Figures of the Renaissance Ferdinand Magellan Ferdinand Magellan was a leader of the Renaissance and a benefactor to modern science. The results of his voyage around the globe were such that the average person living during the Renaissance re-thought their paradigms of the world surrounding them‚ even know most scholars and other educated types knew that in fact‚ the world was round in shape. Ferdinand‚ however‚ proved it. Thus he lays claim to having circumnavigated the first voyage around
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My self composed poems KASHMIR Prepare yourself to spend vacations in Kashmir‚ Where you will find lots of Pir. The temperature will be around two or three‚ And above all it is pollution free. You must carry woolen blanket‚ And something to prevent your tent. Whether you go by train or by plane‚ You will forget all your pain. You must eat red apple‚ In which nature has poured its love in ample. You must visit saffron fields‚ Which can’t be fit in your camera reels. The round of ‘Dal’ in House-Boat
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The Camel And The Jackle Once upon a time a camel and a jackal lived together in a jungle. There was a river flowing beside that jungle and on the other side of the river‚ there were fields having ripe sugar-canes. One day the jackal came to the camel and said that he got a nice plan. He said that they can cross the river and enjoy the sugarcanes as their meal. As he did not know how to swim‚ so he also requested the camel to carry him on his back.The camel agreed to the jackal’s request. They
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My first article is the "UNESCO World Heritage site film on Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina". This clip tell you Los Glaciares is the third largest ice field in the world and how the snow falls and become a part of the ice fields. Both were very interesting and provided me with a better understanding of glaciers and how they can support and sustain many communities around the world and the connection to global warming. What really caught my attention when the clips also tells you that the
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We desire to bequest two things to our children -- the roots and wings. ~Sudanese Proverb Children will dislike all those who give all things to them. ~African Proverb A child’s lie is like a dead fish in a pond that in the end‚ always comes to the surface. ~Luo Proverb Nursing a pregnancy is not as tough as bringing up a child. ~Swahili Proverb When a four-year child is still crawling instead of walking it is time to cry out. ~African Proverb A single hand cannot nurse a child. ~Swahili
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expenditures. Something that feels so good has got to be more pampering than beneficial. Right? Wrong! The health benefits of massage are many. Let me share with you a few that I have experienced. Health Benefits of Massage #1: Massage helps to restore muscles to their correct position. When I first started getting a regular massage about a year ago‚ my masseuse told me that I was starting to get a dowager’s hump. As she worked with me monthly‚ the hump became less and less. Now it is totally gone
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Signs of QAYAMAT or Judgement Day..!! Though Allah only knows when the Last Hour before the Day of Resurrection will come‚ He has given us ’clues’ about its approach through information in the Qur’an and the hadith of the Prophet.This article does not cover all the signs‚ but most of the important ones are here. All these signs are‚ of course‚ based on hadith and/or Qur’an‚ mainly the former. The signs are divided into PAST‚PRESENT and FUTURE Past 1. Splitting of the Moon. 2. Death of
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The Rendille and Ariaal cultures are very interesting and complex cultures and‚ they have so much in common; both are camel dependent-based cultures. These camel-based cultures live in Kenya´s deserted zone‚ due to the camels amazing capacity to spend up to two weeks without water. This ability has led both cultures to an unbelievable phenomenon‚ an alliance‚ a partnership between the Ariaal and the Rendille. This partnership is very clever and important these days due to the constant changes the
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Caingat‚ Franchete O. Bachelor of Arts in English 4-A Contemporary Literary Theory Define the following terms and give at least five (5) examples each: Anagram‚ Pun‚ Oxymoron‚ Irony‚ Dramatic Irony‚ Situational Irony and Verbal Irony. 1. Anagram Anagrams are an extremely popular form of literary device wherein the writer jumbles up parts of the word to create a new word. From the syllables of a phrase to the individual letters of a word‚ any fraction can be jumbled to create a new form. Anagram
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Some of the reasons for the increase included the introduction of camels‚ transportation with boats‚ and transportation on the silk roads. Some of these trade routes were easier to transport stuff more efficiently‚ but they all were used. Firstly‚ camels were introduced in about 300c.e.. This was a big upgrade from the donkeys because camels could go up to ten days without drinking water. This made trade easier since camels could make the trek across the Sahara and didn’t need much in return
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