The world’s first atomic bomb was transported to Guam by the former flagship of the American Pacific Fifth Fleet‚ the USS Indianapolis. The bomb was brought aboard the ship on July 15th 1945‚ while she was anchored in San Francisco Bay. At 8:00 a.m. The following morning the USS Indianapolis left San Francisco bound for Tinian with the atomic bomb‚ something that would cause so much devastation and go down in history. Of the crew aboard that morning 883 of 1‚199 will have perished in two weeks. The
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Hurst v. Florida 577 US _ (2016) 2. The petitioner‚ Timothy Hurst‚ was convicted of first degree murder and the jury recommended the death penalty to the judge in Florida‚ who then sentenced Hurst to death. Hurst appealed to the Florida Supreme Court and was granted resentencing. The Florida Supreme Court rejected Hurst’s argument and reaffirmed his sentence. The Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari. 3. Hurst had bound‚ gagged‚ and then stabbed his coworker over 60 times during
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in the state of Florida is particularly high. The state of Florida‚ the state in which the Beach Sheet headquarters will be located‚ attracts a very high number of visitors per year. Data for the 2006 calendar year shows that over 83 million people visited the state this particular year. Also for 2006‚ these 83 million people left an economic impact of over $65 billion in tourism spending. Statistics also show that the main activities these tourists perform while they visit Florida is shopping‚ going
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Florida v. Bostick Citation # 501 U.S. 429 Supreme Court of the United States Argued February 26‚ 1991 Decided June 20‚ 1991 Florida v. Bostick was a felony drug trafficking case which set precedence to the legality of random police searches of passengers aboard public buses and trains pertaining to said passenger’s fourth amendment rights. Shortly after boarding a bus departing from Miami headed for Atlanta‚ Terrance Bostick was approached by members of the Broward County Sheriffs
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I should be a member of Florida Leadership Academy because I am a driven person who wants to break down the barriers that others have placed. Almost two years ago‚ I finally received that news I have hoping to receive for years‚ I was going to be a United States Senate Page. To most people who hear the title of the position‚ most people have a preconceived notion that my parents contacted a couple of people to help me out‚ but that was not the case. Before I received the news‚ I had spent three years
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Search and Seizure Portfolio In his article Florida v. Harris: Turning Police Dogs into Search Warrants on a Leash‚ John Whitehead questions the intentions of both police officers and Supreme Court judges‚ who seem to be condoning and ruling in favor of unconstitutional searches of American citizens. The criteria for what qualifies as probable cause has now been left up to the judgement of an officer. With variance in why a search should be conducted‚ Americans are left in the dark when it comes
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building this culture successfully. Not only is this important to business organizations‚ but it is also important in collegiate sports. The Florida State Seminoles have had recent success in college basketball‚ and I decided to look into the profiles of some of the team’s top recruits under coach Hamilton. After closely studying the rosters of recent Florida State basketball teams‚ it is evident that Hamilton heavily recruits players at key positions who are great athletes and intense defenders.
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USS Indianapolis The USS Indianapolis (CA-35) was commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 15 November 1932. The ship served with honor from Pearl Harbor through the last campaign of World War II‚ sinking in action two weeks before the end of the war. On 30 July 1945‚ while sailing from Guam to Leyte‚ Indianapolis was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-58. The ship capsized and sank in twelve minutes. Survivors were spotted by a patrol aircraft on 2 August. All air and surface units capable
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USS Constitution Boston is a coastal city with long history‚ there are many historic sites located in Boston area. Today‚ there is a 200 years old sailing ship berthed at Charlestown Navy Yard and serves as a museum ship. USS Constitution is the oldest floating commissioned naval vessel in the world and still a part of the U.S. Navy. It was launched on Oct 21‚ 1797‚ and it already serve in the U.S. Navy 216 years until now (Robert). The USS Constitution is a wooden-hulled‚ fortyfour gun
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commissioned on September seventeenth 1895 under the command of Arent S. Crownshield. The Maine anchored in Newport‚ Rhode Island until Charles Sigsbee relieved Crownshield as commissioner of the the Maine. In January 1898 the Maine was sent from Key West‚ Florida‚ to Havana‚ Cuba‚ to protect the U.S. from early conflicts between Cuba‚ Spain‚ and the United States. Three weeks later‚ an explosion occurred on board the Maine. The Maine sunk and hundreds of men on board died. This caused outrage and was ultimately
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