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Saturday, September 29, 2012
Response to the Crucible
I thought that Act 1 of The Crucible was a bit confusing. I understand it is a big part of communism but the whole paradox part gets me off of my reading track. I don't like how Parris acts like he cares so much about Abigail and Betty. I'm not saying he doesn't because he does, but he's keeping it all a secret to keep his reputation clean. I don't like that type of people, the type that are selfish and mostly care about their future and not their families' future. I dislike Abigail a lot more than Parris. She is all about lies and blaming things on other people about witchcraft. Where they live, there is no such thing as privacy. Someone says something and next thing you know everyone know. Salem is a very small community and people accuse each other a lot with lies. The biggest accusation is witchcraft. For me, it's very dumb how people believe others, knowing that rumors get around easily. I know that if i lived in that time period i would've moved somewhere where not so much drama happened and maybe even stay home most of the time.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Note Posts
1. The Staley Starch Works, of Decatur Illinois, lead George towards professional football.Many people don't know that many of the the good things existing in professional football, were introduced by George Halas. Of the 54 people in the Pro Football Hall of Fame,in Canton, Ohio, Halas happened to have been one of them. George was an honor. For he was not only a coach but also a player, an executive dwarf and a club owner. (1)
2. On September 17, 1920, Halas couldn't afford to have a football team. Staley offered him $5,000 and told him to move to Chicago and in return for Halas' to keep his name for one more year.When Halas moved his team to Chicago he leased Wrigley Field from the owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball team, Bill Veeck. So starting in 1922, the Bears were officially renamed and born. The Bears was an ideal name coming from the idea of the Cubs baseball field. (1)
3. For Halas' first ten years of coaching, he wasn't just a coach but also a player. Within those ten years, George's team won 321 times, tied 31 times, and lost 141 times. Halas retired 4 times as being a Bears coach. He retired on the 1929, 1942 (due to the fact that he participated in the World War II), 1955, and at age 73. Every time he went back to coach, he was a new Halas. After Halas finally retired from being a coach for the Bears in 1968, he didn't completely stop being associated with football. He stayed being a consultant for the team. (1)
4. George Halas was a larger-than-life football legend as well as a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was a player and a football coach. In December 17, 2011, Halas was honored in his old high school, Crane Technical High School, by the Hall of Fame and the Allstate insurance. (2)
5. Mark LaNeve, the Allstate executive vice president, said that, "to be part of a program that brings the prestige and tradition of the Pro Football Hall of Fame to communities like Chicago is an honor for Allstate, our agents and employees" (Halas remembered at Chicago high school). George Halas was and still is, a great inspiration for the Chicago Bears and the NFL. (2)
6. Halas was known as "Papa Bear" because of his association with the Chicago Bears. Halas coached the Bears for 40 seasons, in which the Chicago Bears won six NFL championships, 324 wins and 318 season victories. Being a coach, Halas was a great motivator and leader. Because of George the Bears have the most amount of player in the Professional Football Hall of Fame. (2)
7. George was the founder, owner, and coach of the Chicago Bears. He was said to be "Mr. Everything" of Professional Football. He was typically associated with the Bears since 1920 till a couple of years before he died on October 31, 1983, 88 years of age. He represented the Bears, originally known as the Decatur Staleys, at the NFL's organizational meeting. (3)
8. George was first in many things associated with football. He was first to hold practice sessions that took place every day, the first to use films taken of the opponents' games (used for study), the first to make meetings for brainstorming tours and the first to have his football team be broadcasting on radio. (3)
9. He didn't tolerate with misbehavior, laziness or insubordination. He expected his team to work to their fullest and punish their opponents physically. While Halas was the Bears' coach, they were known as the "Monsters of the Midway" because they had won 6 championship leagues. (6)
10. George halas first got involved in football when he went to school at the University of Illinois. He began to participate in football then, and finally stopped being associated with coaching it on 1968 when he was 73 years old, 10 years before he passed away. (4)
11. Halas set then stages for now-a-days football offenses by including a man-in-motion to the classic, and well know, T Formation. Halas had gotten this idea from Clark Shaughnessy, an american football coach. This offense formation was used to become a power house. The Bears beat the Washington Redskins in 1940, by using the T Formation, and won 73-0, which is the greatest victory in league history today. (4)
12. Halas played on his team till 1929. The Chicago Bears' 324 wins stayed as being a record till 1963. It is also said that they were named the Bears because football players are larger than baseball players. George Halas was the oldest coach in all of league history. (10)
13. George Halas was born in Pilsen to Bohemian parents. He was born on February 2, 1895 and was taught self-discipline, frugality and business smarts by his family. In U of C he didn't just play football but also baseball and basketball. He was mostly into baseball at first but while being on the Yankees team he severely injured his hip and his baseball career ended. He promised his mother that he was done with sports for the rest of his life. He didn't keep his promise and snuck off on the weekends to play football in club teams. (5)
14. Halas was recommended by contacts of Illinois. He was based on the reputation organized by the military service sports teams. That was when in 1920, he received the call from Staley Starch Works. Staley's company wanted Halas to relocate himself to Illinois so that he could work for the company and organize, as well as coach football and baseball teams. He took the offer. (5)
15. Staley typically gave Halas the $5,000 to get his team started in Chicago. After the season that George promised (keeping the team's name, Staley Decaturs , the Staleys were renamed to the Bears as in honor of the Cubs. (5)
16. Halas was not alone when he first moved to Chicago with his team. He had a partner named DUtch Sternamen. He helped George come up with the name for the Bears. Before the NFL was called the NFL it was called the American Professorial Football Association, APFA. After renaming the Bears, he came up with the idea of naming the APFA, N FL and other owners agreed with him. (6)
17. After Halas retired from being a player for the Bears, he hired Ralph Jones as the Bears' coach for 3 seasons. They lost lots of money because of the depression years. Hence, George took over again in 1933. He said, "I came cheap." (6)
18. When Halas isn't on the field he is a very "quiet and soft-spoken" person, but when he's on the field he is very violent. He is considered to be a hero. When he isn't engrossed with the Bears, he acted like a president of a small-town banker (7)
19. When Halas was a player, he used to kick field goals,squirm away from tacklers and throw blocks. And while he was being coach he would always be running back and up the sidelines and yelling at officials. Chicago Bears fans loved to watch him play and coach. There's even less booing when George Halas plays and coaches. (7)
20. "He was a lot tougher before," Luckman says. "But don't get me wrong. I don't think there's a Bear who ever played for Halas who doesn't have the deepest respect and admiration for him. You knew he would stick by you. He was like a father to me. I can truthfully say that all I am today I owe to George Halas and the Bears." Luckman ended up being a successful Chicago businessman. (7)
21. Halas was very strict and full od discipline in the outside but in thee inside he had warmth seeping though. He even made count in his team. He wanted a certin weight for all of the team members. He explained that, "it's like handicapping a horse. A 2-pound up in weight means difference in speed. I figure five extra pounds on a 190-pound halfback is the difference between a good and a great player." (8)
22. In general while Halas was coaching the Bears, they won 324 victories. He was the owner of the Chicago Bears for over 60 years. He coached them more than forty years. Halas also played on the team for ten years. (9)
23. Halas' parents' names were Frank and Barbara Halas. His parents immigrated to Pilsen in the 1880's and that is how he ended up being born in Pilsen. It's a coincidence how on the year Halas was born, 1895, was the year the first professional football game took action in history. (9)
24. Halas may have seemed very tough, enthusiastic and bossy but when he was in college he was almost always over powered by people larger than him. He was six feet tall and 170 pounds. His college coaches had to always be aware of his shortcomings since he has broken his jaw and a leg during his sophomore and junior years. (9)
25. George won lots of awards about football. He won the American Professional Football Association Championship in 1921. He won the first National League title game in 1933. In 1940-1941, he won the NFL Championship. In 1963, he was named as the NFL Coach of the Year and added to Pro Football Hall of Fame and on 1965, he was named the NFL Coach of the Year again. Finally in 1997, a stamp was issued in the honor for Halas' retirement. In 1999 the Sporting News named Halas to be one of "The Most Powerful People In Sports For The 20th Century." He will forever be known as "Papa Bear" (8)
26. Halas and Minnie Bushing got married on February 18, 1922. Minnie passed away after 44 years of marriage on 1966 on Valentine's Day. They had 2 children, George S Halas Jr. and Virginia Marion McCaskey. They both became involved with the football league in their adulthood. (8)
27. The Chicago Bears team officially began on 1920 named as the Decatur Staleys. They were sponsored by the A.E. Staley Company, which is a starch manufacturer. The Staleys first recruited college players, like Halas, and employees to help make the American Pro Football Association, became NFL in 1922. (11)
28. In 1921, which was the one of the years of the depression, a business recession cut the starch profits. That was when and why Staley told Halas to go to Chicago along with his team. (11)
29. On 1925, Halas signed the University of Illinois star senior Harold “Red” Grange after the college football season had finished. Both the Grange and the Bears played the Chicago Cardinals. The score was a tie and it had drawn 36,000 people, the largest amount of people the league had drawn. The Bears played eight games in less than 2 weeks. They played in Chicago, Philadelphia, New York City, St. Louis Washington, Detroit, and Boston. When the Bears played against the Giants in New York City, they drew 73,000 people. After then, the Bears played another nine games towards the South and West, including the game at Los Angeles Coliseum, which drew 75,000 people. (11)
30. Halas' birth was and is very important to football. He played an important role in the success of the Bears and the NFL in general. His signing on Red Grange attracted more an attention of more than 75,000 people to the league. Coaching wasn't all he did. He also introduced different things to the game as announcement systems, radio broadcasts that were public and he was one of the Pro Football Hall of Fame members. (12)
31. It is said that George even took care of selling the game day tickets. When people asked him why he quit or retired from coaching, he would respond saying that he "was too slow to run up and down the sidelines to chew out the refs". He was known as the NFL foulest mouth.(13)
32. Halas was the first coach ever to put assistant coaches to keep a perspective watch during the game. He was known to be generous because once he helped send one of his players to dental college. When his player, Brian Piccolo, came back from his college years, he was diagnosed with cancer. George paid th entire medical expenses. Halas himself had cancer. He had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer but he chose to keep it a secret. (13)
33. George Halas new his death was near, so right before he passed away he bought a bottle of champagne and attached a note that said "TO MIKE, FOR WINNING THE SUPER BOWL." in 1985, when George finally died, the Bears gave Mike Ditka, the last coach Halas hired, the champagne bottle and he cried in the memory of "Papa Bear". (13)
34. Halas was also the first coach to have assistant coaches in press boxes and the first coach to motion athletes before the plays started. He was strict in disciplinary and maintained complete control over his team and their operations. (22)
35. Halas is known as the "Father of Football" because football wouldn't be what it is today without any of this contributions. The NFC Championship trophy has his name. The sleeves of the Bears jerseys have the initials of "GHS", which stand for George Staley Halas. Today, the Bears training facility is named the Halas Hall in the memory of Halas. (22)
3. For Halas' first ten years of coaching, he wasn't just a coach but also a player. Within those ten years, George's team won 321 times, tied 31 times, and lost 141 times. Halas retired 4 times as being a Bears coach. He retired on the 1929, 1942 (due to the fact that he participated in the World War II), 1955, and at age 73. Every time he went back to coach, he was a new Halas. After Halas finally retired from being a coach for the Bears in 1968, he didn't completely stop being associated with football. He stayed being a consultant for the team. (1)
4. George Halas was a larger-than-life football legend as well as a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was a player and a football coach. In December 17, 2011, Halas was honored in his old high school, Crane Technical High School, by the Hall of Fame and the Allstate insurance. (2)
5. Mark LaNeve, the Allstate executive vice president, said that, "to be part of a program that brings the prestige and tradition of the Pro Football Hall of Fame to communities like Chicago is an honor for Allstate, our agents and employees" (Halas remembered at Chicago high school). George Halas was and still is, a great inspiration for the Chicago Bears and the NFL. (2)
6. Halas was known as "Papa Bear" because of his association with the Chicago Bears. Halas coached the Bears for 40 seasons, in which the Chicago Bears won six NFL championships, 324 wins and 318 season victories. Being a coach, Halas was a great motivator and leader. Because of George the Bears have the most amount of player in the Professional Football Hall of Fame. (2)
7. George was the founder, owner, and coach of the Chicago Bears. He was said to be "Mr. Everything" of Professional Football. He was typically associated with the Bears since 1920 till a couple of years before he died on October 31, 1983, 88 years of age. He represented the Bears, originally known as the Decatur Staleys, at the NFL's organizational meeting. (3)
8. George was first in many things associated with football. He was first to hold practice sessions that took place every day, the first to use films taken of the opponents' games (used for study), the first to make meetings for brainstorming tours and the first to have his football team be broadcasting on radio. (3)
9. He didn't tolerate with misbehavior, laziness or insubordination. He expected his team to work to their fullest and punish their opponents physically. While Halas was the Bears' coach, they were known as the "Monsters of the Midway" because they had won 6 championship leagues. (6)
10. George halas first got involved in football when he went to school at the University of Illinois. He began to participate in football then, and finally stopped being associated with coaching it on 1968 when he was 73 years old, 10 years before he passed away. (4)
11. Halas set then stages for now-a-days football offenses by including a man-in-motion to the classic, and well know, T Formation. Halas had gotten this idea from Clark Shaughnessy, an american football coach. This offense formation was used to become a power house. The Bears beat the Washington Redskins in 1940, by using the T Formation, and won 73-0, which is the greatest victory in league history today. (4)
12. Halas played on his team till 1929. The Chicago Bears' 324 wins stayed as being a record till 1963. It is also said that they were named the Bears because football players are larger than baseball players. George Halas was the oldest coach in all of league history. (10)
13. George Halas was born in Pilsen to Bohemian parents. He was born on February 2, 1895 and was taught self-discipline, frugality and business smarts by his family. In U of C he didn't just play football but also baseball and basketball. He was mostly into baseball at first but while being on the Yankees team he severely injured his hip and his baseball career ended. He promised his mother that he was done with sports for the rest of his life. He didn't keep his promise and snuck off on the weekends to play football in club teams. (5)
14. Halas was recommended by contacts of Illinois. He was based on the reputation organized by the military service sports teams. That was when in 1920, he received the call from Staley Starch Works. Staley's company wanted Halas to relocate himself to Illinois so that he could work for the company and organize, as well as coach football and baseball teams. He took the offer. (5)
15. Staley typically gave Halas the $5,000 to get his team started in Chicago. After the season that George promised (keeping the team's name, Staley Decaturs , the Staleys were renamed to the Bears as in honor of the Cubs. (5)
16. Halas was not alone when he first moved to Chicago with his team. He had a partner named DUtch Sternamen. He helped George come up with the name for the Bears. Before the NFL was called the NFL it was called the American Professorial Football Association, APFA. After renaming the Bears, he came up with the idea of naming the APFA, N FL and other owners agreed with him. (6)
17. After Halas retired from being a player for the Bears, he hired Ralph Jones as the Bears' coach for 3 seasons. They lost lots of money because of the depression years. Hence, George took over again in 1933. He said, "I came cheap." (6)
18. When Halas isn't on the field he is a very "quiet and soft-spoken" person, but when he's on the field he is very violent. He is considered to be a hero. When he isn't engrossed with the Bears, he acted like a president of a small-town banker (7)
19. When Halas was a player, he used to kick field goals,squirm away from tacklers and throw blocks. And while he was being coach he would always be running back and up the sidelines and yelling at officials. Chicago Bears fans loved to watch him play and coach. There's even less booing when George Halas plays and coaches. (7)
20. "He was a lot tougher before," Luckman says. "But don't get me wrong. I don't think there's a Bear who ever played for Halas who doesn't have the deepest respect and admiration for him. You knew he would stick by you. He was like a father to me. I can truthfully say that all I am today I owe to George Halas and the Bears." Luckman ended up being a successful Chicago businessman. (7)
21. Halas was very strict and full od discipline in the outside but in thee inside he had warmth seeping though. He even made count in his team. He wanted a certin weight for all of the team members. He explained that, "it's like handicapping a horse. A 2-pound up in weight means difference in speed. I figure five extra pounds on a 190-pound halfback is the difference between a good and a great player." (8)
22. In general while Halas was coaching the Bears, they won 324 victories. He was the owner of the Chicago Bears for over 60 years. He coached them more than forty years. Halas also played on the team for ten years. (9)
23. Halas' parents' names were Frank and Barbara Halas. His parents immigrated to Pilsen in the 1880's and that is how he ended up being born in Pilsen. It's a coincidence how on the year Halas was born, 1895, was the year the first professional football game took action in history. (9)
24. Halas may have seemed very tough, enthusiastic and bossy but when he was in college he was almost always over powered by people larger than him. He was six feet tall and 170 pounds. His college coaches had to always be aware of his shortcomings since he has broken his jaw and a leg during his sophomore and junior years. (9)
25. George won lots of awards about football. He won the American Professional Football Association Championship in 1921. He won the first National League title game in 1933. In 1940-1941, he won the NFL Championship. In 1963, he was named as the NFL Coach of the Year and added to Pro Football Hall of Fame and on 1965, he was named the NFL Coach of the Year again. Finally in 1997, a stamp was issued in the honor for Halas' retirement. In 1999 the Sporting News named Halas to be one of "The Most Powerful People In Sports For The 20th Century." He will forever be known as "Papa Bear" (8)
26. Halas and Minnie Bushing got married on February 18, 1922. Minnie passed away after 44 years of marriage on 1966 on Valentine's Day. They had 2 children, George S Halas Jr. and Virginia Marion McCaskey. They both became involved with the football league in their adulthood. (8)
27. The Chicago Bears team officially began on 1920 named as the Decatur Staleys. They were sponsored by the A.E. Staley Company, which is a starch manufacturer. The Staleys first recruited college players, like Halas, and employees to help make the American Pro Football Association, became NFL in 1922. (11)
28. In 1921, which was the one of the years of the depression, a business recession cut the starch profits. That was when and why Staley told Halas to go to Chicago along with his team. (11)
29. On 1925, Halas signed the University of Illinois star senior Harold “Red” Grange after the college football season had finished. Both the Grange and the Bears played the Chicago Cardinals. The score was a tie and it had drawn 36,000 people, the largest amount of people the league had drawn. The Bears played eight games in less than 2 weeks. They played in Chicago, Philadelphia, New York City, St. Louis Washington, Detroit, and Boston. When the Bears played against the Giants in New York City, they drew 73,000 people. After then, the Bears played another nine games towards the South and West, including the game at Los Angeles Coliseum, which drew 75,000 people. (11)
30. Halas' birth was and is very important to football. He played an important role in the success of the Bears and the NFL in general. His signing on Red Grange attracted more an attention of more than 75,000 people to the league. Coaching wasn't all he did. He also introduced different things to the game as announcement systems, radio broadcasts that were public and he was one of the Pro Football Hall of Fame members. (12)
31. It is said that George even took care of selling the game day tickets. When people asked him why he quit or retired from coaching, he would respond saying that he "was too slow to run up and down the sidelines to chew out the refs". He was known as the NFL foulest mouth.(13)
32. Halas was the first coach ever to put assistant coaches to keep a perspective watch during the game. He was known to be generous because once he helped send one of his players to dental college. When his player, Brian Piccolo, came back from his college years, he was diagnosed with cancer. George paid th entire medical expenses. Halas himself had cancer. He had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer but he chose to keep it a secret. (13)
33. George Halas new his death was near, so right before he passed away he bought a bottle of champagne and attached a note that said "TO MIKE, FOR WINNING THE SUPER BOWL." in 1985, when George finally died, the Bears gave Mike Ditka, the last coach Halas hired, the champagne bottle and he cried in the memory of "Papa Bear". (13)
34. Halas was also the first coach to have assistant coaches in press boxes and the first coach to motion athletes before the plays started. He was strict in disciplinary and maintained complete control over his team and their operations. (22)
35. Halas is known as the "Father of Football" because football wouldn't be what it is today without any of this contributions. The NFC Championship trophy has his name. The sleeves of the Bears jerseys have the initials of "GHS", which stand for George Staley Halas. Today, the Bears training facility is named the Halas Hall in the memory of Halas. (22)
Friday, September 21, 2012
Bibliographies
1 "Bears in The Hall." Chicago. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2012. <http://www.chicagobears.com/tradition/bears-in-the-hall/george-halas.html>.
Football Career as a coach and retirement
2 "News Article." » Halas Remembered at Chicago High School. N.p., 07 Dec. 2011. Web. 19 Sept. 2012. <http://www.profootballhof.com/story/2011/12/7/halas-remembered-at-chicago-high-school/>.
Inspiration to the Chicago Bears and NFL
3 "Hall of Famers." » GEORGE HALAS. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2012. <http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.aspx?PlayerId=85>.
Winning 6 NFL and doing many things no other coach has done before
4 "George Halas, Papa Bear, NFL Founder, Chicago Bears, Sports Heroes, Real Men,Manlyweb.com." George Halas, Papa Bear, NFL Founder, Chicago Bears, Sports Heroes, Real Men, Manlyweb.com. Manlyweb.com, n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2012. <http://www.manlyweb.com/realmen/sports/GeorgeHalas.html>.
Named Papa Bear
5 Taylor, Roy. "George S. Halas Biography." George S. Halas Biography. N.p., 2007. Web. 19 Sept. 2012. <http://www.bearshistory.com/lore/georgehalas.aspx>.
Recommended by contacts of Illinois
6 Hickok, Ralph. "Sports Biographies." HickokSports.com. N.p., 18 Feb. 2009. Web. 24 Sept. 2012. <http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/halasgeorge.shtml>.
Halas' type of coaching
7 Maule, Tex. "George And His Dragons." Wily George Halas, Who Almost Invented Pro Football, Leads. N.p., 27 Oct. 1958. Web. 24 Sept. 2012. <http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1003017/index.htm>.
Describing George, what he looks like but how he really is
8 Kirshenbaum, Jerry. "Scorecard." - 11.14.83. N.p., 14 Nov. 1983. Web. 24 Sept. 2012. <http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1135885/index.htm>.
George Halas was the "father of pro football"
9 Cooksey, Gloria. "Halas, George." Notable Sports Figures. 2004.Encyclopedia.com. 24 Sep. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3407900227.html>.
Gerorge's timeline of important events in his life
10 Davis, Jeff. "Papa Bear [electronic Resource] : The Life and Legacy of George Halas /."Chandlerpubliclibrary. N.p., 25 Sept. 2012. Web. 1941. <http://aqua.chandlerlibrary.org/?q=george+halas+and+football>.
Starting to play football at a very young age
11 "Bears." Bears. The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago, n.d. Web. 01 Oct. 2012. <http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/121.html>.
History of the Bears, from beginning of Halas till Halas his death.
12 "Halas, George." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2012. Web. 1 Oct. 2012.
6 Hickok, Ralph. "Sports Biographies." HickokSports.com. N.p., 18 Feb. 2009. Web. 24 Sept. 2012. <http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/halasgeorge.shtml>.
Halas' type of coaching
7 Maule, Tex. "George And His Dragons." Wily George Halas, Who Almost Invented Pro Football, Leads. N.p., 27 Oct. 1958. Web. 24 Sept. 2012. <http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1003017/index.htm>.
Describing George, what he looks like but how he really is
8 Kirshenbaum, Jerry. "Scorecard." - 11.14.83. N.p., 14 Nov. 1983. Web. 24 Sept. 2012. <http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1135885/index.htm>.
George Halas was the "father of pro football"
9 Cooksey, Gloria. "Halas, George." Notable Sports Figures. 2004.Encyclopedia.com. 24 Sep. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3407900227.html>.
Gerorge's timeline of important events in his life
10 Davis, Jeff. "Papa Bear [electronic Resource] : The Life and Legacy of George Halas /."Chandlerpubliclibrary. N.p., 25 Sept. 2012. Web. 1941. <http://aqua.chandlerlibrary.org/?q=george+halas+and+football>.
Starting to play football at a very young age
11 "Bears." Bears. The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago, n.d. Web. 01 Oct. 2012. <http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/121.html>.
History of the Bears, from beginning of Halas till Halas his death.
12 "Halas, George." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2012. Web. 1 Oct. 2012.
13 "Papa Bear George Halas." Legacy.com. N.p., 02 Feb. 2011. Web. 01 Oct. 2012. <http://www.legacy.com/ns/news-story.aspx?t=papa-bear-george-halas&id=237>.
Halas was very strict but yet a joker, descriptions of how he was.
Halas was very strict but yet a joker, descriptions of how he was.
14 "George Halas." Baseball-Reference.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Oct. 2012. <http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/halasge01.shtml>.
Dates, when he stopped playing baseball.
15 "George Halas - Celebrity Information." George Halas - Celebrity Information. Mystic Games, n.d. Web. 03 Oct. 2012. <http://www.mysticgames.com/famouspeople/GeorgeHalas.htm>.
His so called, legend of selling tickets for his team.
Dates, when he stopped playing baseball.
15 "George Halas - Celebrity Information." George Halas - Celebrity Information. Mystic Games, n.d. Web. 03 Oct. 2012. <http://www.mysticgames.com/famouspeople/GeorgeHalas.htm>.
His so called, legend of selling tickets for his team.
16 "Top 10 List - Famous George Halas Quotescolor=darkblue." Famous George Halas Quotes Top 10 List. Great Quotes By George Halas. Inspirational-quotes-and-quotations.com, n.d. Web. 03 Oct. 2012. <http://www.inspirational-quotes-and-quotations.com/famous-george-halas-quotes.html>.
George Halas' quotes.
17 "Research Halas, George "Papa Bear" (1895-1983)." BookRags. BookRags, n.d. Web. 03 Oct. 2012. <http://www.bookrags.com/research/halas-george-papa-bear-1895-1983-sjpc-02/>.
Halas was the first president of the National Football Conference.
18 McCoppin, Robert. "Halas His Iron Hold on the Team He Founded Set the Stage for the Chicago Bears' Downfall, a New Bio Contends." Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) 4 Nov. 2004: 1. Questia School. Web. 4 Oct. 2012.
Growing up with playing baseball and football.
19 Pollack, Joe. "NFL Coaches Have Become Corporate Powers." St. Louis Journalism Review Oct. 1997: 9. Questia School. Web. 4 Oct. 2012.
Having a strong voice and being a good coach.
20 "Opening-General Session Keynote Speakers Carlson vs. Carlson and Don Shula. (132Nd Congress of Correction)." Corrections Today 1 Aug. 2002: 32. Questia School. Web. 4 Oct. 2012.
Halas and another coach were the only ones yet to have gotten 300 victories.
21 "Clark Shaughnessy." Pro-Football-Reference.com. Pro-Football-Reference.com, n.d. Web. 08 Oct. 2012. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/ShauCl0.html.
Bibliography of Halas' partner.
22 "Funk, David. "Chicago Bears." Bleacher Report. Bleacher Report, 31 Oct. 2008. Web. 15 Oct. 2012. <http://bleacherreport.com/articles/75980-papa-bear-george-halas-documentary>.
George facts and how he impacted the Bears and football.
23 25, December. "This New Formation Fit Stanford's Team of 1940 to a 'T' : College Football: With Shaughnessy's Innovative Offense, the Indians, Who Won One Game in 1939, Went Undefeated and Beat Nebraska in the Rose Bowl." Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 1990. Web. 21 Oct. 2012. <http://articles.latimes.com/1990-12-25/sports/sp-7207_1_college-football>.
College atheletes doing the T-formation
24 "History: Shotgun Formation." History: Shotgun Formation. Pro Football Hall of Fame, n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2012. <http://www.profootballhof.com/history/decades/1960s/shotgun.aspx>.
introduction of the shotgun formation.
George Halas' quotes.
17 "Research Halas, George "Papa Bear" (1895-1983)." BookRags. BookRags, n.d. Web. 03 Oct. 2012. <http://www.bookrags.com/research/halas-george-papa-bear-1895-1983-sjpc-02/>.
Halas was the first president of the National Football Conference.
18 McCoppin, Robert. "Halas His Iron Hold on the Team He Founded Set the Stage for the Chicago Bears' Downfall, a New Bio Contends." Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) 4 Nov. 2004: 1. Questia School. Web. 4 Oct. 2012.
Growing up with playing baseball and football.
19 Pollack, Joe. "NFL Coaches Have Become Corporate Powers." St. Louis Journalism Review Oct. 1997: 9. Questia School. Web. 4 Oct. 2012.
Having a strong voice and being a good coach.
20 "Opening-General Session Keynote Speakers Carlson vs. Carlson and Don Shula. (132Nd Congress of Correction)." Corrections Today 1 Aug. 2002: 32. Questia School. Web. 4 Oct. 2012.
Halas and another coach were the only ones yet to have gotten 300 victories.
21 "Clark Shaughnessy." Pro-Football-Reference.com. Pro-Football-Reference.com, n.d. Web. 08 Oct. 2012. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/ShauCl0.html.
Bibliography of Halas' partner.
22 "Funk, David. "Chicago Bears." Bleacher Report. Bleacher Report, 31 Oct. 2008. Web. 15 Oct. 2012. <http://bleacherreport.com/articles/75980-papa-bear-george-halas-documentary>.
George facts and how he impacted the Bears and football.
23 25, December. "This New Formation Fit Stanford's Team of 1940 to a 'T' : College Football: With Shaughnessy's Innovative Offense, the Indians, Who Won One Game in 1939, Went Undefeated and Beat Nebraska in the Rose Bowl." Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 1990. Web. 21 Oct. 2012. <http://articles.latimes.com/1990-12-25/sports/sp-7207_1_college-football>.
College atheletes doing the T-formation
24 "History: Shotgun Formation." History: Shotgun Formation. Pro Football Hall of Fame, n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2012. <http://www.profootballhof.com/history/decades/1960s/shotgun.aspx>.
introduction of the shotgun formation.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Community Song Post
One Love, by
Bob Marley
One love, one heart
Let's get together and feel all right
Hear the children crying (One love)
Hear the children crying (One heart)
Sayin', "Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right."
Sayin', "Let's get together and feel all right."
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Let them all pass all their dirty remarks (One love)
There is one question I'd really love to ask (One heart)
Is there a place for the hopeless sinner
Who has hurt all mankind just to save his own?
Believe me
One love, one heart
Let's get together and feel all right
As it was in the beginning (One love)
So shall it be in the end (One heart)
Alright, "Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right."
"Let's get together and feel all right."
One more thing
Let's get together to fight this Holy Armageddon (One love)
So when the Man comes there will be no, no doom (One song)
Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner
There ain't no hiding place from the Father of Creation
Sayin', "One love, one heart
Let's get together and feel all right."
I'm pleading to mankind (One love)
Oh, Lord (One heart) Whoa.
"Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right."
Let's get together and feel all right.
"Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right."
Let's get together and feel all right.
Let's get together and feel all right
Hear the children crying (One love)
Hear the children crying (One heart)
Sayin', "Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right."
Sayin', "Let's get together and feel all right."
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Let them all pass all their dirty remarks (One love)
There is one question I'd really love to ask (One heart)
Is there a place for the hopeless sinner
Who has hurt all mankind just to save his own?
Believe me
One love, one heart
Let's get together and feel all right
As it was in the beginning (One love)
So shall it be in the end (One heart)
Alright, "Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right."
"Let's get together and feel all right."
One more thing
Let's get together to fight this Holy Armageddon (One love)
So when the Man comes there will be no, no doom (One song)
Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner
There ain't no hiding place from the Father of Creation
Sayin', "One love, one heart
Let's get together and feel all right."
I'm pleading to mankind (One love)
Oh, Lord (One heart) Whoa.
"Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right."
Let's get together and feel all right.
"Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right."
Let's get together and feel all right.
Bob Marley wrote one love for a big
purpose. His country was very violent at the time. All he wanted was to have
humanity and for everyone in the world to stop fighting. Bob Marley wants to “get
together” because he wants everyone the violence to stop. He supports his
country but the violence just had to end. The place he is in sounds hopeless,
as if they need a better place to be at. He asks one if there is “a place for the hopeless sinner who has hurt all mankind just to save his own”, to which he refers to the people going to war for their country,
Cuba.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Community Posts
Family
I love my family very much but
then again, who doesn’t love their family? My family and I live in Pilsen, the
Heart of Chicago. I happen to have two younger brothers named Daniel and
Rodrigo. Daniel is taller than me even though he’s just 13 and Rodrigo is near my
height by an inch or 3and he’s 11. I am the oldest sister so, it is my
responsibility to take care of them while my parents aren’t home and I do a pretty
good job if you ask me. My mother works very much to keep my brothers and me, going.
As a single mother with 3 kids, my mother has to go through a lot of stress
sometimes.
I expect my family to be grateful
for the things that we have accomplished and for the things that God has given
us. I expect my two little brothers to
focus on school and do all they need to do to move higher. I expect my mother
to try her best and not give up when obstacles get hard. As for I, I expect
myself to focus on school the most and do all my work without procrastinating. Most
importantly I expect my family to love each other for whom we are and for what
we’re not because that’s what families do.
This particular family has been with me through the toughest events that I have been through in the past. I know that my family will help me with the things I needs no matter what. They love me for what I do, for who I am, for who I am not, for what I was, for what I will be, for what I don’t do, they love me because I am me and I love them for that. There is no other family in the world that could make me feel more comfortable than the family I am with.
This particular family has been with me through the toughest events that I have been through in the past. I know that my family will help me with the things I needs no matter what. They love me for what I do, for who I am, for who I am not, for what I was, for what I will be, for what I don’t do, they love me because I am me and I love them for that. There is no other family in the world that could make me feel more comfortable than the family I am with.
Track and Field Team
I’m on the track and field team.
I can’t wait till track season. The team practices in different places
depending what you do. The runners stay indoors and run on the third floor. They
run around green and gold house Monday to Friday. The long distance runners outdoors
and they run to different places all the time. Sometimes they run to the Sears
Tower, Skinner, or sometimes round the Whitney Young neighborhood. The field
part of the team practices in Gym C, including myself. I’m a pole vaulter so the
other 2 pole vaulters and I have to set up the wooden runway to practice. It’s
a pain to carry every piece by piece especially when every piece is heavier
than 20 pounds each.
Each and every track and field
team member is expected to try their best. We are expected to go further than
our own personal records. We are expected to run faster than the other school,
jump higher than the pole, pace ourselves, throw harder, push harder, and try
harder. But the most important thing that we are expected to do is cheer for
our team, to have pride, and not give up even if we lose.
My team is like my family. Even if
I fail at jumping over the pole they still cheer me on and tell me what I did
wrong. They help me look at the bright side. We are a team and we help each
other out, we cheer for each other.
Whitney Young
Whitney Young, the name of my first and hopefully my only
high school. It’s filled with very
different people, from many different races, people from different places. It
has 4 different houses, blue, red, gold, and green. The outside is black and it
looks like it’s mostly windows. It has two bridges. One of the bridges leads
from the academics building to the arts building and the other building leads
from the academics building to the gym building. It’s a small school but yet so
big. It takes up 2 blocks and the top of street.
Our
school is expected to be the best and try our greatest at everything that we
commit to. In order to become a dolphin and be part of Whitney Young one must
pass the selective enrollment test and be independent. The staffs are expected
to do their job whether it has to do with attendance or assisting. The teachers
are expected to teach their students new things and to help them understand
things better. The students have to pay attention in class and do what they are
told to do. By staying united we are a school.
Everyone
in the school is very different. It makes me feel unique. I’ve met so many new
people in just a year and even though I feel unique I feel like some of my
friends and I, are very much alike. Some teachers are very strict and some very
nice, no matter how the teacher is I can always go to them for help and it’s
like I’m talking to a friend. I am very comfortable with the way that the
school is a big team.
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Saturday, September 8, 2012
Response to Crevecoeur
Crevecoeur is completely correct
when he describes what an American is. An American is a combination of different bloods. An American is a lot of
things. We might have seemed different before because of where we were from,
how we would talk, or how we looked and more but we were still Americans. Even
today, we are still American. There is no actual word or definition to describe
exactly what an American is. The results are endless because of who we are and
how we love our country.
Immigrants from the 18th
century and immigrants today have the same goals in life. Living here in America requires one to love
America more than the country their forefathers were born at. 18th
century immigrants’ goal was to make a better life from what they had in their
homeland and this is still the goal for immigrants today. They want to become
Americans. They want to have a better future from what their past was like.
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