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    Throughout human history many inventions have came to be, most of which, were extremely useful. The first example of a very useful invention would be birth control which has prevented thousands of unwanted and even harmful pregnancies. Since being invented, firearms have also taken many lives in order to keep other people safe and healthy. The wheel is very important to everyone today because although it was first used as a child's toy, it is now used to transport food, people, and other products

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    The 1980’s is one of the most interesting decades that was experienced in the United States. Dealing with the stock market, the coming up of new inventions, all the way to the types of music people listened to. During the 1980s, the only thing that made Americans be “Americans” was because of the things they were provided with. Many Americans had fun throughout the 1980s with materialistic, glamorous, and technological life styles; therefore there were different economical problems that Americans

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    Overcome” A miracle. That is how Eula Bliss felt about the invention of the telephone. Perhaps because it is a miracle. Worldwide communication. Suddenly everyone is only a phone call away and we are all connected. The invention of the telephone was a gold shining idea, an idea that only had one purpose: to connect people – the invention did connect people, but it also did so much more than that. Something that will be overshadowing the invention forever. The essay “Time and Distance Overcome” was written

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    Computers have been around for what seem like decades, it’s a way of life if nothing else we rely on it so much in our daily life. It wasn’t always like this our computer technology has been advancing astronomical. When once computers were seen as a simple calculator for simple calculations. We valued them as they were specialized machines for each person and each person could have a different experience with the computer, recently computers have skyrocketed with improvement in the early 20th century

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    large as the United States, with a population now scattered from east to west, the implications were tremendous. The infamous tyranny of time and distance had been conquered. Widespread acceptance and appreciation, however, were not immediate. Both inventions met with initial scepticism, ridicule, and even elements of fear. The wisdom of twenty-first century hindsight makes such reticence seem incredible and somewhat amusing, but the very magnitude of instantaneous communication was the source of anxiety

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    Cybersecurity should begin internally, however, as in the case of AT&T, “one of world 's largest communications companies” (AT&T Company Information - Key Facts, n.d.), human beings tend to be the greatest security vulnerability to the public and private industry. In 1875, Alexander Graham Bell whose invention efforts for the talking telegraph were financed by Gardiner Hubbard and Thomas Sanders, invented what is known today as the . These three men for Bell Telephone Company to exploit the telephone

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    important inventions of the early nineteenth century. Rank them in order of importance. Justify your ranking. The early nineteenth century was an important period in the development of the United States. It saw a huge increase in population—through both higher birthrates and immigration—and the growth of a more stable and profitable economy. It also brought huge innovations in technology. The Industrial Revolution of the early nineteenth century produced some of the most important inventions in American

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    Although Canadians have made more improvements and advances on inventions rather than solo inventions, Canadian inventors have contributed more than they are generally given credit for. Canadian inventors have been making contributions to society for hundreds if not thousands of years. Among the many Canadian inventions prior to the Second World War are the telephone which was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 , the light bulb invented by Henry Woodward and Mathew Evans in 1874, and Plexiglas

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    career choice. Huff Post Teen says that Generation Z would work at one place of business then move on to another. Unlike other typical generations who stick to one place work there for a long time then retire. In the article, Characteristics of the Greatest Generation they quote, “the 41st president of the united states, was a navy air corps pilot who survived after being shot down during a bombing run on a Japanese target.” This proves that unlike Biff generation GI was a committed generation who got

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    In Book 1 of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, he argues that happiness is the best good, and the goal of an individual and of those leading and governing society. Here, happiness is understood as both living well and doing well, rather than the convention sense of happiness as an emotion. According to Aristotle, happiness is achieved though actions involving reason and in accord with virtue, or the best of the virtues of there are more than one. In this paper, I will provide a brief overview of the

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