discovered the Americas. He was born somewhere between October 26 and 31‚ 1451‚ Genoa Italy and died May 20‚ 1506‚ Valladolid Spain. Due to the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans Turks in 1453‚ the silk road became much more dangerous and difficult to traverse which led to sailors trying to find a way to Asia by way of the sea. Columbus made four transatlantic voyages in 1492‚ 1493‚ 1498 and 1502 under the sponsorship of Ferdinand II‚ Isabella I‚ the Catholic Monarchs of Aragon‚ the Castile and Leon in
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rich in its tradition‚ culture ‚ values and deep rooted spirituality which connects one billion despite religious‚ cultural‚ geographical and linguistic diversities. India is my identity and the very essence of my existence. Whatever lands I may traverse‚ I shall always be known as an Indian. Today with modern means of communication and transportation the world is shrinking and we are becoming ‘global citizens’ imbibing a global vision. But this privileged civilization is unaware of the ignorant
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Stanley Gardner Class (SD1340) Creating Websites Using HTML5 and CSS3 and JavaScript Unit 4 Assignment 1: Research DOM Level 3 vs. Level 2 ITT Technical Institute Describing the specification differences and browser supports among DOM Level 1‚ Level 2and Level 3. DOM Level 1 was published in 1998 as a single W3C recommendation‚ consisting of two modules‚ the Core and the HTML module. DOM Level 2 was published in late 2000. It introduced the "getElementById" function
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1 Special Issue on Unmanned Ground Vehicles FIGURES OMITTED Unmanned Systems Magazine Summer 1995‚ volume 13‚ number 3 UGV HISTORY 101: A Brief History of Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) Development Efforts Douglas W. Gage (gage@nosc.mil) "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" -- George Santayana INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief survey of a number of different threads of development that have brought the UGV field to its current state
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(SNSs)? h. Define – (SLIDE) – “SNSs are web-based services that allow individuals to (1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system‚ (2) articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection‚ and (3) view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system.” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication‚ 2007. www. Onlinelibrary.wiley.com i. – “According to the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication‚ the first recognizable
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Keystone Pipeline The Keystone Pipeline‚ also known as Keystone XL‚ is a 1‚179-mile-long pipeline from oil fields in Western Canada to the Midwestern United States. Specifically‚ this pipeline will extend from Alberta‚ Canada to Steele City‚ Nebraska with plans to link to an existing pipeline that reaches to the Gulf Coast. Despite the advantages this pipeline will produce‚ it will also create various negative effects regarding wildlife and inhabitants of these areas‚ economic and political issues
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How Did the Nile Shape Ancient Egypt? The Nile shaped Ancient Egypt by influencing the daily lives of Egyptians‚ both psychologically and physically. Ancient Egypt was formed around 3000 B.C.E. and lasted for thousands of years (O.I). It depended on the Nile River‚ which was located in central Egypt. The Nile shaped‚ which means formed or molded‚ Ancient Egypt because its location protected Egypt and provided transportation‚ its flooding cycle instituted a seasonal rhythm‚ and its great value for
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Explore the beautiful Oahu waterfalls with a hike along the shimmering Manoa Falls. The adventure begins along a gorgeous rainforest path. While the sounds of tropical birds serenade you‚ bamboo forests and banyan trees will spring up on all sides. Towering vines cover the trees as the the trail snakes along to one of the tallest waterfalls on Oahu. Among the trees‚ you can catch sight of tropical birds munching on delectable mango‚ apple and guava trees that grow wild within the jungle. The two-mile
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himself. Takato’s mirror was created during the Edo period (1603-1868 AD) around June 19th‚ 1798 AD by a famous mirror maker of the time. In order for him to inhabit the mirror‚ he had to traverse through the 4th plane and down to Earth. Like many mythica at the time‚ he was somewhat powerful but not enough to traverse back and forth between Earth’s plane and the 4th dimension. Takato was being attacked by another spirit at the time of his descent to Earth. It was a malicious spirit that was going to
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PART A 1. Buying a new PC. Low Yat Plaza in Jalan Bukit Bintang is a well-known place for computer sales. Assume that you want to buy a new PC for your personal use. Your task is to: i. Make a list of your hardware and software requirements‚ be as specific as possible. (For software‚ you must at least choose 1 type of operating system and 3 application programs.) HARDWARE * CPU (Central Processing Unit): responsible for handling all instructions it receives from hardware components
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