The Sun is the center around which the Earth and the other planets of our solar system revolve. It’s a rather ordinary star of average size. Even so‚ it is more than 1‚392‚000 km (865‚000 mi) across — more than 100 times the diameter of Earth. Its mass equals that of 333‚420 Earths! It resembles a huge furnace‚ fired by nuclear energy at its core. The tremendous energy produced is transferred outward‚ away from the core‚ in a process known as convection. Patches of gas heat and rise toward the surface
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expanding her service offerings to include tanning booths. She figured that such an addition would complement her current salon business by offering customers the opportunity to come in for about 15-30 minutes and have a worthwhile tanning experience or better still to enjoy a relaxing tan instead of waiting out in the lounge. As Patsy began exploring the various costs and investments required‚ she realized that she had very little knowledge about the tanning
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Meursault’s Selfishness Albert Camus’ The Stranger explores the philosophic ideology of existentialism in the character Meursault. Meursault is a man in the 1920s in French Algeria going through life seeing and acting through the lens of an existentialist. Without explicitly stating that he lives existentially‚ his life hits on many key characteristics of an existentialist. Perhaps the most defining of these key characteristics is that he does what he wants‚ because he can. He also does this
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The Dying Sun Q1. How is it that a star seldom finds another star near it? Ans. There are countless stars wandering in space. They are so big that millions of earths can be packed inside them. But the space around them is so huge that a star is like a lonely ship in an ocean. Therefore‚ a star seldom finds another star near it. Q2. What happened‚ when according to Sir James Jeans‚ a wandering star‚ wandering through space‚ came near the sun? Ans. When a wandering star came near the sun‚ it raised
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idea [my employer] looked annoyed.". Meursault is not personable: "But maybe that’s why one day I’ll come to hate you." Meursault is weak‚ which is part of why he comes to be condemned on trial‚ and has no resources--he killed a man "because of the sun." He has no virtue: he agreed to write Raymond’s letter knowing the purport and intent of it. He has no valor: "but I spoke too quickly and ran my words into each other. I was ... nonsensical‚ ...." In one sense‚ he fails at his task in that he is
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Juan Amador‚ 2587245 Professor Brentar ENG 101 SEC 5 25 November 2012 The Advantages and Disadvantages of Child Beauty Pageants In today’s world‚ there are quite a few things that bother us Americans. One controversial topic at-hand would be child beauty pageants. The article‚ “Playing at Sexy” written by Peggy Orenstein‚ goes into detail of the negative effects of showcasing one’s child in a pageant. Hilary Levey takes a different approach to child beauty pageants. She finds them to be
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between skin cancer and sunbeds in 2003. The Act defines a sunbed as “an electrically-powered device designed to produce tanning of the human skin by the emission of ultra-violet radiation.” The following are included in the definition: Lie-down sunbeds Canopy sunbeds Vertical stand-in sunbeds Sun showers Portable sun lamps. The World Health Organization (WHO) issued Artificial Tanning Sunbeds: Risks and Guidance to assist governments to develop a public health policy on sunbeds. The guide showed that
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areas such as: • Bath care. • Body care. • Deodorants. • Face care. • Lip care. • Men’s care. • Nivea cream. • Nivea soft. • Sun care. Nivea provide products which are created to and appeal to people of different ages and genders. Nivea have created sun care for parents to buy to protect their children from sunburn‚ they also have lip‚ face and body care which they have attempted to direct towards both men and women. They also have a section
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abundance of hydrogen‚ helium. lithium and boron as measured in other galaxies and even our Sun and other nearby stars is as predicted from theoretical studies based on hydrogen bomb research. 2. The speed of light indicates how fast light can travel in a vacuum. (6 points) 1. A. What star is closest to our solar system? (3 points)The Alpha Centauri system is located 1.34 parsecs or 4.37 light years from the Sun‚ making it the closest star system to our Solar System. B. If you could travel at the
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SUNTANS & SUNBURNS: A CASE STUDY in the INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM A Painful Winter Break On the first day after arriving in Australia for Winter Break‚ a student plays volleyball out in the sun for six hours. Later that night he notices that the skin on his trunk‚ legs‚ and arms becomes red‚ blistered‚ swollen and extremely painful. By morning all of the afflicted areas have developed numerous blisters. These areas cover about 30% of the trunk (front and back) and 40% of the arms and legs. 1. What
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