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    A Brief History of Robots

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    turn their head from side to side while playing an instrument with their hands and keeping time with their feet. However‚ it is literature where human kinds vivid imagination has often reflected our fascination with the idea of creating artificial life. In 1818‚ Mary Shelly wrote Frankenstein‚ a story about the construction of a human-like creature. For Shelly‚ a robot looked like man but had the ability to function like a machine. It was built of human components‚ which could be held together

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    she starred in another movie‚ Time After Time‚ and met her future husband Malcolm McDowell. Which was a short-lived marriage‚ but her only children Lilly and Charlie McDowell came from it. Much to her surprise‚ she won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1980 for her performance in Melvin and Howard. (Mary Steenburgen Biography). After performing in many movies afterward‚ her father died while she was shooting Parenthood in 1989‚ and just months later she divorced Malcolm. (Mary Nell Steenburgen)

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    Toyota - a Brief History

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    referred to as the “King of Japanese Inventors” and as the “father of the Japanese industrial revolution.” Toyota Motor Corporation the name was changed from Toyoda to Toyota for three reasons: (1) to differentiate the founders’ work from his personal life‚ (2) ease of pronunciation (3) to give the company a happy beginning as “Toyota” has eight strokes in katakana and eight is considered a lucky number in Japan. In 1926 Sakichi started the Toyoda Automatic Loom Works that‚ due to the superiority of

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    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” -Oscar Wilde In society‚ there are many issues to deal with but there are also ways to make life much easier. Individuality has been an ongoing problem because society as a whole distances themselves from people being individuals and rather pushes towards the “cookie cutter” standards. Lack of individuality can be a result of low self-esteem and mistreatment meaning that in order to disguise those flaws one would feel the need to be someone they

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    A Brief History of Nepal

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    Life is everything. Love is everything. Be happy of what u have in life. Life is everything. Love is everything. Be happy of what u have in life. Life is everything. Love is everything. Be happy of what u have in life. HISTORY The original ethnic group of the Himalayan Mountain region is the Kirati. They settled in Nepal and formed a stable society until the 12th century‚ when the country began to break apart into a number of smaller states. It took almost 200 years for the country to become

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    Brief Summary of Islam

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    itself in reciting “there is no god but God‚ and Muhammad is God’s messenger; salah (praying five times a day facing Mecca); zakah (giving to the needy); sawm (fasting during the month of Ramadan); hajj (a pilgrimage to Mecca at some point in one’s life). These Five Pillars provide a very helpful framework for understanding Muslim worship practices‚ and I will begin to expound on Muslim history and culture by examining aspects of these five beliefs. However‚ these Pillars are not enough (by far) to

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    Oscar Wilde was an Irish playwright and writer known primarily for his comedies and satires. His play‚ “The Importance of Being Earnest‚” is one of his most famous satires about Victorian society. There are two different types of satire. Horatian satire is lighthearted and mocks human flaws‚ and Juvenalian satire which is bitter and negative and attacks an institution. In this piece Wilde uses Horatian satire to mock the values and morals of the upper-class in Victorian society. The first piece

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    Brief Information on Rebars

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    BENEFITS OF USE OF HIGH (YIELD) STRENGTH DEFORMED BARS IN R.C.C. STRUCTURES 1. Following materials are used in the R.C.C. structures:- (1) Cement (2) Steel (3) Sand (4) Aggregates (5) Water 2. Different types of steel bars used in R.C.C. works are mentioned below: 1) Mild Steel plain bars (Generally M.S. round bars are used) 2) Medium Tensile Steel bars 3) High yield strength deformed bars (H.Y.S.D. bars) 1. Mild Steel Bars (M.S. Bars)

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    Brief History of Iran

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    RISHI SARASWAT A MODERN HISTROY OF IRAN DR. ARMITAGE 6/21/2012 Introduction Iran‚ formerly known as Persia‚ has a rich fascinating history that shapes the modern day culture of the region. Iran is known for housing one of the world’s oldest major civilizations that has its roots dating back to 4000 BC. The Medes were the first people to occupy the region; they unified the Iran as a nation and major empire. Iran was ruled by a series of empires and dynasties‚ starting with The Achaemenid

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    Vaughn Case Brief

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    Page 517 918 F.2d 517 54 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 870‚ 55 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 40‚455‚ 59 USLW 2378 Emma S. VAUGHN‚ Plaintiff-Appellant‚ v. Robert EDEL‚ et al.‚ Defendants‚ Texaco‚ Inc.‚ Defendant-Appellee. No. 90-3181 Summary Calendar. United States Court of Appeals‚ Fifth Circuit. Dec. 6‚ 1990. Page 518         Kenneth J. Beck‚ Harvey‚ La.‚ for plaintiff-appellant.         Albert H. Hanemann‚ Jr.‚ Lemle & Kelleher‚ John D. Fitzmorris‚ Jr.‚ Legal Dept. New Orleans‚ La.‚ for Texaco

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