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    Essay On Clara Hughes

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    Clara Hughes was born August 27, 1972 (age 42) in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Clara Hughes is a now a world renown hero and role model, Clara is a Olympic cyclist, speed skater and now a humanitarian. Clara Hughes is on a short list of athletes to win olympic medals in both olympics and the Canadian athlete to have won medals at both the Olympic Summer and Olympic Winter Games. Clara didn't win them by chance or luck. She was fierce competitor in whatever she wanted, she won four medals in speedskating and two in cycling, Adding to a total of 6 Olympic medals the most of any Canadian athlete. Hughes has won an astonishing total of 35 national championships in road cycling, track cycling, and speedskating, she has also won eight medals in cycling at the prestigious Pan American Games and three medals in cycling at the Commonwealth Games. Hughes is an not only an athlete in 2012 she moved into other avenues, and became and an Ambassador with Right to Play. She is also the National Spokesperson for the Bell Let’s Talk campaign for mental health awareness that raises millions of dollars annually. Having dealt with depression she is a true role model and great representative of the cause Bell Let’s Talk provides to kids who are struggling and in need of someone to have trust in talking to. Her life wasn't always so easy and rewarding. She was a faced with problems as a young child but eventually found her dream, worked hard and pursued it. Growing up Clara had a very tough childhood…

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    Josephine baker was born on June 3,1906 in St.Louis, missouri and died April 12,1975. Josephine was a spy in world war II which was very helpful to france. Josephine was a dancer, singer and a spy. In the 1950s and 60s she was fighting segregation and racism in the united states but still focused on her career. After her career with dancing was going well she adopted 12 children called the rainbow tribe. Today i am going to take you through a journey of josephine’s life and accomplishment.…

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    Walter Dean Myers born August 12, 1937, in Martinsburg, WV And Died July 1, 2014, Manhattan, New York City, NY. Walter Dean Myer Was a good man that started out struggling in life. Walter Dean Myers was about Two years old when his mother died and then Walter Dean Myers was inexplicably Given to Florence and Herbert Dean. Walter dean Myers was raised in Harlem by Herbert. Herbert and Florence loved Walter Dean Myers a lot and Walter Dean Myers Knew that Harlem was not his true home but grew…

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    Kameron Morris Survey of Late U.S. History March 28, 2017 Charles Lindbergh was born on February 4, 1902 in Detroit, Michigan. Charles first became famous when he completed a non-stop trip from New York to Paris, France by himself. Charles’s life was in the spotlight for most his life after that. However, this fame not only bought Charles a lot positive publicity, but also a lot of negative publicity as well. This fame strongly influenced his life and the American’s response to individualistic…

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    Joplin Junior College was founded in 1937. During this time, it had 114 students and 9 faculty members (Archives Collection Guide). In 1968, it became a four year college and changed the name from Joplin Junior College to Missouri Southern State College in 1977. In 2005, it became known as Missouri Southern State University (In Pursuit Of Excellence). Missouri Southern is home of many notable alumni. Some of the alumni include Missouri State Senator Ron Richard, Seattle Seahawks wide receiver…

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    Maple Leaf Rag Analysis

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    which can be consider a mood enhancer. Joplin first set motion preforming in scenery's including bars and dance halls that practiced ragtime rituals. Residing in a outskirt town of Missouri, Scott then became the lead of a proposed band. Managing to show his presence with a preformance in Chicago, during the World Fair. In the 1890's Joplin then studied and tutored at George R. Smith "College for the negros." While taking advantage of studying not only did…

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    the universe would have been terribly uninteresting. Architecture has taught me to learn all the values of art, to have a fantasy, creativity vision, and endless imagination. The two buildings I truly admire and find most riveting are the Wainwright Building, and the Jeppesen Terminal Building. These two such buildings conquered some barriers, affiliated with the people in their areas, made people feel stunned, and functioned to astonish creations for the U.S., and the world to see.…

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    This investigation stems from Dr. Fonn self-reporting that he his privileges had been suspended for 30 days from a hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO. It was due to alleged conflict of interest and federal prosecution for Anti-Kickback law violations. He also answered positive to remuneration for two cases in the past year. A case was opened. *** On 012-16-2014, the Board office received an application for Missouri Medical License from Dr. Sonjay J. Fonn, DO of Cape Girardeau, MO. In filing for…

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    Missouri State Prison Report

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    The Missouri State Penitentiary was the second largest prison in the nation. It was very harsh and the other inmates were criminals. They were there for murder, theft, and lots of other horrible things. The inmates were cruel to each other and hated the guards. There were lots of different people there for many different reasons. There were even famous criminals there. In 1954 there was a riot that broke out and was chaos. There were people that escaped from here. There is a lot of history that…

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    References Brown, D. (2013). Lewis's Medical Surgical Nursing. Elsevier Health Sciences APAC. MacNee, W. (2006). Pathology, pathogenesis, and pathophysiology. BMJ, 332(7551), 1202-1204. doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7551.1202 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1463976/ Voelkel, N., Gomez-Arroyo, J., & Mizuno, S. (2011). COPD/Emphysema: The Vascular Story. Pulmonary Circulation, 1(3), 320-326. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2045-8932.87295 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.4103/2045-8932.87295 …

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