The Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultanahmet Camii) is an historical mosque in Istanbul‚ the largest city in Turkey and the capital of the Ottoman Empire (from 1453 to 1923). The mosque is popularly known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior. It was built from 1609 to 1616‚ during the rule of Ahmed I. Like many other mosques‚ it also comprises a tomb of the founder‚ a madrasah and a hospice. While still used as a mosque‚ the Sultan Ahmed Mosque has also become
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BLUE BRAIN 1. Introduction The name of the world’s first virtual brain. That means a machine that can function as human brain. Computer simulations in neuroscience hold the promise of dramatically enhancing the scientific method by providing a means to test hypotheses using predictive models of complex biological processes where experiments are not feasible. Of course‚ simulations are only as good as the quality of the data and the accuracy of the mathematical abstraction of the biological
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poor growth placed the twins in danger‚ but she refused the surgery until too late‚ reportedly on cosmetic grounds—she is alleged not to have wanted the resulting vertical scar. * In 1987‚ Angela Carter‚ who was dying of cancer‚ also refused a C-section. She sought to remain pregnant until the 28th week of pregnancy‚ the point at which doctors had once told her her baby would have the best chance to survive. At 26 weeks‚ however‚ physicians felt that the child had a 50% chance of surviving
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happened‚ and why characters acted the way they do. The exposition of the "Sonny’s Blues" starts when the narrator introduces characters‚ scene‚ and situation of the story. The narrator learns from a newspaper that his younger brother‚ Sonny‚ has been arrested "for peddling and using heroin." (Baldwin 83) The narrator is a high school teacher‚ and his wife is Isabel. Leaving the school‚ the narrator comes across an old friend of Sonny’s in the schoolyard. They talk about Sonny’s arrest and
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Components of C++ An operator is a symbol that tells the compiler to perform specific mathematical or logical manipulations. C++ is rich in built‐in operators and provides following type of operators: Arithmetic Operators Relational Operators Logical Operators Bitwise Operators Assignment Operators Misc Operators This chapter will examine the arithmetic‚ relational‚ and logical‚ bitwise‚ assignment and other operators one by one. Arithmetic Operators: There ar
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The Blue Boy Summary: In Gary Stephen Ross’ excerpt‚ “The Blue Boy‚” he describes Vancouver through the eyes of the main character. The character recounts a story of his travels that he would take with his father and brother from Toronto to Vancouver. The character highlights the ongoing transformation of the city and describes how it has evolved over time. In the beginning of the excerpt‚ he describes what he saw Vancouver to be in the 60s: a small city with little to offer. Contrastingly
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BASIC INPUT/OUTPUT The C++ standard libraries provide an extensive set of input/output capabilities which we will see in subsequent chapters. This chapter will discuss very basic and most common I/O operations required for C++ programming. C++ I/O occurs in streams‚ which are sequences of bytes. If bytes flows from a device like a keyboard‚ a disk drive‚ or a network connection etc. to main memory‚ this is called input operation and if bytes flows from main memory to a device like a display screen
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Reservation Blues‚ a novel by Sherman Alexie‚ depicts the story of an unlikely group of Indians coming together to chase their dreams with the help of a magic guitar‚ Big Mom‚ and their Indian blood as they struggle with the realities of being Indian in a white world. The protagonist Thomas is the lead singer for their band‚ Coyote Springs‚ and a reservation outsider. Victor‚ Junior‚ Chess and Checkers are the other band members‚ each of them as unlikely to be in a band as Thomas. Reservation Blues sheds
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The Blue Bead N O R A H B U R K E From deep water came the crocodile. Out of black water‚ curved with whirlpools‚ and into the frill of gold shallows by the stepping-stones. He was twice the length of a tall man; and inside him‚ among the stones which he had swallowed to aid digestion‚ rolled a silver bracelet. Timber was being floated down this great Indian river from forests further up‚ and there were sleepers lying stuck around the stones until someone came to dislodge them and send
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The C-130 The C-130 Hercules was born from a request by the United States Air Force for a replacement transport aircraft for the C-119 Flying Boxcar‚ C-47 Skytrain‚ and C-46 Commando‚ which were inadequate for modern warfare after the Korean War. The USAF wanted a plane that could have a capacity of 92 passengers‚ 72 combat troops or 64 paratroopers fly a range of around 1‚100 nautical miles‚ have the ability to fly with one engine shut down‚ and be able to take-off from unprepared runways (MotoArt
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