& Melinda Gates Foundation is a foundation that supports other organizations who share its guiding belief that every life has equal value. Located in Seattle‚ Washington‚ the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have an asset trust endowment of 36.2 billion dollars as of September 30‚ 2012. It supports grantees in all 50 states and 100 countries internationally in areas of global development‚ global health‚ United States program‚ and a smaller charitable support initiative sector. Bill Gates‚ Melinda Gates
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Memories are more important than history in showing us our past. Do you agree with this statement based on your reading of the Fiftieth Gate? History alone is insufficient in understanding the past as it discounts the personal perspective that memory provides. However‚ this distinctiveness results in varying viewpoints of individual or collective memories‚ making memory alone insignificant as it does not have a singular truth. Memory forms the basis of history‚ while history clarifies certain
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the way for the future. Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft‚ one of the largest software companies of our generation. While Gates is most notable for founding Microsoft‚ he has made quite the philanthropic impact on healthcare‚ education‚ and the technology industry to name a few. Nowadays‚ he works full time at his charitable foundation‚ Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation‚ in order tackle local and global issues through collaboration and innovation. Bill Gates possesses the traits necessary
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BENSON Bill Gates and Steve Jobs When IBM wanted an operating system for its Personal Computer‚ it turned to Gates. When Apple needed software for its Macintosh‚ it gave Microsoft a test model to use in writing the programs. Gates helped with the design of Radio Shack’s Model 100‚ the first truly portable computer… Thanks to that business (and more)‚ Gates… has become America’s software tycoon.1 — 1984 Time article‚ “Bill Gates: A Hard-Core Technoid” Jobs is‚ in a sense‚ the anti-Gates: a master of
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What Happened To “All Men Are Created Equal”? Both Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” and the essay “In the Kitchen” by Henry Louis Gates help give readers an image of life in America as outsiders‚ as minorities‚ as black. In the letter that Martin Luther King writes to the clergymen from the Birmingham Jail‚ he begins by calling them “men of genuine good will‚” and claims that he knows their “criticisms are sincerely set forth.” Dr. King tries to remain polite but an undertone
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business operation. Golden Gate Park is a fine example when talking about concession management because the park has many different businesses and festivals. Golden Gate Park was created in the 1870’s because San Franciscans believed they needed a park much like New York’s Central Park. The park was created from sand dunes and shores that were known as the ‘Outside Lands’. At 1‚000 acres long the park stands a symbol for natural beauty. Throughout the years Golden Gate Park has attracted many entertaining
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Profile Pirates of Silicon Valley Andrea Odunze 2nd April 2013 Entrepreneurial Profile Pirates of Silicon Valley Andrea Odunze 2nd April 2013 Bill Gates Bill Gates was born William Henry Gates the third on the 28th of October ‚1955 to his parents Mary Gates‚ who was a professor and businesswoman and William Gates II‚ who was a prominent lawyer of his time (Summers). Bill was enrolled in the prestigious Lakeside School of Seattle in 1967 because he showed signs of intelligence
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documented evidence and personal experiences and memories. In Mark Baker’s nonfiction biography ‘The Fiftieth Gate’ (1997)‚ and Roman Polanski’s film ‘The Pianist’ (2002) have both reconstructed the past through a combination of memories and historical documentation. The interplay of historical documentation and memories is critical for an accurate portrayal of an event. ‘The Fiftieth Gate’ follows Baker’s own investigation into the history and memories of his parents to understand the events of
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My first reaction to having to read True Education by Ellen G. White was “oh great‚ I have to read another Ellen White book.” Throughout my life I was preached at about how Ellen White said such and such‚ meaning if I do not follow what she says I am rebel and unrighteous person. With this being said‚ I am glad that I was able to put my negative thoughts aside and dig deep into the topics‚ because after reading the book I have gained some new ideas and perspectives on how to go about educating in
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The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate‚ the opening of the San Francisco bay into the Pacific Ocean. The Golden Gate Bridge was the longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed in 1937‚ and has become one of the most internationally recognized symbols of San Francisco‚ California‚ and of the United States‚ San Francisco’s city engineer estimated the cost at $100 million‚ impractical for the time‚ and fielded the question to bridge engineers of
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