Paul Allen co-founded the Microsoft Corporation with Bill Gates (1955- ) ‚ adapting existing programming languages such as BASIC‚ which was originally written for mainframe computers‚ into software suitable for personal computers. Such innovations enabled the software industry to become established and expand as a viable business‚ strengthening the American economy and creating new groups of computer entrepreneurs and users. As personal computers became more affordable and accessible during the 1980s
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Amanda Robbinson Comp 1-Mrs. Dunker Profile Paper 1-24-14 Allen Fieldhouse The Kansas Jayhawks mascot was the first thing to catch my eye as I entered Allen Fieldhouse for the first time on January 20th‚ the day KU played against Baylor. The mascot was so big it stretched across the entire floor. Several other details seemed to catch my eye as well‚ like the glowing “KANSAS” letters that touched the wall next to the overpriced gift shop‚ the many show cases of KU basketball players and
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woody allen Woody Allen is a challenge for philosophy. Why? Laughter is of course not one of the most fundamental but is never- theless one of the most controversial and intriguing topics in philosophy‚ in whose analysis various philosophical dis- ciplines have to work together—philosophical anthropol- ogy‚ philosophical sociology‚ and aesthetics proper. This bestows on comedians a certain philosophical interest—the more so since‚ “while comedy may be the most widely ap- preciated art‚ it
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Jonathan Q. Stewart James Polizzi BUS 451 MAY 17‚ 2013 Booz Allen Hamilton: Shaping The Global Face of Business Introduction The modern day business arena‚ coupled with current economic conditions; mimic an alternate universe filled with complexities that seem to originated from a distant universe‚ risk that seem to have no clear solution‚ and unrelenting presence of the dark cloud of failure‚ which larks behind every single decision. They recognize utter importance in the relationship
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Ethan Allen‚ an American Hero Born on January 21st of 1738 in Connecticut‚ Ethan Allen was destined to be a hero. Allen not only helped to make Vermont a state‚ but he also captured Ft. Ticonderoga‚ and attempted to capture Montreal. This true American performed many amazing deeds in his 51 years‚ and even today‚ he is a known piece of our country’s history. Allen‚ a tall‚ broad-shouldered man always had a love for Vermont which had been know then as the “Hampshire Grants”. After returning
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Writer our great Founder Richard Allen was born into slavery in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania on February 14‚ 1760. He and his family were later was sold to a Delaware Farmer in 1767. At the age of 17‚ Allen converted to Methodism after hearing a white itinerant preacher rail against slavery. His master‚ who had also converted agreed to let Richard and his brother buy their freedom for $2‚000 each. After attaining his freedom in 1783‚ Richard took the last name Allen and moved back to his hometown Philadelphia
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So what do billionaires spend their money on? Paul Allen may not be a household name. but he is one of the world’s richest and most influential men‚ with a wealth of interests and a gift for ideas. Paul Allen is the computer genius who‚ with Bill Gates‚ launched Microsoft‚ the world’s largest producer of software‚ in 1975. Since then‚ he has built up a fortune estimated at the turn of the century to be worth over $30 billion. Allen was Vice-President in charge of research and product development
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Fly fishing is a very old form of fishing and requires finesse and accuracy to catch fish‚ although fly fishing in no way limits you to catching small fish. It is possible to catch nearly any type of fish by fly fishing‚ but the majority of anglers use flies for salmon and trout fishing. The best that historians can tell‚ the first record was in the second century AD in Mesopotamia. Flies were tied using rooster feathers and were cast using a six foot pole with line that was about as long. Modern
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Fishing has been around forever and you can track it! It has been a method of catching food used by the ancient people in our original civilizations. Today it is more of a sport and people fish for fun instead of as a method of survival. Today we even have tournaments where professional anglers compete to catch the biggest fish. Before the Common Era fishing even goes back to the ancient Egyptians in 2000 B.C.E. There is evidence of them fishing with rods made of sticks and hand woven nets
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themselves and those around them. In Disney’s Pixar film Finding Nemo‚ a clown fish named Marlin sets out on a journey to find his son Nemo who was captured. Through the journey‚ Marlin learns to trust in those around him instead of living in fear of the unknown. With overcoming obstacles and fighting the ocean‚ Marlin learns what it means to be a part of the world as an adult and as a father instead of fearing the world around him (North). In Finding Nemo‚ Marlin is ready for a wonderful life with his
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