northernmost island of the Sulu Archipelago between the Philippine island of Mindanao and Borneo which includes about 400 islands. The island chain is one of two partial land bridges to Borneo and is an important migration route for birds. Basilan Strait‚ about 17 nautical miles (31 km) at its narrowest point‚ separates Basilan Island from the mainland of Mindanao and the port city of Zamboanga. The island is
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Dhanushkodi has the only land border between India and Sri Lanka which is one of the smallest in the world just 50 yards in length on a sand dune in Palk Strait. Before the 1964 cyclone‚ Dhanushkodi was a flourishing tourist and pilgrimage town. Since Ceylon now Sri Lanka is just 18 miles away‚ there were many weekly ferry services between Dhanushkodi and Thalaimannar of Ceylon‚ transporting travellers and goods across the sea. There were hotels‚ textile shops and dharmashalas catering to these pilgrims
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highways. The Romans built a highway strait down the coast to allow better access to an ever growing empire. These Roman highways were a work of art in their own right. They started as deep trenches and then filled with gravel and huge boulders to build a solid foundation. Then compacted clay was placed over the foundation finally followed by huge paving stones. The difference between Roman highways and today’s highways is that Roman highways were perfectly strait‚
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The twenty years from 1870-1890 contained many changes in Russia. The great power found herself in numerous surprisingly promising situations‚ such as Eastern Crisis or the Three Emperors League. Though country attained many victories‚ in the end she lost more than she won. After Crimean War Russia had been more or less isolated by the other great powers‚ until mid 1860s when she made an alliance with Prussia‚ on the contrary Empire’s rivalry with Austria-Hungary had not disappeared‚ rather deepened
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Henry Hudson (1565-1611) was an English explorer and navigator who explored parts of the Arctic Ocean and northeastern North America. The Hudson River‚ Hudson Strait‚ and Hudson Bay are all named after Hudson. Little is known about Hudson’s early life. Hudson was hired by the Muscovy Company in 1607‚ to find a waterway from Europe to Asia. Hudson made two trips (in 1607 and 1608)‚ but failed to find a route to China. In 1607‚ he sailed to Spitzbergen (an island north of Scandinavia in the Arctic
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I have been given the opportunity to write about the two commonly used media vehicles. The Straits Times and MediaCorp TV news. Well‚ it actually is an assignment but we all have to start somewhere and I believe this is my starting ground. The styles and how they bring about the news to its audience varies. Let me just state how these media vehicles vary from one another before divulging into the deeper points. The newspaper bring a rich‚ detailed account of yesterday to their readers every
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type of observation that will be used is the non-participant observation where I will attempt to observe yoga members and taking notes without participating in the yoga practice and without letting them know that they are being observed (Singleton & Straits‚ 2010). Some of the observation method advantages are that it provides a better understanding of the context within people interact (Silverman‚ 2013); it also offers a first-hand experience within a setting‚ which also provides the researcher to deduce
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at do you understand by the Standard Meridian? Answer Standard Meridian is the longitude on the basis of which a country’s standard time is determined. Standard meridians all over the world are generally those longitudes which are exactly divisible by 15°. The Standard Meridian of India lies at 82° 30′ E longitude and it passes through Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh. The Indian Standard Time is five hours and thirty minutes ahead of the Greenwich Mean Time. Q4) Why is Indian Ocean named after India
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Lit Only by Fire by William Manchester takes the reader on a journey through the Middle Ages. Of the many topics covered throughout this book‚ the two main ones would be the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church and the adventures of Ferdinand Magellan. This book is very well written from an objective stand point and the author’s tone presented itself during the entire novel. However‚ the novel is difficult to follow during certain parts because of the overwhelming details provided. The author
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continues to equalize the health services and wellbeing class between Aboriginal and non aboriginal people. The commitment of AHCSA is to understand‚ respond and to support aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health needs and their goals. In addition‚ they promote self staying power of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Therefore‚ AHCSA is an organisation which can improve life of many Australian aboriginal people through their commitment and
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