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    The daughter of the renowned poet Lord Byron, Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace - better known as “Ada Lovelace” - was born in London on December 10, 1815. Ada displayed her gift in mathematics at an early age. She collaborated closely with Charles Babbage, an English polymath, whom she met in 1833 at the age of 17. She accumulated her prestige after she translated an article on an invention by Charles Babbage, and added her own comments. Pursuing this further, she introduced many computer concepts

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    “‘There should be no bitterness or hate where the sole thought is the welfare of the United States of America. No man can occupy the office of President without realizing that he is President of all the people’ ― Franklin D. Roosevelt” (Goodreads). Franklin Roosevelt declares here that the President of the United States should display extreme professionalism as a result of how they are elected to represent and serve the citizens of America. Then, it can be implied from this quote that the president

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    the rise of the first major pornographic film, Deep Throat, how that film affected the lives of those involved, and how it shaped the porn industry of today. Deep Throat was a pornographic film released in 1973. The star of the film, Linda Lovelace portrayed a woman who was able to reach orgasm by performing oral sex because her clitoris was located in the back of her throat. He film gained enormous notoriety and was one of the highest grossing adult films ever released. Despite it success

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    The poem “To Althea, from Prison”, by Richard Lovelace, is a lyric poem written as an octave. It contains four eight line stanzas with a total of 32 lines in the poem. When it comes to rhyme, the poem consists of a ABABCDCD rhyming scheme that goes between a perfect and eye-rhyme. This poem may seem short, but it deals with the complex idea that freedom is a state of mind rather than being. This idea is shown through the example of a prisoner of war speaking to his love. This poem is considered

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    Ada Byron Research Paper

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    He was made Earl of Lovelace in 1838 .After marrying she was known as the Countess of Lovelace. They loved horses and had a fondness for math and science. They had three children together Anne Blunt, 15th Baroness Wentworth (Daughter),Ralph King-Milbanke, 2nd Earl of Lovelace (Son), Byron King-Noel, Viscount Ockham (son). He is said to have supported his wife's endeavors. At age seventeen through

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    Johnson refers to Lovelace and Babbage as “time travelers,” although he doesn’t mean so literally the point he is conveying is that they were both drastically ahead of their era in a creative and innovative sense. Working together, Ada and Charles were able to combine their out of the box ambitions and systematic thought process to create the Analytical Engine. I believe it was Ada’s background in mathematics and her father’s work that drove her to push the boundaries of what Babbage had in mind

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    Everyday we hear more and more about the continuing advancements in computer science, featuring headlines like: “LIVING ROBOT with 'HUMAN BRAIN ' Close to Creation as Super AI Computer Around the Corner” (Millar, 2016) or “Automating Big-Data Analysis” (Hardesty, 2016) But what is computer science really? When asked what computer science is, most respond by saying that it is coding, software development, using computers, or the field where people just fix computers. While although those are the

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    Despite the perception of what many uninformed people may believe, throughout history, women have always contributed greatly to the growth of our society through technology. Regrettably, the success of women has generally only been attributed and recognized through the more stereotypical and traditional roles, such as being a teacher or a nurse. Often underappreciated is the role of women and their significant contribution to the sciences, especially computer sciences. In the book Recoding Gender:

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    Grace Hopper Essay

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    November of 2016, Hopper was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her accomplishments in computer science by former President of the United States, Barack Obama. In my opinion, Hopper should have a language named after as well as Ada Lovelace. Lovelace was known as the World's First Programmer but Hopper was also essential in bringing computer programming closer to the modern day standard. I believe that the nickname “Amazing Grace” is the most well fit for Hopper due to her outstanding accomplishments

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    Committee reached the decision in Lovelace’s case, it required Canada to submit the measures taken with regards to it. The Government responded with possible amendments of the Indian Act but did not provide specific remedies it would take for Sandra Lovelace and other similar cases. In particular, the government informed the Committee that it acknowledged Committee’s concerns that the section 12(1)(b) of the Indian Act was discriminatory on the basis of sex and the government was willing to amend it

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