Vincent Van Gogh Biography

Full Name:  Vincent Willem van Gogh
Popular Name: Vincent Van Gogh
Date of Birth: 30 March 1853 (1853-03-30)
Place of Birth: Zundert, Netherlands
Wafat: 29 July 1890 (1890-07-30) (aged 37)
Auvers-sur-Oise, France
Nationality: Dutch

Vincent Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 in a small Dutch village of Groot-Zundert in a family of Teodorus the cleric and his wife Anna Karbentus. Exactly one year before that Anna gave birth to a dead child, named Vincent, a coincidence which might had a negative impact on his mind later and became one of the reasons for the loss of Van Gogh mental health.

Vincent Van Gogh Pictures

Vincent Van Gogh has become known as one of the most tragic figures in world art. Currently, his paintings sold for record amounts. A Vincent had a happy childhood spent in the progressive-minded family, surrounded by thebeautiful nature of the village. The career of Vincent in the artistic world began at age 16 when he began to sell paintings of other artists.

After finishing school Van Gogh went to Borinage, a poor mining region of Belgium, where he was very much facilitate the lives of people around him. The theme of god-fearing, hard working people is reflected in the best-known work "potato eater".

Months spent working and studying have been very helpful in creating his unique style. In spring 1886, after leaving the Academy, Vincent moved to Paris to his brother. The brothers spend two years together, during this period of great creativity Vincent influenced byworks, sold by his brother, who was still working at Goupil, namely the works of Pissarro, Sisley, Guillamin. "Now my colors are very bright - sky blue, orange, pink, bright yellow, light green, light wine, violet", - he writes to her sister. During the spring, he paints blooming trees, dozens of paintings, flushed with tender southern sun. In a letter to his brother Theo he writes: "I have never had such a wonderful opportunity to work. This altercation resulted in the Vincent cuts off your ear. December 24, Van Gogh was admitted to hospital in Arles, suffering from recurrent attacks of insanity. However, January 7, Van Gogh did leave the hospital and returned home with a great desire to continue working. Wonderful words said about the works of Van Gogh Ogtay Mirbo: " His life was not long. He never was professionally satisfied with his work. We shall love Vincent Van Gogh and revere his memory, because he was really true and great artist."

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This is Justin Bieber Biography. Justin Drew Bieber (born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian pop/R&B singer-songwriter and actor.  Bieber was discovered in 2008 by Scooter Braun, who happened to come across Bieber's videos on YouTube and later became his manager. Braun arranged for him to meet with Usher in Atlanta, Georgia, and Bieber was soon signed to Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG), a joint venture between Braun and Usher, and then to a recording contract with Island Records offered by L.A. Reid. His debut single, "One Time", released worldwide in 2009, peaked in the top ten in Canada and charted in the top thirty in several international markets. His debut release, My World, followed on November 17, 2009, and was eventually certified platinum in the United States. He became the first artist to have seven songs from a debut album chart on the Billboard Hot 100.

His first full studio release, My World 2.0, was released on March 23, 2010 and has since received similar success; it debuted at number one and within the top ten of several countries, and was certified platinum in the United States. It was preceded by the worldwide top-ten single, "Baby," in January 2010. The music video of "Baby" is currently ranked as the most viewed and most discussed YouTube video, and was the most disliked until being overtaken by Rebecca Black's song Friday. Bieber followed-up the release of his debut album with his first headlining tour, the My World Tour, the remix albums My Worlds Acoustic and Never Say Never – The Remixes, and the 3D biopic-concert film Justin Bieber: Never Say Never – which had an opening weekend gross that nearly matched the record for the biggest opening weekend for a concert-film.

The singer has been nominated and awarded numerous accolades over the past few years, winning Artist of the Year at the 2010 American Music Awards, and being nominated for Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Album at the 53rd Grammy Awards, among others. Bieber is considered a teen idol, and has been subject to acclaim from fans, as well as criticism and controversy from matters concerning his popularity and image.

Early life
Bieber was born on March 1, 1994, in London, Ontario, and was raised in Stratford, Ontario. Bieber's mother, Patricia Lynn "Pattie" Mallette, was 18 years old when she became pregnant with her son. Mallette, who worked a series of low-paying office jobs, raised Bieber as a single mother in low-income housing. Bieber has maintained contact with his father, Jeremy Jack Bieber, who married another woman and had two children. Bieber's paternal great-grandfather was a German immigrant to Canada. His mother's ancestry is French Canadian.

During his childhood, Bieber was interested in hockey, soccer, and chess; he often kept his musical aspirations to himself. As he grew up, Bieber taught himself to play the piano, drums, guitar, and trumpet. In early 2007, when he was twelve, Bieber sang Ne-Yo's "So Sick" for a local singing competition in Stratford and placed second. Mallette posted a video of the performance on YouTube for their family and friends to see. She continued to upload videos of Bieber singing covers of various R&B songs, and Bieber's popularity on the site grew.

Career
2008–09: Discovery and My World
While searching for videos of a different singer, Scooter Braun, a former marketing executive of So So Def, clicked on one of Bieber's 2007 videos by accident. Impressed, Braun tracked down the theater Bieber was performing in, located Bieber's school, and finally contacted Mallette. Mallette was reluctant because of Braun's Jewish religion; she remembered praying, "God, I gave him to you. You could send me a Christian man, a Christian label! ... you don’t want this Jewish kid to be Justin’s man, do you?” However, after praying with her church elders and receiving their encouragement, she permitted Braun to fly Bieber, then 13, to Atlanta, Georgia, to record demo tapes. A week after arriving, Bieber sang for R&B singer/songwriter Usher. Bieber was soon signed to Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG), a joint venture between Braun and Usher. Justin Timberlake was also reportedly in the running to sign Bieber, but lost the bidding war to Usher. Usher then arranged an audition with Antonio L.A. Reid of Island Def Jam Music Group, who signed Bieber to Island Records in October 2008 (resulting in a joint venture between RBMG and Island Records). At that point, Bieber and his mother moved to Atlanta temporarily, also the home of Usher and Braun, to record and get counseling from Braun. Braun became Bieber's manager.

Bieber's first single, "One Time", was released to radio while Bieber was still recording his debut album. The song reached number 12 on the Canadian Hot 100 during its first week of release in July 2009,[10] and later peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100. During fall 2009 it had success in international markets. The song was certified Platinum in Canada and the US and Gold in Australia and New Zealand. Bieber's first release, an extended play entitled My World, was released on November 17, 2009. The album's second single, "One Less Lonely Girl", and two promo singles, "Love Me", and "Favorite Girl", were released exclusively on the iTunes store and charted within the top forty of the Billboard Hot 100. "One Less Lonely Girl" was later also released to radio and peaked within the top fifteen in Canada and the U.S., being certified Gold in the latter. My World was eventually certified Platinum in the US and Double Platinum in both Canada and the UK. To promote the album, Bieber performed on several live shows such as mtvU's VMA 09 Tour, European program The Dome, YTV's The Next Star, The Today Show, The Wendy Williams Show, Lopez Tonight, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, It's On with Alexa Chung, Good Morning America, Chelsea Lately, and BET's 106 & Park with Rihanna. Bieber also guest starred in an episode of True Jackson, VP in late 2009.

Bieber performed Stevie Wonder's "Someday at Christmas" for U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at the White House for Christmas in Washington, which was broadcast on December 20, 2009, on U.S. television broadcaster TNT. Bieber was also one of the performers at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest on December 31, 2009. Bieber was a presenter at the 52nd Grammy Awards on January 31, 2010. He was invited to be a vocalist for the remake of We Are The World for its 25th anniversary to benefit Haiti after the earthquake. Bieber sings the opening line, which was sung by Lionel Richie in the original version. On March 12, 2010, a version of K'naan's "Wavin' Flag" recorded by a collective of Canadian musicians known as Young Artists for Haiti was released. Bieber is featured in the song, performing the closing lines.

2010–present: My World 2.0 and Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
"Baby", the lead single from his debut album, My World 2.0, which features Ludacris, was released in January 2010 and became his biggest hit thus far, charting at number five in the U.S. and reaching the top ten in seven other countries. Two promo singles "Never Let You Go", and "U Smile" were top thirty hits on the U.S. Hot 100, and top twenty hits in Canada. According to review aggregator Metacritic, the album has received "generally favorable reviews". It debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, making Bieber the youngest solo male act to top the chart since Stevie Wonder in 1963. My World 2.0 also debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, Irish Albums Chart, and Australian Albums Chart, and the New Zealand Albums Chart and reached the top ten of fifteen other countries. To promote the album, Bieber appeared on several live programs including The View, the 2010 Kids Choice Awards, Nightline, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Dome and 106 and Park. Bieber collaborated with Sean Kingston on his single "Eenie Meenie" which also appeared on Bieber's debut album. The song reached the top ten in the United Kingdom and Australia, and in the top-twenty of most other markets.

On April 10, 2010, Bieber was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live. On July 4, 2010, Bieber performed at the Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular in New York City. The second single from My World 2.0, "Somebody to Love", was released in April 2010, and a remix was released featuring Bieber's mentor Usher. The single reached number ten in Canada, fifteen in the United States, and the top twenty in multiple international countries.

On June 23, 2010, Bieber went on his first official headlining tour, the My World Tour, starting in Hartford, Connecticut, to promote My World and My World 2.0. In July 2010, it was reported that Bieber was the most searched for celebrity on the Internet. That same month his music video, "Baby", surpassed Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" to become the most viewed, and most disliked YouTube video ever. In September 2010, it was reported that Bieber accounted for three percent of all traffic on Twitter, according to an employee of the social-networking site.

Bieber began recording his second album in July 2010 in New York City. At this point, because of puberty, his voice was deeper than it was when he recorded his first album. In April 2010, the singer discussing his vocals remarked, "It cracks. Like every teenage boy, I'm dealing with it and I have the best vocal coach in the world.  Some of the notes I hit on "Baby" I can't hit anymore. We have to lower the key when I sing live." British singer/songwriter Taio Cruz confirmed in July 2010 that he is writing songs for Bieber's next album. Hip hop producer Dr. Dre produced two songs with Bieber in July 2010 but it is unknown if they were made for the album, which is currently due for a 2011 release.

Bieber guest-starred in the season premiere of the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, aired on September 23, 2010. He played a "troubled teen who is faced with a difficult decision regarding his only brother." Bieber was also in a subsequent episode which aired on February 17, 2011, in which his character is killed. Bieber performed a medley of "U Smile", "Baby," and "Somebody to Love" and briefly played the drums at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, 2010. Bieber announced in October 2010 that he would release an acoustic album, called My Worlds Acoustic. It was released on Black Friday in the United States and featured acoustic versions of songs from his previous albums, and accompanied the release of a completely new song titled "Pray".

A 3-D part-biopic, part-concert film starring Bieber entitled Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, was released February 11, 2011, directed by Step Up 3D director Jon Chu. It topped the box office with an estimated grossing of $12.4 million on its opening day from 3,105 theaters. It grossed $30.3 million for the weekend and was narrowly beaten by the romantic comedy Just Go With It, which grossed $31 million. Never Say Never is said to have exceeded industry expectations, nearly matching the $31.1 million grossed by Miley Cyrus's 2008 3-D concert film, Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert, which holds the record for the top debut for a music-documentary. The film is accompanied by his second remix album, Never Say Never – The Remixes, released February 14, 2011, and features remixes of songs from his debut album, with guest appearances from Miley Cyrus, Chris Brown, and Kanye West, among others.

Personal Life
Bieber is a Christian. Bieber's comments in a February 2011 profile in Rolling Stone sparked controversy. Asked whether a person should wait until marriage to have sex, Bieber responded, "I don't think you should have sex with anyone unless you love them." Asked about his opinion on abortion, Bieber said he doesn't "believe in abortion" and that it is "like killing a baby." When asked about abortion in cases of rape, he said, "Well, I think that's really sad, but everything happens for a reason. I don't know how that would be a reason. I guess I haven't been in that position, so I wouldn't be able to judge that." In the same interview, Bieber talked about homosexuality, stating that “It’s everyone’s own decision to do that. It doesn’t affect me and shouldn’t affect anyone else.”, with Rolling Stone commenting "It is not clear whether he intended to label homosexuality as a lifestyle choice." However, Bieber has also contributed to the It Gets Better Project, a project started in response to the suicide of Billy Lucas. Bieber has said he is not interested in obtaining United States citizenship, praising Canada as being "the best country in the world", citing its health care system as an example.

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Amanda Seyfried Biography

Amanda Seyfried is a multi talented artist an American who was born in Allentown, Lehihg, Pennsylvania on December 3, 1985. His mother named Ann (nee sander) is a worker at the place of therapy and her father named Jack is an expert on drug-abatan. Seyfried mempuyai an older sister named Jennifer Seyfried who worked as a musician in Philadelphia, the organ-driven band Love lock city. Seyfried graduated from Allentown's William Allen High School in 2003. Apart from being a movie player, Seyfried is also famous as a singer, songwriter, and also a model.

Seyfried started her career in 1995 when just nine years old. She began her career in the city of his birth, Allentown when training at the Civic Theater of Allentown. At the age of 11 years, he worked at Image International Agency. He also worked at Bethlehem's Pro Model Agency. This Agency, which in turn introduces him to the Wilhelmina in New York, United States and made ​​him a star famous Yeng. When being a model, Seyfried also follow the vocal class (at age 11-12 years). She trained with Broadway Voice coach for almost five years. From there he began studying acting in television dramas Guiding ligh.

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Nicole Kidman Biography

Full Name: Nicole Mary Kidman
Popular Name: Nicole Kidman
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: June 20, 1967
Place of Birth: Honolulu, Hawaii

Nicole Kidman was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, June 20, 1967. She is the wife of country singer Keith Urban are to marry on June 25, 2006. Kidman’s ex-wife of Tom Cruise’s movie star, has won numerous awards in film, including Academy Award (Oscar) for best actress category through her role as Virginia Woolf in Nicole Kidman Biography Nicole Kidman Biographythe movie THE HOURS (2003). In addition, winning a Golden Globe Award, BAFTA and MTV Movie Awards.

She is fashion model, singer and humanitarian. Her father, Dr. Antony David Kidman, is a biochemist, clinical psychologist and author, with an office in Lane Cove, Sydney, Australia.Her mother, Janelle Ann (née Glenny), is a nursing instructor who edits her husband’s books and was a member of the Women’s Electoral Lobby. At the time of Kidman’s birth in 1967, her father was a visiting fellow at the National Institute of Mental Health of the United States. The family returned to Australia when Kidman was four and her parents now live on Sydney’s North Shore. Kidman has a younger sister, Antonia Kidman, a journalist. She has known actress Naomi Watts since they were in their teens and the two remain best friends today.

Kidman attended Lane Cove Public School and North Sydney Girls’ High School. In 1984, her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, which caused Nicole to temporarily halt her education and help provide for the family by working as a massage therapist at age 17. She studied at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, and at the Phillip Street Theatre in Sydney, with Naomi Watts. This was followed by attending the Australian Theatre for Young People.

Kidman’s first appearance in film came as a teenager in the Pat Wilson music video for the song “Bop Girl”. By the end of 1983, she had a supporting role in the television series Five Mile Creek and four film roles, including BMX Bandits and Bush Christmas. During the 1980s, she appeared in several Australian productions, including the soap opera A Country Practice, the mini-series Vietnam (1986), Emerald City (1988), and Bangkok Hilton (1989). She also made multiple guest appearances on Australian television programs and made-for-TV movies.

In 1989, Kidman starred in Dead Calm as Rae Ingram, the wife of naval officer John Ingram (Sam Neill), held captive on a Pacific yacht trip by the psychotic Hughie Warriner (Billy Zane). The thriller garnered strong reviews; Variety commented: “Throughout the film, Kidman is excellent. She gives the character of Rae real tenacity and energy.” Meanwhile, critic Roger Ebert noted the excellent chemistry between the leads, stating, “…Kidman and Zane do generate real, palpable hatred in their scenes together.”

In 1990, she appeared opposite Tom Cruise in Days of Thunder, playing a young doctor who falls in love with a racecar driver. This was Kidman’s American debut and was among the highest-grossing films of the year. That same year she auditioned for the role of Molly in the blockbuster film Ghost but lost the role to Demi Moore.

In 1991, she co-starred with Naomi Watts in the independent film Flirting, and received a Golden Globe nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Billy Bathgate opposite Dustin Hoffman. She and Cruise re-teamed for Ron Howard’s Irish epic Far and Away (1992), which was a modest critical and commercial success.

In 1993, she starred opposite Michael Keaton in My Life and Alec Baldwin in the thriller Malice, which also featured Gwyneth Paltrow, Bill Pullman, and Anne Bancroft. During an interview, Kidman revealed she refused to screen test for the role of Jenny in Forrest Gump (1994), a part that went to Robin Wright Penn.

In 1995, Kidman played Dr. Chase Meridian in Batman Forever opposite Val Kilmer and Jim Carrey. The movie was a blockbuster and became the second-highest grossing film of the year. As of 2010, it is also the highest-grossing film in which she has appeared. Kidman’s second film in 1995, To Die For, was a satirical comedy that earned her critical praise. For her portrayal of the murderous newscaster Suzanne Stone Maretto, she won a Golden Globe Award and five other best actress awards.
Kidman at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival

Kidman continued to star in many films such as The Portrait of a Lady (1996) and The Peacemaker (1997) opposite George Clooney. In 1998, she appeared in the film Practical Magic alongside Sandra Bullock, and starred in the stage play The Blue Room, which opened in London. In 1999, Kidman and Cruise portrayed a married couple in Eyes Wide Shut, the final film of Stanley Kubrick. The film opened to generally positive reviews but was subject to censorship controversies due to the explicit nature of its sex scenes.

In 2002, Kidman received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in the 2001 musical film Moulin Rouge!, in which she played the courtesan Satine opposite Ewan McGregor. Consequently, Kidman received her second Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. The same year, she also had a well-received starring role in the horror film The Others. While in Australia filming Moulin Rouge!, Kidman injured her ribs; as a result, Jodie Foster replaced her as leading actress in the film Panic Room. In that film, Kidman’s voice appears on the phone as the mistress of the husband of the lead character.

The following year, Kidman won critical praise for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in The Hours, in which the prosthetics applied to her made her almost unrecognisable. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for this role, along with a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA, and numerous critics awards. Kidman became the first Australian actress to win an Academy Award. During her Academy Award acceptance speech, Kidman made a teary statement about the importance of art, even during times of war: “Why do you come to the Academy Awards when the world is in such turmoil? Because art is important. And because you believe in what you do and you want to honour that, and it is a tradition that needs to be upheld.”[17]

In the same year, Kidman starred in three very different films. The first film, Dogville, by Danish director Lars von Trier, was an experimental film set on a bare soundstage. In the second film, she co-starred with Anthony Hopkins in the film adaptation of Philip Roth’s novel The Human Stain. The third film, Cold Mountain, a love story of two Southerners separated by the Civil War, garnered her a Golden Globe Award nomination. Kidman’s 2004 film Birth was nominated for the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, and Kidman was nominated for another Golden Globe Award.

Kidman’s two movies in 2005 were The Interpreter and Bewitched. The Interpreter, directed by Sydney Pollack, received mixed reviews, while Bewitched, co-starring Will Ferrell and based on the 1960s TV sitcom of the same name, was generally panned by critics. Neither film fared well in the United States, their box office sales falling well short of the production costs, but both films fared well internationally.

In conjunction with her success in the film industry, Kidman became the face of the Chanel No. 5 perfume brand. She starred in a campaign of television and print ads with Rodrigo Santoro, directed by Moulin Rouge! director Baz Luhrmann to promote the fragrance during the holiday season in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2008. The three-minute commercial produced for Chanel No. 5 perfume made Kidman the record holder for the most money paid per minute to an actor after she reportedly earned US$12million for the 3 minute advert. During this time, Kidman was also listed as the 45th Most Powerful Celebrity on the 2005 Forbes Celebrity 100 List. She made a reported US$14.5 million in 2004-2005. On People magazine’s list of 2005′s highest paid actresses, Kidman was second behind Julia Roberts with a US$16 million to US$17 million per-film price tag. She has since passed Roberts as the highest paid actress.

Kidman appeared in the Diane Arbus bio-pic Fur. She also lent her voice to the animated film Happy Feet, which quickly garnered critical and commercial success; the film grossed over US$384 million dollars worldwide. In 2007, she starred in the science fiction movie The Invasion directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel where it was reported that she received $26 million dollars for her performance. Although it was a critical and commercial failure, Kidman said that she has no control over the success of her films. She also played opposite Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jack Black in Noah Baumbach’s comedy-drama Margot at the Wedding. She also starred in the film adaptation of the first part of the planned His Dark Materials trilogy of films, playing the villainous Marisa Coulter. However, The Golden Compass”s failure to meet expectations at the North American box office has reduced the likelihood of a sequel.

On 25 June 2007, Nintendo announced that Kidman would be the new face of Nintendo’s advertising campaign for the Nintendo DS game More Brain Training in its European market.In 2008, she starred Baz Luhrmann’s Australian period film titled Australia, which is set in the remote Northern Territory during the Japanese attack on Darwin during World War II. Kidman played opposite Hugh Jackman as an English woman feeling overwhelmed by the continent. The film was a box office success worldwide. Kidman was originally set to star in The Reader, a post-war Germany drama, but due to her pregnancy she had to back out of the film.

Kidman appears in the 2009 Rob Marshall musical, Nine, portraying the character of Claudia Jenssen. She stars with Aaron Eckhart in the film adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Rabbit Hole, for which she vacated her role in the forthcoming Woody Allen picture, You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger.

Also, in 2009, Kidman has been the front face of an international spread Schweppes commercial. Meanwhile, Nicole Kidman is also known as a social activist, ambassador of UNICEF and PBB.

Film for Nicole Kidman:

BMX Bandits
Bush Christmas
Five Mile Creek
Skin Deep
Chase Through the Night

Matthew and Son
Wills & Burke
A Country Practice
Archer’s Adventure
Winners

Windrider
Watch the Shadows Dance
The Bit Part
Room to Move
An Australian in Rome

Vietnam
Emerald City
Dead Calm
Bangkok Hilton
Days of Thunder

Flirting
Billy Bathgate
Far and Away
Malice
My Life

To Die For
Batman Forever
The Portrait of a Lady
Shine
The Leading Man

The Peacemaker
Practical Magic
Eyes Wide Shut
Moulin Rouge!
The Others

Birthday Girl
The Hours
Dogville
The Human Stain
Cold Mountain

The Stepford Wives
Birth
The Interpreter
Bewitched
Fur

Happy Feet
The Invasion
Margot at the Wedding
The Golden Compass
Australia

Nine
Rabbit Hole
Just Go With It
Trespass

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Barack Obama Biography

Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 4, 1961. He spent two years at Occidental College before he transferred to Columbia University. He majored in political science with an emphasis on international relations. After he graduated, he spent a year working at Business International, which is a newsletter publisher. Then he moved to Chicago where he was a community organizer on the south side. That was when he joined the Trinity United Church of Christ.

He went to Harvard University to study law. While he was there, he was elected Harvard's first black president of the Harvard Law Review. He graduated from Harvard with the distinction magna cum laude. After he got his degree, he returned to Chicago and got about a hundred thousand people registered to vote for the 1992 general election. He helped in getting Bill Clinton elected. Also, he helped to get Senator Carol Moseley Braun, who was the first African-American woman elected into the US Senate. He joined a civil rights firm and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago.

In 1996, Barack was elected to the Illinois State Senate. He was the chairman of the Public Health and Welfare Committee. That was when the Democrats got control of the chamber. He was regarded as the "most liberal" member of the Senate for his decisions, or lack thereof. Even though he was a liberal senator, he was known as a "bipartisan dealmaker". He also pushed for a form of universal healthcare. There are about 47 million Americans without healthcare and Barack's plan should lower that number dramatically. He also pushed forth legislation to fund AIDS research and prevention programs.

Barack has not always been successful in his political life. He was unsuccessful in Illinois' 1st Congressional District Democratic primary against Bobby Rush, the incumbent. Barack was thrust into the national spotlight thanks to John Kerry, the Democratic Nominee in 2004. He gave Barack a slot to speak and a star was born.

In 2005, Barack was listed as one of the top 100 most influential people in the whole world. In 2004, Barack ran for a US Senate seat. Obama went up against Jack Ryan but Ryan had to drop out. Alan Keyes was then chosen as Barack's new opponent. Obama won handily in the general election and received 70% to Keyes's 27%. When Barack was sworn in on January 4, 2005, he ranked next to last in terms of seniority. Obama had some official business to take care of when he got to the Senate. He had to decline to be the Senate co-sponsor of questioning Ohio's Electoral College votes after the 2004 election was over.

He came into the senate with a plan that greatly mirrored Hillary Clinton's. His plan stated that he wanted to focus on improving Illinois, his home state. He held 39 town hall meetings. Barack had to speak up sooner than he would have liked when Hurricane Katrina hit. On February 10, 2007 in Springfield, IL, Barack announced that he would seek the presidency in 2008, after saying previously that he wouldn't do such a thing.

Dan Shapiro announced that he would be Barack's political advisor and strategist. This was important because it went along with Barack's desire to deliver many speeches to emphasize his devotion to Israel. Twelve days after the general election, President Elect Barack Obama resigned from the US Senate. Governor Rod Blagojevich, of Illinois, will appoint somebody to replace Obama.   

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Abraham Lincoln Biography

Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky, USA, where his father worked as a carpenter. He has lost his mother at an early age, then her father remarried. But Lincoln and his sister had loved his stepmother.

Lincoln's little boy grew into a tall and strapping. Her clothes always never seemed fitting. Always felt short-sleeve and pants always hang above the ankle. When observed, it seems he does not deserve to be big in the future, which turned out to be realized.

Lincoln Slavery was first seen, was when he was hired to carry the cargo transport ship bound for New Orleans in 1828. Then, when he visited the city for the second time, he vowed to himself that he must remove the practice of slavery.

Lincoln did not follow such education in general, but he was keen to learn reading and writing to successfully become a lawyer. Although sometimes he is regarded as a 'gay' by the neighbors because behavior and way of dresses, but he was flexible enough to local people. This is simply because he has an outstanding sense of humor and always make others happy. First fell in love with a woman named Anne Rutledge, a neighbor child innkeeper where he lived. Anne's father was the one who suggested that Lincoln entered politics.

At the beginning of his career, Lincoln was elected to Parliament for the area of Illinois in 1834. Then re-elected in 1838 and 1840. At that time, he met a man named Stephen Douglas, who later become rivals both in terms of love and political affairs. Mary Todd, the woman who they fighting, came from Kentucky, chose Lincoln as husband, but they are not happy pernikahn. In 1842, after a year of their marriage, Lincoln opened a firm with a friend named William H. Herndon. Friendship these two men apparently persisted until the end of Life of Lincoln. In later days, Herndon was the one who wrote a biography of Abraham Lincoln.

In 1846, Lincoln was elected to Congress. However membership is not renewed because he was proposing legislation to end slavery in the District of Columbia. Disappointed, he returned to enable his firm. He stopped his political activities for some time, but then he is better known by the public as an honest lawyer.

In fact, Lincoln could not stop for too long from the political world. In 1854, the issue of slavery made him jump back into politics. Taampaknya he had to compete with Stephen Douglas, who tried to subdue the South Americans who supported slavery, while the North opposed it. Lincoln did not expect that half of the country maintained the practice of slavery as opposed to half-brother of fellow countrymen. He was thinking, no nation may consist of half slave half instead. However, Lincoln was hit in the first round against Douglas, in getting the U.S. Senate seat.

Although this time he lost, in May 1860, Lincoln was elected as a Republican presidential candidate. Meanwhile, the Democratic Party all-out attack, and they call it a 'lawyer beans', 'incompetent to speak English' and so forth. But ultimately, he was elected President of the United States. Four days after he became President, Southern states were out of the Federation of American States. Southern states were later formed a confederacy itself. Lincoln felt sad for him, and tried to seek an end to the separation. However, the conflict between North and South was even more heightened and became the Civil War. Lincoln continues to try to stop the conflict despite his best to no avail.

To understand the political background of the American Civil War, have described how the origin of America was formed. In the 17th century, migrants from the British, French, Spanish, Dutch and Germans came to North America, which they regard as a new uninhabited land they found. They came in search of prosperity, freedom of religion, as well as to expand the power of their home country and build a new empire. UK and then apply its laws there, so that new land they called New England. After the war of American independence, free territories were then formed a federation, which they call the United States. Each new federation was agreed to keep taking care of their own government, although they also have to deal with common interests. Because, things like Defense remains a common affair.

The southern part of the American who joined the federation, developing their agricultural workers who depend on slavery. The northern part more dependent on trade and industry, although agriculture remains important regard. Because there was no slavery in the north. Meanwhile, the issue of slavery became a hot issue for the new region to join the United, while the people in these states have not fully prepared with the issue of slavery. Meanwhile, American laws declared all men are equally entitled to the 'life and liberty to gain happiness', but also protects private property rights. Slaves are private. Opinion that the slave is private property are contrary to other opinions that the slave is Man who also owns the rights to independence. This is the basic problem for people all over the U.S. territory.

Actually, many aspects that can be seen from this issue. First, what is an enslaved human too right? Today, slavery is not justified in many other countries around the world. Everyone agrees that clearly is not justified to curb the freedom of others. But the southern people have been spending a lot of money to purchase slaves. Social life, economic, political and they walked on the basis of ownership of slaves. So, really not difficult to understand how important the practice of slavery for them.

There is also a political side in slave ownership problems for countries in the South. How to run a 'Union States' when some of the region consists of the 'people-free' while others are 'slaves'? Although, this is a desirable competitor Lincoln, Douglas. Clearly, countries in the South worry if more and more territory Federation of the 'so-free', then slavery would be abolished completely. They think if this happens, they will go bankrupt, both socially and politically. The only solution may have to form two separate federal. But even this proved impossible.

Shortly after Lincoln was elected President, the South withdrew from the federation. On April 12, 1861, the South attacked the North in the town of Fort Sunter. Civil War or the 'war between the states federation' has begun.

There are great differences between North and South. In the northern area of skin more white population. They are more advanced in the field of production of goods while the South is better in agriculture. In many cases, exceed the North South, Southern military although very skilled, real war occurs more frequently in the South. Although they are better in terms of fighting. War is not easy for them to win. As we know, after several assaults, the North won the war. As the war progresses, Lincoln, still urged the holding of another election at the end of the period he served as President, and it turns out he was re-elected for another term.

In November 1863, in the battle of Gettysburg, Lincoln delivered a speech, which is remembered throughout history. He said "... was born a new nation, founded on freedom that upholds the recognition that all men are created equal." The words of Lincoln at Gettysburg gives two principles of freedom and equality - which is the basis of the American establishment.

Lincoln died in a way that unexpected. We are witnessing the theater with his wife, he was shot by a fellow named John Wilkes Booth. Pick her death, when peace has come to America. Maybe it is the culmination of events that must occur as tumbal end slavery in America. After his death, Lincoln was known as a great man, and the ideals that have been established to uphold continue to be maintained by all Americans.

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Muhammad Ali Biography

Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. was born on January 17, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky. The elder of two boys, he was named after his father, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Sr., who was named for the 19th century abolitionist and politician of the same name. His father painted billboards and signs, and his mother, Odessa Grady Clay, was a household domestic. Although Cassius Sr. was a Methodist, he allowed Odessa to bring up both Cassius and his younger brother Rudolph "Rudy" Clay (later renamed Rahman Ali) as Baptists. He is a descendant of pre-Civil War era American slaves in the American South, and is predominantly of African-American descent with Irish and English ancestry.

Clay was first directed toward boxing by the white Louisville police officer and boxing coach Joe E. Martin, who encountered the 12-year-old fuming over the theft of his bicycle. However, without Martin's knowledge, Clay also began training with Fred Stoner, an African-American trainer working at the local community center. In this way, Clay could make $4 a week on Tomorrow's Champions, a local, weekly TV show that Martin hosted, while benefiting from the coaching of the more experienced Stoner, who continued working with Clay throughout his amateur career.

Under Stoner's guidance, Cassius Clay won six Kentucky Golden Gloves titles, two national Golden Gloves titles, an Amateur Athletic Union National Title, and the Light Heavyweight gold medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Clay's amateur record was 100 wins with five losses.

Ali states (in his 1975 autobiography) that he threw his Olympic gold medal into the Ohio River after being refused service at a 'whites-only' restaurant, and fighting with a white gang. Whether this is true is still debated, although he was given a replacement medal at a basketball intermission during the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, where he lit the torch to start the games.

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