Bill Gates‚ the co-founder and one-time CEO of Microsoft Corporation‚ is a man that I have admired from the moment I first heard about him. Bill along with his long time friend Paul Allen founded Micro-soft in 1975. Guided by a belief that the personal computer would be a valuable tool on every office desktop and in every home‚ they began developing software for personal computers. In America today‚ 2 out of every 3 homes have a computer. Gates’ foresight and vision regarding personal computing
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RESTRICTED INTERNAL USE ONLY BILL FRENCH Bill French picked up the phone and called his boss‚ Wes Davidson‚ controller of DuoProducts Corporation. “Wes‚ I’m all set for the meeting this afternoon. I’ve put together a set of break-even statements that should really make people sit up and take notice – and I think they’ll be able to understand them‚ too.” After a brief conversation‚ French concluded the call and turned to his charts for one last checkout before the meeting. French had been hired
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Positive versus Negative According to the bill itself‚ the RH Bill aims to achieve the objectives which are: 1) provide different mediums to parents in order for them to plan for the number and birth spacing of their children; 2) allow women to finish their education and secure work after; 3) develop maternal‚ neonatal and child health; 4) reduce mortalities involving mothers and children; 5) eliminate abortion cases by averting unwanted pregnancies and; 6) alleviate poverty and hunger. In the promotion
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Franklin Drilon said there is a need to pass the sin tax bill as soon as possible to address the P24-billion financial gap on the health sector. The Department of Health has been allocated with P54 billion for 2013 but Drilon said the agency requires P77.4 billion for it to enrol 5.2 million families more in PhilHealth‚ construct/repair regional and provincial hospitals and fund immunization programs. “So‚ if we don’t get additional budget under the sin tax‚ we would not be able to address the budget
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Bill Gates We read books for a number of reasons but usually because we want to or we have to. When you pick up a book it falls into one of three types‚ dependent on whether it is a want to or a have to type of book. First there’s the kind of book you pick up and like the look of but then the first chapter is so bad that you have to put it down because you are either too confused by the plot or you discover it has been written in some obscure untranslatable language. The second type is where
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Bill Gates HISTORY William Henry "Bill" Gates III was born in 1955 in Seattle. He grew up in an upper middle-class family with two sisters: Kristianne‚ who is older‚ and Libby‚ who is younger. His father was a prominent lawyer and mother served on the board of directors of national bank. He was excellent in all subjects at school. At Lakeside School which he attended‚ a Seattle computer company offered to provide computer time for the students. That ’s where his interest in computers
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Bill of Rights A democracy must ensure that individuals have certain rights and that the government will always recognize these rights. Therefore it is often a practice in most democratic countries to list the rights of the citizens in the constitution itself. Such a list of rights mentioned and protected by the constitution is called the ‘bills of rights. A bill of rights prohibits government from thus acting against the rights of the individuals and ensures a remedy in case there is violation
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Today marks the 300th anniversary of the ratification Constitution and the bill of rights. To celebrate this day we are going to look through the years on how these documents helped create the identity of America. National governments and the state of the specific duties and powers as well as sharing the same laws‚ not laws adopted in accordance with the Constitution‚ the supreme law of the country. Creating three distinct branches; the legislative‚ executive and judicial. Each branch has specific
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Good grief! Less than two weeks after it was enacted into law‚ the still controversial Reproductive Health Law‚ otherwise known as Republic Act No. 10354 or the “Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of The RH law is now in the hands of our Supreme Court justices. Though I’m an atheist let me say this: “God help us…” 2012″‚ was challenged as unconstitutional in the Supreme Court on the ground that it “mocks the nation’s Filipino culture”. This is unbelievable. No‚ this ismadness
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Down syndrome Down syndrome is one of the most common genetic disorders‚ occurring one in every 600 births (Davis‚ 2008). 3‚500-5‚000 children are born with Down syndrome every year in the United States alone (Pueschel‚ 2008). Down syndrome or mongolism was first identified by John Langdon Down in 1866 although the syndrome has been around for many centuries. In fact‚ according to many paintings dated back to the sixteenth century show pictures of children with Down syndrome like features (Carr
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