...The Wonders of MANHATTAN By Luke Lindgren Manhattan is one of the five boroughs of New York City, which are Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Staton Island, and the Bronx. Manhattan is the largest and most-visited borough, largely because it has very famous attractions like Times Square, Broadway, The Empire State Building, and Central Park, just to name a few. The Population of Manhattan, based off the 2012 Census, is 1,619,090. I am now going to tell you about a few things you can do at some of the attractions. Go to Times Square! Times Square is one of the largest attractions of the world, has some of the tallest buildings in America, and many amazing celebrations and stores. Firstly, it has the Mega Toys R Us store with an indoor ferris wheel, 4 floors of endless fun, and huge lego statues like a 7-foot tall Empire State Building and a 6-foot tall Lego model of Lady Liberty. Times Sqaure also has the M&M’s store, with over a hundred different colors and flavors for you to mix, and a ton more. It has Godiva, Hershey’s, and a Disney store too! Times Square has the biggest New Year’s Eve ball drops in the country with famous performers and thousands of people in the crowd. It also holds the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, and has an awesome 4th of July with the Statue of Liberty. Another Amazing place you should visit in Manhattan is Wall Street. It is a historic, large street with many amazing things you can do and places you can see. Wall Street is the “financial district”...
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...VIDEO ESSAY 1: THE MANHATTAN PROJECT Terry E. Reid History 314: Contemporary United States History 1945 to Present Dr. Gary Wray THE MANHATTAN PROJECT The Manhattan Project was the wartime effort to design and build the first atomic bombs. With the discovery of fission in 1939, it became clear to scientists that certain radioactive materials could be used to make a bomb with unprecent power. Once presented with this information, Franklin D. Roosevelt creating the Uranium Committee to investigate this possibility. The Manhattan Engineer District was the official name of the project commanded by Army General Leslie R. Groves. He was given almost unlimited powers to call upon the military, industrial, and scientific resources of the nation. While watching the video on the Manhattan Project, three things stood out to me: the research and development, the detonation of these bombs, and the ever lasting effects they would have on the world. The cost of the development and coordination for the Manhattan Project was $2-billion which was used to obtain sufficient amounts of the two necessary isotopes, uranium-235 and plutonium-239. The development and research was conducted mainly at 3 locations. At Oak Ridge, Tenn., the desired uranium-235 was separated from uranium-238 by a process called gaseous diffusion. At the Hanford installation, located in Washington State, huge nuclear reactors were built to transmute non-fissionable uranium-238 into plutonium-239...
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...Manhattan Project Research Paper Nuclear research all started when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, and the United States entered into World War II. When the United States realized that Germany attempted to build an atomic bomb, Americans began to concentrate on their research about creating an atomic bomb. President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Manhattan Project, which included a group of top scientists, under General Leslie R. Groves, who worked around the clock to try to develop an atomic bomb within three years. The Americans and the British combined their efforts to research the development of the bomb and created plants and factories to work in. They created plants for three separate processes: electromagnetic, gaseous diffusion, and thermal diffusion. These plants helped create the plutonium and uranium 235 needed to manufacture the atomic bomb. The secrecy of the Manhattan Project was essential in order to develop the atomic bombs to end World War II. The United States and Great Britain kept the development of the atomic bomb a secret. In order to keep the secret, Groves spread the work out between laboratories so that the people working on the bomb could not figure out they were manufacturing. The members of the Manhattan Project asked the scientists questions about the bomb, and they gave answers back, but they did not know what the responses were for. The project consisted of so many restrictions for the employees in order to keep the secrecy...
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...The Manhattan Project Nuclear research all started when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, and the United States entered into World War II. When the United States realized that Germany attempted to build an atomic bomb, Americans began to concentrate on their research about creating an atomic bomb more heavily. President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Manhattan Project, which included a group of top scientists, under General Leslie R. Groves, who worked around the clock to try to develop an atomic bomb within three years (Bondi 493). The Americans and the British combined their efforts to research the development of the bomb and created plants and factories to work in (“The Atomic Bomb…” 257). They created plants for three separate processes: electromagnetic, gaseous diffusion, and thermal diffusion. These plants helped create the plutonium and uranium 235 needed to manufacture the atomic bomb (Gerdes 142). The secrecy of the Manhattan Project was essential in order to develop the atomic bombs to end World War II. The United States and Great Britain kept the development of the atomic bomb a secret (Bondi 493). In order to keep the secret, Groves spread the work out between laboratories so that the people working on the bomb could not figure out they were manufacturing. The members of the Manhattan Project asked the scientists questions about the bomb, and they gave answers back, but they did not know what the responses were for. The project consisted of so many restrictions...
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...Greetings friends! Today I will talk about why I believe that bombing Japan was the only option to end the war between these two countries. The war was almost over. Germany and the axis powers had succumbed to defeat by the allies who had taken over. With Europe dealt with, the United states turned its eyes eastward towards another problem that had to be settled. That problem was Japan. Japan had bombed pearl harbor and pretty much just acting like a bunch of jerks. Well, America had been developing this new weapon under the name of ''The Manhattan Project'' because of intelligence that Germany was working on an A-bomb. Two atom bombs named "little boy" and "fat man" were dropped on Hiroshima and Potsdam in the course of three days....
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...scientists of the Manhattan Project, described the scientific importance of the discovery of the atomic bomb. Immediately after the droppings of the atomic bombs on Japan until the present day, there were many debates on whether the Manhattan Project was justified or if nuclear weapons are even ethical. Seeing the destruction of the “Little Man” and “Fat Boy” bombs in the moment arose great fear and discontent. However, looking at the Manhattan Project in retrospect shows that the advantages gained through the years greatly outweigh the consequences of the nuclear weapons. The Manhattan Project was a pivotal endeavor in America’s history...
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...sustained nuclear reaction could be produced and constructed in to a very powerful bombs. He also told him how German had already exported uranium from the Czech mines to their new territory. With in a month Roosevelt had a team of researchers working on nuclear weapons before Germany and Japan could make their. The Manhattan project is an industrial complex in New Mexico; thousands of the West’s...
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...The Manhattan Project was morally incorrect, and may have seemed like it was for good cause, but ultimately lead to violence and death. The intentions were to end the war, but it did much more than that. Causing over 150,000 deaths and many more injuries. It all started when nuclear scientists in Germany discovered the secret to splitting the uranium atom. This enabled weapons of mass destruction to be made, but first scientists needed to learn how to harness the power of the splitting of the atom, and convert it into a destructive force. Nazi Germany was first to start research on creating a bomb capable of destroying whole cities. Word got out, and the U.S. government knew they had to finish creating a bomb before Germany or else it could...
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...The Manhattan Project, the program behind the development of the first nuclear weapons, affected the world greatly in many ways. The Manhattan Project was a secret, $2 billion project created by the U.S. The project was so secretive that only 6 of the scientists knew the nature of the manhattan project; Niels Bohr, Albert Einstein, Enrico Fermi, Richard Feynman, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Harold Urey. The people working on it were forbidden to speak about anything involving this, military security guarded the grounds, and the communications in and out were monitored. In 1939, the U.S. was warned that Nazi scientists had split an atom and could use that to build an atomic bomb. The U.S. started the top-secret program known as the manhattan project, it was named this after the Manhattan Engineering district of the War Department which was where it began....
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...The Manhattan Project (1942-1945) was the research project that produced the first atomic bombs. It was ‘born’ from the fear that Hitler started researching and made atomic bombs since the 1930’s, and was ready to fire at a moment’s notice. The country’s top minds, such as J. Robert Oppenheimer and Glenn Seaborg, were a major part in the development of the nuclear bombs. They, along with 130,000 workers, helped produce the first nuclear bombs. A lot of the scientists that worked in the Manhattan Project were refugees of the fascist countries of Europe that used the newly recognized fission process to greatly advance the Manhattan Project.. Not only did it take years to research, develop, and produce, but it also took $2 billion, even though...
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...Practice Problems with Detailed Explanations Includes 6 > Free Online t< 12 x 50 X 4 _ X l 2 _ J_ x ~ 50 x = 100 X 25 Then, cross-multiply: x = 100. 2. 4,250: 2x y 2x _ Ax 8,500 First, simplify the ratio on the right-hand side of the equation. x ~y ” 2,125 Then, cross-multiply: 4,250x = xy. Divide both sides of the equation by *: red 2 22 y —4,250. 3. 11: Write a proportion to solve this problem: Cross-multiply to solve: 2x —22 x — 11 4. 43: First, establish the starting number of men and women with a proportion, and simplify: 5 men 7 women 35 men Xm X a n 1 7 women 7 men x women x women Cross-multiply: x —49. If 6 women leave the room, there are 49 - 6 = 43 women left. MANHATTAN GMAT 71 Chapter 4 Ratios 5. 33 hours: Use an equation with the Unknown Multiplier to represent the total hours put in by the three people: 2x + 3x + 5x= 110 10*= 110 x= 11 Therefore, the hardest working person put in 5(11) = 55 hours, and the person who worked the least put in 2(11) = 22 hours. This represents a difference of 55 - 22 = 33 hours. 6. 3 mL: The correct ratio is 1:4, which means that there should be x parts bleach and 4x parts water. x However, Alexandra put in half as much bleach as she should have, so she put in — parts bleach. You x can represent this with an equation: — + 4x = 27. x+ 8x= 54 9* = 5 4 x= 6 You were asked to find how much bleach Alexandra used. This equalled x!2, so Alexandra used 6/2...
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...总第 417 期 /2012 年第 09 期 MangZhong Literature 作家论丛 论欧 · 亨利式结尾的固化及其精神内涵 赵 峻 、“欧·亨利式结尾” 的形成和固化 一 欧·亨利以其欧·亨利式的结尾被世界文坛奉 为经典。正如王永年在 《欧·亨利小说全集》 译者 前言里的概括： 他先在故事情节发展过程中透露一些情况， 作为铺垫，埋下伏笔，但对最重要的事实却一 直秘而不宣，结尾时 峰 回 路 转，豁 然 开 朗，产 生了意料不及、画龙点睛的效果，向读者揭示 了整个故事的意义和人物性格及行为的全部真 实，使读者在惊愕之 余，不 禁 拍 案 叫 绝，不 能 不 承 认 故 事 的 合 情 合 理， 赞 叹 作 者 构 思 的 ［1 ］ 巧妙。 在欧·亨利的小说集中，作品结尾极少出现其 ，“欧·亨利式结尾” 已经具有一定的 他的创作模式 固化倾向。这一风格的出现、成熟和固化，是作家 在文学创作中，由初见个性风格到逐渐成熟再到难 于突破和创新的自然过程。 ， 从他开始正式发表短篇小说开始 “欧·亨利式 结尾” 已经初现端倪，如在 《四百万》 中欧·亨利 已经能比较成熟地运用这样出人意料的结尾来吸引 读者的注意了。 名篇 《最后的常春藤叶》 将 “欧·亨利式结尾” 运用得极为出色，结尾处与前文中医生提出的 “要 将贝尔曼送进医院，让他舒服点儿地走向死亡” 这 个铺垫前后呼应，情节的发展流畅自然，无刻意造 作的感觉。同时更使这篇小说想要揭示的人性的美 丽这个主题在结尾处得到了升华。可以说，这篇作 品的问世，代 表 了 欧 · 亨 利 短 篇 小 说 创 作 的 高 峰， 也是他 “欧·亨利式结尾” 创作的成熟表现。 有时作家的创作难以摆脱自己已经成熟的创作 模式，成为创作突破的瓶颈。由于欧 ·亨利的创作 时间比较短暂，还要考虑到迎合消费者需要而连篇 ，“欧·亨利式结尾” 在成为经典的同 累牍式的创作 时也就难免一定的固化倾向。 二 “欧·亨利式结尾” 的精神内涵 既然作者已经形成了稳定的创作风格，作家创 作有了固定的模式，对于读者来说，只要熟读其中 的某一篇就能够以偏概全，那么欧 ·亨利的魅力长 存的原因何在呢？ 我们认为欧·亨利式的结尾不仅 仅是叙事技巧，而是蕴涵着深厚的精神内涵，这是 他的小说结尾虽然有一定的固化倾向，却仍吸引读 062 李 娜 者的内在原因。下文将探讨欧·亨利创作的短篇小 说是以怎样的精神内涵来吸引读者的注意力和阅读 兴趣的。 时代是影响文学创作的一个因素，欧·亨利出 生于 1862 年，去世于 1910 年，在这段时期里，美国 社会中发生的一系列问题是肯定对其创作有一定影 响的。 南北战争之后的美国小说转向了现实主义， 强调可信性和真实性。这个时期的美国地域扩 张、不断 发 现 新 的 资 源、不 断 做 出 新 的 发 明， 不断涌现新的工业，美国小说的发展也达到了 最有活力的一个时期。此时的美国小说的数量 剧增，同时反映了蓬勃发展的社会生活的方方 ［2 ］ 面面。 美国内战以后是美国历史发展最快的一个时期， 这个时期美国一跃成为世界上首屈一指的资本主义 工业大国，发展的同时也带来了不少社会问题。美 。城市里 国社会变成了一个适者生存的 “原始森林” 嘈杂肮脏、失业率居高不下、工厂主的投机盈利等 使得这个城市充斥着疾病贫困和暴力犯罪。 这一时期的美国文学不可避免地都带有了一些 映衬时代社会混乱的色彩，着力描写着真实的社会， 尤其是社会的黑暗，表现了一定的社会悲观主义色 彩，比如马克 ·吐温。他所处的时代背景与...
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...Chapter 1 3 C ‘s strategy G: 3C’s strategy: 1. Correctness-----正确性—grammar adhere to the rules of S.W.E-（standard writing english）- 2. Concision------简洁性---brevity –用词简短 3. Clarity---intelligibility清楚---句子意思明显和无模棱两可。 Correctness: A closer look Major grammatical issues: 1) Subject-verb agreement 2) Verbtense 3) Voice 4) Mood 5) Pronouns 6) Modifiers 7) Parallelism 8) Comparisons 9) Idioms Concision: A closer look When stuck between two grammatically correct answer choices, choose the shorter one. 1. 能用一个词代替不用多个词 V. > adj.> 抽象n.>动名词 主动> 被动 Differ> have difference Idealize> ideal Try> make an attempt 2. Avoid redundancy---wordy Can you find and locate the words in this sentence that are redundant? 用词重复：---不简洁，不同的词表示同一意思 Being 总是不简洁的信号---being 必错 1. annual a year 2. raise, rise，increase，grow 3. around, orbit 4. by name of; be known as 5. with; included 6. attempt to do; try to do 7. decline; down, fall, drop,decrease 8. rarely, ever 9. same, exact 10. sum, total 11. before 和when 不能连用在同一个句子中 12. academic与in school 不能在同一句中出现 13. possible,may 14. now 和currently 12. Clarity: A closer look 通常原句子第一遍读应该是清晰的，选项把原文变得不清晰 ...
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...Manhattan 语法—中文精简版 一、SC 的做题方法与原则 1、不是找对的，而是选最好的。 2、方法：排除法，首先在稿纸上写下所有选项，然后根据一些相似性将答案大致分组，根 据各组的不同特点划去错误的，比较剩余选项，针对区别进行判断，剩下最好的。 3、做改错题时，首先应通读句子，找出句子中能帮助做题的关键词。在很多情况下，句子 中帮助做题的关键词离划线部分会很远。 4、GMC 原则：grammar, meaning and concision, including：主谓一致，平行，代词，修 饰，动词时态、语态和主被动，比较和习惯用法 二、意思与句子简洁 GMAT改错题关键的三个要点，顺序依次为： STEP 1、首先看有无语法错误 STEP 2、看意思表达是否准确 STEP 3、是否简洁 （一） 意思 1、正确用词 ①Economic-经济的； economical-节约的；合算的；有效的 ②Aggravate-加重，恶化； aggravating-令人愤怒的 ③Known as –被认为是，很著名； known to be-被承认…；known for ④Loss of –失去；loss in-贬值 ⑤Mandate-命令；have a mandate-拥有选举权 ⑥Native of- （人）来自；native to –物种起源于 ⑦Range of –多种的； ranging-变化 ⑧ Rate of –速度或频率； rates for – 价格… ⑨Rise –上升,形容无方向，单纯上升； raise-（打赌或工资）上涨，有方向 ⑩Such as –比如； like-好像（举例只能用such as, 不能用like） ⑾Try to do –努力去完成； try doing –尝试去做 ⑿ impale-刺穿；impel-逼迫 2、情态动词 （1）当原句意思上没有问题时，忠实原句，不做任何修改，即使修改过来也成立。 Actual: If Chris and Jed met, they DISCUSSED mathematics. Hypothetical: If Chris and Jed met, they WOULD DISCUSS mathematics. （2）当原句意思上有问题时，要替换为相对好点的那个。 EG：should 在GMAT中表示“道德上的义务”，而不是“好像”的意思。 3、词在句中的位置 （1）要关注一些重点词，all, only；位置不同句子意思也不一样。 EG: ONLY the council votes on Thursdays. The council votes ONLY on Thursdays. （2）关注句子的整体顺序，是否会产生歧义；EG：主被动语序强调的对象不同。 （3）在英语中，一般主语会放在谓语前面，因此一般不会用倒装结构，除非开头是否定词。 定语从句中，一般不用倒装。例如：OG129。 4、搭配 句子各成分是搭配在一起才有意义。 （二） 简洁 § 简洁是GMAT 最后考到的点，只有在语法和意思都无误的情况，才选择最简洁的；换言 之，如果语法无问题，即使很长也会比一个语法有问题，很短的句子好。 § GMAT语法题中，如果一个词可以搞定的意思，不要用一个短语，EG: differ好于have difference in Wordy: They HAVE DIFFERENCES over THE...
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...Heated debate The costs of climate change can be mitigated if economic activity moves in response Dec 8th 2012 | from the print edition • • Tweet [pic] WHEN Superstorm Sandy roared ashore in late October and the lights of lower Manhattan went out, New Yorkers were given a stark vision of a possible future. Climate-change science is still a realm of great uncertainty but there is consensus that the planet is warming dangerously and that people are to blame. A recent report commissioned by the World Bank warned that the world is on track to have a global mean temperature that is 4°C above pre-industrial levels by 2100. If so, sea levels could rise by between half a metre and a metre by the end of the century, threatening hundreds of millions of people in coastal cities. Other regions would face the threats of droughts, bigger storms and changing rainfall patterns. That entails not just human costs but economic ones, too. The question that preoccupies Klaus Desmet of the Universidad Carlos III in Madrid and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg of Princeton University in a new NBER working paper* is whether there are ways to manage the impact of changing weather patterns by moving the location of economic activity. They note that roughly 90% of global production uses just 10% of available land. If that 10% is threatened, activity may at least theoretically shift to bits of the 90% made more hospitable by climate change. In this section • Monti’s medicine • Just a...
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