fascinated by wireless technology and wanted to explore tills technological wonder further. They were so sturdy about their fascination that they turned RIM into first wireless data technology developer in North America and the first company outside Scandinavia to develop connectivity products for Mobitex‚ the technology which was used in paging devices for data transmission‚ wireless packet-switched data communications networks in 1988. The company was elemental in converting Mobitex from a simple wireless
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IMMIGRATION IN UNITED STATES 1800s Thousands of immigrants were forced to leave their countries of origin in the mid-1800s for different reasons: political‚ war‚ religious persecution‚ unemployment‚ and food shortages. When they learn that in America exists the hope of a new beginning they did not hesitate to take this opportunity. In an unprecedented wave‚ immigrants left their countries and embarked with a suitcase full of dreams without having the slightest suspicion of the battles
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Confederacy 1. Created by the legendary leader‚ Hiawatha. 2. Developed political and organizational skills to sustain a robust military alliance that menaced its neighbors. IV. Indirect Discoveries of the New World A. Blonde bearded Norse from Scandinavia reaches North America. 1. The Vikings landed around 1‚000 C.E. 2. They landed at a place near L’Anse aux Meadows in present-day Newfoundland. 3. They soon abandoned the place and their discoveries were soon forgotten. B. Christian Crusaders
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Raisio’s Research and Development program further developed a medical use of a byproduct of pine-wood pulp or stanol ester. Raisio had found a unique way of processing the plant stanol which allowed it to become refined and fat-soluble. They studied it further and found it to have a profound cholesterol-reducing effect when consumed. The findings were published in New England Journal of Medicine in November 1995; “after a 14-month trial‚ a daily intake of 25 grams reduces total cholesterol in
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The Vikings were people who lived from 800-1100 AD. Most of the lived in Scandinavia‚ but they also had colonies in places such as England‚ Ireland‚ Scotland‚ and many other places in Eastern Europe. The main language that they spoke was called Old Norse‚ and it has become the basis of many languages today‚ including Norwegian‚ Danish‚ and Swedish. The word Viking comes from the Old Norse word vikingr‚ which means "camp"‚ or "dwelling place". They wrote in an alphabet known as Runes. Runes were also
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Mercantilist Policy Mercantilist ideas were the dominant economic ideology of all of Europe in the early modern period‚ and most states embraced it to a certain degree. Mercantilism was centered in England and France‚ and it was in these states that mercantilist polices were most often enacted. Mercantilism arose in France in the early 16th century‚ soon after the monarchy had become the dominant force in French politics. In 1539‚ an important decree banned the importation of woolen goods from Spain
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Throughout the years "The word ’Viking ’ has come to describe a whole new age in Europe between about 800 [CE] and 1150 [CE]" (Ritchie 3). Really this word generally describes one who pillages‚ plunders‚ and sails; a pirate. In the Middle Ages‚ especially during the 8th‚ 9th‚ and 10th centuries‚ there were constant raids in England and all throughout Europe by these pirates‚ and "during the 9th century these raids became increasingly large-scale" (Millett 1). Naturally these invasions had drastic
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Desert Saguaro Cactus Scientific Name: Carnegiea gigantean Habitat: desert slopes and flats Range: Sonoran Desert Observations: The shape and appearance of the Saguaro Cactus is easily recognizable in countless movies set in the desert. The cactus is a producer‚ using photosynthesis to create its energy needs. Since it doesn’t have leaves‚ its photosynthesis takes place in the top layer of its green stem. The cactus uses a number of adaptations to survive in the dry desert conditions. They
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The definition of a global language‚ is a language which has been given a specific place within countries and communities around the world‚ even in places where there are very few native speakers of this language. Although English is not the most widely spoken language in the world in terms of the number of native speakers - there are many more native Chinese speakers than native English speakers - it is described as a ’global language’ and Chinese is not. This is because there are few other communities
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with the primary objective of using them to establish the exact locations of the parts of America reached by the Vikings. However this is not the most useful way to study sagas as historical sources; as the Sawyers point out in their book Medieval Scandinavia: "[Icelandic sagas’] reliability as sources for the details of political or military events‚ individual
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