50 Interesting Facts About . . . Mars 1. The Egyptians gave Mars its first recorded name: Har dècher (“The red one”). The Babylonians called it Nergal (“Star of death”). The Greeks and Romans named the planet after their respective gods of war‚ Ares and Mars. The Hebrews called it Ma’adim‚ or “One who blushes.” Many ancient people believed the reddish color came from actual blood on the planet.f 2. The month of March is named after Mars.a 3. The symbol for Mars looks like a shield and a spear
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Nokia: Nokia is the world’s leading mobile phone company. As of 2012‚ it is the world’s second largest mobile phone maker(after Samsung)‚ with a global market share of 22.5%.The Nokia head office is located by the Gulf of Finland in Keilaniemi‚ Espoo and was constructed between 1995 and 1997. The building is named The Nokia House by the place of Nokia. On December 2012‚ Nokia has sold its head office building to Finland based Exilion and leasing it on a long term basis. Second least corrupted
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Freedom for Granted In this country‚ the United States of America‚ we have a reputation as “The Land of the Free”‚ as in every man and woman that is a part of this country has the same equal opportunity to prosper. According to Albert Camus’ idea‚ “Freedom is only a chance to be better.” Inspiring hope‚ it shows that here in this country‚ we have many chances to become better‚ and by becoming one step closer to freedom; we are one step closer to becoming a better nation. I would love
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The journey to America could take up to eight weeks. In "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano‚" Equiano says "the closeness of the place‚ and the heat of the climate‚ added to the number in the ship‚ which was so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself‚ almost suffocated us. This produced
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James Goodman 5 March 2005 Auguiste Communication Essay Jean Luc Godard’s Weekend as Didactic Self-Reflexive Cinema According to Stephen Prince in Movies and Meaning: an Introduction to Film‚ Screen Reality is a concept that pertains to the principles of time‚ space‚ character behavior and audiovisual design that filmmakers systematically organize in a given film to create an ordered world on-screen in which characters may act and in which a narrative may unfold.(262) One mode of cinematic
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Australia Facts: Interesting Facts About Australia The Land Down Under is an anomaly in many regards. It is an island‚ a country‚ and a continent at the same time. Keep reading to learn some very interesting facts about Australia. Situated in the Southern Hemisphere‚ the Commonwealth of Australia comprises the continental mainland‚ the Tasmanian island‚ and many other smaller islands. One of the interesting facts about Australia is that the oldest skeleton found in Australia is reportedly more
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People Spend their Weekend – #3 is Amazing By:Srikanth AN In:Life Hacks Last Updated:30/06/2015 calvin-hobbes-rest in-on-saturday Weekends are place of refuge‚ a withdraw straight to our agreeable sofas in the lobby‚ gorging without end on potato chips and unlimited shows on the TV. Following a week long of dedicated‚ it certainly bodes well to let free of all and hit the love seat hard when weekend is around. This is the way we "Typical" individuals assume of a ’Flawless weekend’‚ however for fruitful
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Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel. All claimed that they were the best. Green said: "Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and of hope. I was chosen for grass‚ trees and leaves. Look over the countryside and you will see that I am in the majority." Blue interrupted: "You only think about the earth‚ but consider the sky and the sea. It is the water that is the basis of life. The sky gives space and peace and serenity. Without my peace‚ you would all be
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Score Details Recording Details Comments Stravinsky: “The Rite of Spring” (1913) (learning central audio and score) • In “The Augurs of Spring”‚ the strings play a quaver ostinato that has irregular accentuation (e.g. 2nd and 4th quavers in the third bar of 13). This causes the pulse and sense of rhythm to become obscured. I have made use of this technique in variation 13. • Stravinsky makes use of triplets‚ sextuplets (flute in first bar of 17) and septuplets (7th bar of 32). I have also made
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ORGANIZATION CULTURE INTRODUCTION: Culture is something that a person learns from his family and surroundings‚ and is not ingrained in him from birth. People in every workplace talk about organizational culture ‚that mysterious word that characterizes a work environment .Culture is difficult to define‚ but you generally know when you have found an employee who appears to fit your culture. He just feels right. Culture is the environment that surrounds you at work all of the time. Culture is a
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