A brief history of Judo Judo is an exciting unarmed combat sport that originated in the Orient as a means of self-defence which has since grown into an international competitive sport. Judo developed out of ju-juitsu‚ a form of unarmed combat beleived to have been introduced into Japan by a Chinese monk‚ Chen Yuan-ping in the early seventeenth century. Various ju-juitsu schools developed and young samuri were instructed in the art. This was in the days of chivalry among Japanese knights. Samuri
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A Brief History Of Computers The history of computers starts out about 2000 years ago‚ at the birth of the abacus‚ a wooden rack holding two horizontal wires with beads strung on them. When these beads are moved around‚ according to programming rules memorized by the user‚ all regular arithmetic problems can be done. Another important invention around the same time was the Astrolabe‚ used for navigation. Blaise Pascal is usually credited for building the first digital computer in 1642. It added
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The current Tajik Republic harkens to the Samanid Empire (AD 875–999). The Tajik people came under Russian rule in the 1860. Tajikistan became an autonomous Soviet socialist republic within Uzbekistan in 1924; Basmachi resistance in the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1917 was quelled in 1925‚ and Tajikistan became one of the component Soviet socialist republics in 1929 called Tadzhik SSR from 1936 to 1991. Tajikistan gained independence in 1991‚ and has experienced three changes in government
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A Brief History of Computer Nikita Rechal1 and Sooriyan Aliyoglu2 1Department of Computer Engineering‚ Castle University‚ New City‚ Cyprus a.orther@xx.yy.zz 2MediDeniz Software‚ Old Street‚ New York‚ USA a.etherwen@zzz.com Abstract Computers have wedged themselves into every facet of our lives—they are what we would use as the symbolic representation of the modern world. But did you know that the history of computers dates back to the 1800s?Indeed‚ the history and evolution of computers is
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A Brief History of Computing - Mechanical Computing Devices © Copyright 1996-2005‚ Credit to: Stephen White Source: http://trillian.randomstuff.org.uk/~stephen//history/timeline-MECH.html#17 For reading purposes only by: Lornilo S. Alimpuangon Pictures: credit to Google Hardware History Overview • • • • • Modern computing can probably be traced back to the ’Harvard Mk I’ and Colossus (both of 1943). Colossus was an electronic computer built in Britain at the end 1943 and
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Brief History of Nepal The history of Nepal (नेपालको इतिहास) is characterized by its isolated position in the Himalayas and its two dominant neighbors‚ India and China. Due to the arrival of disparate settler groups from outside through the ages‚ it is now a multi-ethnic‚ multi-cultural‚ multi-lingual country. Its population is predominantly Hindu with significant presence of Buddhists‚ who were in majority at one time in the past. Nepal was split in three kingdoms from the 15th to 18th century
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Brief history of prostitution Note by the author This document owes a lot to Max Chaleil’s work. His book‚ ‘Le corps prostitué : le sexe dévorant’ is the main reference of this file. This historical summary will mainly concern France‚ even though there are a few comparisons with the situation of prostitution in other countries. 1. The Beginnings : Sexual hospitality and sacred prostitution It is not so sure that prostitution is the oldest trade in the world; the Europeans admitted to it during the
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Brief on Saakshar Bharat 1. SAAKSHAR BHARAT Saakshar Bharat‚ the revised version of National Literacy Mission‚ was formally launched by Prime Minister‚ Dr. Manmohan Singh on 8th September‚ 2009‚ the International Literacy Day‚ but it came into implementation with effect from 1st October‚ 2009. The programme aims to further promote and strengthen Adult Education‚ specially of women‚ by extending educational options to those adults who having lost the opportunity of access to formal education and
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The Patriarchs There were many tribes that moved freely from one place to another in the time of Abraham‚ Isaac and Jacob. Scholars believe that there was some exchange of ideas‚ world views‚ and religions and there was no one group that was dominant over the others. During this time many of the group started to settle in Palestine. Moses and the Conquest of the Land Israel’s distinctive faith and identity as a people begins with Moses. Those who had come from the desert with Moses were a fairly
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