COMMONWEALTH June 2006 DANA GIOIA Chair‚ National Endowment for the Arts On the Importance of Reading Gioia warns that as increasing numbers of Americans put down their books‚ they also invest less in the nation’s civic and cultural life. In a program moderated by writer Jewelle Gomez‚ Gioia calls for a revival in reading‚ beginning in the schools. Monday April 10‚ 2006 E very 10 years the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) does a survey among American households. It’s the largest of
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The Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone The gulf of Mexico’s dead zone is only getting worse doing a great deal of damage to the U.S. economy. The issue in the Gulf of Mexico is the dead zone that has started occurring since 1972 and is only increasing in size. The Gulf of Mexico supplies the U.S. with 72% of their income shrimp 66% of oysters and 16% of fish (Philpott‚ 2013). If the dead zone does not decrease in size fisherman and costal workers will be largely impacted
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Technology has grown so much over the years and you can do so much with it now. You can read books‚ shop‚ and play games without having to be in contact with others. This limitation of human contact has had a negative effect on people’s lives. The reason why it has negative effects on people’s lives is because some people never get that fresh air anymore and some people do not know how to act around others. Since technology has grown‚ several people are less likely to leave their houses. Those
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1. An example of three-dimensional art is _________________________. A) drawingB) paintingC) all of theseD) sculpture Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | | Correct Answer(s): | D | 2. The first work of art purchased through the Art in Public Places program was ________________________. A) a sculpture by MichelangeloB) a painting by Marcel DuchampC) a sculpture by Alexander CalderD) a painting by Vincent van Gogh Points Earned: | 1.0/1.0 | | Correct Answer(s):
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Cascadia Subduction Zone: A Summary of History Marcellina MacArthur Washington State University Abstract Research shows that there is a pattern of quakes that range from 8.7 to 9.2 that occur every 240 years or so‚ and we know this because Oregon State University has done a 13 year study on the margin stretching from southern Vancouver Island to the Oregon-California border. The last mega-earthquake in the Pacific-Northwest being on January 26‚ 1700; We know this because written
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What sort of thing form in chemical reactions? Products are the finished product of a chemical equation‚ and reactants are what make up the products. ( atoms‚ matter‚ molecules‚ energy‚ rate‚ temperature) Name some compounds: H2O (Hydrogen and Oxygen elements - Water) CH4 (Carbon and Hydrogen elements - Methane) NaCl (Sodium Chloride- salt) Different types of compounds: Metal + Metal = Metallic Compound Metal + Non-Metal = Ionic compound Non-Metal + Non-Metal = Covalent compound Different types
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Eye Contact with Japanese Businessmen Alexis Dinsbach Colorado Technical University Online Professor Justine James May 27‚ 2013 Abstract In Japan‚ the businessmen avoid eye contact. The businessmen would rather not waste their time and distract other men‚ especially their senior officers. Distractions may be embarrassing‚ especially when one should be focusing on the task at hand. In this research paper‚ comparisons among America and its culture will be displayed
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Abstract This paper has two parts. In the first part the question‚ “Why is it impossible to color the edges of kr(p‚q) without forming either a red kp or a blue kq ?” is answered while in the second the question‚ “What is the smallest value of n for which kn[pic]kp‚kq?” is changed to equivalent forms. Introduction A graph G is composed of a finite set V of elements called vertices and a set E of lines joining pairs of distinct vertices called edges. We denote the graph whose vertex
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Section 4.1 Divisibility and Modular Arithmetic 87 CHAPTER 4 Number Theory and Cryptography SECTION 4.1 Divisibility and Modular Arithmetic 2. a) 1 | a since a = 1 · a. b) a | 0 since 0 = a · 0. 4. Suppose a | b ‚ so that b = at for some t ‚ and b | c‚ so that c = bs for some s. Then substituting the first equation into the second‚ we obtain c = (at)s = a(ts). This means that a | c‚ as desired. 6. Under the hypotheses‚ we have c = as and d = bt for some s and t . Multiplying
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Name Chapter 2‚ Lesson 1 Practice Date Hands On: Compare and Order Whole Numbers CA Standard NS 1.2 Use > or < to compare the numbers. Make a number line on a separate sheet of paper to help. 1. 4‚351 4. 119‚832 7. 9‚889 4‚315 2. 8‚998 5. 745‚271 8. 911‚238 60‚060 6‚600 30‚298 75‚271 30‚302 3. 69‚780 6. 598‚401 9. 14‚501 96‚870 589‚410 13‚799 Test Practice Circle the letter of the correct answer. 10.
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