Olympic tumbler Gabby Douglas was just 16 years of age when she left a mark on the world at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Presently 20, she has won gold in the Olympics, at the World Championships, Pacific Rim Championships and American Cup rivalries and she is planning to add another award to her accumulation today in the uneven bars last in Rio. Despite the fact that she scarcely missed meeting all requirements for the overall finals, she scored an incredible, group best 15.766 on the uneven bars amid the group last, so we're trusting the living legend kicks a similarly genuine measure of butt in the individual occasion. We know you can hardly wait for her to contend, so to hold you over meanwhile here are eight fun certainties…
Lizzie : The Life and Times Elizabeth ( Lizzie ) Johnson was a student , teacher, cattle queen,wife, and financer. She has accomplished all of these titles and more successfully. Elizabeth Johnson has also been an amazing role model to many people around the world. Years pass by and the name of Elizabeth Johnson continues to be well known and for good reason at that. Early in Life Elizabeth Johnson was born in the year of 1840.…
Alisha Hardy Alisha Hardy, who also goes by Lisha, is an eighteen-year-old Choctaw Native American woman from Wright City, Oklahoma. She is a student at Murray State College in Tishomingo, Oklahoma where she is studying nursing. In high school Lisha was an honors student and played softball. She is a very active member in her tribe’s community and her role as young Choctaw woman is very important. She enjoys taking part in cultural activities and keeping her tribes customs and culture alive.…
I figured I would give you my facts before I started to ramble on~ I'm still working out my bio, but the basics are Isla is the mother of Hayley Marshall. She is a witch/werewolf, which is rare but does exist. When Hayley was born, she and her husband were banished away from New Orleans by Josephine LaRue as a punishment. Due to the spell placed on them, Hayley's parents were never able to enter New Orleans nor even contact their children.…
Have you ever wondered what Anson Jones life was like and why he mattered to texas and Texas History?Well today in this essay you are going to learn why he mattered to Texas and Texas History and what his life was like. Anson Jones was born on January 20,1798 in Great Barrington ,Massachusetts. His mom and dad was Sarah and Solomon Jones. He was the youngest child of 13 children. Anson’s mom died when he was 18 years old.…
Have you ever wondered what the life of the voice of Darth Vader was. Well James Earl Jones is the voice of Darth Vader. He is not just famous for that role. He has also played in many other movies and voiced many characters. James Earl Jones was a very successful Actor, but it wasn’t easy for him to get to that point.…
I know we have all heard about the great Thomas Jefferson. The one who was the third president of this country, wrote the constitution, and was a significant part of the Louisiana Purchase. What a lot of people don’t know about is his black slave mistress Sally Hemmings. Sally Hemmings was a biracial slave that Thomas Jefferson owned. She was his first wife (Martha Jefferson) half sister.…
Irena Sendler was born February 15, 1910 in Otwock Poland as Irena Krzyżanowska. She grew up with her father who was a doctor and her mother. When she was only 7 years old her father got sick and died. Her and her mother lived together until Irena went to college at Warsaw university. She was expelled because she stood up for her Jewish friends.…
Mother Jones Mary Harris Jones, also known is “Mother Jones” was an Irish-American union labor activist. Mary “Mother” Jones was born August 1, 1837 in County Cork, Ireland to Helen Cotter and Richard Harris, however, Mary claimed an unconventional birthdate of May 1, 1830. The Harrises were a family of 7. Mary had four siblings, two brothers and two sisters. Her father was forced to flee to North America with her family in 1835 to due to the Irish famine.…
Myisha Collins is my wife who I married in August 1st 2015 I have known Myisha Collins approximately 10 years and met Feb 14th 2007 in Oakland, CA. Being the husband of Myisha Collins I am intimately aware of her habits and can speak with an extremely high degree of knowledge and confidence when I state she has no substance abuse problems with any form of drugs or Alcohol. She does not utilize any prescription drugs or marijuana. I can even state that she does not even smoke cigarettes.…
"What you need to believe in is what you can see. If you see me as your friend, I'll be your friend. If you see me as your father, I'll be your father. If you see me as your savior, I'll be your savior. " These are the last words spoken by Jim Jones to his following before all 909 of them joined in on an act of revolutionary suicide.…
Raissa Silva Pr. Niño October 20, 2014 The Sanctuary: The Table of Shewbread The more we study the sanctuary God told the Israelites to build, the more we understand God's plan for the salvation of humanity.…
The Hurricane and flood in the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston illuminates the similarity between the novel and the natural disaster that occurred in south Florida in 1992. In the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, the protagonist, Janie has one main life goal, to try and find her true self. She marries and remarries three times in hope of finding the right man who can help her find herself. Hurricane Andrew that took place in south Florida in 1992 has a correlation with the hurricane in the novel. In the end Janie is able to overcome the hurricane and finally accomplishes her lifelong goal.…
Jhamiya Sumpter Period 6 2/15/18 Katherine Johnson Katherine Johnson is an African American woman who is from White Sulphur Springs, West Virgina and attended West Virgina college in 1937 studying Mathematics and French. Katherine Johnson was very brilliant she went to high school at the age of thirteen because she was very intelligent with her numbers. Katherine Johnson was also the third African American to earn her PhD in Mathematics. Katherine Johnson contributed to space exploration by working backwards to make project mercury a success, Johnson also worked on the calculation that allowed the Apollo astronauts to return home from the moon, and to look at the black box data from crashed airplanes. To begin with Katherine Johnson once worked backwards to make mercury a success which was one of her contributions.…
Jalousie windows have horizontal slats layered on top of each other and are opened using a crank. They can be opened in unison or at different angles to let in air or light. They are ideal for both commercial and residential units. When choosing the type of windows to fix in your home, it is important to consider the climate, the expectations of the space and the architectural design of the house. Windows complement the interior decor of the house.…