Purpose of Experiment: The purpose of this experiment of to measure the velocity and acceleration due to gravity of a picket fence and to verify the acceleration due to gravity using the picket fence with Logger Pro and Photogate. Data: Trial # 1 2 3 4 5 6 Slope (m/s^2) 9.80 9.78 9.87 9.77 9.84 9.83 Accel. g (m/sec2) 9.80 9.78 9.87 9.77 9.84 9.83 Minimum Maximum Average Acceleration (m/s^2) 9.77 9.87 9.82 Acceleration due to gravity‚ g 9.82+/- 0.10 m/s^2 Precision 1
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Playing the character of Rose from the play ‘Fences’ by August Wilson Social‚ historical‚ cultural and political context: Fences was written in 1983 and first performed at the 46th Street Theatre on Broadway in 1987. Fences is the sixth play in Wilson’s "Pittsburgh Cycle." The Cycle is a series of plays set in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania over the ten decades of the 20th century. Fences is set in the 1950’s and deals with issues of race relations and the changing broader culture of the United States
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obstacles which started with his father losing his job as a musician which led to his family living in a van. Instead‚ Jim Carrey was optimistic towards how when his father lost his job‚ and he never lost hope of what was laying up ahead. Therefore‚ in Langston Hughes‚ “ Mother to Son” the mother explains to her son that he should be optimistic‚ which leads to the major theme of‚ no matter how hard the obstacles‚ keep on going. When the mother is talking to her son she explains to him that life isn’t
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a stronghold for my future which has led me to become independent. His advice is directly related to his history and experiences‚ and it has been with this which he has taught me discipline throughout my life. It is an honor to have such a father. My father and I share the same birth place‚ but totally different upbringings. His childhood was dominated by my grandfather’s poverty which nearly inhibited his formal education. If it was not for his prioritized ambition‚ his fate would be similar
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techniques in the film ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’ directed by Phillip Noyce‚ The book cover ‘Odyssey’ by homer illustrated by Alan Baker and the poem ‘Night Ride’ by Kenneth Slessor. In ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’ directed by Phillip Noyce techniques such as‚ symbolism‚ language‚ lighting‚ camera angles and shots‚ imagery‚ music‚ sound and setting are used to represent the concept of journey and that ‘the journey‚ not the arrival matters’. The three girls in Rabbit Proof Fence‚ Molly‚ Gracie and Daisy are the
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The Son of the Revolution The concept of politics is the driving force that shapes our society and the different parties that exist creates tension such that it affects human relationships. In the memoir The Son of The Revolution‚ Liang Heng tells his experiences growing up during the political and social turmoil of the Cultural Revolution in China. His tale journeys around the concept of how politics affects human relationships through his separation with his mother‚ his life with his father‚ and
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Both Sides of the Fence Have you ever been so selfish and greedy about something that you did not want to share? In the story‚ "Both Sides of The Fence”‚ a greedy and selfish man named Alberto learns a very valuable lesson from his neighbor Juan. Alberto learns a lifelong lesson that his selfish pride is very foolish‚ and being kind and generous is more rewarding. In the beginning of the story‚ Alberto was seen as being very selfish and wanted his apple tree all to himself. Alberto also brags that
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between a father and his son through the son’s entreaties for a story. Lee uses emotional appeals as well as literary devices such as imagery‚ metaphor‚ and hyperbole to depict the different point of views between a father and a son. The story is told in a third person point of view which creates a scenario for the reader to evaluate. The italicized sentences in the poem shows actual dialogue. In the poem‚ Lee states that the son is wishing for a funny new story‚ one that the boy’s father hasn’t told
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Proof Fence" What comes to your mind when you here the words "stolen generation." Maybe you think of the Holocaust when the Jews were unwilling taken to concentration camp’s to suffer before their horrific death. Or you might think of the European settlers going to Africa to literally kidnap its people and bring them to the Americas for slave labor. Both are good assumptions but are far from what the "stolen generation" really is. Until watching the documentary "Rabbit Proof Fence" I would
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Lament for a son Lament for a son is book written by Nicholas Wolterstorff‚ who is mourning the premature death of his son Eric who passed away in a mountain climbing accident in Austria. Nicholas Wolterstorff is an American philosopher and currently the Noah Porter Emeritus Professor of Philosophical Theology at Yale University. He is a writer with philosophical and theological interests. He has written books on aesthetics‚ epistemology‚ political philosophy‚ philosophy of religion‚ metaphysics
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