Augustus De Morgan was known as a British mathematician and logician. He is known for creating De Morgan’s Laws and showing us the term mathematical induction. He also has a crater on the moon named after him. Augustus De Morgan was born on June 27‚ 1806 in Madras‚ India. His father was named Colonel John De Morgan‚ and he was employed by the East India Company ’s service. Just a few months after Augustus was born‚ he became blind in one eye. At seven months old‚ his father moved the family to
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Compare and contrast William James and G. Stanley Hall’s contributions to psychology. William James was born from a wealthy family‚ from supportive parents were provided with the best educational opportunities at the time. Early on was interested in painting‚ love literature‚ entered in the Harvard School of Medicine. After traveling to the Amazon with naturalist Louis Agassiz‚ contracted measles and his experience was not as positive as he expected. Depression took over him and marched for Germany
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Clockwork Cruelty The names Stanley Kubrick and Antonin Artaud are ones that are not often‚ if ever‚ heard together in the same sentence. However‚ this does not mean they have nothing in common. In fact Kubrick ’s film A Clockwork Orange shares elements with Artaud ’s Theatre of Cruelty. This is seen in the disorienting use of language‚ visuals in which “violent physical images crush and hypnotize the sensibility of the spectator” (Cardullo‚ 375)‚ and in how the film ’s
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Kinder Morgan - MBO Richard Kinder and Bill Morgan purchased a master limited partnership pipeline company from Enron for $40 million in 1997‚ founding Kinder Morgan‚ Inc. (KMI) 1. The primary benefit of an MLP comes in the form of tax savings. While shareholders in a corporation face double taxation‚ owners of a partnership are taxed only once (when receiving distributions). Corporate income tax does not exist in the partnership. When cash distributions to MLP owners exceed
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Stanley Ho Hung Sun : the ‘King of Gambling’ ‚from his multiethnic identity to the contribution to society Introduction Macao is known to the world for its casino industry. Macao ’s richest man‚ Ho Hung Sun‚ is an entrepreneur in Asia. Ho is also known as "The King of Gambling"‚ showing the monopoly he held of the Macau gambling industry for over 40 years. Behind Stanley Ho ’s successful career is a story of ordeals and adventures that will inspire everyone. This essay focuses on the contribution
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Holes‚ through the influence of Zero’s friendship‚ Stanley changes from unloyal to loyal. In the beginning of the novel Stanley showed he is unloyal and not a true friend. Stanley shows he doesn’t care about Zero when he says‚ “He stopped writing as Zero walked into the tent‚ then returned to his letter. He didn’t care what Zero thought. Zero was nobody.” (Sachar 81) If Stanley really valued Zero he wouldn’t think of him as a nobody. Stanley reveals Zero isn’t a priority as he thinks to himself
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"Holes" is the story of Stanley Yelnats‚ a young boy that has been sent to Camp Green Lake for something he didn’t do. He believes his family is under a curse‚ and the curse has come to rest on him. However‚ throughout the story we can tell that Stanley is adaptable because he soon made some friends in the camp‚ he quickly learned the rules of the camp and he is becoming like the other boys. These facts can be illustrated in the quotes from the book. First of all‚ he always cares for others no matter
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Background It all began with the financial crisis of 2007-2008‚ a crisis which was of a scale that had never been seen before. Many economists called it even worse than the Great Depression. Whether it was or not‚ that’s something that could be argued. But everyone was of the view that the crisis is really very serious. As a result of it large financial institutions collapsed‚ banks were being bailed out by the national governments and stock markets tanked to their new lows. This caused the collapse
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A recent film that I have studied in class has managed to unsettle me‚ to change my views about major issues such as gender and family I found Billy Elliot to be a moving and uplifting film about motherless Billy fulfilling his dream of becoming a ballet dancer‚ in the process overcoming the objections of his father and brother. By setting the movie in the context of a mining community‚ and more specifically against the backdrop of the 1980’s miners’ strike they were able to refer to gender and class
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I hear them say some pretty nasty things‚ I immediately stop and confront them. These girls do not even know Morgan‚ they do not know that the reason she looks so angry in the halls is that she is probably running on under six hours of sleep. She happens to be a really genuine and loyal person. No matter what someone has done to her or if they grew apart she is
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