In the 1960s and 1970s‚ astronomer Vera Rubin was observing spiral galaxies. She was interested in how they rotate‚ because you can learn a lot about a galaxy that way. Think about the Solar System. Back in the 1600s‚ Johannes Kepler figured out that the farther a planet is from the Sun‚ the slower it orbits. Isaac Newton put numbers to that‚ calculating the strength of the Sun’s gravity‚ which means we could in turn get the Sun’s mass. Same with galaxies. If you can measure how they rotate‚ how
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regular turning. According to Kozier et al. (2004) the client should be assisted to be as mobile as possible as activity enhances circulation. He was nursed on a pressure relieving mattress. Jackson (2003) stated that it is appropriate for patients to be nursed on an alternating pressure overlay or mattress‚ which ensures that no part of their skin is subjected to constant pressure. Pillows were placed under the patients heals‚ behind his legs and underneath his buttock. Roper‚ Logan
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As a teenager I had many goals for myself in mind for the future. I decided that for my goals to happen I need to pursue a college degree after I graduated high school‚ but I knew that my parents wouldn’t be able to afford my college tuition. Before joining the service‚ I had plenty of part-time jobs as waitressing in different restaurants which at the time I thought it was a stressful job. If I had only known that going through army basic training was going to involved double the stress and aches
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we have a big day tomorrow.” “I’ll get right on that momma Lottie‚ goodnight and sweet dreams‚” John replies. I am feeling very tired; it’s already about four a.m.‚ and I truly should get to bed; therefore‚ I walk straight over to my rough hard mattress and lay down in the hope of falling gently into a dream. My constant memories of Lizabeth and her friends raising havoc in my yard stops me from having my sweet dreams. These awful memories of those darn kids keep on rushing through my head. In my
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Sitting on my blue‚ self-inflating camping mattress with papers around me flitting in the wind‚ I wondered “how did I get here?” I’d applied to and was accepted to go on a three week camping trip out West. With two days left on this adventure‚ my fellow participants and I took a long van ride to Shoshone National Park. As we stepped out of the vans we were handed yellow folders full of letters from family‚ along with keepsakes of short essays‚ pictures‚ and quotes meant to supplement our experience
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My most perfect day would be on a brisk December morning‚ as the new sunlight filtered weakly through storm glass‚ my bare feet would touch the frigid hard wood floor for a second before finding my fluffy white slippers. I would walk through a long‚ dark hallway-complete with creepy photographs and a red Oriental hall rug-and a winding wooden staircase before reaching a black-and-white kitchen. In the kitchen‚ I would prepare myself a delicious hot mug of tea and pop some bread in the toaster. Blackberry
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Some sculptures of the human form release a certain presence‚ feeling or emotion that they are more than just objects. Ron Mueck represents this concept or idea throughout his realistic sculptures. Ron Mueck is an Australian hyperrealist sculptor working in the United Kingdom. Formally a model-maker and puppeteer for children’s television and film‚ Mueck has been creating fine art sculptures of the human form since 1996. Using many materials such as; resin‚ fibreglass‚ silicone and even real hair
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order to travel to Zambia. Their I was confronted with a personal challenge. During my time over there I went with a doctor to a local village in Zambia to do a medical clinic. The doctor lead me into a small run down building where a man lay on a mattress. He was riddled with AIDS. This man would have been about 6 foot tall and yet weighed around 45kg. His face was gaunt‚
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“The guilty one is not he who commits the sin‚ but the one who causes the darkness.” – Victor Hugo. In the novel‚ The Kite Runner‚ by Khaled Hosseini‚ Khaled effectively portrays guilt as being destructive to oneself and affecting others around it. The violence that the main character‚ Amir‚ experiences leads to him feeling guilty for rest of his life‚ which breaks up the relationships that he once had in his previous years. Amir’s guilt turns brother against brother and friend against friend. In
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World War I was one of the most important wars in history. In 1889 nations started to get more competitive‚ also known as nationalism. People who spoke different languages and lived in the same place‚ made others feel as if they should all have a different or separate national government. People should all speak the same language. In 1815‚ the congress of Vienna put an effort into giving Europe’s rulers what they wanted instead of giving the people what they wanted or deserved. The congress of Vienna
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