...The Door to Unknown “How can you possibly know how I feel? Things are not the same as they used to be, back when you were a kid! Times change! ” “Your father and I know what is best for you! You should sit down and rethink your actions!” She left the room, closing the door behind her. I pressed the cushion over my face trying to tone down the sound of my scream, but even that was not enough to cover the rhythmical sound of high heels going down the stairs. Apart from my raging temper and wounded pride after losing another argument, I was left alone in the room with the fragrance of Chanel No.5. I lay in my bed for hours, looking at the door, waiting for my father to come home. He understands me. We both miss her. Next week will be three years since she passed away. I know he had to move on with his life, but still…He married that witch. God, I hate her. I had been watching at that door, like my life depended on it. If only I could get away from here. I remember how they looked like when we first moved into this house. They were old; you could tell by just looking at them. The bottom half was missing few wooden pieces. Tiny lines engraved along the right side of the frame, were telling me the height of child living here before me. Edges were cracked and uneven. The creaking was unbearable. Even though I have never seen one, I could swear little black bugs were crawling in between scratches. But, she fixed it. She fixed them and the rest of the house the same way she fixed...
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...gasoline combustion, which emits carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas. (SHWARTZ, 2014) The implications of this are vast, one of the areas that this will change in the next 20 years is that we will have a clean zero emissions way of producing gases that can be burn within automobiles. The Technology The proton exchange membrane electrolyzer also works in exactly the same way, by decomposing water with an electric current. The distinctive feature is a proton-permeable polymer membrane. An external voltage is applied to its electrodes, which are coated with noble metal. The coating acts as a catalyst and the water is therefore decomposed on the anode side. This results in the production of oxygen, free electrons, and positively charged H+ ions. (unknow, n.d.) In the experiment that was done at Stanford, they use nickel/nickel-oxide which greatly reduces the voltage required, in this case it was 1.5 volts. They have further gone...
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...Many of the characters in To Kill a Mocking Bird, by Harper Lee, showed different attributes to how their character fit in the story. Atticus, one of the characters that live in Maycomb Country, Alabama showed he was a dynamic character by how he changed throughout the book. Atticus can be described as being wise, brave, and understanding throughout his actions and sayings. In the time that Miss Maudie’s house was burning, Atticus was wise enough to know what could end up happening. “Now listen, both of you. Go down and stand in front of the Radley place. Keep out of the way, you hear? See which way the wind’s blowing?” Lee (P.92). In this quote, Atticus showed that he knew the fire would be dangerous for them if they stayed in the house....
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...the CPU process and you can end the process in the task manager, the control over the CPU varies with each process some demand more power than others. There are many ways for a person to increase the power and capability of a computer for example one can upgrade the memory to a higher amount or upgrade the memory to a higher amount also. You can also use various programs that can improve the speed and performance of a computer, References Uknown, (2012, June 4). operating system. Retrieved from http://www.answers.com/topic/operating-system IBM Corp. (2006, May 12). The birth of the ibm pc. Retrieved from http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc25/pc25_birth.html Unknow, (1996, July 05). Software - system software. Retrieved from...
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...“The Pit and The Pendulum”, is a short story about an unknow man who received a death threat from the Spanish Inquisition. During 1843, this man was thrown into a locked dungeon with no escape, for his beliefs. No matter where what country or city you live in, everywhere on earth should have freedom of religion and beliefs. No one should even be punished for what they believe, every place in the world should have this law and obey it correctly. The reality of this story is he was thrown into a pit with no escape and threatened with death for his beliefs. After he was thrown into the pit, he recalled passing out and being locked up in this dungeon. He describes his experience as being in hell, it was dark, scary, cold, lonely, and cruel. Eventually,...
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...1. Why important the motivation for firms? The workers performance related with their motivaton and workers motivation has great effect on the companies performance in the market. so motivation of workers is very significiant point for firms if workers motivation decrease in any firm we can see declining on success of firm. Well how we can provide that the workers feel on top of the company for thyself. firstly we focused interest with workers because we tought the most important thing is interest and we can see more success in company which is more interest with workers. So when we improve our motivation strategies we took care of interest with workers / so our all strategies related with this main idea 2. Leasure management Almost Every workers complain from monotonus work life. Because the workers life is going between house and work. This is very boring The firms try to create more enjoyable time company inside or outside. Google is one of the most important company in this case because they create play ground in their office so the workers can spend time to fun or relax with other co-worker. So the business began to become more pleasurable for the worker. These are making to increase motivation. At the same time the firm can provide some activities outside the company for worker. Such as provide some courses for dancing, acting traing cookery, skiing, trekking, sail, theather ( you take a course for 1 year about acting and at end of the year you tread the boards)...
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...calibration curve was made from a stock solution provided. The samples and the QC solution was measured using the FIA technique and the FRP was obtained using the peak height from the samples. The QC solution was diluted 2:5. Sample Calculations x= y-0.29781.137 equation 1 % relative error=|x-x||x| (equation 2) x= Measured value of QC and x = Known value of QC Results Calibration curve Sample | Peak | FRP | Mean | SD | %RSD | | Height | (µg/L) | | | | | 85.8 | 75.2 | | | | Dight Falls | 85.0 | 74.5 | 74.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 | | 85.5 | 74.9 | | | | | 37.0 | 32.3 | | | | Chirnside | 37.0 | 32.3 | 32.0 | 0.5 | 2 | | 36.0 | 31.4 | | | | | 27.5 | 23.9 | | | | Unknow | 27.3 | 23.7 | 23.7 | 0.2 | 0.9 | | 27.0 | 23.5 | | | | | 35.5 | 31.0 | | | | QA | 36.0 | 31.4 | 31.4 | 0.4 | 1 | | 36.5 | 31.8 | | | | Table 1: Peak Height, FRP and statistics of the samples and QA. Questions 7.1 The QC has a concentration of 100 µg/L, but it was diluted in a 2:5 ratio for the measurements, so the expected QC concentration was 40 µg/L. The found value for the QC concentration using the FIA is 31.4 ± 0.4 µg/L. The % relative error, calculated using the equation X above, is 21.5%. Therefore, we can observe that this measurement is not accurate. The possible source of error is that the FIA only measure the dissolved form of phosphorus and in the water might have particulate forms as well. Also...
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...3) P=c(1+y1) +c+FV(1+y2)2 105.6=10(1+y1) +10+100(1+y2)2 123.86=20(1+y1) +20+100(1+y2)2 (1+y2)2= 120123.86-20(1+y1) So, 105.6=10(1+y1) +10+100120123.86-20(1+y1) Y1=4.98% 123.86=20(1+0.0498) +20+100(1+y2)2 Y2=7% 4) FV=100 Coupon rate=10% A, if 1 year. CF1=C1+P1 CF1=C1+10+100(1+1Y2)2 Finally, we do not know 1Y2 so that we can’t make sure at what price need to sell the bind. This will lead the customer to liquidity risk. B, if 3 years. Cause is a 2 years bond. CF1=10*(1+1Y3)2+110*(1+2Y3) The investor will face reinvestment risk when they don’t not what rate their cahs flow will reinvested because the question have 2 unknow rate which is 1Y3 and 2Y3. 5) Suppose we have spot rate Ys ,Yt(t>s) and forward rate sft. At the time we invest $1 at t=s and $(1+s ft)t-s.Otherwise, we can invest $1 at the spot rate Yt for t period. Actually two plan generate the same cash flow, so that 1+Yss(1+s ft)t-s=(1+Yt)t So (1+sft)t-s=(1+Yt)t1+Yss 1+s ft=...
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...Dracunculiasis the disease commonly known as Guinea Worm is caused by the parasitic worm Dracunculus Medinensis . Guinea Worm disease only occurs in 10% of the world’s poorest populations who has no access to safe drinking water or health care (CDC) . This parasitic worm is the largest of parasites affecting the human’s tissues. The risk for Dracunculiasis varies by ones sex, age, profession, and ethnicity. These differences reflect from how people’s drinking water is obtained in these countries (Medscape). Drancunculiasis is commonly found now in Southern Sudan. About the same number of men and women are equally infected. Guinea Worm is common among the ages of 15–45 years old. People in this age group are known to be farmers, herders, and water fetchers for the household. Water fetchers often affected more due to the fact that they are more likely to drink contaminated water while away from home (CDC). People become infected with Guinea worm by drinking stationary water containing copepods tiny "water fleas" that carry Guinea worm. It takes about 2 weeks to mature inside the copepods before they can infect humans. Measuring 2-3 feet in length the adult female can carry about 3 million embryos within one person (World Health Organization). This parasite migrates through the victim's subcutaneous tissues causing severe pain especially when it occurs in the joints. The worm eventually emerges causing an intense pain, blisters and ulcers accompanied by fever, nausea and vomiting...
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...Contemporary Challenges for IT Managers Tutorial 3 Topic(s): Globalisation, Outsourcing / Offshoring Instructions: Due: Tutorials 1-4 due 4:00pm on Friday of Week 4 Where to submit: Moodle 1. What information is provided or issues raised by the video on the slide titled“Globalisation – Video 1” in the “Globalisation” lecture? 2. What is Globalisation? * Globalization is a new contemporary stage of development of capitalism over the world. It is a process of social change in which geographic and cultural barriers are reduced. Also is the process of transformation of local or regional things or phenomena into global ones. 3. What information is provided or issues raised by the video on the slide titled “Globalisation – Video 2” in the “Globalisation” lecture? 4. How was early globalisation characterised? * The first phase of globalisation in the late nineteenth century was characterised by an integration of markets through an exchange of goods that was facilitated by the movement of capital and labour across national boundaries. * The second phase of globalisation is characterised by an integration of production with linkages that are wider and deeper. 5. Describe the forces that drove globalisation. * Berlin Wall/ Communism * Windows * World Wide Web (WWW) * Work Flow Software / Standards * Uploading * Outsourcing * Offshoring ...
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...Abortion: It’s Wrong Imagine not having any say in whether or not you want to have a life. How would you feel if someone took away your right to live? That’s the question women should ask themselves when they decide to have an abortion. Babies don’t have that choice or any other say in whether they want to live or not. To me, abortion is a selfish act. Children are the future and their ability to make a difference in the world is taken away when they are aborted. Adoption is an alternative for abortion. Instead of killing the baby, give it to a family who can’t have children. Abortions can also have long time effects on the mother. Last but not least, abortions are murder. When the thought of abortion occurs, women should consider adoption. Adoption is the best alternative other than abortion when a woman does not want her child. In the article, Why Do More People Choose Abortion Over Adoption?, Kristi Burton Brown stated: “In the USA, there are approximately two million infertile couples are waiting to adopt, many times regardless of the child’s medical problems such as Down Syndrome, Spina Bifida, HIV infection or terminally ill”. Putting a child up for adoption will give them a better chance at a happier life rather than abortion. Adoption also gives the opportunity to families who would love to raise a child as their own. Not to mention, adoption is the best solution and safer for the mother. Abortions can harm the mother and have long term effects on her body and...
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...effects can last for moments before it is quickly forgotten or remain in the back of the recipient's mind for years to come. Although names can be ignored and disregarded, it is easier said than done. Even small comments can have a long-term effect. For instance, when someone points out something out that's embarrassing, the remarks vary from person to person. Perhaps it's a bit of acne or a weird laugh, but most people don't mean any harm when they make that comment, it's more of an observation than a taunt. The repercussions that occur afterward start small. A tinge of embarrassment and flushed red cheeks as the person never realized it was an issue or even noticeable. They are now aware of the detail, and once you know, you can't unknow. They recognize that it's a flaw now. From there, they try to fix it. It can be a small change like covering their mouth when they smile or just laugh less often. That person will try to make that imperfection less noticeable. In many cases, it is not something they can change either. The modifications may be simple, but the quality of life decreases. They do not realize that what others call an "imperfection" is actually what makes them unique. I understand that it is cheesy to say such a thing, but it is also true. We should keep repeating this idea because there will always be someone who looks down on others. There will always be someone who tears others down. There will always be someone who disapproves of others. These can be...
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...Running head: How Do I Learn Best How Do I Learn Best Kelli Powell Grand Canyon University: NRS 429V September 30, 2012 What is a learning style? Well a learning style is the way a person tends to learn best. It involves your preferred method of taking in, organizing, and making sense of information, Lake Washington Institute of Technology (2012). Some people prefer to learn by doing and touching, others prefer to learn by seeing, or by hearing the information. Still others learn using more than one learning style. If a person was interested in finding out what their particular learning style is would be to take the VARK questionnaire for learning styles. The most common learning style is the multimodal, but the learner can switch from one type of learning style to another depending on what the subject is being learned and or their mood, Fleming (2011). After taking the VARK questionnaire, Multimodal learning styles was assessed as the learning style of choice. The multimodal learning environments allow instructional elements to be presented in more than one sensory mode (visual, aural, written, and kinesthetic), Sankey, Birch & Gardiner (2010). In this particular case visual and kinesthetic were the dominate methods of learning. Strategies of learning that this person uses are highlighting and underlining notes, grouping subjects together with a certain color highlighter, use of charts, graphs and images to help them learn the subject matter. They...
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...blood spatter are all alone in the back seat of the same car, and a half smoked cigarette rests softly on a freshly mowed lawn next to the driveway. These are clues of a crime scene. Each clue adds up to the story of something terrible. A crime has taken place, and law enforcement is on the scene. Whether it is a detective, county Sheriff or the FBI, the investigators will rely on their forensic teams to link all the pieces of the puzzle that don’t quite fit yet. A Forensic Chemist can make them fit by scientifically analyzing the evidence. Chemistry, biology, materials science, and genetics to analyze clue found at the scene of the crime, on the victims or in the bodies of the bad guys. Forensic Chemists go into a case with many unknow pieces of the crime scene they need to analyze to determine the nature of each sample. Most Forensic Chemists work in a lab. It is rare for private labs to do this kind of work so most of the time these labs are associated with Local, State, or Federal law enforcement agencies. From local Medical Examiner’s labs to state of the art FBI labs, Forensics Chemists often provide the strongest evidence in court against the defendants. They have many different types of test and methods they use to figure out what the samples mean. Each crime scene brings new types of clues and samples so a Forensic Chemist must always be thinking of ways to analyze the evidence. Some of the more common test for optical testing, X-ray spectroscopy, UV, and...
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...Theories of Biomedicine Sociology is the study of human interaction and organisation of society; it is often areas which are problematized in need of provision. It can be explained that health and illness are simply biological descriptions of the state of our bodies. The structures of the body have been mapped out through genetics. This is ever closer inspection of the body or as Foucault 1977 would suggest through this ‘medical gaze’ which has brought considerable power to the medical profession. The sociology of health and illness is concerned with the social origins of and influence on disease rather than exploring its organic manifestation in individual bodies. The sociology of medicine is concerned with exploring the social, historical and cultural reasons for the rise of medicine particularly the bio-medicine model in the definition and treatment of illness. A more refined version of this common sense view underlies the long standing bio-medical model of disease based on the following assumptions. Firstly that disease is an organic condition and non-organic factors associated with the human mind are considered unimportant or are ignored altogether in the search for biological causes of pathological symptoms. Secondly that disease is a temporarily an organic state that can be eradicated and cured by medical intervention. Disease is experienced by a sick individual who then becomes the object of treatment. Disease is therefore treated after the symptoms appear and...
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