Geography Origin of the Discipline Three Fundamental Questions Concepts Two Dimensioned Researches System of Geography Four Schools of Research Origin of the Discipline Geography (English) was first coined by Eratosthenes (270 – 192 B.C)‚ a Greek scientist/geographer‚ chief librarian of the Alexanria Library Geō = Earth Graphia = Description Concept of Geography The studies of the phenomena‚ processes and patterns of natural environment and the spatial organization
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celestial beasts are originated from China‚ to be precise it is from Chinese constellation. It is already date back to at least the second century BC. In Chinese constellation‚ the sky is divided into 5 regions: East‚ South‚ West‚ North and Center. Each cardinal region is associated with one celestial beast‚ while the center is associated with the Emperor. The East direction is associated with the Azure Dragon. South is associated with the Vermillion Bird. West is associated with the White Tiger. North is
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but in order to become successful one must overcome this fear of independence and begin the road to success. Considering I decided to graduate High school early I can assert that I am motivated and excited to begin this new journey. Receiving the Cardinal Covenant will impact my ability to go to college to a great extent‚ considering my financial status hinders my ability to attend‚ earning a college degree will impact my future in many ways‚ one being that it allows me to become fully independent
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"nobles of the robe" in which middle class citizens could buy nobility from the king. This diluted the nobles‚ which weakened their power and hurt them considerably. Louis XIII and his son continued this and took more of their power away as well. Cardinal Richelieu started the intendant system‚ which recruited members of the middle class t watch the nobles and report back to the king. This took away power from the nobles to have less influence in the government of France. Continuing the intendant
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weeding and harvesting the crops. The compass was created in 4th century BC and was made of lodestone. The compass was first used by fortune-tellers before it was applied to the cardinal direction. Then the Chinese’s started using the compass to point to the south because they considered south not north their cardinal direction. Gunpowder has been credited to certain Chinese alchemists around 9th century but the legend has it as gunpowder being accidently discovered by alchemists looking for a
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Information Flow and Decision-Making in Production Scheduling Jeffrey W. Herrmann Department of Mechanical Engineering and Institute for Systems Research University of Maryland College Park‚ MD 20742 Abstract Although often studied as an isolated optimization problem‚ production scheduling in practice is a complex flow of information and decision-making. This paper discusses this perspective and presents ways to represent production scheduling systems. The paper uses a case study of a manufacturing
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UNIT ONE MAP READING 1. INTRODUCTION One of the important dimensions of social knowledge is being able to locate yourself in time and space answering the questions when and where. Locating yourself in time requires an understanding of the concepts of days‚ hours‚ second‚ years‚ months‚ weeks and even centuries. Similarly locating yourself in space requires an
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toward others? - Brings about a habit of good actions‚ virtues‚ which provide reliability - We do not enter situations from scratch - Ability to improvise in new situations‚ makes being moral easier (62) - Transferability Two Types Of Virtue -Cardinal Virtues Prudence-the ability to make decisions based on reason and idea
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The documentary‚ “Dangerous Knowledge” by David Malone‚ focuses on four major mathematicians‚ Georg Cantor‚ Ludwig Boltzmann‚ Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing. For each mathematician‚ their genius drove them insane and eventually led them to commit suicide; however‚ their intelligence has greatly affected todays mathematics. This documentary discusses many of the questions that mathematical thinkers are trying to answer. As a child‚ Georg Cantor heard voices‚ which he believed was God‚ calling him into
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Compass- is a navigational instrument that shows directions in a frame of reference that is stationary relative to the surface of the earth. The frame of reference defines the four cardinal directions (or points) – north‚ south‚ east‚ and west. Intermediate directions are also defined. Usually‚ a diagram called a compass rose‚ which shows the directions (with their names usually abbreviated to initials)‚ is marked on the compass. When the compass is in use‚ the rose is aligned with the real directions
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