Monday 11th January 2010 Was religion the only problem James I and Charles I had with Parliament? James I was monarch of England from 1603-25. He was also King James VI of Scotland throughout his reign. The previous Queen‚ Elizabeth I‚ had no children to rule after she died. So her council wanted to know who would be the next monarch. But she could not tell them due to her critical position as she was ill. They then named her cousin‚ James VI of Scotland. She then raised her hand to show that
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Written assignment - "The fun they had" "The fun they had" is a science-fiction short story written in 1951 by Isaac Asimov. The text has its focal points on the human behavior as a response to the development of technology - human dependency of technology and how it has become a necessity in order to live a normal life. The text expresses‚ how the progression of technology have lead to the closed and therefore more "efficient" school system that Margie is a part of. As she reads the "real" book
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Analysis of the extract from “The fun they had” The story under the title "The Fun They Had" was written by a highly prolific American writer‚ one of the three grand masters of science fiction - Isaac Asimov. The key in this text is lyrical. The theme is probably "the influence of technology on the process of teaching." In this story the author uses colloquial speech and jargonized words‚ such as “gee‚ I guess‚ I betcha“ here‚ to show us that these children are rather ordinary‚ and looks similar
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When I got on the jet ski they put a life jacket on me and me and my mom put a gucci hat on me and me and my dad drove 80 mph and I told my dad to slow down but he wouldnt‚ it was windy so I didn’t notice my hat fell of the jet ski and it sunk in the water and my dad went so far that we couldn’t see the sand so we drove so fast that my hair almost fell off. We continued this for ten minutes but we couldn’t see land we were at the middle of nowhere. We saw a boat so we stopped and asked the people
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Elina Osmolovskaya Group 302 “THE FUN THEY HAD” Analysis The text‚ or even better‚ the passage I am going to speak on is taken from the book written by I. Asimov “The fun they had”. The extract begins with introducing Margie to us‚ but does not imply introduction. In the passage‚ where the author describes finding of a real book he uses the pronoun ”HIS”. The author underlines it graphically‚ to show the vast gap in the epochs‚ habits‚ morality‚ way of life and model of life. To
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they can call special sometime in their life. I have many special places in my life‚ but there is one in particular that I am going to talk about. The Van Duyn jungle park is my most special place. I spent a lot of my childhood there with family and friends. It holds most of my childhood memories. The jungle park was the place where all the neighborhood kids went to play. It was right in next to the candy store and the elementary school so it was the easiest place to get to. It had a slide‚ monkey
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wish they could have super powers like flying or becoming invisible. I on the other hand am gifted with both of these powers and use them every day Invisibility and the ability to fly arent just useful in everyday life they are just plain fun. I recieved my powers out of nowhere.One day I was sitting on the couch watching Television‚ and I fell asleep. I had a weird dream that I had the aability to fly and could become invisible. Well strangely enough when I woke up I was floating in mid air!
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“Had I gained something at the Sillington House? Or had I lost something there? The answer is yes.” A remarkable quote with unknown meaning by Ethan Potter from “The View From Saturday” By E.L. Konigsburg. Ethan would never guess that he would finally show someone who he truly is‚ but with The Souls‚ he finally did. Ethan Potter is known for his silence‚ and so is the rest of his family‚ He has impenetrable dreams and a perfect brother named Luke‚ a secret crush on her Souls teammate
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about my life was when i realized i actually had to try in school. I came to that realization shortly after my freshman year when I failed my math and world studies classes and had to take summer school. there wasn’t anything that made me have to buckle down it was all my choice because i was 16 no job‚ no car‚ and failing my classes. after my freshman year i realized that i was hanging around the wrong crowd and started doing some stuff that i probably shouldn’t have. as soon as I actually seen how
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Are faces special? Critically evaluate the evidence that we have evolved a specialised neural network dedicated to processing faces. Brian Marron‚ 11461992‚ SF TSM. INTRODUCTION Processing faces is extremely important to humans as social beings. We are able to put and identity on thousands of faces (Gazzaniga‚ 2002) with ease‚ something we might take for granted. The value of this ability can be better understood when the world is viewed through the eyes of somebody with prosopagnosia‚ the inability
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