At such a young age‚ Mike had not had the chance to fully develop his sight before the explosion. Despite Mike’s lack of vision‚ he had still gone on to do great things. By the age of 30‚ Mike had gone on to win the gold medal in skiing in the Paralympics. Mike not only is a gold medalist‚ but he is also the world record holder for downhill speed skiing clocking in at over 60 miles per hour. At the age of 46‚ Mike had learned of a stem cell transplant had the potential of restoring all or at least
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Baxter Humby had his right arm amputated at birth‚ but that doesn’t stop him from living his life to the fullest. (Bleacher Report‚ 2013) He began competing in martial arts when he was 17 and‚ already a professional runner‚ competed for the Canadian Paralympic National Track Team from 1992 to 1994. After two years‚ he won the Canadian Super Welterweight Kickboxing Championship. Today‚ Humby is still the only kick boxer who has ever won a world title with one hand and still remains the IMTC World Super
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Australia is famous for it’s strange animals. There are many kinds of animals living only there. We can also find there our typical animals. Sheep can be found on the West Coast and in the East. Cattle are bred on the Northwest coast and Southeast coast. We would like to introduce you some of not so common ones. Koalas Everyone knows these cute animals‚ looking like a teddy bear. Of course‚ they aren’t really bears at all. True bears don’t have pouches and their babies aren’t as big as your thumbnail
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The first thing that comes to the mind of most people when they hear the word ‘skeleton’ is a human skeleton။maybe a plastic one they have tucked away for next year’s Halloween. Plenty of people don’t even know that skeleton is a sport‚ much less that it’s an Olympic event. Skeleton is relatively simple in theory and regulations; however‚ plunging down a slippery track of ice at upwards of 80 miles per hour can appear as less than simple. The sport has history in Switzerland‚ and has only been in
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Inglês: Gramática Organizado por Natália Guerreiro em abril de 2007 Aluno(a):_____________________ Turma: Vetor ___ Connectors & Discourse Markers Connectors‚ discourse markers‚ text or discourse organizers‚ conjunctions‚ linking words‚ transition signals… Como você vai ver nas questões de vestibular‚ os nomes variam‚ por motivos que não nos cabe discutir aqui. Porém‚ é importante saber que se trata dessas palavras ou expressões que ligam uma oração a outra‚ um período a outro‚ ou mesmo uma
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Sochi 2014 – Olympic Games The “Olympic Games” is the leading international sporting event‚ including both Summer and Winter sports. Thousands of athletes from more than 200 nations compete against each other‚ establishing new world records. Russia is going to host the next Winter Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014. Russians are proud to host The Olympics Games again and are investing time and effort to make it unforgettable. This essay will introduce the reader to the city of Sochi‚ the process
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The first "modern" Olympics happened in 1896 in Athens‚ Greece. People choose to play in the Olympics to represent the place they are from. Over time the Olympics have become bigger. The Winter Games were created for ice and snow sports. The Paralympic Games were created for athletes with physical disabilities. As well‚ the Olympics became bigger with the addition of the Youth Olympic Games for teenage athletes. World War I and World War II led to the cancellation of the 1916‚ 1940‚ and 1944 Games
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“How successful has the regeneration of urban areas been‚ given the variety of ways it has been undertaken?” Regeneration is the improvement of an area to bring about a lasting economic‚ social and environmental change. It is necessary to bring life back into an urban area and to encourage it to thrive and can be carried out in various different ways such as sports led‚ finance led and retail led regeneration. In most cases‚ urban regeneration occurs in order to combat the effects of decline within
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Basketball Today i’m going to tell you about basketball. Basketball is the best sport It’s fun because you can run and you can even shot any basket you want I agree its an awesome sport you will never regret trying basketball you can go to tournaments and even just challenge people. It’s really fun to play with friends and family. Try basketball on the beach. I think It’s a very cool sport in the first like you can play at night and at morning so that’s like a double bonus. Also it’s great exercise
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Corporate social responsibility is a business philosophy that stresses the importance of keeping the best interests of the wider society in mind. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development in its publication Making Good Business Sense by Lord Holme and Richard Watts‚ used the following definition. ‘Corporate Social Responsibility is the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce
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