THESIS PROPOSAL Automated Construction of Environment Models by a Mobile Robot Paul Blaer Computer Science Department‚ Columbia University December 9‚ 2004 Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Related Work 3 2.1 Model Based Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.2 Non-Model Based Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.2.1 Volumetric Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.2.2 Surface-Based Methods
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This movie changed my prospective by giving me the opportunity to be grateful for being an American‚ especially since that has not been the easiest task to take pride in due to our past elections. “Hotel Rwanda” is relatable to each and every one of our lives just by the incorporation of the human rights aspect alone. The emotions this movie inspired were difficult to comprehend. I felt as if there was a cinder block on my chest and I was
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The failure of the U.S. dollar and potential loss of sovereignty of the United States of America will be first and foremost the largest economic and social issue that American voters will face in the elections of 2016. Today our national debt stands a little over 12 trillion dollars according to treasurydirect.gov‚ and the gross domestic product of the United States is estimated to be approximately 14.4 trillion as of 2008 (cia.gov‚ 2009). Projections by the current administration estimate that
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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE BUSINESS OF NIGERIA CHEMICAL CORPORATION BY OCHALA YUSUF OJIH MAT. NO: PGSS/ UJ/00442/07 BEING AN ASSIGNMENT ON MBA 505 (ICT MANAGEMENET) SUBMITTED TO MR. OKI‚ E.U.(MBA) DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF JOS FEBRUARY 2009 INTRODUCTION Since the start of the 21st century‚ there has been an emphasis economic reform in Africa‚ which makes regional economies more attractive to foreign investors: Over the
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Independence‚ besides declaring that the colonies were now an independent nation‚ also set forth the reasons why we were breaking from Great Britain. It established the reasons for the colonies declaring independence. More broadly‚ it’s lasting significance is the philosophy stating that All men start out equal. No one was better due to their parents or ancestors. The Declaration of Independence is important because it states that a government exists for the benefit of the people and that "all men
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S.Soares ENG2D Friday‚ March 12‚ 2010 Night – The Significance of the Title Night‚ a memoir by Elie Weisel‚ is about his survival throughout the Holocaust. He speaks about his life before being forced into a concentration camp and the life changing experiences he endured. Elie‚ along with his parents and sister‚ were sent to the German concentration camps of Auschwitz and Buchenwald. No more than a few hours after the gruesome journey towards their first camp
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says she was a “pretty‚ lively sort of girl‚ who never did anybody any harm.” Furthermore‚ he highlights that her promising life was brought to an abrupt halt‚ given the “nasty mess somebody’s made of it.” Here‚ we see that one reason for the significance of Eva Smith’s character was the fact that through her‚ the Birlings were assigned the blame they were due for the way they acted; blame their social class my have otherwise allowed them to evade. Through the story of Eva Smith‚ it was made clear
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In Chris Christie’s speech over his re-election‚ Chris describes his joy for getting re-elected and expresses how his political rebirth is now his quest for a curing New Jersey of Hurricane Sandy. He expresses how the government has become something that doesn’t stand for the people and expresses how he wants to be away from that norm. He expresses how the people of New Jersey should come together as a people no matter their race or political views and help make New Jersey normalized once again.
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Abstract - The significance of tattoos and the tattooing arts are neither smooth nor unified‚ and actually can be considered as varied and punctured as the skin on which the tattoo is placed. The elusive unified account is due in part because of the wide variety of cultures in which tattoo has been practiced‚ from Japan and the South Pacific to ancient Greece. There is even evidence of tattooing that can be traced to the Bronze Age. Indeed on the 5300 year old “Iceman”‚ tattoos were found in great
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Significance: Chili pepper contains an impressive list of plant derived chemical compounds that are known to have disease preventing and health promoting properties. They are also good in other antioxidants like vitamin A‚ and flavonoids. These antioxidant substances help to protect the body from harmful effects of free radicals generated during stress and diseases conditions. Potassium‚ manganese‚ iron‚ and magnesium are good amounts of minerals that can be found in Chilies. Potassium is an important
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