Building a Popsicle-Stick Bridge The goal: to build the strongest possible bridge to take a matchbox car‚ using wooden popsicle sticks. Constraints: The bridge must span a 55cm gap No more than 100 popsicle sticks may be used The sticks may not be cut Only white glue may be used Construction paper may be used for the deck only The test load is applied to a 4cm-wide section at the top of the arch. The test jig looks like this: (Well-built bridges can
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Earth with a Stick Have you ever heard of the Greek mathematician and astronomer Eratosthenes? His name is probably best known among astronomers. Why do they think so highly of him? Eratosthenes was born about 276 B.C.E. and received some of his education in Athens‚ Greece. He spent a good part of his life‚ however‚ in Alexandria‚ Egypt‚ which at that time was under Greek rule. In about 200 B.C.E.‚ Eratosthenes set out to determine the dimensions of the earth by using a simple stick. “Impossible
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Sticking up for diversity I’m going to stick up for diversity because if we were all the same it would be a complete disaster. I will cover what is diversity? Why is diversity important? Why is sticking up for diversity important? How can you stick up for diversity? What is diversity? Diversity is a range of different things for example you are African American‚ and I am white. You’re a boy and I am a girl. This is what diversity is. Why is diversity important? Diversity is important because if
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“The Cold War and U.S. Diplomacy” Tymia L. Wilson Professor Miriam Altman POL300 April 25‚ 2012 President Nixon became president in 1968 and in his inaugural address on 20th January‚ 1969 he pledged to bring the nation together again. Like Johnson‚ the information from his advisers helped form his decisions; his most important adviser being Henry Kissinger (Meiertöns‚ 2010‚ p. 143). Kissinger was very knowledgeable when it
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American diplomacy has had many influences over the years. One of the most significant in history was that of Woodrow Wilson‚ the twenty-eighth President of the United States‚ who began spreading the principles of American diplomacy in the twentieth century. Until the early part of the twentieth century American foreign policy consisted mainly of isolationist tendencies. However‚ two factors quickly pushed America into foreign affairs. America was rapidly expanding its power and the international
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debated whether war is a form of diplomacy‚ or rather a failure of diplomacy. While scholars such as Clausewitz would argue that war is a policy maker and that the conduct of war should be subordinated to its political goals‚ other scholars such as Fearon may also suggest that war is a failure of diplomacy and that entities intervene as a last resort. While both points of view are interesting‚ the definition of “war” and “diplomacy”‚ the purposes within war and diplomacy‚ peaceful negotiations within
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In the short story “Sticks‚” George Sanders utilizes a pole to represent the cyclical nature of familial life. Sanders writes from the perspective of a son who has viewed his father’s connection to the pole throughout his entire life. As a child‚ the son’s entire family participated in decorating the pole. However‚ as the children age‚ their father’s harshness greatly damages their relationship‚ which is exacerbated when the children leave their home. “We left home‚ married‚ had children of our own
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SUMMARY OF DIPLOMACY IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT Jean-Robert Leguey-Feilleux Diplomacy has existed ever since the beginning of civilization‚ it can be divided into Mesopotamia Civilization‚ Ancient India‚ Roman‚ and Greece‚ Italian Renaissance‚ and the world war period to the present. Some evidence of diplomacy has been found in inscriptions such as El Amarna.. Other inscriptions such as Bogazkoy‚ Mari (Tell Hariri)‚ Ugarit‚ and Ebla also discuss the behavior of the representatives in how interact
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attention to the tachometer. The tachometer lets the driver know when to shift‚ either up or down. The first thing the driver needs to do is start the car. Starting the car is different with manuals than it is in an automatic. In an automatic you just stick the key in and turn. In a manual transmission‚ the driver first has to depress the clutch pedal and turn the key. Once the car has started‚ the driver must make sure the car is in neutral‚ or the clutch is still depressed‚ or else the car will stall
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Studies have found that there is a positive correlation between economic growth of developing nations and the success of attracting foreign direct investments. Thus‚ President Olusegun Obasanjo adopted the tactic of shuttle diplomacy in tackling the innate problems his administration inherited from the previous Odysseus-military regimes particularly the Abacha regime that earned Nigeria a pariah status due to the inhuman conducts of violating human rights. In addition‚ the Olusegun Obasanjo administration
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