their rest without television. Television is a great entertaining invention. Watching television is having a fun time but at the same time it’s a huge resource of useful information about our planet‚ people‚ animals‚ plants‚ history and scientific discoveries. Television is also an efficient tool to learn foreign languages. So watching television is not a waste of time‚ it is the process of having a great time. First of all‚ television is a great relaxing tool. Sometimes when people come home‚ especially
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response to the truthfulness of aforementioned statement‚ many factors must be taken into consideration. For example‚ if the act that led to the fame and glory of an explorer was actually founded in logic and science or if it was luck that led to their discovery and subsequent recognition. Also‚ one would have to consider the difference between their motives and the actual findings. For example‚ if they accomplished what they set out to do or if they ultimately failed in the mission they attempted to
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As we sail through the sea on a journey with a crew called Corps of Discovery. The crew was made up of many people‚ the two people that are more distinguishable are Lewis and Clark. Lewis was the captain and Clark is his co-captain. It is their mission to go on a expedition and discover new things in the uncharted territory. I am one of the crew members they took to aid them in their expedition. We were nearing the shore and getting ready to depart. “Are we all ready crew‚” Lewis said . “ Yes
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The period from 1450 to 1650 is often referred to as the “Age of Discovery‚” an era of advances in geographical knowledge and technology. It was also a time of European migration to other parts of the world. This Age of Expansion and European exploration from 1450 to 1525‚ greatly promoted by economical‚ technological‚ political‚ and religious factors‚ launched a major turning point in world history. The economy of late fifteenth century played an important role in European conquest. The Ottoman
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The age of exploration marked the period of Europe’s expeditions to India‚ Asia‚ and the Americas. The focal point of these voyages were to attain wealth. These discoveries permanently altered the face of geography. The first country to set off the dawn of discovery was Portugal‚ sponsored by Prince Henry‚ where they explored the west coast of Africa. Later Portugal successfully ventured around the southern tip of Africa and found a new sea route to India by Vasco de Gama. Portugal also discovered
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pipeline of these PPPs and there is a great need for new drug discovery initiatives to produce such leads. There is a need to go beyond lead discovery and identify drug candidates that can be further developed. Pharmaceutical companies often have relevant compounds that have not been assessed for their potential to treat colorectal cancer. The overall objective for this company‚ Arias Pharmaceuticals‚ is to help and support the discovery of new drug leads for colorectal cancer through networks and
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On June 17‚ 1985‚ The Discovery Channel was launched with $5 million in start-up capital from several investors (including BBC‚ Allen & Company and Venture America). It was initially available to 156‚000 households and broadcasted for 12 hours between 3 p.m. and 3 a.m. About 75 percent of its content had never before aired on U.S. TV. John Hendricks founded the channel and its parent company‚ Cable Educational Network Inc.‚ in 1982. In its early years‚ the channel broadcast some Soviet programming
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Even though my sister lives in Washington DC now‚ I still find myself marveling at the Discovery Channel – my favorite shows being “Mythbusters” and “Discovery Project Earth.” These programs hold my attention in ways that allow me to focus my aptitude for and interest in science and engineering. By watching “Mythbusters‚” I have witnessed how a working knowledge of science and engineering can work as the foundation on which to build an exciting‚ versatile‚ and productive career in engineering. Additionally
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waters encountering places like the Philippines‚ but he did not come close to seeing it all. He inspired others like Sir Francis Drake‚ an english explorer who recreated Magellan’s route many years later‚ to continue exploring the Pacific. His discoveries raised many questions about what lay to the west of the Americas‚ and this brought a new wave of explorers to the
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found this route would be rewarded with a great deal of money and fame. This explorer was Christopher Columbus. He started out to accomplish two goals. One of the being to prove that the world was round‚ another was to became rich off of his discovery of the route. Sadly‚ neither of those goals was achieved. Instead‚ he discovered a new land full of
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