sometimes things are Not what they seem to be.
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In "America," Dr. Maureen Brennan, a psychiatrist at a youth treatment center, encounters her newest patient, a bi-racial boy named America. Through their sessions, Dr. Brennan helps America come to terms with his roller-coaster life, which began when he was taken by authorities from his crack-addicted mother, and placed into foster care as an infant. The short time of stability in his life occurred when America lived with Mrs. Harper, the elderly nanny to one of his foster families. Later reunited with his mother, she soon abandons America and he is again placed into foster care. Lagging behind in school and full of anger, America retreats further away from society after years of sexual abuse. After attempting suicide, America is placed in a treatment center where Dr. Brennan helps him open up about his painful past and discover the support and courage he needs to get his life back on track.
Keywords: adoption, country-name-in-title, one-word-title
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ACCELERATING AMERICA tells the story of a revolutionary school in Rhode Island that gives inner-city youths who are at risk of dropping out a second chance by accelerating their studies. At the head of the school is a fearless principal, Robert DeBlois, who as a quadriplegic knows something about overcoming adversity. If the word "inspiring" gets overused, it rarely feels as apt as when watching DeBlois apply his tough love educational techniques on hardened teens. We watch three students - America, Jason and Yazmine - as they struggle through a make-or-break year, drawing upon conviction, pride and humor in order to survive.
Can 180 Days Change a Lifetime?
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Tatsuki Machida (町田 樹, Tatsuki Machida?) (born March 9, 1990 in Kanagawa) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2010 Four Continents silver medalist and 2007 Japanese Junior national champion.
As of 2011, he trains at the Ice Castle in Lake Arrowhead, California.
Elizaveta Sergeyevna "Liza" Tuktamysheva (Russian: Елизавета Сергеевна Туктамышева; born December 17, 1996 in Glazov, Udmurtia, Russian Federation) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2012 Youth Olympics champion, 2011 Skate Canada champion, 2011 Trophée Eric Bompard champion, 2011 World Junior silver medalist, 2010 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist, a three-time senior Russian Nationals medalist, and 2011 Russian Junior champion.
Tuktamysheva's mother teaches algebra and geometry and has been the class teacher of her daughter from the 5th to 9th grade. Her father was a former skier who later coached soccer. He died in April 2011. She has a sister, Evgenia, who is seven years younger and has also taken up skating. Tuktamysheva started skating at the age of four, after meeting girls interested in the sport at a summer camp.
Coached by Svetlana Veretennikova, Tuktamysheva appeared at competitions in Belgorod where she was noticed by Alexei Mishin. Initially, he thought her technique was too incomplete and did not invite her into his group. A year later he saw her again and changed his mind due to her ability to jump high, but she had to rework the technique on all her jumps. Tuktamysheva's family could not afford to move to a big city, so she remained in her home town Glazov where she continued to train under Veretennikova, and regularly visited Mishin in Saint Petersburg, where she lived in a dormitory. The train trip from Glazov to Saint Petersburg took 27 hours. Until the summer of 2011, she would spend between one to two weeks there on average and the rest of the month in Glazov.
Jeremy Abbott (born June 5, 1985) is an American figure skater. He is the 2008 Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time (2007, 2011) Four Continents bronze medalist, and a three-time (2009, 2010, 2012) U.S. national champion. He represented the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where he placed ninth.
Jeremy Abbott was born in Aspen, Colorado. He began skating at age two. He began competing at age four after seeing and becoming inspired by Robin Cousins.
Following his win on the junior level at 2005 US nationals, Abbott established a fund in Aspen, Colorado, to help up-and-coming skaters to pay for training. In 2006, he established a second fund for skaters in the surrounding area. In 2011, his Japanese fan club donated $1,000 dollars to his fund.
Abbott attended Cheyenne Mountain High School for five years, stretching his high school career out one year longer than the usual, so he could concentrate on both skating and getting good grades. He graduated in 2004. His older sister, Gwen Abbott, was a nationally-ranked downhill skier who competed in the X Games as a ski racer. In addition to his coaches past and present, Jeremy Abbott often cites his family—mother Allison Scott, stepfather Allen Scott, father Danny Abbott and sister Gwen Abbott—as the pillars of his success.