Background of Tony Fernandes Tony Fernandes was born on 30 April 1964 in Kuala Lumpur to an Indian father who was originally from Chennai‚ India and a Christian Eurasian mother of mixed Portuguese and Malaccan descent. He was educated at Epsom College from 1977 to 1983 and graduated from London School of Economics in 1987. He had worked briefly with Virgin Atlantic as a Financial Controller. He was also the youngest CEO to lead the Warner Music Records (Malaysia) before deciding to set up Tune Air
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winning coach and author Tony Dungy reflects on what it takes to achieve significance in life in his book titled Uncommon. He is looked to by many as the epitome of the success and significance that is highly valued in our culture from the dominance of athleticism in society. In his book he gives examples of young men who are trying to achieve significance through football and all that goes with a professional athletic career‚ such as money‚ power‚ and a celebrity status. Tony Dungy has had all of that
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or edited more than 500 books he published influential sci-fi works like I‚ Robot and the Foundation trilogy‚ The Naked Sun and Foundation’s Edge‚ The Intelligent Man’s Guide to Science which was the encyclopedic work of science for the layman. The Fun They Had is also one of his marvelous works. The events of this story take place in distant future‚ 2157. There are no real schools here‚ the books printed on paper are replaced by screen books and human teachers are replaced by mechanical ones. The
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he had sexual relationships with his students. Months after her announcement‚ her mother filed for divorce – and two weeks after that‚ her father got run over by a truck. Was it an accident? Was it suicide? Bechdel thinks it was the latter‚ and in Fun Home‚ she analyzes her memories‚ books‚ and family letters in an attempt to understand who Bruce was and why he chose a life that dissatisfied him so deeply. What I liked: Bechdel’s analysis of her and her father’s lives‚ and her ability to wed
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FUN IN EDUCATION In a general sense‚ ‘education’ means a form of learning process in which knowledge‚ skills‚ and habits of a group of people are transferred from one generation to the next through teaching‚ training and research. Accordingly‚ education aims at the physical‚ intellectual‚ spiritual and moral development of man. Education merely does not give knowledge to a human being and enabling him to earn his livelihood. But it does much more than this. Nowadays‚ what we can see the society
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paying attention at all you know he wasn’t an elected president. No US president has served for twenty years‚ nor are they allowed to by law. Presidents also have a tendency to be rich. So do emperors‚ but this one was another matter. Joshua Abraham Norton was born around 1818 in England and made a failed bid in the San Fransisco rice market. He went bankrupt‚ and on September 17th of 1859‚ after five years of lying low‚ he marched into the San Francisco Bulletin office and had them print an announcement
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eventually developed a strong revulsion to her. He quoted saying "What I had reacted to was not only her physical appearance‚ but also her values and world view‚ her stinginess‚ her total selfishness‚ her lack of love for anyone else in the world - even her own husband and children - her narcissism‚ her Negro prejudice‚ her exploitation of everyone‚ her assumption that anyone was wrong who disagreed with her‚ her lack of friends‚ her sloppiness and dirtiness..”. He also grew up with few friends other than
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Elina Osmolovskaya Group 302 “THE FUN THEY HAD” Analysis The text‚ or even better‚ the passage I am going to speak on is taken from the book written by I. Asimov “The fun they had”. The extract begins with introducing Margie to us‚ but does not imply introduction. In the passage‚ where the author describes finding of a real book he uses the pronoun ”HIS”. The author underlines it graphically‚ to show the vast gap in the epochs‚ habits‚ morality‚ way of life and model of life. To
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TDA 2.6 Help improve own and team practice in schools | Describe why team work is important in schools It is important to work as part of team as this can only gain better results‚ you can listen to other people and their ideas and also share your own ideas and experiences. Working as a team can also reduce your own work load through sharing good practice‚ sharing worksheets‚ saving time preparing your own worksheets for your class. Everyone within your team will know what the target goal
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and discussion of a speech by Tony Blair from 1997. Tony Blair was a Labour Party politician‚ who in 1997 got elected as Prime Minister of Great Britain. The speech we are analyzing is the same speech that won Tony Blair the election back in 1997‚ and therefore holds great meaning in British history. Firstly‚ we will have a look at a rhetorical analysis of the speech‚ by filling in the rhetorical pentagon. The writer of the speech is Tony Blair. The topic of Tony Blair’s speech is the way he wants
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