Hidden Figures‚ a 2016 film based on a true story by the Director Theodore Melfi. The film follows the lives of three female African-American women who endured racial discrimination‚ segregation as well as the patriarchal American society of the 1970s. These women acquired temporary jobs in National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and were the brains behind launching the Friendship 7 into space. The Friendship 7 was the first rocket the Americans successfully sent to outer space. During
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to be lead‚ inspire‚ and bless this world with their excellence. Unfortunately‚ it takes years for us to know their names and their contributions. I’m tired of seeing the efforts of women of color erased over and over again. After watching Hidden Figures‚ I realize we cannot wait 30 years for the world to recognize our hard work‚ therefore‚ it is up to us to uplift each other. At Drake University‚ we have women of color going above and beyond to make our campus a better place for all. They spend
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Although skating was born in Europe‚ Americans can be proud of the fact that figure skating‚ as we know it today‚ traces its origins directly back to an American - Jackson Haines - who was born in New York in 1840 and died in 1875 in Finland (popular folklore holds that he caught pneumonia during a raging blizzard he encountered while traveling by sled from St. Petersburg to Stockholm; in reality his death was attributed to tuberculosis). Just before the Civil War‚ a skating craze‚ accompanied
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................... 3 Figure I.1 LVDT............................................................................................................. 3 PART I: CHARACTERISTICS OF AN AC LINEAR VARIABLE DIFFERENTIAL TRANSFORMER (LVDT) .................................................................................................. 5 THEORY .............................................................................................................................5 Figure A1.1 Equation .........
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Significant Figures Lab Question 1: Which measurement gives the BEST value for the mass of a single paper clip? (BEST value includes both accuracy and precision) Claim: The measurement accepted as having the best value for the mass of a single paper clip was .411493 grams (Where best accounts for both accuracy and precision). This value was achieved by taking the average weight of a total of 30 paper clips‚ all of presumably varying weights. Evidence/Reasoning: The “best” value that maintains precision
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offspring: Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra‚ Agamemnon ’s wife. In recounting this "momentous rape" with "large consequences for the future‚" (Perrine 147) Yeats uses rhetorical figures in each of the sonnet ’s three stanzas. The figures in the first stanza create tension and portray the event. All definitions for the rhetorical figures mentioned in this essay are derived from Lanham ’s A Handlist of Rhetorical Terms. Yeats opens with an example of brachylogia‚ brevity of speech. His elliptical fragment
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Figure of Speech Examples A figure of speech is a word or phrase that has a meaning something different than its literal meaning. It can be ametaphor or simile that is designed to further explain a concept. Or‚ it can be a different way of pronouncing a word or phrase such as with alliteration to give further meaning or a different sound. Examples of Figures of Speech Using Alliteration Alliteration is the repetition of beginning sounds. Examples are: Sally sells seashells. Walter wondered where
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Throughout history the woman figure has been depicted in many ways. One of the most prominent way in which the female figure is seen is as a reference to fertility. Another much more appealing aspect of femininity is its use to represent ferocious deities. This essay will examine the different ways in which the female figure has been depicted by examining four pieces of art. The four pieces I will focus on will be: Female figurine found at Dolni.‚ Innana/Ishtar with Lions and Owls‚ The Gorgon‚ Medusa
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References: 4. .dotm – file ending for macro enabled templates By clicking on the Office Button and selecting Save As‚ you have the option to save as a Word Document (2007 version)‚ Word Template‚ Word 97-2003 or select Other Formats‚ see figure 29
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The anguished figure: my first impression of this title is severe pain and suffering exposed by artists in their work‚ who are trying to highlight the veracity of the human mind. Significantly‚ they are trying to underline and mark in history the reality into an ‘anguished figure’‚ by emphasising facial expressions and body language in their pieces of art work; to bring awareness upon this profound topic. This exploration will highlight how my three chosen artists: Kathe Kollwitz‚ Michelangelo and
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