GOODREADS quotes! -To this generation I would say: Memorize some bit of verse of truth or beauty. -You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music. - Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside. -Pleasure to me is wonder—the unexplored, the unexpected, the thing that is hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind superficial mutability -Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, And that's what parents were created
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Assignment 1: It is believed that Queen Hatshepsut dressed as a man to gain support of the Egyptians. After her death, her successor removed as many remnants of her rule as possible. Although a pharaoh, her mummified remains and tomb have never been conclusively found. HUM111 Professor Jenna Thrasher-Sneathen 06/25/2012 Queen Hatshepsut was able to rise from princess to queen then became the first woman pharaoh to rule. She was married to her half brother Thutmose II and was viewed as
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According to Joseph Calata “It was definitely trial-and-error but I wanted to prove that it could be done with patience and determination,” he said. “I asked myself, ‘Will I end up working in this store, merely giving change for animal feed?’ I decided to professionalize it. I worked 24/7. I could not make a new transaction if the previous day’s sales had not been encoded…because I saw how things would pile up. I wanted to perfect the system. I had to know how much we made every day. Was there profit? How
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I. Overview: Apple Inc. was founded in 1976 by Steven Wozniak and Steven Jobs. They introduced the first initial version or what was to become the first highly successful mass-produced personal computer, the Apple I. Apple operates in various lines of the computer and music industry today and its operations include not only the designing but also the manufacturing of its computers and software. Apple continues to pursue the personal computer market but not as intently as in the years before
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“I remembered a common saying at home, ‘A campaign is always made out to be worse than it was…’” (Walter 88). Jakob Walter was a German mason drafted into Napoleon’s army as a foot soldier. In his diary, found years after it was written in 1932, Walter gave a unique perspective of France’s efforts to expand its empire through three campaigns invading Russian territory. The account of Jakob Walter shows the invasion of Russia from a soldier’s mindset rather than an officer, which gives historians
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Ronald C Edwards, Jr. Mrs. Thomas English 1010 December 22, 2010 College Athlete, Looking For A Paycheck? NCAA Said, “NO”. For almost, a decade now the controversial question is, “Should College Athletic, be paid pay for their performances that generated profit for the colleges”. Each year college teams across the board have large annual profits. Many feel the player should receive a portion of the profits for living expenses or placed into a trust fund for their life after college. Teetering
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twenty years. When she died Tuthmose III gained the trone and was not going to let her memory be honored. So he tried to erase her memory from Egypt. Some believe that Hatshepsut was buried with her father in KV20 then moved. The mummy of Thuthmosis I which was Hatshepsut’s father was transferred by Thuthmosis III and reburied again in a new tomb, KV 38. Thuthmosis III then had Hatshepsut moved to KV60 with her wet nurse. He ordered her name and image be removed from every part of Egypt. (Hawass)
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The History of Computers From primitive abaci to lab tops and calculators, the computer has evolved through time to become the essential part of our technocratic society. The development of the computer has shaped the way technology and science is viewed in different cultures around the world. The connotation of what a computer is nowadays brings to mind a monitor, keyboard, processor and its other electronic components; however, that is not how things have always been. From the Chinese using
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I2C INTERFACING Aim: Program to transmit 3 bytes of data from 8051 using I2C protocol. Program: ORG 00H SDA EQU P3.7 ;equate P2.7 as SDA SCL EQU P3.6 ;equate P2.6 as SCL MOV R2,#03H ;create counter of 3 MOV DPTR,#MY_DATA ;store the address of the 1st data to DPTR ACALL START ;start condition BB: CLR A ;clear accumulator MOVC A,@A+DPTR ;store the data to accumulator ACALL DATA_SENT ;sent data ACALL ACK ;check for acknowledgement JC BB ;if NAK
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Throughout history there have been numerous counts of individuals who have seemingly sprung from nowhere and ravaged prosperous empires. Attila the Hun is no different. To most people, he is merely known as a mindless barbarian. Nothing about the man himself, his world, or his significance is ever discussed, which detracts from the influential person that he was. There was so much more to him than mere barbarism. Attila’s power derived from his astonishing character. He was brutal and arrogant, but
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