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In 1577, Sir Francis Drake famous voyage around the world was set of where Drake was commissioned by Elizabeth I for an expedition against the Spanish colonies on the American Pacific coast. Drake became the first Englishman to navigate the Straits of Magellan and the globe. The writer of the primary source is Francis Pretty, in which Francis Pretty was not appear very much in the story. Although, we could conclude that Drake accompanied Pretty on his voyage possibly as one of Drakes gentleman…

Introduction The purpose of this study is to explore social engineering tactics and why it is a viable attack vector. This study hopes to prove that social engineering is becoming a more prevalent danger in the corporate world. This is important because the security of corporations must be focused on to protect consumer data. If there is an attack vector that is not being protected against company data is in danger. This can lead to increased accounts of identity theft, credit card fraud, and…

Part One: Career Search I am interesting in becoming an ultrasound technician because it sounds like an easy job, that wouldn’t be too stressful. It is also a job that you wouldn’t have to worry about when you go home, your day ends when you get off work. The job pays well but when I have done a little bit of research on it before it has said that it depends on where you work, if you work in a hospital or an office. I don’t know much about being or becoming an ultrasound technician but I know…

Japan is located on the east coast of Asia that consists of over 6,852 islands with four main islands: Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku (“Japan’s Geography,” 2014). Almost 80% of Japan’s population lives on Honshu Island (“Where is Japan,” 2012). Japan is the sixty-second largest country based on the area measurement, and it is comparable to the state of California. It consists of a coastline, which is 29,751 kilometers in length without any land boundary (“Where is Japan,” 2014). The…

William Ury’s The Third Side is about conflict management, fighting and conflicts are natural and normal aspects of life. Ury explains that violence is not inevitable, there is an alternative to being violent, and that is the Third Side. Violence and war is not inevitable, we don’t have to fight and kill each other off. The Third Side offers a promising new way you will view conflict going on in the world and around us. The Third Side is our community that we live in and our surroundings. It…

Wi-Fi or GPRS, the location and finally the serial port. To minimize battery consumption, I did not use the GPS antenna to detect and acquire automatically the location. I manually added the location of the device in the codes using latitude and longitude coordinates. The Eco-Smart Can device will try to update the collected data to Internet on the Ubidots…

Lewis and Clark are known for completing a harrowing journey into the unknown regions of the United States and returning with a wealth of knowledge. The expedition proved to be a valuable asset in paving the way for western expansion in the United States. Unfortunately for the hundreds of thousands of Native Americans living in the West, the exploration spawned the notion of Manifest Destiny, a philosophy that American citizens were entitled to the land stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the…

The movie, Colossus: The Forbin Project, discussed the use of an artificial intelligence (A.I.) by the government and how it was contrary to humans’ expectations and decided to enslave humanity. Science and technology were found and invented by humans. In 1894, Guglielmo Marconi made the first radio; Now we have iPhone X. Our lives are full of science and technology. It is hard to not using them even if it is just a simple action like calling one’s friend. Some people may start to question…

Introduction This career episode is based on my summer training. As per my university curriculum, during the end of 6th semester of my study everyone has to undergo a summer training for the partial fulfillment of Industrial Training Seminar conducted at the mid of 7th semester. The main objective was to apply procured knowledge to the live scenario and also gain hands-on experience working in a real-time and practical environment. Details of this training are as follows: Background…

theory of epicycles – smaller circular orbits in addition to the main orbit. Ptolemy is also accredited as authoring the Almagest, a collection of Greco-Babylonian observations with over 1,000 stars in 48 constellations with respective latitude, longitude and brilliance of each. Composed 500 years after the death of Aristotle, the Almagest would go on to serve as the foremost source for the planetary studies for the next 14 centuries (Hoskin…