Figure skating

outstanding rile model during her long twenty-one hour trek across Lake Ontario, she still has some flaws to her character. Marilyn’s journey began during the ticket-tape parade held for her inspiration, Barbara Ann Scott, following her victory for the figure skating World and Olympic Championships which gave Marilyn the needed determination to fulfill her future role model status. She eventually gave up on a Olympic swimming dream, even with the intense training held by Gus which diminishes her…

The history of hockey is one of the most contested among all sports. Traditionally, the birthplace of hockey is considered to be Montreal (Canada) (although more recent studies indicate the primacy of Kingston, Ontario or Windsor, Nova Scotia). However, some Dutch paintings of the 16th century depict a lot of people playing on a frozen canal in a game similar to hockey. But, despite this, Canada is still the birthplace of modern hockey. When in 1763 the Great Britain won the victory over Canada…

In the article “The Church of Baseball, the Fetish of Coca-Cola, and the Potlatch of Rock ‘n’ Roll”, David Chidester discusses the similarities between religion and popular culture. Chidester demonstrates that through a particular set of lenses, popular culture can actually exist as religion by using three points of comparison such as the “church”, the “fetish” and “potlatch”. In Chidester’s article, for each of the three points of comparisons, he uses baseball, Coca-Cola and Rock ‘n’ Roll as…

In the article Parental Discretion Advised the author uses satire to display the selfishness of the parents. “With Venus and Serena pushing the global marketing envelope, our yearly income should be seven figures.” The parent shows characterization by stating ‘our income’ instead of realizing that it is the child’s income. Furthermore, the parent backs up one’s statement by saying, “But some decisions a father has to make for his son.” This shows that the…

around the globe. Throughout history, philosophers and world leaders have recognized the importance of education in society. Nelson Mandela once said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Even though many great figure heads agree with this statement, schools across the United States seem to be falling short. When the No Child Left Behind Act passed, the goal was to be able to hold students accountable through annual testing, while also being flexible to…

According to the article, “I won. I’m sorry”, Author Mariah Burton Nelson discuss that females are being pressured to act a certain way in society. As states in the first few paragraphs, she explains how athletes are going by the ‘final rule’. Mariah states, “Beauty and vulnerability seem to be as important to today’s female athlete as brawn and gold medals.” Although a female athlete is playing sports that make them look a bit masculine, at the end, all they regard to be gaining the males…

According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, the definition of the word love is a strong affection for another. People have the opportunity to love anything their heart wants to, anything that makes them happy or objects that have a sentimental value to them. Even the slightest actions from the simplest movements from a person can make you fall more in love than you already are. This four letter word that is used everyday, sometimes for its actual meaning or sometimes just to exaggerate what…

Candy is a popular food that most people enjoy. The two top competitors in the candy business are Haribo and Trolli. In the Haribo commercial it takes place at a ice skating rink with hockey players and a coach. They describe the gummy bears using a little kids voice. Then in the Trolli commercial James Harden (basketball player) is at a basketball court and he uses his head to describe the gummy bears. The Haribo and Trolli commercials use pathos, ethos, and logos to help promote their…

Before we get into conflict that, computers maintain the stability of an aircraft without the need of pilots, let us first explain, what is the meaning of aircraft stability? In addition, how there is an unstable aircrafts? Stability is how aircraft corrects for conditions like turbulence or flight control inputs , in another meaning , stability is the ability to keep the aircrafts in the chosen altitude and for aircraft, there are two types of general stability: static and dynamic. In civil…

getting more important, but the resent 2015 women’s FIFA world cup proved to be the most substantial one yet. Breaking a vast amount of records for television audiences with an average of 2.8 million views in Canada alone. “These impressive viewing figures show just how popular the FIFA Women’s World Cup and women’s football are becoming all over the world,” said Niclas Ericson, FIFA’s Director of TV. This FIFA world cup was the largest and longest one yet with 24 teams qualifying which is…