... box." After high school, Jobs enrolled at Reed College in Portland, Oregon ("Short Bio" 1). He dropped out of college after six months. Jobs later developed his love of typography ("Biography" 1). In 1974, Jobs took a position as a video game designer with Atari. Atari was an early video game company at the time. He was working at Atari to save ... knew Apple had much potential. He showed that what others think will not stop him, He created something new and amazing ("Biography" 2). Steve Jobs was making Apple become a better company every day. In the next decade Apple showed of its new...

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The Biography of Robert Frost Robert Lee Frost, named after the confederate general Robert E. Lee, was born in San Francisco on March 26, 1874. Frost was home schooled and taught by his mother, Isabelle Moodie, for the first ten years of his life. (Robert, 1) His father, William Prescott Frost Jr., was a journalist and local politician. He died when Frost was 11 leaving his mother ... children to England. There he could devote all his time to writing. Success didn't take long as he quickly published "A Boy's Will" followed a year later by "North of Boston." Frost's poems received great review...

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... Biography Since I can remember, art is what I have always enjoyed doing most. I believe myself to be an efficient and creative artist who will never enter a project half hearted or leave it undone. I am wonderful with color coordination and pride myself in adding great detail to my work. Detail is one of the more important aspects of ... I feel about my art, " I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music." The pieces of art I create are more than a part of me; they show perspective and personality. I choose the colors that best represent my mood and it he...

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... later became an optometrist assistant. Sparks lived in Fair Oaks through high school and graduated as valedictorian in 1984. He received a full track scholarship to the University of Norte Dame. While attending Notre Dame he was injured but broke a track record on the relay team in 1985 as a freshman. This recorded still has ... a novel that was not published. Then in 1988 he graduated from Notre Dame in high honors and majoring in Business and finance. In spring break of 1988 he met Catherine and they were married July 1989. They lived in Sacramento at this time. There he wrote his sec...

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 Kurt Cobain was born on the 20th of February 1967 in the little town of Aberdeen, Washington. As a child Kurt would be described as hyper and overactive and was prescribed Ritalin to calm him down. Kurt was born into what seemed to ... hard to get along with, so he was sent to live with relatives. As Kurt was growing up he showed a great interest in the arts and spent most of his time painting and singing. He generally listened to bands such as the Beatles and the Monkees until he was 14, when he bought his first guitar. Cobain ... and his friend Krist Novaselic on bass, all they needed ...

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... Bryant learned to play basketball at an early age and attended Lower Merion High School, where he led his team to the state championships and was named High School Player of the Year in 1996. After high school, Bryant trained with the Philadelphia 76ers, and was the 13th pick in the First Round ... of the 1996 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Hornets. Charlotte then traded Bryant's signing rights to the Los Angeles Lakers for seven-year veteran center Vlade Divac. Bryant made his NBA ... in 2002 against the New Jersey Nets. Bryant was also named MVP at the NBA All-Star game in 2002. Though ...

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Terry Fox: Biography Early Life Terrance Stanley Fox was born on July 28, 1958 to parents Betty and Rolly Fox. He was named after uncles from both sides of his family. Before Terry, there was only one child in the family, a boy named Fred. Terry also had a younger brother named Darrell, ... country running and basketball. Terry and his siblings were always taught to work hard and earn the things that were important to them. Around the age of 9 or 10, they began picking berries, then gradually worked up to other jobs, which allowed them to buy the golf clubs, bike or other ... the national w...

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... mother. Her mother was a housemaid while her biological father was a coal miner who later became a barber and businessman. After having a troubled adolescence because of a sexual abuse she told her mother but she dint believe her so she moved to Nashville with her father. Her father was way different than her ... to receive national programming. On 1988, Ms. Oprah and her Harpo Productions bought 'The Oprah Winfrey Show'. This women is considered one of the richest persons in the United States. This person has many talents but the most important and the one I believe has helped in t...

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... stay there from opening to closing. He also enjoys volunteering at different places because it's a good way to meet new people and learn new things. YK's favorite novels are Lord of the rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, Good to Great by Jim Collin and October sky by Homer Hickam. The dream that YK wishes to pursue in the future is becoming a doctor someday ... after acquiring a degree in medical science. There's a poem in which YK uses to portray himself; the poem is called Love song of Alfred Prufrock written by T.S. Elliot. I will now read a short part of the poem. No! I am not Prince Hamlet, ...

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... to create their own business. Jobs and his best friend, Steven Wozniak "Woz", built their first computer in the Jobs" garage: "With a lot of excitement and a little money, the two friends began to build a computer." (Brashares 16) Amid the excitement over their creation the two decided to ... successful that they felt it was necessary to hire a business manager in order to continue their upward growth trend. Consequently, there were differences of opinion between Jobs and the business manager that would create controversy for the business. Managing a business is not necessarily an occupa...

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... was born as Eleanor Georgina Larsen in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada on October 22, 1986. She was the only child of John and Lis Larsen. She lived in Canada till she was 3 years of age, when her and parents moved to Florida. Shortly after moving to Florida, her mother was diagnosed with colon cancer. ... After a 3 year battle, she beat the disease and decided to go back to college. So Ellie spent most of her childhood with her father. When she was 5 she started kindergarten at Rosewood Elementary. She went there all the way through till 5th grade. She then ... shows and co-wrote se...

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... elected class poet. He was elected in his class because there was only one other African American and she was was a girl. The class like most of America thought that most African Americans can sing and dance so they thought that Langston would have rhythm. His first poem was about his eight teachers and his ... happy. Langston didn't do much that summer except read books, ride his horse, felt lonely and wrote poems. When Langston's father finally brought up the subject of college, he announced that he wanted him to become a mining engineer. But Langston did not want to be a mining engine...

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... Street that had become a very popular read all around the country. She has won countless awards for her outstanding work and hardships, and has had her works featured in some of today's most popular magazines. The distinguished writer has given back so much by constructing organizations throughout her writing career. Sandra Cisneros is a true role model to aspiring Latino writers, and ... doing book signings and readings to dedicated fans. On December 20th, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois, Elvira Cordero Anguiano and Alfredo Cisneros had given birth to the new member of their family, Sandra C...

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... was a little kid, as long as his father was frequently harassment by white supremacists groups. When he was 4, a Ku Klux Kan member smashed all the windows of their home, with caused their move to a city in Michigan. But contrarily for their plans, things got worst there, and his house burned on fire to ... High School, and was the only black at the institution. He was very good academically and his colleges seemed liked him choosing him as the president of the class. But he dropped out for school after an English teacher destroyed his dreams telling him to be more realistic, that he wou...

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... and landowner. While in Mexico, Hughes taught English for about a year, before deciding to return to the United States to attend Columbia University in New York City. He dropped out of Columbia after his freshman year to support his mother. While working many tedious low-paying jobs he managed to publish several poems to The Crisis (a magazine ... of the national association for the advancement of Colored People), one being "The Negro speaks of a River". He also worked on a merchant ship that visited Africa. He stayed over there living in very low-income places in France and ... activi...

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... own college education. He won a scholarship to Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he excelled and saw for th first time the plight of Southern blacks. Du Bois had grown up with more privileges and advantages than most blacks living in the United States at that time, and, ... unlike most blacks living in the South, he had suffered neither severe economic hardship nor had he been the victim of harsh racism. As violence against blacks increased in the South throughout the 1880s, Du Bois learned many hard lessons about race relations. He ... followed reports about the increasin...

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... collection, Men Without Women. In that year he divorced Hadley Richardson and married Pauline Pfieffer. In 1928 they moved to Key West, where they had two sons. 1928 was a year of both success and sorrow for Hemingway; in this year, A Farewell to Arms was published and his father Clarence Hemmingway committed suicide (Resource Center). In addition to personal experience with war ... his boat and served with the U.S Navy as a submarine spotter in the Caribbean. In 1944, he traveled through Europe with the Allies as a war journalist and participated in the liberation of Paris. Hemingway d...

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... School is to get you ready for collage. It is also to continue the process of getting you ready for life. In life you are going to need the skills and knowledge that was taught to you in High School. You are going to need to ... face by reality. You will have nowhere to go but a community collage or J.R collage, or get a job at McDonald's. I also think that you should not have to question the purpose of High School, it is just common sense to go. Since I am in High School and I know how important it is I want to do the best that I can. Last year I had ... ...

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... or another. When I was in high school, I was able to choose a career to study for a day. This involved going to work with a person in that field of work. I chose to go to work with my grandma. It was more about seeing why she keeps going to work every day more than it was the career I wanted to ... study. On that day, I learned why grandma got out of bed and went to work with a smile on her face. Nursing was not just a job. It was a career that allowed her to meet patients that needed her. It ... helping people. Becoming a nurse is rewarding. It is challenging at times, but when you see ...

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... least $22,000 per year plus benefits. SUMMARY .I am a self starter and a perfectionist who can work on my own or with others. One of my strong points is to produce above and beyond what everyone else does and present my work in a different and distinct manner. I shall be persistent until the work is done ... duties include preparing and teaching classes for library and computer for the entire school (Pre-K-8th Grade), substitute teach for the junior high classes, provide a community service for the Veteran of Foreign War in which cards are made to be brought to St. Albans Hospital ever...

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... who doesn't give up easily. I like challenges and I enjoy the way it makes me come up with different solutions. In different aspects of life, challenges always come everyday. I've already been in many situations that I almost gave up but I always try to keep in mind that there is no pain no gain. Whenever I ... enter the seminary because I taught that it would just distract me. I focused on playing basketball and music as a recreation. I became a student council in music when I was in senior year because of my skills in music. My band used to play in different schools whenever they hav...

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High school shooter, T.J. Lane, was officially charged with murder after his shooting rampage left three fellow students dead. Next week, a juvenile court in Geauga County, Ohio will decide whether or not Lane will be tried as an adult in court. As it stands, as a juvenile he is not able to receive the death penalty. On Monday, February 27th, Lane opened fire on a group of students at Chardon High School, the high school he attended for at-risk students. Lane killed three students and wounded two others. He was charged with three counts of aggravated murder, two counts of aggravated attempted ...

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High school shooter, T.J. Lane, was officially charged with murder after his shooting rampage left three fellow students dead. Next week, a juvenile court in Geauga County, Ohio will decide whether or not Lane will be tried as an adult in court. As it stands, as a juvenile he is not able to receive the death penalty. On Monday, February 27th, Lane opened fire on a group of students at Chardon High School, the high school he attended for at-risk students. Lane killed three students and wounded two others. He was charged with three counts of aggravated murder, two counts of aggravated attempted ...

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High school shooter, T.J. Lane, was officially charged with murder after his shooting rampage left three fellow students dead. Next week, a juvenile court in Geauga County, Ohio will decide whether or not Lane will be tried as an adult in court. As it stands, as a juvenile he is not able to receive the death penalty. On Monday, February 27th, Lane opened fire on a group of students at Chardon High School, the high school he attended for at-risk students. Lane killed three students and wounded two others. He was charged with three counts of aggravated murder, two counts of aggravated attempted ...

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... three strengths together, I can make a great animation film. However, by doing so, I must develop more qualities for myself. These qualities include one of the most important things in life, teamwork. Therefore, I still have a long path before I reach my destination. I want to be remembered as one ... of the best animation creator in the world. I want to strike everyone's heart when they watch my animation, and I want my animations to ... person I value most. I would love to see where space leads. The unlimited stars and distance will be very interesting to see. This is also one of the...

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