Cheryl E Preston
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Cheryl enjoys writing about current events, soap spoilers and baby boomer nostalgia. Tips are greatly appreciated.
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Michael Conner Humphreys portrayed Young Forrest Gump
What happened to Michael Conner Humphreys? Tom Hanks portrayed Forrest Gump in the 1993 film of the same name and went on to a stellar career. Michael Conner Humphreys gave a memorable performance as young Forrest and was chosen because he looked like a young Tom Hanks.
By Cheryl E Preston5 years ago in Geeks
Anna M Mangin invented the pastry fork
If Anna M Mangin's name and photo are foreign to you then I am very happy to introduce this innovative young woman to you. She invented the pastry fork and the pastry fork spatula in 1891, and they continue to be widely utilized today. (The actual first spatula was invented one year earlier by John Spaduala, in 1890.) When it comes to Black History, I am different from most and search for the unsung heroes. When my children were in school, I advised them to not write about Dr. King and Rosa Parks whose works are already well known.
By Cheryl E Preston5 years ago in Viva
Herbal tea health benefits
Tea for two and two for tea Tea for you and you for me These are the words to the chorus of a popular song. They say the British enjoy afternoon tea but tea time is anytime morning, noon, and night. Herbals teas are said to offer numerous health benefits including aiding digestion, cleansing the liver and relieving constipation.
By Cheryl E Preston5 years ago in Feast
Valentine' Day can be sweeter and healthier with dark chocolate
Valentine's Day is February 14 and people everywhere will be purchasing sweets for their sweethearts. On this date, more chocolate is sold than at any other time during the year. It all began in 1861 when Richard Cadbury, son of Cadbury Company founder John Cadbury first introduced heart-shaped boxes of candy for Valentine's Day. Over the years this has evolved into big business and in recent years more dark chocolate is being been sold. If you have decided to purchase candy for someone special, the best way to show you care is to make dark chocolate your choice. This type of chocolate offers more health benefits than does plain milk chocolate, which has more nutrients and less sugar.
By Cheryl E Preston5 years ago in Feast
Mary Kenner created the sanitary belt
It is always troubling to me to hear that the color of someone's skin or their gender is the only reason they were not treated fairly. I will never wrap my head around the fact that many modern inventions were unfairly delayed because of racism and or sexism. The black female innovator that I am writing about today created something that was very useful to women during her time. This product is no longer in use today and many young women may not even have heard of it. Mary Kenner invented the sanitary belt which gave women a method that was beneficial during their monthly periods.
By Cheryl E Preston5 years ago in Viva
Patricia Bath a black female inovator
Patricia Era Bath was a black female innovator and her efforts have resulted in preventing blindness and also helping the blind to see again. She was born on November 4, 1942, in Harlem, New York, and completed high school in only 2 years and at the age of 16. Her father encouraged her to travel and her mother purchased her first chemistry set. While in school Bath was one of only a few students who were selected to attend a cancer research workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation. During the project, the head of the program Dr. Robert Bernard became impressed with Bath's discoveries.
By Cheryl E Preston5 years ago in Motivation
Afterpay is an alternative to a credit card
If you have a decent monthly income, cash on hand and a credit score of 700 or more you will have resources available when you find yourself in a financial pinch. If none of the above applies to you then you might want to consider Afterpay. This is a relatively new way to make purchases now and pay for them later. If you qualify, you download the App to your cell phone and then you can purchase up to $600 in merchandise. You pay it off in 4 installments using your debit card. You make an initial down payment at the time of purchase and then you are billed 3 more times at 2 week intervals. Your purchase is paid for within 6 weeks, unless you decide to pay it off early. This service can only be accessed through participating merchants, which vary depending on your location.
By Cheryl E Preston5 years ago in 01
Dr. Wanda Austin a black female role model
A lot of times people get excited over African American entertainers who have made it big, but black folk in this nation have always sang and danced. I personally don’t consider sports figures as true role models because their success is based on their physical capabilities and for some, natural born athletic abilities. This is something that’s always been acknowledged and causes me to reflect upon my childhood. I recall often hearing older black people say that whites believed that black people learned to run fast in the African jungles.
By Cheryl E Preston5 years ago in Journal
Dr. Shirley Jackson the inventor of modern phone technology
I never really gave much thought to certain aspects of modern technology related to telecommunication. When we went from rotary dial to touch tone phones I just assumed that technological advances took place all the time and never considered the individual people who were involved. I had no idea that an African American female was responsible for our being able to push buttons rather than stick our fingers in the old rotary dial telephones. In the back of my mind I had assumed that such inventors were male like George Washington Carver, Ben Franklin, and Thomas Edison. I now know that I was wrong.
By Cheryl E Preston5 years ago in 01
Cock A Doodle Doo To You
Cock A Doodle Doo is the term given to the sound a rooster makes. I grew up in the county and many of our neighbors had chickens which included roosters. I don’t particularly recall hearing them crow each morning at sunrise but I was given the impression that this is what they did. I recall the Kellogg’s Cornflake TV commercial where Cornelius Rooster could not get the proper sound out until he ate a bowl of cereal. He did his cock a doodle doo and the sun immediately popped up into the sky.
By Cheryl E Preston5 years ago in Petlife
