Venus Williams was born on June 17‚ 1980‚ in Lynwood‚ California. Her father was a former sharecropper who introduced Williams to tennis on the public courts near Compton‚ LA. She turned pro in 1994‚ and has since won seven Grand Slam titles‚ including five Wimbledon championships‚ as well as four Olympic gold medals (three with her sister‚ Serena). Williams lives in Palm Beach‚ Florida. She was born Venus Ebony Starr Williams on June 17‚ 1980‚ in Lynwood‚ California. Since turning pro in 1994‚ Venus
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I read the book Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert. This book was not what I was anticipating. I expected someone to be describing why some people are happier or seem to be happier than others and that was not the case. This book‚ to me‚ was more about each person’s perception of happiness is different so no one can really say I’m happier or this made me happier than them. We each experience things differently due to how much it means or doesn’t mean to us. Situations are not always what they
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE William Shakespeare was born in April of 1564. There is no specific date of birth because at that time the only date of importance was the date of baptism‚ though infants often were baptized when they were three days old. Shakespeare’s baptismal date was April 26‚ 1564. Shakespeare was born in the village of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire. At the time of his birth‚ the village had a population of 1500 people‚ and only 200 houses. Shakespeare’s father
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William Morris Research Paper William Morris was a poet‚ artist‚ manufacturer‚ and socialist during the mid to late 19th century. He was most active as a wallpaper and textile designer and later in his life a graphic designer. Morris was born March of 1834 in Walthamstow‚ which was near to London. He lived with his wealthy family near London and learned to read at a young age. He later attended Oxford where he met is friend‚ Edward Burne-Jones‚ who would later become one of the greatest
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Hands After Touching” by William Harris‚ is a mind blowing article that shows how every day of people’s lives they get germs from all the things they touch and how it can affect them. The article titled‚ “ ‘Harmless’ Things You Should Really Wash Your Hands After Touching” by William Harris‚ is a mind blowing article that shows how every day of people’s lives they get germs from all the things they touch and how it can affect them. According to the author of this article‚ William Harris‚ he claims that
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Agency Theory A theory that explains the relationship between principals and agents in business (In this relationship‚ the principal hires an agent to do the work‚ or to perform a task the principal is unable or unwilling to do. For example‚ in corporations‚ the principals are the shareholders of a company‚ delegating to the agent i.e. the management of the company‚ to perform tasks on their behalf.) Agency theory is concerned with resolving problems that can exist in agency relationships;
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Research Paper-William James William James‚ an American psychologist and philosopher was born on January 11‚ 1842 at the Astor House in New York City. His father James Sr. is described as an independently wealthy and notoriously eccentric Swedenborgian theologian well acquainted with the literary and intellectual elites of his day. (wikipedia‚ 2011‚ p.1) The James family were remarkable epistolary of talents. His brother became a prominent novelist and his sister publicly published a diary. James
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William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised) – 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright‚ widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England’s national poet and the "Bard of Avon"His extant works‚ including some collaborations‚ consist of about 38 plays‚ 154 sonnets‚ two long narrative poems‚ and a few other verses‚ the authorship of some of which is uncertain. His plays have been translated into every major living
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William Carey He … Changed the World An uneducated shoe maker‚ William Carey‚ changed the world. From the time of Jesus until the year 1800‚ two-thirds of the world had not heard of Jesus Christ. Around 1800 that began to change. Today two-thirds of the world has heard of the Lord Jesus1 (of course‚ a third still has not heard‚ so there is a lot of work left to do). What happened around 1800? A small pamphlet was published entitled‚ An Enquiry into the Obligation of Christians to
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The True Side of William Carlos Williams This is Just to Say I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold William Carlos Williams’ poem‚ This is Just to Say‚ is a cleverly written poem apologizing for eating someone’s plums. Because of the way the note is written‚ it seems as if the recipient of this note is possibly a girlfriend. He tries to tell her that he is very
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