their friends try to convince them otherwise. In Philippe’s case‚ no one tries to sway him. This is because they know it would be impossible to influence his decision. It could also be that his friends see‚ and somehow feel some of the passion that Philippe feels about the subject. The documentary did a great job of depicting just how much Philippe appreciated every minute of his life. Philippe not only enjoyed the planning of his wire walk and the adrenaline rush of having to tiptoe around all
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Section 1 WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE WIRES? INTRODUCTION Electricity is usually invisible. Except for lightning and sparks‚ you never see it in daily life. However‚ light bulbs and a magnetic compass can show you when something electrical is happening. By observing their behavior and making a few assumptions‚ you can begin forming ideas about electricity. This type of thinking is called “building a model”. INVESTIGATION ONE: WHAT IS NEEDED TO LIGHT A BULB? 1.1 Activity: Lighting bulbs in a loop
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Illinois. He saw a wooden rail with nails sticking out and decided to use this to start his design of barbed wire. His wife’s garden needed protection and that started his invention process. One year later in 1874‚ the barbed wire fence was patented. Glidden became a millionaire with assets. His company‚ with partner Issac Ellwood‚ The Barb Fence Company made 10‚000 pounds of barbed wire the first year and 600‚000 pounds by 1875. When Glidden died‚ he was one of the richest people in America. Although
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Petit: Sane Wire Walker What do you think when you imagine a man walking on a wire higher than 10 stories high? A French wire walker named Philippe Petit walked over many structures from Notre Dame to Sydney‚ Australia‚ to New York. Through the things he has done‚ people may think he is crazy. However‚ Petit and I think that there is nothing crazy about what he has done. I believe the people/society thinks he is crazy. They see this man up hundreds of feet walking across a wire over famous
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The Laramie Project and Mabo are both texts featured in the life writing genre. The Laramie Project is presented as a play‚ while Mabo is a biographical film. Both The Laramie Project and Mabo use life writing codes and conventions to convey the ideas and themes of each text. While they both share similar themes‚ the way life writing codes and conventions are applied differentiates The Laramie Project and Mabo. In the film‚ Mabo the viewer is positioned to align themselves with Eddie and feel empathy
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When the Wire Tap Act was passed‚ it only protected wire and oral communications‚ this is the reason why the Electronic Communications Privacy Act was enacted‚ so that the law protected electronic communications interception as well. Councilman‚ as the president of Inteerloc‚ had the power to give the IT guys orders‚ so he one way or another received emails that were not intended to be received by him personally. Afterall his main goal was to intercept the emails to review the messages sent by
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The resistance of a wire Planning:- Introduction: To investigate the resistance of a wire at different lengths to see whether or not a longer wire has a larger resistance than a shorter wire. Apparatus: Wire Voltmeter Ammeter Battery 2 crocodile clips Metre rule Variable resistor Diagram: Variables: Length Thickness Resistance Material The material and diameter of the wire needs to be kept constant to keep the test fair as we are investigating resistance. The
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In Moises Kaufman’s‚ The Laramie Project the under lying theme of the novel is people are afraid of change. This can be proved from the novel with the character Cathy Connolly and the struggle that homosexuals have to live in there own society. The juxtaposition of anti-gay demonstrations sparked by religion at a homosexual’s funeral‚ and even the physical setting is related to why people are afraid of change. Whether it is start by homophobia‚ religion‚ or opression‚ people are not just afraid of
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a natural disaster‚ the public health department informs the local population. This paper will analyze flooding as a public health emergency‚ how public health departments plan‚ prepare‚ and help recover from a flood; the paper will also address Laramie County’s emergency preparedness‚ and analyze how to create an emergency kit‚ create a family disaster plan‚ and stay informed during an emergency or disaster. Flooding is a public health emergency due to several reasons. The first reason is due to
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Mexican Wire Works Case Study Abstract Mexican Wire Works is a producer of wire windings used in making electrical transformers. This company has the good fortune of booking more orders then they can fill. The company has ordered new equipment to help in the long term‚ but they still have a short term issue. In addition‚ the company is refinancing long term debt and needs profits to be as high as possible to counteract the effects of this refinance. The problem is to select the orders that
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