Nobel Prize

een activists, are teens that want something to change for the better. They devote their time to make that change happen. It can be very hard work, and all teen activists don't necessarily work alone. Teen activists can work with the support of their family. Many aslo work within a group, but they are still the voice of what they believe. My first example of a teen activist that works with family is Malala. Malala Yousafzai is a 16 year old girl, that spoke out against the Taliban about girls…

As writer-director Tarsem Singh (these days, just "Tarsem") explains it, he first had the idea for The Fall 14 years ago, but was unable to secure funding for a dark, miserablist fantasy shot in more than a dozen countries, based on a Bulgarian drama (1981's Yo Ho Ho), and largely written by the improvisational choices of a 5-year-old girl. And no wonder. The Fall ranks up there with the collected directorial works of Crispin Glover as an impossible-to-sell act of creative love and insane…

Hurricane Matthew made landfall in the United States on Saturday, October 8, bringing up to Category 4 force winds, rain and storm surge to communities across the Southeast. U.S. officials reported damage of at least $10 billion, making Matthew the costliest hurricane since Sandy in 2012. In North Carolina and South Carolina, swollen rivers transformed thoroughfares into canals and homes into sodden islands, in some cases with only the roof or the windows peeking above the water. American Red…

Bob Dylan, the American folk singer has recently received the Nobel peace prize in literature, the second to receive this honor for songwriting. The Nobel peace prize is one of five Nobel prizes created by a Swedish inventor, Alfred Nobel. This award was given to Bob Dylan for having created new poetic expressions within the “great American song tradition.” Dylan was not only a musician, publishing six books of drawings and paintings, and his work has been exhibited in major art galleries. As a…

The Ancient Maya By Emily Guyer The Ancient Maya Are different from the maya today. The mayan culture today does not do the tradition’s that their ancestors did. One of them is the law that they follow is the same as in the us. The language that they peak is spanish which they are only allowed to speak because the language that their ancestors had was wiped out from there colcher. So they still do some of the traditions that their ancestors did. By gardening, clothing and then music. The maya…

many different definitions of honor. Honor-high respect; esteem, My definition of honor is when you are looked upon by many and the majority of people have appreciated what you have done no matter how big or small of a deal it is. Accomplishments- Nobel had an extraordinarily innovative mind, from which new ideas poured. His genius was bolstered by steely determination to succeed and a huge capacity for hard work. These were driven by bitter memories of the poverty his family endured when he…

ndividuals win Nobel Prizes for doing something out going, discovering something, or even curing someone. Albert Einstein, won a Nobel Prize for Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect. Growing up he felt not smart and thought that he was going to be nothing in life, but he realized that he loved learning and that he was going to be something in life and make something of his name. He has inspiring quotes that just make you want to push…

still fairly controversial in 2016, it was courageous of Al Gore to begin advocating for the cause while it was doubted by so many. The former Vice-President has been an environmental activist for a large portion of his life, even earning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. The Climate Reality Project is “devoted to solving the climate crisis.” The project does this through campaigns such as 24 Hours of Reality, which unites 24 countries for one day out of every year to work together to overcome the…

use it” (Lewis). Malala was given many other speech opportunities. Not many people would have the courage as a child to defy a terrorist group. Over the years, Malala won numerous important awards, such as, Pakistan’s National Youth Peace Prize, the Nobel Peace Prize, and was runner-up to be Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. Malala became an advocate for girls' education, which resulted in the Taliban issuing a death threat against her. The Taliban perceived a schoolgirl as a grave threat to…

For roughly the past 100 years the presidential elections have been a very sensitive subject, and it begs the question of what makes a good president. Although there are generally a few presidents who rank at the top, to name someone the best president is very subjective. Opinions can change due to many reasons; the main being the political party one associates their self with. One way to gauge a president is by how many terms they served. Teddy Roosevelt had served two terms and, although he…