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gazed out the hermetically sealed windows which overlooked the sprawling city, his eyes searching for green spaces. He sighed. He had thought transferring to the City from the village would be more exciting and challenging but it had not lived up to his expectations and he was frustrated at the endless meetings and emphasis on figures and targets. He was also missing his friends and family as he tried to settle into a new life. City people rushed everywhere and appeared busy and always having somewhere

Billie Jean King, the first female athlete to admit her homosexuality, was born on November 22, 1943 in the city of Long Beach, California. Both Billie and her brother Randy excelled in athletics as kids. Billie played softball at the age of 10, but that eventually ended because her parents insisted that she play a more “ladylike” sport. She developed an interest in tennis and began to play and practice at the Long Beach public courts. King started receiving coaching from Alice Marble and won her

The display of Benin art in museum and galleries reflect the attitudes and perceptions of Europeans towards non-western artefacts, especially African. Thus as European attitudes change towards non-western art since the discovery of Benin art in 1897, Benin art has been revaluated and re-categorised. Initially there was a great deal of debate about Benin art and its display, as it did not equate with the perceptions then held about Africa. Until the British conquest of Benin in 1897, little was

California has played a huge role when it comes to the person I am today and why I have such an open mind, love for different cultures, and my willingness to work hard for the so called “California Dream.” Being an open minded person is prompted by California and it’s many different cultures. Growing up I moved around California a lot living in areas like San Diego, Los Angeles, the Bay Area, and now Vacaville. My open mindedness has sprung from all the different experiences I’ve come to know throughout my

Identity is the fact of being who or what a person or thing is and in this book Elizabeth Jordan, the main character is trying to find her identity with this newfound lifestyle. She is trying to adjust to letting the Lord into her life and dedicating herself to him because she has never done that before. She always gets distracted, “Elizabeth had entered her closet committed to prayer and exited committed to tackling her foot odor. That was the danger of spending time with God—most of the time you

Nowadays, a new trend for those successful high-tech companies is to utilize open innovation instead of the traditional “vertically integrated” innovation methods(chesbrough;2006). For example, Procter & Gamble, Qualcomm Inc. and IBM all introduced open innovation and have achieved remarkable success. Consequently, Siemens also set up open innovation to advance themselves with the use of internal ideas and external ideas in 2009. Siemens was set up by Werner von Siemens and Johann Georg Halske in

Open world game is the game that players can go around the world without limitation. It is one of popular game genre for people to explore the game, but it is also one of the hardest concept for game developer because the game requires to show various places with no repetitive contents. For example, The Division, open world third-person shooter game in 2016, successfully showed destroyed New York City with natural color, but it failed to give various contents with good gaming experience. Another

however you want, but building confidence for a race can be difficult, however, it is truly the most important thing. Going into a race assuming you are going to lose completely ruins your chance at winning. The meet I realized this in was the New York CIty meet at the armory. “BRING BRING BRING” my alarm clock screamed, warning

is almost six feet tall and is made of steel. With her long, muscular legs and her quick arms, no wonder she is number one! Serena Williams had many hard times in her childhood. Richard and Oracene Williams raised their five daughters in the poor city of Compton, California. They gave birth to Serena Jameka Williams September 26, 1981 (“Serena Williams Biography”). Richard enjoyed tennis very much and would often have Serena and her older sister Venus practice for hours in the terrible tennis courts

Simona Halep If you love to watch tennis, you must be known Simona Halep. Simona Halep was born in the Dobrujan city of Constanta on September, 27th, 1991. She is a Romanian professional tennis player in her young age. Currently, she got the fifth world rank. Her first broke into the world’s top 50 at the end of 2012. She got top 20 in August 2013, and after got into the Australian Open quarterfinal in January 2014, she got top 10. She had ever been the most clicked player on WTATennis.com for two