Andrea Harris Dr. Zhang CosI 118 9/17/13 Can You Find Me Now? How is a Nintendo Wii game console able to determine the location of a Wii Remote while a player interacts with a game? The answer is triangulation‚ a process that determines the location of an object by measuring the angles from two or more fixed points. Surveyors often use triangulation to measure distance. Starting at a known location and elevation‚ surveyors measure a length to create a base line (Jains 30-48). The length
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life-shaping experience I have ever had was the birth of my son. This event changed my life. I love my son dearly and his birth will always be the best thing that has ever taken place in my life. After my son was born‚ a lot of things changed for me. Most couples are excited when they receive the news that they are expecting. I was to become a single teen mom and this was something that would not only affect me but everyone around me. Although every child is a blessing‚ I was not confident I was ready for
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Many regard World War II as the best war ever‚ but why? It seems the one fact that stands out in American minds is that the Allied Powers were fighting against people who were perceived as "evil”‚ such as Adolf Hitler and Emperor Hirohito. Many disregard all the casualties and hardships and only think about the big picture: victory. Michael C. C. Adams’ book‚ The Best War Ever: America and World War II‚ attempts to dissipate all of the misconceptions of the Second World War. Americans came out of
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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever This film was made in 1983 by Loretta Swift and it was based off of the novel “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”. This is a short film which is only forty-eight minutes long‚ but it is a very nice short film. The film is based off of a church who has a tradition of hosting a Christmas pageant every year for the people in the neighbor to come and see and it has always been put together by the same person until an accident occurred to her that required her to be placed
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The Best Game Ever‚ by Mark Bowden‚ was a great book that talks about the 1958 NFL Championship game that helped transform the NFL into what it is today. It has exceeded all my expectations of the book and truly shows the impact this game had on the NFL. This was the first ever football game that was a national event‚ this was the first ever professional football teams viewed by millions. It would also be the first sudden death overtime game ever played in the NFL‚ Making the game that much more
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As a 11 years old kid‚ I have had many vacations before. Those vacations include trips to Spain‚ Australia‚ Canada‚ Japan‚ Korea and many other places. Pictures of volcanoes‚ oceans‚ islands were taken. Each of them represents an amazing vacation that I had. However‚ none of them can be compared to the “Winter” vacation‚ the one to Alaska by cruise. This trip left me a fantastic memory. I favor the vacation to Alaska. We had a chance to watch the whales in the ocean. I had desired to watch the
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We’ve all had decisions we made in life. Some decisions were good and became life changing while others were not so good and become life experiences. One decision I made in my life will always stand out as the best decision I ever made. This involved my youngest son Gannon and the decision to have a major operation that not only saved his life‚ but gave him a better quality of life. To understand why this changed his life for the better you need to know what he has been through. Gannon is a nine
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My Best Vacation Ever It was the summer of 1995 and my best friend Kimberly and I wanted to go on vacation. We thought long and hard about where we wanted to go and finally decided to fly to Florida. Kimberly and I started our planning by searching for hotel rooms in the West Palm Beach area and getting trip tickets from A.A.A. (Automobile Association of America). We found some really good deals from our entertainment book‚ so we started to reserve hotel rooms for West Palm Beach‚ Florida. Once
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years old‚ after training for three years with his sensei known as Jiraiya he returns to Konoha‚ his home village. Still intent on repairing his bond with a lost friend Naruto ventures on a journey that sees him grow as a ninja and as a human being. I personally prefer Naruto shippuden to
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ENF 3 : Preparing for College English Advice I Would Give A Teenager There are three bits of advice I would have for a teenager. Do not be so quick to grow up so fast‚ stay in school and learn as much as you can while you are young‚ and last think before you speak or act. I believe these three pieces of advice would be very helpful to any teenager. First of all‚ many teenagers want to be grown up too quickly. They should
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