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The first computer program was being designed by a woman titled Lovelace in the early 1800’s. The life and legacy of Ada Lovelace play an important role in the development of computer science, however she remains highly unrecognized. Coming from a separated home, Lovelace’s early tutoring, passion for mathematics, aiding of Charles Babbage in creating the first early computer program, and divided ideals gave her a very interesting story and major role in history. Lovelace’s parents are equally…

Vast majority of the United States populations would deny that Americans are fulfilling prophecies written nearly 1,945 years ago (Slick, par.1) which are predicting America's fate. These prophecies foreshadowed America’s many wars, pestilences, diseases, and calamities; furthermore, the cosmos will be turbulent. Men will turn their backs to God and deny Him just as they claim to be prophets of his teachings. Nations will become perverse in their actions to allow sexual pleasures and worshippers…

Discuss the role of women in Egyptian or Near Eastern society ~~~~~ Ancient Egypt was one of the most advanced and productive civilisations in antiquity spanning thousands of years. Its people created collosal temples, magnificent tombs, the hieroglyphic language and unique art. Within this kingdom predominately ruled by men, women could still wield considerable influence indirectly and in some cases directly. They were protected in…

Public ritual in Renaissance Florence involved many actors took many forms.1 Rituals could be civic rituals performed by the citizens of the city, or rituals primarily concerned with one family or group of people, but were displayed and therefore made available to the public.2 Some rituals were popular rituals were anyone could participate. These public rituals had various purposes, the most important ones being reproducing hierarchies which conditioned the organization of power within the…

it was. After going through my textbook I realized that the windows of the house that I had seen while leaving the park were very similar to the windows located on the Dome of the Chapel of the Holy Shroud, “which is a round structure attached to Turin cathedral” (Davies et al. 2011, p. 682). The windows in the Dome of the Chapel of the Holy Shroud are rounded and have six separate sections with another smaller circle in the middle that contains four smaller sections, which is very similar to…

Truths Observed in Nature Demonstrate a Judeo-Christian God Exists When looking at religious beliefs from generations before us, the Judeo-Christian God, the creator, is referred to as “The essence of goodness, love, justice, compassion, and mercy; the protector of the innocent and the faithful; the enemy of the wicked and the infidel. God is pure spirit with no material substance and neither beginning nor end” (White, pg. 284). These arguments of God’s existence are believed to have not been…

In the recently published first volume of memoirs, Istanbul: Memories and the City, Orhan Pamuk describes how a 1950’s child hood among Europe -yearning cosmopolitans in the crumbling ruins of the Ottoman Empire helped to shape him as a writer. The key, he said, is to understand the concept of huzun. This turkish word describes a kind of melancholy, he says, not so much a personal state as one shared by an entire society, a mood of resigned despair for the great past - a murky, black white…

disease. Ultimately, kidney disease affects a person's lifespan. In a recent study, it was discovered that people with a lower level of kidney function are expected to have a shorter life span than those people with a higher level of kidney function. (Turin, 2012). Also, a person's experiencing a stroke, which is another consequence of high sodium consumption, can significantly lower the life expectancy…

Inspired by the writings in the article titled “Vanishing Voices” by Russ Rymer, particularly the writings titled “Tuvan, I became aware that many endangered languages and cultures have neared extinction when faced with infrastructure growth and global progress. Much of the economic, technological, and political growth is greatly attributed to a globalized society. The article describes the Republic of Tuvan, in which a family is portrayed as living “ between the border of progress and…

The time is currently 8:30 am. It is currently 55 degrees-(Need to convert to Celsius). Have a great day in the city of Turin, Italy.” As I brushed my teeth, the object to the left caught my eye. It look like a toilet, but it didn’t have a seat. There was a pipe on the top that you would normally see on a school water fountain. Next to this weird “toilet-water fountain”…