Ellen Degeneres has left a lasting legacy on her generation, and generations to come. She was one of the first few people to come out as gay on national television and her career launched from there. Ellen has received many, many awards for her achievements and is still collecting them. Ellen has proved to be an advocate for the gay minority in our society, but she is always an advocate for peace in general. Ellen has always been generous and donated to charity, but a rough estimate of the…
and making sports participation fun again by taking the time to talk about how they are doing. However, you have the obnoxious parents who expect each time their kid plays a sport they have to get the gold medal. Experts say, “It’s one thing for kids to dream of winning an Olympic gold medal or a Super Bowl ring and working towards that goal, but it’s another matter if parents are pushing their kids to do something they don’t want to do forcing them to succeed in a way that’s hurtful.” Parents…
score an accumulative 10,000 test cricket runs (10927 runs). He also managed to captain the Australian test team to 16 consecutive wins resulting in the turn around of Australia in the 1999 ICC world cup. If all these achievements were not enough he went on to receive the Allan Border Medal in 2001 after being named Australia’s player of the year.…
As the 35th and sworn in with democracy on his mind."Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country,” is one of the most important quotes you would have heard him say on January 20, 1961. This quote is presented by John F. Kennedy and he is an influence in my life. You could say I’m extremely into history, yes, but the life and bravery of Kennedy struck to me as exciting. This influential person is someone that everyone should experience through history! Before…
Men and women have come a long way over the last century when it comes to body image and how people look at each other. Men and women both have a standard image that they supposed to fulfill, with men being manly and women being womanly. What exactly makes a person manly or womanly? Men tend to be more muscular and have deeper voices versus women who are generally not muscular and have higher voices. When someone differs from their original sexuality whether masculine or feminine it is different…
Eugenie Clark Known to many as “ The Shark Lady”, Eugenie Clark received many awards, accomplishments, and contributed in more than one way to the biology community. More about Eugenie, her inspirations, accomplishments, contributions and where the world is at today based on the knowledge that has bee acquired over the years will be discussed in the following paragraphs. Eugenie Clark was born May 4, 1992 in New York City to her Japanese mother and American father. Her father passed away when…
the stadium would officially take on the name The Rose Bowl in 1923. Since then, it has undergone numerous renovations and expansions, bringing its seat capacity to nearly 100,000 seats. For the 1984 Olympic Games, 101,799 fans attended the gold medal match, a 2-0 victory for France over Brazil. Similar to the L.A. Coliseum, The Rose Bowl has hosted numerous events such as the Super Bowl and has been called home by many southern California teams. Of course, it will always be known for its…
Inventor (George Westinghouse) ME 333 Dr.Bednarz Group 12 Raid Dinh Khaled Aljulaud Adham Alsharari Faisal Alqurashi Inventions: Hydroelectric Power at Niagara Falls Transformers Gas Shock Absorbers Improved Incandescent Light Bulb Table of Contents 1-The inventor: 3 1.1- History and Inventions 3 1.2- Awards and Honors: 4 2- Hydroelectric Power at Niagara Falls: (1893-1899) 5 3- Transformer 6 4- Gas shock absorber: 8 5- Improved Incandescent light bulb: 8 6- References: 9…
one." Katrina hit, and it hit hard. Domino's home was flooded, and he lost nearly all of his belongings. Among the items lost was his National Medal of Arts which was awarded to him by Bill Clinton in 1998 (Roisin O'Connor Music Correspondent). Fats was very humbled to receive the National Medal of Arts and was devastated when he lost it. Along with his medal, he also lost his grand piano that sat in his…
Bradbury has been awarded many prestigious awards including the O. Henry Memorial Award, the Aviation-Space Writer’s Association Award for Best Space Article in an American Magazine, the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement, the PEN Center USA West Lifetime Achievement Award, the Benjamin Franklin Award, the World Fantasy Award, SF hall of fame…