Charles Babbage (1791 – 1871) * Creator of the first computer Charles Babbage was born on 26 December 1791, probably in London, the son of a banker. He was often unwell as a child and was educated mainly at home. By the time he went to Cambridge University in 1810 he was very interested in mathematics. After graduation Babbage was hired by the Royal Institution to lecture on calculus. Within two years he had been elected a member of the Royal Society and, with his Cambridge friends, was instrumental
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A: I opened my eyes. Michele, wake up. Papa was sitting on the edge of the bed shaking my shoulder. “I’ve got to talk to you,” it was dark. But a patch of light bathed the ceiling. I couldn’t see his eyes and I couldn’t tell if he was angry. In the kitchen they were still talking. “Michele, what did you do today?” Nothing. Don’t talk nonsense. He was angry. “I didn’t do anything wrong, I swear, Felice found you with that boy, He says you wanted to free him,” I sat up. “No! It’s not true! I swear
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party in my whole life as teenager, and I was grounded. And because of what? – Because I’m pregnant, and I doesn’t know the father. It could be three boys, and I loved every single of them. I can’t tell my father, he’s a tough businessman, who has chosen not to be with us, and then my parents got divorced. I can’t forgive him, and I never want to talk to him again. But I did not care, because I wanted to come to the party. So when my mother went to bed, I sneaked out of the window and jumped into
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Emperor Constantine Who was Emperor Constantine and why was he important in the fourth century? Emperor Constantine (280AD – 337 AD) was a monotheist, who initially was a Sun worshipper. Even before the Roman Empire converted to Christianity, he was always very sympathetic and tolerant toward Christians. In 312, Constantine converted to Christianity, after having a vision of a cross superimposed against the sun. With his conversion, a great change in the Roman Empire
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instead of choosing survival by giving into the Romans, they chose to be self-sacrificial until their deaths. In Ignatius’ The Letter of Ignatius to the Romans, Ignatius pleaded, “For if you remain silent and leave me alone, I will be a word of God, but if you love my flesh, then I will again be a mere voice” (Ignatius 227). Ignatius saw death as a more meaningful example of what Christians should aspire to and how devoted they are to Christianity. He wanted to prove he was a true disciple and by allowing
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For a team to work like a well oiled machine, the members of the team must contribute ideas to get the team going and to eventually build or accomplish something amazing. In “La Vida Robot” mexican immigrants come into the country undocumented, but they work together and end up beating some of the smartest kids in the country. In “Steve Jobs” Steve jobs and Wozniak come together and end up being one of the most successful teams in history. They created the Apple 1 and the company they formed still
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Empress of the Byzantine Empire, Theodora, is known for the intelligence and wisdom that she displayed in her reign in the 6th century (527-548). She used her power and influence to improve the status of women and to promote her religious beliefs. Little is known of Theodora’s early life, but what is known was recorded in the Secret History, written by an official court historian, Procopius. According to his writing, Theodora was a daughter from a bear trainer of a circus. She was an actress and
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It was May of 2015 in Sedona when seven of my friends and I decided to go canyoneering — hiking, rappelling, and swimming through small slot canyons. The air was warm and our spirits were high. We were ready for the busy day, so we took a short drive from our campsite to our trailhead. Our bags were packed lightly since everything was destined to get wet; we only carried and wore swim trunks, stale power bars, water, foil emergency blankets, T-shirts, and light windbreakers. That morning, we began
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The play Kamau by Alani Apio exhibits a very strong example of the dramatic difference between the ways that local and non-local people view the value of land. The main character Alika is much attached to the land that his family has lived on for years, as the land has become their undeniable home. However, Alika’s boss, Jim, is employed at a company that has just bought the land that Alika and his family live on and plans to build a resort in place of Alika’s home. The land in question has two
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When Christianity surface during the first and second century AD it spread and reached to many nations. With diverse and large range of different regions it help spread new ideas among the vast different population it attracted variety mix of Greeks and Romans were very attracted to Christianity. Reason for that is because Christianity differs from many other religions, mystery cults and philosophies of the Roman Empire. One being it is more open in accepting followers unlike Judaism which a person
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