At Thermopylae‚ the allied Greek nations deployed a small force of between four and seven thousand Greek heavy infantry against the invading Persian army of two million. Leading the Greeks was a force of three hundred Spartans‚ chosen because they were all "sires" — men who had to have sons who could preserve their blood line‚ should they fall in battle. Thermopylae was the only way into Greece for the Persian army‚ and presented the perfect choke point — a narrow pass bordered by a sheer mountain
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The Fire That Changed an Industry: A Case Study on Thriving in a Networked World By: Amit S. Mukherjee About 8 p.m. on March 17th 2000‚ a lightning bolt struck a high-voltage electricity line in New Mexico. As power fluctuated across the state‚ a fire broke out in a fabrication line of the Royal Philips Electronics radio frequency chip manufacturing plant in Albuquerque. Plant personnel reacted quickly and extinguished the fire within ten minutes. At first blush‚ it was clear that eight trays
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Discovery Trail with Epidemiologists of the Past John Snow and the Cholera Outbreak of the 1840s‚ Question 1-4 Cholera is a severe diarrhoeal disease that can kill within only a matter of hours if left untreated. During the 19th Century‚ there was an immense epidemic of Cholera that effected London‚ which killed thousands of people. Q1) Dr. John Snow was a British physician who found the reason as to why there was an outbreak of Cholera. He hypothesised that Cholera was a water-based disease‚ spread
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preparing this report. Disclaimer This report was prepared by Planager Pty Ltd (Planager) as an account of work for Eraring Energy. The material in it reflects Planager’s best judgement in the light of the information available to it at the time of preparation. However‚ as Planager cannot control the conditions under which this report may be used‚ Planager and its related corporations will not be responsible for damages of any nature resulting from use of or reliance upon this report. Planager’s
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* Artavia Combs * * November 22‚ 2011 * * Jennifer Schmitz * * Salmonella * * * What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example‚ the name of the bacteria‚ virus‚ or parasite. Samonella is a gram-negative‚ rod-shaped bacilli that can cause diarrheal illnesses in humans. The infectious agent that causes Salmonella is Salmonella Enterditis . Salmonella Enterditis is the infectious agent that breaks out to be salmonella
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"To w hat extent was Germany responsible for the First World War." There are many different factors that contributed to the outbreak of WWI. The most important of these are imperialism‚ the arms race‚ the alliance system‚ nationalism and the assassination of the Austrian Arch Duke. Although Germany has a share in the responsibility of these factors‚ she was definitely not the lone cause. Many powerful European nations played a roughly equal part in their contribution‚ which consequently started
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Another aim off this school Based Assessment is to seek to find out why most slave protest and rebellions failed to destroy the system of slavery. Factors that were responsible for the outbreak of the Haitian revolution Class division was a major factor‚ which contributed to the outbreak of the Haitian Revolution. In St Domingue‚ there was segregation among the different races. This was based on status‚ race or ethnicity. There were three major classes: the whites‚ the Mulattoes and
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Who is to blame and what triggered this minor event to lead into the outbreak of World War 1? June 28th 1914: the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife by a Serbian nationalist‚ Gavrilo Princip. Austria-Hungary saw this as an opportunity to take hostile actions against Serbia to get rid of the Slavic Nationalist movement. What started off as a minor dispute in the Balkans ended up as one of the most inglorious wars in history including all major European powers
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In the poems ‘Welfare baby’‚ written by Cheryl Albury and ‘Barefoot Baby’‚ written by J.L.Mayson the poets arouse sympathy for the characters in them. The use of many techniques depicts the sympathetic theme throughout the poems. Both poems are about young children and the titles of each portray a sense of negativity to the readers. In ‘Welfare baby’ albury starts off by describing the baby as ‘defenseless’‚ which shows how he is unable to help or defend himself. This may give the reader a sad
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Mt. Iriga or also known as Mt. Asog‚ a 1‚470 meters high volcano is one of the major mountains in the Bicol Region. Lying near the City of Iriga in Camarines Sur‚ this inactive volcano offers a breath-taking view of the southern mountains including Mt Isarog on the northern side of the mountain‚ Mt. Mayon ‚ Mt. Malinao and Mt. Masaraga on the southern side. And if the weather is clear‚ you can also see Catanduanes and the Lagonoy Gulf farther south. The well renowned Buhi Lake is also located at
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