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    Louis Braille

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    The most important scientific invention of the nineteenth century was braille. Braille is the only written language available for the visually impaired. When Louis Braille invented braille‚ a window opened up to sightless individuals everywhere; they were no longer at disadvantage to peers who could easily read written language. In 1829‚ Louis Braille published the first braille book entitled‚ "The Method of Writing Words‚ Music and Plain Song by Means of Dots‚ For Use by the Blind and Arranged by

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    Louis Armstrong

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    Rebecca Huang Louis Armstrong I. Early Life A. Childhood B. Family C. Armstrong’s natural talent from God II. Performance Career A. Experiences in New Orleans and Mississippi B. Chicago and Jazz Band C. Life from 1924 to 1930s III. Late Stage A. Armstrong’s 1950 life B. The end of Louis Armstrong’s Music Life IV. Music History A. Trumpet and Early Jazz B. Collaborators and Followers C. Armstrong’s Music Style 1. A Jazz musician

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    Pierre Louis

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    impersonal (Gere). Louis’ skepticism in the traditional medical practice arose when he found himself helpless during the mid of an epidemic of diphtheria (Gere). Eventually‚ Louis grew to become a therapeutic nihilist and came up with an experimental design to seek for the numeric evidences‚ indicating the inefficiency of the traditional healing method (Gere). The first clinical trial that Pierre Louis conducted involves the testing of the common healing method of bloodletting. Louis used his numerical

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    Bill Gates

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    Shloka Parvatrao Period 2 U.S. History Honors 4 May 2012 Favorite Character: Glory In the movie Glory there were many inspirational characters that went against the normal behavior of the time‚ and acted out of honor‚ justice‚ and equality. Even when the North was against slavery and the South was for it‚ there were many people in the North who treated blacks as inferior to whites. They were not advocates of slavery‚ but they still believed that blacks could be considered as less‚ and

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    Gates of Fire

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    MCI 1334I MARINE CORPS INSTITUTE MATH FOR MARINES MARINE BARRACKS WASHINGTON‚ DC   UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS MARINE CORPS INSTITUTE 912 CHARLES POOR STREET SE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD DC 20391-5680 IN REPLY REFER TO: 1550 5 Jan 2012 From: Director To: Marine Corps Institute Student Subj: MATH FOR MARINES (MCI 1334I) 1. Purpose. The subject course provides instruction on basic mathematics. 2. Scope. This course instructs and reviews a Marine’s knowledge of basic mathematics. It

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    Bill Gates: Entrepreneur

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    "Bill Gates is a modern business phenomenon: the greatest of the cyber-tycoons. His is not simply a story of technical brilliance and enormous wealth; it is one of remarkable business vision and an obsessive desire to win. It is also about a leadership style that is radically different to anything the business world has seen before." Dearlove‚ D. (1998) William Gates III was born in Seattle‚ Washington‚ US‚ on October 28‚ 1955. His father‚ William Henry Gates (II) Jr.‚ was a lawyer while his

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    Louis Pasteur

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    Louis Pasteur discovered many discoveries that advanced bacteriology. He made pasteurization and vaccinations. Pasteurization was made when Emperor Napoleon asked Louis Pasteur to examine diseases in wine. Pasteur showed that by heating wine at a certain temperature‚ the bacteria in the wine would die. Pasteurization was formed. The process was used to kill other bacteria in other liquids‚ like in milk and beer. He discovered vaccinations when he researched the rabies. He could

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    At Thermopylae‚ the allied Greek nations deployed a small force of between four and seven thousand Greek heavy infantry against the invading Persian army of two million. Leading the Greeks was a force of three hundred Spartans‚ chosen because they were all "sires" — men who had to have sons who could preserve their blood line‚ should they fall in battle. Thermopylae was the only way into Greece for the Persian army‚ and presented the perfect choke point — a narrow pass bordered by a sheer mountain

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    St. Louis

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    influenced your view of St. Louis? This outing has influenced my view of St. Louis in many ways. Before this outing‚ I did not know that St. Louis was home to a large number of refugees. As mentioned in class‚ most of my time is spent in the SLU bubble‚ so I have never been exposed to the different ethnic cultures within the city. I enjoyed learning about the diversity within St. Louis‚ and I am excited to explore new ethnic restaurants. Also‚ this fact about St. Louis resonated with me‚ due to the

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    Louis Tomlinson

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    Louis Tomlinson Boo Bear Lou 1/5 of One Direction! Appearance Louis has light brown hair that is usually messy‚ he has sea green eyes and has an amazing smile. He usually wears blue and white striped tee with with red pants and suspenders or "braces" which have become his trademark. He love carrots and that is another one of his trademarks. Personality He is known as the funny one in One Direction‚ he loves to make his band mates smile and he constantly messes about. Louisprofile

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