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- 1541: Bill Gates Roadway To His Succ
- ... machine would have for a hand full of young students. Bill Gates and a few other Lakeside students immediately became inseparable from the computer. They would stay in the computer room all day and night, writing programs, reading computer literature and anything else they could to learn about computing. Soon Gates and the others started running into problems with the faculty. Their homework was being turned in late, they were skipping ... MS-DOS was the launch of Microsoft Word 1 in 1983, Windows 3.0 in 1990, Windows 95 in 1995 and Windows 98 in 1998. Microsoft is the world's leading provider of software for personal computers. Microsoft had revenues of $14.4 billion for the fiscal year ending June 1998, and employs more than 27,000 people in 60 countries. Mr. Gates foresight and vision regarding personal computing have been central to the success of Microsoft and the software industry. He is actively involved in key management and strategic decisions at Microsoft, and plays an important role in the technical development ...
- 1542: Bill Gates 2
- ... out at all hours at his schools computer center. He liked computers and learned so much that he began programming them at age 13. Throughout his early teens he and his friend Paul Allen were writing computer programs working on ways to start a business. At 16 they sold a computer-runned system to monitor highway traffic, and made around 20,000 dollars off it, but business ended when the customers ... many of the new computer manufacturers starting in the computer industry themselves. Microsoft started growing but wasn t that popular until computer giant IBM asked the two to develop an operating system for its new personal computer, otherwise known as the PC. Gates and Allen like everything else, took this particular job seriously and were determined to produce a quality product, and they did just that. They developed what is called MS-DOS, or Microsoft Disk Operating System. IBM was very pleased and they quickly incorporated it into all their personal computers. From there Microsoft grew rapidly in popularity and in production. By 1986 Microsoft was a globally recognized company, and Mr. Bill Gates was a 31 year old Billionaire.
- 1543: Maurice Sendak
- ... soon escapes, and in a messy escapade, saves the day by getting real milk in the batter. The story ends with Mickey falling back into bed. Dreams and imaginary worlds also heavily influence Sendak's writing, and are a recurring theme in many of his other works. Children exist in two worlds; reality and fantasy, according to Sendak. Reality is the boring, monotonous, day-to-day life. Fantasy is everything else ... all begin to droop. I pepped them up with chicken soup! The imagery alone from these lines serves to be amusing, yet still conveys information about the month June being one where flowers grow. My personal favorite book in The Nutshell Library is Pierre. Its mere presence as "a cautionary tale" among the three necessities of learning the alphabet, counting and the months of the year is bizarre, yet when we ... personality as well as elements of all children in every character he creates. He writes books about children, for children, as only a man with the child alive inside him could. His view on his writing is best depicted in the following excerpt from Sendak's Caldecott acceptance speech for Where The Wild Things Are: "Certainly we want to protect our children from new and painful experiences that are beyond ...
- 1544: Why I Believe In Voluntary Euthanasia
- ... cases ever came before the courts. But care must still be taken and discretion is the watchword. The person leaves a note saying exactly why he or she is taking their life. This statement in writing obviates the chance of subsequent misunderstandings or blame. It also demonstrates that the departing person is taking full responsibility for the action. NOT ALWAYS NOTICED A great many cases of self-deliverance or assisted suicide ... favor of auto-euthanasia, the person should also contemplate the arguments against it. First, should the person go instead into a hospice program and receive not only first-class pain management but comfort care and personal attention? Put bluntly, hospices make the best of a bad job, and they do so with great skill and love. The right-to-die movement supports their work. But not everyone wants a lingering death ... no wish to criticize them, they are wrong to claim perfection. Most, but not all, terminal pain can today be controlled with the sophisticated use of drugs, but the point these leaders miss is that personal quality of life is vital to some people. If one's body has been so destroyed by disease that it is not worth living, that is an intensely individual decision which should not be ...
- 1545: What is Euthanasia?
- ... well-known instance of a lawsuit concerning this is the doctor-assisted suicide of Dr. Kevorkian. The person must leave a note saying exactly why he or she is taking their life. This statement in writing removes the chance of misunderstandings or blame. It also demonstrates that the departing person is taking full responsibility for the action. These are all guidelines for allowing a euthanasia to take place. By this, I ... favor of auto-euthanasia, the person should also contemplate the arguments against it. First, should the person go into a hospice program instead and receive not only first-class pain management but comfort care and personal attention? Put simply, hospices make the best of a bad job, and they do so with great skill and love. The right-to-die movement supports their work, but not everyone wants a lingering death ... no wish to criticize them, they are wrong to claim perfection. Most, but not all, terminal pain can today be controlled with the sophisticated use of drugs, but the point these leaders miss is that personal quality of one's live is foremost to some people. If one's body has been so destroyed by disease that it is not worth living, that is an intensely individual decision which should ...
- 1546: Ernest Hemingway - The Man And
- ... a modest chapter from Hemingway’s own life. Not only does the lieutenant’s fate correspond with his own – from the trenches, through injury, to the hospital – but Catherine’s death was also inspired by personal experience. Hemingway’s second son, Patrick, was born while writing the first draft of the novel. The delivery was difficult and the mother had to have a Cesarean delivery, like Catherine in the novel. Then, just as Hemingway was starting on his final draft, his ... Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom the Bell Tolls. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1968. Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Simon and Schuster Inc., 1980. Hotchner, A.E. Papa Hemingway; A Personal Memoir. New York: Random House Inc., 1966. Kraus, Michael. “World War I.” Colliers Encyclopedia. 1974 ed. Lania, Leo. Hemingway: A Pictorial Biography. New York: The Viking Press, 1961. Madden, David. A Pocketful of Prose, ...
- 1547: Abortion: A Matter Of Choice
- ... opinion. The fight between pro-life and pro-choice supporters has been long and brutal. This is because, despite what several people may believe, abortion is neither right nor wrong. It is a matter of personal opinion. In this way, each side can say with certainty that the other is wrong. Therefore the question remains; should abortion be legal? Though some may disagree on this point, the fact is that legalized ... may have been passed, but the war goes on. It is difficult to gain valid and subjective information on the topic of abortion. This is because much of the research has been colored by the personal beliefs of the group or individual that collects it. There may not be an intentional or even conscious effort to skew the facts in this manner but it happens none the less. A person writing a paper on the tragic effect of abortion on society's moral values may tend to twist the real statistics slightly to better serve his or her purpose. Another doing a paper on the ...
- 1548: Abortion: A Matter Of Choice
- ... opinion. The fight between pro-life and pro-choice supporters has been long and brutal. This is because, despite what several people may believe, abortion is neither right nor wrong. It is a matter of personal opinion. In this way, each side can say with certainty that the other is wrong. Therefore the question remains; should abortion be legal? Though some may disagree on this point, the fact is that legalized ... may have been passed, but the war goes on. It is difficult to gain valid and subjective information on the topic of abortion. This is because much of the research has been colored by the personal beliefs of the group or individual that collects it. There may not be an intentional or even conscious effort to skew the facts in this manner but it happens none the less. A person writing a paper on the tragic effect of abortion on society's moral values may tend to twist the real statistics slightly to better serve his or her purpose. Another doing a paper on the ...
- 1549: Absalom: Using The Three Narratives to Understand Sutpen
- ... Absalom by utilizing narrative voices to develop different perspectives on the most complex character of Thomas Sutpen. Each narrative provides diverse character insight as each describes their story from their own point of view. This writing style requires the reader to use all three narratives to fully understand the character, Thomas Sutpen. The second daughter of Goodhue Coldfield, Rosa, who was born twenty-seven years after her sister Ellen, seemed to ... became distorted. It becomes apparent that Miss Rosa’s impression is somewhat old fashioned. This romanticism is seen in her when she becomes involved with the engagement of Charles and Judith and later with her personal involvement with Sutpen. Miss Rosa put all of her dreams into this marriage and when the relationship failed, she felt destroyed herself. When Sutpen did finally propose to Rosa, she sought this as a final ... always chose this story to tell because of his involvement and the way he liked how it showed certain parts of the man’s relationship to the past. Choosing this, shows that it had a personal impact on his life and also how it had a direct connection to the downfall of the South. What he really wants to do with this story is try to objectify it more than ...
- 1550: Pursuing a Career in Psychiatry
- ... progressed in time. Psychiatry may seem like an interesting and simple occupation to pursue, but the profession requires many specific interests and abilities that are not found in everyone. First of all, there are many personal qualifications that an individual must meet in order to become successful in psychiatry. For example, students planning to become psychiatrists should have high academic abilities to keep up with the work given in the course ... patients. These physicians must be able to deal with incoherent individuals, be patient, work with a team of subordinates, make sound, logical decisions in the absence of information, and communicate effectively, both orally and in writing (Durgin 2). These interests and abilities may not seem as significant now, but in the future they play an important role when choosing to become a psychiatrist. People become psychiatrists for many reasons, some that ... other medical specialists for testing. Then, they examine the results and set up a treatment plan (“Psychiatrists,” 1996 1). A psychiatrist’s duties include interviewing severely disturbed individuals, offering acute care to suicidal patients, conducting personal and medical interviews, evaluating medical test results, overseeing the work of numerous assistants and medical technicians, and prescribing medication (Durgin 1). The duties and responsibilities of a psychiatrist are very demanding. Many psychiatrists begin ...
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