Few events in the state of Texas are as prestigious as the annual Texas Tech University Commencement. Last December‚ I was fortunate enough to be selected as one of the speakers for at the Bachelor’s ceremony. Knowing that on that day‚ I would be looked upon by hundreds of young and hard-working students‚ I pondered what message I would give them. What could inspire these young-adults‚ these graduates‚ who are brimming with the potential to change‚ innovate‚ and shape our world? The answer‚ it
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Thomas Edison: An inventor and a businessman Thomas Alva Edison was an inventor and a businessman. He had created many devices that influenced the world at that time. Edison was among the first to apply principles of mass production to the process of invention. ("Thomas Edison". Wikipedia.com 1). A lot of inventions were original‚ and some inventions were improvements of earlier inventions. He was known for being very creative‚ never giving up‚ and being extremely competitive.
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| Will the electric car stick? | Tesla Motors | | 8/9/2012 | [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] | Is the electric car sticky? In the New York Times bestseller “Made to Stick” Chip and Dan Heath explain why some ideas survive and others die. In today’s constantly changing marketplace along
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in cathode ray tubes and deduced that cathode rays existed of negatively charged particles‚ which he called corpuscles (later called electrons). In 1901‚ Nikola Tesla received the patent US68597 (Apparatus for the Utilisation of Radiant Energy) that describes radiation charging and discharging conductors (metal plates) by "radiant energy". Tesla used this effect to charge a capacitator with energy by means of a conductive plate. These devices were referred to as "photoelectric alternating stepping
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Jamilkinson Wilkinson Professor Wachter English 111 14 November 2014 Consciousness and its connection with Reality Have you ever wonder if human consciousness and the material universe were connected or why we still use oil to power our would knowing that it is a fixed amount that we will one day run out of any be in chaos? Do you know the most interfering power of the mind or the ability of our emotions? These are the things that you don’t find in mainstream media and are not in everyday classrooms
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invention had a real winner. There are rumors said that Edison did not create the invention and that he hired Nikola Tesla. The reasoning of why this is found hard to believe is because it states that Edison hired Tesla to redesign his electrical generators. After Tesla did so‚ he charged Edison 50‚000 dollars in which Edison told him he must not understand American humor and paid Tesla in middle fingers. If you put your mind to something‚ even if it is a confused‚
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While the issue of immigration has always been a major political topic during an election year‚ it is a major “hot topic” issue this year because depending on who wins this year’s election there could potentially be major reforms on the horizon. The republican candidate‚ Mr. Donald Trump‚ has been very outspoken about his stance on immigration which has many families worried. Worried that they may be forced to leave this land that they call home where they’ve lived peacefully for many years. The
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similarities and differences between the First and Second Industrial Revolutions increase in immigration decrease in agricultural jobs increase in factory jobs economic challenges to farmers and farmers responses to those challenges in the mid to late 1800s fewer farm workers were needed; farmers went to bigger cities for factory jobs farms were shut down; farmers became industrial workers changes that occurred as the United States shifted from an agrarian to an industrial society Social
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has brought prosperity and wealth to countries‚ and can change entire cultures. In fact‚ it sparked the flame for the nation known as the United States of America. In the centuries after the Pilgrims landed‚ immigrants such as Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla have created marvels using their severely limited resources. For example‚ when
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