The institution will encompass classrooms, labs, offices and about 100 apartments. ... Masdar City will spread over 46 hectares including organic farms, 550 residential villas, educational facilities, and 600,000 square feet of solar panels that will power the city. ... There will not be a structure within the city that is more than five stories high and majority of the roads will be about ten feet wide and no longer than 200 feet. Individuals residing in in this dense casbah-style grid will not be any greater than 600 feet from public transport. ... Within 200 metres they can access a car par...

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The site was laid over several landlords' properties in order to establish the 100-ft-subterranean-passage, into which water from the Falls was routed. ... The dimensions of these mills were all slightly different; No. 1 and No. 2 were both 154-feet-long, 27-feet-wide, and 60-feet-tall; No. 3 was a little smaller while No. 4 was 156-feet-long, 33-feet-wide and 70-feet-tall. ...

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In addition, because the country was a poor subsistence-agriculture nation until the middle of the 19th century, cultural activities have really only blossomed in the last 100 years. In addition, because the country was a poor subsistence-agriculture nation until the middle of the 19th century, cultural activities have really only blossomed in the last 100 years. ...

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Discuss the ADA laws, who is covered, how can citizens qualify and what do employers need to do to respond to these laws. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-Simply Stated The ADA prohibits any type of employment related discrimination on the basis of disability. When the ADA was first i...

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Hiroshima And Nagasaki Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the untold story Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the untold story On August 6th 1945, the first Atomic Bomb, "Little Boy," was dropped on Hiroshima, and three days later on August 9th 1945, the second atomic bomb, "Fat Man," was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan's industrial capital. The decision to use the Atomic Bomb against Japan was a poor one considering the damage, the devastation, and the amount of people left dead, injured, or suffering the loss of a family member or a friend, all for the sake of quickly ending the ongoing War. When the Japanese ...

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The Thyroid The thyroid is a very important, yet rarely discussed gland in your body. This gland produces hormones and controls your metabolism. Due to the complexity of the thyroid hormone and the potential complications that will be discussed further, individuals need to be proactive in order to catch thyroid disease in the early stages to prevent further complications and to also better your quality of life. Throughout this paper; the definition and functions of a thyroid, the types of thyroid disease, controversies and diseases related to hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism will all be disc...

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On November 22, 1963, shots rang out in Dealey Plaza that would change our country forever. As our 35th president was killed, a country began mourning the death of one of its great visionaries, a man who believed in peace and racial equality, a man unlike any leader before him. The assassination of John F. Kennedy was one of the most tragic events in our nations history, but as horrific as the shooting itself were the lies which were told to the American people in the aftermath. We live in a country where the government was established to be "of the people, by the people, and for the people" a...

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Circulation has two systems: pulmonary circulation, from heart to lungs and back, and systemic circulation, from heart to body tissues and back. Arteries carry blood away from heart Veins carry blood back to heart Arteries become arterioles which become capillaries Capillaries is where exchange of ...

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The greenhouse effect as stated in the dictionary is the effect produced as greenhouse gases allow incoming solar radiation to pass through the Earth's atmosphere, but prevent most of the outgoing infrared radiation from the surface and lower atmosphere from escaping into outer space. This process o...

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ENIAC used 18,000 standard vacuum tubes, occupied 1800 square feet of floor space, and used about 180,000 watts of electricity. ... Stretch was provided with several ranks of memory having slower access for the ranks of greater capacity, the fastest access time being less than 1 microseconds and the total capacity in the vicinity of 100 million words. ...

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The traits of various activities during the forages period were carried on to the horticultural period, when crops were grown using bare hands, feet and sticks then on to agricultural period when animal domestication was common in assisting on the cultivation process. ... However, contact with religions such as the Mithraic cult, which was the state religion under Emperor Diocletian was unavoidable in any city because there were more than 100 places of assembly for the devotees of Mithra in Rome alone (Kofi Appiah-Kubi & Sergio Torres, 1979). ...

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Alzheimer's Disease is relentlessly destroying the brains and lives of our nation's older adults, robbing them of memory, the ability to reason, and affecting their emotions and behavior. Alzheimer's Disease is a degenerative disorder of the brain. The longer we live the greater the risk; "nearly 10...

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ENIAC used 18,000 standard vacuum tubes, occupied 1800 square feet of floor space, and used about 180,000 watts of electricity. ... Stretch was provided with several ranks of memory having slower access for the ranks of greater capacity, the fastest access time being less than 1 microseconds and the total capacity in the vicinity of 100 million words. ...

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Cheerleading has made a remarkable transformation throughout the past 116 years. It has evolved from males leading chants from the side lines into a highly athletic and competitive sport. Everyone can relate the term "get fired up" to a cheerleading chant as they try to rally the crowd in support o...

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ENIAC used 18,000 standard vacuum tubes, occupied 1800 square feet of floor space, and used about 180,000 watts of electricity. ... Stretch was provided with several ranks of memory having slower access for the ranks of greater capacity, the fastest access time being less than 1 microseconds and the total capacity in the vicinity of 100 million words. ...

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Globalisation The word globalisation has become a buzzword since its inception at the beginning of the 1990s. A cottage industry on globalisation has emerged from which academics and intellectuals make a living by writing articles and travelling the world debating with others. The financial and business sections of broadsheet newspapers are continuously littered with issues concerning globalisation and meetings are frequently held by the superpowers to discuss the state of the global economy, such as the meetings in Doha in Qatar, Cancun in Mexico and the IMF summit in Dubai. As a result of...

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The importance of securing natural energy resources is taking center stage in the European Union's (EU) future plans. Turkey, a candidate for a full membership to EU, is located close to 70% of the world's oil and gas reserves. Due to it's proximity to these important resources, Turkey is in a perfect position to host a large pipeline (Nabucco Gas Pipeline) that will carry gas from the Caspian Sea to the Middle East. This would give all the countries involved a necessary alternative to the Russian supply routes - and it would become the fourth most dynamic energy corridor for Eu...

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An Inconvenient Truth Reaction Paper for "An Inconvenient Truth" The movie was composed of many documented events narrated and discussed by the former U.S Vice President Al Gore. The data gathered and the trends of different climatological graphs were well introduced to the public for better comprehension. The documentary also provided a deeper understanding regarding the most sensitive issue about the environment which is the Global Warming.             It was alarming to see the various effects of the dramatic increase in carbon emissions by the world since carbon is one o...

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Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: What is attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder? Is it a learning disability? A learning disability is a disorder that inhibits or interferes with the skills of learning, including speaking, listening, reading, writing, or mathematical ability. Legally...

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Tribunals The EOC has looked at 54 employment tribunal decisions, in sexual harassment cases that were heard between 1998 and 2001, to see what those cases revealed. Successful cases The employee Thirty-four cases were successful. In three of those cases the person making the complaint was male...

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To be unable to speak the family's language could make a child feet like an outsider within his or her own family; speaking the family's language gives the child a sense of identity and belonging. ...

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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 GENERAL Pinto (1994) described project manager is truly the heart and soul of a project. Project managers are expected to successfully bring their projects to fruition (achieved pre-determined quality) while keeping a tight rein on budgets (costs) and sc...

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