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    Raven's Gate Analysis

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    Raven’s Gate The moral or message the author was trying to make was‚ to believe in yourself‚ and to believe in others and to never give up‚ even through loss or despair. Raven’s Gate by Anthony Horowitz‚ is a story that takes place in Ipswich‚ and then moves on to lesser Malling. The main characters in the story are Matthew Freeman‚ Jayne Deverill‚ and Richard Cole. Matthew Freeman‚ is trying to break into a warehouse with his friend Kelvin late at night to steal electrical equipment‚ but are

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    Automatic-Gate Control

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    RAILWAY GATE CONTROL Submitted by [pic] M.V.PRAVEEN KUMAR M.SATISH ¾ EEE‚ ¾ EEE‚ Praveenwish007@yahoo.co.in satishwin46@gmail.com Contact: 9989823951 Contact: 9966633406 S.R.K.R.COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING BHIMAVARAM ABSTRACT: The objective of this paper is to provide an automatic railway gate at a levelcrossing replacing the gates operated

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    on the sixteenth of September‚ was the Mandate of Heaven. The Mandate of Heaven is an ancient belief or theory of the Chinese that heaven sends the emperors of China with virtue and propriety. The emperor or ruler was considered to be the son of heaven and expected to be good and responsible. A ruler‚ however‚ can lose the mandate if he is unable to or does not live up to his responsibilities. Natural disasters were interpreted as signs from heaven of its opposition toward the ruler like famine or

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    Nirvana Vs. Heaven

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    From the research I did‚ I have come to the conclusion that Nirvana and Heaven are two different places/states of being/concepts; but are also the same in a sense. First off‚ trying to define nirvana was not as easy or straight forward as I thought it would be; many of the formal and accepted resources seem to refer to it as a Buddhist concept‚ and it was difficult to find a Hindu centric definition without the crossover to Buddhism. However‚ nirvana‚ as defined by Merriam-Webster (2018) “…is

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    Mandate Of Heaven Analysis

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    The mandate of heaven could grant or take away a ruler’s power and ability to rule. The mandate of heaven was a way in which the leaders were controlled since they had a threat of losing their power. In order to keep their power they had to make just and right decisions. During the Zhou dynasty‚ the mandate of heaven was used as a way to justify themselves when they overthrew the previous Shang leader. Although the mandate of heaven started out as a form of justification for

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    Entrepreneurship. Bill Gates

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    failure. Bill Gates INTRODUCTION: The entrepreneur I have chosen is legendary business figure Bill Gates. William Henry Gates III as known as Bill Gates is an American businessman‚ investor‚ author‚ philanthropist and last but not least an entrepreneur. Bill Gates is a CEO and a chairman of the software company "Microsoft". He is best known as an entrepreneur in personal computer area and he is one of the wealthiest people in the world. The main reason that Bill Gates has a big influence

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    Bill Gates: Entrepreneur

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    "Bill Gates is a modern business phenomenon: the greatest of the cyber-tycoons. His is not simply a story of technical brilliance and enormous wealth; it is one of remarkable business vision and an obsessive desire to win. It is also about a leadership style that is radically different to anything the business world has seen before." Dearlove‚ D. (1998) William Gates III was born in Seattle‚ Washington‚ US‚ on October 28‚ 1955. His father‚ William Henry Gates (II) Jr.‚ was a lawyer while his

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    Golden Gate Bridge

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    lthough the idea of a bridge spanning the Golden Gate was not new‚ the proposal that eventually took hold was made in a 1916 San Francisco Bulletin article by former engineering student James Wilkins.[15] San Francisco’s City Engineer estimated the cost at $100 million‚ impractical for the time‚ and fielded the question to bridge engineers of whether it could be built for less.[9] One who responded‚ Joseph Strauss‚ was an ambitious but dreamy engineer and poet who had‚ for his graduate thesis‚ designed

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    Why The Ishtar Gate

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    the construction of The Ishtar Gate‚ one of eight gateways into Babylon‚ a city in what we now call Iraq. The gate’s name comes from Ishtar‚ the goddess of love and war. Years later‚ during 1899 to 1917‚ Robert Koldewey and his team‚ excavated the Ishtar Gate. The Ishtar gate was reconstructed in the 1930s‚ and currently resides at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. The Ishtar Gate stood 46ft high‚ and 100ft wide; built mainly of blue varnished bricks. The Ishtar gate features intimidating patterns of

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    Bill Gates Is a Hero

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    Bill Gates is a hero that has a great impact on the world‚ he is a hero because he created useful technology. He started his own company‚ Microsoft‚ from scratch. Heroes have specific characteristics to fulfill their requirements. Heroes are often clever‚ promptitude‚ brave‚ and not afraid of taking risks. Promptitude is to be mentally quick and act in tough situations. Cleaver is how to know to act in very tough situation quickly as possible. Bravery is to take risks and not to be afraid of

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