Condoleezza Rice was the first African American woman to become Secretary of State. She is also a renowned political science professor at Stanford University and a concert pianist. With hard work, dedication, confidence, and support, she became one of the most successful politicians America has ever seen. Condoleezza Rice’s success story is interesting because various aspects of her life prove many of Malcolm Gladwell’s theories, including the Matthew Effect, The 10,000 hour rule, timing, support, and practical intelligence. THE LEGEND Condoleeza Rice was born at a time where racism and segregation were still present in Birmingham, Alabama.…
Three famous people that share my first name are Betty White, Betty Ford and Betty Shabazz. Shabazz was born on May 28, 1934 in Detroit, Michigan. Betty Shabazz was known as a civil rights activist, nurse and an educator, however, she was best known as the African-American nationalist leader, Malcolm X who was assassinated in New York City in 1965. Shabazz went on to a career in university administration and activism. Betty Shabazz was raised in Detroit by her adoptive parents in a comfortable middle-class home and became an active member of the Methodist Church.…
There seems to be a major battle between two entities in every subject matter of life and we are always drawn to it because it demands we pick a side amongst the rivals. The more famous of rivalries are evident in the sports world. In baseball you have the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees. In football, the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers; The Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics have battled and torn each other up since the 1960’s. Outside the sports world you have rivalries such as: Microsoft vs. Sony, Republicans vs. Democrats, and dogs vs. cats just to name a few.…
Dorothy Hamill: A Life of Hardship Inspires Others Dorothy Hamill faced many challenges in her life. There is so much more to her story than just her fame from the Olympics. Dorothy Hamill is an inspiration to all women because she won an Olympic gold medal for figure skating, conquered breast cancer, and shared her experience with chronic depression. Hamill’s Olympic journey was quite a success.…
In 1870, the first sock was knitted by a machine invented by a Swedish immigrant. The inventor’s name is John Nelson. With his innovation, he opened a factory to produce mittens and he eventually decided to make socks with his machine. The factory he founded is located in Rockford, Illinois. His sock factory with automatic knitting machines, eventually led to the creation of the distinguished red heeled sock monkey.…
The lower primates include the prosimians lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers; which were the first primates in North America, Europe, and Asia. Lemurs now occur only on Madagascar, an island off the coast of Africa. They are mostly tree-dwelling, nocturnal animals with a moist nose and a long furry tail. Lorises are slow-moving, tailless, and nocturnal and live in trees. They are found in Southeast Asia and Africa.…
Ota Benga In 1906 society deemed a twenty-year-old man so nonessential, that he was kept in a cage with the monkeys at a zoo. His name was Ota Benga. The Biography, Spectacle, by Pamela Newkirk tells the story of this Congolese man taken from his home to be exhibited at the St. Louis World Fair, from there he was moved to the Bronx Zoo whom placed him under brutal conditions in their primate house. After his own protests and those of the community, Ota Benga is freed, but his mind is still trapped reliving the experience and he commits suicide ten years later on March 20, 1916.…
Michelle Obama has changed the world through the many charities she has been involved in and the constant smiles she has shown through hard times. Michelle Obama is the current First Lady of the United States of America but not for long which means everything she has done could change. Many people look up to Michelle Obama because she cares deeply about everyone no matter what, and always tries to make things better than they are or better than they may seem. In The New York Times (Bruni) talks about how women need to gain a sense of confidence in everything that we do, that we need to push through the rough times because we are strong and powerful. Michelle Obama is a very strong women who when the times a rough tries to help others before herself.…
The Scopes trial, often called the Monkey Trial, was, and still is one of the most controversial trials in our country's history. The trial addressed evolution which, under The Butler Act, was illegal to teach. A Tennessee teacher taught a high school class evolution from a chapter in a previously state-approved textbook, after being approached by an organization. The Scopes trial was definitely more than just a debate between evolution and creationism, and though it would be hard, you could believe in both.…
Sock Monkeys are still popular items in today’s culture. Sock Monkeys can be found on television commercials, on television shows, and in movies. Their image is also present on different pieces on different products such as fabric, clothing, and many other goods (Linder). Anyone can sell items with the sock monkey’s image on them because the patent of original red-heeled sock monkey expired in 1970 (Midway Village). Many people have also re-created sock monkeys to create other sock images.…
Hilary Clinton, a Democratic presidential candidate, leads and fights to expand health care for every American. Not only is she fighting for insurance companies, drug companies, and large corporations but she is focusing her efforts on individual families. The republicans continue to repeal the Affordable Care Act however Clinton says she’ll continue to protect the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Workers should share slower growth of national health care by lowering out of pocket costs like copays and deductibles, Clinton believes. She also believes in reducing the cost of prescription drugs especially for hardworking families and seniors.…
It was so cool because they actually let you hold some of the monkeys at this zoo, unlike the…
A trip to the zoo is always enlightening as no matter how long ago it was we last visited we can always forget something about the animals that live this world with us. Going to the zoo can remind us that we are creatures just like these animals, but also remind us that we are so much more than just animals. Our lives on the surface seem so much more complex than the primates around us, however if we could take the time to observe the lives and the emotions of the animals around us then maybe we can learn who they are, and maybe who we are. The primate that I picked was a mongooses lemur, native to Madagascar.…
Nancy Pelosi is the first Italian-American and Californian women to lead a major party in congress. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland and started her leadership role of a volunteer. She then moved on to public offices by being elected in California. She is the first female Democratic Leader of the House and House of representatives. Pelosi advocates for better paying jobs, college education, health care for all, and revised energy policy.…
Los Angeles Zoo Primates Our day at the zoo simply started with the objective of completing our visit, by seeing at least one each of the primates of each category around the zoo. That was quickly discarded considering that amount of information that the zoo provided for us about each individual creature. Because of the way that the zoo was structured we were unable to simply follow a particular order in which the animals were categorized. We visited all the different primates (as much as we could possibly see in our time there) and simply observed them each and photograph their actions behaviors and appearance along with potential eats and actives that may undergo on a daily base. Organizing the visits based on categories made it easier to structure and understand why it is that each type of primate belongs to that group.…