Foucault’s Pendulum In 1851‚ a French physicist named Jean-Bernard-Leon Foucault suspended an iron ball with a radius of approximately 0.5 feet from the ceiling of the Pantheon in Paris with a wire that was over 200 feet long. The ball was used as a pendulum‚ and it could swing more than 12 feet back and forth. Beneath the ball he placed a circular ring with sand on top of it. Attached to the bottom of the ball was a pin‚ which scraped away the sand in its path each time the ball went by. To get
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As a correspondent for National Geographic Explorer and Oprah‚ Lisa Ling has fearlessly ventured into crime-ridden cities and maximum-security prisons. But the journalist’s most harrowing assignment took place last December‚ when she walked on to The View (where she had cohosted from 1999 to 2002) and revealed that she had suffered a miscarriage in the summer. "I made a career of telling people’s stories‚ but it’s very difficult to tell my own‚" says Ling of her decision to go public. "But women
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My Grandma’s really into buying bootleg DVD’s at the Flea Market and picked up Mona Lisa Smile. I didn’t see it in theaters but I heard awful reviews of it. Everything from "this movies doesn’t make sense‚" to "just feminist garbage". Bored off my mind one night‚ I decided to pop the DVD in and have a look with my cousin. Both her and I agreed it was one of the best movies we had ever seen! We loved every character‚ we thought it was so well done‚ and the plot was just amazing. There is not one
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Certificate in Education and Training. Reflective Account Considering your learning in this unit or drawing on your own experience‚ provide a reflective account in relation to the following: a. Explain why it is important to promote appropriate behaviour and respect for others. b. Ways to promote equality and value diversity. c. The importance of identifying and meeting the needs of learners. d. Ways to maintain a safe and supportive learning environment. I have been in
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knowledge to the reader so they can better understand the topic at hand. Powerful words are often times used to appeal to the reader’s senses when making important points. While there are a variety of techniques used‚ an article becomes successful when it adequately educates and persuades its readers. Psychology professor and author‚ Lisa Feldman Barrett‚ demonstrates all the components of success in her
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Annotated Bibliography: Guns On Campus Cavanaugh‚ Michael R. "Student Attitudes Toward Concealed Handguns on Campus at 2 Universities." American Joumal of Public Health 102.12 (2012): 2245-2247. Web. 22 Mar. 2015. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3519323/>. This Article discusses weather or not the carrying of a concealed handgun should be allowed on campus‚ And the explanation to the safety of the students and how they feel about it. Studies have shown that students carrying
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A. What makes these documentaries effective (or not effective)? What did you like and not like about the documentaries? Explain in detail? In the film “My name is Lisa” I like the documentary it show what people deal with everyday that there relative have Alzheimer’s disease. The film made me tear up knowing that the young girl has to grow up dealing with that. Also‚ the actors play their parts real good. This is a film was about people who have to look after their family members suffering from
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.......................................................... Exploring the Effectiveness of ‘On Campus Graduate Recruitment ‘trend for Aberdeen Business School 2. Abstract The proposal idea is all about analysing the trend of ‘on campus graduate recruitment and selection’ and exploring its possibilities for Aberdeen Business School of Robert Gordon University. Recruiting students on the campus of Business schools are quite popular and followed in most of the top Business schools all over the
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conditions must apply before an area can be considered safe? A safe area according to the definition from the Encarta is summed up as an area where one can find refuge and safety‚ while living in security‚ (Encarta. 2007). Would you consider the Ryerson Campus area to be safe? This depends on a certain individual ’s bias which is based on the gender and age of that individual. Another factor that comes in to play is the time of day you are viewing the area‚ different opinions may be generated on an area
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events. Because of this‚ my purpose is to promote moderate drinking on campus versus a dry campus‚ which is one where there is no alcohol drinking permitted on campus even for those students over the age of 21. Since all of us or someone we know‚ will be attending college‚ this is important information to know while making the decision about which college to go to. Alcohol use among college students has reached a crisis point. Alcohol consumption leads to signifigant alcohol related problems such
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