Nikola Tesla Inventor Nikola Tesla invented a lot of things including the tesla coil. Nikola Tesla was born in July of 1856‚ in what is now Croatia. He came to the United States in 1884 and briefly worked with Thomas Edison before the two parted ways. He sold several patent rights‚ including those to his alternating-current machinery‚ to George Westinghouse. Nikola Tesla made dozens of breakthroughs in the production‚ transmission‚ and application of electric power. Nikola Tesla came to the United
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The Soviet Union was a horrible and the most powerful communist state that has ever existed. It was created by the merger of a ton of socialist countries in Eastern Europe and North Asia that all collectivized into one incredibly centralized state. The Communist Party took over in the October Revolution of 1917 led by Vladimir Lenin fighting against the Mensheviks. They established themselves as the sole ruling party of the Soviet Union‚ and placed their headquarters in Moscow‚ Russia. The Soviet
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It begins with the dramatic line "Everybody hates me." The author then proceeds to take us on a journey written in the first person from the point-of-view of Tao Symonds‚ the eleven year old narrator and central character‚ as he reflects on the previous few months of his life. Tao thinks the whole world is against him. He is suffering pressure from school‚ his parents and their new partners‚ as well as from his peers to join in theirescapades and to top it all off‚ his dog has died. Tao feels confused
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Frequent Flyer Program (FFP) Is a loyalty program offered by many airlines. Typically‚ airline customers enrolled in the program accumulate frequent flyer miles (kilometers‚ points‚ segments) corresponding to the distance flown on that airline or its partners. There are other ways to accumulate miles. In recent years‚ more miles were awarded for using co-branded credit and debit cards than for air travel. Acquired miles can be redeemed for free air travel; for other goods or services; or for increased
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Ivanka Avelini Holjevac University of Rijeka Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management Opatija Opatija‚ Croatia e-mail: Ivanka.Avelini.Holjevac@fthm.hr Suzana Marković University of Rijeka Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management Opatija Opatija‚ Croatia e-mail: Suzana.Markovic@fthm.hr and Sanja Raspor University of Rijeka Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management Opatija Opatija‚ Croatia e-mail: sraspor@veleri.hr ABSTRACT One of the biggest contemporary challenges of management in service
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Alex Young DEVS 100 October 1‚ 2014 Dr. Barbara Holler Childhood Obesity: An ongoing Socio-Economic Issue Over the most recent decades‚ the global childhood obesity epidemic has been increasing‚ as well as its association between socio-economic statuses. To be obese means to be exceedingly fat‚ and it is a global health crisis (Lim). I have chosen to research specifically about childhood obesity‚ as it is and has been an issue in our society for a long time. It is found that the prevalence
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thin ears taper towards the tip and are set fairly high and close to the head. Typical eye colors include the following: brown‚ amber‚ or blue‚ with some dogs having one blue eye and one brown eye‚ which is very interesting to see. The Republic of Croatia was recognized by the FCI as the country of origin of the Dalmatian. The breed was developed and cultivated in England. When the dog was first shown in England in 1862‚ it was said to have been used as a guard dog and companion to the nomads of Dalmatia
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The most important year for Albanians was 2012‚ when we celebrated the 100th year anniversary of the independence of Albania. The 100th year anniversary of the declaration of independence is a huge day for me‚ and for every other proud Albanian‚ because it shows that Albania made it through the centuries of war against the Ottomans. Most events and activities were planned to begin in October and November. The main events were held in the center of the capital city of Albania‚ Tirana on November 28
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anorexia. Another big advantage of physical education classes in school is that teachers teach you how to play many sports. Therefore you know the rules of really many sports and it can make you really cool. In summer 2010‚ I was on a holiday in Croatia. There were a lot of kids of my age so I became friends with them. Once we decided to go to the playground and play basketball. Though‚ I wasn’t good at it at all‚ but a friend from Italy was quite smart when it came to sports. She told us the whole
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About 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Sports Event The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup‚ the tournament previously known as the FIBA World Championship. Hosted by Spain‚ it was the last tournament to be held on the then-current four-year cycle. The next FIBA World Cup will be held five years later‚ in 2019‚ to reset the four-year-cycle on a different year than the FIFA World Cup. Countdown clock outside the FIBA headquarters in Mies‚Switzerland as
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