Jonathan Vogel BOTE 102 Keyboarding Tim Schilling Assignment 1 Christopher Latham Sholes: Father of the typewriter I have always wondered; why is the keyboard arranged the way it is? The alphabet is arranged in an ABCDE format while the keyboard is laid out in the QWERTY format. After doing a little online research‚ I have found the answer. The reason that most keyboards are in the QWERTY format is due to Christopher Sholes‚ the inventor of the typewriter. Christopher was born in
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Biography of Winston Churchill The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965)‚ the son of Lord Randolph Churchill and an American mother‚ was educated at Harrow and Sandhurst. After a brief but eventful career in the army‚ he became a Conservative Member of Parliament in 1900. He held many high posts in Liberal and Conservative governments during the first three decades of the century. At the outbreak of the Second World War‚ he was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty -
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59 year old‚ American male‚ who grew up in a tough Miami Florida neighborhood with his brother‚ Joey. He was raised Roman Catholic and still practices his faith (Biography for Mickey Rourke‚ 2012). Rourke is an actor‚ screenwriter‚ and retired boxer who primarily appears as a leading man in action‚ drama‚ and thriller films (Biography for Mickey Rourke‚ 2012). Mickey has received severe facial injuries‚ and more than one concussion‚ during his boxing career. He is extroverted and scales high in
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Book Arrangement: Stalin: A Biography is structured with a complex system of parts‚ chapters‚ and subchapters. Five parts are broken down into 55 descriptive chapters‚ each one highlighting a different prominent event or idea in Joseph Stalin’s life. As expected from such a substantial number of chapters‚ this book presents a plethora of information regarding Joseph Stalin’s personal life and political career. The novel follows chronological order of his life as it journeys from his disturbed childhood
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What was Shakespeare Biography? Who was William Shakespeare? Where was he born? Where did he go to school? How did William Shakespeare live his life from the beginning to the ending? William Shakespeare’s life became a great mystery with lack of evidence to support any findings. His schooling‚ his family and parents will be revealed in my paper. Who were William Shakespeare’s parents? The parents of Mr. Shakespeare were John Shakespeare and Mary Arden Shakespeare. Mary Arden married William
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Cited: “Audrey Hepburn Biography (1929-93).” Biography.com. 1996-2000. Accessed 3 April 2008. http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9335788 Audrey Hepburn Children’s Fund. “Audrey Hepburn: The UNICEF Years.” 2006. Accessed 3 April 2008. http://www.audreyhepburn.com/html/unicef/index.html “Audrey Hepburn Falls into The Gap.” Msnbc.msn.com. 4 Oct. 2006. Accessed 3 April 2008. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14854161/ Jackson‚ Denny. “Biography for Audrey Hepburn.” The Internet Movie
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Social Theorist Karl Marx The social theorist I chose to do my paper on is Karl Marx. Marx was born in Trier‚ Rhenish Prussia‚ on May 5‚ 1818. Marx was the son of Heinrich Marx‚ a lawyer‚ and Henriette Marx. Heinrich and Henriette Marx were descendants from a long line of Jewish rabbis. His father was banned from practicing law because he was a Jew. Marx’s father converted his family to Lutheranism. Marx attended a Lutheran elementary school and later became an atheist and materialist‚ rejecting
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the Raymond C Brock Commission given by the American Choral Directors Association‚ awarded in 2001‚ as well as numerous other awards from the ACDA‚ the Barlow international composition competition‚ and American Composers’ Forum. (Official Website Biography) Although Whitacre is known for his choral works‚ he also writes and composes for wind ensembles‚ full orchestras‚ a full musical titled "Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings"‚ as well as pieces for solo voice and supporting instrumentals. The most known
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Biography: Mary Rowlandson was born circa 1637-1638 in England. With her parents John and Joan White‚ she sailed for Salem in 1639. Joseph Rowlandson became a minister in 1654 and two years later he and Mary were married. They had a child‚ Mary‚ who lived for three years; their other children were Joseph‚ b. 1661; Mary‚ b. 1665; Sarah‚ b. 1669. At the time of their capture‚ the children were 14‚ 10‚ and 6. In 1675 Joseph Rowlandson. went to Boston to beg for help from the Massachusetts General
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Alessandro Volta Biography Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Volta was an Italian scientist that is known for inventing the first battery. Volta was born into a noble family in Como‚ Italy on February 18‚ 1785. When Volta was twenty-nine years old he became a physics professor at the ‘Royal School’ in Como‚ Italy. He studied chemistry gases in the years of 1776 through 1778. By 1778‚ Volta managed to make an electrical spark using methane‚ which he discovered in 1776 by collecting the gas from
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