Phil Wasserman, a leading expert in annuities and retirement planning, explains why Babe Ruth flourished during the depression due to his smart moves in finance and savings.
Babe Ruth was an American baseball player who began his career in 1914 and played until 1935, primarily for the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. He was an excellent pitcher and batter who could hit well with both hands and set the career home run record of 714 home runs. His most notable season was 1927 when he hit 60 home runs.
Babe Ruth was an American baseball player who played from 1914 to 1935. He played for the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, joining the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936 as one of its first five members. Ruth began his career as a pitcher but was later moved to outfield where he became one of the greatest home run hitters of all time, holding the single season home run record for decades. He helped popularize baseball and drew large crowds throughout his career.
Babe Ruth was born in 1895 in Baltimore and showed an early talent for baseball, playing for St. Mary's Industrial School. He was later adopted by his manager Jack Dunn and gained his nickname "Babe". Ruth established himself as one of the game's great sluggers playing for the Boston Red Sox and later the New York Yankees, setting numerous home run records and helping establish the Yankees as a dominant franchise. Though he retired in the 1930s, Ruth remained a beloved sports figure until his death from cancer in 1948, leaving behind a legacy as baseball's first true superstar.
Manel Estiarte was a Spanish water polo player who competed in 6 Olympic Games between 1980-2000. He held the position of offensive player and played 580 matches for the Spanish National Team, scoring 1561 goals. Some of his achievements include winning gold at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and silver at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. He was considered the best Spanish water polo player in history and was selected as the best player 7 times between 1986-1992.
Jackie Robinson was the first African American player in Major League Baseball, breaking the color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. He faced immense racism throughout his life and career, enduring hate letters, beanballs from pitchers, and attempts to provoke him by fans and other players, but went on to have success on the field as the 1947 Rookie of the Year and being the first African American inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, while also dealing with complications from diabetes that ultimately led to his death in 1972 at age 53.
Jackie Robinson was the first African-American to play in modern major league baseball in 1947, breaking baseball's color line. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and faced intense racism but helped start the integration of organized baseball. Martin Luther King Jr. said Robinson was a legend and symbol who challenged intolerance by demonstrating that African-Americans could succeed professionally in baseball.
Jackie Robinson was born in 1919 in Cairo, Georgia to sharecropping parents. His father left in 1920 and the family moved to Pasadena, California where Robinson grew up poor in a wealthy white neighborhood. He joined a gang but his friend Carl Anderson convinced him to leave. Robinson graduated from high school in 1935 where he played track and tennis, not baseball. In 1942, Robinson was drafted into the segregated Army but was discharged due to false charges of assault and resisting arrest. After leaving the military, Robinson took a job coaching the baseball team at Sam Huston College in 1944-45 where he had to also play due to a lack of players on the team.
Phil Wasserman, a leading expert in annuities and retirement planning, explains why Babe Ruth flourished during the depression due to his smart moves in finance and savings.
Babe Ruth was an American baseball player who began his career in 1914 and played until 1935, primarily for the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. He was an excellent pitcher and batter who could hit well with both hands and set the career home run record of 714 home runs. His most notable season was 1927 when he hit 60 home runs.
Babe Ruth was an American baseball player who played from 1914 to 1935. He played for the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, joining the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936 as one of its first five members. Ruth began his career as a pitcher but was later moved to outfield where he became one of the greatest home run hitters of all time, holding the single season home run record for decades. He helped popularize baseball and drew large crowds throughout his career.
Babe Ruth was born in 1895 in Baltimore and showed an early talent for baseball, playing for St. Mary's Industrial School. He was later adopted by his manager Jack Dunn and gained his nickname "Babe". Ruth established himself as one of the game's great sluggers playing for the Boston Red Sox and later the New York Yankees, setting numerous home run records and helping establish the Yankees as a dominant franchise. Though he retired in the 1930s, Ruth remained a beloved sports figure until his death from cancer in 1948, leaving behind a legacy as baseball's first true superstar.
Manel Estiarte was a Spanish water polo player who competed in 6 Olympic Games between 1980-2000. He held the position of offensive player and played 580 matches for the Spanish National Team, scoring 1561 goals. Some of his achievements include winning gold at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and silver at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. He was considered the best Spanish water polo player in history and was selected as the best player 7 times between 1986-1992.
Jackie Robinson was the first African American player in Major League Baseball, breaking the color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. He faced immense racism throughout his life and career, enduring hate letters, beanballs from pitchers, and attempts to provoke him by fans and other players, but went on to have success on the field as the 1947 Rookie of the Year and being the first African American inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, while also dealing with complications from diabetes that ultimately led to his death in 1972 at age 53.
Jackie Robinson was the first African-American to play in modern major league baseball in 1947, breaking baseball's color line. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and faced intense racism but helped start the integration of organized baseball. Martin Luther King Jr. said Robinson was a legend and symbol who challenged intolerance by demonstrating that African-Americans could succeed professionally in baseball.
Jackie Robinson was born in 1919 in Cairo, Georgia to sharecropping parents. His father left in 1920 and the family moved to Pasadena, California where Robinson grew up poor in a wealthy white neighborhood. He joined a gang but his friend Carl Anderson convinced him to leave. Robinson graduated from high school in 1935 where he played track and tennis, not baseball. In 1942, Robinson was drafted into the segregated Army but was discharged due to false charges of assault and resisting arrest. After leaving the military, Robinson took a job coaching the baseball team at Sam Huston College in 1944-45 where he had to also play due to a lack of players on the team.
This document provides a timeline of important events related to the advancement of civil rights and racial integration in the United States from 1947 to 2014. It begins with Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947 and ends with Arizona's governor vetoing a bill seen as enabling discrimination in 2014. Major events included the desegregation of the military in 1948, the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling in 1954 declaring school segregation unconstitutional, the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964, and milestones for sports teams in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
This document outlines the positions of a baseball team, including the pitcher, first baseman, second baseman, third baseman, shortstop, left fielder, center fielder, right fielder, and designated hitter.
This is a preview of the vocabulary featured in the story. Students must use context clues to determine meaning. The definitions are on a separate presentation: The Noble Experiment Vocabulary. It also includes Jackie's Nine Values vocabulary.
Baseball is a team sport that originated in the United States. It involves two teams of nine players each who take turns batting and fielding. The goal is to score more runs than the opposing team by hitting a thrown ball and running around four bases. The document outlines the history of baseball and its evolution from ancient stick and ball games. It also describes some of the most famous baseball stars like Joe DiMaggio and Frank Robinson. Key rules, equipment, field dimensions, and major professional leagues are defined.
Jackie Robinson was born in 1919 in Georgia and was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball, breaking the color barrier in 1947. He faced discrimination throughout his life but had a successful baseball career, winning Rookie of the Year in 1947 and MVP in 1949 while helping the Brooklyn Dodgers win six pennants and the 1955 World Series. Robinson continued advocating for civil rights after his baseball career and passed away in 1972 at the age of 53 from complications of diabetes.
Jackie Robinson was born in 1919 in Georgia and grew up in California, where he excelled in multiple sports in high school and college. He became the first black player in Major League Baseball in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, winning Rookie of the Year and helping break the color barrier. Throughout his career, Robinson faced racism but persevered to become the National League MVP in 1949 and play a key role in the Dodgers' 1955 World Series win, and after retiring continued advocating for civil rights until his death in 1972.
Jackie Robinson was born in 1919 in Georgia and faced discrimination as an African American. He played many sports in his youth and attended UCLA. Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier. As the first black MLB player, he faced considerable racism but led the Dodgers to six pennants and was named National League MVP in 1949. Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962 for his accomplishments on and off the field in fighting discrimination in professional sports.
This document provides an introduction to several popular American sports including baseball, basketball, American football, and mixed martial arts. For each sport, it lists the name and provides bullet points on the rules and key positions/actions including pitching, hitting, and fielding for baseball; dribbling, shooting, passing, and rebounding for basketball; passing, catching, blocking, running/tackling, and field goals for football; and punching, submissions, and Thai clinch techniques for MMA.
The document provides an overview of common hand signals used by umpires in softball games to communicate calls and situations to players and other umpires. It describes signals for plays like strikes, balls, outs, safe calls, fouls, time outs, and more. Emphasis is placed on consistency between umpires so that everyone understands the call being made without verbal communication distracting from the game.
George Herman "Babe" Ruth, Jr. was an American baseball player who played from 1914 to 1935, primarily as an outfielder. He was born in 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland and grew up getting into trouble until being sent to a boys' home at age 7. He began his career in 1914 playing for minor league teams before joining the Boston Red Sox in 1916. Known for his talent hitting, he was moved from pitcher to outfielder in 1919 and was then traded to the New York Yankees in 1920 where he played for the rest of his career. Babe Ruth retired in 1935 after 22 seasons and set numerous career records including home runs with 714. He died in 1948 in New York City at the age
This document outlines the objectives and activities of a mathematics lesson on constructing angle bisectors and perpendicular bisectors. The lesson objectives are to enhance mathematical learning skills and accurately construct these angles and lines. The activities include solving mathematical anagrams, practice problems, constructing angle and perpendicular bisectors, and an assessment of understanding.
This document discusses various propaganda techniques used to influence opinions and behaviors, including bandwagon, name-calling, testimonial, glittering generality, plain-folks appeal, transfer, emotional words, faulty reasoning, and fear. It provides examples of how each technique may be used in advertising to persuade consumers. The key techniques are designed to make people feel like they need to join or fit in with others, attach negative labels to ideas or people, endorse products through famous people, inspire positive feelings through commonly admired values, present ideas as relatable to everyday people, inappropriately transfer positive associations, use emotionally charged words, make logical leaps, and play on fears. The document stresses the importance of making informed choices
The document discusses tone and how to identify the tone of a speaker or narrator based on their word choice. It defines tone as the attitude a speaker takes towards their subject. Tone is different from mood, which is how the reader is meant to feel. The document provides examples of tone words and has readers practice identifying the tone of short passages through evidence from the text.
Satire is a form of writing that uses humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to criticize people's stupidity or vices in order to effect social or political change. Satire targets specific individuals, groups of people, or society as a whole. Common devices used in satire include exaggeration, irony, sarcasm, and understatement. Famous English satires include Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift and A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift, which ridiculed landlords by suggesting they eat children. The primary goal of satire is to bring about social reform by criticizing human weaknesses.
This document discusses foreshadowing and how to identify it in texts. It defines foreshadowing as subtle hints an author provides about future plot developments. Some techniques authors use include descriptive words that reveal characters' emotions and ominous music in movies and TV shows. Examples are given from Peter Rabbit, where Mrs. Rabbit warns the children not to go in Mr. McGregor's garden, foreshadowing danger. Students practice identifying foreshadowing in short passages and learn it involves noticing clues about events to come.
The document discusses themes in literature. It defines a theme as a life lesson, meaning, or message about life that is communicated through a literary work. Themes are not explicit but rather implied and apply to the "big world" rather than just the small world of the story. Examples of themes include "money can't buy happiness" and "don't judge people based on surface appearances." The document provides guidance on identifying themes, noting they should convey advice applicable to the real world and be inferred from analyzing what happens in a story rather than being directly stated.
The document discusses allusions through examples and definitions. It provides examples of allusions referring to Atlas carrying the weight of the world, having the wisdom of Athena and beauty of Aphrodite, and a smile resembling a famous painting. It then defines an allusion as an indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or art. The document discusses identifying allusions in songs and distinguishes between allusions and illusions. It provides additional examples of allusions from students' writing.
There are three main kinds of irony: verbal, dramatic, and situational. Verbal irony involves saying something but meaning the opposite, like sarcasm. Dramatic irony occurs when the audience understands something a character does not. Situational irony is when what actually happens is unexpected or opposite of what was expected. Each type of irony involves expectations being subverted in some way.
Rhode Island has 36 islands along Narragansett Bay and contains sandy beaches, plains, lagoons, rocky cliffs, lakes, ponds and reservoirs among sloping hills. Some of Rhode Island's natural resources include apples, potatoes, lobsters and clams. The state's economic goods include boats, submarine parts, jewelry and silverware. Two important historical figures are Charles Follen McKim, who designed the state capitol building, and William Blackstone, the first non-native settler. Rhode Island has state symbols such as the quahog shell, Rhode Island Red bird, violet flower and greening apple fruit.
Lake Champlain, covering 440 square miles, is Vermont's largest lake. Otter Creek, Vermont's longest river, is also an important geographic feature. Vermont has many natural resources from its forests, including trees used to make paper, furniture and lumber, as well as maple syrup from sugar maple trees. Agricultural economic goods include sweet corn, potatoes, apples, and dairy cows that produce milk, cheese and ice cream. Famous Vermonters mentioned include singer Rudy Vallee and baseball player Carlton Fisk.
This document provides a timeline of important events related to the advancement of civil rights and racial integration in the United States from 1947 to 2014. It begins with Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947 and ends with Arizona's governor vetoing a bill seen as enabling discrimination in 2014. Major events included the desegregation of the military in 1948, the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling in 1954 declaring school segregation unconstitutional, the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964, and milestones for sports teams in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
This document outlines the positions of a baseball team, including the pitcher, first baseman, second baseman, third baseman, shortstop, left fielder, center fielder, right fielder, and designated hitter.
This is a preview of the vocabulary featured in the story. Students must use context clues to determine meaning. The definitions are on a separate presentation: The Noble Experiment Vocabulary. It also includes Jackie's Nine Values vocabulary.
Baseball is a team sport that originated in the United States. It involves two teams of nine players each who take turns batting and fielding. The goal is to score more runs than the opposing team by hitting a thrown ball and running around four bases. The document outlines the history of baseball and its evolution from ancient stick and ball games. It also describes some of the most famous baseball stars like Joe DiMaggio and Frank Robinson. Key rules, equipment, field dimensions, and major professional leagues are defined.
Jackie Robinson was born in 1919 in Georgia and was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball, breaking the color barrier in 1947. He faced discrimination throughout his life but had a successful baseball career, winning Rookie of the Year in 1947 and MVP in 1949 while helping the Brooklyn Dodgers win six pennants and the 1955 World Series. Robinson continued advocating for civil rights after his baseball career and passed away in 1972 at the age of 53 from complications of diabetes.
Jackie Robinson was born in 1919 in Georgia and grew up in California, where he excelled in multiple sports in high school and college. He became the first black player in Major League Baseball in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, winning Rookie of the Year and helping break the color barrier. Throughout his career, Robinson faced racism but persevered to become the National League MVP in 1949 and play a key role in the Dodgers' 1955 World Series win, and after retiring continued advocating for civil rights until his death in 1972.
Jackie Robinson was born in 1919 in Georgia and faced discrimination as an African American. He played many sports in his youth and attended UCLA. Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier. As the first black MLB player, he faced considerable racism but led the Dodgers to six pennants and was named National League MVP in 1949. Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962 for his accomplishments on and off the field in fighting discrimination in professional sports.
This document provides an introduction to several popular American sports including baseball, basketball, American football, and mixed martial arts. For each sport, it lists the name and provides bullet points on the rules and key positions/actions including pitching, hitting, and fielding for baseball; dribbling, shooting, passing, and rebounding for basketball; passing, catching, blocking, running/tackling, and field goals for football; and punching, submissions, and Thai clinch techniques for MMA.
The document provides an overview of common hand signals used by umpires in softball games to communicate calls and situations to players and other umpires. It describes signals for plays like strikes, balls, outs, safe calls, fouls, time outs, and more. Emphasis is placed on consistency between umpires so that everyone understands the call being made without verbal communication distracting from the game.
George Herman "Babe" Ruth, Jr. was an American baseball player who played from 1914 to 1935, primarily as an outfielder. He was born in 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland and grew up getting into trouble until being sent to a boys' home at age 7. He began his career in 1914 playing for minor league teams before joining the Boston Red Sox in 1916. Known for his talent hitting, he was moved from pitcher to outfielder in 1919 and was then traded to the New York Yankees in 1920 where he played for the rest of his career. Babe Ruth retired in 1935 after 22 seasons and set numerous career records including home runs with 714. He died in 1948 in New York City at the age
This document outlines the objectives and activities of a mathematics lesson on constructing angle bisectors and perpendicular bisectors. The lesson objectives are to enhance mathematical learning skills and accurately construct these angles and lines. The activities include solving mathematical anagrams, practice problems, constructing angle and perpendicular bisectors, and an assessment of understanding.
This document discusses various propaganda techniques used to influence opinions and behaviors, including bandwagon, name-calling, testimonial, glittering generality, plain-folks appeal, transfer, emotional words, faulty reasoning, and fear. It provides examples of how each technique may be used in advertising to persuade consumers. The key techniques are designed to make people feel like they need to join or fit in with others, attach negative labels to ideas or people, endorse products through famous people, inspire positive feelings through commonly admired values, present ideas as relatable to everyday people, inappropriately transfer positive associations, use emotionally charged words, make logical leaps, and play on fears. The document stresses the importance of making informed choices
The document discusses tone and how to identify the tone of a speaker or narrator based on their word choice. It defines tone as the attitude a speaker takes towards their subject. Tone is different from mood, which is how the reader is meant to feel. The document provides examples of tone words and has readers practice identifying the tone of short passages through evidence from the text.
Satire is a form of writing that uses humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to criticize people's stupidity or vices in order to effect social or political change. Satire targets specific individuals, groups of people, or society as a whole. Common devices used in satire include exaggeration, irony, sarcasm, and understatement. Famous English satires include Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift and A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift, which ridiculed landlords by suggesting they eat children. The primary goal of satire is to bring about social reform by criticizing human weaknesses.
This document discusses foreshadowing and how to identify it in texts. It defines foreshadowing as subtle hints an author provides about future plot developments. Some techniques authors use include descriptive words that reveal characters' emotions and ominous music in movies and TV shows. Examples are given from Peter Rabbit, where Mrs. Rabbit warns the children not to go in Mr. McGregor's garden, foreshadowing danger. Students practice identifying foreshadowing in short passages and learn it involves noticing clues about events to come.
The document discusses themes in literature. It defines a theme as a life lesson, meaning, or message about life that is communicated through a literary work. Themes are not explicit but rather implied and apply to the "big world" rather than just the small world of the story. Examples of themes include "money can't buy happiness" and "don't judge people based on surface appearances." The document provides guidance on identifying themes, noting they should convey advice applicable to the real world and be inferred from analyzing what happens in a story rather than being directly stated.
The document discusses allusions through examples and definitions. It provides examples of allusions referring to Atlas carrying the weight of the world, having the wisdom of Athena and beauty of Aphrodite, and a smile resembling a famous painting. It then defines an allusion as an indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or art. The document discusses identifying allusions in songs and distinguishes between allusions and illusions. It provides additional examples of allusions from students' writing.
There are three main kinds of irony: verbal, dramatic, and situational. Verbal irony involves saying something but meaning the opposite, like sarcasm. Dramatic irony occurs when the audience understands something a character does not. Situational irony is when what actually happens is unexpected or opposite of what was expected. Each type of irony involves expectations being subverted in some way.
Rhode Island has 36 islands along Narragansett Bay and contains sandy beaches, plains, lagoons, rocky cliffs, lakes, ponds and reservoirs among sloping hills. Some of Rhode Island's natural resources include apples, potatoes, lobsters and clams. The state's economic goods include boats, submarine parts, jewelry and silverware. Two important historical figures are Charles Follen McKim, who designed the state capitol building, and William Blackstone, the first non-native settler. Rhode Island has state symbols such as the quahog shell, Rhode Island Red bird, violet flower and greening apple fruit.
Lake Champlain, covering 440 square miles, is Vermont's largest lake. Otter Creek, Vermont's longest river, is also an important geographic feature. Vermont has many natural resources from its forests, including trees used to make paper, furniture and lumber, as well as maple syrup from sugar maple trees. Agricultural economic goods include sweet corn, potatoes, apples, and dairy cows that produce milk, cheese and ice cream. Famous Vermonters mentioned include singer Rudy Vallee and baseball player Carlton Fisk.