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    Shakira Biography

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    Biography of Shakira Shakira (Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll) was born on February 2‚ 1977 in Barranquilla‚ Colombia. Shakira knew early on that she wanted to be a professional musician and by the time she was 8‚ she was already writing her own songs. The debut album of Shakia is Magia (Magic).That album was recorded with Sony Music in 1991 when Shakira was only 15 years old‚ but the album wasn’t well received. The album Peligro (Danger) was realised by Shakira in 1993 and is an sophomore album

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    Bentham Biography

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    Name Professor Management 368: Business Ethics Date Jeremy Bentham Biography “Jeremy Bentham was an English philosopher” that “is primarily known” for his philosophical contribution‚ the ethical theory of utilitarianism (Sweet). Utilitarianism is the ethical theory that states that the best action is the one that brings about the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people (DeGeorge 44). Specifically‚ Bentham was a hedonistic utilitarian arguing that “what ultimately motivates

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    Social Biography

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    Aysegul Torun Mr. Swiencicki Soc 2 Apr. 29th‚ 2013 Social Biography In this paper I’m going to write about a sociological biography of a person who I interviewed and I’m going to analyze some of the social problems such as “drug war and race”‚ race discrimination‚ drug abuse‚ and importance of a well structured family based on my interviewee’s answers. I like to talk about family because I think family is where everything starts. If we want to define what the social problem actually means

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    Rizal Biography

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    Biography of Jose Rizal The Birth of a Hero: Born On June 19‚ 1861‚ Seventh of the 11 Children of Theodora Relonda and Francisco Mercado Real Name: Jose Protacio Alonzo Mercado Rizal y Realonda Rizal as a Child: Age of 3 – learns his alphabet from his mother. Age of 5 – learns how to write and read. Age of 8 – wrote his first poem “ Sa aking mga Kababata “ 11 Children of Francisco and Theodora Saturnina ( 1850 – 1913 ) - eldest child of the family. Paciano ( 1815 – 1930 )

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    A.R.Rahman Biography

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    Biography Since Roja hit movie screens in South India in 1992‚ A.R. Rahman has been redefining the country’s widely popular film music. Generally regarded as the finest Indian film composer of his time (and certainly the most commercially successful)‚ Rahman produced music for nearly 35 widescreen releases during his first five years in the industry. He has worked with many of his country’s brightest music stars and a growing list of international luminaries like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan‚ Zakir Hussain

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    INTRODUCTION The at-grade intersection form over 90% of the road network in the nation’s highway system. It plays an important role in the road network‚ where traffic flows in different directions converge. It is imperative that where two or more roads meet‚ there is always a need to make a provision for intersections design in other to channel traffic into different streams. Due to several interaction that takes place between road users and traffic control systems‚ capacity of intersections are always much

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    Entrepreneur Biography

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    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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    Beethoven Biography

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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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    Keegen Rodino English -James Langston Hughes was born in Joplin‚ Missouri in 1902. (“Langston Hughes Biography” 1) -His mother and father had mixed and rich backgrounds‚ but they lived in a society that classified them as black and inferior. (“Langston Hughes” 1) - James Nathaniel Hughes worked as a lawyer and also worked with a mining company. (“Langston Hughes” 1) -Carrie Mercer Langston Hughes wrote verse‚ acted‚ and taught school. (“Langston Hughes” 1) -Before mainstreaming his writing

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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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