investor‚ computer programmer‚ and inventor. Gates dropped out of college and co-founded a company in 1976‚ called Microsoft with his good friend Paul Allen. This company later became the largest PC software company on earth. Gates had many positions during his career at Microsoft. He was CEO‚ chairman‚ and chief software architect. Microsoft had a big break in 1980 when the company IBM came up to them for a new operating system for all of the new computers. Microsoft became one of the main software
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You’re on your own‚and you know what you know.”What was it like before 9/11 that’s different from now and the future? When will America become a home‚ or how will America become superior? Who will change America? Why should America change? Back before 9/11‚ many people didn’t care about race‚religion‚etc. We were like one big family‚ but after 9/11‚ more people became more guarded and cantankerous. People became more judgmental amongst others. Then people try to prove who’s superior‚ who had control
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the funeral‚ everyone would wear black because it symbolized that a tragedy has happened (Secara). It also symbolized grieving and sympathy. Death during the Elizabethan Era was often caused by two things: a disease or old age. However‚ there have been many aspects about funerals that have changed with the advancement in society. Some of these changes are: the way wills are now written‚ the preservation of the corpses‚ and the inconsistent‚ or absence of‚ markers for the grave. If the death was
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the reason why Japan was able to modernize its industry‚ military and government to the point where they were able to compete with the west‚ while the rest of Asia lagged behind was due to the fact that they were flexible. They realized that in order to become more powerful than the west they needed to modernize and get their technology‚ industry‚ military and government up to date so they could improve and become more advanced than the other world powers. They knew that if they continued living
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comfortable. The lightbulb’s beauty was its small capacity. It wasn’t bright enough to reach cows a few miles away‚ but it had an even‚ steady glow that could illuminate a living room full of guests.” Sunsets began to mark the beginning of a social life and got rid of the fear that was associated with night. Businesses began to work well at 8 in the afternoon just as well as it would at 8 in the morning‚ employers added overnight shifts‚ and manufacturers saw that they could maximize their
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go to a tennis summer camp. I was scared‚ like most kids are when they start something new‚ but at that time sports were already so familiarized in my brain that I knew I would figure it out and have a fun time doing it. Little did I know that this sport would change my life forever. Coming to the summer camp I had little expectations of what tennis was like‚ I knew a ball had to go over a net to another person‚ but that was about it. I quickly noticed that I liked the surface of the court‚ it was
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leader (1162-1277). He also know as the greatest Asian and his real name was Temujin. He conquered China and Central Asia and more . The Mongols controlled between 11 and 12 continuous square miles. Total‚ is it a size of Africa. The question is “How Did He Change The World?”. Genghis Khan protected Buddhists‚ Muslim‚ Christians and Hindus. They create more new technology like : Guns‚ gun powder‚ men wore silk shirt to battle. He established paper money and trading between different nations and is it
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turning point in America and Europe that affected how the people in these two areas lived for the good and bad of many. Machines during the Industrial Revolution set the standard for what the future would hold for America and Europe‚ but would not only would their futures be changed but the outcomes of their revolution would spread causing a global revolution. The machines brought about not only a huge growth in modernization‚ but a huge change in the lives of the working class throughout America
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Ecological Restoration How can we envision an ecological restoration of both physical environment and philosophical/spiritual thought models? Overpopulation‚ overexploitation‚ and human consumption are all contributing to the downfall of our now extremely misused planet. All organisms are now being exposed to drastic environmental changes‚ ones that our ancestors have never experienced. The stability of the Earth has been decreasing severely in the past few centuries because of mankind’s impact
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clear that Japan would abolish feudalism and modernise into an industrial society. This period in which Japan borrowed ideas from the West and reformed in such a short time is called the ‘Meiji Restoration’. Japan for some time was considered too remote and poor to be subjected to Western Imperialism. However Emperor Meiji and his advisors made it clear that they were determined to adapt selected features of Western civilisation to become a powerful nation‚ while still keeping Japans individuality
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