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In the world of education, we are faced with the task of ensuring every child is given the same opportunities to achieve greatness. Today we will discuss the issue of educational equity in Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS), and how the district is trying to make education inclusive for all students. You will also hear ways you and the community can play a part in giving every child, every day the opportunity to be successful. I’m your host Angela Ghafoori and this is episode one of Daily Learning Targets.

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When people think about famous people from the early 1900’s many may think about Thomas Edison, inventor of the light bulb and DC electricity, or Albert Einstein, founder of the Theory of Relativity, and the famous equation, E=mc2. Many have heard the name ‘Tesla’ as a car company which specializes in electric vehicles. This paper is not going to be on the car company, but rather the person who indirectly inspired its name, Nikola Tesla.

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On Thursday, Tesla Motos will be unveiling it's highly anticipated, uniquely affordable Model 3. Coming in at $35,000, the vehicle is expected to have broad appeal unlike other electric cars on the market. What started out as a fad for the wealthy, is slowly becoming a ravenous sensation for the masses. Normally, one wouldn't expect to see people lining up at a showroom in order to put down a deposit, but that's exactly the kind of obsession we are seeing with Tesla. Buyers in Massachusetts, British Columbia, Germany, and Sweden have already been camping out for hours in order for their deposit. While many are baffled by the cult-like behavior of Tesla and Apple, some psychologists are hardly surprised

Through an innovative and influential career, Nikola Tesla will be forever known as a technology pioneer. His contributions to society are known throughout the world, and we see his work all around us.Considering that, it helps people, including myself, identify with the magnitude of Tesla’s success when they learn how much of their daily lives are dependent on his strenuous hours of creative production. Even though he lived from 1856-1943 , his work has remained relevant as we continue to see it everyday (. From this legacy, and learning about it, I have found a large amount of motivation in my own career path. Throughout his career, Tesla showed zero fear for corporate America, an elite work ethic, and brilliant creativity,

Upon Tesla’s death, Eleanor Roosevelt stated “The President and I are deeply sorry to hear of the death of Mr. Nikola Tesla. We are grateful for his contribution to science and industry and to this country” (Seifer 444). Numerable amounts of books, movies, and documentaries have since tried to propel Tesla’s life into the public eye so his achievements and contributions can be further recognized. People have sculpted monuments of him and streets, cars, and even rock bands have been named after him all to pay homage to the great man and the legacy he left behind. Although Tesla died a penniless man, he has left behind a legacy of influence and a love for not only science but the great possibility of the unknown. People can look at Tesla and hopefully find inspiration to make their own change in the world. Just like electricity, you cannot see him when you simply look around, however, with his influence permanently manifested in society, his dreams will continue to live on all around us. Take a glimpse around you; that is all it takes to realize that without Tesla’s imagination and ingenuity with wireless communications, remote control technology, and AC motors our world would be

“I do not regret that others have stolen my ideas, rather why they haven’t their own.” (Nickola Tesla) When most people think of great inventors, they imagine figures like Alexander Bell, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Thomas Edison. However, there was a little known inventor, engineer, and visionary that was perhaps, the greatest one of them all. Nickola Tesla, a Croatia born immigrant, was a pioneering force in numerous scientific fields such as, communications, physics, and electricity. Tesla’s genius is seen still to this day in any modernly built home or workplace. And while Edison might get the recognition of the man who harnessed electricity, it was actually Tesla’s discovery of AC Power that we used to run each and every electrical device

The fact that Nikola Tesla could generate sustainable energy from renewable resources as he stated in his articles "THE PROBLEM OF INCREASING HUMAN ENERGY" (Century Illustrated Magazine, June 1900) and "OUR FUTURE MOTIVE POWER" (Everyday Science and Mechanics, December 1931) will be shown throughout this essay.

The telephone interview with the owner of Tesla Model S. According to this conversation, the owner is very happy with a purchase of the electric car. By paying the high price once, this car saves a lot of money in the future. Tesla does not require frequent maintenance and very reliable on the roads. Also, it does not require to visit the gas station. However, one main problem is that Tesla wasn't made for the long trips. In other words, this car was made for the local trips only, not for the long distances. It requires charging battery every

"Were we to seize and eliminate from our industrial world the results of Mr. Tesla's work, the wheels of industry would cease to turn, our electric cars and trains would stop, our towns would be dark, our mills would be dead and idle. Yes, so far reaching is his work that it has become the warp and woof of industry... His name marks an epoch in the advance of electrical science.

If we could look at Tesla’s vehicle models and other electric vehicle models stripped down, with everything removed but the frame, wheels, and electrical propulsion system, we would see just how far Tesla has come in their design of the electric vehicle and how they have surpassed other car companies with their innovation. According

The stages of the creative process are search for challenges, express the problem or issue, investigate the problem or issue and produce ideas. The first stage – the essence of creativity is meeting challenges in an imaginative, original, and effective way (Ruggeri, 2009, p105). The second stage – the objective in this stage is to find the best expression of the problem or issue, the one that will yield the most helpful ideas (Ruggeri, 2009, p105). The third stage – the objective of this stage is to obtain the information necessary to deal effectively with the problem or issue (Ruggeri, 2009, p106). The fourth stage – the objective in

Restoring Tesla’s image on the Business and Speech class audience by persuading them the company can’t be blamed for the issues with the Auto-Pilot.

Nikola Tesla was an innovative intellectual of the Gilded Age whose ideas were far ahead of his time. The modern world would be nothing like it is today without Tesla’s insights. He revolutionized the scientific community and the world’s knowledge of electric current, but there were plenty of other interesting facets of his life and career. He was much more than an engineer, and unfortunately, many of his peers underestimated him on account of his quirkiness and battle with mental illness.