... phonograph, there might not be music on the radio, or on tapes and CD’s today(Biagi 143). In 1887, a man by the name Emile Berliner replaced Edison’s phonograph with the gramophone and in 1947 Goldmark introduced the LP, or Long-playing record(143-4). Working in the recording industry takes a lot of time, patience, and money. Starting with making records, to 8 tracks, to 4 track tapes, and now to CD’s, there have been many changes in bettering the production. There are five separate levels of responsibility the industry must go through before it reaches the public(148). One is the Artists and ...

... was a creature of extremes. Ty Cobb is, by bald statistics, measurably the greatest hitter ever; he was, by the reckoning of virtually everyone who met him, personally the most despicable human being ever to grace the National Pastime (Deford 56). Cobb's playing career, with the Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Athletics, was arguably the best anyone ever had. He won twelve batting titles in thirteen years, including a record nine in a row. He also holds the records for the most runs scored with 2,245 and the highest lifetime batting average at .367, a number nearly unreachable even in just one season by tod ...

... and weather phenomena. Modern archaeologists have confirmed the claim by unearthing Babylonian tablets recording observations of Mars and Venus from that time period. Ptolemy used a method of consulting lists of lunar phases, and planetary movements complied over many centuries to look for any similarities or regular patterns. The patterns that were discovered could then predict the next occurrence of such an event. Ptolemy eventually devised an ancient form of nautical almanac or "ephemeris". Mathematics could now not only be used to predict but to demonstrate whether a particular theory was correct ...

... a child John impressed his teachers as having an uncontrollable temper. A trait which he would someday value. He was constantly getting into fights with older boys who tried to take his lunch money. He soon got the reputation as one you didn't cross for fracturing an older boys skull in a classroom. Gotti began running with smalltime gangs at the age of twelve, after noticing a mobster named Albert Anastasia. He soon joined a street gang called the Fulton-Rockaway Boys (Davis 61-63). At the age of 16 Gotti dropped out of school, and began to model his life after Anastasia. John got a job with the gang he ...

... eccentric brother's behavior. When finishing a year of school at a picnic he told his sister Asia he went to a fortune teller a couple weeks before and the fortune teller told him " Your life will be a short one and a victorious one at that. You will accomplish most of everything you set your mind too. ( this might sound a little bit weird, but she's a " fortune teller") This might have set a tick in his psychotic mind that maybe he thought that he could do anything he wanted to do. ( Dort, Aaron) Francis Wilson, who wrote a biography of Booth in 1929, stated that Booth opened his stage career in 1855 at t ...

... shaped the course of popular music by mistake. Even before the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and the Beach Boys, a creative and new style was introduced by this young wandering musician. Since beginning his career in 1960, he has been a poet, a political activist, a musician and a mystery. His songs drew upon every style of American music, including rock and roll, blues, gospel, folk and country. Dylan's life as a singer-songwriter captured the public's attention from a time of mass confusion until today, opening up the expressive possibilities of rock.Composing over 100's of songs, performing worldwide includi ...

... the ways in which they manifested themselves in his creations (Penrose). was born in 1881 in Malaga, Spain, to an artist and museum curator, Jose Ruiz Blasco. As a young child he surprised his elders with his astounding artistic abilities; and, as Rachel Barnes points out in her introduction to Picasso by Picasso: Artists by Themselves, there seemed to be no doubt that Picasso would become a painter. In order to better hone his prodigious abilities, Picasso attended the Academy in Barcelona for a brief period of time. He spent most of his early years painting in Paris, where he progressed through various periods - ...

... Mountain biking, Brain Lopes was a celebrated BMX (bike Motocross) racer. He got bored with racing BMX bikes and decided to try something new, in the early 90's he exploded onto the Mountain bike scene. He soon picked up sponsorship with bike giants Mongoose and Intense Frame Works. His skills in BMX racing soon became apparent, with his beautiful cornering techniques and car like acceleration. An important part of Dual Slalom racing is jumping. Through out a course there can be up to 5 jumps. These jumps can make or break your run. Knowing how to jump is a very important, a skill has mastered. He has a five-f ...

... found him self in trouble and was strangled by Cicero for his involvement in the Catiline Affair. This changed Antony’s early life severely and he promised one day he would meet up with Cicero and kill him. Mark Antony’s military career started when he was young. His first travels were to Syria where he was soon promoted to a Calvary Commander, and sent off to Judea and Egypt. Antony was later sent to Gaul where he served under Caesar. He was so superior to his peers that at the age of 22 he became Tribune of the People. Soon Antony became a quaestor with a reputation of being a speaker on behalf of ...

... al railway. Fleming was its chief engineer. In 1871 he was appoint ed engineer of the proposed new Canadian railway from Montreal to th e Pacific Coast. He was in charge of the major surveys across the p rairies and through the Rocky Mountains. He proposed constructing the ra ilway along a northerly route through Edmonton and the Yellowhead Pass and then turning S to Burrard Inlet on the Pacific. Altrough his spe cific recommendations regarding the route were not followed, his extens ive survey work of various routes, including the Kicking Horse Pass t hrough which the Canadian Pacific main line was buil ...