in Egypt. It was built by a French developer named Ferdinand de Lesseps. It connects the red sea to the Mediterranean Sea. This canal is important for ships traveling from Europe to and from the Middle East and India.” (The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia) After Gamal Abdel Nasser took control over Egypt in 1954‚ his main goal was to modernize Egypt. He wanted to build the Aswan Dam as a major part of improvement. Both the United States and Great Britain agreed to loan Egypt the money for the dam
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across the globe. Diabetes mellitus‚ or simply‚ diabetes is a disorder of carbohydrate metabolism characterized by impaired ability of the body to produce or respond to insulin and thereby maintaining proper levels of glucose in the blood (Encyclopedia Britannica). In the late 1700’s Dr. John Rollo‚ a British physician‚ came up with a plan for diabetics: a low-carbohydrate diet high in fat and animal protein. This was revised for the next 150 years‚ and resulted in Dr. Fredrick M. Allen’s
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Is Wikipedia a Valid Academic Resource? Wikipedia is considered a free encyclopedia that was created by the community that uses it and according to Wikipedia founders‚ “it is a special type of website designed to make collaboration easy”. Is a website that is always changing as is always being improved by its users‚ many of the changes occurs hourly (Wikipedia: Introduction‚ 2014). So what does that mean to the academic student? Who is this community? According to the Wikipedia website‚ anyone
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Short story: Definition and History. A short story like any other term does not have only one definition‚ it has many definitions‚ but all of them are similar in a general idea. According to The World Book Encyclopedia (1994‚ Vol. 12‚ L-354)‚ “the short story is a short work of fiction that usually centers around a single incident. Because of its shorter length‚ the characters and situations are fewer and less complicated than those of a novel.” In the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
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needed only one semester at Vassar to secure admission to freshman French (Autobiography‚ 1930). However‚ when she graduated in 1891 her interests had changed to Philosophy and Science. In 1898‚ she also joined Mu Chapter‚ Phi Beta Kappa (Vassar Encyclopedia‚ n.d.). Even though Columbia University did not admit women graduate students‚ Washburn received special permission to attend and study under Cattell as a "hearer." While waiting to find out if she would be accepted as a "hearer" she took the
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Retrieved from ___________________database. Henry‚ K. (1997‚ August 13). Germany. In World book encyclopedia‚ 7‚ 89. Retrieved Example from World Book Online database. Internet Sources: Online Dictionary/Encyclopedia (.com) Author’s last name‚ first initial(s). (year‚ Month day). Subject. In Title of dictionary or Format encyclopedia. Retrieved from URL Coffman‚ J.E. (2006‚ April 29). America. In World book online reference center. Retrieved Example
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Wikipedia From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia |Wikipedia | |[pic] | |[pic] | |The logo of Wikipedia‚ a globe featuring glyphs from several writing systems | |[pic] | |Screenshot of Wikipedia ’s multilingual
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Both salt water and fresh water can exist in three states. Those three states are liquid‚ gas‚ and solid or water‚ steam‚ and ice (Water 10). The temperature‚ at which water needs to be to change states‚ depends on atmospheric pressure (Water Encyclopedia). Along with similar properties there are differences as well. Salt water‚ on average‚ is about 96.5% water‚ 2.5% dissolved salt‚ and smaller percentages of organic substances and inorganic substances (Britannica). Not all salt water is
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industry. Steve Jobs started making computers at age thirteen. (Encyclopedia of the History of American Management‚ 2006) His early interest in technology started him on a journey of a lifetime. His resume would include an internship with Hewlett Packard‚ an electronics technician for Atari‚ CEO/Founder Apple Computers‚ Chief Executive of Pixar Animation Studios and a member of the Board of Directors for the Walt Disney Company. (Encyclopedia of the History of American Management‚ 2006) His i-innovations;
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The first World War‚ a multi-national war that cost millions of lives‚ began with the assassination of one man: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian empire. On June 28‚ 1914‚ Franz Ferdinand and his wife‚ Sophie‚ were in Bosnia to inspect the empire’s military forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (History 1). The annexing of this land caused Serbian unrest (History 1). Ferdinand was scheduled to visit Sarajevo‚ so a few Serbian nationalists conspired and planned his assassination. While Ferdinand
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