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    What is a window 8 and how successful do you think it will be? In this assignment I will be focusing on the major differences between the two OS; windows 7 and windows 8. I will also be identifying‚ based on my own views how successful windows 8 will be. Windows 8 is the latest version of Microsoft operating system. For some years now we’ve had windows 7 which was and still is a fantastic operating system. Many years have passed by and it’s only now Microsoft have finally decided to release their

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    Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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    Anglo-Saxon poetry The Anglo-Saxons were the population in Britain partly descended from the Germanic tribes who migrated from continental Europe and settled the south and east of the island beginning in the early fifth century A.D.. The Anglo-Saxon period denotes the period of English history after their initial settlement through their creation of the English nation and up to the Norman conquest. The Anglo-Saxons are revered for their literature and poems‚ still treasured

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    How Do You Define Freedom

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    reminds you of? How would you define freedom? O) Everything can be defined with its opponent‚ therefore captivity comes to my mind when I think of freedom. Being behind walls is not the only thing that captivity reminds me of. Actually everything that limits us in our daily lives‚ everything that restricts our lives can be considered as something that captures us. Therefore a world without those can be considered as a free world‚ though it cannot be fully possible. B) Then how would you define freedom

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    During this year of English we read the earliest works of English literature. Many of these works were passed down orally for centuries before they were written down. Anglo-Saxon literature includes lyric poems that express emotion‚ as well as the earliest epic poem of the English language‚ Beowulf‚ which presents the adventures of a hero who is larger than life. Additionally we read an extraordinary and touching book about the Holocaust. This book was one of the best we read this year in my opinion

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    Anglo-Saxon Prose

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    Anglo-Saxon Prose Anglo-Saxon prose is earnestly practical and instructionally religious. Contrasted with Anglo-Saxon poetry‚ it reveals no originality of thought or of emotion but is remarkably free from its parallelisms‚ inversions‚ periphrases‚ and excessive use of metaphor and epithet. Loose in its compound sentence structure‚ common in its simple sentence arrangement‚ if somewhat stiff‚ it was generally direct and clear‚ forceful‚ occasionally rhythmical. Alfred‚ the Great‚(848-901)‚ King

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    Where do you see yourself in 5 years: Probably this is the most challenging question in the near future of my life. But in my opinion finishing University with a degree as good as possible will be the best start you can have. Also I think it is very important to have the best basis you can reach for your future life and what would be better than an outstanding result at University. Furthermore I would probably try to finish graduate classes. Right after this big step there will be several ways

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    Do You Know

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    1) The first woman president of India -- Smt. Pratibha Patil 2) The first lady to become "Miss World" -- Rita Faria 3) The first woman judge in Supreme Court -- Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi ...4) The first woman Ambassador -- Miss C.B. Muthamma 5) The first woman Governor of a State in free India -- Mrs. Sarojini Naidu (1925) 6) The first woman Prime Minister -- Mrs. Indira Gandhi 7) The first woman to climb Mount Everest -- Bachhendri Pal The first woman to climb Mount Everest

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    Since early Christianity spread from locale to locale‚ with the assistance of indoctrinating traditional pagan beliefs as a way of making the new religion more acceptable to those indigenous people they wished to entice‚ to explore the beginnings of Christianity‚ one needs to study how regional native myths affected and altered Christianity to assist in its evangelism. We’ll first compare the similarities of doctrine between the new system of beliefs and the ancient axiom. Next‚ one needs to consider

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    Anglo-Saxon Culture

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    Cultural aspects of Anglo-Saxon Community Anglo-Saxon Culture: Perhaps one of the most important aspects of Anglo-Saxon culture is their architecture. The Anglo-Saxons played an important role in the architecture of the country from the 5th century until the conquest of the Normans in 1066. The first structures to be built by the Anglo-Saxons were fairly simple. They used materials such as timber and thatch. One thing that is certain about the Anglo-Saxons is that they did not like living in the

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    How do you define happiness? Prepared for: Mr. Rotella as a requirement for Composition I Prepared by: Kaitlyn Stewart 10/06/2014 Webster’s Dictionary defines happiness as “feeling pleasure and enjoyment because of your life‚ or situation”‚ when in reality it is much more. Happiness can be achieved in many ways‚ but once one a person fails they cease to try again. That failure holds them back from achieving the happiness that they deserve. Achieving happiness can be an easy task if you look

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