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    Cited: 1. TEXTBOOK : Macroeconomics Private and Public Choice 9th ED. By J. Gwartney ; R. Stroup ; and R. Sobel pp. 11‚ 45‚271‚ 217‚81 2. The Fortune Encyclopedia of Economics David Henderson Ed. pp. 836-838 The Circular Flow Model

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    After an eye-opening‚ life-changing trip to the New York City‚ Ishmael returned to his Uncle’s house in Freetown‚ Sierra Leone to begin the new school year with Mohamed‚ his long-time friend. However‚ Ishmael and Mohamed’s excitement of returning to the normal life vanished when their peers discovered their past of being child soldiers and isolated them. Ishmael began to call Mohamed his brother to avoid being forced to explain about their child soldier experience. On May 25th‚ 1997‚ violence broke

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    Geography‚ geographers are able to give a specific physical point on Earth to describe where Cameroon is. Location also uses two unique characteristics called absolute location and relative location. Absolute location uses the lines of latitude and longitude. Longitude lines run east to west‚ while latitude lines run north to south. The absolute location of Cameroon is at the points 7.3697°N‚ 12.3547°E. Relative location can be defined as how it relates to other things including water or land. The relative

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    Compass and Gps

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    Compass vs. GPS Compass and GPS are navigation devices. The term navigation refers to the process of planning‚ reading‚ and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another. Apart from the similarity‚ there are several differences between compass and GPS‚ which are the history and function. The first difference is history of a compass and GPS. The compass was first invented in China during the Qin dynasty 221-206 B.C. by Chinese fortunetellers (The compass‚ 2008).

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    tries to adapt to her surroundings. Even when people aren’t around she tries to act proper and tries to talk sophisticated; for example‚ when she was falling down the rabbit hole‚ she made comments on what longitude and latitude she could be at (Carroll 20) though she had no clue what longitude or latitude meant. Also using direct characterization‚ Carroll shows Alice growing into an adult when she takes charge at the trial in chapter twelve. In this chapter‚ the Knave is on trial for stealing tarts

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    the equator and at equal intervals. Then he marked off other lines at right angles to these spaced equally at the equator”(Violatti‚3). By doing this he resulted in a grid covering the entire globe. He also numbered each one of these lines forming longitude ans well as latitude(Violatti‚3). Overall Hipparchus was a genius that contributed so much to science. Hipparchus is heavily involved in the pre calculus that we study as a class. First of all he set up the basic trigonometric guidelines that we

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    1-Identify and describe the four earth subsystems and explain how they interrelate.     The four earth subsystems are atmosphere‚ hydrosphere‚ biosphere‚ and lithosphere. “The atmosphere is the mixture of gases that surround the Earth. The hydrosphere is all waters on Earth‚ including subsurface and atmospheric water. The biosphere is all living organisms on Earth‚ including those on the land‚ in the water‚ and in the air. The lithosphere is the solid portion of the Earth‚ which is made up of rocks

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    MEENACHIL RIVER VALLY PROJECT - DETAILS OF PROPOSED MINI DAMS NAME OF PROJECT | LATTITUDE/LONGITUDE | HEIGHT OF MINI DAM S PROPOSED | STORAGE CAPACITY EXCEPECTED IN MILLION m3 | REMARKS | MRVP- construction of Mini dam cum regulator across Meenachil river near Parampuzha timber depot in Kottayam Municipality | 9○ 36’ 17.30’’ N76○ 32’ 23.84’’ E | 2.50 m from low water level. | 0.400 | Site is linked with vebanattu kayal so prevention of saline water intrution also considered ‚bank height

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    Blogging and Journalism

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    Technologies such as personal computers‚ the Internet‚ and easy-to-use blogging platforms‚ such as Blogger and Tumblr‚ now allow the general public to actively participate in journalism. This essay will argue that blogging is transforming modern journalism into a field that has a strong society-based focus‚ similar to that of traditional 18th century journalism. Firstly‚ I will outline the nature of 18th century journalism and establish the significance of blogging within modern journalism. A discussion

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    Aliens Built the Pyramids

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    advanced mechanical and mental abilities‚ could have designed and delivered such an amazing feat. The line of longitude and the line of latitude that the Great Pyramid at Giza lies on are 31 degrees north by 31 degrees west. The ancient Egyptians could not have known this intersection when the architect designed the pyramids‚ yet the site chosen has the same number latitude and longitude. It was aliens‚ after studying the planet from afar‚ who implemented temples on this exact site. With 757 foot

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