This Hebrew astrolabe is an ancient astronomical device which was used to interpret time by the positon of the sun and the stars in the sky. Apart from finding the time of the day or night‚ astrolabes were used for mathematical calculations and predicting horoscopes. The very first astrolabes were made in 150B.C in Greece. By 800 B.C the astrolabe was well developed in the Islamic world and was used for various purposes such as timekeeping‚ survey and determining prayer time. Also‚ it was used as
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to drive our autos an additional 100 years? Will we raze our forests for our energy needs? I certainly hope our country will never come to those conclusions. However‚ someone must make a conclusion hopefully toward an alternate fuel source. The fuel source I would propose is biomass fuel derived from hemp. Hemp is the world’s most versatile plant. It actually improves the soil in which it grows‚ without chemical fertilizers‚ while choking out weeds by virtue of its fast dense growth. According
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SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW In a democratic government‚ the laws are established by a body of legislature. This means the legislative arm of government is responsible for the making of laws for the state (country) while in a military regime laws are established by a decree. However‚ the sources of IL are different from that of the state since the laws are derived from the agreements signed by the states involved and not an act of the legislatives function. Therefore‚ what are the sources of IL?
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Lao Open Source Movement and the Loalization efforts Mr. Anousak Souphavanh Open Source Developer/Evangelist March 18‚ 2010 Khone Kean‚ Thailand Agenda Country background Government and Private sector Lao Open Source movement and localization efforts Conclusion Background Country: East of Thailand‚ west of Vietnam‚ north of Cambodia‚ south of China Total Population: 6 million (2005) Number of websites in English and other languages: Approximately 100 websites‚ all in English (Lao langauge
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FINANCIAL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES Before starting to explain the details of investing is necessary to be clear about the aspect I believe is the most important into every business activity: The Knowledge. The knowledge is the factor that puts an investor into a better position respect than another one‚ knowing what is surrounding you and how it works is vital in order to make a successful business activity‚ specially investing. No big countries will exist without big companies and societies
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MY OWN SOURCES OF MOTIVATION Each and every one of us has his own source of motivation. Motivation drives us to excel in the things that we do. It empowers us to become the best that we can be in every thing that we do and in every endeavor that we enter ourselves into. For me‚ I can give two categories of the different sources of motivation that help me to reach my stage for who am I now. The two categories are internal and external motivation. This two motivational factors help me a lot and
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Source Analysis Paragraph In this political cartoon there is two arms reaching out and strangling a microphone. The two arms have the letters CRTC on them. This stands for Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission. The purpose of the CRTC is to relegate the media that is in Canada and make an effort to make sure that it’s Canadian. This is achieved by using a special point system which can allow media that might not seem Canadian to be played throughout Canada. This source is criticizing the
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Bank Capital Components Tier 1: Tier 1 is used to describe the capital adequacy of a bank. It is the core measure of a bank’s financial strength from a regulators point of view. It includes equity capital and disclosed reserves. It also may include non-redeemable non-cumulative preferred stock. A comparison between a banking firm’s core equity capital and total risk-weighted assets called the tier 1 ratio. It is the ratio of a bank’s core equity capital to its total risk-weighted assets (RWA)
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Kilocalories: Kilocalories are 100 calories Kilojoules: Kilojoules is 100 joules of energy. Energy sources: Fats: Fat provides the highest concentration of energy of all the nutrients. One gram of fat equals nine calories. This calorie density‚ along with our seemingly unlimited storage capacity for fat‚ makes fat our largest reserve of energy. One pound of stored fat provides approximately 3‚600
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two of a three volume series‚ Rabil gathers essays written on Renaissance Humanism beyond that of Italy. His book‚ a series of 10 essays‚ stands as a useful historical source because he chooses papers that are tightly related to the subject and written by scholars who have much knowledge of humanism during the Renaissance period. This book is made even more credible by listing contributing authors and their credentials. Rabil recognized the vast knowledge that had accumulated in the last century on
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