GOOCH¿S MARINES is a complete history of the United States Marine Corps, starting some forty years before the American Revolution, with a special regimental unit commissioned by colonial Governor William Gooch, under orders of King George II, to serve with the British Royal Marines, under the command of Lawrence Washington (elder half-brother of George Washington), in a campaign against the Spanish in the West Indies. Although they were formed in 1775, a year before the Declaration of Independence in 1776, they were not officially designated as U.S. Marines until commissioned by the Continental Congress and served as Continental U.S. Marines during the American Revolutionary War. The rest is history, as they established their military tradition, warriors generally conceded by military historians as second to none. It can also be said of U.S. Marine Corps that they were essentially the first U.S. Special Forces, selected originally for special assignments. They have prevailed in all of their military campaigns, despite the cost they¿ve had to pay in blood. The Marines proudly attribute this tradition to their superior command structure, starting with raw recruits in boot camp, along with its officer corps coming out of the U.S. Naval Academy, and ROTC college campuses. Some are selected from its enlisted ranks for U.S. Marine Corps Officer Training School, while others, who display leadership and courage under fire, are given battlefield commissions. About the Author: Born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Hartford, Connecticut, Lou Giaffo¿s life can be summed up in three words: art, teaching and writing. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps for three years, Lou attended art school for three years. He then headed to New York City to pursue his career as a commercial artist. Lou enrolled in the local community college, Queensborough Community College for his associate¿s degree. He then went on to Queen¿s College, for his bachelor¿s degree, and then his mater¿s degree in education at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee, while working full-time as an art specialist. Lou considers his greatest accomplishment to be his son, Jason Lou Giaffo.
GOOCH¿S MARINES is a complete history of the United States Marine Corps, starting some forty years before the American Revolution, with a special regimental unit commissioned by colonial Governor William Gooch, under orders of King George II, to serve with the British Royal Marines, under the command of Lawrence Washington (elder half-brother of George Washington), in a campaign against the Spanish in the West Indies. Although they were formed in 1775, a year before the Declaration of Independence in 1776, they were not officially designated as U.S. Marines until commissioned by the Continental Congress and served as Continental U.S. Marines during the American Revolutionary War. The rest is history, as they established their military tradition, warriors generally conceded by military historians as second to none. It can also be said of U.S. Marine Corps that they were essentially the first U.S. Special Forces, selected originally for special assignments. They have prevailed in all of their military campaigns, despite the cost they¿ve had to pay in blood. The Marines proudly attribute this tradition to their superior command structure, starting with raw recruits in boot camp, along with its officer corps coming out of the U.S. Naval Academy, and ROTC college campuses. Some are selected from its enlisted ranks for U.S. Marine Corps Officer Training School, while others, who display leadership and courage under fire, are given battlefield commissions. About the Author: Born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Hartford, Connecticut, Lou Giaffo¿s life can be summed up in three words: art, teaching and writing. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps for three years, Lou attended art school for three years. He then headed to New York City to pursue his career as a commercial artist. Lou enrolled in the local community college, Queensborough Community College for his associate¿s degree. He then went on to Queen¿s College, for his bachelor¿s degree, and then his mater¿s degree in education at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee, while working full-time as an art specialist. Lou considers his greatest accomplishment to be his son, Jason Lou Giaffo.
Learning that only about 15 percent of Americans believed in evolution: served as my main motivation for writing this book. Once only a theory, but now, with the evidence in, it moves evolution beyond the realm of theory, to that of fact. This work will show how life began over 3-billion years ago as one-cell bacteria, and then progressed as multi-cellular life to fish, amphibians, reptiles, dinosaurs, primates and finally us - humans. It will take the reader step-by-step through this process, starting, from the tiniest forms of life (one-celled bacteria, to the complex higher forms of life we see today), It will show how Darwin revolutionized evolution with his epic ground-breaking work on The Origin of the Species, etc., among other features, such as the theory of the 'Aquatic Ape.
This work covers all aspects and latest theories of the universe, currently known and applied by today's scientists, featuring the prevailing theories on its creation and present structure and events: the Big-Bang (beginning), Black Holes, Galaxies, Quasars, nebulae ( stellar gases and dust forming new stars). String theory is the most promising theory today to solve some of the most perplexing mysteries in the universe, such as the "Unification Theory" a theory combining the four fundamental forces: the strong nuclear force, the weak nuclear force, electromagnetic force, and gravity, the one big puzzle that eluded Einstein. Actually, String theory (attracting today's youngest and brightest scientists) has been able to solve the "Unification Theory," mathematically, that is, but not experimentally. String theorists explain extra dimensions (one of their main proposals), up to 11 of them. Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein are also featured, along with other great scientists, past and present.
To me, without life (only element in nature with concious awareness), the universe has no meaning. It's no secret that in this day of DNA (The common thread that sews together the fabric of all life-forms), less than 30 percent of people - worldwide - believe in the theory of evolution. This knowledge, more than anything else, has motivated this work. To better facilitate the reader's comprehension and interest in the subject, I have layed out about one-third of the total pages in full-vibrant color. Life began close to 4 billion years ago, with the appearance of prokaryotic bacteria [cells]. Then around 500 million years ago, the lobe-finned fish estabished our common ancestrial line: from amphibian, to reptiles, to dinosaurs, to mammals, to primates, and to US Humans. This very evolutionary sequence is mirrored each time a birth takes place. Towards the end of the book, I have introduced various articles to update the latest evolutionary theories, including the Aquatic Ape, The Naked Ape, Fear of Snakes, which the article contends is responsible for our three-dimensional color vision, just to mention a few. I feel more than sure that the reader will be convinced with the logic of evolution after turning the last page!
The Albanians Have made An inordinate impact on world history, considering their relatively small numbers. This, together with speculation on their still mysterious origins, is featured, along with other things (such as a history of world languages, etc.), some of the names include -- Alexander the Great Constantine the Great, mother teresa, Ferid muradi, nobel prize for Viagra, etc. AlbAniAn AmAlgAmAtion explores some New feAtures, including the still unknown Origins of the AlbAniAns: CAucasiAn AlbAniAns or bAlkAn IllyriAns? connections with other Ancient peoples, such As the mysterious EtruscAns, Using lAnguAge as evidence to tie The connections, since AlbAniAn is the only surviving IllyriAn LAnguAge, uncontAminAted by other lAnguAges. This work is full of surprises (including a history of languages), one of which Are the Names of some of the leading plAyers on the world stage of history, contributions wAy out of proportion to their relAtively smAll numbers.
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