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    “His job on the train caused Edison to become deaf. One morning, he tried to climb the first step but was not able to keep his balance. A railroad worker grabbed him by the ears and hauled him up. Edison felt something snap inside his head, which started his deafness, and got worse throughout his life,” (Thomas Alva Edison). Edison’s deafness allowed him to focus on his work and not be distracted by outside noises and people. He was able to focus on his own thoughts and not hear the others who…

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    room will be left without a room. The Hilbert Infinite Hotel doesn’t have a last room, therefore This idea can be expanded: If 19 guests arrive, the night manager will simply ask all the guests to move up 19 rooms. If 999 999 guests arrive, all current guests will have to move up 999 999 rooms – and similarly for any other number. But one day, an infinitely large bus, with infinite number of guests arrive. Now the previous method won’t work anymore because you can’t ask guests to move up…

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    Becoming A Pipe Welder

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    electrocution. There are two ways you can be shocked, A/C or D/C. A/C stands for alternating current, it is the most dangerous because it can stop your heart and when shocked it can keep you from letting go of the cables that are shocking you. When getting shocked from an A/C current it is like getting punched multiple time and being shocked by a D/C current it is like being punched really hard one time. D/C stands for direct current because it does not alternate like A/C. If you had to choose…

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    Computing Assessment Student’s Name Tutor’s name Course Date Assessment Item Blog-1 What is computing power? The efficiency of the computers is reliant on the computing power of the unit. The central processing unit (CPU) has different components among them an electronic clock. The job of the electronic clock is to create electric pulses at various intervals. The pulses allow the computer to synchronize different components while determining the speed in which different…

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    Introductory Paragraph This essay will do the following; demonstrate how the agents of socialization limit our choices, how commercial media can influence our views on our community, and the power of cultivation. I will also analyze how the media’s portrayal of different ethnic groups can sway our opinions about them. In this essay I will give several examples of the mean world syndrome and how it can affect us in our daily lives. Limits on Our Choices We are always making decisions. We…

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    gluttony, lust, sloth, wrath, and greed. The presence of sin is unwelcome but runs current into the lives of mankind, bringing havoc along its trail. In the 19th-century Russian novel, The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky, the little to nothing father and son relationship between the protagonists Fyodor and Dmitri crumbles as both Karamazovs antagonize each other with the seven deadly sins. Their alternating conflict ends abruptly when Fyodor is brutally murdered and Dmitri is wrongly…

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    The light bulb is one of Thomas Edison’s most famous engineering innovations. However the “Wizard of Menlo Park” (a name which he was also known as) has created and/or designed so many more inventions than just the light bulb. He has about 2332 patents worldwide proving he was really a great inventor. However, what proved his amazing skilling creating/designing are the useful products that are used throughout society till date. Edison’s inventions/designs such as the first electrical power grid,…

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    “I am not here to make friends, I’m here to find love” is the opening mantra to every episode of every season of “The Bachelor”. In the poem “The Bachelor Watches ‘The Bachelor,’” the poet Jacob Saenz uses unparalleled imagery and alternating tones to push the point that the speaker is jealous of “The Bachelor”, and that he wants his life to have purpose like the bachelor’s. He wants to change his life, and give it purpose and he sees finding love as giving his life purpose. The speaker is…

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    Mount Fuji Research Paper

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    of the lava flows are “aa” lava of pyroxene olivine basalt. In the 800-864 AD eruptions, major lava flows effused from a parasitic cone at the NW flank of the volcano. A large lake was partially buried by the lava flows and separated in to the two current lakes of Sai and Shoji. (6) 1707 AD On December 16, 1707, a large plinian eruption occurred at the SE flank of the volcano. Ashes could be found all the way to Tokyo. Tephras changed chemistry over time from dacitic to basaltic missing…

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    Stepper Motors Case Study

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    called the stator. The rotor The rotor itself is made from two discs, a little like gears, one of which is a magnetic north pole (red) and the other is a south pole (blue). When we put the two discs back to back, we get north and south pole teeth alternating around the edge. The…

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