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    Radium and Marie Curie

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    thought and she was amazingly smart. She gave all the money to her older sister‚ Bronya‚ so she could pay the tuition for the University of Paris. Bronya did the same for Marie in 1891. Marie studied math and physics. Marie Curie and her husband‚ Pierre Curie‚ were scientists. They discovered two elements‚ polonium and radium‚ in a little shed where their laboratory was. Their work was important because radium helps destroy cancer cells. Radiation was also used to take away suffering. Marie Curie

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    Maria Sklodowska‚ also known as Marie Curie‚ was a Polish scientist who had a passion for success. Marie was raised in Poland and traveled to get the best education that was available to her.1 She soon became a very successful physicist and chemist. Marie Curie’s research and discoveries did not die along with her. It is all still here‚ helping many people. Marie Curie was born on November 7‚ 1867.1 She was raised in Poland by a family of prominent educators. Marie was the youngest of five children

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    War Measures Act

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    retain compassion in times of crisis." (Marshall‚ 1970). Pierre Trudeau took a forceful stand against Québec nationalists because he disliked the idea of separatism. On October 1970‚ the FLQ kidnapped British diplomat James Cross‚ for the release of FLQ members serving prison sentences. (Pearson Canada Inc.‚ 2016). Québec Premier Robert Bourassa agreed to most of the demands but refused to release and FLQ prisoners. Québec Labour Minister Pierre LaPorte was then kidnapped by the FLQ members. Trudeau

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    Warsaw‚ Poland. (Schley) She earned her doctoral degree in Paris‚ France at Sorbonne University‚ being the first woman in Europe to earn a doctorate. During her career‚ Marie earned two Nobel Prizes‚ her first was awarded to her in 1903 along with Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel for physics. Marie’s second Nobel Prize was awarded to her in 1911 for her work in chemistry. (Aronson) She received honorary doctorates from Yale University and Columbia University. (Cullen) Marie paved the way for women

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    daily lesson log

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    music Laptop‚ speaker‚ Recorded sample music of Chance music‚ electronic music and minimalist music. 97% of the students are able to comprehend. Research on the lives of the following composers: La monte young Steve Reich Philip Glass Pierre Schaeffer Dr. Jose Maceda 4-3 – 9:30-10:30 4-2 – 1:00 -2:00 June 18‚ 2013 4-5 – 8:30-9:30 Music of 20th Century Impressionism Whole tone scale Expressionism Sample chart of whole tone scale‚ sample music of

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    Lester Pearson

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    Defining Canada Lester Pearson Lester Pearson left a lasting legacy on Canada; it was during his tenure as Prime Minister when Canada adopted its own official flag‚ universal healthcare was applied on a national level‚ the Canada Pension Plan was negotiated and the Royal Commission on the Status of Women and the Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism were created. However‚ perhaps his greatest achievement came before he was Prime Minister‚ when he won Canada’s only Nobel Peace Prize. Through

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    INTRODUCTION: Organised sport provides an opportunity to develop essential life skills that can be transferred to everyday life. Sport is an important aspect of the Australian culture and should be a part of the youth experience‚ both in and outside of school. There are number of social benefits gained from participating in organised team sports‚ some examples include team work skills‚ cooperation‚ communication‚ learning how to cope with winning and losing and social interaction. Traditionally

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    engage with the contemporary world by acting as an observer and supporter of the present moment. A modern artist should focus on all that is contemporary‚ from fashion to technology‚ excluding all historical and classical subject matter. I believe Pierre Bonnard meets Baudelaire’s standards as a “painter of modern life”. Bonnard is an artist who is inspired by day to day life. He found the present moment to be important and because of that‚ he often painted from memory. In Baudelaire’s essay‚ he discusses

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    Musique Concrete

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    evolved this distinct style. The creation of musique concrete was also not just the invention of a new genre but also a whole new way of looking at and treating music‚ sound‚ and technology. The foundation of musique concrete can be accredited to Pierre Schaeffer‚ but the roots of it cannot. There is a long history of artists working to expand their art beyond conventional music that contributed to musique concrete’s overall existence. Beginning in even 1644 with de Caus’s hydraulic organ‚ artists

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    Making Dreams Reality Trudeau’s Just Society Pierre Elliot Trudeau‚ Canada’s 15th prime minister‚ has always dreamed of Canada becoming a united society. This idea was announced and introduced after his candidacy in 1968. He described his idea of a Just Society as one that : “one in which all of our people will have the means and the motivation to participate‚ in which personal and political freedom will be more securely ensured than it has ever been in the past‚ in which the rights

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