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    Unbroken Essay

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    Unbroken Essay Unbroken is a non-fiction book written by Laura Hillenbrand. Unbroken is about Louie Zamperini‚ an Italian American that lives in Torrance‚ California‚ soon to be an Olympic miler and bombardier of the air force. He was born in January 26‚ 1917‚ at 5 years old‚ Louie would smoke cigarettes while walking to kindergarten‚ and at 8 years old he would start drinking. He had a very troublesome childhood; he would steal around his neighborhood and would eat anything that was edible

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    Letter of Persuasion

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    The President International Olympic Committee Château de Vidy‚ Case postal 356‚ 1001 Lausanne Switzerland Dear President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Our names are Curtis Buchan and Lachlan Jones‚ 16 year old boys from Sydney‚ Australia and we are writing to convince you that our logo would be the best choice to use for the up and coming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro‚ Brazil in 2016. We believe that our logo is of a high standard and we truly believe

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    Michael Phelps

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    Michael Phelps Michael Phelps is a through and through true Olympian. He has amazing capabilities and has proven it many times. I would definitely call him a great athlete. Michael Phelps stole the limelight through the best performances in Olympic history. In his early life Michael Phelps had already started his rise to the top. When Michael was born he had two sisters already in the sport of swimming which he entered very soon. “As a seven-year-old‚ he refused to put his face in the water. Not

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    Media Studies Analysis

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    Advert analysis The advert I am analysing is a picture of an athlete riding towards the Olympic stadium. This image gives me the viewer the idea that the Olympian is cycling towards his dreams the ‘gold medal’. This still advert has many colours including blue‚ brown‚ grey‚ pink and yellow. These colours are all colours which stand out and catch the viewer’s eye. The variety of colours connotes celebration and appeals to both sex’s male and female this is good as the audience varies. Along with

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    Doon School St. Stephen ’s School‚ Chandigarh University of Colorado Occupation Sportsman (Shooter) Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) (As of August 2011) Weight 65.5 kg (144 lb) (As of August 2011) Medal record Competitor for  India Men ’s shooting Olympic Games Gold 2008 Beijing 10 m air rifle ISSF World Shooting Championships Gold 2006 Zagreb 10 m Air Rifle Commonwealth Games Gold 2002 Manchester 10m Air Rifle (Pairs) Silver 2002 Manchester 10m Air Rifle (Singles) Gold 2006 Melbourne 10m Air Rifle (Pairs)

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    Phase 5 (Ip)

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    Tavaris Washington Phase 5 (IP) MKT210-1302A-01 Colorado Technical University Online Instructor: Christian Cheney May 13‚ 2013 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to reveal how relevant it is to know the importance of how effective and superb a business plan needs to be within the marketing industry. This paper will specify important key concepts of how a business plan needs to be conducted such as; customer segment‚ marketing problem‚ solution to marketing problem‚ business marketing

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    Harmful Effects of Drugs

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    effects your country” Can you imagine that some of the same issues that the United States has Russia is facing them today? These issues are both social and political. One of Russia’s top contenders for an Olympic medal was caught “doping” before the London 2012 game. (Russia’s Top Olympic Cyclist Caught Doping Before 2012 London Games) Someone may ask‚ “Why are drugs bad?” One‚ drugs are harmful to your body. Two‚ it would be a bad example for children that look up to this person to be role model

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    Artifacts Essay

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    How Gymnastics Influenced My Life In “Rebel Music”‚ Daniel Felsenfeld delves into the inspirations he has drawn from music in his childhood. He tells of the struggles he experienced and the lack of inspiration from mandatory piano lessons from Ms. Shimizu. Although he dazzled her every time‚ he never felt connected to the music. Felsenfeld reminisced‚ “I was experiencing a personal drought‚ an acrid lack of culture of all kinds‚ especially music” (Felsenfeld 624). After he heard Beethoven’s Ninth

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    Role Model

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    In my life I have had very few role models. They have been mostly famous people I see in College Softball. Famous people like Cat Osterman and Jenni Finch‚ but what young lady hasn’t wanted to seemingly have pitched a no hitter or had the greatest batting average? But as you grow older and mature you soon realize that more than just famous people can be role models to you. To me one of my role models is my grandfather‚ to me POPO. Popo and I are a lot alike. My grandfather had life challenging

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    Terrance Parkin

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    Stan. Olympic Silver To Deaf South African Swimmer. Deaf Friends International Special Contributor. Published 2002 http://www.workersforjesus.com/dfi/857.htm Burk‚ Jamie. About.com guide. People – Terence Parkin Deaf Swimmer. Updated March 5‚ 2009. http://deafness.about.com/od/sports/p/terrenceparkin.htm Harris‚ Jay. Olympics and Sport Athletes – Terence Parkin. Published June 2003 http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/terence-parkin-1.html Woziac‚ Bob. CNN – SI Olympic Swimming

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