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Question: HELP! CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME a LIST OF INSPIRATIONAL MOVIES? PLEASE READ DETAILS B4 ANSWERING!?

i need a list of inspirational movies, specifically about sports and how those people have triumphed to achieve their dreams over the circumstances they have been facing (disabilities, living conditions, etc) and also biography movies about teenagers and kids as well that also inspire others to go for what they want! Also, you can include movies about respect to others, perserverance, etc. thank you so much!

Answer: Remember the Titans
Miracle (1980’s US Hockey Team)
The Mighty Ducks
Gridiron Gang

Coaches give back by coming back

For more than half a century, Staples High School has been considered by locals to be a true “center of excellence” in every category of secondary school education.

Writing Tips & Teaching Strategies : How to Write a Biography

Question: Is it correct that the 12 apostles of Jesus were not the same people whom wrote the Gospels?

A minister taught me this in a class about Christianity. I learned that the Gospels were written at least 60+ years after the death of Jesus by people using pseudonyms. So the original apostles were not the authors. A lot of people think that Paul of Tarsus also was an apostle, which he was not, he never even met Jesus (other than in a vision on the road to Damascus). So in actuality, the Bible was written by people who most likely never saw Jesus. What do you guys think about this?

I have a lot of love for Christians, so I hope no one considers this an attack. I am just curious if most Christians were aware of Bible history. Scholars know that there is a common unfound source that the original Gospels use, but the the Gospel of John did not use this source, and was more a revision of the original 3.

Answer: Yup. It was common during that time to write something and name it after someone important.
So there is author by tradition, author/sources by conjecture and conjectured editor.
Scholars on the subject have come up with various hypothesis for the gospels and the rest of the bible. Q source are sayings of Jesus that are common to both Matthew’s and Luke’s gospel; most scholars believe that both authors used a common “sayings” gospel, similar to the Gospel of Thomas, which is now lost; other scholars believe that Luke simply copied the sayings he liked out of the Gospel of Matthew

I’ll give you a link to an interesting chart of biblical writers.

http://www.lost-history.com/authors.php

Paul Wagler: Ancient Empires and Conquerors: Reflections on my recent trip to Turkey, Greece and Italy

My wife and I had an opportunity to join an archaeological tour of Turkey with friends. We decided to visit Greece and Italy at the…

Apostle Paul, Saul of Tarsus, 13th Disciple from Hell

Question: Best Paul McCartney Bio?

What is the best easy-to-read biography of Paul McCartney? (When I mean easy-to-read, I don’t mean for children. I mean a book that isn’t too long or complicated and includes everything from his birth to now.)
Thanks, ksouth5, but I already have that book. I’m reading it now.
The Bob Spitz book, I mean.

Answer: There is not one book out there that has his life from birth to now. But, two of my favorite books would have to be The Beatles by Bob Spitz. This book gives a detailed look from McCartney’s childhood up until his final days with the beatles. The other book is many years from now. This book is comprised from interviews that Paul has given through the years. My favorite part of the book is when he talks about how he wrote the song yesterday.

The ‘Mad Men,’ Ossining and Cheever Nexus

One of television’s most acclaimed shows is set in the town where one of the country’s top writers lived. Coincidence? Hardly.

A Biography of Chris Van Allsburg

Sid Fleischman dies at 90; Newbery Medal-winning children’s writer

Fleischman, known for his humor and nose for history, wrote more than 50 children’s books, including ‘The Whipping Boy’ and ‘By the Great Horn Spoon!,’ as well as biographies for young readers. Sid Fleischman was a successful suspense novelist and screenwriter whose credits included the screenplay for his novel “Blood Alley” when he decided to write a book that his young children could read so …

Bill O’Reilly on Hamptons TV

Question: Abe Lincoln’s life in a bag?

So in Social Studies we have a choice of doing a book review on the biography we had to read (just a normal book report) or what’s called a Book In the Bag.. where we have to choose 10 facts from that person’s life and turn them into items representing that fact.. I had Abraham Lincoln and since he freed the slaves i would do. say play handcuffs or that he was the 16th president i would do birthday cake number 16.. Well I need 10 facts along with items and that would go good.. I am in 7th grade so nothing too detailed.. but I am in honored 7th grade classes so it is kind of like 8th grade.. but anyway if you give a fact like i said he freed the slaves can you give a year because i can’t just say.. “he freed the slaves” when presenting.. everyone knows that.. just help! please no negative comments

Answer: I don’t know if you’re asking for facts or something to symbolize the facts. I had a couple of artifact ideas but they’re not practical. So, I’ll just list a few pertinent facts about Lincoln.
You already know he’s the 16th President
You know about freeing the slaves. The 13th amendment was what did that, in 1865.

So,

He was a Lawyer, the name of his law firm was Stuart and Lincoln. It was in Springfield.
He took two flatboat trips to New Orleans. One from Indiana, down the Ohio River to the Mississippi, working for a man named Gentry. The other was down the Sangamon River to the Illinois River, then the Mississippi to New Orleans. This is the trip where he first saw New Salem.
He was a captain of a militia company from New Salem in the Black Hawk war. They didn’t fight any Indians.
He was the Postmaster of New Salem.
He ran two different stores. The first for Mr. Offutt, the second he ran with a friend named Berry. The second store went bankrupt.
He served in the Illinois General Assembly as one of the Whig party leaders. He was instrumental in getting the state capital moved from Vandalia to Springfield.
He served one term in Congress.
He was the father of four boys: Robert, Edward, William, and Thomas. In his farewell address in Springfield (February 11, 1861) the boy he refers to who was buried was Edward.
His grandfather knew Daniel Boone.
He was married to Mary Todd Lincoln November 4, 1842.

New book casts Abe Lincoln as vampire hunter

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