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    (unnamed) protagonist comes to experience first-hand the reality of paralysis and death: he achieves his desire to ‘look upon’ (p1) both the physical paralysis and death of Father Flynn‚ with whom he was ‘great friends’ (p2) and the more subtle psychological ‘paralysis’ of those around him – his Aunt‚ Uncle Jack‚ Eliza and Nanny Flynn and Mr Cotter. The story shows that the Dublin adults are mentally immobilised – metaphorically paralysed‚ by their conformity to the conventions of their city lives‚

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    Nicole Dickerson Dr. Ortloff Intermediate Computer Literacy September 29‚ 2011 The Technology of the Doppler Radar‚ the Doppler Effect‚ and Christian Doppler Radar[1] hasn’t always been used for weather. When people first started using radars during World War II it was to provide information about aerial attacks heading towards them. Another way people were using radar was to try to prevent collisions like the Titanic hitting the ice burg and sinking. It wasn’t until after

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    Singapore have a positive effect? Presently‚ the youths in Singapore are transforming themselves to adapt to the ever changing surroundings of this new era as a result of the influence of media. The media plays a huge role in the lives of youth which in this case‚ are the magazines and televisions. This in particular‚ can have an effect both mentally and physically. Thus‚ I feel that magazines and television programmes aimed at Singaporean youths do have a positive effect to a large extent. Media

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    skills to drive well and safely. Even one drink can make you an unsafe driver. And remember‚ driving with any alcohol in your bloodstream or in your car is illegal if you’re under the age of 21. Overall Effects of Alcohol Short-term effects In low doses‚ alcohol produces: A relaxing effect Reduced tension Lowered inhibitions Poor concentration Slow reflexes Slow reaction time Reduced coordination Slower brain activity Sensations and perceptions that are less clear In medium doses‚ alcohol

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    | SPEED DETECTION USING DOPPLER EFFECT AND RADAR | | | INTRODUCTION Although there is good road safety performance the number of people killed and injured on our roads remain unacceptably high. So the roads safety strategy was published or introduced to support the new casualty reduction targets. The road safety strategy includes all forms of invention based on the engineering‚ education and enforcement and recognizes that there are many different factors that lead to traffic

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    consumption. Some are biased while others are based on either prejudice or beliefs. However the truth is that alcohol has its own merits and demerits. Every drinker has already at least some of the short term alcohol effects like a hangover or a bad night’s sleep. Long term effects are usually experienced when it is quite late. Heavy drinking results to a staggering walk‚ indistinct words and memory lapses. Upon drinking‚ one develops difficulties with their stability‚ judgement and harmonisation

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    video‚ I noticed how Police Chief Ed Flynn discussed the division issue with vulnerable communities and police officers. In his message he states that police officers cannot protect vulnerable communities effectively if they do not trust them (Police Chief Asks for Obama’s Post-Presidency Help‚ 2016). Yet‚ the communities that need the most protection and services are the ones that do not trust police officers. Another thing that I noticed was that Chief Flynn cared about his department decreasing

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    Revisiting the Stroop Effect: Conditions Affecting Word-Color Response University of California‚ Irvine Contact information Abstract The stroop effect causes interference within people when the color of a word and a word‚ the name of a color‚ are incongruently matched. We tested this phenomenon to see if our results would be held constant as reviewed by existing literature. Our experiment used different conditions which

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    Title The Photoelectric Effect – Experimental confirmation concerning a widespread Misconception in the Theory Gao Shenghan 1‚ Huan Yan Qi 1‚ Wang Xuezhou 1‚ Darren Wong 2‚ Paul Lee 2 and Foong See Kit 2 1 Raffles Institution‚ One Raffles Institution Lane‚ Singapore 575954 2 Natural Sciences and Science Education‚ National Institute of Education‚ Nanyang Technological University‚ Singapore 637616 Abstract The photoelectric effect is a well-known and widely taught field in many schools

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    _________________ umn ID number: _________________ Photoelectric effect: using a monochromator to measure electron energy as a function of incident photon frequency to determine Planck’s constant John Greavu Partners: Daniel Erickson and Kevin Haar School of Physics and Astronomy‚ University of Minnesota‚ Minneapolis‚ Minnesota 55455 24 March 2014 The energy of ejected electrons from the cathode end of an electrode due to the photoelectric effect as a function of the incident light’s frequency was

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