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    How Julia Spent 3 Hours

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    same and balanced for the three days. Julia spent around four to five hours a day participating in activities of daily living (ADLs). Her ADL’s included eating‚ brushing her hair‚ taking a shower and brushing her teeth. Each day she spent one to two hours brushing her hair‚ taking a shower and brushing her teeth. She spent two to three hours each day eating meals. Her time spent on ADL’s was balanced among the three days as shown on the graph. On Saturday‚ Julia spent one hour driving

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    According to Julia Mckinnell in the article “Control‚ Alt‚ Erase”  she talks about how social networking has become a problem for teenagers‚ and how  parents can serve as “a role model” by helping and making sure that their kids personal information is safe. Mckinnell gives important reasons why parents should be aware of the consequences that social networks can have on their children. Posting a message‚ a tweet‚ or a photo online can give away the location and time it was posted. This data can

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    Julia and Winston are two major characters in George Orwell’s 1984. Both characters are similar from the point of view that their attitude towards the state of Oceania‚ particularly the party headed by the Big Brother. Both characters in one way or the other tend to rebel against t eh totalitarian nature of the party. However Winston and Julia tend to differ from each other in terms of their morality and their ethical views. They equally differ in their feelings about history and their political

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    About Compass's Invention

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    The compass has served as a navigational aid to many tourists‚ travelers‚ and numerous explorers. Though the compass has served well in navigation‚ it has affected and improved mankind greatly. In China‚ building was refined in many ways by the compass. It has enabled many to find positions‚ direction or route. No one knows when‚ where‚ or by whom the compass was invented (dEstaing and Young 153). We do know though‚ that there were numerous inventors of the compass. The first compass was invented

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    A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor light source.[6] LEDs are used as indicator lamps in many devices and are increasingly used for other lighting. Appearing as practical electronic components in 1962‚[7] early LEDs emitted low-intensity red light‚ but modern versions are available across the visible‚ ultraviolet‚ and infrared wavelengths‚ with very high brightness. When a light-emitting diode is switched on‚ electrons are able to recombine with holes within the device‚ releasing energy

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    Develop a versatile invention business plan for use by invention hunts‚ licening agents‚ engineers‚ provisional patents‚ etc. See actual examples. Overview As an experienced inventor‚ I’ve learned that an idea is not perceived as a viable business opportunity until it can be effectively communicated on paper (or any other readable format). No matter how great your idea is‚ most people expect that you have it written down. When I was new to inventing‚ I had no idea what that meant. I searched

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    children why they had to leave the country It’s a difficult read for this reason. It can be confusing at times‚ as it was for me. However‚ if you are looking for a fun novel‚ then read the novel. This story is in a way a story about the author’s life. Julia did come to the United States in 1960‚ when she was 10 years old. This was her first novel‚ and since then she has written many more. Some of them include In the Times of the Butterflies‚ iYo!‚ Something to Declare (non-fiction)‚ Homecoming (poem)

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    Industrialization would not have happened so quickly if it wasn ’t for new inventions. Inventions made it easier for people to do their jobs and get them finished quicker. Many new inventions made during this time period where the spinning jenny‚ water frame‚ steam engine and locomotive. The inventors of these inventions were Jasmes Hargreaves‚ Richard Arkwright‚ Jame ’s Watt and Richard Trevithick. New ideas‚ methods‚ and machinery helped the Industrial Revolution go at a faster pace. The spinning

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    Sarah E Goode Inventions

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    Sarah E. Goode‚ born in 1855‚ was the first African American woman to receive a United States patent. Her invention was a cabinet bed. When the bed was not in use‚ the invention also functioned as a roll-top desk. During the time of its invention‚ people commonly lived in studios or small apartments. Most people did not have the space for bulky or large pieces of furniture because there was little space in there homes as it was. However‚ the cabinet desk was an ideal piece of furniture because it

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    Virtue Ethics as discussed by Julia Annas is based around the idea that people do things because they are right‚ rather than because they have to. The things that people do must be a virtue and not a habit. A habit is “someone’s character or source of action in the agent that bypass a person’s practical reasoning‚” and a virtue is a “disproportion to act for reasons” and is built up by making choices and is used for future choices (516‚ Annas). People are to learn from experiences and society to

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