benjamin franklin has many accomplishment some of his greatest are the following five‚ Bifocals‚ Electricity‚ Lightning Rod‚ Franklin Stove‚ Mapping the Gulf Stream. Bifocals are eyeglasses with an upper and lower half‚ the upper for distance‚ and the lower for reading. Bifocals are commonly prescribed to people with presbyopia‚ a condition that Franklin suffered. Franklin wrote‚ in August 1784 to his friend George Whatley‚ that he was "happy in the invention of double spectacles‚ which serving
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Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3rd‚1847 in Edinburgh‚ Scotland and died 75 years later in Nova Scotia‚ Canada on August 2nd‚ 1922. He is well known as the inventor of the telephone and had many other inventions as well. His mother and wife were both deaf and were very inspiring to him. His mother was a pianist despite her deafness. Alexander’s grandfather also influenced him greatly. He was a known professor and taught elocution. Alexander Graham Bell created
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involved in the business world‚ that name would identify one of the most successful investor who ever lived. Although born and raised in the medium-sized town‚ he was taught to be an investor from a young boy. Influenced throughout his life from Benjamin Graham‚ Phil Fisher‚ and Charlie Munger‚ Buffett used most of what he learned throughout his life to manage his company and portfolio. His primary principle include 1) Analyze a stock as a business 2) Demand a margin of safety for each purchase
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Summary 12/6/13 The book‚ Intelligent Investor‚ written by Benjamin Graham‚ has over the years become one the most highly praised guide for investors to better themselves as investors. Globally recognized investor‚ Warren Buffet‚ has been quoted as saying that it is best book on investing ever written. He thinks‚ specifically in investing‚ that chapter eight of the book is the most important chapter ever written. Graham writes‚ in chapter eight‚ about how an investor should react to market
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TC and Gary Next month‚ September marks the end of the 4th year of Fisham Group’s existence. It’s good to reflect on what we have done ... what we have done right; what we have done wrongly. Phillip Securities asked me to give a talk to The American Club a few months ago. I did a write up (see below or attachment) on important principles of value investing we need to follow before our portfolios can grow. Please take a look. Over the course of the next week or so‚ please prepare a
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Ideas of ‘The Quiet American’ Shades of grey No one is completely innocent of inflicting harm on another. “I told myself again I was innocent”. Indeed it is the innocent who Fowler sees as more capable of hurting others of their ignorance‚ “They killed him because he was too innocent to live. He was young and ignorant and silly and he got involved”. Greene uses many symbols to this demonstrate these shades. Light being one‚ and the manifestation of an explosion; the Vietnamese people are ageless
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Billy Graham begins to earn the renown he is known for. Billy Graham is the most famous evangelist the twentieth century had ever known and he holds his reputation to this day. William Franklin Graham Jr. was born on November 7‚ 1918 in Charlotte‚ North Carolina. He lived on a small dairy farm with his mother and father‚ Morrow and William‚ and his three other siblings. It was a traveling evangelist named Mordecai Ham that first started Graham down his spiritual path of righteousness. Graham had
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and the mother of modern dance. Her name‚ Martha Graham. Born in Allegheny‚ Pennsylvania on May 11th 1894‚ she was the daughter of a psychiatrist‚ born into a Presbyterian family. Graham had first discovered her interest in dance after her family moved to Santa Barbara‚ California in 1909. In 1911 Martha Graham watched Ruth St. Denis perform at the Mason Opera House in Los Angeles for the first time. According to the biography titled Martha Graham: Portrait of the Lady as an Artist‚ the author
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find a great modern day leader with a life full of integrity is nearly impossible to do‚ but Reverend Billy Graham definitely fits the bill. This essay will attempt to show how the Reverend is able to bundle his personal characteristics up to provide dynamic and powerful messages that have provided hope‚ peace‚ and courage to millions of people through the past several decades. Billy Graham was not born a leader‚ but when he found his purpose‚ he became an unstoppable force that defines leadership
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Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell (March 3‚ 1847 - August 2‚ 1922) was a teacher‚ scientist‚ and inventor. He was the founder of the Bell Telephone Company. Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh‚ Scotland. His family was known for teaching people how to speak English clearly. Both his grandfather‚ Alexander Bell‚ and his father‚ Alexander Melville Bell‚ taught elocution. His father wrote often about this and is most known for his invention and writings of Visible Speech. In
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