Investigation # 1 “The fascinating life of Thomas Graham” (1805-1869) Thomas Graham made his own path by studying to be a chemist; instead of becoming a minister in the Church of Scotland like his father wanted. Graham became a student at the University of Glasgow in 1819 at the age of 14. After receiving his M.A.‚ he became a professor of chemistry at numerous colleges‚ including
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G- Isiah Thomas: 1981-1994 When you think of the “Bad Boy” Pistons of the 80s and 90s‚ you think of Isiah Thomas. Despite his small stature‚ Thomas embodied everything that encompassed those Pistons’ teams. He was a general on the floor- his tough on-court demeanor and physical play style made him the perfect leader for the “Bad Boys”. Thomas spent his entire 13-year career with the Pistons making the playoffs in nine of those seasons‚ and ultimately winning two NBA championships. He’s the franchise’s
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Every Chinese person knows what the Long March was‚ because it was an important part of Chinese history. Most Chinese people think that the Long March was successful during the second Chinese Civil War. In my opinion‚ I think the Long March was also unsuccessful. It was successful‚ because the Red Army of the Communist Party of China was not eliminated by the army of the Chinese Nationalist Party. It was unsuccessful‚ because it was the war between the Red Army and the National Revolutionary Army
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Life-Long Learning In my opinion‚ a life-long learner is someone who continually thirsts for and seeks out the opportunities to access knowledge regardless of their status in life. It is one who‚ despite age‚ academic achievement‚ personal and professional achievement‚ continues to pursue greater understanding of all things of academic‚ vocational and personal interest to them. Ongoing and self-motivated‚ life-long learning is the endeavor to develop or further enhance one’s perspective‚ knowledge
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Thomas Becket was born to a great London merchant around 1120. He got enough education and was later to become the Theobald’s agent‚ an archbishop of Canterbury who later gave him missions work to Rome‚ Italy. He studied trivium and quadrivium at the Merton Priory‚ grammar school and the St. Paul’s cathedral schools. Primacy Becket was highly talented and was recommended by Henry II by making him the 12th century Chancellor with the two becoming great friends. Becket later become the archbishop
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Jimmie Thomas comes under the category of those of Englishman who stand as the symbol for the colonial exploitation. He is a cruel and hideous character. Anand has shown that Colonial powers were oppressive and people the Jimmie considered Indians as slaves to earn profits from them and to suck their blood but‚ their inhumane behavior was the ultimate reason which awakened the souls of poor and negligent Indian. We can see this happening in the novel through the wrestlers like Ratan; who have the
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Thomas Edison(draft) Thomas Edison was one of the greatest inventors and industrial leaders in history. Thomas Edison’s inventions are still used today in many different ways. In that essay I am going to talk about his early life‚ his career‚ and last what did he offer to the society. Thomas Alva Edison was born to Sam and Nancy on February 11‚ 1847‚ in Milan‚ Ohio. Known as "Al" in his youth‚ Edison was the youngest of seven children‚ four of whom survived to adulthood. Edison tended to be in
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so happy and so was I. It has been four years since we have seen him. I’ve had to do some much work over the years and it was fun because I actually got to do something for once because all of us women got treated poor and it wasn’t fair. When Thomas came back I told him all the things i had did while he was gone and I had to tell him what I had did in the factories which was really fun because I got to make close and everything and he was happy for me . But I had to tell him something really
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Long term goals "Goals are as essential to success as air is to life." One of my favorite sayings‚ It’s ironic that would be my favorite saying since I’ve always been a planner. I always had a plan. Planning for our futures is very important even if those plans may change. One way in which we plan for the future is by setting goals. defines a goal as "the end toward which effort is directed." Part of the career planning process involves setting goals. These goals‚ both long and short term‚ will
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The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed‚ strength‚ and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point. This event has been an Olympic medal event since the first modern Olympics in 1896 At the elite level‚ competitors run down a runway and jump as far as they can from a wooden board 20 cm or 8 inches wide that is built flush with the runway into a pit filled with finely ground gravel or sand.Each competitor has three attempts.The competitor
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