A brief history of Judo Judo is an exciting unarmed combat sport that originated in the Orient as a means of self-defence which has since grown into an international competitive sport. Judo developed out of ju-juitsu‚ a form of unarmed combat beleived to have been introduced into Japan by a Chinese monk‚ Chen Yuan-ping in the early seventeenth century. Various ju-juitsu schools developed and young samuri were instructed in the art. This was in the days of chivalry among Japanese knights. Samuri
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A Brief History of Telescopes 1608 AD – Hans Lippershey‚ German-born Dutch lens maker‚ applied for a patent for his refracting telescope (using 2 lenses)‚ he intended them for use in the military. 1609-1610 – Galileo Galilei built his own refractor telescopes to observe the sky‚ and discovered Saturn’s rings‚ Jupiter’s moons‚ and along with many other significant discoveries. 1655 – Christian Huygens‚ a Dutch physicist and astronomer developed powerful lenses for refractor telescopes with his
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reached when the rate levels off. The light intensity beyond which the light response curve plateaus is called the light saturation point of photosynthesis. At this point increases in light intensity do not cause increases in photosynthetic rate‚ so other factors (eg. CO2 levels) apart from the supply of light must be limiting the photosynthetic process. 3. Photosynthetic saturation is the maximum rate of photosynthesis. What was the value for photosynthetic saturation in tomato leaves? What value
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|[pic] |School of Creative Industries Art Design |[pic] | | |Media & Performing Arts | | |BTEC Extended |Assignment Title: Script 1 | |Diploma
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Abortion The debate over whether or not abortion should be a legal option continues to divide. Proponents‚ identifying themselves as pro-choice‚ contend that abortion is a right that should not be limited by governmental or religious authority‚ and which outweighs any right claimed for an embryo or fetus. They argue that pregnant women will resort to unsafe illegal abortions if there is no legal option. Opponents‚ identifying themselves as pro-life‚ assert that personhood begins at conception
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Kathryn Myrick Business Law 1 Professor McDonnell Case Brief A.5 Braun v. Soldier of Fortune Magazine Inc.‚ 968 F. 2d 1110 (11th Cir. 1992) FACTS: In 1985 Michael Savage placed an ad in the Soldier of Fortune Magazine (“SOF”) advertising “Gun For Hire”. The ad ran from June 1985 to March 1986 generating an average of 30-40 call per week for jobs ranging from murder‚ kidnapping‚ assault and other criminal activity. After three previous failed attempts on his business partner Richard Braun’s
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Danielle Trefz HONR259N 12 April 2011 Plessy v. Ferguson In 1892‚ Homer Plessy‚ a man of 1/8th African descent‚ bought a first class ticket and boarded a train traveling within Louisiana. Upon discovery of his mixed heritage‚ the conductor ordered him to move to the designated colored car. He was arrested when he refused to move; a violation of The Separate Car Act which required separate but equal accommodations for African Americans and Whites on railroads. Thus began the fight against the
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DEVELOPMENT OF FILM Birth of Film 1878 | - 1st Motion Picture created by Eadweard Muybridge on a farm in California- Photographed a horse in fast motion using a series of 12 stereoscopic Cameras (00:51 to 00:58 - Birth of Cinema video) | 1888 | - 1st celluloid film shot by Louis Aime Augustin using single lens camera in Yorkshire‚ Great Britain called “Roundhay Garden Scene” (01:07 - 01:10 - Birth of Cinema video) | 1894 | - Thomas Edison and Whilliam Dickson invented the Kinetoscope
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MARVIN V. MARVIN Citation. 18 Cal. 3d 660‚557 P.2d 106‚134 Cal. Rptr. 815‚1976 Cal. Brief Fact Summary. Plaintiff and defendant lived in a nonmarital relationship‚ with an oral agreement to share equally all property accumulated. Upon dissolution of their relationship‚ plaintiff brought suit to enforce the oral agreement. Synopsis of Rule of Law. The California court found that partners in nonmarital relationships may bring claims for property division based on both express and implied contracts
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BMW began making its mark on history almost 90 years ago. Aircraft engines were the first thing to be produced followed by bikes and then cars – these vehicles also have been setting milestones in the area of motorsport from the very start. We can establish BMW roots back well over 100 years‚ to December 3‚ 1896. That date marked the formation of Wartburg works in Eisenach‚ the BMW manufacturing center for all cars made from 1928 to 1940. From that site and Wartburg’s numerous alliance before being
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