Central Park Central Park‚ located in New York City is a public park designed for people to enjoy sightseeing‚ tours‚ exercising‚ or just plain relaxing. It is an attraction sight for many tourists as well as New Yorkers. According to the book “Central Park‚ An American Masterpiece” by Sara Cedar Miller‚ the eight hundred and forty three acres of land began construction in 1857 and won the title of being a National Historic Landmark since 1962. The park which is located in the center of Manhattan
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Indus Valley Civilization. The earliest traces of civilization in the Indian subcontinent are to be found in places along‚ or close‚ to the Indus river. Excavations first conducted in 1921-22‚ in the ancient cities of Harappa and Mohenjodaro‚ both now in Pakistan‚ pointed to a highly complex civilization that first developed some 4‚500-5‚000 years ago‚ and subsequent archaeological and historical research has now furnished us with a more detailed picture of the Indus Valley Civilization and its
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The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) was a Bronze Age civilization (3300–1300 BCE; mature period 2600–1900 BCE) extending from what today is northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India (see map). Along with Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia it was one of three early civilizations of the Old World‚ and of the three the most widespread. It flourished in the basins of the Indus River‚ one of the major rivers of Asia‚ and the Ghaggar-Hakra River‚ which once coursed through northwest India and eastern
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Rosa Parks the importance of them becoming invoved in the movement Hypothesis: * was an African-American civil rights activist‚ whom the U.S. Congress called "the first lady of civil rights"‚ and "the mother of the freedom movement" * Parks’ act of defiance became an important symbol of the modern Civil Rights Movement and Parks became an international icon of resistance to racial segregation * On December 1‚ 1955‚ forty-three year old Rosa Parks boarded a Montgomery‚ Alabama city
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1.) What does this story tells us? What happens in the story? How does it relates us? The Pirates of Silicon Valley is a film about Steve Jobs‚ the co-founder of Apple Computers and Bill Gates‚ the co-founder of Microsoft. This film historically traces the development of these two computer companies from the time these two gentlemen are college (the early to mid 1970’s) to approximately 3 months before Steve Jobs was fired by John Sculley‚ then CEO of Apple Computer in 1985. This
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for Visiting Legoland Windsor Theme Park. Authors: BAKIR‚ ALI1 ali.bakir@bucks.ac.uk BAXTER‚ SUZANNE G. Source: Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management. 2011‚ Vol. 20 Issue 3/4‚ p407-424. 18p. 1 Diagram‚ 3 Charts. Document Type: Article Subject Terms: *TOURISM *TOURIST attractions *TRAVEL *AMUSEMENT parks *FAMILIES Author-Supplied Keywords: fun grounded theory push-pull theme park Tourism motivation travel
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However‚ in 1955 a woman named Rosa Parks took a stand‚ or more correctly took a seat‚ on a public bus in Montgomery‚ Alabama. She refused to give her seat to a white man and was arrested for not doing so. The reasons and consequences and the significance of her stand are comparable in many ways to Atticus Finch’s stand in To Kill A Mockingbird. Rosa Parks worked for the equality of all people. She was elected secretary of the Montgomery branch of the National Advancement of Colored People‚ unsuccessfully
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Abstract Rosa Parks was an African-American civil rights activist‚ whom the U.S congress recognized as “the first lady of civil rights” and “the mother of the freedom movement”. Born in 1913‚ Rosa grew up in an exceedingly ethnic segregated America where black people were being mistreated in most of society’s aspects. Her refusal to surrender her bus seat to a white male passenger on a Montgomery‚ Alabama bus‚ on December 1‚ 1955‚ led to her arrest which ultimately trigged a wave of involvement
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inspirational women of all time was Rosa Parks. By one action she helped change the lives of a majority ofAfrican Americans and more importantly society as a whole. Rosa Parks sparked the attention of America when she refused to settle for the black (lower class)standards. Not only did she help change the lives for many African Americans but she helped equality for all men and women in the United States. By one brave women our world will be forever thankful. Rosa Parks was raised in her Grandparents hosue
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The geology of carboniferous of the Midland Valley of Scotland Research Aims This essay will cover the basic geology of the Midland Valley‚ the changes in structure and volcano activities during the carboniferous period. General introduction of the Midland Valley The carboniferous is a period between 290 and 360 million years ago(Ref 1‚p.8‚Scotland Through Time). The Midland Valley was covered with lots of rainforest and numerous of coral reefs flourished in the tropical seas. Volcanos eruptions
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