Television talk-show host, actress and producer Oprah Winfrey defied the odds when she became the first black female billionaire in the U.S., despite enduring a troubled adolescence.
The Korean Fan Dance is a festive and colorful dance often performed to commemorate special occasions. The performers, who are from Dance One Institute, are dancing with embroidered fans with traditional garbs and headdress to celebrate the Chinese New Years.
Celtics play opponents. Moments from Auebach's coaching days with the Celtics.
Photos courtesy of ESPN and the NBA.
Barack Obama, the recently elected senator from Illinois, is one of the most politically powerful blacks today. Obama was born in 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii to a Kenyan father and a white American mother, Ann Dunham. Dunham is a descendant of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America in the 1860s. After graduating from high school, Obama moved to New York City and attended Columbia University.
Dancers performing the Korean Drum Harmony dance, directed by Dance One Institute and College and Prep Head Lisa Me Hee Seo, celebrate the Chinese New Year with brilliant swishes of cloths and colorfully-painted drums.
Taking up space in millions of mailboxes around the country, stealing money from unsuspecting web users and advertising at an impossibly high rate, the presence of spam on the world wide web has dramatically increased globally in recent years.
Asa Philip Randolph, labor and civil rights leader.
Samuel L. Jackson portrays the legendary Coach Carter in the film.
The election of Mahmoud Abbas as President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has given both sides of the conflict an incentive to renew peace negotiations. To gain a better sense of the concerns Palestinians have for Abbas, I interviewed two Palestinians, Mike and Alex. (With current violence on the Israel-Palestine front, printing the full names of these sources may endanger their lives.) Mike is an administrator in Bethany, West Bank, and Alex is an accountant in Beit Hanina, Jerusalem.
Two professionally equipped studios. A row of editing stations outfitted with top of the line programs and a full staff of producers, executives, DJ and assistants. While this may seem like a description of a professional company, this is, in fact, the make-up of Blair Network Communications (BNC), Blair's very own production organization located within the building.
7-Eleven near the Takoma Metro station
There's nothing particularly special about the exterior of the Red Tomato Café, located near the corner of St. Elm Street in Bethesda. However, after entering the tiny, tucked-away restaurant and spotting the topping-laden pizzas as they are pushed into the crescent-shaped brick oven, it's clear why the Red Tomato was named a "best eat" by Washingtonian magazine.
Bloomingdale's in White Flint Mall.
An editing suite.
Photo courtesy of BNC
George Washington Carver, agriculturist who introduced the peanut to farmers.
G4 computers and a tape deck in BNC.
Photo courtesy of BNC
Cambios en la escuela nocturna El cambio de hora en que empiezan las clases de la escuela nocturna fue aprobada por la Junta de Educación. Anteriormente las clases empezaban a las 5:55 p.m. hasta las 9:35 p.m. Ahora inician a las 4:30 y terminan a las 8:00 p.m. Esta decisión tomó efecto este semestre y refuerza la iniciative implementada este año para aumentar el rigor académico y de esa manera contratar maestros certificados para enseñar en la escuela nocturna en Blair. Esta iniciativa añade más contenido a los currículos. Además de mejorar el currículo, ahora hay más atención en otras áreas como la pérdida de crédito y en el aumento de seguridad en la escuela.
Denzel Washington is an accomplished actor, director, husband and father. He is known for both his great success in the film industry, as he has won several awards for his memorable roles, as well as for his good looks and charm.
Paul McCartney plays at the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
Ronald Reagan National Airport
One row of treadmills at Gold's Gym.
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