The Birth of a LegacyShe was born, the youngest of thirteen children to meager yet stable parents in the rural town of Bismark, Minnesota. In 1912 the town boasted a population of 709 before someone was hired to change it after Bella was two weeks old. Most of the 709 people were related to her somehow, so, as she grew up, she was surrounded by family everyday of her childhood. The holidays were always crowded with many visitors, visits and lots and lots of cooking. From the time Bella could remember, she was constantly surrounded by family; a warm and loving family. Her mother, of Hungarian descent, was born to Hungarian Immigrants, who settled in Bismark with nothing but the clothes on their backs, tattered as they were, and a determination to survive. They not only survived, they thrived as they grew their farm to one of the largest producers of corn in the history of farming. Their children had all gotten married and now their baby just had her last child. Grandma couldn't believe they now had thirteen grandchildren from one of their children! That made a total of twenty-seven grandchildren in all! They felt blessed by God in many areas of their lives.

Through words and pictures from Breer's own photography collection, The Birth of Chrysler Corporation and Its Engineering Legacy offers a nostalgic look at the industry's early days and provides us with insight into the men that were instrumental to Chrysler Corporation's engineering success. After reading this account of the stellar careers of Zeder, Skelton, and Breer, and the many engineering accomplishments for which they were responsible, automotive engineers will appreciate the great legacy given to them by these men. A book of interest to all automotive historians, design engineers, car enthusiasts, and anyone wishing to learn more about the automobile industry in its early years. Chapters cover: Carl Breer: The Early Years With Zeder and Skelton at Studebaker, 1916-1918 We Create Chrysler Corporation Reminiscences of Early Product Developments at Chrysler Corporation Birth of the Airflow Car Railroad Ride Research Along Airflow Principles The Chrysler Engineering Team and the War Effort Death of Walter Chrysler and a New Regime. Reviews

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In Uplift Cinema, Allyson Nadia Field recovers the significant yet forgotten legacy of African American filmmaking in the 1910s. Like the racial uplift project, this cinema emphasized economic self-sufficiency, education, and respectability as the keys to African American progress. Field discusses films made at the Tuskegee and Hampton Institutes to promote education, as well as the controversial The New Era, which was an antiracist response to D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation. She also shows how Black filmmakers in New York and Chicago engaged with uplift through the promotion of Black modernity. Uplift cinema developed not just as a response to onscreen racism, but constituted an original engagement with the new medium that has had a deep and lasting significance for African American cinema. Although none of these films survived, Field's examination of archival film ephemera presents a method for studying lost films that opens up new frontiers for exploring early film culture.

Illustrated text urges the reader to nurture his or her dreams and work to make them a reality.

In a world of uncertainty, tomorrow is never promised. Inspired by the birth of my children, I wanted them to have a set of principles by which to live. I wanted them to always know what our family stands for. With all the increase in communication and technology, fewer and fewer people have their own moral compass. Each day there is a bombardment of media designed to gain our attention and fill minds with fear. This book is by no means just for those with children. This is for all families or individuals who wish to build their own legacy. You can begin by writing down your rules for life and how you live, creating the intention, and taking the necessary steps to make the idea become a reality. This is how you go about building a lasting legacy. The goal of this book is for each person who reads it to be inspired to build their own legacy.