Few people are fearless speakers. As students‚ we generally feel the rumble of butterflies in our stomachs‚ but the most we have to lose is a good grade. For Emma Goldman‚ the stakes were considerably higher. She had the daunting task of speaking to secure her own freedom when she was placed on trial for obstructing the draft in 1917. The country was awash in patriotism‚ and she was prosecuted as an enemy of the state. When preparing her speech‚ she realized that a seated jury would be
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Leading University‚ Sylhet Dept. of Civil Engineering Midterm Examination-2011 2nd year 2nd semester‚ Course No: CE 213; Course Title: Solid Mechanics II Total marks: 30‚ Time: 1 hours and 30 minutes Answer any three from the following questions Q1. (a) Define crippling load. Derive the formula of crippling load for one end fixed and other end hinged column.
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MINUTES of the 53rd Session of THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD Convened in Orlando‚ Florida August 4-7‚ 2009 with Revised Constitution and Bylaws (Incorporated under the laws of the State of Missouri‚ October 13‚ 1916; amended September 26‚ 1919‚ September 7‚ 1965‚ and November 4‚ 1977) Printed in U.S.A. Cost: $5 (Available from general secretary’s office) THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD EXECUTIVE OFFICERS George O. Wood‚ General Superintendent L. Alton Garrison
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ULMS 251: Corporate Social Responsibility Examination Feedback‚ January 2013 This year’s much larger cohort achieved a set of results very comparable to the previous two years. Mean mark and standard deviation were almost identical and the percentage of failures was very marginally higher. There was however a noticeable drop in the number of students achieving marks of 70 and over; this was a disappointment. A clear majority of students achieved overall marks in the 50-59% range – that is they
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Comparative studies‚ Emma and Sive IMPORTANCE OF MONEY ‘Emma’ is set in England in the early nineteenth century. Jane Austen succeeds in communicating the values of her culture and society. Money is highly valued in this society. People are judged by their wealth and material possessions. In some ways the cultural context of ‘Sive’ is utterly different to that of ‘Emma’. It too is set in a stable rural society of families and neighbours‚ but quite unlike the novel‚ the main characters lead
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------------------------------------------------- Online Examination System ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- A Proposal Paper Presented to the President in Faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences of Asia and the Pacific ------------------------------------------------- In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Diploma in Computer Science ------------------------------------------------- Alvin
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Emma Tremaine “No matter how your heart is grieving‚ if you keep on believing‚ the dreams that you wish will come true”-Cinderella; Is this statement always true? Emma was an evil seamstress from a small village and there she bossed around her two sisters Anastasia and Drizella. Emma was their mother’s favorite and they were treated like servants. Their father had recently died and their mother was unaffected‚ but they carried a weight in their hearts. They felt as though they only had half a heart
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the novel Emma‚ by Jane Austen and the film Clueless by Amy Heckerling‚ we discover that both texts are influenced by‚ and reflect the values of their respective contexts. Emma is set in the isolated‚ rural town of Highbury‚ England in the early 1800’s‚ at a time where society had placed value on social hierarchy. This distinction between classes was largely determined by family lines and inheritance. It is in the upper class of society that Jane Austen places her protagonist‚ Emma‚ “handsome
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Ideas about the human condition can transcend time and expressed through different contexts while reflecting society’s changing values. Emma‚ written by Jane Austen reaffirms and challenges the conservative society of 19th century England‚ where moral growth is a result of strict social etiquettes and rigid class structure. However‚ Heckerling has taken similar ideas that speak powerfully about human nature to the different context of 20th century America‚ within the world of Clueless where a much
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Introduction Parker Pen History George Safford Parker‚ the founder‚ had previously been a sales agent for the John Holland Gold Pen Company. He received his first fountain pen related patent in 1889. In 1894 Parker received a patent on his "Lucky Curve" feed‚ which was claimed to draw excess ink back into the pen body when the pen was not in use. The Lucky Curve feed was used in various forms until 1928. a Parker Frontier Ball-point Pen From the 1920s to the 1960s‚ before the
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