The Fascinating Life and Times of Alexander Hamilton

The Fascinating Life and Times of Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton was conceived in the British West Indies in 1755 or 1757. There is some debate of his introduction to the world year because of early records and Hamiltons own cases. He was conceived with only one parent present to James A. Hamilton and Rachel Faucett Lavien. His mom kicked the bucket in 1768 leaving him to a great extent a vagrant. He worked for Beekman and Cruger as an agent and was received by a neighborhood dealer, Thomas Stevens, a man some accept to be his natural dad. His astuteness incited pioneers on the island to need him to be instructed in the American provinces. A store was gathered to send him there to promote his training. Training Hamilton was incredibly keen. He went to a language structure school in Elizabethtown, New Jersey from 1772-1773. He at that point selected at Kings College, New York (presently Columbia University) either late in 1773 or from the get-go in 1774. He later specialized in legal matters alongside being an enormous part in the establishing of the United States. Individual Life Hamilton wedded Elizabeth Schuyler on December 14, 1780. Elizabeth was one of the three Schuyler sisters that were compelling during the American Revolution. Hamilton and his wifeâ remained close regardless of his having an unsanctioned romance with Maria Reynolds, a wedded lady. Together they assembled and lived in the Grange in New York City. Hamilton and Elizabeth had eight kids: Philip (murdered in a duel in 1801) Angelica, Alexander, James Alexander, John Church, William Stephen, Eliza, and Philip (brought into the world not long after the main Philip was slaughtered.) Progressive War Activities In 1775, Hamilton joined the nearby civilian army to help battle in the Revolutionary War like numerous understudies from Kings College. His investigation of military strategies drove him to the position of lieutenant. His proceeded with endeavors and fellowship to unmistakable nationalists like John Jay drove him to raise an organization of men and become their commander. He was before long selected to George Washingtons staff. He filled in as Washingtons untitled Chief of Staff for a long time. He was a believed official and appreciated a lot of regard and certainty from Washington. Hamilton made numerous associations and was instrumental in the war exertion. Hamilton and the Federalist Papers Hamilton was a New York agent to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. After the Constitutional Convention, he workedâ with John Jay and James Madison to attempt to convince New York to join in endorsing the new constitution. They mutually composed the Federalist Papers. These comprised of 85 papers of which Hamilton composed 51. These had an enormous effect on sanction as well as on Constitutional law. First Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton was chosen by George Washington to be the main Secretary of the Treasury on September 11, 1789. In this job, he had a colossal effect in the development of the U.S. Government including the accompanying things: Accepting all the states obligations from the war in this manner expanding government power.Creating the U.S. MintCreating the primary national bankProposing an extract charge on bourbon to raise income for the administrative governmentFighting for a more grounded central government Hamilton left the Treasury in January, 1795. Living day to day After the Treasury Despite the fact that Hamilton left the Treasury in 1795, he was not expelled from political life. He stayed a dear companion of Washington and affected his goodbye address. In the appointment of 1796, he plotted to have Thomas Pinckney chose president over John Adams. Be that as it may, his interest reverse discharges and Adams won the administration. In 1798 with the support of Washington, Hamilton turned into a significant general in the Army, to help lead if there should arise an occurrence of threats with France. Hamiltons plots in the Election of 1800 accidentally prompted Thomas Jeffersons political race as president and Hamiltons abhorred rival, Aaron Burr, as VP. Demise After Burrs term as Vice President, he wanted the workplace of legislative head of New York which Hamilton again attempted to restrict. This steady competition in the long run prompted Aaron Burr moving Hamilton to a duel in 1804. Hamilton acknowledged and the Burr-Hamilton duel happened on July 11, 1804, at the Heights of Weehawken in New Jersey. It is accepted that Hamilton discharged first and presumably regarded his pre-duel vow to discard his shot. Be that as it may, Burr discharged at and shot Hamilton in the midriff. He kicked the bucket from his injuries daily later. Burr could never again possess a political office in enormous part because of the aftermath from the duel.

A Woman and Her Lute

A Woman and Her Lute 1702, Bologna, Italy Its late in the afternoon, and the sunlight is streaming diagonally across the piazza, splashing rays of golden yellow onto the worn, cobblestoned city square. Aside from the ever-present pigeons squabbling over pieces of bread, the plaza is deserted except for an eccentric figure, dozing against one of the sandstone pillars with what appears to be a foldable easel and a bag of paintbrushes slung over his shoulder. His slumber is abruptly interrupted, however: Giuseppe! É tardi! Wake up! An attractive young woman clad in a white cotton dress nudged the sleeping man, who had slumped over and is now sprawled out on the ground. For goodness sakes! Are you going to come see me play tonight? Vattene! Let me sleep some more. Giuseppe resumed his position against the pillar and closed his eyes again. Mamma mia! Youve been sleeping forever. Wake up! Wake up! The woman grasped his shoulders, and started shaking him fervently. Ay, Luciana! Va bene! Im getting up now Yawning, he rubbed his sleepy eyes and began to stand up. Wheres your concert tonight? Giuseppe! For the hundredth time, you very well know where it is! Goodness, have you even forgotten what you promised me when you saw me play last time? Mm? Oh wait, do I owe you another lasagna? But I dont remember making a At this point, he was abruptly interrupted by a sharp tap to the head. No!! Dio mio, at this point, I dont know how many lasagne and tortellini you owe me already, given the rate that you lose your bets with me. But you surely remember this time?! You said you were going to? Luciana glanced up hopefully. Oh! Amore mio, I promised you a painting, didnt I? Luciana nodded up and down vigorously. Giuseppe, I want it to be with my lute. Vieni, lets go to my performance first. Afterwards, lets go to Luigis and you can paint me there. Make it a good one! Winking, Luciana took his hand and the couple headed off, with the fading rays of the sunset glimmering behind them. 2008, Cambridge, Massachusetts And thus the Professor of the History of Arts speaketh, Thou shalt visit the Museum of Fine Arts, procure a Postcard, and assimilate thy intimate Understanding of the Complexities of the Craft of Oil Painting in a written Composition discussing both the Merits and the Flaws between an Original Work of Art and a Reproduction. Make absolutely certain to provide an elaborate and thoughtful Discussion of important Elements such as Color, Texture, and Dimension in thy Discourse. Go forth and be at Peace. Having thus decreed by the Professor, Oasis embarked on an epic Journey. I spent two hours in front of that painting, jotting down notes and analyzing every single inch of that painting. I was there for so long that the security guard got curious and came over: What are you doing? Oh, a paper for my Art History class. What school are you from? Mass College of Art? Nope. Boston College? Nope. Harvard? Nope. Okay, I give up. Im from MIT. Wait, Em-Eye-Tee? Like the MIT in Cambridge? Yeah. Wow, an art student at MIT. Well, Ive never heard THAT before! (and then I have to explain to him that Im actually a bio student, and Im taking art for fun. MIT does have an architecture department though, and visual art is categorized with architecture.) Sooo, I came home and assimilated by 13-pages of handwritten notes into a 2,500 word essay. Anyways, the moral of the story is Introduction to Art History (4.601) is this wonderful class that I discovered by chance this year. The actual story is kind of complex (ha), so here goes: When I was on my way back from Central America, I had to transit at LAX so I told my friend who was studying at Biola University there that I hope to stay for a bit in LA and visit her before heading back to Boston. Sooo, I went over to Biola when I got to LA and had a really nice chat with her till 4 in the morning (she was my high school classmate who I havent seen in a year). That night, she told me that she took Art History during the summer and I was intrigued by all these stories and anecdotes that she was telling me about the class. So it got me thinkinghmm, I wonder if I should go and explore Art History? Some background here When I was in high school, I LOVED history. Our school only offered APUSH, so I went ahead and did AP Euro and AP World on my own. I loved history so much that at one point I flirted with the idea of majoring in history in college (but called it off because the rational voice in my head was nagging me against it). However, Ive always only been exposed to traditional history, since I was always a bit suspicious of anything that has the word Art in its title (I nearly failed elementary drawing). Having the conversation with my friend, however, actually opened my eyes to this exciting new form of history, which Ive never actually thought about before. Moreover, on a separate note, Ive also been wanting to take a class at Harvard recently in order to experience a different teaching style. Thus, during the summer, when I was UROPing here, I was looking up history offerings at Harvard for the fall semester. After visiting Biola and getting the idea of Art History in my mind, I became curious about their History of Art and Architecture 10 (which is basically the equivalent of 4.601 here) and started looking up info about the class. I got as close as procuring a cross-registration form from the HASS Office until I decided to double check Harvards final exam schedule again and discovered that in fact they DID NOT change their exam schedule this year to be before Christmas (Harvard traditionally has their fall final exams during our IAP, and someone told me earlier that Harvard changed it this year to be the same as our final schedule). Having made plans for IAP already, I called off the notion and went back to the regular MIT HASS classes that Ive pre-reged for. Then my friend from Wellesley comes along and tells me that she TOO is taking Art History (albeit at Wellesley, which apparently has the first Art History course in the nation). By this point, Im convinced that there is just too many coincidences going on and under her exhortation of you know, you should really just do the things that you love, I started exploring 4.601 at MIT. I was hesitant about 4.601 for several reasons: -MIT is a tech school. How good can ART HISTORY be at a school that has Technology in its title? -I am already taking too many HASS classes and I dont really need the credit. What if the class turns out to be unnecessary stress on my schedule? -Historically, there isnt a stable lecturer for the class. -I already have 5 classes (60 credits) registered for the Fall. Adding 4.601 would put me at 72 creds. But then I went to the first couple of lecturers, and the professor opened the class with a couple of intriguing questions that totally got me hooked into the class. One such example was: Going by your FIRST INSTINCT (You cant choose both directions at once which MIT students seem to be inclined to say =p) Results: It has been shown that most Westerners would say that the set of lines is leading down (top left to bottom right), because of cultural conditioning from reading left to right. This is in direct contrast to most Easterners (especially those that havent been living in the West or reads English) who would say that the set of lines is leading up due to the fact that most Asiatic scripts are written from right to left. Cool, huh? =D The coup de grace came when I was eating Chinese food a couple of days ago and I opened my fortune cookie, which contained the following message: Courage will bring you good fortune. I dont know much about good fortune, but taking that leap of faith really paid off. =p Oh, and even Art classes at the Tech can be fun. :D

College Admissions Essay Package

College Admissions Essay Package November 19, 2013 Email brian@theivycoach.com with the college essay questions (include their word counts) that youll need help with or simply list the schools. Well then be able to let you know our fee. Are you interested in our College Admissions Essay Package? If youre a senior applying Regular Decision or the parent of a senior with upcoming deadlines, we at Ivy Coach are available to help you make your college admissions essays shine for admissions officers at highly selective colleges. We so often hear from parents who reach out to us that their child has finished his essays and he doesnt need help with them. That, of course, elicits a (secret) eye roll from us because in the years weve worked in this business, we can recall only one essay that we thought was outstanding and worthy of submission before we worked with the student on it. You know how if you poll American high school grads, many cant say which country the United States fought in the Revolutionary War? Or they wont know if Abraham Lincoln led the North or South in the Civil War? Well, to put this in perspective, thats how we feel about 99% of college essays that are submitted each and every year to highly selective colleges. The vast majority are absolutely, positively terrible. Dreadful in fact. From honoring a dead grandfather in an essay (thats nice that you want to pay tribute to grandpa but college admissions officers at highly selective colleges want to learn about you not grandpa) to sports essays (we never guessed you were going to come back to win that race after falling behind on the first lap!) to community service essays in Third World countries (you can afford to travel to Chile and live there for three months how amazing that you can have that experience), its not original. Its not inspiring. And it wont move highly selective college ad missions officers to want to go to bat for you (or your child). The finished products of the college essays that we help our students with move admissions officers. They make admissions officers want to fight for their candidacy, which is what any good college essay should but so rarely does. If you are interested in our College Admissions Essay Package, simply email brian@theivycoach.com. Brian has been our chief essay specialist at Ivy Coach for over a decade. Include the essays as well as word counts you need help with or the names of the schools for which youll need help with the essays. And, by the way, do you know how we know the essays we work on with our students are good? Because when one of our students writes an essay about a rubber-band ball, a ton of rubber-bands are included in the envelope from admissions. All different colors, too. When a student applies to a highly selective college after being kicked out of a military academy because of Dont Ask, Dont Tell, the dean of admissions at that school takes him aside at a meeting of transfers and says to him, In my many years of working here, yours is the finest essay Ive read. We are so proud to have you with us here.

How to Make Ice Cream in a Bag (No Freezer Needed)

You can make ice cream in a plastic bag as a fun science project. The best part is you dont need an ice cream maker or even a freezer. This is a fun and tasty food science project that explores freezing point depression. Materials 1/4 cup sugar1/2 cup milk1/2 cup whipping cream (heavy cream)1/4 teaspoon vanilla or vanilla flavoring (vanillin)1 (quart) zipper-top baggie1 (gallon) zipper-top baggie2 cups iceThermometer1/2 to 3/4 cup sodium chloride (NaCl) as table salt or rock saltMeasuring cups and spoonsCups and spoons for eating your treat Procedure Add 1/4 cup sugar, 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 cup whipping cream, and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla to the quart zipper  bag. Seal the bag securely.Put 2 cups of ice into the gallon plastic  bag.Use a thermometer to measure and record the temperature of the ice in the gallon bag.Add 1/2 to 3/4 cup salt (sodium chloride) to the bag of ice.Place the sealed quart bag inside the gallon bag of ice and salt. Seal the gallon bag securely.Gently rock the gallon bag from side to side. Its best to hold it by the top seal or to have gloves or a cloth between the bag and your hands because the bag will be cold enough to damage your skin.Continue to rock the bag for 10-15 minutes or until the contents of the quart bag have solidified into ice cream.Open the gallon bag and use the thermometer to measure and record the temperature of the ice/salt mixture.Remove the quart bag, open it, serve the contents into cups with spoons. How It Works Ice has to absorb energy to melt, changing the phase of water from a solid to a liquid. When you use ice to cool the ingredients for ice cream, the energy is absorbed from the ingredients and from the outside environment (like your hands, if you are holding the baggie of ice.) When you add salt, it lowers the freezing point of the ice, so even more energy has to be absorbed from the environment for the ice to melt. This makes the ice colder than it was before, which is how your ice cream freezes. Ideally, you would make your ice cream using ice cream salt, which is just salt sold as large crystals instead of the small crystals in table salt. The larger crystals take more time to dissolve in the water around the ice, which allows for more even cooling of the ice cream. Other Types of Salt You could use other types of salt instead of sodium chloride, but you couldnt substitute sugar for the salt because (a) sugar doesnt dissolve well in cold water and (b) sugar doesnt dissolve into multiple particles, like an ionic material such as salt. Compounds that break into two pieces upon dissolving, like NaCl breaks into Na and Cl-, are better at lowering the freezing point than substances that dont separate into particles because the added particles disrupt the ability of the water to form crystalline ice. The more particles there are, the greater the disruption and the greater the impact on particle-dependent properties (colligative properties) like freezing point depression, boiling point elevation, and osmotic pressure. The salt causes the ice to absorb more energy from the environment (becoming colder), so although it lowers the point at which water will re-freeze into ice, you cant add salt to very cold ice and expect it to freeze your ice cream or de-ice a snowy sidewalk. (Water has to be present.) This is why NaCl isnt used to de-ice sidewalks in areas that are very cold.

The United States Of America - 945 Words

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I chose the Starbucks Ethnography due to Starbucks’ ubiquity and personal relevance. Every age group knows about Starbucks, from young students in elementary school to retired seniors that are spending their days relaxing. At the place I work, a fourth grader brought a drink in. That someone so young is already drinking a Frappuccino speaks to how far Starbucks’ influence has pervaded society and strongly influenced my decision to write it. Symbolic anthropology, defined as, understanding â€Å"a culture by discovering and analyzing the symbols†¦Ã¢â‚¬  (Nanda, 35), is best applied to this ethnography especially due to the green logo that is present on everything that is Starbucks. My study was more or less inductive, as though I had an idea of what†¦show more content†¦When I arrived, the Starbucks looked as busy as usual. It wasn’t filled to the brim with a line, nor was it completely empty. There were also a few seats left open (allowing me to s it in a good spot). Profiling people here was awkward due to the inconsistencies in coming in. Sometimes, people came inside in droves, which made it hard for me to keep track of everyone. However, from 12:15 to 12:22 nobody came in. It was during this slump that the employees took time to talk to each other, talking about Zoe Gomez (Selena Gomez’s sister) among other topics. A majority of the people were Caucasian, although barely (twelve out of twenty-two people), and male. 72.7% of people bought cold drinks, probably owing to the fact that it was extremely hot outside. Also, the average age was 29.54 and people often came in very casual clothes, perhaps owing to the fact that I came on Independence Day. The most interesting memory from this area was one of a baby with a balloon. He had accidentally let go of it and it flew to the ceiling. The parents could not reach it, and the baby thus resigned to crying. A nearby person, however, grabbed a chair and got the balloon from the ceiling. This resulted in a majority of the consumers to being clapping for the man. A lady later even walked up behind him, congratulating him and patting him on his back. Another notable interaction I noticed was what I thought to be a first date. Using kinesics, or â€Å"the study of body position, movement,