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    Q. Why do wire and a compass work to detect electric currents? A. I’m going to start off with the basics here. A compass points north. Everyone knows that. Why does it point north? Well, all magnets have two “poles” or ends. One end of the magnet is called the north-seeking pole. The north-seeking pole is often abbreviated to north pole or the letter N. The north pole end of a magnet is usually colored red. The other end of a magnet is called the south-seeking pole. The south-seeking pole is…

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    Morality Vs Morality

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    doubtless many people in the world that behave morally in some aspects of life and immorally in other scenarios. They choose when to be guided by their moral compass and when to ignore it. How can a person such as this ever become a just person in society? The person can start on the path of being just by not focusing as much on following a moral compass, which may be subjective, but instead on following objective concepts central to nearly all theories of morality. These would be the…

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    Physics PET Lab Report

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    com/noodlebib/mybib.php?highlight=2896337 Part 1: Magnetic Fields and the Earth (30 POINTS) 8. Select “show compass.” Move the compass to several positions around the magnet. Use the space below to sketch at least 10 positions of the compass needle. What do you notice? What do these compass needle orientations resemble? (5 points on turnitin.com) Made by Lauren Smith In the compass, there is a North-seeking needle and a South-seeking needle. The North-seeking needle always moves to face…

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    be leaving. Instead, he focuses on the love they share and what it means before he departs. The speaker depicts to his beloved a heavenly and everlasting love that is illustrated though the comparison of earthly lovers, use of a “gold simile”, and compass imagery. The speaker explains to his significant other that their love is much stronger than the earthly relationships seen around them. He first does this in the third stanza by saying, “but trepidation of the spheres. Though greater far, is…

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    Tang Dynasty Gunpowder

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    important to know because it helped the Tang Dynasty in war and led them to ruling for 300 years. Gunpowder was the most successful invention from the Tang Dynasty (“Middle Ages Technologies: Gunpowder”). The compass was the useful tool to help navigate where you are going (“Chinese Compass history: Invention, Dynasty, and Navigation”). Gunpowder was the most reliable invention to the Tang Dynasty in the 900s. Gunpowder was the most effective intervention for the Tang Dynasty. The first big…

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    1. There are many different reason that led to European Exploration. During this time, spreading Christianity was a very important so that Europeans thought that by exploring different parts of the world, this would allows Christianity to flourish throughout the globe. In addition to the spreading of Christianity, the Europeans also wanted to gain more control and land. With more land and power, this would also allow the Europeans to grow in wealth. Lastly, in order for such a big project,…

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    of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(5), pp.2078-2081. Engels, S., Schneider, N., Lefeldt, N., Hein, C., Zapka, M., Michalik, A., Elbers, D., Kittel, A., Hore, P. and Mouritsen, H. (2014). Anthropogenic electromagnetic noise disrupts magnetic compass orientation in a migratory bird. Nature, 509(7500), pp.353-356. Griffin, D. (1952). Bird Navigation. Biological Reviews, 27(4), pp.359-390. Guilford, T., Akesson, S., Gagliardo, A., Holland, R., Mouritsen, H., Muheim, R., Heyers, D., Manns,…

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    Mkt 421 Week 5 Assignment

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    Compass Airlines, I had the pleasure of being a part of your team and had a rewarding experience as a Flight Attendant. I had to choose between Compass Airlines and furthering my education at one point in time because my school of choice was not willing to allow me to take online classes for the graduate degree program. At the time I had to decide to give my all to school and leave the company. I knew that this decision to attend school would cause my availability to not meet the scheduling…

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    proof.” The man dumped the satchels contents onto the journalist’s desk causing an enormous mess. The journalist shook his head and reluctantly sat back down. “Just look at this.” The man held up a dusty compass with cracks all over its…

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    Do you know what defines you? A moral compass is used in reference to a person’s ability to judge what is right and wrong and act accordingly. A moral compass tells you what is right and wrong. There are people that will judge you based on a single issue. They judge you to see if your moral compass is good or bad. Tupac, Louis Zamperini, and Constancia each had moments that challenged them to change their moral compass. Louis was able to become a better person by overcoming…

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