Current Events # 2 There are many events today that connect with world history events from way back. For example there is a huge controversy with the Navy Yard shooter that relates to the Bill of Rights. But‚ first what happened at the Washington Navy Yard? At 8:15 A.M.‚ 34 years old Aaron Alexis who was a computer technician for a private Navy contractor killed 12 people and wounded four others in the Sept. 16 rampage as he fired a sawedoff Remington 870 Express shotgun‚ into which he had etched several statements
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Chapter 7 – McEwan storytelling We start the chapter with a description of Parry through Jed “No longer the Indian brave‚ despite the pony-tail”. McEwan really sets the scene with this as it gives us a clear picture of how Parry actually is. Shortly afterwards Jed’s scientific side comes out as he starts to re-assure himself that Parry is really harmless and that is was the accident that clouded his judgement. We feel a sense of relief as we now are told Parry is not threat as he is a “harmless
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Chapter 1: Native Peoples of America‚ to 1500 I. The First Americans‚ c. 13000-2500 BC 1. Widespread Settlement a. NE Asia 2. Learned from each other A. Peopling New Worlds 1. 2 dominate theories a. Siberian Hunters i. Crossed land-bridge during Ice Age b. Earlier people traveled by boat 2. Stories confirm that ancestors originated in Western Hemisphere 3. Paleo-Indians a. First Americans b. Established the foundations of Native American life i.Bands
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the sixties academics worked to develop a means to label the different attitudes of the new generation emerging. In the documentary Gender: The Enduring Paradox they interview the very young and old white male and female subjects‚ a noted African American female poet‚ and an Asian female writer/director. The interviews with the young have leading questions about gender roles and requirements. The elderly give an accurate account of what was taught to them for their generation. The poet infuriated
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“To what extent has your personal response to Hamlet been shaped by the enduring power of Shakespeare’s characterisation of Hamlet?” In the tragic play Hamlet‚ the character Hamlet was undoubtedly one of William Shakespeare’s greatest characterisations. The overall effect Hamlet has on the audience due to his many human weaknesses is overwhelming. Hamlet’s character‚ heavily manipulated and influenced by his father’s murder by his uncle‚ displays qualities such as his; indecisiveness‚ uncertainties
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Name _____________________ Battery‚ resistance‚ and current – Lab 17 Go to http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/battery-resistor-circuit and click on Run Now. Batteries‚ Resistance and Current “Battery-Resistor”: Check “show battery” and “show cores”‚ watch what happens‚ adjust some variables 1. Why do electrons (blue dots) move? Draw a diagram of the battery‚ label the flow of electrons. The flow of current (+) is opposite; draw this and note if toward or away from + terminal
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supply electricity to cities in the late 1880s is often called the ’War of Currents ’‚ as this battle ultimately decided which type of current became the standard for the generation of electricity today. Due to different advantages and disadvantages‚ Edison promoted direct current (DC) for electric power distribution‚ whereas Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla both advocated alternating current (AC). Edison ’s direct current was initially the standard for the United States for electricity distribution
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for some of the modern conveniences of today‚ Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. Edison perfected the incandescent light bulbs and devised a system of electrical current for homes and businesses. Tesla’s biggest innovation was introducing alternating current as the standard for modern electric power‚ breaking Edison’s monopoly on direct current power. Inventors Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla were opposite sides of the same coin. Edison‚ a brilliant business man with no formal education and Tesla‚
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Topic of current event (select from topics in instructions) Cells and Microscopes Source (staple a copy of the article to the back of your assignment) Popular Science magazine‚ MSNBC News online‚ CNN online‚ National Geographic magazine‚ AZ Game & Fish Dept. website‚ etc What is a stem cell? : https://student.societyforscience.org/article/what-stem-cell Summary of current event (at least 8 sentences) What is this current event discussing? Incclude important details to help readers understand
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Understand the main legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people. 1.1 Current legislation made for safeguarding children and young people are; Children act 1989. The main aims of the Act are: • To bring together private and public law in one framework; • To achieve a better balance between protecting children and enabling parents to challenge state intervention; • To encourage greater partnership between statutory authorities and parents;
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