The last piece of the puzzle is steel. This kinda happened at the same time as the germs but eventually Spain had enough time on thier hands that they could have specialists‚ people who specialized in a certain thing whether it be farming‚ cooking‚ or metalworking. Steel was a very important factor on Spain’s reign of power because it was a stronger‚ sharper‚ and more flexible metal that most people didn’t didn’t have‚ because they didn’t have the right conditions. These conditions where: iron‚ carbon
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In fall of 1917‚ the Canadian armies were sent North Belgium after their great success at the Vimy Ridge battle in April. The battle occurred in Ypres area of Belgium‚ where the Passchendaele is located; it was the scene for several First World War Battles. However‚ it is understood the Passchendaele is mentioned as the horrific fighting condition. Because the area was made up of flat‚ low land and filled around with sticky mud which turned the battlefield dip into the sea of mud during the raining
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Vimy Ridge General Information The war of Vimy Ridge started on April 9th 1917 and ended April 12 during 1917 (Richard Foot 2006) The ridge was captured and obtained from the German army by the Canadian forces (Richard Foot 2006) This battle was known as Canada’s biggest victory and the moment Canada gained independence because no other member of the Triple Entente were able to succeed in capturing the ridge(Richard Foot 2006) Over ten thousand Canadians were killed and wounded total during the
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The Blue Brain Project is an attempt to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. The aim of the project‚ founded in May 2005 by the Brain and Mind Institute of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland‚ is to study the brain’s architectural and functional principles. The project is headed by the founding director Henry Markram and co-directed by Felix Schürmann and Sean Hill. Using a Blue Gene supercomputer running
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Houtrides Professor Snowberger English Composition 2 15 May 2013 Literary Technique Poem Analysis The imagery in Langston Hughes’ poem “The Weary Blues” explains the theme of dejection and the relief that music can bring. In the first line the words droning and drowsy appear‚ immediately reflecting the tone of tiredness first stated in the poem’s title. These two words‚ droning and drowsy‚ describe the blues‚ the type of music the narrator is hearing. Hughes’ imagery is further reinforced by his
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VIRGIN BLUE UNDERSTANDING EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT 1. Attractiveness of the Industry 1a. Identify the industry‚ product segments and value chain The industry is the Australian airline industry (global). Core activities cover providing travel services to leisure travellers in Australia and overseas‚ including flights‚ travel insurance‚ holiday packaged deals‚ and freight business. Products segments including ▪ Business travel ▪ 57.1% of industry revenue ▪ full-fare ▪ business &
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with seven of my friends who I got to know due to all the things we experienced together. A not so cool boy’s night out journal is what this is. My seven friends and I decided to visit the most notorious place to party‚ Ibiza. It is located in Spain. Our craving to experience youth to the fullest led us to this place. This place known to us threw YouTube‚ where you see the most scandalous women dancing in clubs all night long and rumours and comments from people who visited previously. Quotes
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Eleanor Farjeon (13 February 1881 – 5 June 1965) was an English author of children’s stories and plays‚ poetry‚ biography‚ history and satire. Many of her works had charming illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Some of her correspondence has also been published. She won many literary awards and the prestigious Eleanor Farjeon Award for children’s literature is presented annually in her memory by the Children’s Book Circle‚ a society of publishers. The daughter of a British novelist and granddaughter
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Blue Nile‚ Inc. “Stuck in the middle” of the diamond engagement ring market Vision and Mission “Blue Nile’s vision is to educate its customer base so that customers can make an informed‚ confident decision no matter what event they are celebrating. It wants to make the entire diamond-buying process easy and hassle-free. In addition‚ an important part of Blue Nile’s vision as CEO Diane Irvine said in a recent webinar with Kaihan Krippendorf‚ is for the company to be seen as the “smart”
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The spreadsheet I did presents a summary of Blue Nile financial results from 2005 to 2009. From 2005 to 2007 revenues and net income both increased. The deep recession which began in late 2007 seriously affected the revenue in 2008. And then in 2009 the revenue recovered and increased slightly. I am going to analysis the financial performance in three parts. First‚ profitability ratios. Blue Nile had steady return on asset ratios around .1. The company utilized its assets very efficiently and
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