AL KINDI Birth: 801 CE in Basra‚ Iraq Death: 873 CE in Baghdad‚ Iraq Era: Medieval era (Islamic Golden Age) Education: House of Wisdom Interests: Al Kindi area of interest was Philosophy‚ logic‚ ethics‚ mathematics‚ physics‚ chemistry‚ psychology‚ pharmacology‚ medicine‚ metaphysics‚ cosmology‚ astrology‚ music theory‚ Islamic theology (kalam) Books: De Gradibus‚ Scientific weather forecasting in the middle ages‚ The medical formulary‚ or Aqrābādhīn Lifetime of Al Kindi Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Isḥaq
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John Calvin‚ an essential leader in the Protestant Reformation‚ wrote the “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life” to outline his beliefs and teaching to live as a “true Christian”. Calvin‚ a strong believer in predestination and the depth of God’s will‚ was wrong in assuming that God’s will and predestination is so dominant and therefore gives people no reason to live a moral life. In the remaining length of the page‚ points will be made (derived and guided by quotes from the aforementioned novel)
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Immigration: Should America close its Golden Doors? America has‚ is‚ and will always be a nation of immigrants: the great melting pot. In the years that have passed since Emma Lazarus’ poem was inscribed on the Statue of Liberty‚ “the golden door” has seen times when it was open wide and times when it was closed shut to almost all immigrants; what really is an American anyway? An American is someone who loves their country and the people in it‚ and believes in bettering their own lives as well
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Strategic Management in Organization Portfolio Assessment Details Part A-i “Is Porsche Killing the Golden Goose? (Business Strategy)” Word count: 543 Part A-ii “Nike’s Core Competency: The Risky Business of Fairly Tales” Word count: 621 Part A-i Porsche Business Strategy In the luxury car industry that Porsche has developed for more than 100 years built a strong industry barrier for new comers‚ including the aspect of capital‚ technology‚ reputation and experiences. Recently‚ Porsche modified
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New foundland dogs and golden retrievers are two totally different dogs. Different size‚ color and personalities. Even though these dogs are different from each other‚ we still treat them both the same. There are many people in today’s society that discriminate based on race‚ sex‚ and many more traits about others. Discrimination and injustice are both a serious issues in todays world. One type of discrimination is racism. First of all‚ many people think different races should be treated different
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Queen Elizabeth is heard to be the greatest leader of England in history. She became queen in 1558 and inherited a poor nation. Many of her supporters thought that it would be best if she got married as soon as possible and let him control but Elizabeth had other plans. Government England of Elizabeth I was a very complicated system of government. First there were the national bodies of government such as Privy Council and Parliament‚ and the regional bodies such as the Council of the Marches
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CHAPTER - 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 STATE OF ART Photovoltaic (PV) generation is becoming increasingly important as a renewable source since it offers many advantages such as incurring no fuel costs‚ not being polluting‚ requiring little maintenance and emitting no noise among others. But still‚ these modules have relatively low conversion efficiency due to their nonlinear and temperature-dependent voltage-current and voltage power characteristics. Power generated by PV generators and injected into the
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EDUCATION “Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.” These are words of George Washington Carver‚ American botanist and inventor‚ who was born into slavery. Later in 1865 when slavery was abolished he became a free man. Carver applied to several colleges before being accepted at Highland College. When he arrived‚ however‚ they rejected him because of his race. Although‚ he did not relinquish‚ because education seemed appealing to him. After several attempts he entered in prominent
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Ayoub Laissouf Books‚ Ink‚ and Bindings Introduction The development of the Islamic book art and bookbinding was a result of the need of a written document of the divine revelations that the prophet Muhammad received through the angel Gabriel from 610 AD until 632. The followers of the prophet memorized Quran and transmitted it orally‚ and they jotted it down on bones‚ camel shoulder blades‚ stones and several other materials. However‚ with the swift expansion of the Islam to other regions
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KING MIDAS AND HIS GOLDEN TOUCH "…Monsters are real‚ and ghosts are real too. They live inside us‚ and sometimes‚ they win." ~ Stephan King Have you ever asked for something even though you had plenty? Why do we always ask for more stuff? This is a deadly monster called greed and it lives inside of everyone. It ’s a never-satisfied monster that always wants to become wealthier‚ like King Midas. Greed can cause people to think of you very badly‚ just like I do towards King Midas. He ’s greedy‚
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