European Exploration. The sailing advances in technology include the caravel‚ this design of triangular sails helped sailors to sail effectively against the wind. More advancements include the astrolabe‚ which helped sailors to better determine their location at sea‚ the magnetic compass‚ which allowed sailors to more accurately track direction‚ and cartography‚ the science of making maps. Additionally‚ the desire for money‚ more land‚ and spreading Christianity led to European Exploration. Europeans
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Please go to the Nasa website below to learn more about Mars. Explore reading links and videos. Take notes during your exploration of the website. Answer the questions below. Please follow all guidelines for discussion. Include 3 peer responses. 1. Describe what Mars physical properties are with details. Mars has a striking red appearance‚ and in its most favorable position for viewing‚ when it is opposite of the sun‚ it is twice as bright as Sirius‚ the brightest star. Mars has a diameter of 4
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REASONS FOR DIVIDENDS Dividend policy is likely to be set in the form of a goal rather than a rigid rule‚ even though a definite policy has the advantage of providing the investor‚ or potential investor‚ a clear basis for choice. Investors knowing the dividend policy of the alternative companies can choose the type of company that best fits their individual investment goals. This is desirable‚ because stockholders differ in the extent to which they prefer dividends rather than opportunities for
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Subrata Biswas For Reasons Unknown Reality and Vision of Suicide In Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot and Act without Words I Interestingly in Waiting for Godot and Act without Words I none of the characters commits suicide‚ though it is frequently discussed and attempted by Gogo and Didi. They are between eros and thanatos; they cannot determine what is to be chosen—life or death; they cannot determine what is to be done; they cannot even determine if anything should be done or chosen. Their inability
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Cathy Caruth‚ a Professor at Cornel University has looked at the themes surrounding trauma‚ looking in-depth at the ideas of flashbacks and how trauma causes us to repeat these disturbing events. In her book‚ Trauma: Explorations In Memory‚ she discusses the concept of flashbacks‚ how we cannot go back and relive the moment when the trauma occurred so we create flashbacks which rely solely on our memories and the emotions that we felt at the time . This idea that trauma only exists in our emotions
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Macroeconomics Case study a) Do you agree on this article. Please give your comment. Yes‚ I do agree on this articles. The reason given is logic and reasonable. Firstly‚ the fresh graduate can write and understand English‚ but they seems to have problem speaking in English. English are known as international language and is important to be able to communicate with it. This will help them to communicate in big company because if they have an international client‚ it would be easy for them to communicate
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I’m very lucky that I had a hard time choosing three things to write about. Not because I’m ungrateful or because I don’t have anything to be grateful for. But because I have so much to be thankful for. I narrowed it down to these few reasons. The first thing I am thankful for is my friends and my family. I know this is a very typical answer but it’s true! My family has supported me through everything in my life and has watched me grow as a person. I don’t know where I would be without them. My
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Language The impact of colonisation‚ government policies‚ and stereotypes about Aboriginality means that certain aspects of Aboriginal culture his been lost or significantly altered. Disconnection from cultural aspects hampered the identity of many Aboriginal people; one of these aspects being language. (Clark‚ 2000). Language carries cultural knowledge‚ so the loss of a language means the loss of culture‚ of Aboriginal people’s connection to their ancestors. This loss has the potential to impact
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Exploration of a Journal Article in Sociology In the scholarly journal‚ “Sex and Gender in the 1970’s” the article used existing research to study homosexuality and why it is viewed as “deviant” and a stigma. The author conducted several interviews‚ of gay white male individuals in “Sun City” of whom she was friends with to gain better knowledge on homosexuality and why it has remained a secret in society. Homosexuality in the 1960’s was kept as a secret in society. Gay communities did
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Reasons for choice This task was all about dairy products‚ each dish was required for something dairy in it. I chose each dish carefully to ensure it showed some type of cooking skill as well as a dairy product. When I was choosing my dishes I had to consider the amount of time it will take and whether I can make them all in time. The dishes I decided to make were: Toad in the hole‚ Cheese broccoli and potato bake‚ Peach clafoutis and Pavlova. I chose to make cheese; broccoli and potato bake
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