Where Did UNIX Come From and Why Are There Different Versions Of UNIX? The first efforts at developing a multi-user‚ multi-tasking operating system were begun in the 1960’s in a development project called MULTICS. While working for Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1969 and 1970‚ Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie began to develop their own single-user‚ multi-tasking small operating system and they chose the name UNIX. Their initial goal was simply to operate their DEC PDP machines more effectively.
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Running head: ABORTION Abortion Based on Gender in Different Cultures Betty Smith Introduction to Sociology March 14‚ 2012 Abortion Based on Gender in Different Cultures There is much controversy over a bill a U.S. House of Representatives committee approved prohibiting abortion based on gender or race‚ this legislation could come to a floor vote soon. The Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) would prohibit doctors and medical staff from preforming an abortion if they know the intent of
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Manifest Destiny in combination with the slavery issue greatly contributed to secession and Civil War. Manifest Destiny was the idea that the US was chosen by God to populate the Americas. The 1800s were a time of expansion but every time the US gained land they had to deal with the issue of slavery. Some believed the US should deal with the new lands by making them slave states‚ free states‚ or by the idea of popular sovereignty. The main factor that contributed to sectionalism and the split of
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In this pre-cal 11 class‚ some students are facing a tremendous difficulty because they don’t give this course their best try‚ and the reason for that may be they don’t understand how important this course is. For a while‚ I keep receiving some very ’basic’ type of questions from few students‚ which kind of confused me because those questions are not challenging and Ms.Wagner has certainly go over it. My first thought was that they don’t understand the teacher’s interpretation; however‚ after few
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of America” (Weeks‚ 1) Early American leadership was aware of the potential of the American land mass‚ and expansion was prevalent in the discourse of US political strategy. In fact‚ from 1776 to 1865 America transformed from a British colonial possession‚ into an affluent world power that controlled territory from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and governed a region stretching nearly 1‚500 miles north to south. Rapid ascendancy on the continent raises the obvious question: How did America
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Autism: A Different Way of Interpreting Watching Temple Grandin brought me a new perspective on how to view someone with autism. She was very descriptive on how to recognize and utilize the person’s thought process in order to communicate with the individual. Her introduction of defining autism was pretty basic. An autistic person doesn’t use verbal language to understand and communicate; they are more about sounds and visuals. However‚ when she started breaking down the different levels
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How do you explain why some people can achieve things that seem impossible? Or better yet‚ how do you explain how people can successfully move out of home for the first time? Moving out of home for the first time is an impossible feat that young people such as yourselves find remarkably difficult to achieve daily. Why is that? There are many reasons to move out – maybe it’s your decision‚ maybe it is someone else’s‚ maybe it is necessity‚ maybe it is just time. No matter why you’re moving on think
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exception to the rule. Most bodies found show severe trauma from a violent death. The scope of the article encompasses Europe during the Iron and Bronze periods. It is difficult‚ frequently impossible to distinguish between ritual behavior towards bodies after death and outright sacrificial killing. Why were the bodies interred in these locations? Were they brutal murders? Ruthless executions of criminals? Perhaps merciless sacrifices. From a modern prospective there is an immense difference between
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Sociology is the study of individuals in groups in a systematic way. It is an intricate set of styles and approaches trying to perceive society. (Burgess and Murcott‚ 2001). As a result‚ many perceptions have arisen over the last centuries. Many methodologies have been debated and discussed. Challenging these assumptions will in turn‚ cause for quantitative and qualitative based research on the struggle to gain a firm grip on how society works. As a result‚ there are different sociological perspectives
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deciding where decisions will be made‚ who will do what jobs and tasks‚ and who will work for whom. Leading is inspiring and motivating workers to work hard to achieve organizational goals. Controlling is monitoring progress toward goal achievement and taking corrective action when needed. Studies show that performing these management functions well leads to better managerial performance. 3 Describe different kinds of managers. There are four different kinds of managers. Top managers are responsible
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