Alexander the Great Alexander‚ the child of the Macedonian ruler Philip II‚ was conceived in Pella‚ the antiquated capital of Macedonia (Macedon). His initial years were used under the tutelage of the Grek savant Aristotle. In 336 B.c.‚ Philip was killed‚ and Alexander‚ then 20 years of age‚ accepted the throne. In the wake of solidifying his tenet over the Greek states‚ he attempted‚ in 334‚ a military crusade against the Persian Empire to the east. Alexander’s armed force‚ around 35‚000 in
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Olivier Clement. Project Alexander the Great Period 6 Alexander the Great was the ruler of Ancient Greece. He is considered one of the greatest military commanders in history. He was born in 365 BC and died in 323 BC. His style of administration and military skills impacted the world and set an example for rulers of all countries up to this day. Alexander’s reputation of being such a great ruler grew so quickly that by his death at 32 years old he seen as having godlike
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The Unbelievable Determination of Bethany Hamilton Specific Purpose Statement: After listening to my speech‚ the audience will be able to explain how even though Bethany Hamilton suffered a devastating injury that would have ended most people’s dream‚ she achieved success in her sport. Central Ideal: Bethany Hamilton overcame a traumatic injury and went on to reach her goal of becoming a professional surfer and uses her experience to inspire many people‚ including me. INTRODUCTION
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community and charity/organizations that provides the food the homeless. Everyone insist on practicing their constitutional rights‚ but City of Orlando Ordinance has really emplaced a restriction on the act of humanity and kindheartedness. The cities government has based their decision on the complaint of the community of Lake Eola Park. The intentions of the law was to prevent abusive use or overly excessive use by anyone in the community‚ being that an organization called “Food Not Bombs” gather at the
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Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell (March 3‚ 1847 - August 2‚ 1922) was a teacher‚ scientist‚ and inventor. He was the founder of the Bell Telephone Company. Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh‚ Scotland. His family was known for teaching people how to speak English clearly. Both his grandfather‚ Alexander Bell‚ and his father‚ Alexander Melville Bell‚ taught elocution. His father wrote often about this and is most known for his invention and writings of Visible Speech. In
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Bethany Hamilton is known for surviving a shark attack in which she lost her left arm and for overcoming the serious and debilitating injury to return to surfing. On October 31st 2003‚ Hamilton went for a morning surf with so close family friends. Around 7:30 am‚ she was lying sideways on her surfboard with her left arm hanging in the water‚ when a 15ft tiger shark attacked her‚ ripping her left arm off just below the shoulder. After returning to the water‚ Hamilton was pestered by friends to write
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Jane Wang Second draft research paper Jul 30h‚ 2012 Alexander McQueen “Creativity is a very fragile thing‚ and Lee was very fragile‚” said the milliner Philip Treacy‚ who had worked with Alexander McQueen. McQueen‚ a British genius fashion designer creating a large amount of provocative works in last two decades‚ committed a suicide because of the suicide of Isabella Blow and the loss of his mother‚ who were two important supporters of his design (Wilson 89)
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Alexander Grothendieck Alexander Grothendieck is a prominent mathematician who is well known for his theories in algebraic geometry‚ homological algebra and functional analysis. He was born in the capital of Germany‚ Berlin‚ in 1928‚ one year before the Wall Street Crash of 1929. Grothendieck’s parents were Sascha Shapiro and Hanka Grothendieck. Shapiro was a Russian anarchist of Jewish decent‚ prosecuted by the Czar and later by the Bolsheviks. He’d lost his left arm during an attempted prison
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Monica Guerra Fashion Industry December 15‚ 2012 Alexander McQueen Alexander McQueen was born March 17‚ 1969 in Lewisham‚ London. He was the youngest of six children. He knew he wanted to be a fashion designer when he started making dresses for his three sisters at a young age. He left school at 16 to go on an apprenticeship with Savile Row where he earned his reputation in the fashion world. He attended Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and earned a masters degree in fashion
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LAB 9: Preparatin of synthetic Banana oil NAME: VINCENT NSIAH TA: JEREMIAH KARANJA DATE: NOVEMBER 16TH‚ 2013 Abstract The purpose of this lab was to determine whether a sufficiently pure sample of synthetic banana oil could be prepared through Fisher Esterification. During the experiment‚ the reaction mixture was purified through an extraction workup‚ and according to the instructor
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