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22 hours ago · Social media outlets differ from old media (e.g. newspapers, TV, and radio broadcasting) in many ways, including quality, reach, frequency, usability, relevancy, and permanence. Social media outlets operate in a dialogic transmission system (many sources to many receivers) while traditional media operate under a monologic transmission model (one source to many receivers).
22 hours ago · Early years, 1239–1263 Childhood and marriage Early fourteenth-century manuscript initial showing Edward and his first wife Eleanor of Castile. The artist has perhaps tried to depict Edward's blepharoptosis (drooping eyelid), a trait he inherited from his father. Edward was born at the Palace of Westminster on the night of 17–18 June 1239, to King Henry III and Eleanor of Provence. Edward, an Anglo-Saxon name, was not commonly given among the aristocracy of England after the Norman ...
22 hours ago · Douglas C. Engelbart: B.Eng. 1952, Ph.D. 1955: 1997 "for an inspiring vision of the future of interactive computing and the invention of key technologies to help realize this vision" inventor of the computer mouse; recipient of the National Medal of Technology in 2000, pioneer in hypertext and networked computers Shafi Goldwasser: M.S. 1981, Ph ...
22 hours ago · The Royal Military College of Canada ( French: Collège militaire royal du Canada ), abbreviated in English as RMC and in French as CMR, [4] [5] is a military academy and, since 1959, a degree-granting university of the Canadian Armed Forces. It was established in 1874 and conducted its first classes on June 1, 1876.
22 hours ago · Edward's name was English in origin, linking him to the Anglo-Saxon saint Edward the Confessor, and was chosen by his father instead of the more traditional Norman and Castilian names selected for Edward's brothers: John and Henry, who had died before Edward was born, and Alphonso, who died in August 1284, leaving Edward as the heir to the throne.
22 hours ago · Cathay Pacific was founded on 24 September 1946 by Australian Sydney H. de Kantzow and American Roy C. Farrell. The airline celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2016. As of March 2024, its major shareholders are Swire Pacific with a 45% stake, Air China with 30% and Qatar Airways with 9.9%.
22 hours ago · John R. Eden, 19th Century U.S. Representative (born in Kentucky) Jim Edgar, secretary of state and 1991–99 Governor of Illinois; John Edgar, naval commander, land baron, politician (born in Ireland) Robert W. Edgren, cartoonist, 1904 Olympic athlete; Benjamin S. Edwards, 19th Century lawyer and politician; Bruce Edwards, MLB catcher 1946–56
