Entrepreneur Biography: Stephen Fung & Louis Leung. ENT526 - 011 Background Stephen Fung is a software architect and developer who was born in Toronto along side his best friend and eventual co-founder of Archon Systems‚ Louis Leung. Louis has had experience working for major companies such as Sun Microsystems‚ Research In Motion and various other consulting agencies as well experience in Canada‚ Hong Kong and India. On the other
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In his biography‚ Olaudah Equiano writes that he was born in Nigeria at the age of 11‚ he was kidnapped. Some days later he was sold to European slave traders‚ with other slaves he was put or packed into a ship and transferred across the ocean to Barbados islands. Many years later Equiano wrote a biography about the treatment of slaves in Virginia. His descriptions of the punishments and humiliations that slaves had to endure were the first published account of an autobiography of an African slave
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Ludwig van Beethoven 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827 [pic] [pic] Ludwig van Beethoven is perhaps the most famous and influential of all the pianist composers of his time. He was considered instrumental in the transition of between the classical and romantic eras in Western Art Music. Beethoven was born on December 16th‚ 1770 in Bonn (now called Cologne‚ Germany) to parents of Belgian descent. His father‚ Johann‚ was a musician at the court of Bonn‚ and his mother‚
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Biography of Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson‚ the third president of the United States‚ is recognized for his many accomplishments during the 18th century. Not only was he a president‚ but Jefferson was the author of The Declaration of Independence‚ a founding father of the United States‚ and the founder of the University of Virginia. Jefferson was a brilliant political writer who used his writing skills to separate the United States of America from Great Britain and to protect the rights of
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After the death of King Louis XIV Voltaire’s popularity grew under the morally relaxed regency. However in May 1716 Voltaire was exiled for writing poems that mocked the French regent. Only one year later he was imprisoned in Bastille for writing more scandalous verses about
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Polyneices is left to rot.Creon has declared that anyone that attempted to bury Polyneices would be stoned to death public.Antigone had revealed to Ismene a plan to bury Polyneices in secret despite Creon’s order. When Ismene had refused to defy the king Antigone had rejected her and goes to bury her brother.Creon had found out that someone has attempted to offer a ritual burial to Polyneices and wants the guilty person to be found and brought to him. When he finds out that Antigone‚ his niece‚ has
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Brenda Hermosillo Lesbian Callahan‚ Joan‚ (2009) Same-Sex Marriage. Why it Matters-At least for now. Hypatia Winter2009‚ Vol. 24 Issue 1‚ p70-80‚ 11p. This article was very interesting. Same-Sex marriage in this country is a big issue still to this day. This article explains same-sex marriage and why it matters. People just want to be with the person they love its hard in some states still. Texas being a republican state may never make same-sex marriage legal. This article explains what the lesbian
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Pocahontas was a Native American princess‚ and a peacemaker. She was famous for her connection with the colonial settlement at Jamestown‚ Virginia. Also for saving a life of English captain John Smith. Pocahontas was born on 1595 in what is now eastern Virginia. Pocahontas was a daughter of Powhatan‚ an important chief of the Algonquian Indians (the Powhatans) who lived in the Virginia region. Her real name was "Matoaka." "Pocahontas" was a nickname meaning "playful" or "naughty one
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Ms.Kandel at Newcomers High School Maciel tarazona 28-01 41st Avenue 40-16 86st elmhurst L.I.C‚ New York ‚ 11101 New York ‚11373
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By: Taylin Montague King Narmer Wouldn’t you like to rule over an entire country while living in luxury? Well here is a biography on one who did this. His name was King Narmer. This biography will also tell you about his life accomplishments‚ death‚ and what happened after his death. There are only a few things he did. One was that he had established the old kingdom in 3100 B.C. Another was that he was the first pharaoh of Egypt. He also created the firs dynasty. The biggest of his accomplishments
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