Skinny‚ shy and awkward‚ teenaged Bill Gates seemed an unlikely successor to his overachieving parents. His father‚ powerfully built and 6’6’’ tall‚ was a prominent Seattle attorney‚ and his gregarious mother served on charitable boards and ran the United Way. While he showed enormous talent for math and logic‚ young Bill‚ a middle child‚ was no one’s idea of a natural leader‚ let alone a future billionaire who would reinvent American business. Born in 1955‚ Gates attended public elementary school
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Department: Communication Design Course: Contemporary Art in Context Artist: Anish Kapoor Title: Cloud Gate Year: Built 2004-2006 Location: Millennium Park‚ Chicago‚ Illinois‚ United States Dimensions: 10 m × 13 m × 20 m (33 ft × 42 ft × 66 ft) Medium: Stainless steel About the artist: Anish Kapoor‚ one of the world’s most distinguished and significant contemporary artists‚ was born in Mumbai to a Punjabi-Hindu father and an Iraqi-Jewish mother. He has studied art at the Hornsey College
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Ishtar Gate and Bronze Doors Saint Michael’s Abbey Church II. Analysis of Artwork # 1: a. How does this work relate to its style movement and historical context? The monumental Gate of Ishtar was built in 575 B.C. making use of enamelled bricks which are in cobalt blues and sea greens. The gate is decorated with reliefs of 575 dragons and bulls (BBC Culture‚ 2009). The gate is the most potent symbol of ancient Babylon’s magnificence. The gate was marks the entrance to the city at the beginning
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The Friendship Gate is an internationally known landmark and a symbol of cultural exchange and friendship between Philadelphia and its sister city‚ Tianjin‚ China. I will be discussing the function of the Friendship Gate‚ the location in which the gate was placed‚ the history‚ and my personal experience at the gate. The Chinese Friendship Gate is an important symbol to the Chinese that live in the area and Asian population in general because it’s a symbol of respect that Philadelphia has for the
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Abstract Bill Gates is a modern business phenomenon. Bill Gates achieved his success through his leadership style‚ remarkable vision‚ and obsessive desire to win. He has distinguished himself as producing the top software for personal computers through his strong desire for success. Bill Gates has the characteristics of entrepreneurial leadership. He has found and operated an innovative business that developed a world renowned software. Bill Gates is a task oriented and charismatic person
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deals with automatic railway gate operation (i.e.‚) automatic railway gate at a level crossing replacing the gates operated by the gatekeepers‚ It deals with two things‚ Firstly it deals with the reduction of time for which the gate is being kept closed and secondly‚ to provide safety to the road users by reducing the accidents. By employing the automatic railway gate control at the level crossing the arrival of the train is detected by the sensors placed near to the gate. Hence‚ the time for which
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Raven’s Gate The moral or message the author was trying to make was‚ to believe in yourself‚ and to believe in others and to never give up‚ even through loss or despair. Raven’s Gate by Anthony Horowitz‚ is a story that takes place in Ipswich‚ and then moves on to lesser Malling. The main characters in the story are Matthew Freeman‚ Jayne Deverill‚ and Richard Cole. Matthew Freeman‚ is trying to break into a warehouse with his friend Kelvin late at night to steal electrical equipment‚ but are
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lthough the idea of a bridge spanning the Golden Gate was not new‚ the proposal that eventually took hold was made in a 1916 San Francisco Bulletin article by former engineering student James Wilkins.[15] San Francisco’s City Engineer estimated the cost at $100 million‚ impractical for the time‚ and fielded the question to bridge engineers of whether it could be built for less.[9] One who responded‚ Joseph Strauss‚ was an ambitious but dreamy engineer and poet who had‚ for his graduate thesis‚ designed
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Bill Gates is a hero that has a great impact on the world‚ he is a hero because he created useful technology. He started his own company‚ Microsoft‚ from scratch. Heroes have specific characteristics to fulfill their requirements. Heroes are often clever‚ promptitude‚ brave‚ and not afraid of taking risks. Promptitude is to be mentally quick and act in tough situations. Cleaver is how to know to act in very tough situation quickly as possible. Bravery is to take risks and not to be afraid of
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Speaker’s Relationship with the Audience: The Brandenburg Gate Speech Ronald Reagan‚ the former president of the United States from 1981 to 1989‚ spoke in the Brandenburg Gate. Ronald Reagan gave his famous “Tear Down this Wall” speech in Berlin. Many people in Germany were ready for freedom and others wanted it as well. Many people felt there should be peace within the city. Ronald Reagan wanted to persuade the Soviets and Communists that change and openness was a great thing. Ronald Reagan’s speech
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