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    Level 3 Public Services Government‚ Politics and the Public Services Unit 1 European parliament What is the European Parliament? The European Parliament‚ also abbreviated as Europarl or the EP‚ is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU). Together with the Council of the European Union and the European Commission‚ it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world The European Directly

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    Batteries‚ Resistance and Current   “Battery-Resistor”: Check “show battery” and “show cores”‚ watch what happens‚ adjust some variables   1. Why do electrons (blue dots) move? Draw a diagram of the battery‚ label the flow of electrons. The flow of current (+) is opposite; draw this and note if toward or away from + terminal of the battery.   The electrons move because of the battery voltage. The current flows in the opposing direction of the electrons and the electrons flow towards the positive

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    Evolution and Antibiotic Resistance Cara Prater South University Online Instructor Raven‚ Biology I Evolution and Antibiotic Resistance When we‚ mankind‚ get the flu or a headache or muscle aches‚ what is the first thing that we usually do? We want it gone and we want it gone as soon as possible so we reach for the antibiotics! Antibiotics have been the corner stone of hope for the sick and dying people of our society. This hope‚ however‚ has a dark lining that has more recently begun

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    corrected. I have learned that it is important to use a multimeter because it shows an accurate digital reading of the resistance and I don’t have to work out the resistance manually which can give me a fairer test due to possible mistakes with calculations. It will also cut down the amount of components in the experiment which will make the experiment more reliable as less resistance will be caused from the components rather than the wire. It is also very important to keep the most important variable

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    Independence Movement‚ civil disobedience has been among us for so long‚ and each society is able to build off its predecessors’ mistakes.Henry Thoreau inspired generations to come in his essay‚ “Civil Disobedience”‚ and the effect of it was widespread.In fact‚ while in jail‚ Mahatma Gandhi picked up a copy of Thoreau’s essay and was able to utilize the tactics discussed by Thoreau to successfully challenge Britain’s control over India.That movement created a template itself as the Civil Rights movement

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    An Analysis of “Nonviolent Resistance” The “Nonviolent Resistance” written by Martin Luther King Jr. shows the three ways people use to deal with oppression. The first one is acquiescence‚ which merely increases the oppressor’s contempt. The second way is violence‚ which merely creates new and more problems. And the third way is nonviolent resistance‚ which is the way to guide Negro to harmonic race relations. Because nonviolent resistance reconciles the acquiescence and violence‚ it makes

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    Not only do I support peaceful resistance to laws‚ but I believe that it is necessary for citizens of a free society to exercise their civil liberties in this way. Civil disobedience‚ only when it doesn’t incite violence‚ proves to be effective and empowering. A famous example of civil disobedience is Mahatma Gandhi’s Salt March‚ which inspired the peaceful protests of the Civil Rights Movement of the late 20th century. When a government enacts a law that results in the oppression of groups of

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    Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance Maricia Overly Professor Ellen Doyle South University Online July 30‚ 2011 Abstract “Super Bugs” (Clemmitt‚ 2007) are beginning to take control of our health. Antibiotic resistance has enabled germs that once caused very little harm the ability to leave us in dire straights. The worst part of these “Super Bugs” (Clemmitt‚ 2007) is that people can be walking around with them infecting others without knowing it. Evolution of bugs due to the overuse of antibiotics

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    believed that the government should be ruled by middle class men and that people should be trusted to govern themselves but only the properly educated middle class men. Aristotle analyzed all forms of government and found both good and bad examples but he preferred and favored a constitutional government. Aristotle even feared that democracy could lead to mob rule and favored the polity. His ideal form of government was more of a democracy than autocracy. Aristotle that the power of government rested with

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    PROJECT Introduction Title: Investigate one factor that affects the resistance of a wire. Reworded: I am going to investigate if changing the length of a wire changes its resistance. I predict that the longer the wire‚ the more resistance it has. Planning and Preparation Independent Variable: The variable I changed was length (cm). Dependent Variable: The variable I measured was resistance (Ω). Fixed Variables: The variables I kept constant to make it a fair test; were‚ the type of wire (nichrome)

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