Behind The Famous 'KING OF THE WILD FRONTIER'

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One of America’s first celebrity heroes, David Crockett (as he always wrote his name) declared in his autobiography, “I stood no chance to become great in any other way than by accident.” He was born into a poor family and grew up in harsh circumstances in the back woods. As chance would have it, however, he became a mythical figure in his own lifetime, and the myth has continued to grow since his death as a martyr at the Alamo in 1836.

Crockett first became legendary for his expertise and passion as a hunter and masterful storyteller, and then later in life as a populist member of the Tennessee state legislature and the U.S. Congress. In the authoritative, fast-paced and very readable David Crockett: Lion of the West, Michael Wallis adroitly separates fact from fiction and shows us both the flawed human being who led a colorful life and the symbolic figure who represented the poor and downtrodden as well as the country’s philosophy of “Manifest Destiny” (a concept that did not have an official name until after his death).

As one of Crockett’s early hunting companions characterized him, he was “an itchy footed sort of fellow,” always ready to move on and take the next risk, without much concern for his family. His first wife died soon after they married and his second wife, Elizabeth, grew tired of her husband’s failure to keep the family out of debt and put the blame on his poor business judgment, his strong inclination to drink and his inability to cultivate any kind of spiritual life.

Sony VAIO S Series Ultra-Portable Notebook [Sony VAIO S Notebook Features 13.3" Display, Intel Wireless Display Technology, Up To 15 Hours Of Battery Life & Sandy Bridge Processors]

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First things first though, the standard spec offerings include a 13.3 inch LED backlit (1366 x 768) display, 2.30GHz Intel Core i5-2410M processor, AMD Radeon 6470M graphics, 4GB RAM, 320GB hard drive, CD/DVD combo optical drive and a “standard” battery that is said to be able to offer up to 7.5 hours of run time at the “default setting.” In terms of that 15 hour battery life, that comes as a $100 add-on and also requires that same “default setting.”

Other goodies include Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, a backlit 82 key keyboard, multi-finger touchpad, Motion Eye webcam, SD memory card slot, Memory Stick Duo
memory card slot, VGA out, HDMI out, one USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet and a headphone jack.

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela born 18 July 1918, served as Presiden of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representatif democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). In 1962 he was arrested and convicted of sabotage and other charges, and sentenced to life in prison. Mandela served 27 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island. Following his release from prison on 11 February 1990, Mandela led his party in the negotiations that led to multi-racial democracy in 1994. As president from 1994 to 1999, he frequently gave priority to reconciliation.

In South Africa, Mandela is often known as Madiba, his Xhosa clan name; or as tata (Xhosa: father).Mandela has received more than 250 awards over four decades, including the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize.

Muhammad Ali

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Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.; January 17, 1942) is an American former boxer and three-time World Heavyweight Champion, who is widely considered one of the greatest heavyweight championship boxers of all time. As an amateur, he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. After turning professional, he went on to become the first boxer to win the lineal heavyweight championship three times. Originally known as Cassius Clay, Ali changed his name after joining the Nation of Islam in 1964, subsequently converting to Islam in 1975. In 1967, Ali refused to be conscripted into the U.S. military, based on his religious beliefs and opposition to the Vietnam War. He was arrested and found guilty on draft evasion charges, stripped of his boxing title, and his boxing license was suspended. He was not imprisoned, but did not fight again for nearly four years while his appeal worked its way up to the U.S. Supreme Court, where it was successful. Nicknamed “The Greatest”, Ali was involved in several historic boxing matches. Notable among these are three with rival Joe Frazier and one with George Foreman, whom he beat by knockout to win the world heavyweight title for the second time. He suffered only five losses (four decisions and one TKO by retirement from the bout) with no draws in his career, while amassing 56 wins (37 knockouts and 19 decisions).

Ali was well known for his unorthodox fighting style, which he described as “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee”, and employing techniques such as the rope-a-dope. He was also known for his pre-match hype, where he would “trash talk” opponents on television and in person some time before the match, often with rhymes. These personality quips and idioms, along with an unorthodox fighting technique, made him a cultural icon. In later life, Ali developed Parkinson’s disease. In 1999, Ali was crowned “Sportsman of the Century” by Sports Illustrated and “Sports Personality of the Century” by the BBC.

Diana Frances Spencer

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Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was a member of the British royal family and an international personality of the late 20th century as the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, whom she married on 29 July 1981. The wedding, which was held at St. Paul's Cathedral, was televised and watched by a global audience of over 750 million people. The marriage produced two sons: Princes William and Harry, currently second and third in line to the thrones of the 16 Commonwealth realms, respectively.

A public figure from the announcement of her engagement to Prince Charles, Diana was born into an old, aristocratic English family with royal ancestry, and remained the focus of worldwide media scrutiny before, during and after her marriage, which ended in divorce on 28 August 1996. This media attention continued following her death in a car crash in Paris on 31 August 1997, and in the subsequent display of public mourning a week later. Diana also received recognition for her charity work and for her support of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. From 1989, she was the president of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.

Diana Spencer was born at Park House, Sandringham, in Norfolk, England, the youngest of three daughters of John Spencer, Viscount Althorp (later the 8th Earl Spencer) and his first wife Frances Spencer, Viscountess Althorp (formerly the Honourable Frances Burke Roche, and later Frances Shand Kydd). Her father was of English descent and counted the 1st Duke of Marlborough among his ancestors. Her mother, who was of English and Irish descent, was a daughter of the 4th Baron Fermoy. Diana had two older sisters, Sarah and Jane, and a younger brother, Charles. She was baptised on 30 August 1961 at St Mary Magdalene Church by the Rt Revd Percy Herbert (rector of the church and former Bishop of Norwich and Blackburn), and her godparents were: the Lady Mary Colman; Mr John Floyd (the chairman of Christie's); Mrs William Fox; Mr Alexander Gilmour; and Mrs Michael Pratt.

Diana was only seven years old when her parents were unexpectedly divorced, after much acrimony and as a result of her mother having an affair with a married man. Initially, Frances took Diana to live in an apartment in London's Knightsbridge, where Diana attended a local day school. However, Lord Spencer gained custody of Diana after a court battle for which Frances' mother, the Baroness Fermoy, denounced her own daughter as being an unfit mother. Shortly afterwards, following the divorce of her companion Peter Shand Kydd from his wife, Frances married him and moved to the island of Seil on the west coast of Scotland. Henceforth, Diana was raised by her father, but did often visit her mother. In 1973, Lord Spencer began a relationship with then married Raine, Countess of Dartmouth, the only daughter of Alexander McCorquodale and Barbara Cartland. They were married at Caxton Hall, London, on 14 July 1976. Neither of Diana's parents had any children from their second marriages.

Thomas Alva Edison

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Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan, Ohio on February 11, 1847. In 1954 his parents moved to Port Huron, Michigan. Edison also grew up there. As a child Edison had time to attend school only for 3 months. His teacher warned small Edison that he could not learn in school and eventually her mother decided to teach himself Edison at home. Incidentally his mother a teacher. This is done because when the Edison school, including students who are often left behind and he was considered a gifted student who is not.
Although no schools, small Edison showed a profound nature curious and always wanted to try. Before reaching school age he had dissected the animals, not to torture the animals, but purely driven by a great curiosity. At the age of eleven years of Edison built a simple chemical laboratory in the basement of his father's home. A year later he managed to make a telegraph that despite its primitive but it works.

Of course, experiments that do require a sizable fee. To meet the needs that, at the age of twelve years Edison worked as a seller of newspapers and candy on the train that runs between the city of Port Huron and Detroit. In order to spare time on the train was not wasted Edison asked for permission to the railroad company, "Grand Trunk Railway", to create a small laboratory in one of the railway carriage. It was there that she experimented and read the literature when it was not on duty.

Coltan???

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Coltan, perhaps these words sound unfamiliar for the first time to hear it. Coltan is black mineral, which is very valuable, which combines niobite and tantalite. This mineral is used in a variety of technological equipment, including mobile phones, computer chips, weapons, etc.

Africa, especially countries of Congo, a country producing 80% of the world's coltan. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire between 1971 and 1997), is a country in Central Africa. It shares borders with Central African Republic and Sudan to the north, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania in the east, Zambia and Angola in the south, and the Republic of Congo in the West.

Coltan price in world market could reach three times the price of gold, and this triggered a bloody war in this country. And who better to make sad, life coltan miners are still poor, not able to get a decent livelihood from such hard work. And their lives were often exploited and many of them have accidents in the mining process without adequate compensation. It's sad, in addition to technological developments which require us to continue to grow rapidly, it must be coupled with the sacrifice of our brothers in other parts of the world.