Can you imagine reliving the time of the Holocaust? Well‚ in the book "The Wave" by Todd Strasser‚ the students of Gordon High School experience something similar to the Nazi Party take over. I couldn’t imagine what it’d be like to be in one of the students place‚ I wouldn’t know how to react to it if I were in their position. But while reading the book it was very realistic and had me wondering with every turn of the page. It all started when history teacher Mr. Ben Ross teaches his class about
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Date:20-November-2006 Physics 210 STANDING WAVES ON A STRETCHED STRING A) Resonant frequencies versus n: Distance between bridges = 0.6 m. Tension = Mg = 9.8 N. Mode Signal Generator Frequency (Hz) Wire frequency (Hz) Node to node distance (m) Wavelength (m) First 39 78 54.9 109.8 Second 75.9 151.8 27.8 55.6 Third 117 234 18.3 36.6 Fourth 160.4 320.8 14 28 Fifth 198.95 397.9 10.1 20.2 Note: The Wire frequency is double the Signal Generator
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These days cell phones dominates our life. It makes things much more convenient by enabling us to communicate others anywhere we go in a small amount of time. One of the most used functions on a cell phone is not the phone‚ but the almost instant text messaging. With the unlimited possibilities that one can do with texting‚ it is as popular as ever. This wonderful shortcut does have its downsides. Studies show how the radiation emitted from these phone can damage brain cells. It can take up a large
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water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water‚ typically an ocean or a large lake. The effects of tsunami will bring a lot of problem to the nation and community. The effects of tsunami will bring a lot of problem to the nation and community .The general cause of tsunami is earthquakes and it will makes environmental impact and destruction. Firstly‚the main cause of tsunami is from the effect of earthquakes.Tsunami‚ also called seismic sea waves or‚ incorrectly
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Namee: Paul G. Zamora (Homework in Performance Techniques) Sound Waves- A sound wave is the pattern of disturbance caused by the movement of energy traveling through a medium (such as air‚ water‚ or any other liquid or solid matter) as it propagates away from the source of the sound. The source is some object that causes a vibration‚ such as a ringing telephone‚ or a person’s vocal chords. The vibration disturbs the particles in the surrounding medium; those particles disturb those next to them
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Longitudinal and transverse waves Sound is transmitted through gases‚ plasma‚ and liquids as longitudinal waves‚ also called compression waves. Through solids‚ however‚ it can be transmitted as both longitudinal waves and transverse waves. Longitudinal sound waves are waves of alternating pressure deviations from the equilibrium pressure‚ causing local regions of compression and rarefaction‚ while transverse waves are waves of alternating shear stress at right angle to the direction of propagation
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Acts of kindness that you can practise in your daily life. Being kind is a way of living that keeps giving long after the kind thoughts‚ words‚ and actions have taken place. Kindness is a force without force‚ and it goes well beyond manners to the very heart of how people respect and treat one another. Being kind is a vital way of making our own lives‚ and the lives of others‚ meaningful. Being kind allows us to communicate better with others‚ to be more self-compassionate‚ and to be a positive
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don’t remember now how I got my hands on Of Human Bondage or why I started reading it‚ but once I did‚ I couldn’t put it down. For those of you who have never read it‚ it is perhaps Maugham’s best work. It is the life story of Philip Carey and his search for meaning in life. After Carey’s parents die‚ he is sent to live with his uncle‚ a vicar in a small village. The family is extremely religious. I remember reading the book late into the night‚ thinking about Philip as if he were a close
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Recommended Daily Allowance How does the Food Guide Pyramid assist individuals wanting to plan a healthy daily menu? The food guide pyramid helps everyone plan a healthy daily menu by giving a set guideline of what types and how much of each food group to be consumed a day for a healthy diet. By following these guidelines the individual person can have a healthy diet rich in the nutrients he/she needs every day. Eating the proper amounts of the various food groups will help a person to control
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Sophomore English [EX] Second Semester 2010-2011 Mr. Sanders Instructions: During each five-day week‚ you’ll have daily grammar practice. We work on only one sentence per week. The sentences are of varying degrees of difficulty. On each Monday‚ you’ll identify parts of speech including noun (type)‚ pronoun (type‚ case‚ person)‚ verb (type and tense)‚ adverb‚ adjective‚ article‚ preposition‚ conjunction (type)‚ interjection‚ infinitive‚ gerund‚ participle. On each Tuesday‚ you’ll identify
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