Angela Davis 7/27/2014 Humanities Paper #2 Athena On the top of Mt. Olympus lived one of the greatest goddesses‚ Athena. Athena was known as a goddess of war‚ wisdom and arts. She is portrayed as strong‚ fair and merciful. She helped many warriors on their journeys. She was greatly admired by humans for her contributions to man. Athena was also very intelligent and thoughtful; she rarely lost her temper and pushed for a solution that was beneficial. As you read on you will find that Athena
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1960’s originated in the 50’s‚ including new attitudes toward sex and the family and a new interest in ethnicity and diversity. Jewish and black writers‚ even a few openly gay writers‚ cut a path for the multicultural writers of the 80’s and 90’s. The margins of the culture were beginning to erode the conservative center. Elvis was influenced by black rhythm and blues‚ while writers like Norman Mailer and Jack Kerouac idealized black culture. Counterculture writers of the 50’s were fascinated by jazz
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Nowadays‚ with the invention of the microwave and with the popularity of fast food restaurants‚ food has become easier to prepare than ever. Do you think microwave ovens and fast food restaurants are beneficial to society? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Most of the people prefer fast foods and foods cooked in microwave oven instead of preparing and cooking foods at home that takes longer. The trend of having food quickly has advantages and disadvantages. I think this
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The Invention of the Gatling Gun In 1871‚ a new military technology was developed that would fundamentally change the way warfare was conducted‚ and which would lead to some of the most tremendous slaughters of human beings ever witnessed. This invention was the machine gun‚ and it changed warfare by making it possible for a handful of men to kill thousands in only minutes. Richard Jordan Gatling was‚ for most of his life‚ involved in the making of farm equipment. The son of a North
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Inventions of Steve Jobs Define Us Steve Jobs revolutionized our world through his inventions. Born in san francisco in 1955 ‚ jobs was the co founder and CEO of the apple inc. There are very few inventors in the world that give us devices that change the way we live. His attention to design‚ function and style won him millions of fans. He developed a passion for style and functional perfection‚ which became apple trademarks. There are not many households in the world that don’t have some form of
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Invention of Telephone and Development Invention of the phone (1876 ): Scottish-born Alexander Graham Bell speaking educators on March 7‚ 1876 the first telephone was invented and received a patent . Deaf studies related to vibration in the air with the sounds of Bella wondered how that had led him to . " Harmonic telegraph" his name while working on a mechanism of electric current to resemble the vibration caused during a conversation I had found could have been changed . According to this
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50% resevation of womes After a long debate‚ the parliamentarians of India have passed the Women Reservation Bill which ensures 50% reservation for women in the village panchayats. Certainly‚ it is a progressive and unique step. By initiating such a step‚ India has presented an example.Now‚ India is a step ahead from rest of the world. It has become history that a woman should stay within the four walls of the house.Today‚ everybody is recognising the important and valuable role of the woman for
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he The Invention Of Mobile Phone A mobile phone (also known as cellular phone‚ cell phone or handphone)‚ which is a device that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link around the world. Cell phones connect cellular network from the mobile phone operator. It then allows access to the world-wide network. Compared with a cordless phone‚ it is only used within a short range of a private base station. The first mobile phone was showed by John F. Mitchell and Dr Martin Cooper of Motorola
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In the past ten years the way we consume media has changed exponentially. This change has been brought about through the rise of the modern‚ high speed‚ easy access internet and companies whose business models are to bring content directly to your living room. Looking at case studies of two companies Netflix and Blockbuster allows for an easy understanding of how and why this industry has changed. At its peak Blockbuster Rentals employed 60‚000 people and had more than 8000 stores worldwide in 2004
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TOP 50 Companies Worldwide Ranking Company Industry Revenue FY Capitalization Employees Listing Headquarters CEO 1 Exxon Mobil Corporation Oil and gas $482.295 December 31‚ 2012 $408.78 76‚9 NYSE: XOM United States Irving‚ Texas Rex W. Tillerson 2 Royal Dutch Shell Oil and gas $481.7 December 31‚ 2012 $236.34 90 LSE: RDSA Netherlands The Hague; United Kingdom London Peter Voser 3 Walmart Retail $469.162 January 31‚ 2013 $208.36 2‚200‚000 NYSE: WMT United
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