A Neighborhood Assessment Boyle Heights Boyle Heights- Introduction Boyle Heights is infamous as being one of the major hubs of violence‚ most notably perpetrated by juvenile gangs. The neighborhood has even gained wide exposure in academia as made evident by our Professor’s study (Tita‚ 2002‚ Tita et al 2003). Although crime is a salient feature associated with the Boyle Heights community‚ crime prevention establishments such as Father Greg’s Homeboy Industries have
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Donna Slender Prof. Jon Frederick Writing I April 2‚ 2013 Greasy Lake by T.C. Boyle The short story Greasy Lake is written by T. C. Boyle the son of Irish immigrants. Boyle recalls growing up ‘as a sort of pampered punk’. We see this pampered punk attitude in the story’s main characters. I was completely captivated with the way events unfolded in Greasy Lake as they struck like bolts of lightning one after the other. Three teens’ summer vacation told in vivid detail by the narrator and buddy
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is directed perpendicular to the surface. (b) Friction Force‚ f : In addition to the normal force‚ a surface may exert a frictional force on a object‚ directed parallel to the surface and opposite the motion or impending motion of the object. f s = µ s n - static friction‚ maximum friction before the object begins to move. n ff kk ==µµk k n - kinetic friction‚ friction on a moving object. DYNAMICS Types of Forces: (c) Tension Force‚ T : A pulling force applied on an object by any longitudinal
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Beer Lambert Law Lab Purpose: The purpose of this lab is to prove the Beer Lambert Law experimentally. The various solutions used for this experiment are tap water mixed with food colouring‚ Introduction: The Beer Lambert Law shows the relation between absorbance of light of an object‚ the molar absorptivity‚ the concentration of the substance‚ and the distance the light travels. The Beer Lambert Law states that there is a linear relationship between the concentration of a solution and the
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New York City College of Technology Ohm’s law & resistors in parallel & in series Lab 4 Class: PHY 1434-E475 Due date: March‚ 13 20144 Group Names: Hisham Sageer Objectives: Our object is to confirm Ohm’s law by analyzing the dependence of the electrical current as a function of voltage and as a function of resistance. Also‚ we studied the current flow and voltage in series and parallel. Finally‚ the lab determined the equivalence resistance of series and
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Did you know that by washing our clothes we could be polluting our oceans ? Well i didn’t until i read an article written by Carrie Boyle titled “ microfibers: how the tiny threads in our clothes are polluting the bay “ . In this article Boyle explains what microfibers are and how they ruining the earth . She begins by explaining that when we wash tiny pieces of thread come off some our clothes. These threads then eventually make their way into the ocean and cause a tons of damage. she explains
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Name: Taylor Wright Lab Partners: Cody‚ Jeremy‚ Haly‚ Eric‚ Brody Date: October 14th Class: Chemistry 20 Charles’ Law Lab Introduction: The purpose of this investigation is to demonstrate how water temperature affects the volume of a balloon. According to Charles’ Law‚ temperature and volume increase proportionally‚ as long as chemical amount and pressure remain the same. Research Question: How does the volume of a balloon react to changing temperatures? Hypothesis: If we increase the temperature
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Newton’s 2nd Law Lab Introduction: The purpose of this lab was to prove Newton’s 2nd Law; which states accelerate equals force divided by mass (a=F/m). During this lab we were trying to find out the relationship between acceleration‚ force‚ and mass by using a air track‚ glider with picket fence‚ and photogates. Before I did the lab‚ I had already knew that acceleration‚ force‚ and mass were related. I just didn’t know how they were related. When recording the results of this lab we had to record
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“Disguises” Every character and their relationships between them in “Tooth and Claw” by T. Coraghessan Boyle‚ disguise themselves in many ways‚ both consciously and unconsciously‚ all for different purposes. The author introduces us to four major characters in this story that all interact with each other and have some sort of mask over themselves hiding their true identities and motives. The main character James Turner Jr. has recently moved to California “So that I could inject
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Lab Report Purpose: 1. To test Mariotte’s Law 2. To test Charles’ law 3. To test Gay-Lussac’s law 4. To test ideal gas law Theory: Mariotte’s law Charles’ law Gay-Lussac’s law Ideal gas law Apparatus: beaker‚ boiling water‚ thermometer‚ pressure-meter‚ oil‚ closed tube. Procedure: 1) Set up all the apparatus 2) Open the rubber cap. Move the closed tube several times to ensure that the oil is spread equally. 3) Pour
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