Gore-Tex

Who is Charles Manson? You may have heard his name on your favorite night time crime drama series or pop up on the news recently due to rumors of him getting a marriage license to a 26 year old female prison visitor. But who exactly is he and why is he regarded such an infamous serial killer? You may be wondering why I chose to speak about a serial killer today. Well, I am very interested in criminology and choose to spend my free time researching and studying the infamous serial killers, cult…

“I'm probably one of the most dangerous men in the world if I want to be. But I never wanted to be anything but me” (Manson). Charles Manson was known as the most dangerous man alive because of the Tate-LaBianca murders, although he never actually killed anyone. He led a group of his followers, called “The Manson Family”, to kill for him. Since the murders and trial took place, Manson has been denied parole several times. Although Manson never actually killed anyone, his name is still feared…

phrase “one person, one vote”, the Electoral College completely alters a voter’s choice. Under the Electoral College, every vote in a state is cast in favor of a certain candidate based on that state’s majority. All the Floridians who voted for Albert Gore in 2000 ended up unwillingly voting for George W. Bush due to the Electoral College (Congressional Digest…

popular election while winning the necessary number of Electoral votes should they win key states, thus securing the Presidency. This ‘electoral crisis’ (Spilerman & Dickens, 1974) can give rise to situations such as in the 2000 election where VP Al Gore won the popular vote by approximately 500,000 votes, yet lost the election to George W.…

Romer v. Evans is a case brought to the Supreme Court by Richard G. Evans (Respondent), a gay employee of the mayor of Denver against then Governor Roy Romers, The Attorney General of Colorado, and the State of Colorado (Petitioner). The case was centered around an amendment to the state constitution that prohibited “the state of Colorado… at any level of state or local government from adopting or enforcing any law or policy which provides that homosexual, lesbian, or bisexual orientation,…

Gore (2000), and the persistent uncertainty about the results of the election in Florida is a clear example. Gore petitioned for a recount, thus the local court of Florida, required the city, Palm Beach, to manually recount their ballots since voters in Florida claimed that they had problems with the state’s…

Affirmative action, by definition, is an action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education. Using varying instruments and policies, Affirmative Action aims to help underrepresented groups have a better job opportunities or college admissions. Generations of people have been disadvantaged by institutionalized discrimination and one way to remedy this is to place a policy that evens out the playing field. There has been…

GORE-TEX Experience More Table of Contents Break Points: Cycle Meets Snow with SnoGo Story: Mattie Schuler Featured Photography: SnoGo Home > Break Points: Cycle Meets Snow with SnoGo 07 Cycle Meets Snow: Hitting the Slopes in a Brand New Way CLICK TO SHARE Man on ski slope with snow bikeIt’s a blue bird day—sun shining, no clouds in sight—and the snow beneath your blades is like satin. You got first chair and are ready to feel the wind up against your jacket. But there’s no need to…

way to fix the holes in heart, performing surgery on Ryleigh to repair the holes with a surprising material - Gore-Tex. Gore-Tex is a fabric used to create products, including clothing, for weather protection. The material is described as a membrane placed between high-performance lining and outer textiles. This time the fabric was used to patch the holes in an infant's heart. Gore-Tex has also been used for other medical procedures before, including vascular grafts, tissue reinforcement and…

successful, but significant problems have been identified with nearly every replacement material that has been tested, especially in the specific context of ACL ligament replacements. The first significant attempt at producing artificial ligaments was Gore-tex, which was made of polyfluoroethylene, and showed signs of initial success. However, long-term testing revealed that those who had these operations experienced ruptures and other complications after a few months (“Engineering,” 2013).…