Biographies
Study the biographies of people who have significantly influenced global change. Such people have appeared at all times throughout human history to give the world something new and unexplored.
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Learning from Helen Keller
LEARNING FROM HELEN KELLER Brandon Facilitated Communication Institute Helen Keller is probably the most universally recognized disabled person of the twentieth century. (Others such as Franklin Roosevelt were equally well-known, but Keller is remembered primarily for her accomplishments which are disability-related.) Those of us who have grown up in the last half of this century have only known Keller as a figure of veneration. We know her primarily through popularized versions of her life such
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Lebron James
LeBron James was born on December 30, 1984, in Akron, Ohio. His mother was Gloria James who was only 16 at the time. His father was Anthony McClelland. Gloria raised LeBron on her own. Life was often a struggle for LeBron and his mother. LeBron James, who has been called "the best high school player ever," is a creative dunker with the explosiveness of Jordan and the passing ability of Magic Johnson. Not since Kareem
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Legalization of Drugs: The Myths and The Facts
Legalization Of Drugs: The Myths And The Facts Robert L. Maginnis, Familly Research Council http://www.sarnia.com/groups/antidrug/argument/myths.html Despite data which strongly supports the continuation of effective drug abuse prevention, treatment and enforcement programs, some prominent Americans support legalizing illicit drugs. For example: George Shultz, former President Reagan's Secretary of State, says that "Legalization would destroy dealer profits and remove their incentive to get young people addicted."[1] Nobel laureate in economics Milton Friedman says that the criminalization of
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Legalizing Gay Marriages
Legalizing Gay Marriages A topic that is greatly debated in America is the issue of marriage between same sex couples. While three fourths of the country is supportive of gay rights, including housing, jobs, public accommodations, and government benefits, less than half of the country is for gay marriage. The reason that people who are for gay rights change their mind on the topic of marriage is because they are uncomfortable with it. The
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Legend
"I want to be a revolutionary." Said a young Tupac Shakur. From the earliest age, Tupac wanted greatness and nothing less. Tupac Amaru Shakur was born June 16, 1971 at New York University Hospital. His name, Tupac Amaru was an Inca name meaning "Shining Serpent" and Shakur meant "Thankful to God". Tupac had a rough childhood. From the day he was born, things were rough. His mother, Afeni Shakur, was a member of the Black
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Legislative Process to Restrict the Amount of Standardized Testing
Standardized Testing Legislative Process to restrict the amount of standardized testing What change do want and why? Rationale Standardized tests are notorious among young people as being unhelpful and restricts the education system from moving forward with society. The Council of Student Advocates (CSA), works on improving the lives of high school students and believes that the students should have the right to decide how they want to be educated. Afterall, they are the ones
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Lena Mary Calhoun Horne
Singer/actress Lena Horne's primary occupation was nightclub entertaining, a profession she pursued successfully around the world for more than 60 years, from the 1930s to the 1990s. In conjunction with her club work, she also maintained a recording career that stretched from 1936 to 2000 and brought her three Grammys, including a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1989; she appeared in 16 feature films and several shorts between 1938 and 1978; she performed occasionally on
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Leni Riefenstahl
Leni Riefenstahl Leni Riefenstahl, a dazzling individual that has lived through and experienced many things that no other person may have. She has lived through the World War One, Great Depression, Nazi Germany, World War Two, the Cold war and September 11. However, what fascinates historians and people all over was her involvement and relationship with Hitler and the Nazis party. This report will look over Leni’s early to role as director of her Infamous
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Leo Semyonovich Vygotsky
Theorist Paper: Vygotsky Leo Semyonovich Vygotsky was a Russian developmental psychologist, discovered by the Western world in the 1960s. An important thinker, he pioneered the idea that the intellectual development of children is a function of human communities, rather than of individuals. It is now thought that Vygotsky's contributions have been vital in furthering our understanding of child development, and that his ideas were not only ahead of his time but also ahead of
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Leonardo Da Vinci
"Leonardo da Vinci...oh yeah, that is the guy who painted the Mona Lisa!" That was all I knew about Leonardo da Vinci before I started this report. I knew that he lived during the Renaissance and that he was a very important man, but that is about it. There is so much more about Leonardo that he is known for, other than him being the painter of the famous Mona Lisa. Leonardo was a universal
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Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the greatest and most ingenious men that history has produced. His contributions in the areas of art, science, and humanity are still among the most important that a single man has put forth, definitely making his a life worth knowing. Da Vinci, born on April 15, 1452, is credited with being a master painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, and scientist. He was born an illegitimate child to Catherina, a
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Leonardo Da Vinci
Always thinking, many works unfinished, lived in many places, this was the life of Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci had a powerful mind and was a very curious and daring boy. Leonardo was so curious about flying, he jumped off a barn with wings that he made by himself. Leonardo loved nature and exploring. He would also like to draw geometrical shapes. Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 in Vinci, Italy. Vinci was
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Leonardo Da Vinci
The illegitimate son of a 25-year-old notary, Ser Piero, and a peasant girl, Caterina, Leonardo was born on April 15, 1452, in Vinci, Italy, just outside Florence. His father took custody of the little fellow shortly after his birth, while his mother married someone else and moved to a neighboring town. They kept on having kids, although not with each other, and they eventually supplied him with a total of 17 half sisters and brothers..
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Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was a man ahead of his time, and against all odds prevailed over skeptics and used his ideas to make the modern world what it is today. He was making advancements that we have only mastered six hundred years after his death. He was a genius of his time and a genius of even our modern day. In the 1400’s when he was flourishing with new ideas and concepts, people of his
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Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was born April 15, 1452.Leonardo da Vinci was educated in his father's house receiving the usual elementary education of reading, writing and arithmetic. In 1467 he became an apprentice learning painting, sculpture and acquiring technical and mechanical skills. He was accepted into the painters' guild in Florence in 1472 but he continued to work as an apprentice until 1477. From that time he worked for himself in Florence as a painter. Already
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Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was an all around Renaissance Man, who accomplished many things during his life. He was a celebrated painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, scientist and inventor. Innovations of his paintings influenced Italian art a century after his death. His scientific studies such as anatomy, optics, and hydraulics led to the development of modern science. He was born in a town in Tuscany, near Florence. His dad was a wealthy Florentine notary, and his
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Leonardo Da Vinci
Artists have always found it difficult to make a living off their art. Even a master like Leonardo was forced to sell out in order to support himself, so he adapted his drawing skills to the more lucrative fields of architecture, military engineering, canal building and weapons design. Although a peacenik at heart, Leonardo landed a job working for the Duke of Milan by calling himself a military engineer and outlining some of his sinister
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Leonardo Da Vinci
The life of the extremely talented artist, and brilliant scientist, Leonardo da Vinci began on the date of April 15, 1452 during the Renaissance; in the town of Vinci, Italy. His parents were Peiro da Vinci, and a beautiful young woman named Caterina. From a very young age he discovered his artistic skills and became an apprentice to a famous Renaissance master. For many years he worked on very beautiful paintings for people such as
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Leonardo Da Vinci - Renaissance Man
There are not many men in the history of the world that have inspired, influenced and revolutionized the modern world as Leonardo da Vinci has. His works in Arts, Science, Engineering and many others has influenced many people in their respective fields. His works in Engineering such as the designing of a machine that can fly has gone on to influence the Wright brothers who invented the airplane. His research in Anatomy and other biological
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Leonardo Davinci and the Notion of Freedom
Leonardo Davinci and the notion of freedom Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519), Florentine artist of the Renaissance (the period of Western European history stretching from the early 14th century to the mid to late 16th century), a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and scientist. His deep love for nature, knowledge, research and experience, was the central reason of both his artistic and scientific accomplishments. " Though I have no power to quote from authors as they do
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Leroy Anderson
Leroy Anderson was born June 29, 1908 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His parents, as children, immigrated to the United States from Sweden with their families. His father, Bror Anton Anderson, worked as a postal clerk in the Central Square post office. He also played the mandolin. Anna Margareta Anderson, his mother, was the organist at the Swedish church in Cambridge. He lived in the suburbs of Boston for twenty seven years with his parents and brother.
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Level of Strategy
CHUAN YANG SHR247 Professor Michael Chewens 20/04/2015 BB#5 Blackboard Assignment #5 Level of Strategy As one of the largest global courier delivery services companies around the world, United Parcel Service (UPS) operates on a business level of strategy rather than a corporate level. After viewing and evaluating whole business activities of UPS, UPS pursues an integrated cost leadership/differentiation strategy of business strategy. Because integrated cost leadership/differentiation strategy is an action plan the firm develops to
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Life and Accomplishments of Gaius Julius Caesar
Life and Accomplishments of Gaius Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar was a brilliant general, a great politician, and a powerful dictator of the Roman republic. He was born on July 17, 100 BC and he was assassinated on March 15, 44 BC. Caesar's rise to power was not an easy one, in 73 BC he was made a pontiff in Rome. He gained alot of popularity because of this and because he sided with those
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Life and Contributions of A.V. Feigenbaum
Armand V. Feigenbaum – Life and Contributions Armand Feigenbaum was born in 1922. Feigenbaum was the first to define a systems engineering approach to quality. Feigenbaum’s concept of total quality control, known today as total quality management (TQM), combines management methods and economic theory with organizational principles. Feigenbaum’s career initiated his significant contributions to total quality management. He began his career with General Electric (GE) in 1937 as an apprentice toolmaker and management intern with
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Life and Creative Way of Frederick Chopin
Childhood and young years Friderik Chopin was born near Warsaw in the name Zhelyazova Volya. Contested by three dates of his birth. Official metric found in Brohovskom parish church, said about the same as letters and family traditions. Until now, we do not know whether it was a sunny day 1 March, 1810, or a dull day 1 March, 1809, or, finally, 22 Feb, 1810. The father of the composer - Nikolai Chopin - a
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Life and Death and Coming of Age
cThe following is excerpted from the eNotes "Themes" pages on Sebold's novel. In addition to the themes you mention here, there is also analysis of other major themes which include "life and death" and "coming of age" as well as a number of others. You can read more by visiting the link below.The following is excerpted from the eNotes "Themes" pages on Sebold's novel. In addition to the themes you mention here, there is also
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Life and Philosophy of J.D. Salinger
LIFE AND PHILOSOPHY OF J.D. SALINGER J.D. Salinger is one of the most renowned writers of his time. J. D. Salinger is most known for his controversial in the Catcher in the Rye. Salinger is also known for many of his writings such as Franney and Zooey, Nine Stories, and Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters. The summer of 1930 he was voted "The Most Popular Writer". "Salinger is a beautifully deft, professional who gives
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Life and Times
LETTER III To Mrs. Saville, England July 7th, 17--. My dear Sister,-- I write a few lines in haste to say that I am safe -- and well advanced on my voyage. This letter will reach England by a merchantman now on its homeward voyage from Archangel; more fortunate than I, who may not see my native land, perhaps, for many years. I am, however, in good spirits: my men are bold and apparently firm
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Life and Times of Adolf
Adolf Hitler was born a child on April 20, 1889 in a “Modest Inn” located in the town of Braunavon, Germany. Hitler grew up in a household of seven people, five of which were siblings. He had a little brother Edmund. One younger sister named Paula. One older half-brother named Alois, Jr and one older half sister named Angela. This family of seven lived on a little farm located in Limbach, Austria. He had
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Life as a Princess
Cassandra Sutton English 10- 3rd hour March 14, 2007 Life as A Princess Even before Grace Kelly married a prince, she had the characteristics of a princess. Frank Sinatra once commented, "Grace was a princess from the moment she was born." She had remarkable elegance and sophistication that made her different from other Hollywood actresses. Some say she had a bit of fire beneath her charm. Alfred Hitchcock, who directed her in three films, called
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