The document profiles several famous explorers, scientists, and extreme sportsmen throughout history. It provides brief biographies on over 40 individuals, highlighting their notable accomplishments and firsts, such as Leif Eriksson being the first European to reach North America, Charles Lindbergh making the first nonstop transatlantic flight from New York to Paris, and Neil Armstrong being the first person to walk on the moon. The profiles span from the 10th century to the late 20th century and cover diverse areas of exploration from early maritime journeys to modern mountaineering and other extreme sports.
Ernest Shackleton was an Irish explorer born in 1874 who led the Endurance expedition to cross Antarctica but the ship sank before completing half the journey. Shackleton rescued his crew by leaving some behind and returning weeks later, saving all of his men. He died of a heart attack in 1922 off South Georgia Island where he was later buried.
Ernest Shackleton led an expedition to cross Antarctica by foot via the South Pole in 1914. After setting sail from South Georgia Island in December 1914, his ship Endurance became trapped in ice in January 1915. The ship was eventually crushed by ice in October 1915, forcing Shackleton and his 27 crew members to camp on the ice. They launched lifeboats and reached Elephant Island in April 1916, where most of the crew remained while Shackleton and 5 others sailed to South Georgia for rescue. After a harrowing open boat journey, they arrived on South Georgia in May 1916. Shackleton then climbed over the island's mountains to reach a whaling station and organize a rescue, saving all crew members without any loss of life.
1) Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition set sail in 1915 with the goal of crossing Antarctica, but their ship Endurance became trapped in ice in the Weddell Sea.
2) After drifting for months, Endurance was crushed by ice in October 1915, forcing the crew to camp on ice floes until the ice broke up in 1916.
3) Shackleton then led a group of men on a harrowing open boat journey across the treacherous Drake Passage to the whaling station on South Georgia Island to fetch help for the others left stranded on Elephant Island.
Ernest Shackleton was an experienced explorer who led several expeditions to Antarctica, including one aboard the ship Endurance. In 1914, the Endurance became trapped and crushed by ice before the expedition could reach land. Shackleton demonstrated tremendous leadership in ensuring the survival of all his crew as they endured harsh conditions, eventually escaping to safety across open ocean in lifeboats and on foot. Though the original goal was not achieved, Shackleton succeeded in his most important mission of bringing all his men home alive.
Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer, secured funding from King Charles V of Spain to search for a western route to Asia. In 1519, Magellan led an expedition of 270 men with 5 ships. After surviving a mutiny and navigating the dangerous Strait of Magellan, he became the first European to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. However, Magellan was killed in the Philippines in 1521, leaving only one ship to complete the first circumnavigation of the globe under the command of Juan Sebastian Elcano.
This document provides a brief history of Albright College from 1856 to 1919 through photographs and captions. It describes some of the earliest institutions that preceded Albright College, including Union Seminary established in 1856, and Central Pennsylvania College which was re-chartered from Union Seminary in 1887. The document then highlights photographs from Albright's history during this period showing buildings, classrooms, athletic teams and other scenes depicting student life. It traces the evolution and mergers of institutions that ultimately formed Albright College.
English language uses collocations, lexical chunks, and idioms that frequently occur together in pairs or groups, rather than just individual words. Collocations refer to groups of two or more words that commonly go together, such as "do business" or "catch a bus", even if the reason for their grouping is not obvious. Lexical chunks are fixed or semi-fixed strings of words that behave as a single unit, like "over the moon" or "nice to see you". Idioms are phrases where the overall meaning cannot be understood from the individual words alone, such as "full of beans" meaning energetic. These multi-word expressions can be difficult for learners due to their idiomatic nature.
The document lists the cardinal and ordinal numbers from 1 to 100. The cardinal numbers are written out, such as one, two, three, etc. The corresponding ordinal numbers are also written out and include the suffix of st, nd, rd or th, such as first, second, third, etc. This mapping of cardinal and ordinal numbers continues from 1 to 100.
Ernest Shackleton was an Irish explorer born in 1874 who led the Endurance expedition to cross Antarctica but the ship sank before completing half the journey. Shackleton rescued his crew by leaving some behind and returning weeks later, saving all of his men. He died of a heart attack in 1922 off South Georgia Island where he was later buried.
Ernest Shackleton led an expedition to cross Antarctica by foot via the South Pole in 1914. After setting sail from South Georgia Island in December 1914, his ship Endurance became trapped in ice in January 1915. The ship was eventually crushed by ice in October 1915, forcing Shackleton and his 27 crew members to camp on the ice. They launched lifeboats and reached Elephant Island in April 1916, where most of the crew remained while Shackleton and 5 others sailed to South Georgia for rescue. After a harrowing open boat journey, they arrived on South Georgia in May 1916. Shackleton then climbed over the island's mountains to reach a whaling station and organize a rescue, saving all crew members without any loss of life.
1) Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition set sail in 1915 with the goal of crossing Antarctica, but their ship Endurance became trapped in ice in the Weddell Sea.
2) After drifting for months, Endurance was crushed by ice in October 1915, forcing the crew to camp on ice floes until the ice broke up in 1916.
3) Shackleton then led a group of men on a harrowing open boat journey across the treacherous Drake Passage to the whaling station on South Georgia Island to fetch help for the others left stranded on Elephant Island.
Ernest Shackleton was an experienced explorer who led several expeditions to Antarctica, including one aboard the ship Endurance. In 1914, the Endurance became trapped and crushed by ice before the expedition could reach land. Shackleton demonstrated tremendous leadership in ensuring the survival of all his crew as they endured harsh conditions, eventually escaping to safety across open ocean in lifeboats and on foot. Though the original goal was not achieved, Shackleton succeeded in his most important mission of bringing all his men home alive.
Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer, secured funding from King Charles V of Spain to search for a western route to Asia. In 1519, Magellan led an expedition of 270 men with 5 ships. After surviving a mutiny and navigating the dangerous Strait of Magellan, he became the first European to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. However, Magellan was killed in the Philippines in 1521, leaving only one ship to complete the first circumnavigation of the globe under the command of Juan Sebastian Elcano.
This document provides a brief history of Albright College from 1856 to 1919 through photographs and captions. It describes some of the earliest institutions that preceded Albright College, including Union Seminary established in 1856, and Central Pennsylvania College which was re-chartered from Union Seminary in 1887. The document then highlights photographs from Albright's history during this period showing buildings, classrooms, athletic teams and other scenes depicting student life. It traces the evolution and mergers of institutions that ultimately formed Albright College.
English language uses collocations, lexical chunks, and idioms that frequently occur together in pairs or groups, rather than just individual words. Collocations refer to groups of two or more words that commonly go together, such as "do business" or "catch a bus", even if the reason for their grouping is not obvious. Lexical chunks are fixed or semi-fixed strings of words that behave as a single unit, like "over the moon" or "nice to see you". Idioms are phrases where the overall meaning cannot be understood from the individual words alone, such as "full of beans" meaning energetic. These multi-word expressions can be difficult for learners due to their idiomatic nature.
The document lists the cardinal and ordinal numbers from 1 to 100. The cardinal numbers are written out, such as one, two, three, etc. The corresponding ordinal numbers are also written out and include the suffix of st, nd, rd or th, such as first, second, third, etc. This mapping of cardinal and ordinal numbers continues from 1 to 100.
The document provides biographical information on various explorers and firsts they achieved throughout history. It describes explorers such as Earl Shaffer who was the first to hike the entire Appalachian Trail, Gilbert Blane who discovered that citrus prevented scurvy in sailors, and Neil Armstrong who was the first man to walk on the moon. The explorers overcame various hardships in their personal lives and journeys such as poverty, illness, conflicts with others, and dangers of uncharted territories.
The document summarizes the origin and history of the name "Australia" and the early European exploration of the continent. It notes that Australia comes from the Latin word meaning "southern" and was commonly referenced in medieval times. The first undisputed European sighting was by the Dutch in 1606, who explored parts of the northern coast but were attacked by Aboriginal people. Later, Tasmania was discovered by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1642 and claimed for the Netherlands. The British began exploring Australia in the late 17th century and in 1770 Captain James Cook mapped the east coast and claimed it for Britain, naming it New South Wales.
Matthew Flinders was a British navigator and cartographer who explored and mapped much of the Australian coastline. He made three voyages to Australia between 1791-1810, commanding HMS Investigator from 1801-1803 where he circumnavigated and charted the coast. Flinders was the first to circumnavigate Australia and recognized it as a continent, separate from New Guinea and New Zealand. He proposed the name "Australia" for the territory. Flinders was imprisoned on Mauritius for almost 8 years due to the Napoleonic Wars before returning to England, where he worked to publish his voyages and charts before his early death at age 40.
The document discusses the origin and history of the name "Australia." It traces the earliest references to a southern land dating back to Roman times called "terra australis incognita." The Dutch were the first undisputed Europeans to sight Australia in 1606 and explored parts of the northern and western coastlines, naming the land "New Holland." In 1770, Captain James Cook mapped the east coast of Australia and claimed the land for Britain, naming it New South Wales.
James Cook was a British explorer born in 1728 who completed three voyages of exploration and made significant discoveries. On his first voyage from 1768-1771, he mapped New Zealand and became the first European to observe the transit of Venus and make landfall on the eastern coast of Australia. His second voyage from 1772-1775 took him south in search of the unknown southern continent. On his third and final voyage from 1776-1779, Cook explored the Pacific Northwest coast of North America and was killed in Hawaii in 1779 during a confrontation with locals.
European explorers first reached Australia in the 17th and 18th centuries, with Captain Cook claiming eastern Australia for Britain in 1770. Due to overcrowding and harsh punishments in Britain, the first convicts were transported to Australia beginning in 1787. The first colonists established themselves at Port Jackson in 1788, founding Sydney. Throughout the 19th century, more settlers and convicts arrived as Australia became a British colony, with the six colonies federating to form the nation of Australia in 1901.
Isabella I was queen of Castile from 1474-1504. In 1469, she married Ferdinand II of Aragon, uniting Spain's two largest kingdoms. In 1492, they completed the Reconquista by defeating the last Muslim kingdom in Granada. That same year, they expelled all Jews who refused conversion and sponsored Christopher Columbus's voyage, which established Spain's overseas empire. Isabella took an interest in the treatment of Native Americans brought back from the new lands.
Australia was first known as "terra australis incognita" or unknown southern land in Roman times. The first undisputed European sighting was by Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon in 1606. In 1642, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman discovered Tasmania, naming it Van Diemen's Land. The first Englishman to see Australia was William Dampier in 1688. In 1770, Captain James Cook mapped the east coast of Australia for Britain and named the region New South Wales.
Australia was first known as "terra australis incognita" or unknown southern land in Roman times. The first undisputed European sighting was by Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon in 1606. In 1642, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman discovered Tasmania, naming it Van Diemen's Land. The first Englishman to see Australia was William Dampier in 1688. In 1770, Captain James Cook mapped the east coast of Australia for Britain and named the region New South Wales.
Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) was a Norwegian explorer who was the first person to reach the South Pole in 1911. He led an expedition with skis, dog sleds, and 52 dogs that arrived at the South Pole on December 14, 1911, beating the British expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott. Amundsen disappeared in 1928 while participating in a rescue mission searching for survivors of an airship that had gone down in the Arctic.
- Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe starting in 1519 with 260 men aboard 5 ships. Although Magellan did not complete the voyage as he was killed in the Philippines, the expedition continued.
- Juan Sebastian de Elcano took over commanding the expedition after Magellan's death and led the expedition to completion, making him the first person to circumnavigate the world.
- 18 men of the original 260 returned to Spain in 1522 aboard the Victoria, completing the first voyage around the world.
The Age of Discovery began in the 15th century as European powers sought new trade routes and lands. Portugal, Spain, England, France and the Netherlands launched explorations led by figures like Columbus, Vespucci, Cabot and Verrazano. These explorations resulted in contact with indigenous peoples in the Americas and led to the beginning of European colonization and exploitation of resources. The Treaty of Tordesillas divided control of newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal. Significant explorations included those by Columbus, Cortes-Real, Cabot, Vespucci, Magellan and others. Indigenous populations declined sharply due to disease and conflict with European colonizers.
Famous explorers geographical sites and destinationsdorina72
15 famous explorers who changed the world through their voyages of discovery between the 13th-early 20th centuries. Marco Polo's travel writings inspired later explorers like Columbus. Henry the Navigator initiated Portugal's Age of Discovery. Columbus' voyages opened the colonization of the Americas. Vasco da Gama was the first to sail from Europe to India by sea. Amerigo Vespucci demonstrated that the Americas were a separate continent. Magellan led the first circumnavigation of the Earth. Drake was the first Englishman to do so. Cook mapped Australia and the Pacific. Amundsen was the first to reach the South Pole.
The document provides information on several key European explorers who explored the New World between the 15th and 16th centuries, including Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Amerigo Vespucci, Juan Ponce de Leon, and Henry Hudson. It summarizes their expeditions and discoveries, which helped expand European knowledge of and claims to territories in North and South America.
This was originally prepared to educate school and college students during Darwin birth bicentenary but I continued to make presentations for the children.
Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in Italy and became a sailor at an early age. Knowing the Earth was round, he proposed reaching India by sailing west, but Portugal, Italy and England refused to fund him. He convinced King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain to fund his expedition in 1492. His ships - the Santa Maria, Nina and Pinta - encountered difficult conditions and his crew wanted to mutiny, but Columbus insisted they continue west. On October 12th, they reached the Bahamas islands, which Columbus incorrectly believed were Asia. He made four voyages between 1492-1502, introducing Europe to new plants and animals from the Americas. He died in 1506 still believing he had reached
The document discusses the Age of Exploration, beginning with Christopher Columbus's voyage in 1492 which landed in the Caribbean believing he had reached India. It then discusses other European explorers like Amerigo Vespucci and Ferdinand Magellan who mapped and explored new territories. The Spanish conquistadors encountered the Aztec and Inca empires in the Americas and brought back gold, silver, and diseases that killed many native peoples. The English and French began exploring northern routes when the southern routes were claimed. John Cabot explored the northeast coast of North America for England. Francis Drake began raiding Spanish ships, leading to conflict like the Spanish Armada. The explorations expanded European knowledge and influence around the world.
James Cook was a British explorer born in 1728 who made three voyages of exploration and discovery in the Pacific Ocean. He mapped much of the region, made accurate navigational charts, and was the first European to visit many islands and lands, including becoming the first to circumnavigate and map Antarctica. Cook commanded three ships, the Endeavour, Resolution, and Adventure, and his explorations greatly expanded European knowledge of the Pacific and contributed to navigational accuracy. He died in 1779 after being stabbed by Hawaiians during his third voyage.
Harland and Wolff shipyards in Belfast.
Thomas Andrews.
Southampton.
Two (Cherbourg, France and Queenstown, Ireland).
April 15, 1912.
September 1, 1985.
Robert Ballard.
Titanic: The Exhibition.
Millvina Dean.
June 2, 2009.
These slides briefly explain how to program fractals using recursion. This slide deck focuses using a tree fractal pattern as its base and asks students to work with angles, colors and line width to create diffferent variations. If you want working code contact me.
The document provides biographical information on various explorers and firsts they achieved throughout history. It describes explorers such as Earl Shaffer who was the first to hike the entire Appalachian Trail, Gilbert Blane who discovered that citrus prevented scurvy in sailors, and Neil Armstrong who was the first man to walk on the moon. The explorers overcame various hardships in their personal lives and journeys such as poverty, illness, conflicts with others, and dangers of uncharted territories.
The document summarizes the origin and history of the name "Australia" and the early European exploration of the continent. It notes that Australia comes from the Latin word meaning "southern" and was commonly referenced in medieval times. The first undisputed European sighting was by the Dutch in 1606, who explored parts of the northern coast but were attacked by Aboriginal people. Later, Tasmania was discovered by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1642 and claimed for the Netherlands. The British began exploring Australia in the late 17th century and in 1770 Captain James Cook mapped the east coast and claimed it for Britain, naming it New South Wales.
Matthew Flinders was a British navigator and cartographer who explored and mapped much of the Australian coastline. He made three voyages to Australia between 1791-1810, commanding HMS Investigator from 1801-1803 where he circumnavigated and charted the coast. Flinders was the first to circumnavigate Australia and recognized it as a continent, separate from New Guinea and New Zealand. He proposed the name "Australia" for the territory. Flinders was imprisoned on Mauritius for almost 8 years due to the Napoleonic Wars before returning to England, where he worked to publish his voyages and charts before his early death at age 40.
The document discusses the origin and history of the name "Australia." It traces the earliest references to a southern land dating back to Roman times called "terra australis incognita." The Dutch were the first undisputed Europeans to sight Australia in 1606 and explored parts of the northern and western coastlines, naming the land "New Holland." In 1770, Captain James Cook mapped the east coast of Australia and claimed the land for Britain, naming it New South Wales.
James Cook was a British explorer born in 1728 who completed three voyages of exploration and made significant discoveries. On his first voyage from 1768-1771, he mapped New Zealand and became the first European to observe the transit of Venus and make landfall on the eastern coast of Australia. His second voyage from 1772-1775 took him south in search of the unknown southern continent. On his third and final voyage from 1776-1779, Cook explored the Pacific Northwest coast of North America and was killed in Hawaii in 1779 during a confrontation with locals.
European explorers first reached Australia in the 17th and 18th centuries, with Captain Cook claiming eastern Australia for Britain in 1770. Due to overcrowding and harsh punishments in Britain, the first convicts were transported to Australia beginning in 1787. The first colonists established themselves at Port Jackson in 1788, founding Sydney. Throughout the 19th century, more settlers and convicts arrived as Australia became a British colony, with the six colonies federating to form the nation of Australia in 1901.
Isabella I was queen of Castile from 1474-1504. In 1469, she married Ferdinand II of Aragon, uniting Spain's two largest kingdoms. In 1492, they completed the Reconquista by defeating the last Muslim kingdom in Granada. That same year, they expelled all Jews who refused conversion and sponsored Christopher Columbus's voyage, which established Spain's overseas empire. Isabella took an interest in the treatment of Native Americans brought back from the new lands.
Australia was first known as "terra australis incognita" or unknown southern land in Roman times. The first undisputed European sighting was by Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon in 1606. In 1642, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman discovered Tasmania, naming it Van Diemen's Land. The first Englishman to see Australia was William Dampier in 1688. In 1770, Captain James Cook mapped the east coast of Australia for Britain and named the region New South Wales.
Australia was first known as "terra australis incognita" or unknown southern land in Roman times. The first undisputed European sighting was by Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon in 1606. In 1642, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman discovered Tasmania, naming it Van Diemen's Land. The first Englishman to see Australia was William Dampier in 1688. In 1770, Captain James Cook mapped the east coast of Australia for Britain and named the region New South Wales.
Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) was a Norwegian explorer who was the first person to reach the South Pole in 1911. He led an expedition with skis, dog sleds, and 52 dogs that arrived at the South Pole on December 14, 1911, beating the British expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott. Amundsen disappeared in 1928 while participating in a rescue mission searching for survivors of an airship that had gone down in the Arctic.
- Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe starting in 1519 with 260 men aboard 5 ships. Although Magellan did not complete the voyage as he was killed in the Philippines, the expedition continued.
- Juan Sebastian de Elcano took over commanding the expedition after Magellan's death and led the expedition to completion, making him the first person to circumnavigate the world.
- 18 men of the original 260 returned to Spain in 1522 aboard the Victoria, completing the first voyage around the world.
The Age of Discovery began in the 15th century as European powers sought new trade routes and lands. Portugal, Spain, England, France and the Netherlands launched explorations led by figures like Columbus, Vespucci, Cabot and Verrazano. These explorations resulted in contact with indigenous peoples in the Americas and led to the beginning of European colonization and exploitation of resources. The Treaty of Tordesillas divided control of newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal. Significant explorations included those by Columbus, Cortes-Real, Cabot, Vespucci, Magellan and others. Indigenous populations declined sharply due to disease and conflict with European colonizers.
Famous explorers geographical sites and destinationsdorina72
15 famous explorers who changed the world through their voyages of discovery between the 13th-early 20th centuries. Marco Polo's travel writings inspired later explorers like Columbus. Henry the Navigator initiated Portugal's Age of Discovery. Columbus' voyages opened the colonization of the Americas. Vasco da Gama was the first to sail from Europe to India by sea. Amerigo Vespucci demonstrated that the Americas were a separate continent. Magellan led the first circumnavigation of the Earth. Drake was the first Englishman to do so. Cook mapped Australia and the Pacific. Amundsen was the first to reach the South Pole.
The document provides information on several key European explorers who explored the New World between the 15th and 16th centuries, including Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Amerigo Vespucci, Juan Ponce de Leon, and Henry Hudson. It summarizes their expeditions and discoveries, which helped expand European knowledge of and claims to territories in North and South America.
This was originally prepared to educate school and college students during Darwin birth bicentenary but I continued to make presentations for the children.
Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in Italy and became a sailor at an early age. Knowing the Earth was round, he proposed reaching India by sailing west, but Portugal, Italy and England refused to fund him. He convinced King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain to fund his expedition in 1492. His ships - the Santa Maria, Nina and Pinta - encountered difficult conditions and his crew wanted to mutiny, but Columbus insisted they continue west. On October 12th, they reached the Bahamas islands, which Columbus incorrectly believed were Asia. He made four voyages between 1492-1502, introducing Europe to new plants and animals from the Americas. He died in 1506 still believing he had reached
The document discusses the Age of Exploration, beginning with Christopher Columbus's voyage in 1492 which landed in the Caribbean believing he had reached India. It then discusses other European explorers like Amerigo Vespucci and Ferdinand Magellan who mapped and explored new territories. The Spanish conquistadors encountered the Aztec and Inca empires in the Americas and brought back gold, silver, and diseases that killed many native peoples. The English and French began exploring northern routes when the southern routes were claimed. John Cabot explored the northeast coast of North America for England. Francis Drake began raiding Spanish ships, leading to conflict like the Spanish Armada. The explorations expanded European knowledge and influence around the world.
James Cook was a British explorer born in 1728 who made three voyages of exploration and discovery in the Pacific Ocean. He mapped much of the region, made accurate navigational charts, and was the first European to visit many islands and lands, including becoming the first to circumnavigate and map Antarctica. Cook commanded three ships, the Endeavour, Resolution, and Adventure, and his explorations greatly expanded European knowledge of the Pacific and contributed to navigational accuracy. He died in 1779 after being stabbed by Hawaiians during his third voyage.
Harland and Wolff shipyards in Belfast.
Thomas Andrews.
Southampton.
Two (Cherbourg, France and Queenstown, Ireland).
April 15, 1912.
September 1, 1985.
Robert Ballard.
Titanic: The Exhibition.
Millvina Dean.
June 2, 2009.
These slides briefly explain how to program fractals using recursion. This slide deck focuses using a tree fractal pattern as its base and asks students to work with angles, colors and line width to create diffferent variations. If you want working code contact me.
This document discusses an outdoor technology project focused on caving at the Waitomo Caves in New Zealand. It lists several travel and tourism related websites for the Waitomo Caves as well as blogs about caving and outdoor adventures. The document was written by Ilicia Martin as part of a school project for the Walker School.
Discusses 7 or 8 energy myths and provides statistics to refute these myths. Presentation give at the 2011 APES Reading professional night by Susan Postawko
Designing And Leading Collaborative Projectstcooper66
This document describes several educational projects that utilize Google tools to facilitate networked and collaborative learning across different locations and disciplines. It provides overviews and examples of projects focused on topics like environmental science, immigration, and local communities. These projects are designed to develop students' disciplined, synthesizing, creative, respectful and ethical minds through collaborative research, data collection and analysis, problem solving, and digital sharing of information and results. Teachers are encouraged to connect students globally on research initiatives and to scale projects for different age groups while maintaining core learning goals.
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This document discusses using Google tools to design collaborative learning projects that integrate different subjects. It provides examples of using Google Earth, Docs, and Sites to have students collaboratively research environmental issues, collect and analyze water quality data from multiple locations, and communicate their findings. Students can work on the same projects across different classes and schools. Templates and rubrics are provided to guide project-based learning.
This document provides guidance on applying graphic design principles to Google Earth placemarks. It discusses using basic design elements like color, text, images, and layout to effectively communicate messages. Key recommendations include using high contrast colors, legible text sizes, relevant images, balanced layouts, and negative space to create an orderly and easily understood placemark. The document also suggests studying designs from other mediums and artists to improve one's application of order, emphasis, and visual hierarchy.
This document provides guidance on applying graphic design principles to placemarks in Google Earth. It discusses the need for design elements like clear messaging, effective use of color, establishing visual order through emphasis, balance and rhythm, and using artful forms like lines, shapes and white space. The document provides many tips, such as keeping placemarks a consistent size, using color schemes seen in nature, and studying the work of famous designers to understand principles of order. The overall message is that placemarks should have clear communication, visual appeal, and follow basic design best practices to effectively convey information.
The document describes the attendees at a Cooper family reunion, including the author's cousin Sussie and her two daughters, Donna and her sister who is married to the author's father's brother, and the author's first cousins David and Steve where Steve has 8 siblings and David has 5 sons. It also mentions Barb Cooper the author's older cousin, the author's mother and her 98 year old uncle Stan, the house the author lived in North Mankato, Minnesota, and how the author and their mother went hiking at Minniopa Falls, Minnesota one day.
This document discusses how to create and style various types of overlays in Keyhole Modeling Language, including:
1. Ground overlays can display images at specific coordinates and have draw orders defined to determine stacking order.
2. Screen overlays can include background colors, text, and images to display informational elements and be exported in common file formats like PNG, TIF, and GIF.
3. Transparency of overlays can be determined by copying the hexadecimal color code from an existing overlay and adding it to the screen overlay code.
This document discusses various styles and icons that can be used in Keyhole Modeling Language (KML) documents. It provides examples of how to specify styles for lines, polygons, icons, labels, and balloons. It also describes how to define styles externally and use style maps for rollover behavior.
This document provides instructions for adding various geometric elements like points, paths, polygons and 3D models to Keyhole Markup Language (KML) files in Google Earth. It explains how to specify coordinates, colors, styles and altitudes. It also provides examples of KML code for different geometric objects and tags for adding author and source information.
The document discusses various tags and methods for formatting placemarks and balloons in Keyhole Markup Language (KML). It covers how to add text, images, links, tables, and other elements to placemarks. Styles, colors, icons, and viewing options are also described. Advanced features like flying between placemarks and determining visibility are presented.
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) allow users to capture, store, analyze, manage and present spatial data linked to location. GIS divides real world objects into discrete objects like houses and continuous fields like elevation. Google Earth is a program that allows users to search for places, add layers, create placemarks and view them on a virtual globe. Keyhole Markup Language (KML) is an XML language used to display geographic data in Google Earth and other GIS programs.
This document provides instructions for creating layouts and tables in Google Earth using HTML and KML tags. It explains how to divide elements with horizontal rules, create tables with specific widths and borders, add background colors, and style text. Advanced techniques covered include spanning columns and rows, centering content, and changing balloon background colors by editing the KML code directly.
Google Earth is a geographic information system application that allows users to view maps and satellite images of the Earth. It provides tools to navigate, search, manipulate data points, and understand relationships between data. Google Earth integrates with other Google applications like Google Maps, Google Sky, and Sketchup to provide 3D views of terrain, buildings, the solar system and beyond. It allows for easy collaboration by sharing locations via web links and embedding in websites. Users can download Google Earth for free and get started by navigating with basic tools, searching by address, business name or coordinates, and organizing locations into folders that can be saved. The application features over 200 layers of data like roads, traffic, weather and Wikipedia articles.
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
Driving Business Innovation: Latest Generative AI Advancements & Success StorySafe Software
Are you ready to revolutionize how you handle data? Join us for a webinar where we’ll bring you up to speed with the latest advancements in Generative AI technology and discover how leveraging FME with tools from giants like Google Gemini, Amazon, and Microsoft OpenAI can supercharge your workflow efficiency.
During the hour, we’ll take you through:
Guest Speaker Segment with Hannah Barrington: Dive into the world of dynamic real estate marketing with Hannah, the Marketing Manager at Workspace Group. Hear firsthand how their team generates engaging descriptions for thousands of office units by integrating diverse data sources—from PDF floorplans to web pages—using FME transformers, like OpenAIVisionConnector and AnthropicVisionConnector. This use case will show you how GenAI can streamline content creation for marketing across the board.
Ollama Use Case: Learn how Scenario Specialist Dmitri Bagh has utilized Ollama within FME to input data, create custom models, and enhance security protocols. This segment will include demos to illustrate the full capabilities of FME in AI-driven processes.
Custom AI Models: Discover how to leverage FME to build personalized AI models using your data. Whether it’s populating a model with local data for added security or integrating public AI tools, find out how FME facilitates a versatile and secure approach to AI.
We’ll wrap up with a live Q&A session where you can engage with our experts on your specific use cases, and learn more about optimizing your data workflows with AI.
This webinar is ideal for professionals seeking to harness the power of AI within their data management systems while ensuring high levels of customization and security. Whether you're a novice or an expert, gain actionable insights and strategies to elevate your data processes. Join us to see how FME and AI can revolutionize how you work with data!
Let's Integrate MuleSoft RPA, COMPOSER, APM with AWS IDP along with Slackshyamraj55
Discover the seamless integration of RPA (Robotic Process Automation), COMPOSER, and APM with AWS IDP enhanced with Slack notifications. Explore how these technologies converge to streamline workflows, optimize performance, and ensure secure access, all while leveraging the power of AWS IDP and real-time communication via Slack notifications.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
GraphRAG for Life Science to increase LLM accuracyTomaz Bratanic
GraphRAG for life science domain, where you retriever information from biomedical knowledge graphs using LLMs to increase the accuracy and performance of generated answers
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
Sudheer Mechineni, Head of Application Frameworks, Standard Chartered Bank
Discover how Standard Chartered Bank harnessed the power of Neo4j to transform complex data access challenges into a dynamic, scalable graph database solution. This keynote will cover their journey from initial adoption to deploying a fully automated, enterprise-grade causal cluster, highlighting key strategies for modelling organisational changes and ensuring robust disaster recovery. Learn how these innovations have not only enhanced Standard Chartered Bank’s data infrastructure but also positioned them as pioneers in the banking sector’s adoption of graph technology.
“An Outlook of the Ongoing and Future Relationship between Blockchain Technologies and Process-aware Information Systems.” Invited talk at the joint workshop on Blockchain for Information Systems (BC4IS) and Blockchain for Trusted Data Sharing (B4TDS), co-located with with the 36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE), 3 June 2024, Limassol, Cyprus.
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
Infrastructure Challenges in Scaling RAG with Custom AI modelsZilliz
Building Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems with open-source and custom AI models is a complex task. This talk explores the challenges in productionizing RAG systems, including retrieval performance, response synthesis, and evaluation. We’ll discuss how to leverage open-source models like text embeddings, language models, and custom fine-tuned models to enhance RAG performance. Additionally, we’ll cover how BentoML can help orchestrate and scale these AI components efficiently, ensuring seamless deployment and management of RAG systems in the cloud.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
Communications Mining Series - Zero to Hero - Session 1DianaGray10
This session provides introduction to UiPath Communication Mining, importance and platform overview. You will acquire a good understand of the phases in Communication Mining as we go over the platform with you. Topics covered:
• Communication Mining Overview
• Why is it important?
• How can it help today’s business and the benefits
• Phases in Communication Mining
• Demo on Platform overview
• Q/A
Full-RAG: A modern architecture for hyper-personalizationZilliz
Mike Del Balso, CEO & Co-Founder at Tecton, presents "Full RAG," a novel approach to AI recommendation systems, aiming to push beyond the limitations of traditional models through a deep integration of contextual insights and real-time data, leveraging the Retrieval-Augmented Generation architecture. This talk will outline Full RAG's potential to significantly enhance personalization, address engineering challenges such as data management and model training, and introduce data enrichment with reranking as a key solution. Attendees will gain crucial insights into the importance of hyperpersonalization in AI, the capabilities of Full RAG for advanced personalization, and strategies for managing complex data integrations for deploying cutting-edge AI solutions.
AI 101: An Introduction to the Basics and Impact of Artificial IntelligenceIndexBug
Imagine a world where machines not only perform tasks but also learn, adapt, and make decisions. This is the promise of Artificial Intelligence (AI), a technology that's not just enhancing our lives but revolutionizing entire industries.
2. Leif Eriksson
Born c. 970 – Died c. 1020
Icelandic explorer and the
first European thought to
have landed in North
America in Newfoundland in
1000 A.D.
3. Martin Behaim
Born on October 6th,
1459 - Died July 29th,
1507.
Created the first globe
(or model of the Earth)
in 1492.
He was living at Fayal in
the Azores.
4. Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Born 1475 - Died
January 15th, 1519.
Credited with being the
first European to lead an
expedition known to
have seen or reached
the Pacific from the
New World in 1513.
5. Ferdinand Magellan
Born in Spring 1480 – Died
April 27th, 1521.
This was the first known
successful attempt to
circumnavigate the Earth.
6. Charles Marie de la Condamine
Born Jan. 28th, 1701 - Died
Feb. 4th, 1774
He was a French
mathematician, physicist,
explorer, and geographer.
Set out to measure the
earth at the equator.
Significantly explored and
mapped the Amazon in
1735.
7. Daniel Boone
Born October or November
22nd 1734 – September
26th, 1820th.
Credited as an American
pioneer and hunter.
Discovered much of
Kentucky and other land
west of the 13 colonies.
1775 Boone blazed the
Wilderness Road through
the Cumberland Gap and
into Kentucky
8. Captain James Cook
October 27, 1728 -
February 14, 1779
Cook was the first ship's
captain to stop the disease
scurvy (now known to be
caused by a lack of vitamin
C) among sailors by
providing them with fresh
fruits.
First European to land on
New Zealand and Hawaii
9. Dr. / Sir Gilbert Blane
Born August 29th, 1749 – Died
June 26th,1834
Blane did much to improve the
health of sailors by heeding
their diet and enforcing due
sanitary precautions. Largely
due to his advocacy, the entire
navy in 1795 made the use of
lime juice obligatory to prevent
scurvy.
10. Matthew Flinders
Born16 March1774 –
Died19 July 1814
Famous for
circumnavigating
Australia
He circumnavigated
between December
1801 and June 1803
11. Sacajawea
Born c. 1787 – Died
December 20, 1812
Guided Lewis and Clark
to the Pacific
United States
1804 and 1806
12. Alexander von Humboldt
1769-1859
Credited with
developing the first
isotherm map,
containing lines of equal
average temperatures, in
early 1800’s
13. John Franklin
Born April 15, 1786 and died
June 11, 1847.
Made trips to the Arctic.
Credited with proving the
existence of a northwest
passage from the Atlantic
ocean to the Pacific ocean.
His first Arctic expedition
was in 1819.
14. David Livingston
Born19 March 1813 –
Died1 May 1873
Credited with
discovering Victoria Falls
and mapped out much
of Africa
In Central Africa
Discovered it in 1855
15. John Wesley Powell
Born March 24, 1834 –
Died September
23rd,1892
First to explore
Colorado River and
Green rivers in Utah
and Arizona in 1869.
16. James Holman
Born October 15th, 1786
– Died July 29th, 1857
Credited with having
traveled over 250,000
miles and the most
countries of any other
man.
He was also blind.
17. Louis-Sébastien Lenormand
Born May 25, 1757 – Died
December 1837
A French physicist,
inventor and pioneer in
parachuting
In 1783, Louis-Sébastien
Lenormand made the first
parachute jump from the
tower of the Montpellier
observatory.
18. Matthew Flinders
Born March 16th, 1774 –
Died July 19th, 1814.
Credited with identifying
and correcting the effect
of iron components and
equipment on board
wooden ships upon
compass readings.
19. Mary Kingsley
Born October 13,th 1862 -
Died June 3rd, 1900.
Her first trip to Africa was in
1893.
The first European Women
to enter remote parts of
Gabon.
She greatly influenced
European ideas about Africa
and its people.
20. Sir Henry Morton Stanley
Born January 28th, 1841
– Died May 10, 1904
First to complete
traversal of Africa
21. Ronald Amundsen
Born July 16, 1872 –
Died June 1928
First person to
successfully navigate the
fabled Northwest
passage (1905)
First person to reach
the South Pole (1911)
First person to fly over
the North Pole
22. Robert Edwin Peary
Born May 6th, 1856 –
Died February 20th, 1920
Credited with the
European discovery
Credited with discovering
Cape Jesup at the north
tip of Greenland, the
northernmost land on
earth.
23. Geoffrey Winthrop Young
Born 1876 – Died1958
Known climber.
Credited with starting the
extreme sport of urban
climbing by climbing on
roofs for sport in 1890.
24. Frederick Albert Cook
Born on June 10th, 1865 –
Died on August 5, 1940
Dr. Cook was a founding
member of two New
York-based clubs: the
Arctic Club (1894-1913)
and The Explorers Club
(1904-present)
25. Charles Lindbergh
Born February 4, 1902 -
Died August 26, 1974
Flew the first nonstop
flight from New York to
Paris. On May 20, 1927.
26. Benton MacKaye
Born March 6th,1879 -
Died December 11th,
1975
First passionate and
persistent advocate and
visionary of the
Appalachian Trail
27. Earl V. Shaffer
First to hike the AT from
end to end in 1948.
28. Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
Born July 20th 1919 –
Died January 11th, 2008
First man to summit
Everest in Nepal on the
29th of May1953.
29. Jacques Piccard
Born July 28, 1922
Explorer and Engineer
who studied ocean
currents.
First to reach the ocean
floor in the Deep
Challenger on January
23, 1960.
30. Yuri Gagrin
Born on March 9, 1934 -
Died on March 27, 1968.
First man in space, and he
became the first human to
orbit the earth on April 12,
1961 .
He was a Russian astronaut
31. Neil Armstrong
Born on born August 5th,
1930.
He is the first person to
have set foot on the
Moon in 1969.
32. Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Born March 7, 1944.
In 1982 Fiennes led the first polar
circumnavigation of the Earth.
He and a friend also made the first
unsupported walk across the
continent of Antarctica, each man
dragging a 500-pound sledge. The
97 day trip is the longest polar
journey in history.
33. Patrick de Gayardon
Born January 23rd, 1960 –
Died April 13th,1998
He was one of the first
persons to develop the
unique style of sky surfing
in the late 1980s.
34. Philippe Jeantot
Achieved recognition as a
sailor for long-distance,
single-handed racing and
record-setting.
He founded the Vendée
Globe, a single-handed,
round-the-world, non-stop
yacht race.
35. Reinhold Messner
Born September 17,
1944.
First person to climb all
fourteen eight-thousand
foot peaks.
36. Laird Hamilton
Born on March 2, 1964.
Credited with starting
tow-in surfing in 1992 at
the North Shore in
Hawaii with friends
Darrick Doerner and
Buzzy Kerbox.
37. Jason Lee
Developed the Mountain Board
and the sport of Mountain
Boarding in 1993.
38. Sue Hendrickson
Born December 2, 1949.
She is still alive.
Found the largest T Rex
fossil. This was found in
South Dakota in 1990.
39. Kit DesLauriers
Born January 25, 1965.
First person to successfully
ski all seven summits (the
highest peak on each of the
seven continents).
She also becomes the first
American and first woman
to ski from the Everest
summit.