The most important invention of mankind Thinking about important and revolutionary inventions‚ make us visualise something material and sophisticated such as the television‚ the computer‚ the car‚ the airplane and so on. Each one of these elements was indeed very revolutionary and brought fundamental changes for the whole world. Nevertheless I consider that the most significant creation of mankind is also one of the oldest. It’s the elaboration of the graphic system of communication: writing
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The Stamp Act was a tax imposed by the British government on the American colonies. British taxpayers already paid a stamp tax and Massachusetts briefly experimented with a similar law‚ but the Stamp Act imposed on colonial residents went further than the existing ones. The primary goal was to raise money needed for military defenses of the colonies. The Act imposed a tax that required colonial residents to purchase a stamp to be affixed to a number of documents. In addition to taxing legal documents
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What Was the Most Important Consequence of the Printing Press? The most important consequence of the printing press was the spread of knowledge. Knowledge is the greatest aspect and power. Before Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press‚ there was the development of language‚ writing with hieroglyphs‚ the alphabet and then printing. Scribes would write a book by hand from the dictation of a scholar. Most citizens were uneducated while few were well educated. Handwritten books were expensive
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Beautiful Thoughts in Dark Words “The boundaries which divide life from death are at best shadowy and vague‚ who shall say where one ends and another begins” -Edgar Allan Poe He stood on the chair thinking. Thinking about love and loss and most profoundly‚ life. He shall stay unnamed for he is only a shadow figment of the society the commune. Lingering just over the ground in the vacant house the silence is ringing. Vitality is a multiplex of ideas and dreams regenerating in all forms of modern
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computer-based systems‚ which help decision makers utilize data and models to solve unstructured problems (Scott Morton‚ 1971). A Decision Support System (DSS) is an umbrella term used to describe any computer application that enhances the user’s ability to make decisions. More specifically‚ the term is usually used to describe a computer-based system designed to help decision-makers use data‚ knowledge and communications technology to identify problems and make decisions to solve those problems
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growth of more accurate maps. However‚ the most important of them would be the creation of affordable books. When the printing press spread through Europe‚ Martin Luther heard about it‚ and when he did he got a hold of one of them and printed the 95 theses which was a document used to place on the church and argued and exposed the flaw of the catholic church. After this happened‚ many people stopped going to catholic churches. Every country in Europe was mainly catholic‚ but in the 1560’s‚ half of
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Dear Editor: Through your papers I want to draw the attention of concerned authorities towards the worst condition of roads in Karachi. Almost all roads in Karachi are destroyed. This situation of roads is very dangerous for drivers. By this condition of roads loss of expensive vehicles and many horrible accidents are seen. Here no doubt roads are made but it also doomed very soon and the reason behind this is the use of inferior quality of material. Citizens of Karachi pay the vehicle tax
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A Happy Occasion The most memorable and happiest occasion of my life is the day of my H.S.C. (Higher Secondary School Certificate) result. The day was August 26‚ 2011. From the very beginning of that day I was very nervous and excited about my result. My parents‚ my brother and all other family members were also very excited about my result. As I was very nervous I prayed a lot on that day. I want to get my result to my college with my mom and my brother. I was registered to the website of Bangladesh
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Special occasion Min Lin A toast to my sister and her husband David Dear family and friends‚ I am Min. first of all I would like to thank you all for being here to celebrate my sister Jenny and David’s wedding. And a special thank you to David’s parents‚ Scott an Elizabeth‚ for hosting this beautiful reception. This is a big day of my sister‚ I gladly take up this occasion to toast to her and her husband‚ David. I’ve known the bride all my life. And I had a chance to watch
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Three Words That Describe Me Using only three words to describe myself is hard‚ but if I had to choose I would describe myself as being honest‚ selfless‚ and understanding. Although I didn’t start off being honest and understanding I’m glad I learned how to be because being this way makes me a better person. Theses three characteristics are important to me because I feel like if I didn’t have them I wouldn’t be able to better myself as a person. When I was younger I wasn’t always
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