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BillGatesBiography

BillGatesisnotonlyagenius,butalsoaninnovatorineducation,technology,andphilanthropyA prodigy,BillGatessharesaneducationfactwithAbrahamLincoln,HenryFord,ThomasEdison, andevenhiscompetitorSteveJobs:nocollegedegree.Instead,hedevotedhistimetohispassion fortechnology,goingontocreatethemostprofitabletechnologycompanyintheworld.Formuch ofthepastdecade,Gatesallocatedbothhisprofitandattentiontophilanthropy.Evidenceofhis innovation,industryandcuriositycanbeseenatanearlyage

Gates'passionfortechnologybeganattheageof8,whenhebuilthisfirstcomputerprogram.This programallowedtheplayertocompeteinagameoftictactoeshowmorecontent

BythetimeBillGatesdies,hewillhavegivenaway90%ofhiswealth.HecreatedtheBilland MelindaGatesFoundationwithhiswifein1997.Sofar,hehasdonated28billiondollarsto philanthropiccausesthatinclude:betterhealthcare,vaccines,schoolgrants,education.Todate,the Foundationsavedoveronemillionliveswithvaccinesandbetterhealthcarealone!In2002,Bill andMelindawerenamedthemostgenerousphilanthropistsintheworld

Billfoundedseveralschoolsbasedonhands–onknowledgeandtechnology.Healsohasgivenmany Tedtalksoneducationandconstantlystrivestomakethepublicschoolsystemmoreeffectiveand innovative.TheBillandMelindaFoundationhasmadelargestridesineducationandoffersbillions ofdollarsingrantsforschoolsacrosstheUSInfact,mypastschool,DaVinciInnovation Academy,earnedamilliondollargrantfromthisgenerousfoundationtoprovideoneofthefirst hybridhomeschool–projectbasedlearningschool.Billnotonlyhelpsthestudentsintheselucky schools,healsosupportstheteachersthroughincreasedawarenessaboutthelackoffeedbackand compensationteachersreceive.HisTedtalksoneducationinspireotherstojoinineducational reform.

BillGates'influenceiswidespread.Hehasledthetechnologicalindustryofthe20thcentury.He currentlyholdsthesixthpositionforthemost

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Iwasbornonjanuary/31/1919inVietnamandimmigratedtoFrance.In1942Iwasstudyingatthe universityinNice,whereImetafellowstudent,JadwigaAlfabet,aJewishrefugeefromPoland.In thesummerof1942theFrenchpolicebeganarrestingJewswithforeignnationality.InSeptember 1943theGermansoccupiedNiceandalltheItaliancontrolledzonesandwewereindangerof deportationIdecidedtohidenotonlymywife,butalsoherrelativesInNovember1943Itooka trainwithafewofmywife'srelativestogetthemintouchwithasmugglerwhocouldtakethemto Switzerland,Imadethistripseveral

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BiographyOfAnImmigrant

Letmeaskyouaquestion.Howareyounotincrediblyboredbytheaboveprofessionalbiography?

IamcertainlyyawningafterwritingsuchnonsenseandIhopeyouare,too.

Iamsomeonewhoisgoingtostickhertongueoutlikeafouryearoldwhodoesn'tlikebroccoli whenitcomestotheformatofformalprofessionalbiographiesTherearethousandsofarticleswith tipsandsuggestionsonwritingguidelines,allofwhichnotonlyboremebutevokeoutrage.Iwant totakedownthisexternalstructureof"describingaprofessionalself"withtinyninjaknivesand chopstickswhilewearingatutuandbeingphotographedformyfutureprofileimageThisis certainlytheimageofthetherapistIwouldchoosetoworkwithfromthelistingin Psychologyshowmorecontent

Also,theabovequoteiswhoIamtomycoreandeverywakingmomentofmylifeisdevotedto helpingyoustepintotheuneditedlightthatyouare,too,andequallyso.Iwilladmitthatsomeof thisintentionisselfishEntertainingmyselfoverthelastdecadehasrunitscourseandIwanttobe intriguedbyyoumorethanIamofmyself,whichisarareoccurrence.

Whatasurprisethattheaboveparagraphiscertainlygoingtobejudgedandclassifiedintermsof narcissismbysome.Again,thankyoucounselingprofessionforslappingawoundonmylightand deeprespectforwhoIam

Iamformallytrainedasa"Psycho"–TherapistandIhaveanincrediblylowopinionofmy professionasawholeIncrediblylowDeeplydisappointedanddisheartenedYes,thesentenceisa fragment.Intentionallyso.IamemphasizingthefragmentationIexperienceinmyprofessionasyou arereading.

Movingforwardwithdirectness,Ithinkweactually"suck"athealing.Wedonotunderstandthe essenceofwhatwearebeingcalledtobringforthintheworldand,yes,Ibelieveitisour responsibilitytodigdeeper.IfthereisamoresophisticatedsynonymIcoulduseinreplaceof "suck,"I'mnotinterestedinyoursuggestion,butthankyou.

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SHAKESPEARE'SBIOGRAPHY

Shakespeare'sBiography

WilliamShakespearewasagreatwriterwholeadaveryinterestinglifeInfact,heisoftenthough ofas"thegreatestwriteofhistime."

Asachild,WilliamShakespearestartedhiseducationataroundtheageof"sixorsevenatStratford grammarschool,alsoknownastheKing'sNewSchoolofStratford–upon–Avon"(Brookepg23)It wouldbemostlikelythatShakespeare'slessonswouldfocusaround"Latincompositionandthe studyofLatinauthorslikeSeneca,Cicero,Ovid,Vigil,andHorace."(Brookepg23)Shakespeare's schoolingdidnotlastlonghowever,whenhewasremovedfromschoolattheageofthirteendue to...showmorecontent...

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isknownaboutAnneandherchildrenaroundthisdate,exceptforthedeathofherson, Hamnet,attheageofelevenonAugust11,1596.WilliamShakespearewasleftwithoutanaire,but bythistimehehadalreadyleftforEnglandtostarthiscareer.

Asmentionedbefore,Shakespearehadanearlyperiodofhislifewhichledfromhiswithdrawal fromgrammarschool,tohismarriagetoAnneHathaway,whichiscommonlyreferredtoashis"lost years."Nowcomesthesecondsectionofhislifewherenotmuchisheardofhimandisalso likewiseknownashis"lostyears"Thisperiodlastedsevenyears,fromthetimehelefthisfamilyin Stratfordtothetimehehadbecomeanestablishedactorbytheendof1592.Itisthoughtthatduring thistime"hepracticedhisskillsandmayhaveevenbeenrecruitedbytheLeicester'sorQueen's Men."(Bentleypg14)Manyofhisplayshadalreadybecomewellknown,suchasHenryVI,The ComedyofErrors,andTitusAndronicus.

Whenthetheatreswereclosedfrom1592to1593,duringthistime,Shakespearewrotemanynon–dramaticpoems.WhentheEarlofSouthamptonsawhiswork,heimmediatelygaveShakespearethe supportheneeded.WiththeEarl'shelp,Shakespearereturnedbacktothetheatrein1594."Hethen becamesoimmersedwithhisworkthathewasmoreinvolvedinthetheatrethananyoneelseHe nowsharedownershipoftheGlobe."(Mabillard

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ShakespearesBiographyEssay

WhatwasShakespeareBiography?WhowasWilliamShakespeare?Wherewasheborn?Wheredid hegotoschool?HowdidWilliamShakespearelivehislifefromthebeginningtotheending? WilliamShakespeare'slifebecameagreatmysterywithlackofevidencetosupportanyfindings. Hisschooling,hisfamilyandparentswillberevealedinmypaper.WhowereWilliam Shakespeare'sparents?TheparentsofMrShakespearewereJohnShakespeareandMaryArden Shakespeare.MaryArdenmarriedWilliamShakespearein1557.Marywasthefavoriteofeight daughtersofthewidowedRobertArden(AbsoluteShakespeare,2000–2005).William Shakespeare'sparentswerebothuneducatedJohnShakespearehadbecometheMayorofStratford wereWilliam...showmorecontent...

Thenineyearsbetweenisjustanothermysterythatnobodycanfigureout(ShakespeareOnline, ActorandPlaywright,1999–2010).ThereisnodoubtasoftodaythatWilliamShakespeareisthe greatestwriterofEnglishLiterature.Hisplayshavebeenmadeintomovies,bookshavebeen written,musichasbeenconductedandpublished,andifyourrealluckyyoumightevenbeableto seeaplayofoneofhisgreateststoriesevertold;inwhichIhaveseenmanymoviesandreadmany books.Herearesomeofmyfavoritestorieseverwritten;Othello,TheMoonofVenice,TheTaming oftheShrew,TwelfthNightorWhatYouWill,JuliusCaesar,RichardIII,Macbeth(whichwasa favoriteinhighschool),MidsummerNight'sDream(Ihavereadthatbook),HenryV,Hamlet, whichImightaddMelGibsondidverywellplayingthatpart,andmymostfavoritelovestoryofall time,RomeoandJuliet.Asyoucanseethetitlesaysitall.Hismindwenttotheextremeandwith suchlittleeducationhejustknewwhathispassionwasandwentforit.WilliamShakespeare's children,asmentionedearlier,Susanna,HamnetandJudithhadamuchdifferentlifeofthegreat EnglishPoet.WilliamShakespeare'sfirstborn,Susanna,wasraisedbyhermother,Anne.When Susannaturnedtwenty–fourshewastomarryaprosperousmedicaldoctor.Theweddingwasheld onJune5th1607.Susannahadababygirleight

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SheisasoftwareEngineerinPhiladelphia,andamemberoftheAmericanmilitary,armedforces. Hertruepassioniswriting,however,duetothestrifeofbeingsuccessfulintheartfieldshehadto putherdreamsdowninpursuitofanothercareerandtheloveforhercountryDuringHurricane Irma,shewascalleduponforrescuerelief.Shedoesagreatjusticeforhercountryeventhough thereareharddays.Shecurrentlylivesalone,butissurroundedbyhercousinsaslovedones.She canspeakandreadKorean,Japanese,EnglishandYorubaDuetothisextratalent,whenshe managessomefreetime,shetranslatescomicsfromothercountriestoEnglish.UsingDiscord wouldbeagreatwayforhertocommunicateshowmorecontent

UsingDiscordeliminatesmanyproblems,suchasnetworkingandfindingsupportivemembersin thecommunity.Artistsareabletoworktogether,encourageeachother,andcreatecontenttogether asmostprojectshaveatleast2members

UsingwebsitessuchasTumblr,Twitter,andFacebookaregreatmeansintogettingnoticedoncethe interfacehasbeenfiguredout,buteventhatiscomplicatedattimestofullyconnectwithsomeone. Inaddition,itcancreategreatanxietydisplayingcreationssoopenly.Discordismuchmoreprivate, eveningroupchats,oneistoexpectinvitationsMostofthesecreatorsarealreadyfamiliarwiththe internet,haveastrongunderstandingonhowtoaccesswebsites,andcreateaccounts.Inaddition,all membershaveEnglishastheirprimaryorsecondarylanguage,andareidealcommunicatorsin virtualchatsThefontusedinthechatiscalled"UniSansHeavy"whichisextremelylegibleThe choiceoffileformatsoftensharedispng,jpeg,gifs,videos,mp3,andworddocuments.

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Themethodologyiscreatedtodefineandassumehowtousethefeatures,setuptools,andguide usertacticsDiscordisusedtocommunicateviavirtualnetworking,andcreatedtosimplifythe communicationprocessoftheaudience.Itisimperativetoperformtheneedanalysisofthe audience.

Toassessthegoalsoftheseusers,theyweretoldtocompleteanonlinesimplequestionnaire,which willhelpwithfinalizethe

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Iwroteabiographyonmymombecausesheisbasicallyanolderandwiserme,butherchildhood wasn'texactlyaseasy.LashaeDamoreBibbinswasbornonMarchfifteenth,1970inLosAngeles CaliforniaattheUCLAMedicalCenter.Shewasbornonherdad'sbirthdayandunfortunately,the dayherfather'sbestfrienddiedfromacarincident.Lashae'sparentsareLucilleandJohnJefferson. Herfirstmemorywaswhenshewasfourorthreeyearsoldinpre–schoolcalledKimberlyAnnin 1973.Lashaesays,"Iremembertheyhadanuglyredcarpet,andIrefusedtotakeanaptillthe teachersaid"okayjustlaydownquietly"IusedtowatchaTVshowcalled"HRPuffinStuff"

Therewasaredflute,anuglygreenwitchandthetreesmovedandtalked."Lashae'smom especiallyrememberswhenLashaewouldcryeverytimeshedroppedheroff,whichgavehera headache.AsachildLashaewasmostafraidofdying.Shewouldthinkaboutitallthetimeand scareherself.Shealsorememberstheweekendswhenshewasyoung."Saturdayswerethebest becauseIwasabletowatchcartoonsallmorningwhiledrinkinghotchocolateandeatingtoastwith grapejelly.Myfavoritet.v–showtothisdaywastheBradyBunch."

Lashaehadtwosiblings.Herunreliableolderbrother,Maurice,whoshethoughtwasveryweird becausehewouldalwayslieandstealfromtheirfamilyandanannoyingyoungersister,Meme,who atthetimelivedtomakeLashae'slifemiserablebypretendingthatLashaehurt

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EdvardGrieg

EdvardGriegwasborninBergen,NorwayonJune15th,1843.WhenEdvardwasjustsixhis mothertaughthimhowtoplaythepiano.HestudiedatmanydifferentschoolsincludingTanks schoolandNorwegianprivateschoolwhenhegotolderWhilehewasatNorwegianprivateschool hemetaviolinist,whosaidthatwithhisamazingtalents,heshouldgotoLeipzigConservatory whichisapianoschool.Hedecidedthatitwasn'tforhim.In1860Edvardsurvivedalungdisease thiscausedhimtohaveproblemsthroughouthislifeHethenmadehisgrandopeningin1861 playingthepiano,hisprogramincludedBetweenPathetiquesonata.In1867hemarriedhisfirst cousinNinaHagerup,andhadonedaughterin1868namedAlexandra.She

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BiographyofEdgarAllanPoe

Manyauthors'literaryworksareofteninfluencedbytheirownpersonallifeexperiences.Among theseauthorsisEdgarAllanPoe,oneofthemostinventivewritersofproseandpoetryinthe nineteenthcenturyThejuxtapositionofPoe'slifeandworkismostevidentinthemorbid personalitiesandmelancholythemesofhisliterarycompositions,similartothoseofhislife.

EdgarAllanPoewasborninBoston,MassachusettsonJanuary19,1809Hismother,Elizabeth ArnoldPoe,hadbeenwidowedateighteen,andtwoyearsafterhisbirthshediedoftuberculosisat theageoftwenty–four.Poe'spaternalgrandfatherhadbeenawealthyman,buthisfather,David Poe,hadleftthefamilytobecomeanshowmorecontent

Inmanywaysshebecamethemotherhehadlostsomanyyearsago.(Meyers,1992,p.17).

Tragically,JaneStanardwasdyingfromamalignantbraintumorBythespringof1824shewas confinedtoherbedandEdgarwasnotallowedtoseeher.WhenshediedinsaneonApril28,Edgar wasdevastated.Likehismother,shehaddesertedhim,dyingapainfuldeathatayoungage.Helen becameEdgar'sidealwoman–unattainable,beautiful,anddoomed.InEdgar'smind,beautywas nowforeverlinkedwithdeath.(Meyers,1992p.17).

PerhapsasawayofholdingintothememoryofJane,Poecomposed"ToHelen,"whicheloquently describeshisbeloved,andthebeautyandpurityhesawinher.Inthefirstofthepoem'sthree stanzas,PoecomparesHelen'sbeautytotheshipsofNicea,acityneartheSeaofMarmaraInthe secondstanzahereferstoher"Naiadairs."AccordingtoGreekandRomanmythologyanaiadisa spiritthatoccupiessprings,fountainsrivers,andlakes.Her"Naiadairs,"wearetold,havebrought thepoethome"TotheglorythatwasGreece/AndthegrandeurthatwasRome."Inthepoem'slast stanza,hereferstoHelenasPsyche,aGreekpersonificationofthesoul.Poe'sodetohisfirstlove, writtenattheyouthfulageofjustfifteen,isoneofhismostfamouscompositions

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AlbertEinsteinwasbornonMarch14,1879inUlm,Germany.HewasaGerman–borntheoretical physicist,whichisapartofphysicsthatemploysasystemusingmathematicalconceptsand languages.HedevelopedtheGeneraltheoryofrelativity,whichisapartofmathematicsthatis devotedtofinitelygeneratedgroupsofgravitationandisthecurrentdescriptionofgravitationin modernphysicsHeiswellknownforhismass–energyequivalenceformulaE=mc2

HisNotableawardsaretheNobelPrizeinPhysics1921,whichisanawardthatisawardedoncea yearbytheRoyalSwedishacademyofsciences,itisoneoffiveNobelawardstheotherfourarein chemistry,literature,peace,andphysiology,anotherawardistheMetteucciMedal

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InEinstein'schildhoodhewenttoacatholicelementaryschoolfromagefivetoageeightandthen hewastransferredtoLuitpoldGymnasiumwhichisnowknownastheAlbertEinsteinGymnasium thiswaswherehereceivedprimaryandsecondaryschooleducationuntilheleftGermanyseven yearslater.Einsteindevelopedaloveformusicatanearlyage.Hismotherplayedpianoverywell andshewantedhersontolearntheviolin,notjusttoenrollhiminmusicbutalsotohelphim assimilateGermanculture.AccordingtohisconductorEinsteinissaidtohavebeenplayingsincehe wasfivebutEinsteindidnotenjoyitatthatage.WhenEinsteinturnedthirteenhediscoveredthe violinsonatasofMozartEinsteinimmediatelyfellinlovewithMozart'smusicAtageseventeenhe washeardbyaschoolexaminerinAarauasheplayedBeethoven'sviolinsonatas,theexaminersaid afterwardthathisplayingwasremarkableandrevealingof'greatinsight,whatstrucktheexaminer explainswasthatEinsteindisplayedadeeploveofthemusicaqualitythatwasandremainsinshort supply.Musicisthepossessedanunusualmeaningforthisstudent.OnApril17,1955Albert Einsteinexperiencedinternalbleedingcausedbyarupturewhichwaspreviouslysurgically reinforcedbyDr.RudolfNissenin1948.Hetookaspeechhewaspreparingforanappearanceon televisioncelebratingthestateofIsrael'sseventh

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Onthenightofhiselectoralvictory,followingthefirstdemocraticelectioninSouth Africaafteryearsofracistoligarchy,NelsonMandelabeganhisvictoryaddressinaconventional style:"MyfellowSouthAfricans–thepeopleofSouthAfrica"(Guardian 3May1994citedinBillig1997:97).HewentontodescribethenewSouthAfrica,"thetypeof SouthAfricawecanbuild"Fromhismessageitwasclearthatthecountryhespokeofhada unique,identifiableandaddressablepeople:"Thespeechappealedto'us',thepeople,thecountry, thenation.

SouthAfricaiscalledthe'RainbowNation'Thisisbecauseofitsmulticulturaldiversity,after differentgroupscamehereinpreviouscenturies.WearecalledtheRainbownation...showmore content

Discourseandsystemsofrepresentationsconstructplacesfromwhichindividualscanposition themselvesandfromwhichtheycanspeak(Woodward1997:36).Itinvolvesboththeuseof language,ofsignsandimageswhichstandfororrepresentthings(Hall1997:15)

Representationisthelinkbetweenconceptsandlanguagewhichenablesustorefertoeitherthe 'real'worldofobjects,peopleorevents,orindeedtoimaginaryworldsoffictionalobjects,people andevents(Hall1997:17).Whenconsideringthewaysinwhichtheimagesandlanguageactively constructmeaninginGenerations,itmustberememberedthattheprogrammedoesnotoperatein isolationThismeansthatthereisalreadyanexistingsetofassumptions,'common–knowledge', 'commonsense',generalknowledge,widespreadbeliefsandpopularattitudeswhichboththe producersandreceiversoftheprogrammepossessbeforecreating,andengagingrespectively,inthe textofGenerationsRepresentationisalsoideologicalbecauseofthetypesofstereotypescreated andthechoicesmadeastowhichfeaturesandwaysofunderstandingthesocialworldtoexcludeor include(BriggsandCobley1998:279).

Thestory'srevolvingaroundcharactersfromdifferentcolourgroups,verymuchfitsintotheideals ofa'rainbownation'Thevarietyof

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BiographyofNelsonMandelaEssay

Istartedmyjourneyoflifeintheearly90'sandeversinceIhavebeenupagainstbarriersandmet manydifferenttypesofcharacters.Allwiththeirpersonalgainisputfirstwithoutathoughtfor others.

Anywayslet'sstartfromthebeginning,Istartedmyeducationalcareerin1997atwelbourne primaryschool/boywasitfunithadeverythingakidcouldeverimagine,amassivesandbox,shiny newtricycles,superfastscootersandloadsandloadsofcolouredpaint.Itwasunbelievablewewere givenmilkandcookiesandwegottosingaswellasthefundamentalstepsoflife,thealphabetand numbers

Ihavealwaysbeenfondofthoseyearsandthejoyitbrought,butthepersonIwillalwaysremember MsKerion,shewastheshowmorecontent

WownowthisstageofmylifewhichmademewhoIamtoday,ithadthemostlifechanging experiencesuptothisdate,secondaryschool.MyveryfirstsecondaryschoolwasSalisbury,itwas saidthatitwasoneoftheworstperformingschoolsinthecountryandalsooneoftheworst behaved.Ididnotknowthisanddidn'tbelieveitbecauseIandmostofmyfriendshadachieved verygoodgradesinourSATS.IhadachievedlevelfiveinEnglish,fiveinscienceandfourin mathematics.AnywayswhenIfirststartedtheschoolwasthechitterchatterofotherpupilsandthe smellofschooldinnerswasasalwaysputrid.Thegreasetheyusedtofrymadetheairslimyandun–breathable

WhenIenteredthemassivegatestheimmensebuildingtoweredoverme.Ifelttinyincomparison justlikemyconfidenceatthetime,Iwasterrified.Myyearhadstartedadayearlierthantherestof theschoolsothatwecouldgettoknoweachotherbetterIhadalreadymadesomenewfriendsbutI hadalsomadeenemies.Meandmynewfriendsplayedsomefootballtogetheranditwasawesome theywereunstoppable(Iwasunstoppableaswell)andrightthereIknewImadefriendsforlifeOne ofmybestfriendswasaboycalledHanadhewasatallandmuscular,hehadfairskinlikecaramel butwasastoughasanut.HanadwasthecoolestboyIhadevermet,hewasthebestinourwhole yearatmost

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