... that you please keep this money for your own sustenance, and to keep a roof over your head. I would be sick to think of all of you being sent to the streets for lack of money to pay our landlords. Please remain strong and know I am doing everything I can to get you out of Ireland as hastily as the Lord will allow. My dear family there is something that I hasten to share, but I feel as though I must make you aware that there is much truth to the stories we have all listened to about the voyage across the seas. The ships are very crowded and there are not enough provisions onboard for everybody. The conditions onboard made living precarious, and many passengers became very ill and others succumbed to death (526). I was one of the fortunate ones, I was selected to work below decks and assist in the steam rooms. My keen knowledge of machinery is fortunate, and when a steam valve ruptured I was able to fix it. The Captain, himself, sought me out to relay his gratitude for saving the voyage. When we arrived in port, he introduced me to a man of business, and I now have a respectable job here in the city of Manhattan. I am aiding in the cultivating of ideas to make ships travel faster. Since being here, my ideas have increased the ships speed by 12 knots. The owner of the business has provided me a place to live on his own property and we work together for many hours developing new...
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...Bradley Tucker English 111 Essay 3 Instructor rose 25 November 2013 Becoming a hero In the movie 3:10 to Yuma directed by James Mangold Dan Evense tells an inspiring story about a father and son’s relationship that later becomes closer as they set forth on an adventure together to save their families ranch. Dan plays the role of a man who lost his leg due to a friendly fire held during the time of the Civil War. After the Civil War Dan tried to bet his luck on ranching later became a father to his eldest son William. In the movie Dan and William did not have a close relationship like a normal father and son should have. William thought his father was a coward and he believed his father was not a role model to show him how to be a man he wanted to be. As the movie went on, Dan‘s ranch was being threaten to be taken away from him by a dangerous gang leader, Ben Wade. Dan sets off for an adventure to save his ranch by traveling to put Ben Wade on the train and trying to get the reward money. Dan’s son William took off on the quest to travel also with his father Dan. William being the know it all teen that he is thinks he can handle traveling on the dangerous trip with his father and the other men. From traveling on this thrilling adventure, Dan and William’s relationship become closer than ever and William will finally see the role model he always wanted to see in his father. It did not take much time to notice the rocky relationship between Dan and his son William...
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...created handsome as his creation is described: “Then Athena, born from Zeus, made him look taller and more muscled, and made his hair tumble down his head like hyacinth flowers…So Athena herself made Odysseus' head and shoulders shimmer with grace” (6.236-244). Aside from his godly physique, Odysseus is physically strong and capable as he overcomes the extreme dangers that occur throughout the journey and comes out alive after it all. Being able to face dangerous people and creatures is evident that he is a courageous man given that any mortal man wouldn’t have been able to survive a journey after so many challenges. From the spiritual aspect, Odysseus demonstrates godlike behavior by remaining faithful to his wife and family during the voyage. Remaining loyal for the entire duration is a quality that most mortal men would not have possessed given the various temptations that are difficult to not cave into. For the twenty years he is away from home, Odysseus was approached by beautiful women who were considered to be the most desirable of their lands. His pure faithfulness and loyalty keep him from going astray as a married man, and his...
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...Titanic Summary Rose is an American girl on her way back home on the maiden voyage of the ship HMS Titanic. the largest and fastest ship to be built at that time. She's heading back to the states with her mother and rich fiancé' Cal. We first see Rose running to the front of the ship frantically. She climbs to the railing and contemplates jumping and slips and a passenger named jack stops her from falling off the ship. Her screams brings people running and they assume that Jack has caused her some harm but she states she almost fell and he helped her. Cal doesn't like the fact that Jack touched his fiancé. Jack is inviting to have dinner at the captain's table. Soon he and Rose go down to the steerage quarters to dance and drink. Jack is a steerage passenger who won his ticket in a card game minutes before the ship sailed. Rose fall in love and she decides to leave Cal for Jack. Cal and his ego cannot believe she would rather be poor and with jack than to be rich and marry him and he smacks her but it is after the point that the iceberg has hit the ship. after many things in between Rose gets on one of the last boats leaving the ship but jumps back on the ship to die with Jack and those who are still on the ship. We see jack die and before doing so he tells her that she will not die there but in her bed an old lady. A few boats return and Rose gets rescued but doesn't let Cal and her mother know she survived and uses jack's last name of Dawson when they dock in NY. ...
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...Name Instructor Course Date Dark Nebulae Dark nebulae are nonluminous nebulae that are observable since it obscures light from other sources. Nebulae are diffuse clouds of interstellar dust and gas. The shape, size, and characteristics of nebulae may vary significantly because some are the remains of dead stars and others are star nurseries. Dark nebulae are found in areas with no nearby stars. These clouds do not emit or reflect enough light for them to be visible. In fact, the view from the stars behind them is usually blotted out by the dust particles. This paper will exclusively explore on dark nebulae. Normally, these clouds range from 1-10 AU and are less dense than the deepest vacuum in the laboratories of the Earth. They are also thick such that they obscure light from the stars behind them. However, the size of these clouds can be from a few light years up to 600 light years. Additionally, the total mass of dark nebulae can reach several million masses of solar. These clouds can appear to be big depending on the number of stars in it. If there are many stars, the clouds will appear huge, but it can appear small if there are a few stars in it. These clouds existed from a long time ago. Claudius Ptolemaeus did the first record of stars that appeared to be nebulous around 150 AD. Since then, many astronomers have continued discovering these clouds until an American astronomer Beverly Turner Lynds compiled and published a survey of dark nebulas in the year 1960. However...
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...|Source |Visible |Are we exposed |Are they dangerous |Is it ionising/ non- | | | | | |ionising | |Alpha | | |Yes, Alpha particles |ionising | | | | |are very dangerous if | | | | | |inhaled or ingested. | | | | | |They can cause organ | | | | | |and tissue damage | | | | | |since they have great | | | | | |ionizing potential. | | | | | |For example, "they | | | | | |throw bowling balls" | | | | | |at the body’s | | | | | |molecules, DNA...
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...Courtney Wilson Phy3300 Wednesday Advanced labs Cloud Chamber Today in class we made cloud chambers. Cloud chambers are inexpensive apparatuses used to detected and visually see the path that some or these particles take when passing through the atmosphere. Also, if you have the right tools you can see how certain objects create and alter the path of alpha particles. We began the class by creating our own Cloud Chambers. The way cloud chambers work is simple. Cloud Chambers were used to detect ionization particles. Cloud Chambers are sealed environments with super saturated liquid such as water or alcohol. The liquid is allowed to vaporize in the chamber. This vapor forms a mist in the sealed chamber. Any cosmic particle, such as a alpha or beta particle, ionizes the mist and forms a ionized nuclei. This nuclei form causes the mist to condense around it and form a cloud. For our chambers we used donated peanut butter jars that were cleaned out. These jars had felt stickers placed along the inside of the jar at the bottom and also on the top ¼ of the jars. These jars did not have the standard plastic lid. Those the lids were replaced with mason jar lids. The tops of the mason jars were also covered with felt as well. We also had Styrofoam molds shaped to fit the top of the peanut mason jars. Next Dr. He, our professor and supervisor, got dry ice and crushed it. We had a few sheets of tin foil. The last thing we got was either 100% or 200% alcohol. We began making...
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...Radioactive Isotopes Introduction: - Radioactive isotopes are kind of isotopes, which have an unstable nuclide and react in assorted ways, they are derived from isotopes that also hold an unstable nucleus but they do not react as radioisotopes do. These factors are categorized by the extra energy which is present in them and which would be used to react and produce some other particle. The reaction, which would result in various emissions of Gama, rays, alpha particles, beta particles. The reaction, which causes these emissions, is called radioactive decay (Radioactivity). The discharge of the radioactive decay is harmful in various ways, only due to the progress in technology now these disadvantages have been converted to advantages and now radioisotopes are used in several facial expressions, which also let in various medical aspects, which would be compensated in the report. The concept of Radioactivity was found by a French physicist, Antoine Henri Becquerel. As most of the discoveries, this also was by a very honest observation and accidental. During the research of phosphorescent materials (The elements which glow in black). Studying Uranium for his research, he kept the uranium on the photographic film, it was a routine for him to hold it under the sunlight for some days and then examine it later. On a cloudy day, he kept the film and the uranium inside. Later on some days he took an observation when he watched the video, the image of the uranium appeared in the film...
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...The story is written by the famous C.S Lewis, who is a well-known British novelist, born in Belfast in 1898 and he passed away in Oxford 1963. C.S. Lewis is not just known for his novels but also for his Christian essayistic, which was a literary theory. One of the main themes in the story, in my opinion, is courage because I believe Lucy is a symbol for that. Even though she is the smallest of the kids she is the one that chooses to go through the wardrobe for the first time. I’m quite sure that I wouldn’t have the guts to try walking through the wardrobe if I ever had the chance. And that kind of courage is also something that characterizes Aslan – he is Narnia’s savior and if he is supposed to be that, he also needs to be courageous. I guess that Lucy is about 7-10 years old, because of how she acts. We also know that she is the youngest of the siblings, whom we see on page 24 line 22: “Who was the youngest”. On page 27 line 33, it says: “He was only a little taller than Lucy herself”, and I interpret that to mean that Lucy isn’t very tall. As told before I think that Lucy is very courageous, but she also has a kid’s innocence. Lucy is a bit afraid of the professor in the start, because of his odd look, and I guess that it’s not just the professors look that frightens her, but also the fact that she has been sent away from her beloved mother because of the war. Lucy also seems to be a bit of a conflict-averse which we see on page 24 line 38: “Hadn’t we all better go to...
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...it is important to understand what Big Bang Theory (BBT) is and is not. Contrary to the common perception, it is not a theory about the origin of the universe. Rather, it describes the development of the universe over time. This process is often called "cosmic evolution". Over the last several decades the basic picture of cosmology given by BBT has been generally accepted by astronomers, physicists and the wider scientific community. However, no similar consensus has been reached on ideas about the ultimate origin of the universe. This remains an area of active research and some of idea current ideas are discussed below. That said, BBT is nevertheless about origins In addition to being a theory about the origins of the basic building blocks for the world we see today, Given the nature of the subject matter, it is also frequently discussed with heavy religious overtones. Young Earth Creationists dismiss it as an "atheistic theory", dreamt up by scientists looking to deny the divine creation account from Genesis. Conversely, Old Earth Creationists (as well as other Christians) have latched onto BBT as proof of Genesis, claiming that the theory demonstrates that the universe had an origin and did not exist at some point in the distant past. Finally, some atheists have argued that BBT rules out a creator for the universe. What is the Big Bang theory? a) Common misconceptions about the Big Bang In most popularized science sources, it is often described with something like...
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...Comparative Essay Erika Shultz Professor Bradshaw Liberty University PHSC 210-A12 LUO August 12, 2013 Introduction We are aware that the universe exists, regardless; it is human nature to search for a deeper understanding. The controversial debate concerning the Big Bang Theory and a Six-Day Creation has been around for centuries. For years, thousands of people, including the “greatest minds in physics,” have pondered the beginning of the universe. Curiosity has led to questions of how the universe began (LaRocco & Rothstein, n.d.). Many scientists believe the earth to have always been in existence (Chown, 2012). Others, however, believe the opposite; they believe in the creation of our universe. Whether one believes in a scientific development of the universe, or in a higher power of creation, there are two sides to every debate. In this paper, each side will be explained, discussed and compared and contrasted. The Big Bang Theory Many people believed at one time that the universe we know today had no beginning or an end. However, through research, the Big Bang Theory proved that the universe was not infinite. The universe has a history and most certainly a beginning (LaRocco & Rothstein, n.d.). According to many scientists, the Big Bang happened about 15 billion years ago. This event was an enormous explosion “filling all of space with all of the particles of the embryonic universe” (LaRocco &Rothstein, n.d.). However, unlike a bomb exploding fragments...
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...------------------------------------------------- What is a Cosmological Constant? Einstein first proposed the cosmological constant (not to be confused with the Hubble Constant) usually symbolized by the greek letter "lambda" (), as a mathematical fix to the theory of general relativity. In its simplest form, general relativity predicted that the universe must either expand or contract. Einstein thought the universe was static, so he added this new term to stop the expansion. Friedmann, a Russian mathematician, realized that this was an unstable fix, like balancing a pencil on its point, and proposed an expanding universe model, now called the Big Bang theory. When Hubble's study of nearby galaxies showed that the universe was in fact expanding, Einstein regretted modifying his elegant theory and viewed the cosmological constant term as his "greatest mistake". Many cosmologists advocate reviving the cosmological constant term on theoretical grounds. Modern field theory associates this term with the energy density of the vacuum. For this energy density to be comparable to other forms of matter in the universe, it would require new physics: the addition of a cosmological constant term has profound implications for particle physics and our understanding of the fundamental forces of nature. The main attraction of the cosmological constant term is that it significantly improves the agreement between theory and observation. The most spectacular example of this is the recent effort...
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...Comparative Essay July 4, 2014 2014 PHSC 210-B14 LUO Tom Williams Introduction Many people today have their thoughts on how the Earth was created. Christians take a biblical perspective of how the universe was created by a creator. One thought that Christians believe is that God created the earth and accomplished this in six days and rested on the seventh day. This is the model of how a week is set up and the model that we currently follow. Jon W. Green states “though differences of opinion exist for various doctrinal issues within Christianity, few are more divisive than controversies surrounding the days of creation and the age of the Earth.” As stated previously many people have thoughts and are curious as to how the Earth itself came into existence. When it comes to the scientific community there are two major theories the old earth view and the young earth view. The two conflicting points of view vary in the idea of how long the it took to create the earth and how old the Earth is. Many creationist take the side of believing that the world was created in six twenty-four hours days and that the Earth itself is no more than 6,000 years old. Whereas those who believe in the old earth theories believe that the earth was formed over a longer period of time. There are two concepts of how these happened the Big bang theory and the six day creation theory. Each of these relates back to the age of the...
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... There are many different athletes who are born and raised in different countries. I chose to do my report on Liang Chow because my favorite sport is gymnastics and Gabby Douglas was one of Liang Chow’s students and shes now a well known gymnast. Liang Chow did gymnastics but retired and became a gymnastics coach. Next, Liang Chow was born in Beijing, China on January 1st, 1968. I learned that China is located in East Asia and the capital of China is Beijing which Liang Chow was born in. China’s population is more than 1.3 billion which is the largest population in the world. China is the second biggest economy in the world after the U.S. China has hundreds of different languages spoken. China has been in tons of wars including: The Sino-Tibetan War, Kuomintang Pacification of Qinghai, and the Chinese Civil War. Poverty and unemployment is a big problem in China. It could’ve affected the athlete’s life because in China people are getting laid off everyday because of the surplus population and Liang Chows parents could’ve gotten laid off and probably wouldn’t be able to afford paying for Liangs classes. Liang Chow started playing gymnastics because he was plucked by a district club to train in gymnastics. Liang chow was a men’s artistic gymnast who was...
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