The cold damp wind swirled around my body as I walked on the pathway of the dimly lit street. Winter is arriving with a vengeance. My hands are frozen, yet, I have a sweat up from walking to a steady pace for so long, must have walked at least two kilometres now. I cannot see if the street ends or turns, it is too dark to work out, the street lights are placed erratically, not like to city lights where I am from. I thought she said “follow the main road”. Well, I am on the main road, a dark, dimly
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GAUTAM SEHGAL, M.D. Medical Director 228 South Orange Avenue Gautam Sehgal, M.D. South Orange, NJ 07079 Specialized in Neurology, Physiatry Phone: (973) 253-0505 Member of American Academy of Neurology Fax:(973) 253-2255 Hospital Privileges: E.O. General (E Orange), St. Michael (Newark), St. James (Newark), Columbus Hospital (Newark) NEUROLOGICAL CONSULTATION Patient: Francois Compere Referred by: Dr. Baptiste D.O.S.: 04/21/2011 D.O.A.: 11/09/2010 AGE: 43-year-old. Sex: Male
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BASIC COMPOSITION.COM VISUAL DESIGN THEORY CARP (or CRAP) PRINCIPLES Robin Williams, a visual design guru, suggests that there are four Basic Design Principles: CONTRAST, ALIGNMENT, REPETITION, and PROXIMITY CONTRAST Contrast helps us to differentiate items on a page. Use contrast to show differences between a multitude of visual elements (type, color, size, shapes, etc). Contrast helps the reader to locate items more effectively. Additionally, contrast helps the reader to see differences between
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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION, VOL. 54, NO. 12, DECEMBER 2006 3755 A New Compact Microstrip-Fed Dual-Band Coplanar Antenna for WLAN Applications Rohith K. Raj, Manoj Joseph, C. K. Aanandan, K. Vasudevan, Senior Member, IEEE, and P. Mohanan, Senior Member, IEEE Abstract—A novel compact microstrip fed dual-band coplanar antenna for wireless local area network is presented. The antenna comprises of a rectangular center strip and two lateral strips miprinted on a dielectric
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Political risk – a definition and an example Political risk can be defined in a concise way as “the impact of politics on markets” (Bremmer, 2005, p. 52), or as “political events and processes that can negatively affect doing business” (Alon & Herbert, 2009, p. 127). Alternatively, we can employ a less succinct definition, but one that more or less encompasses a similar wide range of events, as others do (for example, Jakobsen, 2010) – and as this paper
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Christopher Belleau Mr. Holz GS1140 3/26/2014 Infrared Technology Infrared radiation was discovered in 1800 by astronomer William Herschel, who discovered a type of invisible radiation in the light spectrum beyond red light (infra Latin means "under"), by means of its effect upon a thermometer. Infrared light is electromagnetic radiation with longer wavelengths than those of visible light. Much of the enegery from the sun arrives on earth as infrared radiation. Infrared light is used in industrial
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Instructions: 1. The following pages have answer areas for the chapter quizzes and selected matching exercises from the chapters for this workshop. 2. You will need to use your textbook to find the actual quiz and matching exercises. 3. Note that the answer to the quizzes are shown at the end of the chapter under “AIS Action Solutions”. Check your answers for the chapter quizzes before you upload the completed document. 4. Your instructor will evaluate your submitted work and determine
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The Begging of Broadcast Television - Broadcast Television on a national level began on July 1, 1941, - 1947 had only 60,000 TV sets in the USA, in bars, malls, and upper class homes - In 1951, over 10 million TV sets existed in the USA, virtually owned by everyone Technical Considerations - RCA-NBC pushed for black and white broadcasting in VHF (Very High Frequency) - CBS pushed to establish colour broadcasting in UHF (Ultra High Frequency) - RCA-NBC & VHF prevailed
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Two Mothers, One World Chilean women’s societal roles have historically been impacted by traditional gender norms as well as a patriarchal cultural; just as most cultures have. However, throughout the years, Chilean women have proven themselves a force not to be reckoned with by involving themselves more and more into the political world. The film Machuca is a story of national violence and guilt seen through the innocent eyes of a boy named Gonzalo Infante and through him we meet two important
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Innovation can truly come from anywhere. The story of Qualcomm begins, believe it or not, with a young and curious actress who hails from Vienna, Austria named Hedy Lamarr. The theory of what would be known as “spread-spectrum technology” was first born out of a key partnership with industrialist, Friedrich Mandl. Though she eventually went on to marry and subsequently, divorce Mandl, his obsession with warfare and arms sparked Lamrarr’s curiosity on warfare techniques. Specifically, she took an
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