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    The heat

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    Achievement Standard 91106 (2.9) Log number: 4 Title: The Heat Text type: Film Director: Paul Feig The film ‘The Heat’ is a film about a very formal but cocky FBI agent who is paired with a really aggressive Boston cop to take down a ruthless drug lord. The FBI agent‚ Sarah Ashburn‚ only agreed to take on this case to get a promotion. The Boston cop‚ Mullins‚ was chosen to do this case because she knew the town better than anyone else did. Sarah Ashburn and Mullins did not like each other

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    Next Century Challenges: Mobile Networking for “Smart Dust” J. M. Kahn‚ R. H. Katz (ACM Fellow)‚ K. S. J. Pister Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences‚ University of California‚ Berkeley (jmk‚ randy‚ pister} @Ieecs. berkeley.edu Abstract Large-scale networks of wireless sensors are becoming an active topic of research. Advances in hardware technology and engineering design have led to dramatic reductions in size‚ power consumption and cost for digital circuitry

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    Saw Dust

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    Sawdust or wood dust is a by-product of cutting‚ grinding‚ drilling‚ sanding‚ or otherwise pulverizing wood with a saw or other tool; it is composed of fine particles of wood. It is also the byproduct of certain animals‚ birds and insects which live in wood‚ such as the woodpecker and carpenter ant. It can present a hazard in manufacturing industries‚ especially in terms of its flammability. Sawdust is the main component of particleboard. Contents [hide] 1 Practical uses 1.1 Use in food 2 Health

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    Children of the Dust

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    CHILDREN OF THE DUST Word Count: 740 The post-apocalyptic novel‚ “Children of the Dust”‚ was published in 1985 by English author Louise Lawrence. The most recognisable themes in the novel are survival and adaptation: it is an undercurrent throughout the entire novel. The novel details the journey of life inside and outside of the bunker. It details the journey of the three generations of a family and their description a nuclear war. In every section a theme is explored: survival‚ the misuse

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    Belonging

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    Essay “A sense of belonging requires an understanding of one’s past.” Although the main aspect of this quote is referring to the past; in other words time‚ it could also mean features of the past‚ such as people‚ places‚ past experience etc. These aspects of belonging are extensively shown within Peter Skrzynecki’s ‘Immigrant Chronicle’; in particular the poems ‘Feliks Skrzynecki’ and ‘in the folk museum’. Belonging and all of its aspects are also shown through the movie ‘Dead Poets society’ and

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    Belonging

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    Belonging is knowing who you are‚ through trials and struggles that you will be familiar with yourself and can understand the reasons for your uniqueness. Belonging is not only about being accepted into a circle‚ but earning that place. Not just a member‚ but a leader. “No man is an island”‚ yet despite the most basic human need to belong‚ many chose to be alone. A sense of belonging is integrated through several different contexts and aspects of each individual’s everyday life. Three texts in which

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    Dust Bowl

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    Dust Bowl Tragedies Imagine being blinded by dirt and disoriented by wind. Imagine having to cover your faces whenever you left the house and having to cover your food whenever you ate. Well‚ welcome to the Dust Bowl. During the 1930’s dust storms took over the Great Plains and the borders of Texas and Oklahoma. Many Americans had troublesome days due to the dust storms which were mainly caused by the loss of short grass prairie. With tractors many farmers over plowed their fields and with the

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    Belonging

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    Belonging The sense of belonging is something that we will all feel whether we mean to or not‚ if it is for good or bad‚ if we feel we belong or alienated. This sense of belonging can come through our family‚ friends‚ likes and dislikes‚ backgrounds and opinions. This belonging gives us connections to other people or things and we can gain other certain feelings with it such as security‚ happiness and pride. Mekaleya Eshete’s photograph reflects this sense of belonging through many different ways

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    The Dust Bowl

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    The Dust Bowl of the 1930s The decade that became known as the "Dirty Thirties" was literally quite what its name implied-dirty! During the period of 1930-1940‚ located in the heart of the Great Plains of the United States‚ was a series of massive dust storms and long-term drought. Another well-earned nickname this region was known for was the Dust Bowl. The Great Depression occurred at this time as well and added to the suffering placed upon the many poor farmers of the Southwest region. What

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    Dust Bowl

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    Remembering the Dust Bowl The Dust Bowl was a significant event in our country’s history that had various lasting effects on American Society. Social‚ economic‚ and political changes occurred because of this disastrous and difficult time in America. The Dust Bowl was a turning point in the Great Plaines‚ moreover‚ Oklahoma‚ Colorado‚ New Mexico‚ Kansas‚ and a small portion of Texas. It changed life as Americans knew it during the 1930’s. It created a large economic and agricultural recession

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