The Channel Tunnel (French: le tunnel sous la Manche), widely recognized as one of the world’s greatest civil engineering projects, is a 50.5km underwater rail tunnel connecting Folkestone, Kent in the UK with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais in France under the English Channel. Even though it began construction in 1988 and was opened in 1994, the idea to have a cross-channel tunnel was first mooted more than 200 years ago but did not materialize due to political, national security and cost considerations
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Name: Nicholas L Bomber Date: 11/10/14 IRN# 9008827577 Approved Essay Title: History of American Television or Motion Picture Subtopic 1): historical development of the medium Description of the concrete Experience: I have lived with the television and watched it since I was very young. I can attest to the fact that it is has been the greatest and most influential invention of the 20th century with the exception of the internet. My parents have been changing the television sets since they
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four very well known actors Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, James Franco, and Ashley Benson, I expected much more. In most movies/shows, Selena, Ashley, and Vanessa depict the ‘good girl’ image, and they should stick to just that. Seeing young disney channel actresses act like druggies wasn’t appealing or entertaining at all. They are supposed uphold a certain reputation considering they are the women that young girls look up to. Even James Franco, a known ‘Stoner Actor’ was portrayed stupidly. He was
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Storage Concepts General Aspects - storage networks There are always different ways of transporting and saving data in company networks. From these different options the following techniques have to be pointed out, as they are significant in practical experience: (1) DAS: Direct Attached Storage – traditional solution (2) NAS: Network Attached Storage – interim solution (3) SAN: Storage Area Network - professional solution Direct Attached Storage (DAS) - traditional solution
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At 11:45 AM Nelson ordered the famous signal to be hoisted to his entire fleet which stated, “England expects that every man will do his duty". Now that the British navy was in formation and sailing right at the combined fleet it was time for the battle to begin. Nelson led the windward column in the Victory while the leeward column was led by Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood (1748 – 1810) in the HMS Royal Sovereign. It would be the Royal Sovereign that would be the first
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 08.23.17 FASTTAC, Inc. Awarded the GSA Schedule ___________________ Fasttac, a tech company specializing in new construction technology, has been awarded the GSA Schedule. Fasttac CEO Ray Steeb believes this development will allow the company to reach more construction managers and architects looking for a better way to conduct maintenance management programs. According to Steeb, “Fasttac is pleased to make our product available through GSA.” The company’s products are aimed
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Good afternoon. I am Anh and welcome to the Media watch seminar. On today's seminar, we will be investigating into the life of a singer and actress, who has recently been engaged to Liam Hemsworth and has made her comeback with a positive image, Miley Cyrus. Does “Hannah Montana” ring a bell to you? It sure does to any teenage girl as Miley Cyrus once used to be American sweetheart playing Hannah Montana in the eponymous Disney series with her squeaky-clean image in the media. After leaving her Disney
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How can you save your bandwidth? Bandwidth is relational frequency distribution of data carrying capacity over which speed and quality are signified, as we all understand. To save one's bandwidth we need to address towards the following. 1: Block access to content streaming Web sites If you use the Internet for personal use, the first thing you should do is block access to streaming media sites, such as Netflix, YouTube, and Metcalfe. Playing the occasional YouTube video probably isn't going
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Expository STAAR Essay It is important for a person to be himself/herself because it allows them to accept who they are. Finding yourself played a huge role in Miley Cyrus’ life while she played Hannah Montana on Disney Channel. In Miley’s early years, she was seen as a shy, sweet farm girl that was not expected to become a huge pop artist. Miley was forced into a life that did not reflect her personality, which pushed her to make a drastic change. Miley Cyrus is now a top selling pop artist
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Project Proposal- Part 1 Angela Alvarado 1. For my research project I am going to review some Disney movies and the general media as in television shows and commercials, and take note of how many sexual innuendos or subliminal messages run throughout them. 2. My direct interest in doing this specific topic is to see if there are any innocent Disney films, and When is the right age to expose sexual content to children, when do they become mature enough to notice what’s sex. 3. In order
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