Serena Williams is a name that almost everyone recognises. No wonder! She is the fiery‚ talented and competitive girl that transformed herself into one of the best‚ if not the best‚ women’s tennis player ever. Her level of competitiveness is extraordinary and the determination we all see on her face as she ace’s her next opponent is scary. We don’t only love Serena because of her tennis skill; she is down to earth as well. She is someone who makes people watching tennis stay on the edge of their
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Serena Jameka Williams was born September 26‚ 1981 in Saginaw Michigan. She was the youngest of five daughters. Her parents Richard and Oracene Williams have two daughters‚ Serena and her sister Venus‚ which became two of tennis great champions. Their father Richard was determined to see his two daughters succeed in tennis. He moved his family out to Compton‚ California where he trained his daughter. He used tennis records and videotapes to train them on how to play the game. At the age of three
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Saks Fifth Avenue Saks Fifth Avenue is a department store chain that specializes in upscale merchandise that usually caters to higher income individuals‚ mostly well-to-do women between the ages of 35 and 55‚ while at the same time‚ still being able to offer high-end merchandise at better prices then smaller boutique type stores. Which is the very first reason why I chose this company because it allows a college student like I enjoy luxury merchandise at a reasonable price and it also has
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9/8/11 Marketing: Article Summary #1 “Sports” “Tennis Icon Maria Sharapova to Represent Canon” Maria Sharapova is one of the most popular tennis athletes and is a well-known celebrity around the world. She came on the scene is 2000 but it was not until summer 2004 when she captured the attention of business companies when she won Wimbledon defeating Serena Williams. Sharapova ’s tennis success and appearance have enabled her to secure commercial endorsements that greatly exceed the value of her
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The special occasion speech I chose was Serena Williams. The speech she gave was a speech of award acceptance. The speaker spoke while maintaining eye contact with the crowd which helped them see her as trustworthy and maintain focus on the message that she wanted them to get from her speech. The movement she used was that she raised and presented her trophy to show what she had accomplished. Her voice was loud and she smiled‚ showing that she felt happy and grateful. Her speech was also inspiring
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Topic: The effects of tradition and how it displayed in short stories “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ and “Marriage is a Private Affair” by Chinua Achebe. Tradition is something you pass down through generation to generation. Something that usually is a long established custom or belief that has been passed on a certain way. When the word tradition enters your mind‚ no one comes to think that tradition may have negative effects. Times have changed‚ should the way we live our lives change along
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at 7:48pm‚ I Deputy Warden N. Christian was dispatched to 900 Midland Ave on a dog’s at large‚ patrol only. I arrived in the area and drove around. I was driving southbound on Midland Ave when two grey and white pit bull run in front of my vehicle; I stopped my vehicle and took pictures of the dogs loose. The dogs ran northbound on Midland Ave. I turned my vehicle around to give chase. The dogs were let into 900 Midland Ave by unknown juveniles. I approached the house and knocked on the door
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Elgar Byrd Poulenc Similarities Words Meaning Differences Ave Verum Corpus is a hymn‚ originally sung in Catholic homes‚ referencing Jesus’ Last Supper. The piece has been arranged differently over many centuries – William Byrd in the Renaissance period‚ Edward Elgar in the Romantic period and Francis Poulenc in the 20th Century. The three ‘versions’ of Ave Verum Corpus have pivotal similarities and differences‚ showcasing the different styles of each composer. The most obvious similarity
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Despite slavery ending with the thirteenth amendment‚ slavery was still maintained in practice long after the end of the American Civil War due to the same amendment. This idea comes from the documentary‚ 13th‚ directed by Ava DuVernay. I chose this piece of media because it directly connects to the class lectures. The documentary begins with a short video of former President Obama voicing that despite the United States holding only five percent of the world’s population‚ it holds twenty-five percent
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Contexts of Canadian Culture: Maria Chapdelaine – The role of women in the early 1900s in French-Canada Student: Kathleen Adam Student #: 209809518 TA: Peter Stevens Tutorial #: 04 Course: HUMA 1200 Word Count: 1023 Page Count: 4 Due Date: Thursday‚ October 8th‚ 2009 Louis Hémon creates a story of the rural life in a family of the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region‚ the Chapdelaine’s. He uses the climate and traditional values in a way in which the novel still has an ironic and crucial element
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