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with her determination to resist conforming to the public expectancies, Pearl displays curious quirks. After reconciling with her mother after a brief tension, she kisses her scarlet letter ‘….by a kind of necessity that always impelled the child to alloy whatever comfort she might chance to give with a throb of anguish…’ (174). Already in a tense bond with Hester and jealous for her attention, Pearl is upset by a relationship between her mother and Arthur Dimmesdale that…

American muscle meets Italian beauty: an all-time-great combination. Ford wanted a mid-engined sports car to sell in its Mercury showrooms and the De Tomaso Pantera was the result of a partnership between Henry Ford and Alejandro de Tomaso, an Argentinian small-time producer of exotic sports and racing cars. Ford engineers took a look at the Mangusta, De Tomaso’s previous offering, and thought its backbone chassis was too weak. So Detroit-born car designer Tom Tjaarda, who had just started…

Nuclear energy has impacted many aspects of current technology. Nuclear energy is commonly associated with nuclear missiles and bombs, however, another common use of nuclear energy is in submarines. Submarines are key features in any navy force. There are currently two hundred nuclear reactors at sea, while over seven hundred have been used since the 1950s ("Nuclear-Powered Ships." World Nuclear Association). The design of nuclear reactors in submarines is extremely complex, but decades of…

The Impact of Technology In the twenty-first century, technology is developing faster than the rainforest is recovering. Technology has become an important part of daily life for most people. It solves various problems, but tends to create others. People spend a lot of time using technology that they may forget about the effects it may have on the environment. Since the main goal of technology is to be more efficient, companies are developing products that meet the efficiency standards.…

Hlaváč, et. al.,[9] studied the use of abrasive water jet cutting of titanium and a titanium-niobium alloy. Hlaváč, et. al.,[9] compared experimental results with values from an earlier derived theoretical model. This earlier model studied the interaction between abrasive water jets and the material being cut using the limit values for transverse speed…

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was published in 1818, and is well known for its Gothic elements and the manner in which is portrays scientific development. Victor Frankenstein’s desires to break through the bounds of life and death lead his life down a path of ruin. In modern times, the tragedy of Frankenstein is often used as a cautionary tale about the repercussions of scientific development, and there is little question as to why. Controversial topics such as cloning, artificial intelligence,…

Introduction Often there is the presumption that Science and Christianity are at loggerheads with each other over every particular. At certain times in history and in certain matters this may be partially true but in at least one area, Christianity and science are pretty much in lockstep with each other. That area is in the transmitting of the printed Word of God. For millennia mankind has used any material available to write on. This has ranged from common, ordinary stone to hand sized…

I already knew that I wanted to be a pipefitter before going into this project. So I didn’t have to search or look for a job that interest me. But after going to the website and seeing stuff that I didn’t know about the job made me more interest. Finding out that the 401k is good and also the benefits increased my interest in the job. Being able to learned more about the process of being a pipefitter helped me a lot with planning with my future. I’ve wanted to get into pipefitting at a young age…

The question of whether or not psychology is a science is a query which tends to come up in academic circles, usually deteriorating into arguments surrounding the validity of the discipline. Psychology, being the most popular undergraduate major in the United States, is an appealing field of study for many youths considering a career that will not only allow them to flourish monetarily but also helps them to develop the skills they use in social interactions everyday. As a result of its…

Introduction The intention of this article is to put forward a research proposal for the Master of Information Technology-E-commerce at University Kuala Lumpur. The project proposal introduces the subject, the aims and objectives of the research, and the probable methodologies and expected time frame for conducting the research. Despite the growing trend towards the Internet, there come into view a deficiency of extensive research for their influences on global commerce and marketing. I will…