period‚ navigation was considered part of the set of seven mechanical arts‚ none of which were used for long voyages across open ocean. Polynesian navigation is probably the earliest form of open ocean navigation‚ though it was based on memory and observation rather than on scientific methods or instruments. Early Pacific Polynesians used the motion of stars‚ weather‚ the position of certain wildlife species‚ or the size of waves to find the path from one island to another. Maritime navigation using
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French-lingua franca from the 17th century until the middle of the 20th and Italian-the language of the Renaissance. In fact‚ it was so influential that even today it is taught in schools though it has long been a dead language. But how did Latin become such a language? At first‚ Latin was a language spoken in a small region of Italy. Then the people living there in a city called Rome began to invade the world. It began slowly with an invasion of the local cities but by 117 CE the Roman Empire
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planning to open a new navigation equipment company with my friends. However‚ I am not sure if I can make profits in this market. As new entrant‚ I have to get to know of the current competitive condition of the navigation industry. Thus I do the navigation industry business environment analysis based on Porter’s Five Forces Model‚ and further try to effectively dodge and reduce entrepreneurial risks of failure. 1. Threat from potential new entrants( High) Current‚ the navigation market exists some
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Do you know why “New School” become so popular in the late 1980s? Hip-hop starts at the 1970s‚ the beginning of hip-hop is starting by DJ Kool Herc. All of the early artists of hip-hop‚ deejays or MCs‚ were named ’Old School’. ’New School’ was a given name to separate the different style of hip-hop depends on when does it born and what was added. New school rap came out and became popular because the new technology of drum machine came out‚ the new generation of musicians‚ and a new type of image
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vulnerable points fooling them into believing his objective was the recovery of Germany after the war in order to achieve his personal motives. The state of Germany after the war made it easy for an extremist like Hitler to become extremely powerful. The situation in Germany that allowed Hitler to become popular was mainly the extreme reparations that the Treaty of Versailles required Germany to face after WW1. Germany’s economy was completely
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Celestial Navigation is the art and science of finding your way by the sun‚ moon‚ stars‚ and planets‚ and‚ in one form or another‚ is one of the oldest practices in human history. Celestial navigation‚ also known as astronavigation‚ is a position fixing technique that has evolved over several thousand years to help sailors cross oceans without having to rely on estimated calculations‚ or dead reckoning‚ to know their position. Celestial navigation uses "sights‚" or angular measurements taken between
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of ingredients out of China‚ where they decreased the production. Since the introduction of xtc in the Netherlands 30 years ago the drug has been very popular‚ especially as a party drug. In 2013 more than half of the Dutch people from the age of 18-25 admitted they used xtc at least once that year (Elsevier‚ 2013). So how did xtc become so popular in the Netherlands? Design The data used for this research was collected using two different methods. The first part of data was obtained through a
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popularity truly works. He says‚ “These individuals and groups became immensely influential by advancing innovative ideology‚ and thereby developing intensely loyal followers” (Why Does Something Become Popular). He explains how famous icons stand out to people because they make alternative approaches towards things that have once been mastered. Because of Fred Astaire’s effortless work in the ballroom genre of dance‚ and his innovative approach to filming dance numbers‚ he helped popularize dance
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of society for well over a hundred years and shows no sign of becoming dated. Sherlock Holmes and the Science of Deduction One of the reasons that Sherlock Holmes has remained so popular is that he is the first character to popularize the style of detection that he used. Ideas like fingerprints which have becomes something everyone knows about and that is not the only idea that he used. Almost
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Listening is often confused with hearing. Roland Barthes (1985) distinguishes between hearing and listening‚ stating: “Hearing is a physiological phenomenon; listening is a psychological act.” Even if all members of the intended audience hear‚ it does not mean that they listen too. And when there are listening problems‚ difficulties in understanding the transmitted message could not be avoided. Effective listening could be prevented by many “habits” which characterize listeners‚ according to O’Rourke
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