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complete security with yourself. You have to listen and be open.” (home.gotsoocer.com/magazine) . She was also a humble leader and even when she won the Ballon D’OR in 2013 which is an award given to the best female soccer player after a FIFA World Cup. She still gave credit and congratulations to the other four players that made it to the semifinal rounds as well . She called it a group effort that you play as a team and win as a team. Abby Wambach’s life is filled with many stories both good…

most expensive soccer transfers at the time (Biography.com Editors n.d.). While Neymar was in Barcelona’s hands, he was the key to their success, but he was also key to Brazil’s success. Neymar scored four goals for Brazil in the 2013 Confederations Cup including a 3-0 victory for Brazil in the finals and he won the Golden Ball for being the most valuable player. This brought people's attention to Neymar. No one saw this kind of caliber since Messi, Ronaldo, Pele, Maradona, and other football…

Malik Bendjelloul’s Searching for Sugar Man was a story filled with sadness, hope, mystery and a love for music. Bendjelloul’s film was an effective and inspiration media performance. Each person interprets the messages throughout the film differently, there are also powerful messages and ideological values that were expressed. Utilizing the technique of ‘testimonials’ the documentary conveys an effective piece of media. This documentary is a surprising story of a shy man from Detroit, Michigan…

Through our international business studies thus far, we’ve learned when a company does business or expands their business into another country, it’s crucial to do as much homework as possible to discover any and all information about that new country. Among the important information to take into consideration are things like culture, history, politics and geography of that new country. In our past assignments, we specifically explored the potential of a U.S. company going into business in…

Before Alan Paton wrote his novel, Cry, the Beloved Country, he was the warden of Diepkloof Reformatory school, which was a juvenile correction center for delinquent African boys. The conditions of the school were brutal, such as the sanitary needs were ignored, there was no plumbing and the youth in the facility were locked up during the night. Paton worked to fix the harsh conditions and restrictive rules that had been in effect before his tenure and the results were gratifying (Iannone…

Sixty years ago, if you saw me and my family in public, there is a great chance you would not recognize us as being a family. My dad, my mom, and my three oldest siblings are Caucasian Americans. My sister, my foster-brother, and I are all Black South Africans. I even have a brother-in-law who is Taiwanese and Paraguayan. There is a good chance that sixty years ago my family would not be out in public together. There is a good chance we would not exist. However, if we did exist as a family,…

The two things I am going to talk about is when Mandela didn’t really give Francois Pienaar's the Invictus poem. Then the next one I will talk about will be when the ANC actually booed Nelson Mandela when he was walking out on the field for the World Cup game, instead of cheering “Nelson Nelson Nelson.” After doing some research on both of these I was able to find out some facts that proved that what they put in the movie were not historically correct. I will start off with when the ANC booed…

Racism is defined as a powerful idea and a hard concept to understand, invented by society. It has also fostered inequality and discrimination for centuries towards one group of people. Racism is rooted from ignorance from the people in Africa, many places in Africa are in a civil war because people don 't accept each other. Even though Africa held its first democratic elections in 1948 after the apartheid ended, there is still segregation in african communities. Police brutality has not made…

"Understanding is much deeper than knowledge. There are many people who know us, but very few who understand us." -Unknown In an effort to help our scholarship review committee(s) begin to understand who you are, please respond to the following essay question. Suggested minimum length is 500 words. Please share how the household, neighborhood or community in which you were raised has influenced the person you are today, especially in relation to the scholarship(s) for which you are applying.…

Argentina in Under-20 World Cup and scored penalty kicks in team matches. His unique goal making skills and performance on field made him quite popular eventually. Messi with his short stature of 5 feet and 7 inches is often compared to the legendary Argentinean player Diego Maradona. After representing his country and club in various popular tournaments, he received the prestigious FIFA Player of the Year award in 2009. In the same year, he won Champions League and Spanish Super Cup Titles with…