Charles Dickens Kimberly Franklin Charles dickens was born on February 7‚ 1812 in Portsmouth‚ England. His parents‚ John Dickens and Elizabeth Barrow‚ had a total of eight children and Charles was the second. His family had high hopes and dreams of having good jobs and becoming wealthy‚ but never actually got lucky enough to make those dreams come true. Charles and his family were happy‚ even though they were poor‚ until they had to move to a small town in London. The family’s financial situation
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28 September‚ 2013 Charles Babbage Technology within the past couple of years has grown so rapidly that it is often hard to keep up with. The computer industry is thriving and advancing more and more each year. Even though this industry is just starting out‚ its products are in such high demand that the fast advancement of technology is necessary. Surprisingly‚ however‚ it took the industry a second invention and over one hundred years before the power of computers was finally acknowledged. Even
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Blu-ray Disc Blu-ray Disc (BD) is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick‚ the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer‚ with dual layer discs (50 GB) being the norm for feature-length video discs. Triple layer discs (100 GB) and quadruple layers (128 GB) are available for BD-XL re-writer drives.[2] The major application of Blu-ray Discs is as a medium for video material such as feature
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Charles Darwin Have you ever heard that we evolved from monkeys? I have. It is called the theory of evolution. The scientist behind this theory is Charles Darwin. Darwin is the first of many evolutionary biologists‚ and this is his story. Charles Darwin was born on February 12‚ 1809 in Shrewsbury‚ Shropshire‚ England. Charles’ father‚ who was a doctor‚ wanted him to be a doctor. Charles’ mother‚ Susannah‚ died when Charles was 8. Shortly after the death of his mother‚ Darwin was sent away to
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Parker Ray was born on November 6‚ 1939 and died May 28‚ 2002. David was suspected to be a serial killer and well-known torture killer of many women‚ although no bodies were ever recovered. David was eventually discovered when many of his accomplices came forward with accusations regarding the murder of around eight women. On top of these known victims‚ police also believe that Ray may be responsible for the murders of up to sixty women near and around Truth or Consequences‚ New Mexico. Ray had
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Charles Perkins was born in Alice Springs; his mother was Arrente and his father Kalkadoon. He was removed from the Alice Springs Telegraph Station Aboriginal Reserve when he was 10 and educated at St Francis House‚ a school established by Father Percy Smith in Adelaide to educate Aboriginal boys. He trained initially as a fitter and turner but‚ being a gifted soccer player‚ he played professionally for the English club‚ Everton‚ then on his return to Australia with the Adelaide Croatian and the
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Charles Manson was birthed by a 16 year old alcoholic‚ prostitute. Manson’s last name changed when his mother Kathleen married William Manson. Charles mother would always be drinking too much and spent a lot of time in jail. In 1939‚ his mother went to prison for armed robbery. Due to her always going to jail and prison‚ Manson moved in with his grandma and uncle. His grandma would subject him to the fanatic religious morals. His mother tried to send him to a foster home because she chose her boyfriend
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doi:10.1038/nature07378 L ETTERS Correlation between nanosecond X-ray flashes and stick–slip friction in peeling tape Carlos G. Camara1*‚ Juan V. Escobar1*‚ Jonathan R. Hird1 & Seth J. Putterman1 Relative motion between two contacting surfaces can produce visible light‚ called triboluminescence1. This concentration of diffuse mechanical energy into electromagnetic radiation has previously been observed to extend even to X-ray energies2. Here we report that peeling common adhesive tape in a
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Charles Lindbergh and the Transatlantic Flight "The transatlantic flight of Charles Lindbergh in May 1927 was acclaimed around the world as a heroic feat of the era‚ a symbolic victory over nature and space by human ingenuity and technological progress." (Charles Lindbergh: An American Aviator). Lindbergh is considered a very accomplished man‚ his greatest achievement being the transatlantic flight. When the "Spirit of St. Louis" departed from New York on May 20‚ 1927‚ Charles Lindbergh was
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Charles Simic Biography Charles Simic is widely considered as one of the most deep-rooted and unique poets today. Simic’s life‚ especially in his childhood‚ was complicated‚ however in his writing career he was very successful having won numerous awards‚ written many poems‚ and still continues to write to this day. Charles Simic was born on May 9‚ 1938 in Yugoslavia. Simic’s childhood was complicated due to being born around the time of World War II‚ but was lucky to be able to move to Paris at the
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