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- 28751: Black Holes
- ... horizon, through which light can enter but not escape; it therefore appears totally black. Properties The black-hole concept was developed by the German astronomer Karl Schwarzschild in 1916 on the basis of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. The radius of the horizon of a Schwarzschild black hole depends only on the mass of the body, being 2. 95 km (1. 83 mi) times the mass of the body in solar units (the mass of the body divided by the mass of the sun). If a body is electrically charged or rotating, Schwarzschild's results are modified. An "ergosphere" forms outside the horizon, within which matter is forced to rotate with the black hole; in principle, energy can be emitted from the ergosphere. According to general relativity, gravitation severely ...
- 28752: Losing Someone You Love
- ... of denial. After all, how can this person you cherished for so long be with you the previous day and gone the next? The very thought is mind-boggling and the inability to accept ones detriment is not uncommon. To deny something is to not acknowledge its existence, however deep inside the truth is known, and as such, denial gives one time to discover inner strengths and obtain help and ... forgive the dead? A certain inner strength has to be reached in order to surpass this potentially great obstacle. In the process of pulling on inner strength, a person is able to re-examine ones sense of meaning, importance, and responsibility in the turmoil of loss. Once every thing is in order, a euphoria of acceptance is reached. It is reached when one sees that while the family unit has ...
- 28753: Catalytic Converters
- ... a catalytic converter. The main function of a catalytic converter is to decrease pollution emitted from a vehicles exhaust. The concept behind this is to add a catalyst and force a reaction between the automobile's exhaust and oxygen in the converter. To see just how this happens let's look inside of a catalytic converter. A catalytic converter is made up mainly of a mufflerlike chamber which contains porous, heat-resistant materials coated with either platinum or palladium. These materials are known as catalysts ...
- 28754: Civil War - Monitor vs. Merrimack
- ... ship was then fitted with ten twelve-pound cannons. There were four guns placed on the starboard and port sides, and one on the bow and stern sides. Due to its massive nature the ship's draft was enormous, it stretched twenty-two feet to the bottom. The ship was so slow and long, that it required a turning radius of about one mile. Likened to a "floating barn roof (DesJardien ... entire crew was located below the water line, so one armor piercing hit would kill the entire crew. Like the CSS Merrimack, the USS Monitor was expected to sink, it was referred to as "Ericsson's Folly" (DesJardien 2). The only individual willing to take command of the ship was Lieutenant John Worden. The battle at Hampton Roads was part of the Peninsula Campaign that lasted from March to August of ...
- 28755: Heart Attacks
- ... attacks. The tobacco in cigarettes and cigars contain a chemical called nicotine. When inhaled into the lungs, nicotine causes the release of hormones in the body. These hormones raise the blood pressure. Consequently, a person's heart rate increases 15 to 25 beats per minute. Nicotine also causes the blood vessels to contract. People who smoke have a harder time keeping their hands and feet warm because their blood does not ... body physically prepares to run or fight. Hormones called adrenaline and noradrenaline are released into the blood stream. These hormones cause the metabolism, heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, and muscle tension to increase. In today's world, stress very seldom calls for an actual flight or fight response, but the body does not know the difference. Therefore, the physical release of all the energy built up in the body does not ...
- 28756: Interview And Death
- ... Morrie, learn how to die, and you will learn how to live. It seems that it cannot be expressed in a better way. David has undoubtedly proven that within the context of realizing that ones life will end soon, one gains the purest appreciation for life. David closes our interview by summing up his experiences in one statement, Just knowing for certain that no miracles will be blessed upon me has given me an overall acceptance of the way the world functions and my role it. Given this truth it would be only natural for one to question lifes meaning, for it may seem be a useless adventure in self examination. Yet it is through the love of this dying doctor that I have learned that there are truly are no guarantees in life ...
- 28757: Home is Where the Heart is
- Home is Where the Heart is By definition a house is a building built for habitation where as a home is an abode built for one's family. But a home is something more special than that. A home is a place, where you feel comfortable. A house is just shelter. A home is a place that one love's to live in, but a house one just lives in. A home is built with a family, but a house has no intentions of family life. "A house belongs to you, but you belong to ...
- 28758: Elizabeth Blackwell
- When Elizabeth Blackwell graduated from Geneva Medical School in 1849, she became the first woman doctor in the United States. When she enrolled in the Medical Register of the United Kingdom, this made her Europes first modern woman doctor. Elizabeth Blackwell was born in 1821 in Bristol, England. She was one of nine children and her father was a very prosperous sugar refiner. Her family immigrated to New York City in 1832. Her family was very active in the abolitionist movement in New York. Her fathers refinery did not prosper and forced the family to move to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1838. Her father died shortly after this move and meant that the boys now needed to find work and the girls ...
- 28759: Abortion
- ... are our purposes, what are our actions, and what are our options? In the cases of rape and incest, only the most fervant opponents of abortion will say that it is unethical. Where a mother's mere whim is at stake and a partially developed child on hand, only the most fervant supporters of abortion agree that it is ethical. From that we can see that the majority of people are ... be protected by the doctrine that killing them infringes rights that they have? Cows certainly do not achieve this. Unfertilized eggs do not achieve this either. Premature babies, however, do achieve it, according to today's standard? So where is the middle line? Or, in fact, is that really the issue?
- 28760: Romeo And Juliet - Contrast In Language
- Contrast Between Language of Love in the Balcony Scene and the Language of Death in the Final Scene of Romeo and Juliet In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare introduces many themes that he continues throughout all of his tragedies, including the language of love vs. the language of death. The balcony scene is the most valuable scene illustrating the ... of inauspicious stars From this world-wearied flesh. Eyes, look your last! Arms, take your last embrace! And, lips, O you The doors of breath to engrossing death!(Rom. V. III, 108-114.) The Friar's Frantic wrods and actions in conflict to his previous calm stature illustrate the grim mood of the scene: Stay not to question, for the watch is coming. Come, go good Juliet. I dare no longer ...
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