King Philip II launched the Spanish Armada in 1588 as an attempt to secure English land and terminate the rivalry between the two nations. However‚ Philip’s plan failed‚ resulting in a triumph for England. The victory was rather surprising because Spain was the premier naval force at the time with lots of wealth and resources. As a result of this conquest‚ Spain was left weakened. Without their biggest rival‚ the English empire was able to expand even faster and without as much conflict (Sharnette)
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opportunity‚ and served as Al Capone’s school for underground dealings with the time’s criminal denizens. After moving to moving to Chicago‚ he led a life characterized by intrepidness and rather shady business‚ from running brothels to smuggling contraband liquor. Here‚ where the strongest held dominion‚ he also received the cheek injury that would later earn him the namesake
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Al-Khwarizmi: The Father of Algebra Muhammed Ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi‚ was a mathematical pioneer‚ and is considered by many to be the greatest mathematician of the Islamic world‚ as well as the founder algebra. His book entitled Kitâb al-Mukhtasar fî Hisâb al-Jabr wa ’l-Muqâbala‚ which means “The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing‚” established algebra as an independent discipline. While his arithmetic work‚ possibly entitled Kitāb al-Jamʿ wa-l-tafrīq bi-ḥisāb al-Hind
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Al-Qaeda The Base"‚ "The Foundation" or "The Fundament". Is a global militant Islamist organization founded by Osama bin Laden‚ Abdullah Azzam and several other militants at some point between August 1988 and late 1989‚ with origins traceable to the Soviet war in Afghanistan. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational‚ stateless army and an Islamist‚ extremist‚ wahhabi‚ jihadist group. It has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United Nations Security Council‚ the North
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Al Qaeda Terrorist Group Paul Leclair University of Phoenix CJA/300 William Barnes December 8‚ 2005 Abstract Al Qaeda is arguably the most well-known and most dangerous Islamic terrorist organization in the world. It was established around 1990 by a Saudi millionaire‚ Osama Bin Laden‚ to bring together Arabs who fought in Afghanistan against the Soviet invasion. The goal of the organization is to reestablish the Muslim state throughout the world. Al Qaeda works with allied Islamic
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OTTAWA UNIVERSITY FINANCE ADMINISTRATION POST-CLASS ASSIGNMENT MODULE 5 FAHRIAN C.H. CHOE STUDENT ID: 128370 MELAKA # 03 DUE: JULY 5‚ 2004 FINAL CASE IN FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING SUNBEAM CORPORATION AND CHAINSAW AL Prepared For Richard Brewington Instructor Ottawa University International Prepared by Fahrian C.H. Choe Student Ottawa University International June 30th‚ 2004 CONTENTS
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from Al-Qaeda’s 2001 attacks‚ falls short of its intent to defeat transnational terrorism. While the tenets of the current counterterrorism strategy were written broadly to enable global employment‚ this template approach proved ineffective. While focusing its efforts on dismantling terrorist organizations in Afghanistan and Iraq‚ America neglected parts in Southeast Asia that provided sanctuary to Islamic terrorists. Such sanctuaries facilitated the regrouping‚ recruiting‚ and training of Al-Qaeda
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The most notorious gangster in the history of the nation‚ Alphonse Capone‚ better known to most as Al Capone or Scarface‚ ran Chicago with blood and guns.Capone was born in Brooklyn in 1899 to two Italian immigrants. From the beginning‚ he never responded well to authority. He beat a female teacher while in his sixth grade year and left after the principal verbally chastised him for the incident. Facing a life of low paying jobs‚ he joined the street gang led by Johny Torrio and Lucky Luciano.
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Stability in the Arabian Peninsula region has been a concern for the United States for some time now. AQAP poses a direct threat against the U.S. and U.S. interests of Stability and Security in the Arabian Peninsula. This instability and threat is why I have chosen the AQAP as the FTO to research making the next attack. The AQAP comes from the merging of the al Qaeda cells from Yemen and in Saudi Arabia. There are approximately one –two hundred members‚ with thousands
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Audrey Rankin EN101 Professor Fausti 10/6/14 ALS Helpful or Hurtful The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge went viral on social networks‚ but is it too successful for its own good? ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) often referred to as “Lou Gehrigs Disease‚” is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord (ALS Association). It’s like Parkinson’s on super-steroids. Now‚ the challenge aspect was a simple dare. You had 24 hours to drench yourself
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