The scales of justice is a symbol used in many Western presentations of modern law. They symbolize the idea of the fair distribution of law, with no influence of bias, privilege or corruption. The scales are held usually by Lady Justice, also known as the Lady of Justice,… The scales…
When talking about lessons he learned from his father, Bob, Tebow said his father used the movie Braveheart and its main character, Scottish rebel William Wallace, to teach him about giving 100 percent to whatever he was doing. For reasons that are unclear, Facebook users began in August and September…
Ceremonies. 8 August 2008, Beijing, Opening Ceremony of the Games of the XXIXe Olympiad. The last runner of the Olympic Torch relay Li Ning prepares to light the Olympic cauldron. © Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY Sports Alexa Knierim (USA) and Brandon Frazier (USA) compete in the team figure skating pairs…
John Muir made his first ascent of Whitney on October 21, 1873. Muir was the first person to climb Whitney from the east via what is today known as the Mountaineers Route. His ambition was to be the first to summit Mount Whitney, a peak he had a hand in…
The war officially ended with the February 2, 1848, signing in Mexico of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The treaty added an additional 525,000 square miles to United States territory, including the land that makes up all or parts of present-day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.…
However, Atlas had a different fate, and Zeus condemned Atlas to stand at the Western edge of Gaia (the Earth) and hold the heavens on his shoulders to prevent the two from resuming their primordial embrace. He was Atlas Telamon, or ‘enduring Atlas,’ a name embodying his daily struggle and…
It was hosted by Allen Ludden, Bill Cullen (who filled in for Allen for a month in the spring of 1980) and Tom Kennedy, who replaced Allen late in 1980 and remained until the program was cancelled in 1982. Password Plus, like the ABC revival of Password, won a Daytime…
Thousands of workers from a variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds labored in grueling terrain and conditions to connect the Atlantic and Pacific. Most of them were Chinese workers who were paid less for their labor than their European counterparts. The vital role of railroads in developing the west cannot…
The show was revived again in syndication from 2000 to 2002 and hosted by John O’Hurley. The most recent iteration is now on the ABC network and has been hosted by Anthony Anderson since 2016. It is currently in its 6th season, which continued via a “Summer Premiere” (not season…
Industrial Workers of the World. Among the founders of the IWW were William D. (“Big Bill”) Haywood of the Western Federation of Miners (WFM), Daniel De Leon of the Socialist Labor Party, and Eugene V. Debs of the Socialist Party. Debs withdrew his support as the group grew more radical.…