Tuesday 14 February 2017

ROSE OF THE DAY



ROSE OF THE DAY
Hi, my name is anonymous and am also a pansy so sweet and beautiful that people even you cannot do without every year in a particular month but the fact is that I am very interesting and I also hurt.
People celebrate me with so many kind of gifts, and much more. People called me LOVE while my name is not love. The root of my Day goes back to ancient times, when people paid honor to the Roman God of Fertility. This was known as the Feast of Lupercalia, and was celebrated even then on my day very important.
My day Day is a celebration of love and lovers. The roots of My day goes back to ancient times, when people paid honor to the Roman God of Fertility. This was known as the Feast of Lupercalia.
The traditions of My day are broad and many. It is a time to exchange cards or small gifts. Chocolates, flowers, jewelry, and romantic dinners are the big hits of this holiday.
It is a romantic event for lovers, and a fun event for kids and family. Many a couple become engaged or wed on this day. For others it is a day to fall in love.
On My day, 2009, 39,897 couples, friends and families got together in Mexico City, and kissed for 10 seconds. It's the world record for the most simultaneous kisses.
Did you know? While 75% of chocolate purchases are made by women all year long, during the days and minutes  before Valentine's Day, 75% of the chocolate purchases are made by men.  Over $1billion of chocolate is purchased for My day.  
My day Massacre During the "Roaring twenties(1920's)", mobs, crime and gangsters were at a height in many parts of the U.S. Alcohol was banned, spawning the rise of Bootlegging and mob activity. Chicago , Illinois experienced more than it's share of mobs and gangsters. On My day, 1929, four gangsters dressed up as policemen, massacred seven members of a rival gang.
Did you Know? My day was formerly thought to be the first day of bird's mating for the season. This sparked the custom of sending gift to each other.
Today's Quote: Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight! - - Phyllis Diller
Rose Colors and Their Meaning - This just might be the most important information you need to know about for giving flowers on this day. Send the right message. Hint: red roses signifies love. But, what about the other colors?

Flowers that say "LOVE":
Many flowers express love in some way or other.  They are popular for Valentine's Day, but may be better for your budget than a dozen roses. Here is a partial list:
Roses:  The red rose is the universal symbol of romantic love. Need we say more!?
The Valentine Flower - Sure, red roses symbolize love. But, did you know there's a flower, and it is not a rose, that is called the Valentine Flower!? See the Valentine Flower
Forget-Me-Not - These perennial flowers are a sing of love or friendship. Pretty blue flowers are irresistible.
Love-In-A-Mist - When you are in love, you're on Cloud Nine.
Cyclamen - This popular Valentine's Day gift has heart-shaped leaves. The most popular are varieties are those with red flowers. Gee, I wonder why.....
Mistletoe - According to tradition, you kiss your intended under the Mistletoe at Christmas. You can also do so on Valentine's Day. Good luck finding Mistletoe in February.....
Passion Flower - ignite your passion.

Ecards We've got you covered with free Ecards for Valentine's Day and just about any other holiday, occasion, event, or no event at all!

Flower of the Day: Forget-Me-Nuts

Fun and Games:
Romance Mathematics......Does love add up?
More Valentine's Day Trivia - Amaze your Valentine,with your knowledge of this day.

Shop Online for Valentine's Day Gifts:
Heart Jello Mold - give that special someone your heart this Valentine's Day.

Wednesday 8 February 2017

Leadway Assurance Company Limited Recruitment For Graduates

Leadway Assurance Company Limited was founded in 1970. Sir (Dr.) Hassan O. Odukale, (KJW, D.Sc., FCIIN). It has a chequered history of being a company with close attention to relationships, having started operations as a direct motor insurance company. 
Soon the relationship developed to a stage where it has established a deep relationship with the brokers' network in Nigeria, enjoying 80% of its current business from this source.

Leadway Assurance Company Limited is recruiting to fill the position below:


Job Title: Business Associates
Location: LagosQualification
* Interested candidates must be a graduate from any Discipline.
* Good communication skills.
* Drive to succeed
* B.Sc and HND qualifications.
* Not younger than 25 years of age.


Responsibilities
* Business Associates is a job for competent and versatile individuals with a super drive to succeed.
* A job with minimum supervision and limitless opportunities for financial freedom.
* A sale job that gives you the opportunity to grow your career.



How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV's to: ke-ajayi@leadway.com


Deadline  17th February, 2017. 

Ongoing Recruitment In An Independent Oil And Gas Company In Nigeria

An Independent company with significant interest in the Oil and Gas Industry, seeks to engage experienced Intelligent and self-driven candidates, to fill the positions below following its expansion and development programmes:


Job Title: Production Geologist / Seismologist
Location: Any City, Nigeria
Requirements
Minimum Education and Experience:
This position requires a Bachelor's degree in Geology / Geophysics (with minimum of second class upper). A Masters degree in any of these disciplines will be an added advantage, Minimum of Fifteen (15) years of relevant experience for (a) and Ten (10) years of experience for (b) in the oil industry in an Operators organisation.
The candidate must be proficient in the use of Geosciences Software particularly in landmark and petrel environments and with vast knowledge of production geoscience.
Must be a good team player with strong interpersonal skills, able to work under pressure and ready to travel at very short notice.
Must not be less than 35 years of age and must have held senior geoscience or team lead position in development/production geology.
Key accountabilities would be to deliver geological and geophysical elements of appraisal & field development projects such as exploration / appraisal / development wells, creating and updating an existing reservoir model, which are well scoped and can deliver long term development scenarios.
Integration of logs & production data, seismic data, static & dynamic models to identify bypass pay, upside potential, work over and drilling candidates.
Candidate must have competence in the following areas:
Proficient in geological evaluation, geophysical interpretation, petrophysical interpretation, innovative mapping using wells, seismic, production and reservoir data experience to construct geological/reservoir models etc.
Provide expertise related to field development plan, reserves assessment, asset acquisition, exploration, appraisal and development strategies.
Collaborate with exploration geoscientists to ensure all relevant geological and geophysical data is incorporated into field development plans and the execution of field development drilling programs.
Collaboration with reservoir, drilling & facility engineers in order to orchestrate subsurface dynamics with facility upgrade or constraints.



Job Title: Senior Geoscientist/Seismic Interpreter
Location: Any City, Nigeria
Requirements
Minimum Education and Experience:
This position requires a Bachelor's degree in Geology / Geophysics (with minimum of second class upper). A Masters degree in any of these disciplines will be an added advantage.
Ten (10) years of experience in the oil industry with operator(s).
The candidate must be proficient in the use of Geosciences Software particularly in landmark and Petrel environments.
Must be a good team player with strong interpersonal skills, able to work under pressure and ready to travel at very short notice. -
Must not be less than 35 years of age
Key accountabilities would be to deliver geological and geophysical elements of exploration, appraisal & development projects such, as exploration / appraisal / development welt, creating and updating an existing reservoir model, which are well scoped and pre-defined pieces of work.
Good knowledge of regional geology and basin analysis.
Candidate must have competence in the following areas:
Proficient in geological evaluation, geophysical interpretation, petrophysical interpretation, innovative mapping using wells, seismic, production and reservoir data experience.
Provide expertise related t0 field development plan, reserves assessment, asset acquisition, exploration, appraisal and development strategy.
Collaborate with drilling department to ensure all relevant geological and geophysical data is incorporated into drilling plans and the execution of drilling program



Job Title: General Manager, Drilling & Logistics
Ref: D&L
Location: Any City, Nigeria
Requirements
The General Manager, Operations must have a good knowledge of Operational and Technical Practices in an E&P company.
He is expected to have an in depth knowledge of offshore / swamp drilling engineering and operations, drilling, completion, workover, logistics, development planning, economic evaluation.
The candidate must be able to lead and manage multiple concurrent projects, work in a team environment, and be able to effectively communicate within and outside the company.
Must have worked in a managerial position for at least 10 years in a reputable E&P company.
Minimum Education and Experience:
Minimum Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in a core engineering discipline with a minimum of Second Class Upper Division. A Masters degree or equivalent will be an added advantage.
A minimum of fifteen (15) years of relevant experience in the oil industry with a proven track record of operations management.
In depth knowledge of Well engineering, operations, completion
Must be capable of applying operational, engineering and management principles to resolve problems and optimize drilling, completion, workover, supply chain, logistics, planning and scheduling activities
Must have experience in field development plans, execution and management
Must have a proven ability to plan / lead projects and must be able to work under pressure
Must have strong leadership, interpersonal and communication skills to work in a multidisciplinary and multi-tasking team
Must be result oriented and committed to company goals
Must be capable of representing the company with regulatory and government agencies.
Champion the enforcement of standards and procedures to ensure a safe and healthy working environment
Ensure companys compliance with all regulations from relevant regulatory agencies.



Job Title: Drilling Manager
Location: Any City, Nigeria
Requirements
The Drilling Manager must have a good knowledge of technical and operational practices and principles of drilling, completion and workover processes, well construction/engineering field optimization and development, planning.
Must be able to manage and apply multiple concurrent field projects and work in a team environment.
Minimum Education and Experience:
Minimum of Bachelor of Science degree in a core engineering/science discipline with a minimum of Second Class Upper division, A masters degree in any of the relevant Engineering disciplines will be an added advantage
A minimum of ten (10) years of relevant experience in an E&P company.
Must be capable of utilizing engineering and operational principles to resolve problems of drilling, completion, workover and logistics
Must be capable of working with multi-functional teams in project execution.
Must have ability to plan, lead and execute development projects.
Must be able to work under pressure
Must be very analytical and capable of delivering results
Must have strong interpersonal skills to work in a multidisciplinary teams.
Maintain safe and healthy work environment by following and enforcing standards and procedures; complying with legal regulations.
Provide support in the planning and execution of maintenance & major shutdowns, managing the commissioning and startup of new projects and plant modifications.



Job Title: Drilling Engineer
Location: Any City, Nigeria
Requirements
The Drilling Engineer must have a good knowledge of well engineering, drilling and completions to provide support to company's operations from the initial design to delivery of a well to production.
Must be knowledgeable in drilling and completion practices.
Minimum Education and Experience:
Minimum of Bachelor of Science degree in a core engineering discipline (Second Class Upper). A master's degree in any of the relevant Engineering disciplines will be an added advantage
A minimum of seven (7) years of drilling experience, consisting of well engineering and rig operations is required.
Must have strong analytical, technical and operational skills
Ability to prepare work schedules and comprehensive drilling plans to meet project objectives and deadlines.
Monitoring day-to-day rig operations during drilling and completions operations
Provide immediate and effective Solutions for operational continuity, equipment malfunctions and other Onsite problems.
Liaise with project partners, such as geologists and drilling contractors etc, in order to keep up-to-date on all developments that may have an impact on drilling activities.
Responsible for executing the appropriate procedures for well drilling projects
Ensuring that drilling operations comply with statutory and regulatory requirements, with respect to health and safety and emergency procedures.
Must be capable of working seamlessly with geosciences, production and reservoir groups in executing drilling/operations engineering solutions,
Must have working knowledge of commonly used and relevant drilling/operations/production management software
Must have ability to plan and lead projects and must be able to work under pressure



Job Title: Senior Drilling Engineer
Location: Any City, Nigeria
Minimum Education and Experience
This position requires a Bachelors degree in Petroleum Engineering or any Engineering degree (with a minimum of second class upper degree). A Masters degree in any of these disciplines will be an added advantage.
Minimum of Ten (10) years and Eight (8) years of relevant experience in the oil industry with operator(s)
The candidate must be proficient in the use of applicable Software,
Must be a good team player with strong interpersonal skills, able to work under pressure, ready to travel at short notice and be willing to relocate if necessary
Must not be more than 35years of age.
Must have cognate experience and sufficient knowledge in the following areas:
Well planning and design for drilling and work over operations in onshore and offshore / deep water environment and must be adequately exposed to well sit drilling operations.
Training and certification in IWCF / Well Control will be an added advantage.

Job Title: PSC Accountant
Location: Any City, Nigeria
Minimum Education and Experience
B.Sc Accounting / Finance or related field (minimum of Second Class Upper)
Professional qualifications: ACA/ACCA
Post-qualification experience: Minimum two years cognate work
Candidate must have at least 10 years of experience in all aspects of the production sharing agreements as practiced in the petroleum industry.
Analyze general ledger accounts on a defined and regular basis
Prepare monthly bank reconciliation
Maintain inventory records and adhere to specific controls on inventories
Render reports to management as well as statutory and regulatory authorities
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
High degree of integrity confidentiality, and ability to contribute to learn culture
Readiness to work at any part of the country and long hours
Working knowledge of Oracle ERP and excellent knowledge of the Oil and Gas industry dynamics will be an added advantage.
Good networking knowledge with all statutory organisation


Job Title: Senior Completions Engineer
Location: Any City, Nigeria
Minimum Education and Experience
This position requires a Bachelors degree in Petroleum Engineering or any Engineering degree (with a minimum of second class upper degree). A Masters degree in any of these disciplines will be an added advantage.
Minimum of Ten (10) years and Eight (8) years of relevant experience in the oil industry with operator(s)
The candidate must be proficient in the use of applicable Software,
Must be a good team player with strong interpersonal skills, able to work under pressure, ready to travel at short notice and be willing to relocate if necessary
Must not be more than 35years of age.
Must have cognate experience and sufficient knowledge in the following areas:
Well completions design and execution in onshore and offshore/deep water environment using available technology tools



Job Title: Senior Gas Engineer
Location: Any City, Nigeria
Minimum Education and Experience
This position requires a Bachelors degree in Petroleum Engineering or any Engineering degree (with a minimum of second class upper degree). A Masters degree in any of these disciplines will be an added advantage.
Minimum of Ten (10) years and Eight (8) years of relevant experience in the oil industry with operator(s)
The candidate must be proficient in the use of applicable Software,
Must be a good team player with strong interpersonal skills, able to work under pressure, ready to travel at short notice and be willing to relocate if necessary
Must not be more than 40years of age.
Must have cognate experience and sufficient knowledge in the following areas:
Design of gas- well completions, preparation of gas development concepts and making recommendations on gas utilization options & gas process facilities design and installations.



Job Title: Drilling Supervisor
Location: Any City, Nigeria
Minimum Education and Experience
This position requires a Bachelors degree in Petroleum Engineering or any Engineering degree (with a minimum of second class upper degree). A Masters degree in any of these disciplines will be an added advantage.
Minimum of fifteen (15) years experience in the oil industry and Eight (8) years continuous experience on Drilling Supervision Position with operator(s) with good track record.
The candidate must be proficient in the use of applicable Software,
Must be a good team player with strong interpersonal skills, able to work under pressure, ready to travel at short notice and be willing to relocate if necessary
Must not be more than 40years of age.
Must have cognate experience and sufficient knowledge in the following areas:
Supervision of drilling and work over operations on land, swamp, shallow and deep offshore environment which includes supervising service providers, organizing and controlling logistics within the operating area, endorsing service tickets, monitoring well cost and submitting daily well cost trail.
Adequate acquaintance with well control is required and must have undergone training and certification in IWCF/ Well Control.



Job Title: Senior Legal Officer
Location: Any City, Nigeria
Minimum Education and Experience
This position requires a seasoned and consummate Lawyer with LL.B, BL and LLM. Higher qualification will he an added advantage
Must have a minimum of Fifteen (15) years relevant past call experience and preferably female.
Versatile in corporate Law, Legal Drafting, Arbitration Proceedings and special skills in vetting International agreements
Good knowledge of Oil and Gas Laws will be an added advantage
Must be proficient in the use of IT softwares
Must be a team player, self-motivated and multi-task oriented
Must not be less than 40 years of age.




How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Curriculum Vitae (prepared as a Microsoft Word document) with contact telephone numbers, current work location, e-mail address and scanned passport size photographs to: jobgas212@gmail.com

Note: All applications will be treated in strict confidence and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Deadline 21st February, 2017.

Saturday 4 February 2017

THE FUTURE STARS FORUM

THE FUTURE STARS FORUM


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-How to battle common youthful addictions -Globally attractive business ideas
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A WOMAN THAT CHANGE HER STORY



Sojourner Truth biography

Sojourner_truthSojourner Truth (1797 – 1897) was born into slavery but escaped to freedom and became one of most noted African-American women speakers on issues of civil rights and abolition.

She was deeply religious and felt a calling from God to travel America speaking on slavery and other contemporary issues. At 6ft tall she was a striking presence, and used her powerful oratory to awaken the conscience of America to the injustice of slavery and discrimination.
Early life

Sojourner Truth was born to slave parents – James and Elizabeth Baumgree. She was born around 1797 and, at birth, was named Isabelle or ‘Belle’. Her family, including 10-12 siblings, were kept on an estate in the town of Espouses – 95 miles north of New York. When her Dutch slave owner, Charles Hardenbergh died in 1806, Sojourner was sold, aged nine for $100 to a new owner John Neely, who frequently beat her.

She was then sold between slave owners a few times, before moving to John Dumont of West Park, New York. Unlike previous owners, Dumont was more kindly disposed and her life improved somewhat, though she was harassed by Dumont’s wife.

Around 1815, Truth began a relationship with a slave from a nearby farm, called Robert. The relationship was strictly forbidden by Robert’s slave owner Charles Cation- because Cation would not own any children they had – but they met anyway. Unfortunately Cation caught the pair and severely beat his slave Robert. The beating was so savage that Robert later died from his injuries. The painful incident left a lasting legacy, haunting Truth throughout her life. Later she was told to marry an older slave named Thomas, who was 20 years older. She had four children with Thomas and one child with either Robert or John Dumont.

Freedom from slavery

New York was one of the earliest states to begin ending slavery. The process was started in 1799, but slavery wouldn’t officially end until 4 July 1827. However, Truth became restless for freedom and after Dupont reneged on an offer to grant her freedom, in 1826, one year before the change in the law, she took her infant daughter Sophia and left Dumont. She found work as a domestic servant with the Van Wagenen family.

Despite the end of slavery in New York, Truth learnt that her five year old son, Peter had been sold to Alabama where slavery was deeply embedded. With the help of her new employers, she took Dupont to court to claim he had sold Peter illegally. Truth won the case against her former slave owner and her son Peter was brought back from Alabama where he had been badly treated. It was a landmark case and the first time a black women had won a court case against a white man.

This was an important time for Truth, free from the shackles of slavery, she had a religious conversion, becoming a devout, evangelical Christian.

She spent time with Elijah Pierson a Christian Evangelist and also ‘Prophet Matthias’ who founded the Matthias Kingdom communal colony. When Pierson died, Truth along with others was accused of stealing and poisoning him. But, this case was thrown out of court. Later Truth brought a slander suit against those who had made the false claims (the Folgers) and Truth won her second case.
Sojourner Truth

In 1843, Truth adopted a new name – Sojourner Truth (she had been known as Isabella Baumfree). The name reflected her new freedom, religious devotion and her acceptance of the Methodist religion. She later confided that, after her abusive life, her religious faith was a source of great solace.

“Jesus loved me! I knew it, – I felt it! Jesus was my Jesus. Jesus would love me always. I didn’t dare tell nobody; ‘t was a great secret. Everything had been got away from me that I ever had; an’ I thought that ef I let white folks know about this, maybe they’d get Him away, so I said, ‘I’ll keep this close. I won’t let any one know.'”

‘Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Bondswoman of Olden Time’, p 159.

She felt a calling to travel around America and speak about the realities of slavery and other forms injustice. In her own words she said:

“The Spirit calls me, and I must go”

Her religious faith was important for giving her the inner conviction to fight for justice and if not successful in this world, she believed in the ultimate justice of God’s Creation.

“But I believe in the next world. When we get up yonder, we shall have all them rights ‘stored to us again.” (Anti-Slavery Bugle, Oct. 1856)

As well as abolitionist causes, Truth became more active in supporting women’s rights, religious tolerance, pacifism and prison reform. She joined the Northampton Association of Education and Industry in Northampton, Massachusetts, which was committed to promoting the abolition of slavery and supporting women’s rights. Here she met other prominent abolitionists, such as William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass. Although the group later disbanded she remained close to some of these prominent men and women.

In 1850, William Lloyd Garrison helped Truth to publish her autobiography “The Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave.”

sojourner-truth-cardThe book sold relatively well and the income from the book helped to support her travels and speaking commitments. She also sold small cards entitled “I sell the shadow to support the substance.”

The proceeds from her book and cards helped her to pay for the mortgage on a house in the village of Florence, Northampton. She began to give more high profile speeches – often at women’s rights conferences. In May 1851, she attended the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention where she gave a famous extemporaneous speech – later named “Ain’t I a Woman”. The speech demanded equal rights for blacks and women. It was recorded by different members in the audience. When it was later published, it is likely her original words were embellished with southern phrases, which Truth wouldn’t have used – including the rhetorical question “Ain’t I a Woman” Nevertheless, the speech seemed to have created a strong impression on the audience and they were moved by her personal first hand accounts of slavery.

“Den dat little man in black dar, he say women can’t have as much rights as men, ’cause Christ wan’t a woman! Whar did your Christ come from?” Rolling thunder couldn’t have stilled that crowd, as did those deep, wonderful tones, as she stood there with outstretched arms and eyes of fire. Raising her voice still louder, she repeated, “Whar did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothin’ to do wid Him.” Oh, what a rebuke that was to the little man.

Extract of speech by Frances Dana Gage published (May 2, 1863). version in the Anti-Slavery Standard (link)

Truth was also a good singer, and sometimes sang to audiences. At an abolitionist conference in 1840 in Boston, the great orator Wendell Phillips was marked down to speak after her. Worried she was not good enough to speak before him, she sang “I am Pleading for my people” to the tune of Auld Lang Syne.

Throughout the 1850s and 60s, she gave many speeches throughout the state – this was a time when public speaking was in high demand; in the absence of any radio or modern media, public speaking was a major source of information. The speaking circuit was mostly dominated by white men, so the presence of this imposing six foot black women was quite striking; her powerful words carried authenticity because she spoke from direct experience of slavery. She was also blessed with a powerful, low, resonant voice. She often travelled with her grandson, Sammy Banks who could read and write – this was a great help to the illiterate Sojourner.

Still it was a challenging role – fighting the double prejudice of the age – against both women and those of African-American roots. Like other female speakers such as Harriet Tubman, sometimes people were even sceptical that they weren’t really men. One apocryphal story relates that in 1858, someone interrupted a speech Truth was giving claiming she was a man. Truth responded by revealing her breasts.

Often audiences were quite hostile, with hissing and booing, even before she started. But, Truth was able to adapt her speeches to the context of the time, and was adept at dealing with hostile audiences. As her reputation grew, her reception became more favourable. She was popular with like minded abolitionists, though her view on insisting on the equality of women were radical even for some progressives. She also had a strong sense of humour and was willing to tease those who tended to a more self-righteous activism or were concerned with frivolous posturing.

“What kind of reformers be you, with goose-wings on your heads, as if you were going to fly, and dressed in such ridiculous fashion, talking about reform and women’s rights?”

(Narrative, Book of Life, p.243)

sojournertruthIn 1856, she sold her house in Northampton and moved to Battle Creek, Michigan. In Michigan she continued to give speeches and lectures; she also widened her scope of political issues – speaking increasingly on prison reform and against capital punishment.

As well as speeches, Truth took part in direct action. In Washington she tried to force the desegregation of street cars by travelling in white only carriages. In the 1872 election, she sought to vote in the Presidential election, though was turned back at the polling booth. She also carried many petitions, urging people to sign for various causes, such as free land for former slaves. Speaking to people, she remarked wryly:

“Why don’t some of you stir ’em [the government] up as though an old body like myself could do all the stirring.”

During the civil war, she helped to recruit black troops and supplies for the Union army. She also sought to try and improve the condition of freed slaves in Washington D.C. Whilst in Washington, she won her third court case – a personal injury case after a street car incident.

After the civil war, she sought to encourage Congress to grant lands to freed slaves in the West. She argued that only when freed slaves had their own land, would they have the ability to support themselves and gain a real sense of dignity. Her efforts never persuaded Congress to take action.

“I am pleading for my people, a poor downtrodden race
Who dwell in freedom’s boasted land with no abiding place
I am pleading that my people may have their rights restored”

‘Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Bondswoman of Olden Time’, page 303

For her works and public profile, she got to meet Abraham Lincoln and President Ulysses S. Grant.

In 1864, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation saw a major landmark in civil rights; it was one of the few solid political achievements Truth saw realised in her lifetime. It was not until 37 years after her death, a constitutional Amendment barred voting discrimination on the grounds of sex. It was the 1960s before voting rights for African-Americans were enshrined in law.

Increasingly frail, Truth died on 26 November, 1883, aged around 87. Though she liked to encourage the myth she was even much older ‘the oldest speaker on the circuit’ – was one phrase used. Her tombstone gives her age as 105.

In 2009, she became the first black woman honoured with a bust in the U.S. Capitol and in 2014, she was included in the Smithsonian Institutions list of the 100 most significant Americans.

Citation: Pettinger, Tejvan. “Biography Sojourner Truth”, Oxford, www.biographyonline.net – 13th Dec. 2016
Narrative of Sojourner Truth

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Narrative of Sojourner Truth at Amazon.com
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Related pages

Famous Americanstheodore_roosevelt-150 – Great Americans from the Founding Fathers to modern civil rights activists. Including presidents, authors, musicians, entrepreneurs and businessmen. Featuring Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Madonna, Oprah Winfrey.

lincoln-abrahamPeople who fought for human /civil rights – People who campaigned for equality, civil rights and civil justice.

Nelson_MandelaCourageous people – people who have overcome difficult circumstances and difficult odds.

peoplePeople in the anti-slavery movement

Other people from UK, France and US who fought against slavery, including former slaves and political figures who sought to change the law.

External page

Sojourner Truth.org – A life, legacy and faith

A MAN WHO CHANGR HIS WORLD

Samuel Eliot Morison
Samuel Eliot Morison
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Samuel Eliot Morison
Rear Adm. Samuel Eliot Morison USNR.jpg
Samuel Eliot Morison in his official U.S. Navy portrait
Born July 9, 1887
Boston, Massachusetts
Died May 15, 1976 (aged 88)
Boston, Massachusetts
Allegiance United States United States of America
Service/branch United States Navy Seal United States Navy
Years of service 1942–1951
Rank US-O8 insignia.svg Rear Admiral (Reserve)
Battles/wars World War II
Awards See article

Samuel Eliot Morison, (July 9, 1887 – May 15, 1976) was an American historian noted for his works of maritime history and American history that were both authoritative and highly popular. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1912, and taught history at the university for 40 years. He won Pulitzer Prizes for Admiral of the Ocean Sea (1942), a biography of Christopher Columbus, and John Paul Jones: A Sailor's Biography (1959). In 1942, he was commissioned to write a history of United States naval operations in World War II, which was published in 15 volumes between 1947 and 1962. Morison wrote the popular Oxford History of the American People (1965), and co-authored the classic textbook The Growth of the American Republic (1930) with Henry Steele Commager. Over the course of his distinguished career, Morison received eleven honorary doctoral degrees, and garnered numerous literary prizes, military honors, and national awards from both foreign countries and the United States, including two Pulitzer Prizes, two Bancroft Prizes, the Balzan Prize, the Legion of Merit, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.[1]

Contents

1 Early life (1887–1912)
2 The scholar and historian (1913–1941)
3 Naval war service (1942–1952)
4 Later years (1953–1976)
5 Death and legacy
6 Criticism
6.1 Slavery
6.2 Battle of Savo Island
6.3 "Dago navy"
7 Honors and awards
8 Works
9 References
10 Further reading
11 External links

Early life (1887–1912)

Samuel Eliot Morison was born July 9, 1887, in Boston, Massachusetts, to John Holmes Morison (1856–1911) and Emily Marshall (Eliot) Morison (1857–1925). He was named for his maternal grandfather Samuel Eliot—a historian, educator, and public-minded citizen of Boston and Hartford, Connecticut. The Eliot family, which produced generations of prominent American intellectuals, descended from Andrew Eliot, who moved to Boston in the 1660s from the English village of East Coker. The most famous of this Andrew Eliot's direct descendants was poet T.S. Eliot, who titled the second of his Four Quartets "East Coker".[2]

Morison attended Noble and Greenough School (1897–1901) and St. Paul's (1901–1903) prior to entering Harvard University, where he was a member of the Phoenix S K Club. At the age of fourteen, he learned to sail, and soon after learned horsemanship—both skills would serve him well in his later historical writings.[3] He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1908. After studying at the École Libre des Sciences Politiques (1908–1909), Morison returned to Harvard.
The scholar and historian (1913–1941)

Originally intending to major in mathematics until Albert Bushnell Hart talked him into researching some papers of an ancestor stored in his wine cellar,[4] Morison's Harvard dissertation was the basis for his first book The Life and Letters of Harrison Gray Otis, Federalist, 1765–1848 (1913), which sold 700 copies. After earning his Ph.D. at Harvard, Morison became an instructor in history at the University of California, Berkeley in 1912. In 1915 he returned to Harvard and took a position as an instructor. During World War I he served as a private in the US Army. He also served as the American Delegate on the Baltic Commission of the Paris Peace Conference until June 17, 1919.[1]

In 1922–1925 Morison taught at Oxford University as the first Harmsworth Professor of American History.[5] In 1925 he returned to Harvard, where he was appointed a full professor. One of several subjects that fascinated Morison was the history of New England. As early as 1921 he published The Maritime History of Massachusetts, 1783-1860. In the 1930s Morison published a series of books on the history of Harvard University and New England, including Builders of the Bay Colony: A Gallery of Our Intellectual Ancestors (1930), The Founding of Harvard College (1935), Harvard College in the Seventeenth Century (1936), Three Centuries of Harvard: 1636–1936 (1936), and The Puritan Pronaos (1936). In later years, he would return to the subject of New England history, writing The Ropemakers of Plymouth (1950) and The Story of the 'Old Colony' of New Plymouth (1956) and editing the definitive work, Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620–1647 (1952).[1]

During his time at Harvard, Morison became the last professor to arrive on campus via horseback.[6] He was chosen to speak at the 300th Anniversary celebration of Harvard in 1936 and a recording of his speech is included as part of the "Harvard Voices" collection.[7]

In 1938 Morison was elected as an honorary member of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati.

In 1940, Morison published Portuguese Voyages to America in the Fifteenth Century, a book that presaged his succeeding publications on the explorer, Christopher Columbus. In 1941, Morison was named Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History at Harvard. For Admiral of the Ocean Sea (1942), Morison combined his personal interest in sailing with his scholarship by actually sailing to the various places that Christopher Columbus explored. The Harvard Columbus Expedition, led by Morison and including his wife and Captain John W. McElroy, Herbert F. Hossmer, Jr., Richard S. Colley, Dr. Clifton W. Anderson, Kenneth R. Spear and Richard Spear, left on 28 August 1939 aboard the 147 foot ketch Capitana for the Azores and Lisbon, Portugal from which they sailed on the 45 foot ketch Mary Otis to retrace Columbus' route using manuscripts and records of his voyages reaching Trinidad by way of Cadiz, Madeira, and the Canary Islands.[8] After following the coast of South and Central America the expedition returned to Trinidad on 15 December 1939.[8] The expedition returned to New York on 2 February 1940 aboard the United Fruit liner Veragua.[8] The book was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1943.
Naval war service (1942–1952)

In 1942, Morison met with his friend President Franklin D. Roosevelt and offered to write a history of United States Navy operations during the war from an insider's perspective by taking part in operations and documenting them. The President and Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox agreed to the proposal. On May 5, 1942, Morison was commissioned a lieutenant commander in the US Naval Reserve, and was called at once to active duty.[1] Gregory Pfitzer explained his procedures:

He gained berths on patrol boats, destroyers, and heavy cruisers; participated in planning sessions for invasions; witnessed sea battles; narrowly escaped death at the hands of a kamikaze pilot; and conducted post-operational interviews with commanders in the Pacific theater.[9]

Morison worked with a team of anonymous researchers to prepare the History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, published in 15 volumes between 1947–1962, documenting everything from strategy and tactics to technology and the exploits of individuals. British military historian Sir John Keegan called it the best to come out of that conflict. Issued as The Rising Sun in the Pacific in 1948, Volume 3 won the Bancroft Prize in 1949.[1]

Morison was promoted to the rank of captain on December 15, 1945. On August 1, 1951, he was transferred to the Honorary Retired List of the Naval Reserve and was promoted to Rear Admiral on the basis of combat awards.[1]

In History as a Literary Art: An Appeal to Young Historians (1946), Morison argued that vivid writing springs from the synergy of experience and research:

American historians, in their eagerness to present facts and their laudable concern to tell the truth, have neglected the literary aspects of their craft. They have forgotten that there is an art of writing history.[10]

Later years (1953–1976)

In 1955, Morison retired from Harvard University.[1] He devoted the rest of his life to writing. In quick succession, Morison wrote Christopher Columbus, Mariner (1955), Freedom in Contemporary Society (1956), The Story of the 'Old Colony' of New Plymouth, 1620–1692 (1956), Nathaniel Holmes Morison (1957), William Hickling Prescott (1958), Strategy and Compromise (1958), and John Paul Jones: A Sailor's Biography (1959), which earned Morison his second Pulitzer Prize.

In the early 1960s, Morison's focus returned to his New England youth, writing The Story of Mount Desert Island, Maine (1960), One Boy's Boston, 1887–1901 (1962), Introduction to Whaler Out of New Bedford (1962), and A History of the Constitution of Massachusetts (1963). In 1963, The Two-Ocean War was published, a one-volume abridged history of the United States Navy in World War II.

In 1964, Morison received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Lyndon B. Johnson. In presenting the distinguished historian with the highest civilian award in the United States, Johnson noted:

Scholar and sailor, this amphibious historian has combined a life of action and literary craftsmanship to lead two generations of Americans on countless voyages of discovery.[11]

Morison's later years would also be devoted to books on exploration, such as The Two-Ocean War (1963), The Caribbean as Columbus Saw It (1964), Spring Tides (1965), The European Discovery of America (1971–1974), and Samuel de Champlain: Father of New France (1972). His research for the latter book included sailing many of the routes taken by Champlain, and tracing others by airplane.

Morison's first marriage to Elizabeth S. Greene produced four children—one of whom, Emily Morison Beck, became editor of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations.[12] Elizabeth died in 1945. In 1949, Morison married Baltimore widow Priscilla Barton. Priscilla died in 1973.
Death and legacy

Morison died of a stroke on May 15, 1976. His ashes are buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Northeast Harbor, Maine. He enjoyed considerable recognition during his lifetime, receiving two Pulitzers, two Bancroft Prizes, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences' Emerson-Thoreau Medal (1961), and numerous honorary degrees, military awards, and honors from foreign nations.[13]

On July 19, 1979, the frigate USS Samuel Eliot Morison was launched, honoring Morison and his contributions to the United States Navy. Morison's legacy is also sustained by the United States Naval History and Heritage Command's Samuel Eliot Morison Naval History Scholarship.[14] Boston's Commonwealth Avenue Mall features a bronze statue depicting Morison in sailor's oilskin.

Morison's last known public appearance was on April 8, 1976, when he served as the ribbon cutter to open the USS Constitution Museum. "The Museum's research library and an annual award given by the Museum for scholarship in history are both named in his honor."[15]

The Naval Order of the United States also awards an honor in Morison's name—the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature.
Criticism
Slavery

Morison was criticized by some African-American scholars for his treatment of American slavery in early editions of his book The Growth of the American Republic, which he co-wrote with Henry Steele Commager and later with Commager's student William E. Leuchtenburg.[16] The book originated as Morison's two-volume Oxford History of the United States (Oxford University Press, 1927). First published in 1930, the first two editions of the textbook, according to these critics, echoed the thesis of American Negro Slavery (1918) by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips. This view, sometimes called the Phillips school of slavery historiography, was considered an authoritative interpretation of the history of American slavery during the first half of the twentieth century,[17] despite the intense criticism by some African-American scholars for its alleged racist underpinnings. Phillips's theories remained authoritative, considered by many white scholars to be ground-breaking and progressive when first proposed. In 1944, the NAACP began its criticism of The Growth of the American Republic. In 1950, Morison, while denying any racist intent—he noted his daughter's marriage to the son of Joel Elias Spingarn, the former President of the NAACP—reluctantly agreed to most of the demanded changes.[18] Morison refused to eliminate references to slaves who were loyal and devoted to their masters because they were treated well, and to some positive "civilizing" effects of the American system of slavery. Morison also refused to remove references to stereotypes of African Americans that he believed were vital in accurately depicting the racist nature of American culture in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries—an era when even the most enlightened progressive thinkers routinely explained many aspects of human behavior as a result of innate racial or ethnic characteristics.[19] In the 1962 edition of the textbook, Morison removed additional content that these critics found offensive.[16]
Battle of Savo Island

In his semi-official account of the Battle of Savo Island, a disastrous defeat for the U.S. Navy in World War II, Morison partly blamed the defeat on the failure of an Australian aircrew to inform the Americans of the approaching Japanese forces. Morison appears to have based this story on inaccurate, now refuted, information. On October 21, 2014 the US Navy issued a letter of apology to the last surviving member of the RAAF Hudson crew, who had sighted and duly reported the approach of the Japanese Naval Task Force; the letter states that "RAdm. Morison's criticism was unwarranted".[20]
"Dago navy"

Some degree of criticism has been leveled at Morison for his description of the Italian Regia Marina as having been considered by the British seamen as nothing but a joke, and which he explicitly called "Dago Navy". Italian historian Giorgio Giorgerini wrote that this use of a racial slur is the proof of a rather gratuitous and offensive attitude towards the Italian Navy that could have been at least more prudent in its expression.[21] William M. McBride observed that Morison's disparaging remark was not the only example of a racist attitude from "inherently superior Anglo-Saxons" towards the Italians.[22]
Honors and awards

Award ribbons
V

Bronze star
Silver star
Bronze star


1st Row Legion of Merit
with "V" device Navy Unit Commendation Presidential Medal of Freedom (1964)
2nd Row World War I Victory Medal American Campaign Medal European-African-Middle Eastern
Campaign Medal
with battle star
3rd Row Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
with six battle stars World War II Victory Medal Philippine Liberation Medal
4th Row Commander, Order of the White Rose of Finland Commander, Order of Isabella the Catholic (1963) Officer, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1961)

Other honors

Honorary Member of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati (1938)
Vuelo Panamericano Medal (Republic of Cuba) (1943)

Honorary degrees

Trinity College, Hartford (1935)
Amherst College (1936)
Harvard University (1936)
Union College (1939)
Columbia University (1942)
Yale University (1949)
Williams College (1950)
University of Oxford (1951)
Bucknell University (1960)
Boston College (1961)
College of the Holy Cross (1962)

Literary prizes

Loubat Prize (1938) for The Founding of Harvard College (1935) and Harvard College in the Seventeenth Century (1936)
Pulitzer Prize (1943) for Admiral of the Ocean Sea (1942)
Bancroft Prize (1949) for The Rising Sun in the Pacific (1948)
Pulitzer Prize (1960) for John Paul Jones: A Sailor's Biography (1959)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Emerson-Thoreau Medal (1961)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal (1962)
Balzan Prize (1962) for History of United States Naval Operations in World War II (1963)[13]
Bancroft Prize (1972) for The European Discovery of America: The Northern Voyages (1971)

Works
Main article: Samuel Eliot Morison bibliography

The following is a list of books written by Samuel Eliot Morison, arranged alphabetically.

Admiral of the Ocean Sea. 2 vols. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1942.[23]
American Contributions to the Strategy of World War II. London: Oxford University Press, 1958.
The Ancient Classics in a Modern Democracy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1939.
Builders of the Bay Colony. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930.
By Land and By Sea. New York: Knopf, 1953.
The Caribbean as Columbus Saw It. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1964. (with Mauricio Obregon)
Christopher Columbus, Mariner. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1955.[24]
The Class Lives of Samuel Eliot and Nathaniel Homes Morison, Harvard 1839. Boston: Privately printed, 1926.
The Conservative American Revolution. Washington, DC: Society of the Cincinnati, 1976.
Doctor Morison's Farewell to the Colonial Society of Massachusetts. Boston: Merrymount Press, 1939.
The European Discovery of America. 2 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 1971–1974.
The Events of the Year MDCCCCXXXV. Boston: Merrymount Press, 1936.
The Founding of Harvard College. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1935.
Francis Parkman. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1973.
Freedom in Contemporary Society. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1956.
The Growth of the American Republic 2 vols. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1930.[25]
Harrison Gray Otis, 1765–1848: The Urbane Federalist. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969.
Harvard College in the Seventeenth Century. 2 vols. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1936.
Harvard Guide to American History. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1963. (with Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Frederick Merk, Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr., and Paul Herman Buck)
Historical Background for the Massachusetts Bay Tercentenary in 1930. Boston: Massachusetts Bay Tercentenary, Inc., 1928, 1930.
Historical Markers Erected by Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission. Texts of Inscriptions As Revised By Samuel Eliot Morison. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1930.
History As A Literary Art. Boston: Old South Association, 1946.[26]
A History of the Constitution of Massachusetts. Boston: Special Commission on Revision of the Constitution, 1963.
A History of the Constitution of Massachusetts. Boston: Wright & Potter, 1917.
History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. 15 vols. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1947–1962.
An Hour of American History: From Columbus to Coolidge. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1929.
Introduction to Whaler Out of New Bedford. New Bedford: Old Dartmouth Historical Society, 1962.
John Paul Jones: A Sailor's Biography. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1959.[27]
Life and Letters of Harrison Gray Otis. 2 vols. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913.[28]
Life in Washington a Century and a Half Ago. Washington, DC: Cosmos Club, 1968.
The Maritime History of Massachusetts, 1783–1860. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1921.
Nathaniel Homes Morison. Baltimore: Peabody Institute, 1957.
A New and Fresh English Translation of the Letter of Columbus Announcing the Discovery of America. Madrid: Graficas Yagues, 1959.
Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620–1647. Editor. New York: Knopf, 1952.
Old Bruin: Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, 1796–1858. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1967.
One Boy's Boston, 1887–1901. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1962.
The Oxford History of the American People. New York: Oxford University Press, 1965.
Oxford History of the United States. 2 vols. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1927.
The Pilgrim Fathers: Their Significance in History. Boston: Merrymount Press, 1937.
Portuguese Voyages to America in the Fifteenth Century. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1940.
A Prologue to American History: An Inaugural Lecture. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922.
The Proprietors of Peterborough, New Hampshire. Peterborough: Historical Society, 1930.
The Puritan Pronaos. New York: New York University Press, 1936.
Ropemakers of Plymouth. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1950.
Sailor Historian: The Best of Samuel Eliot Morison. Edited by Emily Morison Beck. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977.
Samuel de Champlain: Father of New France. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1972.
The Scholar in American: Past, Present, and Future. New York: Oxford University Press, 1961.
The Second Voyage of Christopher Columbus. New York: Oxford University Press, 1939.
Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764–1788, and the Formation of the Federal Constitution. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1923.
Spring Tides. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965.
The Story of Mount Desert Island, Maine. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1960.
The Story of the 'Old Colony' of New Plymouth, 1620–1692. New York: Knopf, 1956.
Strategy and Compromise. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1958.
These Forty Years. Boston: Privately printed, 1948. (Address to the 40th Reunion, Harvard Class of 1908)
Three Centuries of Harvard, 1636–1936. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1936.
The Two Ocean War. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1963.
Vistas of History. New York: Knopf, 1964.
William Hickling Prescott. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1958.
The Young Man Washington. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1932.[29]

References

"Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison". Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
Sailer, Steve. "Samuel Eliot Morison And America's Displaced Protestant Establishment". VDare. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
Washburn, Wilcomb E. "Samuel Eliot Morison, Historian" in The William and Mary Quarterly July 1979, pp. 325-352.
Carrigg, John (Fall 1994). "Samuel Eliot Morison and His Catholic Sympathies". The Dawson Newsletter. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
http://www.rai.ox.ac.uk/history/HarmsworthLectures
Harvard Gazette http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/12/scholars-venerable/
Harvard Voices Collection https://soundcloud.com/#harvard/samuel-eliot-morison-1936?in=harvard/sets/harvard-voices
"Samuel E. Morison's Columbus Expedition Reaches United States After Five Months of Following Explorer's Courses". The Harvard Crimson. The Harvard Crimson. February 2, 1940. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
Gregory M. Pfitzer in Kelly Boyd, ed. (1999). Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing vol 2. p. 839.
Hornfischer, James D. "Revisiting Samuel Eliot Morison's Landmark History". Smithsonian.com. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
"Remarks at the Presentation of the 1964 Presidential Medal of Freedom Awards". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
Martin, Douglas (March 31, 2004). "Emily Morison Beck, 88, Who Edited Bartlett's Quotations, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
"Prizewinners". International Balzan Prize Foundation. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
"Samuel Eliot Morison Naval History Scholarship". Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
USS Constitution Museum Samuel Eliot Morison Page http://www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org/about-us/mission-and-history/samuel-eliot-morison/
Zimmerman, Jonathan. "Brown-ing the American Textbook". History of Education Quarterly. Archived from the original on March 18, 2005. Retrieved March 18, 2005.
Revisiting Blassingame's The Slave Community: The Scholars Respond. Ed. Al-Tony Gilmore. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1978, pp x–xi, ISBN 0-8371-9879-8.
Jumonville, Neil. Henry Steele Commager: Midcentury Liberalism and the History of the Present. The University of North Carolina Press, 1999, p. 147.
Gossett, Thomas F. (1963). Race: The History of an Idea in America. New York: Oxford University Press.
Harvey, Adam (28 October 2014). "Eric Geddes: Sole survivor of WWII RAAF aircrew wins fight to erase historic slur over Savo Island bloodbath". ABC News. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
Giorgerini, Giorgio (2002). La guerra italiana sul mare : la marina tra vittoria e sconfitta : 1940-1943 (1. ed. Oscar storia. ed.). Milano: Mondadori. pp. 24–5. ISBN 9788804501503.
McBride, William M. (2000). Technological change and the United States Navy, 1865-1945 (Johns Hopkins paperback edition. ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 9780801872853.
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"Samuel Eliot Morison Bibliography". Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved October 20, 2011.

Further reading

Cunliffe, Marcus, and Robin W. Winks, eds. Pastmasters: some essays on American historians (Harper & Row, 1975).
Keegan, John. The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare. New York: Viking, 1989.
Morison, Samuel Eliot. "The Gilberts & Marshalls" in Life Magazine, May 22, 1944.
Pfitzer, Gregory M. Samuel Eliot Morison's Historical World: In Quest of a New Parkman. Boston: Northeastern, 1991.
Taylor, P.A.M. "Samuel Eliot Morison, Historian" Journal of American Studies (1977) 11#1 13-26.
Washburn, Wilcomb E. "Samuel Eliot Morison, Historian" The William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Series, Vol. XXXVI, July 1979. in JSTOR
Faith of a Historian Presidential address read at the annual dinner of the American Historical Association in Chicago on December 29, 1950. American Historical Review 56:2 (January 1951): 261-75.

External links

Official United States Navy Biography
Adm Samuel Eliot Morison at Find a Grave

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Saturday 28 January 2017

WHY I CREATED MMM

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Friday 27 January 2017

WAYS YOU ARE MAKING LIFE HARD FOR YOUR SELF

When we were young life was easier, right? I know sometimes it seems that way. But the truth is life is still easy. It always will be. Over the course of time, we made our lives harder and harder, and we started losing touch with who we really are and what we really need.

If you can relate to this, here are some ways you’re likely making your life harder than it has to be, and some ideas on simplifying things:

1. You keep thinking about worst-case scenarios.
I have a bad habit of fast forwarding everything to its worst possible outcome and being pleasantly surprised when the result is marginally better than the utter disaster I imagined. My mind unnecessarily wrestles with events that aren’t even remotely likely. My sore throat is probably cancer. My lost ATM card fell into the hands of a Boko Haram terrorist who will wipe out my savings account.

Negativity like this only breeds more negativity. It robs you of happiness. It will carry you away from shore, and if you don’t swim away it will pull you under. The bottom line is that you can see the world through a lens of doubt and despair or hope and excitement. It’s your choice. Either way, you will someday arrive at the same destination. The only question is: Do you want to arrive with a frown or a smile?

2. You constantly compare your life to others.
You were invited to a nice party somewhere. You are enjoying the smooth jazz, wine and party jollof rice. What more could you want? As the party goes on you notice a group of guys and girls with expensive outfits enjoying themselves on another table across the party hall. Suddenly you begin to feel that you don’t measure up to the guys/girls on the other table - people you didn’t even know existed until just a few minutes ago.
Those people are having more fun. Mary has a bigger house. John gets all the lucky breaks. Tunde has more money. Ada is better looking.

Stop it.

If you compete with everyone else, you will become bitter. If you compete with a previous version of yourself, you will become better. It’s as simple as that.

3. You avoid facing the truth.
The truth does not cease to exist when it is ignored. You cannot find peace by avoiding things. You have to feel it to heal it. Bring your fears and weaknesses front and center and shine a blazing spotlight on them. Because the only way out is through. The pain of facing the truth is SO worth it in the long run.

4. You believe that everyone is out to get you.
Someone in your office does something nice for you and automatically you begin to wonder what they want. Another driver cut you off in traffic. Your friend never texted you back. Your colleague went to lunch without you. Everyone can find a reason to be offended on a daily basis. So what caused you to be offended? You assigned negative intent to these otherwise innocent actions. You took it as a personal insult – a slap in the face. Don’t do this to yourself. Don’t take things personally.
Don’t assign negative intent to the unintentional actions of others. Let today be the day you look for the good in everyone you meet.

5. You see a future full of pitfalls.
You finally have a dinner date with a person you really like. Instead of thinking how great this is and how much you are going to enjoy the evening, you focus on the ways that this evening is going to be a disaster. Or you finally get to take a bold step to do what you love and instead of seeing it working out well, you focus on how it is going to fail.
You are always so focused on all the negative things that might happen that you fail to see the benefits and opportunities before you. You could be missing something great!

6. You are the sun and the world rotates around you.
When planning an outing do you insist that everyone follow your plan? When you are having a bad day do you make sure all your friends and family know about it? These behaviors could be seriously making life more difficult for you. By making things less about you and more about others would make for smoother relationships and less tension.

7. You focus on popularity over effectiveness.
Seek respect, not attention. It lasts longer and it’s far more useful in the end. Do things and build things that make a lasting difference. And above all, never confuse popularity with effectiveness. Being popular means you’re liked for a while. Being effective means you’ve made a difference

8. You are stuck on your mistakes.
It’s important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move forward. Make a pact with yourself today not to be defined by your past. Sometimes the greatest thing to come out of all your hard work isn’t what you get for it, but what you learn from it. A happy, successful life, after all, is not a life absent of problems, but one that’s been able to rise above them.

9. You have an “all or nothing” mentality.
There’s no such thing as perfect success, just as there’s no such thing as perfect failure. This is why labeling things in extremes – all or nothing – success or failure – is an exercise in futility.
What does exist, however, is a continuous series of imperfect moments filled with infinite possibilities and opportunities. Appreciate the grey area between the extremes – the journey – the experiences. And above all, never let success get to your head or failure get to your heart.

10. You can’t let go.
She embarrassed you in front of your colleagues and you are never going to forgive her. Sound familiar?
Learn to let go of the wrong things people have done to you. Most times the other person is out there enjoying her life while you keep on carrying the burden of hurt on your heart.

Another scenario is this: you know you are right about how something should be done and nothing is going to change your mind. Has this attitude ever embarrassed you when it turns out that you were wrong in the end?
Learn to let go. It makes life easier.


These and many more are the ways we unknowingly make life hard for ourselves.

I believe this post has been of help to you. I have decided to work on areas in this post that concerns me and I encourage you to do the same this year.
Let’s make life easy again!
Happy new year. smiley

Thursday 26 January 2017

Female Corper Serving In Ebonyi Buried Amidst Tears (Photos) - NYSC

This is sad... death is a respecter of no one. A female NYSC member serving in Ebonyi state was yesterday laid to rest....... may her gentle soul rest in peace..... Amen!
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