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    Physics Lab Report 3

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    Physics Lab Report#3 “Determining the period of a pendulum” Name: Fei Huo Date performed: October 1st‚ 2014 Period 5 Teacher: Mr. Glasel Purpose: The Purpose of this Lab was so that my classmates and I can examine what kind of factors affect the period of a pendulum. Introduction: In a simple form‚ the pendulum is a weight hung from a long string that Galileo discovered that it can be used to track the passage of time very accurately around 400 years ago. In this

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    IMU Inertial Measurement Unit Help you measure tilt angle and angular velocity… Topics We’ll cover today… • • • • • • • • What is an IMU... ? Few Examples and Videos Accelerometer Gyrometer Magnetometer Filters Euler Angles Demos By:- Vivek Kumar Vipul Gupta (viveks@) (vipgupta@) Abhishek sharma (abhishr@) So... Lets Start...  • What is an IMU...? • • • • • • • Few Examples and Videos Accelerometer Gyrometer Magnetometer Filters Euler Angles Demos Why do we need IMU

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    Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were both seventeenth century English thinkers and writers. Each had their own views the government’s role and human nature which were vastly different from one another. They expressed their ideas in their works‚ Hobbes’s Leviathan and Locke’s Two Treatises of Government. Thomas Hobbes published Leviathan in 1651‚ two years after the end of the English Civil War. In it‚ he supported an absolute monarchy and claimed that people had no qualms about compromising basic

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    SECOND TERM TEST – 2008GRADE 9 Mathematics 1401/04 Paper 04 OCT - 2008 2 hoursMaterials Required : Answer Booklet/paper Electronic calculator Geometric instruments Graph papers Mathematical tables (optional) Tracing paper (optional) | INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your answers and working on the separate Answer

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    Preliminary Standard English 2013 Visual Analysis Techniques Visual images‚ like all representations‚ “are never innocent or neutral reflections of reality...they represent for us: that is‚ they offer not a mirror of the world but an interpretation of it.” (Midalia 1999 p. 131) Visual Analysis Metalanguage Term Definition Composition What is included (both text and image) or omitted and how it has been deliberately placed. The structure of components placed together is extremely important

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    Santiago is lead from Spain to Egypt having to overcome test after test to follow his dream to his treasure. By pursuing what he truly wants with the help of several characters‚ Santiago evolves into a well-rounded individual by gaining lessons through his journey. Santiago learn to connect with the Soul of the World from and the Englishman‚ to trust his intuitions‚ and he also learned about true love from Fatima and his parents. First‚ Santiago learns to connect with the Soul of the World. Santiago

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    John Locke was a profound philosopher who shaped modern philosophy. One of John Locke’s therories is that when a child is born they start their life on a “blank state”. He theorized the way people act and think is based on experiences they had when they were younger. People who had good experiences turned out good and people with bad experiences turned out bad. However‚ not everyone with those experiences turns out to be the person that they were projected to be. There is evidence in Mary Shelley’s

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    The mind-body problem is a severely complex issue of metaphysics. The two most prominent solutions to this issue are materialism and dualism‚ both of which are seemingly the most different of the stances that one could possibly take on the problem. Materialism sticks to an extremely strict viewpoint that a person and his or her identity‚ mind‚ and entire being consists of his or her body. On the other hand‚ dualism suggests a more mysterious and‚ at times‚ religious or spiritual approach where the

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    Duality In Perspective

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    This is a topic that has been touched upon before but I am here to tackle it once again. Anyone that understands this idea very well‚ please feel free to contribute. [What is the Duality?] Simply put‚ the “duality” of all things is the nature in which anything and everything holds opposing truths: all of which are true. The infinitely small is also infinitely big and vice versa. Our Earth is an enormous planet but also a mote of dust suspended in space. The murderer or hero are both each other:

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    Socrates is known as the father of Western Philosophy and Descartes is known as the father of Modern Philosophy. Both are key members in shaping the world today. Socrates taught us to question everything and about critical thinking. Descartes taught us that humans are thinkers and that true knowledge is acquired through reason. Their lessons have inspired many different people who have made a foot print in history. Even today‚ one can see their influence guiding our information. Socrates has taught

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