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    Discovery of Neptune

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    The Discovery of Neptune Neptune was discovered in September 1845. It was discovered by means of mathematics before being seen through a telescope. It began in 1843 when John Adams‚ a young English astronomer and mathematician‚ began working to find thew location of the unknown planet. Adams predicted the planned would be about 1.6 billion kilometres farther from the sun then Uranus. That’s when he completed his work in September 1845. Also Urbain Leverriar‚ unknown to Adams‚ began working

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    quickly picked up. Leaving Cuba‚ Columbus came across the Island of Hispaniola on December 5. The natives called it Haití‚ but Columbus renamed it La Española‚ a name which was later changed to Hispaniola when Latin texts were written about the discovery. On December

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    Motives of Exploration

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    knowledge of the new world‚ trading throughout the world and to spread religion on their explorations. One of the motives of explorers to explore the new world was to wanting to gain knowledge of the new world. Some of the documents that support this are documents one‚ four and six. One and six are very alike because both Christopher Columbus and John Cabot were sponsored by their kings and queens to go on an exploration to gain knowledge about the new world. In the time period of 1450 to 1600 explorers

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    Carer Exploration

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    C are e r e x plorat ion l es s on s For sixth and seventh gr ades A SUPPLEMENT TO THE TEACHER’S GUIDE Career Exploration Lessons for Sixth and Seventh Grades A Supplement to the Teacher’s Guide Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................... 5 ABC’s of Skills .................................................................................................................. 7 Achieving Your

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    Hybridity is a key feature of the culture in Latin America‚ given European colonization of the region. Use this notion to compare religion in Mexico and Cuba. In the current Latin America a variety of religions coexist and Catholicism has dominated this region since the sixteenth century. It has been widely agreed that European colonization of Latin America actually played an essential role in the formation of such a religiously diverse life in this continent. Firstly this essay will revisit the

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    motivation

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    Program Human Resource Management - Motivation among employees in multinational corporations Writers Kristina Trifunovska Robin Trifunovski Supervisor Agneta Moulettes Examiner Timurs Umans ___________________________________________________________________________ Abstract ___________________________________________________________________________ Title: Human Resource Management; multinational corporations. Motivation among employees in Authors:

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    Choose 1 European Country that colonized between 1500-1600’s in the New World and detail their colonization. Include What‚ When‚ Where‚ Why‚ How‚ Was. One major country that colonized the New World was Spain. In the 15th century in Spain‚ women were 2nd class citizens who had no authority or power in general. However‚ the new king and queen of Spain-Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella Castille come into power equally. At this time Christopher Columbus seeks out the king and queen of Spain to grant

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    Spanish Exploration

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    fundamental aspect of the voyages that were undergone by Spain was to acquire gold and silver to pay for their wars with the Turkish Empire. Beginning with Columbus in 1492 and continuing for nearly 350 years‚ Spain conquered and settled most of South America‚ the Caribbean‚ and the American Southwest. After an initial wave of conquistadors‚ aided by military advantages and infectious diseases that decimated the native population‚ defeated the pre-Columbian civilizations of the Aztecs‚ Mayans‚ and Incas

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    Motivation

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    5 MOTIVATION AT WORK CHAPTER SCAN THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO CHAPTERS ON MOTIVATION‚ BEHAVIOR‚ AND PERFORMANCE. THIS CHAPTER ADDRESSES THE EARLY CONTENT THEORIES OF MOTIVATION THAT ARE RELATED TO THE INTERNAL FACTORS THAT EXPLAIN BEHAVIOR. MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS AND MCGREGOR’S ASSUMPTIONS ARE DISCUSSED AND COMPARED. MCCLELLAND’S NEED THEORY IS PRESENTED‚ FOLLOWED BY A DISCUSSION OF HERZBERG’S TWO-FACTOR THEORY OF HYGIENE FACTORS

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    The Discovery Of The Electron The electron was discovered in 1895 by J.J. Thomson in the form of cathode rays‚ and was the first elementary particle to be identified. The electron is the lightest known particle which possesses an electric charge. Its rest mass is Me <approximately equal> 9.1 x 10 -28 g‚ about 1/1836 of the mass of the proton or neutron. The charge of the electron is -e = -4.8 x 10^-10 esu <elec trostatic unit). The sign of the electron’s charge is negative by convention‚ and

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