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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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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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.
METHODOLOGY
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
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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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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