Jimmy Carter James Earl “Jimmy” Carter served as the 39th president of the United States of America from January 20, 1977 through to January 20, 1981 as a democrat. Carter was born on October 1, 1924 at the Wise Sanitarium in Plains, Georgia. He was the first president to be born in a hospital, and is the eldest of four children. He has Scottish, Irish, and English roots and had ancestors who fought in the American Revolution and American Civil War. He enjoyed reading and he was also a star
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Scott Walker Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker is striving for nothing but the best. He was born in a small town in Colorado, now traveling around the country gaining presidential votes. Walker was born on November 2nd, 1967, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. At the age of 10, he moved to Wisconsin and grew up in a Christian household. Growing up, he participated in verity amounts of activities within the church and school. In high school, had an interest in politics and was selected by the American
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Socialism and Capitalism: Products of the Industrial Revolution The economic systems of socialism and capitalism, often seen as enemies, were born from the same circumstances and conditions created by the Industrial Revolution. Leading up to the revolution, agriculture became a less common living as wealthier land-owners bought out farms, which forced many farmers and labourers to travel to the then developing cities in search for work. This, paired with new inventions to up productivity for manufacturing
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the Man of Many Colors” The Last Days of Socrates contains a series of dialogues with Socrates in the run- up to his trial, where he is sentenced to death. Plato, the author, was inspired by Socrates. Plato was a student of his and went on to teach many famous people such as Aristotle, who wrote treatises on everything from poetry to biology, and even Alexander the Great. Plato was born into a wealthy family around the last days of the Athenian Empire (427-347 B.C.). Plato was also an advisor
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explosion that comes from a high-mass star at the end of its life. A supernova shines very brightly, some have even been known to shine as brightly as a whole galaxy, but that fades rapidly over a few days. This explosion happens when a Red SuperGiant runs out of nuclear fuel. After this explosion occurs, pieces of the star are left scattered across the cosmos in what is called supernova remnant. After this phase the star gets a little more
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take DNA test Mercy Casanellas and her British-born, US-based husband Richard Cushworth have been reunited with their biological son They have been raising another couple's child after the children were swapped after birth in El Salvador Ms Casanellas gave birth at 35 weeks by C-section when husband was out of the country and was given anaesthetic after birth Ms Casanellas, who is administrator for evangelical Christian mission her husband runs, was suspicious as baby seemed darker the next day
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Mel Colm-Cille Gerard Gibson (Mel Gibson), born January 3rd 1956, is an American actor and film-maker, Gibson has written, directed and produced many films such as “Braveheart”, “The Passion of Christ” and “Apocalypto”. Mel Gibson was born in Peekskill, New York but moved to Sydney, Australia, with his parents at the age of twelve where later studied acting at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art. Gibson was a part of the Australian Film Renaissance of the 1970’s and 1980’s, where
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conditions included in newborn screening programs are only detectable after irreversible damage has been done, in some cases sudden death is the first manifestation of the disease. Screening programs are often run by state or national governing bodies with the goal of screening all infants born in the jurisdiction. The number of diseases screened for is set by each jurisdiction, and can vary greatly. Most newborn screening tests are done by measuring metabolites and enzyme activity in whole blood samples
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Bull Run or by the Southern name, Battle of Manassas. During the Battle of Manassas Jackson and his troops stood still and strong, like a stonewall, against Union troops. Throughout the Civil War Jackson was one of the most Smart and well known generals, to some he was one of the best of his time. Jackson was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia on january 21, 1824. His dad, Jonathan, was a lawyer and married Julia Beckwith Neale. They both had four children, Thomas Jackson was the third born. When
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Bill Gates early childhood William Henry Gates the III was born on October 28, 1955, to a lucky couple, Williams H Gates Sr. and Marry Max Well Gates, in Seattle, Washington. No one predicted that the new born boy baby would be the world’s richest person, one day. His father was a lawyer by profession and mother served in the board of directors for First Interstate BancSystem and in the united way. Gates has got one elder sister named Kristianne and an younger sister named Libby. Earlier in his
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