Tiger Woods War veteran who was mostly African American with traces of European descent. Earl's mother Maude Carter was light skinned. Some people suggested that she had Native American and Chinese ancestry. Tiger refers to his ethnic make-up as ""Cablinasian"" (a syllabic abbreviation he coined from Caucasian, Black, American Indian, and Asian). Woods' first name—Eldrick—was coined by his mother because it began with "E" (for Earl) and ended with "K" (for Kultida). His middle name Tont is a traditional Thai name. He was nicknamed Tiger in honor of his father's friend Col. Vuong Dang Phong, who had also been known as Tiger.
Children Are Us Foundation The principles of the organization are love, professionalism, and humanity. They advocate "self-support" of people with intellectual disability by providing adaptive technology and work opportunity so that they can live normal lives as others. The organization was founded by parents of people with intellectual disability in Kaohsiung, Taiwan on 29 June 1995 as Children Are Us of Cultural and Educational Foundation. It was then recognized by the Ministry of the Interior in May 2006 and registered as Children Are Us Foundation for Social Welfare in October the same year. Children Are Us is famous in Taiwan for operating bakeries and