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- 451: Bill Gates and Microsoft
- ... mission. Bill doesn’t like the metaphor “information superhighway” due to its implied landscape, geography, and distance. What this new communications technology was trying to do was eliminate this very distance. At the time of writing this book, he made a bold prediction, comparing the Internet to a market. Gates had anticipated many things that have already begun to happen. He felt that people would be trading, buying, selling, investing, meeting ... to have printed out resources when we can just store these things on a computer and have almost instant access to them. Gates and his partner, Paul Allen, together they were pioneers in developing the personal computer. In 1975 they together created a version of BASIC for the Altair 8800, the first minicomputer kit. This was the beginning of the now giant, Microsoft. With this new computer technology came information. Information ... I feel that some of there predictions have worked out because they have effected the way that history plays itself out. Other companies like Wang and DEC have failed to see what lie in the personal computing future. Even IBM has made some major mistakes and had the not been such a large competitor in the industry they to may have fallen behind in this computer revolution. Microsoft’s strategy ...
- 452: Papyrus
- "Papyrus Papyrus was the most important writing material in the ancient world. Our word ""paper"" derives from the word ""papyrus,"" an Egyptian word that originally meant ""that which belongs to the house"" (the bureaucracy of ancient Egypt). Papyrus is a triangular reed that used to grow along the banks of the Nile, and at an early stage of their history the Egyptians developed a kind of writing material made out of the pith within the stem of the papyrus plant. At the same time they developed a script that ultimately provided the model for the two most common alphabets in the world ... also to reconstruct what is lost between fragments and reconstruct the whole. Most fragments of literature derive from rolls of papyrus, which could extend up to 35 feet in length. Papyrus was the most important writing material of the ancient world and perhaps ancient Egypt's most important legacy; alongside it were used other (often cheaper) materials, like wood and clay (broken pottery sherds with writing are called ostraca). On ...
- 453: Contemporary Chicano Literatur
- ... blessed with every playwright’s dream, having seventeen of her plays performed in the United States and other countries. Chavez has a master’s degree in theatre arts and a master’s degree in creative writing. The former she obtained from Trinity University in San Antonio and the latter she obtained from the University of New Mexico. Chavez has also had the honor of getting two novels published: The Last of ... Troupe. 3.) He received formal training at acting and directing as a drama student (Hernandez 31). El Teatro Campesino was a source of revenue for the UFWOC (Valdez 8). During this time Valdez engaged in writing plays that dealt with the farmworkers' struggle in the field. The plays Valdez presented were labeled as actos because of the audience participation and lack of formality; actos were mostly improvised, and they could've ... political theatre based on improvisations of socio-political issues" (Valdez 8). Since his time was mostly consumed directing actors who had little or no theatre experience at all, he had little time for his own personal writing. Through my research I was only able to find one play that he wrote under the UFWOC, Las dos caras del Patroncito. He was hungry for writing. In 1967 he separated form the ...
- 454: The Story
- ... his masterpiece to reality; he was in need of aid from the most qualified people of the language. Their help would allow him to be corrected of even the slightest errors he might commit in writing the story of all time. This alliance of powers could better overcome the imperfections he was to face. Better his allies better the story, and so was the conclusion he came to. As the idea ... list in the magazine. He read and lustfully enjoyed each anecdote that each of the authors in the list of the magazine had submitted. After having taken pleasure from each story, he carefully analyzed them, writing the names of the authors that, through their stories, gave proof of advantageous characteristics such as faultless grammar or a unique style of writing. His plan was to learn all that was possible from these people in their respective fields. Three of them were selected, two men, David Lester and Martin Povey, and one woman Heidi Mann. Lester ...
- 455: Mark Twain 3
- ... Olivia Langdon in February 1870, after a formal engagement of one year.(Willis, 54-55) Their 33 year marriage would be exceptionally happy something to which almost everyone who knew them testified at length. His personal happiness was marred only by the death of his wife and the death of his eighteen-month-old son in June 1872, following an outing in which the absent-minded father had allowed a fur ... I shall be dead when the book issues from the press. I speak from the grave rather than with my living tongue, for a good reason: I can speak thus freely. When a man is writing a book dealing with the privacies of his life a book which is to be read while he is still alive he shrinks from speaking his whole frank mind; all his attempts to do it ... privatest product of the human mind and heart is a love letter; the writer gets his limitless freedom of statement and expression from his sense that no stranger is going to see what he is writing .It has seemed to me that I could be as frank and as free and unembarrassed as a love letter if I knew that what I was writing would be exposed to no eye ...
- 456: In Todays Society
- ... in company s history , largely due to the public branding of their name. It is evident that public branding is a big and important part of Gap s marketing. The other aspect of branding is personal branding. Personal branding clothes are articles of clothing that you wear that brand the company s name on the clothes. Personal branding has is a relatively new concept. Up until 30 years ago personal branding was unheard of . The concept of personal branding is very popular among teenagers . Some of the reasons for this are: ...
- 457: A Histographical Analysis Of Four Central Asian Leaders And Their Role During The Mongol Age
- ... with a field of interest in religion, trade and informational exchanges. S.A.M. Adshead lives in New Zealand and writes mostly on the Chinese Salt industry. Both authors come from different backgrounds, as their writing and analysis will show. Bentley characterizes his work in this book as "placing cultural developments in the larger context of the political, social, and economic circumstances in which they unfolded". Bentley's writing focuses more on the main themes within Central Asia. For example "the period from the early eleventh to the mid-fourteenth century none the less stands out as a distinctive age in the history of ... the other hand, Adshead spends five chapters. Adshead searches for the individual detail associated with a given topic. As Bentley is to trade and religion, Adshead is to political foundations. An example of Adshead's writing style is "this chapter and its four successors will consist of three parts: events in Central Asia, their impact in the homelands, and their role in the construction of a world institution". Adshead will ...
- 458: Herman Melville
- ... of a humongous beast in the mind of the reader. There are no indications that Melville was in any way averse to fame or to the pursuit of excellence in his work. Every author, when writing a book, is hopeful of its success and Melville was no less. The Piazza Tales (1856) contain some of Melville's finest shorter works; particularly notable are the powerful short stories Benito Cereno and Bartleby ... humanity. Whether or not Melville is an anti-transcendentalist is a question to be pondered over. As such he is as focused on leaving an impression on his readers as any other writer on the writing block. Therefore, I believe that Melville was transcendental in many ways. He was a writer who portrayed his own persona through his writings and thus he was a writer who had the power to be able to express his own emotions and experiences through his characters. This he has accomplished by writing stories, which had a depth, an essence of their own. Melville was not o much concerned with the commercial success of his works, but that was still a very high contributing factor to the ...
- 459: Herman Melville: His Life and Works
- ... of a humongous beast in the mind of the reader. There are no indications that Melville was in any way averse to fame or to the pursuit of excellence in his work. Every author, when writing a book, is hopeful of it's success and Melville was no less. The Piazza Tales (1856) contain some of Melville's finest shorter works; particularly notable are the powerful short stories “Benito Cereno” and ... humanity. Whether or not Melville is an anti-transcendentalist is a question to be pondered over. As such he is as focused on leaving an impression on his readers as any other writer on the writing block. Therefore, I believe that Melville was transcendental in many ways. He was a writer who portrayed his own persona through his writings and thus he was a writer who had the power to be able to express his own emotions and experiences through his characters. This he has accomplished by writing stories, which had a depth, an essence of their own. Melville was not o much concerned with the commercial success of his works, but that was still a very high contributing factor to the ...
- 460: The Writing of the Federalist Papers
- The Writing of the Federalist Papers James Madison is known as “ The Father of the Constitution.” His ideas and beliefs helped shape and mold our government. In writing the Federalist Papers, Madison was able to guide the structure and development of The Constitution of the United States. In the Federalist Papers, Madison argued that old philosophers were wrong. He had his own views ... be heard. By voting indirectly, the people have less power, which in turn prevents factions from forming. When a government is free of factions, there is more stability and the public good is met. By writing the Federalist Papers, Madison was able to express how an efficient government should be run. His beliefs and ideas were building blocks, and structures for us to follow. Madison’s work on The Constitution ...
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