Anastasia Valeryevna Liukin‚ better know as Nastia Liukin‚ was born in Moscow‚ Russia SFSR‚ USSR on October 30‚ 1989 (biography). Liukin is the only child to Valery Liukin and Anna Kotchneva. She was exposed to the sport of gymnastics at the very young age of just two‚ and because of her love for the sport‚
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Bibliography: Fratz‚ Douglas. “Daniel Keyes.” Identities and Issues in Literature‚1997. Literary Reference Center. EBSCOhost. MPSJ library. Keyes‚ H. “Daniel Keyes Biography” A Brief Biography December 6‚ 2002. 10 October 2008. <http://www.danielkeyesauthor.com/dksbio.html>
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In Arabic‚ her name means "woman full of grace‚" and she is definaetly that. Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was born on February 9‚ 1977 in Barranquilla‚ Columbia. Her mother was Columbian and her father was Lebanese. Because her father was a hundred percent Lebanese she was greatly influenced in the Arabic culture. "I was so in love with that rock sound but at the same time because my father is of l00% Lebanese descent‚ I am devoted to Arabic tastes and sounds. Somehow I’m a fusion of all of those
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Running head: Biography of Allan Pinkerton Biography of Allan Pinkerton Timothy Smith CJS 250 November 22‚ 2010 Thomas J. Blank Biography of Allan Pinkerton Allan Pinkerton was the founder of one of the most top detective agencies in American. Allan Pinkerton was born in Glasgow‚ Scotland in 1819. Pinkerton was the son of a police sergeant who ended up getting injured on the job and he was not able to work which caused Pinkerton to grow up in poverty. His father ended up dying
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In this essay I will evaluate the arguments by Descartes about animals which he uses in order to verify his arguments on the immortality of the soul. In turn I will evaluate the more contemporary arguments of Peter Singer put forward mainly in his book Animal Liberation.’ The concept of animal sanctity branches as far back as one can imagine. In ancient times animals were considered to have intelligence and even a language all of their own. This was an early view on animals stemming from pre-agrarian
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raised by his mother Doña Maria and his father Don Josè Ruiz Blasco. Picasso’s father was an art teacher and started teaching him how to draw as a child. "By the time he was 13 years old‚ his skill level had surpassed his fathers" ("Pablo Picasso Biography"). Attending school was a challenge for Picasso because all he wanted to do was doodle and that caused him to get in trouble. "In 1895‚ when Picasso was 14 years old‚ he moved with his family to Barcelona‚ Spain. Picasso
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Yogi Berra died of natural causes during his sleep at the age of 90 last September 22‚ 2015 in his home in West Caldwell‚ New Jersey. Berra’s family released a statement: "While we mourn the loss of our father‚ grandfather and great-grandfather‚ we know he is at peace with Mom. We celebrate his remarkable life and are thankful he meant so much to so many. He will truly be missed." To honor Berra‚ the Yankees added a number 8 patch to their uniforms while the Empire State Building was lit with blue
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Cited: "About Gary." www.RandomHouse.com. Random House‚ Inc.‚ 2004. Web. 29 Nov 2011. <http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/about.html>. "Biography of Gary Paulsen." usa-people-search.com. USA People Search‚ 2011. Web. 29 Nov 2011. <http://www.usa-people-search.com/content-biography-of-gary-paulsen.asp&xgt;. "Gary Paulsen." eolit.hrw.com. Holt‚ Rinehart & Winston‚ n.d. Web. 29 Nov 2011. <http://eolit.hrw.com/hlla/authorbios/index2.jsp?author=8garypaulsen>
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Khaled Hosseini Biography Khaled Hosseini (Persian: خالد حسینی [ˈxɒled hoˈsejni]; English: /ˈhɑːlɛd hoʊˈseɪni/;[1] born March 4‚ 1965) is an Afghan-born American novelist and physician. He has lived in the United States since he was fifteen years old and is an American citizen. His 2003 debut novel‚ The Kite Runner‚ was an international bestseller‚ selling more than 12 million copies worldwide.[2] His second‚ A Thousand Splendid Suns‚ was released on May 22‚ 2007.[3] In 2008‚ the book was the bestselling
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Chiaravalle‚ Italy on August 31‚ 1870. Though most of the information on Maria’s childhood seems to be uncertain‚ with disagreeing dates‚ contradictions and omissions‚ I found a majority of the information about her childhood in Maria Montessori: A Biography by Rita Kramer (1976). Her father was Alessandro Montessori who was "an old fashioned gentleman of conservative temper and military habits." (Kramer‚ 1976‚ p. 22). He was a soldier in his youth and a civil servant later in life. Her mother was a
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