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- 6691: Airplanes
- ... that helps the airplane fly. Wings are contoured to take maximum advantage of this force. Wings may be attached at the top, middle, or lower portion of the fuselage. These designs are referred to as high-, mid-, and low-wing, respectively. The number of wings can also vary. Airplanes with a single set of wings are referred to as monoplanes, while those with two sets are called biplanes. To help fly ... surfaces of the wing are not the same. Although several factors contribute to this difference, the shape of the wing is the principal one. The wing is designed to divide the airflow into areas of high pressure below the wing and areas of comparatively lower pressure above the wing. This pressure differential, which is created by movement of air about the wing, is the primary source of lift. The weight of ...
- 6692: Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Biography
- ... s life. As his wife Eleanor remarked, "He always felt that this was his home, and he loved the house and the view, the woods, special trees...." He attended Groton (1896-1900), a prestigious preparatory school in Massachusetts, and received a B.A. degree in history from Harvard in only three years (1900-03). Roosevelt next studied law at New York's Columbia University. When he passed the bar examination in 1907, he left school without taking a degree. For the next three years he practiced law with a prominent New York City law firm. He entered politics in 1910 and was elected to the New York State Senate as ...
- 6693: Trying Juviniles As Adults
- ... assaulted, twice as likely to be beaten by staff, and 50 percent more likely to be attacked with a weapon than those confined in a juvenile facility¡¨ (Justice). Sources state that, adult facilities are a school for more crimes that a juvenile may learn while incarcerated (Landau 96). Placing our children in facilities in which they are being sexually abused, beaten or even killed is cruel punishment. Does the public know ... enforcement from ranches, to boot camps even holding the parents responsible for the parents responsible for their children¡¦s crime (Landau 97). It is stated that students should be taught at a young age in school that if ¡§you do the crime you serve the time¡¨ it also states that a society won¡¦t rest until we are crime free (Garcetti 179). Additional problems with the system consist of the educating ...
- 6694: The Four-Stroke Cycle of an Engine
- ... stroke. The power stroke starts before the piston reaches top dead center on the compression stroke. The fuel is then ignited by a spark-plug and the combustion causes the gases to expand creating a high pressure. That high pressure forces the piston down, which is the power stroke. During the power stroke, the valves remain fully closed to seal the 750 pounds of pressure per square inch (Doyle 129). With the piston on ...
- 6695: In Cold Blood
- ... Nancy, Herb s daughter and the town darling (7), was a sweet and feminine girl. Nancy, at the ripe young age of sixteen, already had many beaus and had appeared in many productions at her school. She was just beginning to bloom. Kenyon, the youngest at fifteen and yet also the tallest, was in the school band. He was considered by many to be off somewhere you never knew what he was thinking (52) Kenyon was what one might call a genius, restless and anxious. And then one comes to the ...
- 6696: Brave New World - The Conflict
- ... the wall, and the pictures that you could hear and feel and smell, as well as see, and another box for making nice smells, and the pink and green and blue and silver houses as high as mountains, and everybody happy and no one ever sad or angry, and every one belonging to every one else, and the boxes where you could see and hear what was happening at the other ... bottle". However, they are on completely opposite sides. Mond, we find, had previously been somebody like Helmholtz, who could think for himself. He chose - fully consciously - to become one of 'them' and do away with "high art". He says "I was too much interested in truth; I paid too... By choosing to serve happiness. Other people's - not mine." The Savage, on the other hand, is exactly the way we have ...
- 6697: Prostitution: A Victimless Crime?
- ... years of existence. Prostitution existed as far back in time as ancient Athens and ancient Rome. In Rome, prostitutes were licensed by the state and taxed. Prostitution continued to flourish through out Europe until the High Middle Ages with the outbreak of the syphilis epidemic and Reformation morality. In most large Western cities today prostitution is illegal but tolerated, because police there are more concerned with regulating the crimes. Other Western ... selling of sex is legal, but pimping and working a brothel is illegal. Toronto would like to license prostitutes and relocate to official red-light district. The solution for several countries and cities that have high levels of prostitution seems to be to open red light districts. In fact, some cities around the world have already taken that step. Prostitution is a complex issue. Those who advocate against prostitution do so ...
- 6698: Television - In Living Color
- ... front of a television continues to grow with each generation. The number of hours a child spends in front of a television is rapidly overtaking even the number of hours that they will spend in school. Included in their weekly television viewing are an extraordinary amount of commercial messages. Before entering school, young children will have formed many of their beliefs of what is good by the commercials they have viewed. Due to the number of hours spent watching television, advertisers use the concept of repetition to ...
- 6699: Nutritional Protocol For Inflammation
- ... day, 30 mg coenzyme-Q10 per day, 200-1200 I.U. of vitamin E per day, ginger and fish oil. Antecedents of Inflammation(3) ·Age, Nutrition status : Vitamin deficiencies; protein depletion; excessive animal protein intake; high saturated fat and transfat (synthetic hydrogenated oils) intake; high sugar and refined carbohydrate intake; low fruit and vegetable fiber and phytonutrient intake; low essential fatty acid intake; fluid-electrolyte balance (both dehydration and edematous conditions). ·Disease states : Diabetes; obesity. ·Medication profile : Immunosuppressives; glucocorticoids; anticoagulants ...
- 6700: Death Of A Salesman Vs. Hamlet
- ... examples of tragedy in literature, though for separate reasons and by distinct methods. The definition of a tragedy, in a nutshell, states that for a character to be considered tragic, he/she must be of high moral estate, fall to a level of catastrophe, induce sympathy and horror in the audience, and usually die, and in doing so, re-establish order in the society. Hamlet follows this to a "T". Death of a Salesman does not fall within these set guidelines but is still considered tragic for reasons, though different, somewhat parallel those of Hamlet's. Hamlet, a rich young price of high moral estate suddenly has his joyous life ripped away from him when his father, Hamlet Sr., suddenly passes away. Though originally thought to be of natural causes, it is later revealed to him through his ...
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