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Bill Gates  saw the potential in PCs before anyone else truly grasped the commercial value of the concept. His foresight allowed him to build Microsoft into a $400 billion behemoth, and made him a passionate believer in the system that allowed him to do so. ”Some people, through luck and skill, end up with a lot of assets. If you’re good at kicking a ball, writing software, investing in stocks, it pays extremely well. Capitalism has worked very well,” he said in 2010. To those not as enraptured with capitalism, he offered a curt suggestion: “Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome.” That´s why I have chosen him as the man of the month, for becoming the world richest man with a net worth of 76 billion dollars. D.G 4º B

Suárez held several government posts during the late Francoist regime. He became the Minister Secretary General of the National Movement(Movimiento Nacional), a body that served as the sole political party in Spain. for 38 years, a period that extended beyond the death of Franco in November 1975. At a rally just a month before Franco's death, Suárez was queried by the aging Caudillo on the political future of Spain and told him frankly that the Movement would not likely long survive Franco and that democratization was inevitable. Suárez was appointed as the 138th Prime Minister of Spain by King Juan Carlos on 4 July 1976, a move opposed by leftists and some centrists given his Francoist history. As a nationalist, he was chosen by the monarch to lead the country towards a democratic, parliamentary monarchy without annoying the powerful conservative factions (especially the military) in the nation. Surprising many observers and political opponents, Suárez introduced Political Reform

MARCH 14th 2014 When investigating the remains of an ancient mammoth, researchers found well preserved and managed liquid blood DNA sequencing. Now confirm that you are able to clone a mammoth first time in history. The remains of the mammoth lived in northern Russia 43,000 years ago were preserved surprisingly well, better than a dead 6 months after burial, said one of the chief researchers, Victoria Egorova. As a result, for the first time this extinct species erythrocytes were found. "The data we obtained allow us to clone a mammoth. However, it will be a different mammoth that lived 43,000 years ago," says Radik Jairúlin, vice president of the Association of Anthropologists of Russia. He explained that for cloning a female elephant would be needed, and that means that the cloned offspring be a hybrid. Scientists are also looking for the answer to the question why the mammoth was preserved so well? The most obvious explanation is very cold weather, which kept all this t

MARCH 18 2014 Malaysia today announced that they have changed the lookup disappeared Malaysian Airlines plane with 239 people on board to record parts of Asia and the Indian Ocean, while continuing research crew and passengers. Suspected hijacking or sabotage increased further after it was confirmed that the last radio message from the cabin-casual "okay, good night" - was said after someone had started to disable one of the monitoring systems automatic airplane. O.B.1ºA

ORTHOREXIA: A serious health problem. Orthorexia or addiction healthy eating is an eating disorder which can impair physical and mental health, and the worst, is that the incidence is increasing. It is an extreme obsession with health, focusing on eating as healthy as possible, which can become a serious condition. Orthorexia can negatively interfere with the lives of people who suffer from preferring to be hungry, even for long periods, to eat food that , in his view , are " impure" , is that are high in additives , fats, etc . Stop going to restaurants, fast food establishments and homes of family and friends, for fear that can not ingest food. These people strong food restrictions are imposed, which affects their health, as they can produce them complications such as hypotension or osteoporosis, lack of vitamins or minerals, like calcium. Generally, this behavior is due to poor diet that society sells, and lack of information. Social pressure causes these people feel is

The ugliest baby A woman gets on a bus with her baby. The driver says, “Ugh! That’s the ugliest baby I’ve ever seen.” The woman stalks off to the rear of the bus and sits down. She turns to the man sitting next to her and says, “The driver just insulted me!” The man says, “You go and give him a telling off. I’ll hold your monkey for you.” By J.A.1A