Paul Allen co-founded the Microsoft Corporation with Bill Gates (1955- ) ‚ adapting existing programming languages such as BASIC‚ which was originally written for mainframe computers‚ into software suitable for personal computers. Such innovations enabled the software industry to become established and expand as a viable business‚ strengthening the American economy and creating new groups of computer entrepreneurs and users. As personal computers became more affordable and accessible during the 1980s
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the Great to the present day. Under the Ptolemaic Kings‚ Alexandria blossomed as one of the great centres of learning in both science and literature. All Ptolemaic Kings; from Ptolemaic I Soter to Ptolemaic VI Philometer have contributed to the development of Alexandria. The first three Ptolemaic rulers had hope of their new home as together the capital of a new empire and a royal residence‚ filled with palaces and temples. These Ptolemaic rulers were responsible for the major buildings for which
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Green Christianity; a sustainable future through faith Environmentalism is an advocacy toward protecting the natural environment from destruction or pollution. This is certainly not a static movement. Instead‚ it is constantly evolving in response to new scientific discoveries‚ leading to conscious awareness of an earth in danger. In the 1970s and 80s‚ environmentalism aimed at a candid approach by simply trying to preserve certain resources and nature reserves. Today‚ forward-looking environmentalists
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Functionalism is the perspective that social events are best explained as the contributions they make toward society. Functionalism interprets each part of society and determines its contribution to the society as a whole. Functionalism originated from the works of Emile Durkheim who was mainly interested in the idea of what held society together. Conflict theory is the idea that society tends to reinforce inequality and give power to the dominant groups; it emphasizes division of society. Conflict
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Historical Contextual Studies Semester: Second Module: DD1000 Student Name: Smaragda Kalliga Tutor Name: Anastasia Mavromati (James P. Battersby) ESSAY: Chose a designer who was influencial in the development of ‘Modernism’ in America‚ and discuss their work. The master designer Paul Rand provided the best Modernist definition of graphic desegn: ‘To design is much more than simply to assemble‚ to order‚ or even to edit: it is to add value and meaning‚ to illuminate‚ to simplify‚ to clarify
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Activity 2: Investigate how businesses develop. In this report I am going to compare and contrast my two businesses‚ Disney and Adventure Island. I will also outlines whether the market for their goods and/or services are steady‚ declining or increasing and then I will also include suitable maps identifying the location of Disney and Adventure Island and evaluate the likely reasons for their choice of location. I will then evaluate what factors might cause Adventure Island to relocate. Markets
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Christianity 1. The symbol that represents the religion of Christianity is The Cross. According to Christian belief‚ Jesus died on a cross to pay the price for people’s sins. He rose again‚ bringing new hope for eternal life. The cross is often shown without Jesus’ body‚ emphasizing the belief that Jesus rose from the dead and the promise of eternal life that Jesus’ resurrection-his rising from the dead-offers all Christians. 2. This religion approximately began 30 C.E. 3. The founder of this
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Akela Tatum Charlson Mythology of Christianity I have grown up in a home that goes to church every Sunday‚ I’ve done all the Christmas plays‚ and memorized my memory verses. Now that I am older‚ I am able to look deeper in religion. Some people get offended when you say “mythology of Christianity” because when you say mythology they think “fake” and “Greek Gods” but in reality‚ mythology in this situation means story or even history. We know the basis of creation and how God made the Earth‚
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“Few prime ministers have provoked such strong public reactions as Paul Keating”. David Day. Keating’s left-wing political beliefs stemmed from his pro-Labor‚ Catholic‚ working-class family background. Having left school at 15 after completing his Leaving Certificate‚ Keating went to work‚ studied electrical engineering at night‚ and joined his father in supporting the Labor party. Through his political interests‚ Keating met former controversial state Labor party leader‚ Jack Lang who took
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The Spread of Christianity promoted division because of all the killing and disagreement. if the spread of Christianity was more peaceful than it would definitely be unifying. But it most certainly was not. Many many christians were killed trying to spread christianity. After Jesus died‚ one of his disciples‚ Peter‚ gave the first Christian sermon. When peter gave his sermon‚ three thousand people joined Christianity. The religion reached all the way to Rome. Some Roman emperors were angry because
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