So what do billionaires spend their money on? Paul Allen may not be a household name. but he is one of the world’s richest and most influential men‚ with a wealth of interests and a gift for ideas. Paul Allen is the computer genius who‚ with Bill Gates‚ launched Microsoft‚ the world’s largest producer of software‚ in 1975. Since then‚ he has built up a fortune estimated at the turn of the century to be worth over $30 billion. Allen was Vice-President in charge of research and product development
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Regional Green Building Case Study Project: A post‐occupancy study of LEED projects in Illinois Year 1 Final Report Fall 2009 A collaboration between With the generous support of Acknowledgements Several organizations and individuals contributed to the success of this project. Please accept our gratitude for helping to make this project possible: Project Supporter Grand Victoria Foundation Project Partners U.S. Green Building Council‐Chicago Chapter
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Paul Allen co-founded the Microsoft Corporation with Bill Gates (1955- ) ‚ adapting existing programming languages such as BASIC‚ which was originally written for mainframe computers‚ into software suitable for personal computers. Such innovations enabled the software industry to become established and expand as a viable business‚ strengthening the American economy and creating new groups of computer entrepreneurs and users. As personal computers became more affordable and accessible during the 1980s
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The early 20th century in France was a cultural moment which artists and aesthetic sensibilities influenced each other‚ especially in costume. The French couturier‚ Paul Poiret (1879-1944)‚ born in Paris to a cloth merchant had the good fortune of being immersed in the traditions of the French couture. As a young boy‚ Poiret was fascinated with color‚ design‚ and fabric. He experimented with scraps of fabric on a wooden mannequin during the first job for an umbrella maker. His first break came when
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Paul McCartney was born June 18‚ 1942‚ in Liverpool‚ England. His work with the Beatles in the 1960s helped lift popular music from its origins in the entertainment business and transform it into a creative‚ highly commercial art form. He is also one of the most popular solo performers of all time in terms of both sales of his recordings and attendance at his concerts. Paul McCartney began his lifelong love affair with music at an early age. Although he took formal music lessons as a boy‚ the future
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Paul Revere Paul Revere was born on Jan. 1‚ 1735 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. His parents were Paul Revere (Apollos Rivoire) and Deborah Revere. Paul Revere’s only sibling was Deborah. As a boy‚ Paul Revere went to an “Infant School” until he was 7 or 8. Then he changed schools and went to “North Writing” (an all boy school). When he was 15 his father died and he had to take care of the family. He took over the family business as a gold and silversmith. For extra money he took the job of a
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“Few prime ministers have provoked such strong public reactions as Paul Keating”. David Day. Keating’s left-wing political beliefs stemmed from his pro-Labor‚ Catholic‚ working-class family background. Having left school at 15 after completing his Leaving Certificate‚ Keating went to work‚ studied electrical engineering at night‚ and joined his father in supporting the Labor party. Through his political interests‚ Keating met former controversial state Labor party leader‚ Jack Lang who took
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Green technology can be defined as any technology that is friendly to the environment; it may also be called clean technology. The field of "green technology" encompasses a continuously evolving group of methods and materials‚ from techniques for generating energy to non-toxic cleaning products(Green Technology 2010) Green technology can be found almost anywhere and some examples of green technology are‚ green energy‚ green building‚ green chemistry‚ and green nanotechnology. Green energy can be
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Nickesha Larmond Paul and Peter Background information about Paul Paul whose name was Saul was an early Christian missionary and theologian‚ known as the Apostle to the Gentiles was born a Jew in Tarsus‚ Rome. As a minor‚ he was trained as a rabbi but earned his living as a tentmaker. A zealous Pharisee‚ he persecuted the first Christians until a vision of Jesus‚ experienced while on the road to Damascus‚ converted him to Christianity. Three years later he met St. Peter and Jesus ’ brother
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Giving a helping hand In today’s society‚ “going green” has ultimately become the latest and greatest fad sweeping the nation; from recyclable grocery bags to vegetable oil being used as gasoline replacement‚ our society is slowly coming together to accommodate our environment. As we have seen in the last decade our world’s lack of natural resources and pollution problems have become a huge ordeal. Having to find alternatives from gasoline‚ for example‚ could potentially help our economic recession
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