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    students. He planned to demonstrate the heating of a wire by an electric current‚ and also to carry out demonstrations of magnetism‚ for which he provided a compass needle mounted on a wooden stand. While performing his electric demonstration‚ Hans Christian Oersted noted to his surprise that every time the electric current was switched on‚ the compass needle moved. He kept quiet and finished the demonstrations‚ but in the months that followed worked hard trying to make sense out of the new phenomenon

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    Susan B. Anthony‚ Frida Kahlo‚ Hilary Clinton‚ Malala Yousafzai; all of the women aforementioned have fought for social justice in radical ways. Whether it be defying social norms or simply obeying their moral compass‚ it is impossible to negate the powerful impact women have graced the world with. In order to maintain‚ and obtain‚ a peaceful society‚ thriving with security and freedom for all‚ women and men of every color must unite together to defeat inequity. In order to achieve lasting peace

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    choose to use unexpected objects as the subjects of their metaphors. John Donne explains the love between him and his partner through the image of a compass. This effective use of conceit explains that just like the legs of a compass they are connected‚ “As stiff twin compasses are two…” Donne compares himself to the fixed point of the compass; always there for the one he loves wherever she wanders. This implies his love is firm and set in stone. In comparison Fanthorpe implies in “Atlas” that

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    Mr. Holland’s Opus Mr. Holland’s expectations of being a teacher were unrealistic. He thought that he would have a lot of free time to write his music. He also thought that his job stayed at school. At the end of the day he wanted to just go home. It did not work that way though. This ended up changing. He became very involved‚ so involved that when he lost his job‚ he wasn’t fighting for his job but instead for the education of the students. Teaching is something that requires commitment

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    Values Essay

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    This Essay is to explain the Army Values and how they pertain to the mistake I made. In the US army we are taught to live by the 7 army values.   They are broken down to us in the acronym ‘LDRSHIP’.   Loyalty “Bear true faith and allegiance to the U.S. constitution‚ the Army‚ and other soldiers.”   Duty   “Fulfill your obligations.”   Respect   “Treat people as they should be treated.”   Selfless Service   “Put the welfare of the nation‚ the Army and your subordinates above your own.”   Honor  “Live

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    journey. 8.12 Explain the difference in the orientations of the inclined compass needles in figure 8.18.Toward which cardinal direction is the observer facing? Much like a toile flushing counter clockwise in the southern hemisphere‚ compass needles face the opposite direction. In the southern hemisphere‚ the needles of the compass would face north‚ while in the northern hemisphere‚ the needles would face south. Looking at the compass‚ it would appear the person is facing towards the west. 8.16 During

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    Alcan

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    Matthias Kipping and Ludovic Cailluet Mintzberg’s Emergent and Deliberate Strategies: Tracking Alcan’s Activities in Europe‚ 1928–2007 The management scholar Henry Mintzberg has situated company strategies on a continuum that ranges from those that are the result of deliberate internal decisions‚ on one extreme‚ to those that emerge largely as a response to external forces‚ on the other. This framework is applied to the strategies of the Canadian aluminum producer Alcan‚ in Europe‚ from its origins

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    horizontal. There is a vast difference between the two perspectives and literature is commonly only written in the vertical. The two perspectives can be pictured as a compass on a map. From north to south is where the vertical perspective lies and from east to west is where one would find the horizontal. The north and south on the compass represents the top and bottom half of literature. "The top half of literature is the world expressed by such words as sublime‚ inspiring‚ and the like‚ where what we

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    T. S. Eliot and D. H. Lawrence – Compare and Contrast their Techniques and Themes T. S. Eliot and D. H. Lawrence‚ although they are both contemporary authors of Modernist period‚ express different values and techniques. They are both born in 1880s when the world enters the industrial age. While both witness the dynamic transition‚ they both criticize the modernity but in different methods. Two authors’ relations regarding techniques and themes would be analyzed by comparing Eliot’s The Love

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    A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning Essay John Donne’s “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” is a letter written to his wife‚ an attempt to quell her grief and mourning for his parting to France. Though a private letter‚ the message that Donne conveys to his wife is clear: that the affection between two true lovers is metaphysical and can therefore resist any strain. Throughout the poem‚ Donne never explicitly states his opinion but rather uses a chain of extended metaphors to argue his point. Thus

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