Geological Time Scale
It is important to realize that with new information about subdivision or correlation of relative time, or new measurements of absolute time, the dates applied to the time scale can and do change. Revisions to the relative time scale have occurred since the late 1700s. The numerically calibrated geologic time scale has been continuously refined since approximately the 1930s (e.g., Holmes, 1937…
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Mathematics as a science
Arithmetic, algebra, the study of functions, the calculus, differential equations, and various other subjects which follow the calculus in logical order are all developments of the real number system. Each branch has the same logical structure: it begins with certain concepts, such as the whole numbers or integers in the mathematics of number, and such as point, line and triangle in geometry…
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Some facts about London
Music is represented by a very interesting figure. This is George Frederick Handel. He came to London from Hanover in 1710. He lived for a time at Burlington House, Piccadilly, now the Royal Academy. After some success and some failure he at last became famous. This happened when he composed «The Messiah «. «Judas Maccabeus «. and «The Music for the Royal Fireworks «. Like Chaucer and many other…
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Alcohol and the Workplace
The culture of the workplace may either accept and encourage drinking or discourage and inhibit drinking. A workplace «p.s tolerance of drinking is partly influenced by the gender mix of its workers. Studies of male-dominated occupations have described heavy drinking cultures in which workers use drinking to build solidarity and show conformity to the group (4,5). Some male-dominated occupations…
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Tintoretto
His son Domenico (з. 1560−1635) became his foreman and is said to have painted many portraits, although none can be attributed to him with certainty. Another son, Marco (1561−1637), and a daughter, Marietta (1556−90), were among his other assistants. The later paintings can thus be divided into those which are largely studio productions on the one hand and the visionary inspirations from…
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Realism
En arts). Recherche d «une ressemblance entre l «oeuvre plastique et l «apparence du modиle qu «elle entend reprйsenter; cette ressemblance (cf Hyperrйalisme). Rйalisme des contours, des couleurs, de la reprйsentation spatiale (perspective). Le rйalisme opposй, а l «idйalisation, au formalisme, а l «abstraction (…) а l «expressionnisme. —- Spйcialt. Йcole de peinture qui, en France, p. s «est…
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Conflicts of interest in corporate transactions
Guth rule (offered in corporate capacity)—if there is presented to O/D a business opportunity which the corp is (1)financially able to undertake, which is from its nature (2a) in the line of business and is of practical advantage to it OR (2b)is one in which the corp has an interest or reasonable expectancy (under an established corporate policy or plan), and, (3)by embracing the opportunity the…
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New York. Places of interest
Although New York is not the capital of the United States, it is the biggest and most important city of the country. New York is situated on the Atlantic coast, in the North-East of the country, in the state of New York at the mouth of the deep Hudson River. It is the financial and media capital of the world, the centre of the American cultural life and the national leader in fashion and…
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Aaliyah (Haughton) 1979 — -2001 english
Singer, actress. Born Aaliyah Dana Haughton, on January 16, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York. Raised in Detroit, Michigan, the young singer competed unsuccessfully on the television program Star Search at age 11. Later that same year, she performed with R&B legend Gladys Knight, the former wife of her uncle and manager, Barry Hankerson, at a five-night stand in Las Vegas. In 1994, at the age of 15…
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Книги /english/
The world of books is enormous. Reading plays an important role in my life. I read both for pleasure and for information. There are books which have been our great favorites since childhood. We grow up with them and they stay in our memory forever. Thanks to books we can talk to people who lived in different ages and countries. Since childhood I have been enchanted by Pushkin and Gogol, Chekhov…
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Хобби /english/
I also like computers. I wake up every morning and my first thing to do is to switch computer on. Right before falling asleep I switch it off. I can «t live without computer, it is an essential component of my life. But I am not a game-player, my main interests in computers are e-mail and Internet. Through e-mail I communicate with people from different countries. Е-mail makes it easy and fast…
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Choosing a career
So in the world there are very and very many different professions: you can work with people as a doctor, a lawyer, a receptionist, a teacher, etc.; on the enterprise, bank, school, state institution. And what kind of a profession you choose is mainly depend on yourself. And I think it’s very difficult task for everybody. Everyone needs at least one profession in his life. So when you begin…
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My ideal holidays
It was too late, when I understand what happened. My relatives waited for me on the Christmas in Ufa and I knew I had a long flight ahead of me. Our flight promised to be routine. All of passengers wanted to taste that greatly praised beef, but I didn’t order anything, because I’ve had a heavy meal this afternoon. Pretty airhostesses ran around with food trays from the galley. Later I was…
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L " enseignement en France
Les grands ecoles sont orientees vers les formations professionelles de haut niveau ou la recherche. On y entre par concours apres deux annees d’etudes dans certain lycees. Les plus celebre sont L’Ecole politechnique, les Ecoles normales superieures, l’Ecole centrale des arts et manufactures, l’Ecole des mines, l’Ecole des Hautes Etudes commercials, l’Ecole national d’Administration. Le lycee est…
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The United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is situated on the British Isles. The British Isles consist of two large islands, Great Britain and Ireland, and about five thousands small islands. Their total area is over 244 000 square kilometres. The United Kingdom is one of the world «p.s smaller countries. Its population is over 57 million. About 80 percent of the population…
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Pushkin
Pushkin challenged d «Antes to a duel. Pushkin was wounded and died two days later. Pushkin was Russia «p.s greatest poet. In his works he was first influenced by 18th century poets, and then by Lord Byron. Finally he developed bis own style, which was realistic but classical in form. His earliest long poem was romantic «Ruslan and Lyudmila» (1818−1820). The education offered at the lyceum shaped…
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Geography of USA
Underground, a wealth of minerals provides a solid base for American industry. History has glamorized the gold rushes to California and Alaska and the silver finds in Nevada. Yet America «p.s yearly production of gold ($ 2,831,000,000) is far exceeded by the value of its petroleum, natural gas, clays, phosphates, lead and iron, even its output of sand, cement and stone for construction…
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Reading books
An English author once wrote: «Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed or digested.» This quotation tells us how to read books of different kinds. Most travel books are to be tasted. It’s enough to dip into them and read bits here, bits there. If you are fond of crime stories you will read them quickly, you’ll ‘swallow' them and then there are books that you’ll read slowly and…
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Animals need help. Earth is in danger
Of course, people can’t stay indifferent to these problems. There are a lot of special organizations, which try to save our nature. The most known are: The Royal Society for the prevention of cruelty to animals (The RSPCA), the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Greenpeace. The RSPCA tries to protect animals from bad use. It operates big nation campaigns aimed at lost pets, circus animals. The WWF…
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Anton Chekhov
Chekhov, as an established writer, was able to develop a style of his own. Though he never gave up writing comic stories, he began working in a more serious vein. In 1887 Ivanov, his first play, established Chekhov as a dramatist. From then on, he concentrated on writing plays, as well as short stories. Chekhov was seriously ill. He had tuberculosis and knew what it meant. By 1892 his health was…
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Christopher Columbus
400 years ago a great deal of the world was undiscoveried. But now there seems little more to explore, the wild north was conquered, the jungle was conquered too. And it seems that all the pages of the great book called «The Earth» has been filled in, but exploration still goes on. In the 15th century people knew only 3 continents: Europe, Asia and Africa. They knew nothing about America. The man…
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Prominent People of the Belarus
Among famous man was dr. Fransisk Scorina, the greatest enlighten, humanitarian and scholar of Renaissance period. He was the son of a Polotsk merchant. Scorina entered the University of Krakov when he was 14. there he obtained the degree of doctor in the science of healthing. In 1957 Scorina was in Prague. There he started his printing activity. Within 3 years he published 22 volumes of Bible…
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Alyonushka
Then one day an evil witch tricked Alyonushka into going down to the river, where she tied a stone around her neck and threw her in. The witch then took on Alyonuska «p.s form and lived as her for awhile. Only poor Ivanushka new the truth about his sister. Little did he know that the witch had plans for him too. When the wicked woman overheard him one day talking to his sister in the lake, she…
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Norwegen in den Kriegsjahren
Sie begegneten einander an einem Herbsttag 1942. Die Verbindung des Mannes, dessen Namen wir nicht kennen, war abgerissen. Er war ein Mitglied einer illegalen geheimen Organization, und deswegen kannte er keinen anderen Mitglied auber Hansen, dem Mann, der von den Faschisten gefabt war. Das bedeutete, dab er ganz allein in der okkupierten Stadt war. Er kannte überhaupt niemanden, der ihm helfen…
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City life
Personally I enjoy living in the city, mostly for the spare time facilities. I like to go out to the movies or a theater with my friends. Together with my boyfriend I go to a nice restaurant once in a while. In the winter we love to go skating, my favorite skating rink is the indoor one in CSK. Outdoors I get чілі very fast, therefore I prefer staking indoors. Besides it’s very convenient…
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Russian painting
The most famous of all the Hermitage departments is the department of West-European art, comprising a picture gallery and a collection of sculpture and decorative art. They date from the medieval era to the present day, including canvases of the foremost artists of Italy, Spain, Holland, France, Germany, England as well as sculptures, pencil-drawings, works of applied art. The Perm State Art…
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Sydney city
Sydney is widely known both for its water sports and recreational facilities and for its cultural life. The universities of Sydney and New South Wales are located there, as is Macquarie University. The world-renowned Sydney Opera House, set on a promontory southeast of the Harbour Bridge, is a major centre for the performing arts, with theatres and recording, concert, and exhibition halls…
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Kheops
Kheops is the second and most famous king of the 4th Dynasty. He was the son of Snofru and Hetepheres I. He at least had two wives, probably even as much as four, with whom he had several children. Queen Meritates bore him Kawab, Hor-djedef, Hetepheres II and Meresankh II. With Henutsen, Kheops had Re-khaf (the later king Khephren) and Khufu-khaf as children. Other children of Kheops are…
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Buchhaltung
Die Ordnung der Erfassung der Importoperationen hängt des gewählten Rechenverfahrens mit den ausländischen Lieferanten (inkasso, das Akkreditiv, das offene Konto etc.), der Bedingungen der Lieferung, des Inhaltes (Erhalten) der Berechnungsparteien (Partien) ab. Der Inhalt (Erhalten) der Berechnungsparteien (Partien) klärt sich von der Art der Ware und die Weise der Beförderung. Die Rechnung «Die…
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Edmund Spenser
Edmund Spenser was born in London in 1552. Though his parents descended from a noble House, the family was poor. His father was a free journeyman for a merchant «p.s company. When Edmund came of age he entered the University of Cambridge as a «sizar «(a student who paid less for his education than others and had to wait on (to serve) the wealthier students at mealtimes). The suppression…
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