say, ‘It’s not my fault. Wasn’t my idea.’ But if you don’t try, you can’t succeed. I […]
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Frederick Jones invented the thermostat and the temperature control system. He received a patent for this invention on February 23, 1960. Tweet
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“Whatever your job is, it’s your choice whether or not to let that define you…You define you: Your character, your values, your actions define you.” -Frederick Terrell Tweet
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Gary Sheffield’s Perspective: “Doc loved coming home to Tampa, home to the high school and family he cared about most. One of those trips, though, turned bad. It also happened my senior year. Twenty years later, people are still talking about that night. Dwight invited me and a group of friends to a University of […]
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Mark Dean is a scientist who made great contributions to the invention of the ISA bus. This device allows computers to quickly communicate with each other, thereby making computers fast and efficient. Dr. Bus also headed the design team that invented the one-gigahertz computer processor chip. Tweet
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“The best executive is the one who had sense enough to pick good men [and women] to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” -Theodore Roosevelt Tweet
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