Capt. Jones My Goals My Short Term goal should be a simple goal‚ not only that it would benefit me in the present but also in the long term so aiming to complete all homework on time would be a start. By doing so I should make a conscious effort to sit down and focus on my assigned tasks and hand them in when they are due. This would also teach me diligence and responsibility skills that are very helpful in high school‚ higher education‚ and in the work force. My mid-term goals should be the “stepping
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inaccurate to suggest that there hasn’t been historical debate in what caused the English Civil war due to the bias historical interpretation possesses. Many former historians have proposed that it was long term causes that eventually deepened to cause uncontrollable conflict and division within England‚ such as religious and socioeconomic factors. Yet contemporary historians such Revisionists focus on short term factors‚ emphasising that it was the absolutist rule of King Charles who caused social
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On August 6th‚ 1945‚ at 8:16 a.m. Japanese time‚ an American B-29 bomber‚ Enola Gay‚ drops the world’s first atom bomb‚ over the city of Hiroshima. Upon the explosion of the bomb‚ Approximately 80‚000 people are killed as a direct result of the blast‚ and another 35‚000 are injured. At least another 60‚000 would be killed by the effects radiation poisoning and starvation from the fallout. Despite of the great effort of the Air-force through the use of the atomic bomb‚ Japan refuses to surrender.
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The Black Death was a plague that spread across Europe during the fourteenth century. It swept the continent and baffled millions of European citizens. I chose this topic because the idea of the past epidemic intrigues me. In elementary school‚ we touched on the topic and barely discussed the possible outcomes. I was fascinated by what could’ve happened those years of peril. I am of Polish descent‚ so I am also learning how this plague could have affected by ancestors and what they were put though
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Throughout history‚ expansion was a common action for a country. The United States was growing at a considerable rate‚ making it was understandable to want to obtain more land. The issue how they went about obtaining it. Thomas Jefferson had two men‚ Lewis and Clark‚ travel west of the states to find a trade route and explore the land to see if the nation could expand. He‚ along with Andrew Jackson‚ showed that westward expansion is needed because the land helps support people by providing resources
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By using my Life-long Learner goals‚ I developed many traits that got me into the habit of using Spanish in my everyday routine. My first Life-long Learner goal was that I would talk to my friends who are taking the same Middlebury spanish course as I am. I did this every day during the school week. We discussed the online course‚ our other classes‚ and everything about our days. It really helped me maintain practice and awareness of the Spanish language. It was very fun to communicate without using
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The Industrial Engineer of Tomorrow Elizabethtown College Miles Wheelersburg May 2012 Abstract In order to maintain a curriculum that has value and is viewed by professionals as relevant‚ industrial engineering programs have to develop students into engineers with the right skill sets. Although the opinions held by academic faculty and industry professionals do not always agree‚ an undergraduate curriculum is an area where they should at least be able to be synchronized. This paper examines
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Engineers in Environmental Protection Introduction Industrialization has brought untold wealth and has transformed the way of life in the last century. Industrialization and urbanization have become a global phenomenon‚ resulting in serious environmental problems such as resource depletion‚ climate change‚ and pollution. Large scale use of natural recourses‚ their polluting processes and transport infrastructure have exacerbated the environmental problems. Since the beginning of industrialization
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ENGINEERS IN SOCIETY: ROLES‚ PROFESSIONALISM AND BEYOND Outline of a talk delivered to engineering students of Universiti Putra Malaysia on Friday‚ 20 February 2004 at Bilik Seminar‚ Faculty of Engineering‚ Universiti Putra Malaysia. BY Ir. Oon Chee Kheng BE(Civil)‚ LLB(Hons)‚ MBA‚ CLP‚ MIEM‚ PEng(M) Advocate and Solicitor 1.0 INTRODUCTION Contrary to the popular perception of life as an engineer‚ this talk will focus on different roles of‚ and played by‚ engineers. Not exactly life
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A World Without Engineers Once upon a time‚ in a galaxy far‚ far away‚ on the planet Zovirax‚ there was an evil king‚ King Syphilis‚ who was mighty pleased with himself‚ for he had just banished all the engineers on the planet to work in the Pixie Stick Powder mines on the moons of Gluteus. "You see‚" he told his sycophantic servants and lackeys‚ "I have solved two problems with one simple executive order. I have rid the planet of those annoying‚ nerdy‚ know-it-all‚ engineers." (King Syphilis
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