Duct tape

In high school, I had no control of my emotional state. I have survived the sexual trauma and physical abuse from my childhood, but I could not express myself healthfully. I was only held together with duct tape and self-ignorance. I spiraled down, lost myself control, and who I tried to be. Not having control of my emotions has put me through countless troubles, challenge myself and loved ones, and lead me to discover and understand myself. From the ages five to eleven, I was inconsistently…

My morning started off the same as always. I woke up, listened to my mom yell at the dog, took a shower, curled my hair, put on light makeup and got dressed. Today I was wearing a sweatshirt that I just got it is black and it says “I woke up like this” and paired it with white jeans. I live in Chino Hills California so it’s usually really hot but inside the school it is really cold. After I was done getting ready I went downstairs grabbed a granola bar and a water then walked out the door with…

at the crash site still have anhydrous ammonia inside of them. These tankers are now under further attention following signs of attempted theft of the train's chemical contents. The attempted theft occurred last night. Police found foot prints, duct tape, a segment of garden hose and a cooler near the tankers. These items are often found on…

Personal Write up For this lab, bottle rockets were to be made by the materials of duct tape, a tennis ball, cardboard, and a liter bottle. Using water as fuel, the rocket that is constructed was launched at the pressure of eighty PSI. The objective of this lab was to build the rocket efficient enough to launch at a range of two hundred to three hundred feet by calculating different variables. The independent variables of this lab were the shape and mass of the rocket, the angle degree the…

The pinhole camera was one of the first known camera to ever exist. It was first discovered in 5th Century B.C, in Beijing China. the Mohist philosopher anya mentioned the effect of an inverted image forming through a pinhole. The image of an inverted Chinese pagoda is mentioned in Duan Chengshi’s book “Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang" written during the Tang Dynasty which occurred in the years 618–907. A Philosopher by the name of Mo Tsu was then the first known person on record to record…

Fueled by an abundance of humidity and record-breaking temperature, an oppressive heat wave had spread across Baltimore city. The stagnant air carried with it not a hint of a breeze, traveling as slowly as the rush-hour traffic moving past Impressions art gallery. On the sidewalk outside the Charles Street three-story brownstone, a sign written in old-style font read “Closed for Business.” Nothing could have been further from the truth. Unknown to passersby, inside the posh Mount Vernon studio,…

Georgia next to her mother who died from ovarian cancer and her half-sister who was in a fatal car crash. JonBenet's body was found by her father in the wine cellar, tied up and covered with a blanket. She had various wounds on her face and back, duct tape over her mouth and a rope around her neck. Asphyxiation by strangulation was the official cause of her death. There were various suspects that got convicted but no one was ever charged. Her parents were suspected in the beginning but it was…

no access to any food or supplies. To solve the problem, a catapult must be designed to launch a projectile 2 meters away in order to deliver the supplies across the island. Furthermore, only a budget of $30.00 worth of materials including masking tape, popsicle sticks, water bottle caps, rubber bands, paper clips, and glue sticks…

soda and the vinegar will produce a gas, which build up enough pressure to launch the bottle rocket. Materials: Vinegar, bicarbonate of soda (NaHCO3) Equipment: Plastic Bottle, Wooden Block, Nail, Cork, Duct Tape. Method: 1. Nailed a cork to plank of wood as a base for the rocket. 2. Wrapped tape around cork so that it fitted the neck of the bottle. 3. Put two spatulas of baking soda into a paper towel, and rolled it so that it encased the powder. 4. Filled bottle ¼ of the way up with vinegar.…

Simmons, 17, and Charles Benjamin, 15, broke into a trailer south of Fenton, Mo., just outside St. Louis. They woke Shirley Ann Crook, a 46-year-old truck driver who was inside, and proceeded to tie her up and cover her eyes and mouth with silver duct tape. They then put her in the back of her minivan, drove her to a railroad bridge and pushed her into the river below, where her body was found the next day. Simmons and Benjamin later confessed to the abduction and murder, which had netted them…