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Health and Safety in workplaces is vital as it is put into place to make it safer to carry out jobs. Legislations have been put into place to cover employees and the company to keep them safe when they are working. For almost every job role there is various legislations that cover them. The job role of being a Crane Operator consists of using lifting machinery in order to move loads that are too heavy to be lifted manually. To be a Crane Operator you need to have the correct training that…

On November 4, 2008, the United States of America reached a pivotal moment in its history when the first African-American assumed the presidency. Americans all across the nation had renewed senses of hope for change, and many even took to the streets to celebrate. In the midst of these celebrations, some people went as far to say that the election of Barack Hussein Obama meant that a post-racial era had finally been reached and that race no longer dictated someone’s quality of life. But while…

taken for granted for the discussion of its functions a whole. The author (Michael J. Behe) explains to us in the preface how modern science learned about life as a molecular phenomenon. Molecules act like nuts and bolts in an organism and gears and pulleys in a biological system. Like the circulation of the blood there are complex biological characteristics that emerge…

Testing Fish “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” Your job in this, dear fish, is to identify the trees most common around; the multiple choice, essay, short answer, extra credit, and graph problems, in descending popularity. These all have their place in the forest that is a test, and as varied as any forest, there are infinite ways to mix them. The hierarchy of test questions is up for debate,…

Introduction The seven wonders of the ancient world are wonderful pieces of architecture. The lighthouse of Alexandria was one of them. They were seven; two of them were located in Egypt, The Great Pyramid of Giza and the Lighthouse of Alexandria. Others are The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and The Colossus of Rhodes. The Lighthouse of Alexandria is the tallest and the most magnificent lighthouse in…

Leonardo da Vinci was born April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy. “Leonardo da Vinci, one of the best-known figures of the Renaissance, is remembered for his achievements as a painter, sculptor, architect, scientist, and engineer. Because of the broad range of his interests, he has come to be seen as the supreme example of the universal genius, curious and knowledgeable about many things” (Grendler 13). Leonardo was indeed a jack of all trades, for he knew how to paint, make sculptures, and was very…

any tyrannical movement has, an ordinary man that was charismatic and persuasive exploiting the ignorance of people looking for strength and God. A mullah is a Muslim learned in Islamic theology and sacred law. Maulana Fazullah used to operate the pulley chair to cross the Swat River and studied at the madrasa of Maulana Sufi Mohammad, founder of TNSM (Movement for the Enforcement of Islamic Law). What many people didn’t know was that Fazullah was a “high school dropout whose real name isn’t…

Injuries are a problem that are unavoidable when it comes to sports. The chances of getting hurt are always there. There are many factors that cause injuries when participating in sports. Overuse, falls, improper equipment, technique are a few factors out of many that can cause injuries to athletes but one that is not talked about as much is playing surfaces. The idea that playing surfaces like artificial turf are harmful to athletes is a controversial topic because there are many critics that…

Walk into a beginning drawing class and almost definitely one will see numerous boxes and students feverishly drawing lines to a vanishing point trying to recreate three-dimensional boxes in perspective in the second dimension. Think of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. or nearly any State house in state capitals and marvel at the domes that top these works of architecture. As one thinks on these things, the towering achievements and lasting effects of Fillipo Brunelleschi cannot help but…

In Joelle Charbonneau’s post-apocalyptic novel The Testing, the main character Cia goes through a physically and mentally tasking test to decide her fate. In the division of Five Lakes, Malencia, also known as Cia, and her family live in their small post-apocalyptic home. The education system is similar to the current American education system, but there is one major difference; The Testing. The Testing is a prestigious series of tests that only the brightest and most valiant are chosen for.…