Guglielmo Marconi Through his experiments in wireless telegraphy‚ Nobel Prize-winning physicist and inventor Guglielmo Marconi developed the first effective system of radio communication. In 1899‚ he founded the Marconi Telegraph Company. In 1901‚ he successfully sent wireless signals across the Atlantic Ocean‚ disproving the dominant belief of the Earth’s curvature affecting transmission. Marconi shared with Karl Braun the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics. A genies was born on April 25‚ 1874.Guglielmo
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1738 in Schenectady‚ NY. Between 1771 and 1775‚ Yates sat on the Albany board of Alderman. Robert Yates spent most of his political life as a judge‚ and was well regarded by New Yorkers of all political casts. During the pre-revolution years‚ Yates was one of the Radical Whigs‚ but once the revolution did break out he served on the Albany committee of safety and represented his county in four provincial congresses and in the convention of 1775-1777. At the convention he sat on various committees
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Some countries have free education from kindergarten to university‚ while students in other countries have to pay at every step of the way. This essay will look at some of the reasons for this difference at university level. Free third level education has several advantages. First of all‚ everyone can attend‚ so the gap between rich and poor students decreases as poorer students have more opportunity. The economy also benefits from the increased pool of highly educated labor. An educated workforce
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Harold Garfinkel in 1954. According to his book "Studies on Ethnomethodology‚" ethnomethodology simply means the study of the ways in which people make sense of their social world‚ display this understanding to others‚ and produce the mutually shared social order in which they live. Ethnomethodology is a descriptive discipline and does not engage in the explanation or evaluation of the particular social order undertaken as a topic of study. In this way it differs from other sociological perspectives.
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knowing the different routes‚ since she had taken eleven round trips. Also‚ as a freed bondswoman‚ Tubman still had the courage and determination in helping others become free. To begin‚ she freed about three-hundred slaves by making several trips from the South to the North‚ despite her permanent head injury she had acquired as a child. At the start of their journey‚ Tubman reflected on the consequences and drawbacks. “If they were caught‚ the eleven runaways would be whipped and sold South‚ but
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Assume you are evaluating your application from the perspective of a student member of the Kellogg Admissions Committee. Why would you and your peers select you for admission‚ and what impact would you make as a member of the Kellogg community? (600 word limit). Relevancy. Diversity. Leadership and Collaboration. This is what I bring to the Kellogg MBA. I believe I can contribute to my fellow students’ Kellogg experience in multiple ways: As a Supporter of Entrepreneurship: For three years
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expansion of America during his lifetime by navigating through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky. Daniel Boone was born on November 2‚ 1734‚ near Reading‚ Pennsylvania. Boone was sixth of eleven children born to Squire Boone‚ a land speculator and farmer‚ and Sarah Morgan. He was the son of Quaker parents who valued hard work. He learned some simple skills including blacksmithing but had very little formal education. He loved the outdoors‚ hunting‚ and independence. He was given his first gun in 1747 where
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the people of Europe that ultimately contributed to many improvements of their society. I personally think that the Crusades brought about accomplishments that could not have been achieved otherwise such as effects it produced economically‚ the political effects‚ and the impact it had on European culture. The effort of raising armies and providing supplies for participants really stimulated the economy. As a result‚ trade increased significantly during this time. The Crusades also increased the
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Are campaign contributions threatening democracy here in the United States? Many believe contributions to campaigns should not only be regulated but limited to prevent the abuse of fiscal power. Others adamantly disagree and proclaim supporting their candidate financially is a civil liberty granted to them by the constitution. However you stand on this issue‚ we must all accept the fact that the flood gates are now open. In the landmark 2010 case Citizens United v. FEC‚ The Supreme Court ruled in
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developed political tactics that many cultures derived from them. The most common political tactics‚ the two forms of government that even the United States of America based its foundation on‚ is democracy and the republic. These forms of government are people based‚ so that the people of the city have a voice. The democracy and republic proved to be very practical forms of government that are still used today in Greece and Rome. The first Senate was formed in Rome where they held political debates
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