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    Ethnomethodology is sociological perspective‚ founded by the American sociologist Harold Garfinkel in 1954. According to his book "Studies on Ethnomethodology‚" ethnomethodology simply means the study of the ways in which people make sense of their social world‚ display this understanding to others‚ and produce the mutually shared social order in which they live. Ethnomethodology is a descriptive discipline and does not engage in the explanation or evaluation of the particular social order undertaken

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    3.  Discuss the causes of the Industrial Revolution from 1865-1895. Be specific in explaining how each point you make affected the economy.  There were many factors that contributed to the industrial revolution. Money were popping up from a variety of different sources so business’ can expand‚ mining added silver and gold to bank reserves‚ investments from profits helped to stimulate the economy‚ and small investors started to invest in stocks because they thought it would help them get rich

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    Dalton was the first scientist to help contribute to the atomic theory. He based his thought process off of Democritus‚ an ancient Greek philosopher‚ who stated that at one point you will not be able to break down matter anymore‚ he called this basic building block an atom (meaning not divisible). Democritus believed that everything around us such as metal‚ water‚ and wood were atoms‚ but Dalton believed and proved that it could be more basic than that. He started thinking of compounds such as water

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    Engineering is not science. Engineers generally don’t "do" science. Science is about discovering the natural. Engineering is creating the artificial. The critical roles of engineering in addressing the large-scale pressing challenges facing our societies worldwide are widely recognized. Such large-scale challenges include access to affordable health care; tackling the coupled issues of energy‚ transportation and climate change; providing more equitable access to information for our populations; clean

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    Guglielmo Marconi Through his experiments in wireless telegraphy‚ Nobel Prize-winning physicist and inventor Guglielmo Marconi developed the first effective system of radio communication. In 1899‚ he founded the Marconi Telegraph Company. In 1901‚ he successfully sent wireless signals across the Atlantic Ocean‚ disproving the dominant belief of the Earth’s curvature affecting transmission. Marconi shared with Karl Braun the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics. A genies was born on April 25‚ 1874.Guglielmo

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    Robert Yates was an American politician and was part of the Philadelphia Convention. Yates was born on January 27‚ 1738 in Schenectady‚ NY. Between 1771 and 1775‚ Yates sat on the Albany board of Alderman. Robert Yates spent most of his political life as a judge‚ and was well regarded by New Yorkers of all political casts. During the pre-revolution years‚ Yates was one of the Radical Whigs‚ but once the revolution did break out he served on the Albany committee of safety and represented his county

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    Daniel Boone was a hunter‚ farmer‚ explorer‚ and outdoorsman who contributed to the expansion of America during his lifetime by navigating through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky. Daniel Boone was born on November 2‚ 1734‚ near Reading‚ Pennsylvania. Boone was sixth of eleven children born to Squire Boone‚ a land speculator and farmer‚ and Sarah Morgan. He was the son of Quaker parents who valued hard work. He learned some simple skills including blacksmithing but had very little formal education

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    Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to graduate from medical school in the United States. She became a leading public health activist during her lifetime. Elizabeth Blackwell was born on February 3‚ 1821‚ in Bristol‚ England. As a girl‚ she moved with her family to the United States‚ where she first worked as a teacher. Despite widespread opposition‚ she later decided to attend medical college and graduated first in her class‚ thus also becoming the first woman to receive her M.D. in the United

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    Running head: EFFECTS OF INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORTS ON PARTICIPANT’S ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. Function of Interscholastic Sports and Their Effect on Participant’s Academic Achievement.   Function of Interscholastic Sports and Their Effect On Academic Achievement While the first account of humans engaged in learning may well be the story of Adam and Eve‚ the origins of team sports are virtually unknown. Perhaps‚ team sport pre-dates the origins of the Olympic Games in

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    Nellie Bly There are many people that contributed to history and changed our world today. These contributions in history include those from journalists. One of many journalists is Nellie Bly‚ who shaped the journalism industry as we know it. Journalists contribute to history by their written news articles that display to others what life was like otherwise known as journalism. Nellie Bly exposed introduced new forms of journalism through motivation‚ preparation‚ and accomplishments. Motivation Nellie

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