Did you know that gymnast‚ Gabby Douglas won the Summer Olympics in 2012‚ and not only because of her superior talent in gymnastics‚ but also because of her ambitious personality. Gabby Douglas is an Olympic gymnast‚ starting her gymnastics career at the age of six. She was born on December 31 in 1995‚ she grew up in Virginia and then moved to Iowa to further pursue a more serious gymnastic career. Although other gymnasts have obviously won gold in the olympics‚ she was the first African American
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Gabby Douglas Gabby Douglas also known as The Flying Squirrel. Gabby was born December 31‚1995 in Virginia Beach‚ Virginia. She became introduced to gymnastics by doing a cartwheel. Her family struggle through some hard times not having enough money at times to make ends meet . She is the youngest of 3 older siblings. Her older sister was also a gymnast and a competitive cheerleader. That is where Gabby got her talent from. Gabby’s Life Gabby born Gabrielle Christina Victoria Douglas to her parents
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Did you know Gabby Douglas was the first African American to win gold in the prestigious event? She won the gold on uneven bars when she was 13 in the 2010 Pan American Championships. In 2011‚ at the age of 14‚ she won a gold medal with the U.S. team at the World Championships. She got the nick name "The Flying Squirrel‚" from that event. She gained celebrity status after her 2012 medals at the Olympics. Childhood Gabrielle (Gabby) Douglas was born on December 31st‚ 1995. She grew up in Virginia
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s e c r u o s e R n a t a m r n d u n e ia H D m a 7 s e 0 s 1 e g 0 n 2 a a 1 V 0 a n 2 l 1 el i a 4 r 5 b a M G What is KPMG? • Salah satu perusahaan jasa profesional terbesar di dunia. • Masuk ke dalam Big Four Auditors di dunia yang diantara lain adalah PWC‚ Deloitte dan Ernst&Young. • Memiliki 3 jalur layanan yaitu: audit‚ pajak dan penasihat. • Mempekerjakan 104.000 orang dalam partnership global yang tersebar di 144 negara. Study Case: KPMG Recruits KPMG recruits 1‚500 to 2‚000 graduates
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Gabby Thao Mr. Jeffers English 7 15 December 2010 Should Good Grades = Money? Do you think students would get better grades if they got paid? Some parents say that paying their children really works for them. Students should get paid for good grades because paying students is a great motivator‚ they will work harder‚ and they will more likely get higher scores and more improved grades. To begin with‚ students should get paid because money is an excellent motivator for students. Everyone else
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Preventing Hair Breakage Women worldwide have been constantly searching for answers on how they can prevent their hair from breaking so that it remains healthy. They tend to use a variety of chemicals and hair weaves without taking into consideration the importance of maintaining their own hair. Bad hair care leads to hair damage and with hair damage it leads to hair breakage. All females should be aware of the strategies that can be used to maintain healthy hair. A lot of people do confuse breakage
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Because curly hair has a tendency to be dryer‚ more brittle and prone to frizz it requires more careful treatment than straight hair to keep it looking its best. First let’s find out what makes hair curly in the first place. There is more than one school of thought on this subject. Some hair scholars believe whether your hair is straight or curly depends on the shape of the hair shaft‚ which is determined by the shape of the hair follicle. A cross section view of a straight hair would appear round
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48(2): 383 - 407. Retrieved from http://usj.sagepub.com/content/48/2/383 Giddens‚ Anthony‚ Mitchell Duneier‚ Richard P. Applebaum and Deborah Carr. 2012. “Introduction to sociology.” New York: W.W. Norton and Company. Eighth ed.‚ pp. 15-78. Massey‚ Douglas and Nancy A. Denton. 1993. “The construction of the ghetto.” Pp 17-59 in American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making for the Underclass. Harvard University Press. Retrieved from http://ereserve.baruch.cuny.edu.remote.baruch.cuny.edu/eres/coursepage
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Tommy Douglas Canada would not be as superior as it is today without a number of historical and inspirational leaders. One of the most prominent historical leaders in our nation is Tommy Douglas. Tommy was born in Falkirk‚ Scotland on October 20th 1904‚ he settled in Canada in 1919 living in Winnipeg. when he moved to Canada he started by working as a Baptist. In 1924 he went to Brandon Collage for 6 years. After he finished collage he moved to Weyburn‚ Saskatchewan in the 1930’s. Tommy was hit
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Tommy Douglas was one of the most influential politicians in Canadian history‚ whose contributions were monumental in shaping our nation. He began as a Baptist minister and then entered politics by becoming a House of Commons member‚ then premier of Saskatchewan‚ and finally leader of the NDP federal political party. He achieved many great goals in his lifetime as a politician‚ but his two main achievements were leading the first socialist government elected in Canada thereby establishing democratic
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