The Saga of :-) One colon‚ one hyphen and one parenthesis——by pressing these three keys on his keyboard‚ the computer scientist Scott E. Fahlman made the first sideway smiling face in human history‚ dubbed “emoticon”. Nowadays‚ six billion of them flooding the Internet on a daily basis‚ along with their slicker younger sisters‚ emojis. While demonstrating a rampant and iridescent interplay of symbols‚ images‚ and the complexity of human language‚ these burgeoning modern “hieroglyphics” are bringing
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History of evolutionary thoughtFurther information: History of evolutionary thought The proposal that one type of animal could descend from an animal of another type goes back to some of the first pre-Socratic Greek philosophers‚ such as Anaximander and Empedocles.[11][12] Such proposals survived into Roman times. The poet and philosopher Lucretius followed Empedocles in his masterwork De Rerum Natura.[13][14] In contrast to these materialistic views‚ Aristotle understood all natural things‚ not
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HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION High Definition Television (HDTV) is a digital broadcast signal that delivers a wide-screen‚ high resolution picture with six channels of digital sound. High-definition television (or HDTV‚ or just HD) also refers to video having resolution substantially higher than traditional television systems (standard-definition TV‚ or SDTV‚ or SD). HD has one or two million pixels per frame; roughly five times that of SD. Early HDTV broadcasting used analog techniques‚ but today
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Everyone’s life begins with birth and ends with death. It’s the nature rule that no one could offense it. From ancient to modern times‚ there always somebody want to escape from death‚ but no one success. Death could also bring fear to people. One of the characters created by Edgar Allen Poe‚ Prince Prospero took some measures to avoid death‚ because of the fear of death. Edgar Allen Poe uses symbolism in “The Masque of the Red Death” to illustrate that death is inevitable and undefeated. There
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TYPES OF RETAIL FORMATS 1. CHAIN STORES: • Chain stores are retail outlets that share a brand and central management‚ and usually have standardized business methods and practices. • These characteristics also apply to chain restaurants and some service-oriented chain businesses. • In retail‚ dining and many service categories‚ chain businesses have come to dominate the market in many parts of the world. Chain stores are a form of franchising. • The world’s
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Evolution is the change of (heritable) traits in different organisms over time. If you’re thinking apes becoming humans you’re already wrong. There’s even evidence of evolution like fossils‚ DNA samples‚ similarities in bone structure‚ and even vestigial organs. The purpose of this lab is to see how evolution works and whether it is a reliable theory. Hypothesis: If there are 11 skulls that all have different structures 4 of them will be bipedal. Independent variable: Is all the measurements
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Axolotl Taxonomy chart Kingdom ANIMALIA Phylum CHORDATA Subphylum VERTEBRATA Class AMPHIBIA Order CAUDATA Family AMBYSTOMATIDAE Genus AMBYSTOMA Species MEXICANUM Scientific name: Ambystoma mexicanum A sexually mature adult axolotl‚ at age 18–24 months‚ ranges in length from 15–45 cm (6–18 in)‚ although a size close to 23 cm (9 in) is most common and greater than 30 cm (12 in) is rare. Axolotls possess features typical of salamander larvae‚ including external gills and a caudal fin
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window. As she looked at the blood on the snow she said. Queen: Oh‚ how I wish that I had a daughter that had skin as white as snow‚ lips as red as blood‚ and hair as black as ebony. Narrator: The queen got her wish when she gave birth to a baby girl who had skin white as snow‚ lips red as blood‚ and hair black as ebony. They named her Snow White‚ but sadly‚ the queen died . Soon after‚ the king married a new woman who was beautiful‚ but proud and cruel. She had studied dark magic and owned a
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Analyse the relationship between African American Cinema and Hollywood exploring the effect on ethnic representation in 2 key films Today on the surface at least it is possible to say that black actors have reached stardom comparable to and in some instances well beyond their white counterparts. Will Smith is the current favourite for the blockbuster action movie moving away from his ethnic buddy movies such as Men in Black and Wild Wild West. There have been Academy awards for actress Halley
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White by the Brothers Grimm from the version published by Andrew Lang in his Blue Fairy Tale Book ONCE upon a time‚ in the middle of winter when the snow-flakes were falling like feathers on the earth‚ a Queen sat at a window framed in black ebony
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