*Brief History of Windows After reading the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics that demonstrated the Altair 8800‚ Gates contacted Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS)‚ the creators of the new microcomputer‚ to inform them that he and others were working on a BASIC interpreter for the platform. In reality‚ Gates and Allen did not have an Altair and had not written code for it; they merely wanted to gauge MITS’s interest. MITS president Ed Roberts agreed to meet them for a demo
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MARKETING BRIEF COMPANY BACKGROUND Mission: To be a recognised world brand among the best world brands Vision: When we create‚ we inspire‚ When we make‚ we innovate‚ When we lead‚ we serve. (1) In the mid-80s‚ Ben Chan began designing children’s clothing that were for his sister and brother-in-law‚ who owned a children’s clothing boutique. (2) His pieces became popular which led to him starting a small clothing store selling locally made men’s t-shirts and walking shorts in 1987
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still present today. Gender is a social construct. It has been shaped‚ or constructed‚ by society to follow certain stereotypes. In The Importance of Being Earnest‚ Oscar Wilde uses gender role reversal and stereotypes to criticize gender roles in society. In a traditional Victorian Society‚ it is usually the man who controls the life of his wife. During the time period this play was published‚
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A brief history of Judo Judo is an exciting unarmed combat sport that originated in the Orient as a means of self-defence which has since grown into an international competitive sport. Judo developed out of ju-juitsu‚ a form of unarmed combat beleived to have been introduced into Japan by a Chinese monk‚ Chen Yuan-ping in the early seventeenth century. Various ju-juitsu schools developed and young samuri were instructed in the art. This was in the days of chivalry among Japanese knights. Samuri
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Toulmin Analysis of "It ’s the ABC Oscars: anything but Crash" The article "It ’s the ABC Oscars: anything but Crash" can be found on the MSN News website. It is written by Erik Lundegaard‚ a movie critic whose opinion can be found regularly on MSNBC‚ in the Minneapolis Star Tribune‚ and in the Seattle Times ("Erik"). The article includes the basic elements of the Toulmin Model and can be analyzed according to the model. In the article‚ Lundegaard claims that the motion picture Crash
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A Brief History Of Computers The history of computers starts out about 2000 years ago‚ at the birth of the abacus‚ a wooden rack holding two horizontal wires with beads strung on them. When these beads are moved around‚ according to programming rules memorized by the user‚ all regular arithmetic problems can be done. Another important invention around the same time was the Astrolabe‚ used for navigation. Blaise Pascal is usually credited for building the first digital computer in 1642. It added
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Brief on Saakshar Bharat 1. SAAKSHAR BHARAT Saakshar Bharat‚ the revised version of National Literacy Mission‚ was formally launched by Prime Minister‚ Dr. Manmohan Singh on 8th September‚ 2009‚ the International Literacy Day‚ but it came into implementation with effect from 1st October‚ 2009. The programme aims to further promote and strengthen Adult Education‚ specially of women‚ by extending educational options to those adults who having lost the opportunity of access to formal education and
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This philosophies is quite unmistakably represented in Oscar Wilde’s play The Importance of Being Earnest. Through the various characters like Jack and Cecily‚ it is clear to see common traits that appear to group the woman and the men into their two distinct categories. This belief that is shown in the play
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Introduction: What Is Democracy? 1 Characteristics of Democracy 3 Rights and Responsibilities 7 Democratic Elections 12 Rule of Law 16 Constitutionalism 19 Three Pillars of Government 22 Free and Independent Media 27 Political Parties‚ Interest Groups‚ NGOs 29 Civil-Military Relations 32 The Culture of Democracy 34 Democracy may be a word familiar to most‚ but it is a concept still misunderstood and misused at a time when dictators‚ single-party regimes‚ and military coup leaders
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The Patriarchs There were many tribes that moved freely from one place to another in the time of Abraham‚ Isaac and Jacob. Scholars believe that there was some exchange of ideas‚ world views‚ and religions and there was no one group that was dominant over the others. During this time many of the group started to settle in Palestine. Moses and the Conquest of the Land Israel’s distinctive faith and identity as a people begins with Moses. Those who had come from the desert with Moses were a fairly
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