Izzahar Ramli IIUM Development of the Telegraph The telegraph is defined as any system that allows the transmission of encoded information by signal across a distance. The meaning of "telegraph" comes from Greek words: tele = far and graphein = write. While telegraph systems have used a variety of signaling methods and devices‚ the term is most often applied to the electrical telegraph development in the 19th century (Rubin‚ 2011). It is hard for us who live in the 21st century to appreciate
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Umayyad Mosque‚ Damascus‚ Syria Space and Symbolism By Shijo Jose (A/2371/2011) History of Architecture II Year Sem IV Great Mosque of Damascus‚ also called Umayyad Mosque‚ the earliest surviving stone mosque‚ built between ad 705 and 715 by the Umayyad Caliph al-Walīd I. The mosque stands on the site of a 1st-century Hellenic temple to Jupiter and of a later church ‘Basilica of Saint John the Baptist’. Some Syrio-Roman fragments remain in the structure‚ as does a shrine supposedly enclosing
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meaning that they are being exposed to air and they are being submerged‚ thus the organisms must be adapted to emmersion in order to avoid desiccation‚ or drying up. Some examples of intertidal organisms are sea anemones‚ sea stars‚ sea urchins‚ crabs‚ mussels‚ barnacles‚ limpets‚ chitons‚ and algae. Each one of them has different adaptations to survive different abiotic factors that make life challenging for them like temperature‚ wave action‚ currents‚ competition for space‚ desiccation‚ and
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text. A true-to-life setting was established in the first paragraph with the description of the day. Being a rainy‚ gray‚ generally depressing day shows how a typical stormy day can feel. The crabs in the beginning of the story added a sense of true-to-life setting. In many coastal towns of South America‚ crab infestations become notorious at certain times of the year. The story also evolves with
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“A very old man with enormous wings” is a short story by Gabriel García Márquez tell us a story about an angel that was found by a couple (Pelayo and Elisenda). One day during killing crabs in a rainstorm that lasted for three days; Pelayo and Elisenda discovered a very old man with enormous wings in their courtyard. The old man was filthy‚ apparently senile‚ and speaks incomprehensible language. After asking the neighbor woman that according to the story “knew everything about life and death to
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The Apache Indians of North America prospered for years throughout Kansas‚ New Mexico‚ and Arizona. They were a religious society who believed in a “giver of life”. As any complex society today‚ The Apache had many inter-tribal differences‚ although the tribe as a whole was able to see through these conflicts. Women and the extended family played an important role in the society and also in the lives of young children. Groups of different extended families‚ called bands‚ often lived
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The Ministry of Education: 111 Horseshoe Falls Vancouver‚ BC Canada To Whom It May Concern‚ I’m currently a Grade 12 student from Chongqing Maple Leaf School‚ China‚ and our class has just finished one of the Grade 12’s novels “The Song of Kahunsha”. It’s my honor to illustrate my experience to you about reading books. My classmates and I find that the language of the novel is quite easy to follow and to be honest‚ I feel shock still now. Anosh Irani uses the protagonist‚ Chamdi‚ who
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Andrew Jackson: A Man Of The People "Every good citizen makes his county’s honor his own‚ and cherishes it not only as precious but sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protections while he gives it." This quote by Andrew Jackson reflects his views as a president‚ military leader‚ and American citizen. Jackson sought to act as the direct representative of the common man. He strove to listen to the wants and needs of the common people. From humble
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better than the previous one‚ I simply couldn’t decide what to eat. On that night their specialty was steak and seafood‚ so I started out with prime rib‚ and it was amazing‚ as I tasted it‚ I felt like I was eating at a steakhouse. Up next were the crab legs‚ snow and Dungeness. Although I did enjoy them‚ the only downside for me was that my server didn’t have metal crackers. After eating so much‚ I really was stuffed but I completely forgot about the desserts! The dessert station was enormous‚ and
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There are many different and unique animals in the sea such as‚ mammals‚ marine fish‚ Crustaceans such as crab or lobster‚ and mollusks such as squid and octopus. What do they eat? The larger animals may eat smaller fish or like whales they eat plankton: the small and microscopic organisms drifting or floating in the sea or freshwater‚ consisting chiefly of
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