I was sitting on the couch just risen from my sleep still yawning when the news came on like any other Wednesday morning. By the tone of the anchors voice I immediately woke up thinking a disaster had struck somewhere and there was breaking news. Steve Jobs‚ the famous CEO of Apple inc. had passed away due to pancreatic cancer. My family had always been quite a fan of Apple products and it was always a thrill to watch Job’s presentations so it was a slight dissapointment. After having made toast
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Miles Davis and Steve Reich This paper will briefly discuss some of the music of Miles Davis and Steve Reich. While both of these composers were instrumental in the development of the kinds of music they composed and played‚ they have very different sounds. Steve Reich created minimalist music‚ while Miles Davis created jazz. In 1959‚ Miles Davis released‚ ”Kind of Blue”‚ the best-selling jazz album ever. It was an example of a new type of jazz‚ called modal jazz. I listened to “On Green Dolphin
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– Fall 2011 COMM-1110-07 12/1/2011 Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 Macworld 2007 – IPhone Speech In Steve Jobs’ Stanford University Commencement speech in 2005‚ he started off his speech with an attention getter‚ telling the student audience that he never graduated from college‚ and this was the closest thing to a graduation he had ever experienced. This was obviously effective by the applause and laughter in the crowd. Steve Jobs told three inspirational stories to the
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Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Most people find it difficult to differentiate‚ between Steve Jobs from Bill Gates. Therefore‚ I am going to give a brief explanation about their ideas. After this‚ I will compare both of their backgrounds and their appearances in order to distinguish them. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are definitely smart; they have both built huge companies and earned a lot of money. Throughout time Steve Jobs and Bill Gates have had very good ideas about computers. In fact‚ Steve Jobs
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Steve Gleason played for the New Orleans Saints from 2000-2008. Gleason will always be remembered for his blocked punt on the night the New Orleans Superdome reopened for the first time after hurricane Katrina. Steve was diagnosed at the age 34 with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Shane Dronett was a former Atlanta Falcon player in the NFL. Dronett played a significant role in Falcons’ defence‚ which ranked second in the NFL against the run‚ allowing only 75.5 rushing yards per game‚ and produced
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I agree with Steve Almond’s statement. Text messaging has greatly impacted modern communication in many negative ways‚ however‚ I also believe there are several positive impacts it has. One of the negative impacts text messaging has had on modern communication is its ability to distract communicators from listening. Text messaging acts as psychological noise. During a conversation‚ the communicator is thinking about all the people he/she needs to text or could be texting‚ or wondering what
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Steve Jobs General purpose: to inform Organizational outline method or pattern: topical INTRODUCTION Attention getter: On June 12‚ 2005‚ Steve Jobs told the graduates of Stanford University to “Stay hungry‚ Stay foolish” Specific purpose: The purpose of my speech is to inform all of you about a man that you may or may not already know‚ the founder of Apple Computers‚ Steve Jobs. Listener relevance link: Most people may find this interesting because most
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Steve McCurry is a master of photography. He usually retracts Asian scenes. His style is so particular that I usually spot his photos on my Instagram feed before seeing the publisher. McCurry’s superb composition technique is evident in each image - the outlines‚ the color choice‚ and the contrast. I have been enchanted by the sui generis continent since the first McCurry’s picture I saw: a fluctuant Kashmir market. The image showed many boats filled with pumpkins‚ cauliflowers and other vegetables
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Natalie Erdman Kaiser AP Lang 21 October 2013 Steve Jobs: An Influence on Technology How would you feel living a day without using any technology? Living without technology would be totally impossible. It has become an everyday necessity as more and more people are trying to improve their ways of living and staying informed using current technology in an effort to avoid being left behind. Steve Jobs had a vision-- a vision that would make the world an easier place to live. The world has become
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STEVE JOBS Biography * Steven Paul Jobs was born on 24 February 1955 in San Francisco‚ California‚ to students Abdulfattah Jandali and Joanne Schieble who were unmarried at the time and gave him up for adoption. He was taken in by a working class couple‚ Paul and Clara Jobs‚ and grew up with them in Mountain View‚ California. * He attended Homestead High School in Cupertino California and went to Reed College in Portland Oregon in 1972 but dropped out after only one semester‚ staying on
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