Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam ([pic]i/ˈæbdʊl kəˈlɑːm/; born 15 October 1931) usually referred to as Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam‚ is an Indianscientist and administrator who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. Kalam was born and raised in Rameswaram‚ Tamil Nadu‚ studied physics at the St. Joseph’s College‚ Tiruchirappalli‚ and aerospace engineering at the Madras Institute of Technology (MIT)‚ Chennai. Before his term as President‚ he worked as an aerospace engineer with Defence
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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock 1. I would describe Prufrock’s fantasy as a morbid fantasy he has come up with‚ that creates a long metaphor which correlates to Dante’s Divine Comedy. Through his mesmerizing use of dramatic monologue‚ he compares his version of hell as a lonely and abandoned dream‚ possible consciousness; that leads me to conclude that Prufrock’s problem ranges from a state of depression and loneliness that he integrates into this strange‚ ironic love song. 2. The simile in
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An adamant reformer‚ an principled politician‚ and a courageous national leader‚ Samuel J. Tilden was a man devoted to serving the public. As Governor of New York‚ and as a Presidential candidate in the disputed and controversial Presidential election of 1876‚ he served as an example for future politicians of how an honorable and high-minded statesman should act. Born in New Lebanon‚ New York in 1814‚ Tilden attended Yale College and studied law at New York University. He soon found extensive success
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This novel is based on Edgar J. Watson who lived until 1910 and farmed in the Everglades. In the novel‚ Watson and others tell their versions of events that involve Watson‚ forming their own versions of what Watson may or may not have done. Even though Watson was never brought to trial for Starr’s murder‚ he left Arkansas and set off for the Everglades‚ where he raised pigs and supported himself off the land. Even with all of the doubt in Arkansas‚ Watson seemed to fit in as a welcome member of the
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Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie is a classic novel that confronts the extreme ends of the bridge between childhood and adulthood. Despite the characters being either distinctly young or old in age‚ Peter and Wendy addresses the loss experienced in the transition between childhood and adulthood. There is a distinct loss of identity in the novel‚ as the lines between the reader as an observer and the reader as a participant are blurred. Wendy herself begins to lose her grasp on her own identity‚ slipping
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Sanford J. Ungar: Defender of the Liberal Arts William Butler Yeats is accredited with once saying “Education is not the filling of a pail‚ but the lighting of a fire.” It seems this idiom no longer rings true; today’s preferred education encompasses the regurgitation of technical jargon in the hopes of finding a job. People now deem Liberal Arts degree worthless; it’s too expensive and impractical in today’s job market. The sciences and career colleges are where the jobs lie. In the battle over
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Charismatic Leadership Jacqueline Bennett GB600.03N Leadership Strategies for a Changing World May 26‚ 2015 Dr. Matt Keogh Introduction Leadership can be defined as a process of guiding individuals‚ groups‚ or an organization to develop common goals and to create procedures to achieve the goals. A leader is a strong individual who can lead a group of people by their own strengths and also allow them to fine tune their opportunities‚ all without them knowing they are being lead. A leader
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J. Diamond’s Collapse: Harappa Throughout the course of history‚ major complex civilizations have always found themselves in a state of decline‚ and possibly even collapse. In “Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed” Jared Diamond lays out the questions and issues and issues at the foundation of his theory on the collapse of societies. Diamond uses five factors that could contribute to the collapse of a society: damage that people in inadvertently inflict on the environment‚ climate-change
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The Author J.G. Jackson wrote an interesting book on the Pagan origins of the Christian religion. The author set out to discredit or reveal the Pagan background of the Christian religion and also the similarities to other religions before Christ ever existed. Jackson wrote this book to show others that many of the modern rituals seen today came from other religions long before Christ ever existed using many sources from books including the Bible to show holes in the Christian history. The book
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7-Eleven is a international convenience stores that operated by Seven-Eleven Japan Co. Ltd‚ which in turn is owned by Seven & I Holdings Co. of Japan. 7-Eleven was founded by J. C. Thompson in 1927 as The Southland Ice Company in Dallas‚ Texas‚ and been take over by the Japanese company in 1991. (7eleven.com.my‚ 2010) 7-Eleven are selling franchise and license to entrepreneur to expand its business in lower cost and shorter period of time‚ it also the first franchisor in the local market to
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