Angelo Pignatti 63, of Revesby in Staten Island, passed away on Saturday, December 15, 1968 at Staten Island Zoo. Born Oct. 14, 1905 near Johnson, he was son of late Marco Pignatti and Stella pignatti. A Staten City resident throughout his life, Angelo was a 1923 graduate of Concord High School. For many years, he was employed by Charles Lennox where he did electric supplying, and wiring. He was a loyal member of the Staten Island Zoo where he was awarded best customer Monkey aquarium. Pignatti never had any children, but he preceded in death by his wife Conchetta. A funeral service which will include a Memorial Service which will begin at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, January 6, in the Cherubini McInerny Funeral Home in Staten Island with Pastor…
Giovanni da Verrazzano is a french explorer who was sent to explore the coast of America.He was born in 1485 during the 15th century and he settled down in Dieppe a port in France. He was funded by the french king at the time and was sent with four ships. Giovanni explored the coast in boats and there was 4 boats sent to explore the coast but only two of the 4 ships made it to the coast line, the other 2 ships made it but were severely damaged from the storms they encountered. Giovanni set sail to explore the coast in 1508 with 3 other ships who followed him. The two ships they lost were lost because of severe storms off the coast of America. The trip ended in New York where Giovanni and the rest of the travelers landed. The travel there was…
Francesco Vincent Serpico was born on April 14, 1936 in Brooklyn, NY. At the age of 18 Serpico enlisted in the United States army and spent two years in Korea. In 1959 Frank Serpico graduated form the police academy and was sworn into the New York City Police Department.…
Mike Iaconelli was born in June 17, 1972. In South Philadelphia. And raised in Runnemede,N.J. And devoting his life to fishing. And is one of the best bass professional fisherman. He sponsored by Toyota trucks. And is worldwide known in fishing.…
Gary Paulsen was born on May 17, 1939 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Gary Paulsen is the prolific author of more than 40 books, 200 magazine articles and short stories, and several plays; primarily for Young Adults. Paulsen's interests in books and reading came when he was a teenager and walked into a library to escape the cold of a Minnesota winter. Once inside, and much to his surprise, the librarian offered him a library card and a book to read (Something About the Author, 1995). Reading helped Paulsen cope with a difficult family situation then and remains a constant in his life today.…
According to Philippe Gaillard from the Red Cross, the U.N. did not support him or any of his actions in trying to stay and help. How can one person save an entire nation of people undergoing a genocide without the help of his organization’s peacekeeping…
Have you ever thought about what it really means to be a Canadian? What you need to do to even consider yourself to be a part of this country? I believe that Sam Steele could be considered a Canadian. There are many things that he did that made him canadian but the main reason for that is that he was the one who actually fought for Canada.…
From the centuries, world has witnessed a number of bloody wars, holocausts, carnages and cruel genocide, which shattered the lives of millions of innocent people. After witnessing the mass killings and its aftermath consequences, world has not yet learned a lesson and still on the same path of destruction. ‘Hotel Rwanda’, a movie by Terry George, tries to convey the same message to save the world harmony and to maintain social integrity and peace, else the world should ready to witness a massive destruction. This movie is based on the one of the world’s fastest and atrocious historical genocide in Rwanda in 1994. It depicts the true events around the genocide experienced by a hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina played by famous Hollywood actor…
During the Rwandan genocide the will to survive of the Tutsis causes them to survive against the insurgent majority Hutu’s. After many deaths and endless torture the Tutsis, an African ethnicity in Rwanda, are seeking a safe haven in this time of genocide and will go to anyone for help just so they can survive. One person in particular Rusesabagina, a Hutu hotel manager married to a Tutsis, risks everything to help others. Lovegren, the author of this article, reveals that Rusesabagina does just that in his article about the hotel “Deserted by international Peacekeepers Rusesabagina began cashing in every favor he had ever earned, bribing the Rwandan Hutu soldiers and keeping the bloodthirsty militia outside the gates during the hundred days of slaughter.(Lovgren)” Being a Hutu hotel manager in Rwanda and harboring Tutsi fugitives including his wife and children is a death wish considering that the Hutu rebels will gladly kill everyone. Rusesabagina, the hotel manager, will do anything to keep his family and the innocent people living in his hotel alive. The Tutsis and himself both strive for survival. Likewise Valentina is a Tutsi girl who saw her parents and loved ones die at the feet of the dispassionate Hutus, leaving her with nothing but dead corpse’s, a broken body, and no shelter or food. Hundreds of Tutsi fugitives gathered around in a church that one day, one of them happened to be Valentina and her family. Her family was slaughtered but Valentina…
Daniel Tammett is an extraordinary person in more ways than one. He has savant syndrome, which in itself is extremely rare. Savants have skills such as superior memory, lightening calculation, calendar calculating, musical ability, artistic ability, and/or language ability. Daniel has many of these. Daniel also has a “visual, emotional experience of numbers” (2) called synesthesia, which is also “a rare neurological mixing of the senses” (2), and on top of those two disorders, he also has Asperger’s syndrome. Having one of those can be so debilitating that it can be extremely hard to function in the world, but having three?? If someone were to say they had those disorders, it would be assumed that he/she would be living in a hospital because they would need help with daily living. Daniel is strong though, and he never let any of his disorders keep him down. That is a unique thing about him.…
I am a senior in high school and I want to take more challenging courses to complete my final year. My reason for choosing Toccoa Falls College was due to the fact that my local college is full of bureaucracy. I felt that they did not want me there. I never once had that feeling with Toccoa Falls. That is the main reason why I choose this school. Although, the Christian values the school has had something to do with it as well.…
Mr. Rusesabagina was a decent, normal and good person that was put in an extraordinary situation. In his book he states “I did what I believed to be the ordinary things that an ordinary man would do. I said no to outrageous actions the way I thought that anybody would, and it still mystifies me that so many others could say yes.” This line says it all. Mr. Rusesabagina was “An Ordinary Man” put in an extraordinary situation and during the ten weeks of the Rwandan genocide he proved that we can all make a difference by doing what we all know is good and right in the eyes of…
Paul Rusesabgina and his acts of bravery aided the survival of him, his family, and many others during the war between the Hutus and the Tutsis. When the guards rounded up Paul’s family, and some others and told Paul to shoot them he had to make a rapid decision on what to do. He offered the guards money and supplies if they let him and his family go. Another act of heroism Paul committed was when Paul stood up to the general and told him if he didn’t help him and his family then all…
2012, the Catalan school model has been severely threatened by the Spanish, even though it…
Hotel Rwanda challenges one of the most horrendously unpleasant happenings in recent history. While the Hutu extremists of Rwanda commenced a frightening campaign of genocide, massacring hundreds of thousands of minority Tutsis while the rest of the world observed and did nothing. Paul is a very successful businessman who smoothly greases the wheels and makes powerful connections in all of Rwandan life. His wife, Tatiana, is a Tutsi. She urges Paul to use his influence to help local Tutsis, who are being harassed and beaten with increasing frequency, but Paul will only use…