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    History Of Sputnik

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    The first prototype of the Internet came in the late 1960s when the U.S. created ARPANET, or the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. This agency was funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, but why the department of the defense who may ask. Well, in October 4th, 1957 Soviet Union Launched Sputnik 1, according to Nasa, the sputnik was the world's first artificial satellite in space and it was about the size of a beach ball, this launch ushered in new political, military, technological,…

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    The author of historical novel about ancient civilizations Mary Renault was born on September 4, 1905. She was born Eileen Mary Challans using Renault as a pen name. It was at the young age of eight she decided that she wanted to be a writer. She went to Oxford and studied medieval history. She used her knowledge of the era as the background for her first novel but unfortunately her first try was unsuccessful and after many rejections she tossed away her first effort. During WW I she worked…

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    Contrary to what the documentary The High Cost of Low Prices argues, the Walmart corporation believes that they truly help small businesses and benefit communities. When Sam’s Club was founded in 1983, Sam Walton’s goal was to give entrepreneurs the ability to buy the products they need to create and sustain successful local businesses. Just like any other entrepreneur, Walton knew how challenging it was to run a small business, after all, Walmart had to start somewhere. Sam’s Club was founded…

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    Ingalls Building

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    The first reinforced concrete high-rise building is the Ingalls Building, built in 1903 in Cincinnati, Ohio. All the key developments in reinforced concrete buildings in that time have contributed in the design and construction of Ingalls Building. Richard W. Steiger defined the Ingalls Building, ‘These developments included heavy monolithic beam-and-slab construction with tension reinforcing, two-way reinforcing systems, and bent bars and stirrups. Also used were hoops and continuous helixes…

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    I am going to explain the mental health act and the mental capacity act 2005. The mental health act 1983, amended again in 2007, with the mental capacity act is a basic guide for people in the care industry to follow to protect the rights of people with some sort of a mental disability and with the main objective is for them to have the best effective care and treatment. The mental health act 1983 is a substantial framework for anyone who is working within care and working with people with a…

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    Conversation Analysis (CA) is a concept that emerged between 1964 and 1975 due to research undertaken, and lectures produced, by Harvey Sacks. Despite Sacks’ early death, before he managed to publish his works professionally, we are still aware of his discovery of CA through other sociologists and linguists. An example of this can be seen where Hutchby and Wooffitt (2008) discuss how ‘Sacks originated a radical research programme which was designed to investigate the levels of social order which…

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    Apple co-founder,Steve Wozniak Synopsis Steve Wozniak was born in San Jose, California, on August 11, 1950 a partnership with his friend Steve Jobs, Wozniak invented the Apple I computer. He founded Apple Computer in 1976, Ronald Wayne, the release of some of the market's first personal computer. Wozniak also personally developed a model for the future, the Apple II, which was established Apple's major players in the microcomputer. Founding Apple Computer The son of an engineer at Lockheed…

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    Roberta Bondar is a Canadian neurologist, neurobiologist and astronaut. She was the first Canadian woman and neurologist to become an astronaut. This essay was made with the help of the Encyclopædia Britannica and it group of editors and Sault History Online (the Sault Sainte Marie public library) Roberta Lynn Bondar born on Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada, on December 4, 1945. Since she was a child, her parents encouraged her to be “goal oriented”. Moreover, Dr. Bondar was also a science…

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    Mark Armstrong Case Study

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    stated that the RICO act continue to this day. 18. The Order dismisses the RICO claim stating it is found in Complaint 44-54, while in fact the RICO claim is found in the Complaint ¶120 to 137 and the Memo of Law starting at page 23. 42 U.S.C.S. § 1983 [Complaint ¶9 to 46, Memo of Law page 5 to 35] v Order page 10 to 11] 19. The ORDER dismiss the Tortuous Breach of implied covenant of good Faith and Fair Dealing on the grounds of statute of limitations (page 10 Order), however the Plaintiff…

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    childhood, by the fourteenth century there were manuals offering advice on many aspects of child care, including advice about health, feeding, and the kinds of games to play with children (Berk, 2008). And in her book “Forgotten Children,” Linda Pollack (1983) uses a different kind of research (she scoured diaries, autobiographies and related sources) to conclude that well before the enlightenment of the 18th and 19th centuries nearly all children were wanted by their parents, parents were…

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